After a pretty quiet week, Kevin (punch me in the throat) Gilbride decided to whine about Justin Smith’s apparent murderous holding infractions while playing defensive tackle. Disregarding the obvious notion that DTs are usually the ones behing held, Jim Harbaugh fired back his own incendiary comments, calling the claims, well incendiary. Thing is, DTs hold. They all do it. Smith will hold 2 guys if it’ll give Willis a clean path to a ball carrier. Since this is something that is never called, or even looked for, you have to wonder what the fuck Gilbride is squalking about. Although you have to take into accoun\t Tom Coughlin’s comments that he’s curious as to why his team comes in as the underdog.
Really, Tom? You are on the road against a team with a better record than you? And you are going to play the ‘poor us’ card? Maybe if you had beaten the Iggles, people would take you more seriously. If anything the Giants have to be one of the most whining teams in the history of football. And it starts with Coughlin. He’s constantly whining to the refs, the media, his coaches, his players, his grandma, and anyone else within earshot. Time for a beat-down. As crappy as the Giants have looked, I don’t think they play as shitty as they did against the Browns or Cowboys. This will be a tough game, one that means a lot more to NY than the Niners, but in the end, the Niners prevail, 28-20.
SHout out to the SF Giants and their quest for the World Series title.
San Francisco 49ers Forever 
Here are the prognostications:
Chuck: 28-20 Niners. This game is big, but really doesn’t mean jack shit until we get to January. The hope is it decides homefield, but look at what that got us last year. It wouldn’t be a killer to lose this game. Though I think the Niners win 28-20.
Grumpy guy: 27-17 Niners. Next week will be harder. But we are more multi-dimensional than the Giants, and will be highly motivated after last year’s loss. I’ll take 27-17, 49ers.
barleyfreak: 38-17, Niners. I don’t think for a moment this team is going to get full of themselves before this rematch against the team that knocked them out last year. I think they come to play and they out play and out coach them.
Phil: 33-16 Niners. Bring on the fucking Giants those east coast media darlings
12th man: 31-27 Niners. I think whats at stake is redemption. Vindication for the belief that we should have gone to the bowl not them. In those terms this game is huge and I hope we left something in the gas tank from last week. .. let ESPN chew on that for a while.
snarkk: 30-20 Niners…
Flavor: Well, we are at least facing a competitive team this week. We still walk all over them. Payback time, bitches. 33-17
I’ll add Dennis’s: 44-0 NY Giants.
RTF fearlessly predicts 17-6
BLEEP IT! NY craps out in SF.
Chuck, very nice Week 6 preview as our Niners prepare to do battle with the New York football Giants. A mook couldn’t do it any better even if he tried. Your devout readers, followers and fellow mooks in particular appreciate the effort. But as Lee Corso is wont to say, “Not so fast my, friend!” with crediting me with a 44-0 call of the Giants tomorrow. I like your thinking of the reverse jinx, but even I can’t go that far.
I’m thinking more in the neighborhood of something like, ohhhhhh, let’s call a repeat of last year’s NFC Championship Game and say 20-17 G-Mennnnnn will win it in regulation and/or OT. Thanks in large part to the fumble by, no, not Kyle Williams. No. Not Alex Smith. But the one and only, Vernon “I’m prettier than even what the mirror reflects” Davis.
How bout dem Giants! I’m talking orange and black. Fuck the blue and white.
I was babysitting my longtime next-door neighbor’s grandson, Jonathon, last evening. I’ve known that little shitkicker since the day he was born. Anyhow, we got to talking about Halloween, and Jonathan was telling me how he’s gonna be a Power Ranger this year. Jonathan was itching to watch “something Halloween” on TV. Well, I didn’t think it would be appropriate to show a 6-year-old boy John Carpenter’s 1978 masterpiece, and that being the only Halloween movie that I have…I jumped the holiday season up just a tad and popped in Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Jonathan had never seen that classic before. And since it starred Boris Karloff, I considered the Grinch to be Halloween-ish enough. Jonathan loved the Grinch. We watched it four times together. Jonathan got the biggest kick every time he heard the phrase, “Roast Beast.” Save some for Max the dog/reindeer.
Merry Christmas
Fearlessly, Chuck. That’s Fysical with an “F”.
Farcical with a ph.
Dizz Bryant chokes the 2 pt conversion. And the Rams lose to Miami.
. . . and Balt blows the onsides kick. . .
. . . AND they get a PI call. . . In thr immortal words of RHCP, give it away give it away give it away now.
Nooooooooonan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ravens win.
Watching the end of the Dallas game. Like most of us, I don’t like the ‘Boys but Bryant got mugged on the 2 point try.IMO.
SF 27-17
Dez Bryant got mugged? Check your eye prescription. That’s was incidental contact followed by a drop of a perfectly thrown ball right between the 88 on his jersey.
Catch the goddamn ball!
Clear interference, numbskull.
Our OL is off to another fantastic start. They’ve been top notch, top notch! (Judge Smails) all year long. From left to right all across the line.
ouch
Third and 6 and Harbaugh takes out Alex. Did we sign Peyton Manning yet?
And Akers takes his turn at playing Danny Noonan.
0 points. Yardage doesn’t count on the scoreboard.
Well, that sucked.
try again
Not too crazy bout pulling Smith on that 3rd down.
Yikes. 3 and out. I’ll take it.
let Kap throw, you know their D is expecting a run from Kap or Gore
Ball control. Running game. Defense. Harbaugh ball. Special teams cost 3.
3rd and 6 and taking out Alex is akin to pinch hitting for bonds in the B9 with the bases drunk because he’s facing a lefty. You don’t take out your superstar regardless of the situation. It’s patently obvious that Alex is no superstar. Jesus Christ. Superstar. Jesus Christ. That’s a joke, son!
almost Del, almost.
Nice catch by Williams there.
Ditto . . .
Alex is on fire.
A Moss sighting!!!!
botched play with Gore
Come on Green Akers
Well, we’ll see as the game progresses but the 2 Kappy plays have twarted good drives..
agreed
If it was on our side of the field I can the logic in handing to Gore to set up later plays for Kappy, but not in those situations.
Sorry. Harbaugh is turning this into Stanford football part deux. I’ll be quite honest. it’s difficult for me to like and accept this type of football. I don’t like how the game has chanced recently, not just with Jimbo, but with the league in general. I loved football so much more the way it was played back in 1984. I know. I have a problem with letting go with the past. It’s something that my therapist and I have been working on for quite sometime. As you can see, we still haven’t found a solution.
Ooh, A 5-man front.
Pass rush and don’t give Eli time to throw.
D is on fire too
Ginn is starting to look more comfortable back there.
3 FGs already for Blair Walsh from the Vikings and more importantly, from my FF team. Blair is just one good goddamn kicker. That’s a fact of life. Blair? Facts of life? That’s another joke, son!
poor throw
Oops. A dead duck.
That sucker should’ve been grounded before it got off the ground. These aren’t the Buffalo Bills, baby. You can’t play that way.
Hope he shakes it off
I didn’t know it was already duck season. That was a lame duck pass from Alex.
Duck season! Wabbitt season! Duck season! Wabbitt season! Wabbitt season! Duck season! Fire!
That’s one more joke for ya, son. And a mighty good one if I don’t say so myself.
Way too much air on that one.
Culliver beat twice so far
Goldson covers so much ground, good to see the Niners playing the middle field tighter
Pass the salsa.
Time to forget the punch in the jaw and come off the canvas Alex.
We need to get Manning on the canvas. Smith is throwing with rushers on top of him, Eli is getting too much time- Manning does get some of the credit for that, of course. I’d like to see some screens from us on offense.
Can’t speak for the rest of my Niner brethren, but it tuned out to be one helluva nice day here in Pinole. Sunny, mild with just a hint of breeze. People would say you and I should be outside on a day like this.
“For who? For what?” ~Ricky Watters
he was going to throw then, stupid penalty.
Hmmm…good D from both teams so far
Held it way too long when he could’ve run for the first. No, no, no. Run and if you don’t make it, rely on the ST. The Niners are the best.
We brought in Kaep once again and all it netted was a 5 yd false start penalty. So we have to go for it on 3rd and 4 and get sacked. Even though Alex had all the time in the world to throw.
Keep it up Jimbo. You fucking mook.
Alex, I hope you’re watching. That’s how a 2-time Super Bowl Champion dissects a defense.
Hold, and the Niners are only down 7.
I think Alex has done that a few times this year.
Why the fuck did Jimbo just throw the challenge flag? the runner was obviously down by contact. Who the fuck is upstairs advising him on this shit, Paraag? Someone needs 40 lashes for this horseshit.
Seriously. There is NO fucking excuse for that ill-advised challenge. I hope to hell the scribes make Jimbo answer the question. Answer my question.
Don’t be stupid, Alex. Go into the locker room down 7, or down 10 if ST fails again. It’s a long game, and this one has only begun.
Well,, Mr. Gilbride was most accomodating by calling a run when we’d been unable to stop the passing game regardless of the yardage.
Almost. Damn nice try.
Damn. Alex put that ball on the money. That was one helluva catch if we were playing horseshoes… almost.
offensive PI
sux
That was offensive PI if anything. Calling Dr. Ben Dover.
I think that’s a catch. His hand was under the ball the whole time..
No huddle. shotgun, precision passes. The Mannings are pretty predictable. So what.
not enough pass rush, too much time for Manning
Just like my horses, It’s all about the breeding when it comes to QBs as well. It’s in the blood.
Nice block of that FG. And fucking terrible clock management by TC. And it’s Kaep, not Alex who gives us a shot at another 3 before the half. Danny “Green Akers” Noonan.
Got some pressure finally.
and it paid off
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
good block
just like that
This game hasn’t even started yet.
Weird half. Probably should be 13-13.
But after all the kerfuffle, I’ll take 10-3, no prob.
Down 7 at half, Giants getting the kickoff. It’d be 1 without Akers’ two misses.
Damn, I’m watching the London feed through VIPbox. I’m spending most of the game canceling all the pop up shit. Fox on the East Coast are showing Minn and Wash. I thought with NY playing the 9ers it would be a no brainer.
Harbaugh’s challenges were a simple technique to take the no-huddle, speed up Gints off their rhythm and give the D a breather.
Rufus, if you believe that shit, you must also believe that Margaret Dumont was the first Playboy Playmate back in ’62.
Harbaugh’s a fucking mook.
Great play, Cox. Forget ball control now.
That hurt. Right up the gut. At some point, the Niners offense is going to have to put points on the board.
True. But they can put up 28 and still lose if the defense remains a sieve.
Fuck!
I think that’s now about 6 plays where Alex was sitting on the sidelines. MVP.
Most Valuable goddamn Punch in the goddamn throat.
And he throws another INT as I type. Did we sign Peyton Manning yet?
Thank Christ the D held ’em to just three. Bring in Tolzien!
Ack! Penaltry, pick, dropped pick. Not good.
“Ahut, ahem”. They are playing the Super Bowl Champions, Twinnie.
If it weren’t for the floating ducks from Bad Alex, this would still be a game.
I never asserted otherwise, pal.
We’re making too many mistakes, while the Giants are making plays.
Blown FGs, drops, Rogers drops a pick six, ill-timed penalties and two bad decisions by Alex. Meanwhile Eli has carved them up. Our DBs have not had a good game.
Too bad Alex can’t play Buffalo every week. This game has last year’s NFC Championship written all over it. And now a delay of game for good measure. Bring in Spurrier!
And now Alex is picked off for a THIRD time. Bring in Scott Bull(shit).
Well, it’s as bad as I’ve seen him.
Shit. Might be time for me to switch to a baseball gear. Fuck.
Write it off. Take it out on Pete Carroll.
Duck hunting season, anyone?
Seriously. One of you guys tell me again how we wouldn’t be better off with Peyton Manning at QB. You fucking mooks.
You’ve been anxiously awaiting a bad game from Alex, Denny. Pathetic.
No. What’s really pathetic are you fans who think we’re better off with Alex than Manning.
4th and 15 and Alex throw an 8 yd out to VD. Manning woulda at least hit sticks.
Alex has had a terrible game and we have “fans” like the Bug Boy gloating about it.
This is not something their D is doing, it’s self inflicted
Mostly, that’s true.
WTF kind of call was that on 1st dn? Alex on an option? If you’re gonna play that shit, put in Kaep. this game’s on Harbaugh just as much as it’s on Alex.
I told Moss would show up today.
If I didn’t know any better, I coulda sworn that was Aubrey Huff at QB for the Niners.
All about Alex, Crabby. What happened to “Alex was awesome and carried the team”?
Week to week, now is it?
Shit. It’s an L against the Super Bowl Champions. Embarassment on national TV, but no real harm done.
Being bad today hardly negates his good work, Do you understand this game at all?
I don’t know, Crabby. Do you have a clue?
No huddle, speed up offenses where 3-4 receivers shuffle in and out on every play, mixed in the Big Bear packages. Tell us about it. Seriously. Your Dad knew as much about football as any man, and I suspect behind Crabby you do, too.
I understand that all QBs have bad games and that doesn’t negate the good ones. I’m certainly not so stupid as to think that it does.
Christian Ponder looked like a Rook today against Shanny’s medicore at best D.
He’s in his 2nd year, and his first year as a starter.
Alex has been awful and some horrible decisions on Kappy have been nearly as damaging.
playcalling for Kap has not been good IMO
pressure worked again
3 plays in a row for Kap?
4
Looks like we did something right, we knocked out Victor Cruz. If I were the DC, I’d have a bounty out on every offensive player. That makes four consecutive plays for Kaep to end the 3rd quarter.
Don’t say a word. Don’t say a goddamn word.
ST has given up big yds all season too
Kappy should be sitting with a clipboard and learning. His over use today is hardly a main reason for the drubbing but it’s part of it. It definitely cost points early. But we’ll come out of this 4-2 and in fine shape towatds my 11-5 call.
If the intent is to use Kap in spot situations why have him keep handing off? Giants are expecting a run from Kap or RB anyway. When he threw he had success. They should let him throw then use the run.
So you agree with me that Harbaugh’s a fucking mook for taking out Alex?
Fine shape? We’re goddamn Oklahoma playing a goddamn two QB system in the NFL. This isn’t Norman. Norman was Billy Crystal’s friend from “City Slickers.” “I made a cow.”
Alex, Harbaugh and the entire Niner squad are having a cow today.
Moooooooowwww. Farms in Berkeley?
I think Alex was hot and taking him out broke that somewhat.
I also think that if they are going to put Kap in, put him in a position to win, handing off to a RB is not fooling anyone because they expect a run anyway.
good lord
we need hurry up 4 min drill
getting beat both sides of the ball again, Vikings 2.0
Now the G-Men are just running roughshod over our defense.
I’m embarrassed.
Now our defensive front seven is getting their ass kicked.
Not our day today.
This does not bode well for being considered an elite team in the NFL. Two quality teams and we lose to them!! This was to show the Iners could keep up with a quality team. Not so. Until the 49ers beat quality team with a winning record, I just dont seeing them go very far in the playoffs.
yeah, big let down today.
It’s incredibly ignorant for any observer to be trashing Alex in general for one awful game- that I’ve acknowledged repeatedly. Unlike RT and Denny, I’m honest about what transpires. He’s been terrible, and he ain’t alone…
Smith stunk today, as did the rest of the team, and now a short week to Seattle.
All about Alex, Crabby, as always. How many points did my Niners offense put on the board today?
How many times do I have to say he was awful, moron?
Who is generally considered to be the playmaker, passer, and leader of an offense?
Alex’s QBR was at 30 in the first half, before the medium completion to Moss.
30 is not bad. It’s bench time.
The only stats I care about are the points on the board at the end of the day. How many did the Niners offense put on the board today?
He’s not losing his job over one game. Where do you come up with this shit? We were crap in every phase and have some serious work to do but if you think it’s all on Smith you’re denying sane people needed air space…
How many plays today was Kappy the QB and Alex on the bench? When the game was on the line, I mean.