Sunday, December 15, 2013

Niners beat the Bucs

the 49ers played the Tampa Bay bucs.  They beat the bucs, but the game got a little strange a few minutes before the half.  The niner defense had tampa bay locked down for the better part of the 2nd quarter.  Then with just a few minutes left, the 49er defense seems to go into a prevent type defense that allowed tampa to score.  It just didn't make sense.  They had gotten good pressure during most of the first half and then right before the half, it just broke down.  That series was just really strange.

The niners offense put up points, but it seems like they are not really on the same page.  They have drives that just stall for no reason.  They can't seem to get the plays called without wasting time outs and they leave a lot of points on the scoreboard.  They should really be putting up more points.  Better teams are not going to let them get away with making field goals or not converting.  

There are only a few weeks left in the season and hopefully the niners will make it into the playoffs.  The niners are not looking as dominant as they did last year at this time.  I don't know if the superbowl is realistic.  Will they suddenly start clicking?  Who knows.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Auburn beats Alabama

Alabama lost to Auburn.  How did this happen?  Bama had a lot of great top picks, but they managed to lose the game on a field goal attempt.

The Crimson Tide will have to think about this game for a long time.  Auburn would not go away.  Why didn't the Crimson Tide just keep running the ball with all of their great running backs?  

Special teams really played a big role in this game.  Auburn punted the ball really well trapping Alabama inside the 5 yard line.  Bama still found a way to drive down the field.

This game should have been over at half time.  Bama built a good lead, and you would think that they would have just turned to the running game to milk the clock.  It didn't work out that way.  Auburn fought back and found a way to win.

The special teams really broke down on that last play.  They were probably not even considering the missed and short field goal scenario.  What about those two Alabama players that had a chance to stop the Auburn player running back the ball?  The sideline was right there, but they could not manage to get him out of bounds.  This was really a fantastic last play that will be remembered for a long time.