Still Alive
The good news is that I don’t need to hand-wring anymore about Jimmy G. You don’t go 90 yards with no time outs in just over a minute needing a TD to save your season and get anything but mad respect from me. Trey’s time will come next year. JG earned whatever time he’s got with us this season. Man, that was equally the most infuriating and fun game I’ve watched in years…..
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
So Mac’s 3:07 yesterday, “where are all these SF fans” still stands. SoFi stadium is in Inglewood, which iirc is where Laker’s Fab Forum used to be.
If you follow Matt Barrow twitter thread below one Flav posted is a shout out to Niner Faithful from John Lynch about showing up and sticking with them despite ugly start yada yada.
So there is definitely a story here cuz they were out in full force in enema territory.
It was a great crowd yesterday, not sure how they got so many tickets. Used to go down to Anaheim to see the 9ers play the Rams because it was pretty easy to get tickets and there used to be cheap flight deals.
Inglewood is close to LAX and SoFi probably is easily accessible from hotels (?).
I’m guessing that Dodger stadium is probably a tougher ticket for groups, it’s harder to get to, and that whole Brian Stow incident all might come into play for Giants fans.
But, by the most part I always thought Giants fans repped pretty good at visiting yards.
Not sure where that is, but I don’t want to be anywhere near that territory…
where were you 40 years ago today?
I was at a buddy’s place in Santa Monica watching this game, chewing my fingernails to nubs, drinking Buds, and going nuts at the Catch and when they finally won, going to the SB, baby ! After losing their ass to the Boys in those horrific early ’70s playoff losses, this was sweet Niner revenge, even though at QB it was White, not Staubach. That Niner team came out of nowhere that year, kind of like the much later 2010 Giants…
Read through Rams storyline by beat writer in Athletic and comments, and all Niners fans in attendance came up a lot. I’m sure what Bozo said is right; bloggers complained about high prices for tickets, parking, beer yada yada and of course blocs of tickets bought up by large companies that wind up being sold. And of course having to listen to screaming Niners fans letting them have it on way out and in shuttles.
Also much grousing about continuation of McVay ownage by Shanahan, play call on last drive of first half (sack on empty backfield 3rd and 1 gave momentum to Niners as they got first score), and Rams losing battle at line of scrimmage and secondary unable to tackle Deebo. Couple weeks ago Kittle said that with all the hits he watched Samuel take on runs, he would as soon just block for him.
Don’t know if anyone saw it, but on Niner post game Fred Warner rocking a SF Giants hat.
Yesterday’s game was like a capsule of our whole season. The Niners stepped up when they had to. Jimmy sucked the first half and was gold in the second when he needed to be. Our defense stopped their run game and ours finally showed up in the second half. Usually we are the ones who get a lead in the 1st half only to watch it dissolve in the 2nd and finally we turned that around. Luckily I don’t throw things during games anymore.
I’m sure you saw Klay rocking the Belt captain’s hat the other day.
There are few real Rams or Chargers fans down there. Then again, the game I saw last year against Pittsburgh, it was about 1/4 Steeler fans. Then again, we were sucking, LA isn’t. Their fans will gladly sell tix to Niner fans for a profit.
Flav thanks for showing clip of The Catch. In NYPost column on Montana that Loo linked here the other day, Montana said Walsh had them practice that play, BUT Clark was not the intended target, it was Solomon, who lined up inside him. Clark was supposed to pick Solomon’s defender off him so he could break open to outside, but if you look at the clip, as Montana said, Solomon slipped after his first couple steps and so timing was completely off.
Solomon is covered as he goes outside, and Everson Walls #24 from Grambling (who twice intercepted Montana that game), has Clark covered as he goes into end zone, then Clark goes back out to corner as Montana is scrambling toward sideline. Walls sees him and tries to recover, but…
Wersching XP puts them ahead 28-27 with 51 seconds left, and after long pass for 31 yards is completed to Drew Pearson they stop Dallas on sack by Lawrence Pillers on Danny White who fumbled and lost ball to Jim Stuckey.
Still one of the Greatest moments in Bay Area History!
The start of the run of S/B wins and having 49er party’s 🎉🍻and hangovers that were well worth it!!
Any San Francisco/bay area peninsula to San Jose fans, oh hell east bay, north bay all had one thing in common they knew once the 49ers reached a SB it was a guaranteed win with Joe Montana and Bill Walsh!
I still have that gold satin Forty Niners jacket, the best of alltime imo hanging in my closet but brought out for special occasions like playoff runs..
Bought my son one of those a few years ago. Yeah, I was getting over the flu and was sick as a dog for the Catch game. Woulda been there otherwise. Went the the first playoff win over the Giants. Highlight was the 60 yard TD to Freddie Solomon.
Glorious time as the last playoff game was of course the Preston Riley debacle. Which I was at.
That one still hurts as I was 9.
The parade down Market St. was a blast after the SB in 82.
Still got a lump on my head from that day!
let’s go, motherfuckers
Ha that’s pretty funny stuff, lot of great thread replies. Emmitt Smith btw, has a son Emmitt James Smith IV, who is running back for Stanford and yes he does wear #22 jersey. Pops and Missus are in the stands cheering him on.
I still don’t like his showboating like that. When he did that I felt a little embarrassed for the franchise, great football players don’t need to do that shit, IMO
yes totally agree. Mooch didn’t like it either.
Back when they let the players play.
The great Don Maynard has died at 86…
One tough football player. RIP Don
Ah Maynard was great. In other news, um maybe not such a good day yet again to be a (NY) Giants fan—GM is retiring but Coach Judge apparently staying. yikes
Damn. Loved Maynard. He, Otis Taylor, Lance Alworth, and Gene Washington were my hero WRs as a kid.
And Paul Warfield of course.
I’m down with BF on his lede.
There’s been bad Jimmy and good Jimmy his entire tenure with SF, but mostly good. Not great, but good enough many times, and certainly good enough in 2019 to get to within about 8 minutes of winning the SB. Yesterday’s comeback just cements that he can leave the Niners after this post-season is done, whatever the result, with head held high. He’s been remarkably a pro in dealing with this Lance side show, other QBs might have gone apeS to basically have this season be a lame duck season, with your successor in the QB room nipping at your heels …
Hard to complain when you are getting $26 mill a year. Jimmy G will get a fat deal from someone like the Broncos next season. Unless Jimmy somehow wins the whole enchilada. That would be a trip and a half.
If Jimmy could only play a complete game. Then again, the team is getting healthy and can play with anyone when not throwing errant picks and getting PI calls. Getting hot now is the way to roll.
Alex Smith had 5 HC/OCs in 5 years, had his job Wally Pipped from him, lame-ducked for Patrick Mahomes, and THEN had his gruesome leg injury deal that he came back from. He’s my poster boy for perseverance. Jimmy is gonna end up fine. We should be able to swindle horse-face out of some nice picks.
D line is looking like it’s peaking. They punished Stafford in the 2nd half yesterday, and all day gave up only breadcrumbs to the Rams run game.
That’s huge. If the entire D gets as healthy as it’s been since pre-season, Jimmy can even F up once or twice with stupid INTs in a playoff game, and it might be OK. How he was making those good throws in the second half yesterday with no functioning thumb ligament is beyond me — had some brace contraption apparently. Or, it’s not as bad as advertised…
You know, in The Catch game referenced above, Montana lost a fumble and threw 3 interceptions. “Complete game”? Hardly.
Look no one is saying G is his equal, but warts and all, the guy is a winner.
Comparing today’s passing game with 40 years ago isn’t particularly helpful. In those days, the DBs mugged the WRs from the get go, and the defense could crush the QBs at will, with no penalties. Jimmy is a pretty good QB, but is basically immobile with a ton of warts, and is regularly unavailable every season due to injury. Ergo, Lance. IF they can trade him, Niners will be fortunate if they get a second round pick maybe with a late rounder thrown in. Not sure what the thumb injury will do to his trade status after the Niners are done in the playoffs, they may just cut him if nobody’s willing to trade. He upped his potential salary next year with that Rams second half performance with the bumb thumb — good for him, he’s a likable dude…
They should change the name of this masterpiece to “Sympathy For The Conga Player”
What a workout!
Mick is doing a pretty good job there too. Dying to see the movie they were supposed to make of that show.
“False start! Everyone except the snapper!” That ref’s call on Georgia tonight is the funniest I’ve ever heard televised.
Great video, hadn’t seen that in awhile. Love seeing those in attendance (Lennon, Townsend et al). Strangely low key presence by Brian Jones just shaking some maracas…
This was pretty close to the end of Brian. There’s great footage of this show with The Who playing and the short lived band Dirty Mac featuring Clapton Lennon, Mitch Mitchell and Keith Richards.
Excellent.
Nice lipstick and mascara on Mick. Early UK Mary Kay fan?…
They made a sympathy for the devil movie over 50 years ago. I saw it at Stanford university. I think it was just mostly about the stones. I can’t really remember I just remember the girl I took to it a fucking gorgeous natural redhead.
Meant to post this
Jethro Tull also played at the Stones Rock and Roll Circus:
Fantastic.
Wow. Hadn’t seen that. Looks straight out of Clockwork Orange.
And this. Man, these bands are right at the peak of their powers.
Oh to go back in time. I’d start at 1/1/1966 in London.
Great stuff all.
Those vids were directed in that show by same guy that did the Beatles “Get Back” films, just shown recently on Disney+. The Who are killin’ it — as usual…
I’ve watched that performance at least a dozen times. The Who at their peak. Too bad it doesn’t include the brief Keith Richards intro.
Lot of weird stories about Tull vid, with most of audio lip synched in except for Ian Anderson. That was Iommi on guitar, but that’s supposedly only time he played with them, as replacement for M Abrahams on lead guitar.
Great, great, great clips. Thanks for sharing, all.
That’s funny about Tommy Iommi. The guitar work certainly didn’t sound like him, and it wasn’t. It was Mick Abrahams. Didn’t even recognize Tommy.
Didn’t know that was the last time Brian Jones played with the Stones. I knew it was somewhere near the end of his life.
Walton in town doing USC-Stanford game. No fans allowed back in yet, only families of players.
ESPN just flashed breaking news that Joe Judge out as coach of NYGs.
What took so long?
report says they will hire a GM and let him pick new coach.
That’s the first smart thing they’ve done in ages.
Phuck the NYGiants.
Long may they be crappy…
Cardinal only down a point at half to #5 ranked Trojans 11 for Spencer Jones, 10 points/7 boards for highly touted 6-8 freshman Harrison Ingram. Last time Cards played in Dec. Jones had career high 25 as they beat Liberty.
Cards win 75-69 knocking off previously undefeated SC. 21/10 for Ingram, 21 also for Spencer Jones both high in game.
I wouldn’t root for either, but somebody had to win.
Kinda like last night’s annual SEC re-championship game with permanent participant Alabama vs. current year’s SEC opponent…
Cal gave SC all they could handle for about 35 minutes over weekend at Haas. Cal is much improved–rivalry games should be well contested.
And Texas Tech just took down #1 Baylor.
wow after knocking off Kansas game before that. Impressive.
Warriors vs. Memphis fun game to watch.
Until the end:(