NFC Title --- SF @ SEA *** Discussion and Analysis ***

NFC Championship and a trip to the superbowl on the line this week as the Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers. The BIG stage is set and this is a huge rivalry game between these two clubs bragging rights. Regular season meetings were split with the home teams winning both times. 

I cant talk you in or out of anything, but the niners will win, and I have plenty of money riding on this game, along with a 17-1-2 playoff record. BOL...

Just want to be on the right side. 49ers +3.5 maybe a hook to +4 could be a legit play and they are a legit SB contender not taking anything from them....but they are limping to the finish line and flying all over the country with less rest.

This is SF third straight time in the NFC Championship game. Not taking away from Seattle or their crowd, but I think this year SF wins it all. Kapernick looks good. Crabtree helps.
I took SF +3 @ +110 from my local this morning. I will continue to monitor line and odds all week. It might be my single largest play this season.

just by sheer numbers alone sea @ home wins 22-20.. the hardest thing to determine is, does this 9er team have enough left in the tank to take on a very physical sea team..

Seattle were the ones limping. Niners are charging into history on golden chariots. SF will win the game IMO. List the rosters and pick the better player from each team. You will pick more Niners. They are kicking ass and this is the third Championship game in as many years and if you follow trends that would indicate a SF Super Bowl victory since they are getting progressively better. Like pats to cover and lose outright.

Last time 49ers played at Seattle I did a teaser made 49ers +15 and knew Seahawks don't lose at home but thought 49ers could keep it close and they got their azz kick all over field! Lol

sf wins 16-13

Crunch all the numbers, compare all the players,and weather, this game will be decided on turnovers. 3 pts either way. BOL

Whoever wins this game is taking the superbowl don't care about the pats or broncos...for either teams it's a nice story. Seahawks first ever title or niners avenge last years run and almost winning at the end.

"Now can someone talk me out of drinking the Seahawks bandwagon Kool Aid cause just can't see them losing this game at home despite the niners recent form and wanting to get back to avenge their SB loss to the ravens last year..... "


I haven't decided on a side yet, but if you want reasons to back the Niners, here's a couple

1   The storm delay affected the dynamic of the first game, so I place less value on that game, compared to the second meeting, which was a close game.     IMO the upcoming game should be much more like the second meeting, than the first.

2  "patriots / broncos / and niners all have had their success in the past winning boat loads of titles between them...giving the seahawks a extra edge when it comes to being hungry and getting to at least the superbowl game this year."

I don't believe this is a factor at all.     Right now, everyone's equally hungry to win 2 more games.

3  Evaluating all the skill players, I give an edge to SFO, because I like their receivers better

4  Harbaugh has a 21-6 ATS road record as Niners HC.     Prior to that, he beat Carroll (Stanford vs USC) as a 41 point underdog.    If anyone can get the win (or at least, cover) at Seattle, Harbaugh can.

Great analysis. Seattle -3 will be my biggest bet of the playoffs.

For me this game is simple. Until the Niners prove they can win up in Seattle, my money is with the Seahawks. I don't think Kaepernick is mentally sharp enough to handle that insane environment and stay calm, making the proper plays, adjustments.  He can't read defenses and he wilts inside hostile enviroments.

He's gotten completely rattled both times he's played in Seattle.

Look at his numbers from the last game up there:
Colin Kaepernick: 13-28, 127 yards, 3 ints, 0 TDs

And this was after lighting up Green Bay the week before!

Same with Boldin. He went for over 200 yards against GB, the next week against Seattle I think he had 1 catch for 8 yards. Sherman completely locked him up.

Wilson on the other hand is a very intelligent game manager and just wins. 14-1 record playing at home. 14-1? His only loss was an almost meaningless end of season game to Arizona (they won it on a last minute comeback drive).

I mean Drew Brees just said it's "one of the toughest places to win". This is a future hall-of-famer who throws over 4,000 every year! They shut him out for 3.5 quarters, think he only had 40 yards at half-time.

I just don't see how Kaepernick can get it done against that secondary.

People were all going crazy on this board that the Saints would win this past weekend. "It's different this time, they will be prepared!" No it wasn't.

BOL EVERYONE.

"Trying to find that game is it this one in 2009   Final score 55-21 win for stanford? 41 pt dogs seriously? And also did not know richard sherman was from the CPT and went to stanford...it's a small world."

STOP LYNCH and SF wins this game.  It will be a tight one thinking 24-21 SF even though i had been promoting SEA all along i have change my mind.   Seattle didn't exactly blow out NO last week and if NO could have found a way to stop Lynch they would have won.  SF has a lot of weapons and i think they pull this one out.  Another thing is when you lose the SB the way SF lost last year on a miss call it sits deep in your gullet and they want back to the SB for redemption.
JMHO G/L on any bets.

And all this talk about the 12th man and it being loud...yeah its gunna be pretty loud but there will also be LOTS of niners fans there makin the trip up from the bay.

One word adrenaline.

Niners fans were not allowd to buy tickets.  Unless of course they get scalpers tix.

I looked at buying tickets for the game. Stubhub starts at $500 for a nosebleed end zone ticket -- and that was just a single. Prices are through the roof! So any Bay area folks coming up will be spending some serious coin for a ticket. There will be some for sure, but I don't expect it to be a really noticeable amount.

Seahawks had limited the tickets to 6 states (California not one) and Canada.  So any 49ers fans would have to buy scalpers.

Forget the past. 49ers win big. 38 - 7

Denver did the same thing. It didn't matter though.........what was left for tix @ TM went in about an hour. I hate fuckin TM.........sell-out bastardds.