New Stadium Coming

  Word has been made that the San Francisco 49ers are moving to a new stadium after the end of the 2013 season.  Currently, the 49ers are playing in Candlestick Park, and are coming off of a Super Bowl loss.  The game had many issues, including a black out.  Candlestick has had blackouts in the 2011 season.  In fact, there were two blackouts in one game in Candlestick.  Steve Young used to be the quarterback in Candlestick, and now it is Colin Keapernick.  Candlestick Park used to be home of the baseball San Francisco Giants, but they moved to another stadium.  The important thing is that it will be at the end of the 2013 season.  Maybe a new stadium will make the 49ers even better than now; a Super Bowl win!  This was true with the basketball now Brooklyn Nets.  They used to be the New Jersey Nets, but moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.  However, for the 49ers this is a move still in state.  I think after moving to a new stadium they will win a Super Bowl.

By Ameen I.

Comeback Come Short

The Super Bowl as most of you already know the winner was the Ravens, but the reason why is because I think the referees missed a clear pass interference on the last play of the game. Also the Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco played just well enough to win the MVP as he had 3 touchdowns all in the first half and 287 yards with no interceptions. Which is really good even compared to Collin Kaepernick who had 302 passing yards and 1 passing touchdown. He also had 1 interception and 62 rush yards and 1 touchdown with his legs.

The comeback in this game wouldn't have happened if it weren't for a power outage in the beginning of the third quarter. Because it gave the Niners time to regroup after going down 21-6. Then the Niners exploded and scored 25 points in the rest of the game. The Ravens would only score ten points, but it was enough for them. Even though their running game was terrible the Ravens still pulled it out. The Ravens, Ray Rice had only 59 yards and no touchdowns compared to 49er's Frank Gore who had 110 rushing yards and 1 touchdown. The reason the Ravens won was because they spread the ball around to 7 different players and the Niners only gave it to 4 different players. Micheal Crabtree definitely did all he could with 1 touchdown and 109 yards and Vernon Davis had 104 yards and 6 receptions, both of them on the Niners. Boldin had 6 receptions and 104 yards for the Ravens. Even though Jacoby Jones only had 56 yards, but it was on one pass for a touchdown. Jones also had a 108 yard touchdown return the longest in play-off history.

Congratulations to the Ravens and Joe Flacco Super Bowl MVP.

By David B.

San Francisco vs. Green Bay

Colin Kaepernick earned the starting job by having a breakout game when Alex Smith was injured with a concussion.  Aaron Rodgers was coming off a game against the Minnesota Vikings.  The San Francisco 49ers were playing the Green Bay Packers last night and the 49ers completely demolished the Packers.  Last night Colin Kaepernick passed for 263 yards and ran for a quarterback-record 181 yards to go along with two touchdown passes to Michael Crabtree and two touchdown rushes.  This was Kaepenick's first playoff game.  On the other side of the field, Aaron Rodgers finished with 26 of 39 for 257 yards and two touchdowns and an interception.  Colin ran for scores of 20 and 56 yards on the way to topping Michael Vick's rushing mark of 173 yards.  Frank Gore and Anthony Dixon each added 2 yard touchdown runs in the fourth quarter.   As a child, Aaron Rodgers was a huge 49ers fan.  When he was in the 2005 NFL Draft the 49ers chose over Aaron and he was drafted to the 49ers.  When he was asked how he felt when the 49ers skipped over him he said how sorry are the 49ers going to be when I'm not on the 49ers. The final score would end up being 45-31 with the 49ers on top.

 By Ameen I.

Green Bay vs. San Francisco

The Packers will face off at 8:00 Saturday EST. The Packer's will come into this game with a record of   11-5. On the other side of the ball the 49er's record is 11-4-1, but the 49er's have the second seed and the Packer's have the third seed.

One player that doesn't get enough recognition is 49er's defensive lineman, Aldon Smith. Smith has 19.5 sacks and he has 66 tackles. He leads this Niner's defense in sacks. Which is no surprise considering the number of sacks he has. If you want the Niner's then you want him to get pressure on Rogers. The one thing that won't show up on the stat sheet that he can do is get pressure, force throws, and keep the team motivated. 

On the other hand there is the Packer's offense which is lead by Aaron Rogers, who is coming off a wild card round win over the Vikings. The past 4 games for Rogers he has had an outstanding 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. During the season he averaged 0.7 interceptions and 2 plus touchdowns with a completion percentage of 60%. But if Rogers has at least one turn over the Packers become the 42% under dogs.

Collin Kaepernick has become the starter during the season for former starting quarterback Alex Smith. Kaepernick has collected a completion percentage of 58%. He also has an average of only 0.8 turn-overs per game. And if he has less turn-overs than Aaron Rogers the Niners have a 63% edge. Although the Packers are given a 52% edge.

By David B.