I woke up about 4 times last night thinking that it was Sunday morning. Can’t WAIT for this to go down. As much fun as this has been, and as improbable as it all is, I want these guys to get in to the Super Bowl. Bad. I’ll be severely disappointed if they don’t. Mainly because I found out yesterday that the Niners are 5-7 in NFC Championship games. We’re still undefeated in the big one, but that championship record kinda sucks.
On the other hand, it shows that this has been one of the more competitive teams over the past 41 years. Anyhow, the talk is over, the back and forth done, the injuries are taped up, and the puking is over with. There’s nothing left to do but play the game. Everyone around here seems to think that the Niners win, either close or by a big margin. The Giants have a lot of bluster, but I think we lay the wood on the field.
I’m leaving early tomorrow for a party, so I won’t be posting (unless I can commandeer my friend’s son’s computer at half time). Last week was insanely intensely fun. I don’t want it to end.
From Alex Smith, Frank Gore, to Adam Snyder (2005 draftees), to the few holdouts from the Donohue era (Soap and Spencer), to the myriad role players, draftees, and free agents that have coalesced to make this improbable run to glory, I tip my proverbial cap, and give a knowing nod. Win or lose, it has been a hell of a ride. SO many players have gotten their just desserts just by getting to the NFC Championship game. The wait has been long and painful, but as of now the team is on the edge of a new dynasty. Things are finally looking up.
Go NINERS ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Forty Niners Forever 
Kyle-meet Preston Riley
KYLE WILLIAMS IS A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT. HE SHOULD BE CUT TOMORROW.
Yep THAT would fix it…uh huh man…
What a humiliating kick in the crotch!!!!
Too bad we didn’t have an offense to match theirs, right?
Right
BOO HOO………
AGREE! dang it…
I actually feel bad for him. He’s gonna live with this every day the rest of his life. Tough loss.
100% agree and Flavor thinking KW will make it up one of these days. But yeah, sorry for KW today
Yeah Williams cost us 10 points but our offense did jack in last 24 Minutes. WRs = 0, Hunter = 0, ST not so great
Still a great year and we’ll be back, deeper
He’s a pro and he lost the game. I feel bad for him but he blew it. It has nothing to do with anyone else.
I would hate to be a Giants fan in the parking lot tonight…Especially since it took 3 hours to go five miles just to reach the ‘Stick…Keep your fingers crossed, we don’t get another black eye over this shit…Things are about to get real ugly.
You’re right Phil. Williams fuck ups were of epic proportions, just as bad as the Craig fumble in ’90, but the offense was a piece of shit with the game on the line several times. All we needed was a field goal, our specialty, to go the superbowl. What a bitter, rancid pill to swallow
He cost us 10 but our offense needs to score 25-27 at minimum. 17 points? Offense over matched today. Any catches by WRs? And why in God’s name did we stop throwing to our ONLY weapon on passing offense- Vernon Davis? Special teams not so great today even minus KWs fuck ups. Andy Lee has had better days but really I think we’ll be back deeper and stronger
Yeah, coaching…weak, fucked up. Roman’s what his 2nd NFL playoff game? = OUT COACHED. But hey small potatoes when I called for 9-7. I simply cannot be disappointed with 14-4, Div Champs.
And I’m not
Yeah, the niners better have a back up punt returner, those two plays were huge!!! Williams is not a punt return man, but even as a WR you know to protect the ball at all costs at the end of the game
Two incredible blunders by Williams. I’m leaning toward Twinfan’s thinking, both offenses had their problems, but Williams blew it. Williams NFC Championship game: punt return muffdive to send it OT and fumble to send the Giants to the Superbowl. Rough, very rough.
They need wide outs- I don’t think Crabtree was ever open tonight. But bottom line- they win the game except for the kick returner..
Better if we had Ginn in there but we are not a deep team…Yet… With a better offense we score more than 17 points. Wonder why they went away from VD after 3rd quarter?
Our offense, our defense, special teams, Williams— this came down to the Giants making plays at the right time— that’s what football has always been about, not some Neanderthal belief that it’s qb vs qb. Epic loss. Epic season.
Flavor: Agree that this was an epic season and qb v qb is is a bunch of bullshit. But this game came down to 2 horrific turn overs handing the Giants 10 points, the Niners set it up for them to win which is what they never did during this incredible season. Still a great game to watch.
thanks 49ers and harbuagh for a great season !
too bad for kyle williams , but he’s the goat of the game
To fair, Alex missed Kyle on what should have been a TD. That might have been the only WR open all night. But great season-the start of another dynasty..
At beginning of year anybody had said “Yer gonna win yer division, go 14-4 and lose the NFC Championship game this year” my reply woulda been “Fantastic!”
Far better even that Skeebs 11-5 prediction. Fantastic
Pardon me for posting the same comment from Skeebers blog. But I can’t say much more than this:
I’m crushed. I know I’ll get over it, and see the positive, but I have to go through the five stages of grief, or whatever it’s called.
Their D outplayed our O, our D outplayed their O. It is easy to blame Williams, but going in I saw that we had a significant flaw, and that flaw bit us in the butt. We’ve harped on our WR corps. It needs to improve.
I am really, really proud of the character of this team. The pain hurts. I thought we were going to pull it out. Really did. You never know when you’ll get that close. But I also have to tip my hat, painfully as it is to do so, to the NYG. They are a very, very good team. They put some serious pressure on AS, and I’m not going to be a whiner and complain about a crappy non-fumble call or a KW’s gaffes. Nope. It hurts, but we got beat today by a better team…today. We played our hearts out and barely, barely lost.
The ups and downs of being a true fan are part of an epic emotional roller coaster. I know every one of you has been, and is there. I appreciate being able to share it.
The 49ers fracking rock.
Barley the pill is bitter today, yes…and it will be all the sweeter soon enough, you watch.
Just remind me I said so, okay?…..
Uh, they Giants were given 10 points and did nothing to earn them but punt the ball to Kyle Williams. They weren’t a better team team today, don’t want to call them lucky because it sounds lame, I’m in pain as well
That is absolutely correct. There have many goats over the years, probably none more directly responsible for a loss than Williams. Riley hasn’t lived it down after 40 years…
We’re just not deep enough and it cost us today…even when Craig cost us everything we were pretty damn deep but one fuck up is ll it takes…and he fucked up for sure.
And our weak to invisible WR corps is quite a bit stronger (all things being equal but they never are) IF Coach has Morgan out of the game or not being the primary receiver going for a TD with a 45 POINT LEAD against TAMPA. But we’ll be getting more and receivers and better players all around