Literally and figuratively. The rain is finally supposed to return to Northern CA after a long absence, and the football teams involved in the NFC Championship game this weekend (well, one of them) have stopped yapping and appear to be actually focussing on the game. Chances are it rains off and on through the game on Sunday.
I guess we’ll see what happens. Slowing the game down would in all likelihood favor the 49ers, as they have a better run game, and more experience playing on that quagmire they call Bill Walsh field. It’ll be high tide as well at 4:22 pm (+4.1′), so that will add to the squishiness. After the NFC Championship game in 1994, they let the fans on the field, and the corners of the field (especially the southwest corner) were about 6″ of muck. The middle of the field was OK, but the closer you got to the sidelines and endzones, it got thicker and muddier.
I’m sure the drainiage is better now, so it should be somewhat better, but still, the Stick is the Stick, and it looks to be a mess by the end of the game.
Forty Niners Forever 
At this point, there is very little *analysis* of each team’s season that will lead to anything conclusive about who will win tomorrow. It’s all coming down to who will make more plays at the right time than. Both of these teams have proven to be a legit *team*, otherwise they wouldn’t have gotten this far. They both deserve to be here and a win by either wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.
I still say Niners win this one fairly easily, 30-16……
The reason I’m optimistic is the Niners have won the field position battle with their superior kicking game. Opponents will drive 60 yards and get 0 points, while the Niners drive 30 and get 3. Things like this never seem to show up in statistics other than the final score. Playing on a short field often leads to quick scoring drives, and not long drawn out possessions. So, like last week, the niners lost the yardage battle, the TOP battle, but won the game. There are probably at least 8 other games that followed that pattern.
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