NFL Pick 'em 2012: Week 22 - SUPER BOWL XLVII

[Dragon]

Sorry for the delay in getting this up! The Pick 'Em Champion has already been decided, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun with the Super Bowl picks! As before, I'm going to throw together a bunch of categories for anyone who wishes to predict. Only the outcome of the game counts toward the Pick 'Em, but, hey, that's decided anyway! So here goes:


February 3, 2013
SF vs. BAL

And the other categories:

Final Score:

MVP:

Colin Kaepernick's passing yards:

Colin Kaepernick's rushing yards:

Joe Flacco's passing yards:

SF team rushing yards:

BAL team rushing yards:

SF team sacks:

BAL team sacks:

Turnovers by each team:

Which player forces the first turnover:

Which player scores the first TD (not passing):

Number of personal fouls:

Number of times Phil Simms points out that, hey, John and Jim are brothers!:

Number of shots of Ray Lewis crying:

[Park Kraken]

February 3, 2013
SF vs. BAL (W)

And the other categories:

Final Score: 24 to 30

MVP: Joe Flacco

Colin Kaepernick's passing yards: 157

Colin Kaepernick's rushing yards: 176

Joe Flacco's passing yards: 319

Joe Flacco's rushing yards: 48

SF team rushing yards: 234

BAL team rushing yards: 76

SF team sacks: 4

BAL team sacks: 5

Turnovers by each team: 3 to 2

Which player forces the first turnover: Ed Reed

Which player scores the first TD (not passing): Colin

Number of personal fouls: 7

Number of times Phil Simms points out that, hey, John and Jim are brothers!: 23

Number of shots of Ray Lewis crying: 74<!-- / message --><!-- edit note -->

[Rutabaga]

Niners please

[Dragon]

February 3, 2013
SF vs. BAL WIN

And the other categories:

Final Score: BAL 21 SF 17

MVP: Lardarius Webb with two INTs, one returned 70 yards for a TD.

Colin Kaepernick's passing yards: 220, 1 TD, 3 INT

Colin Kaepernick's rushing yards: 60, 1 TD

Joe Flacco's passing yards: 170, 1 TD, 2 INT

SF team rushing yards: 98

BAL team rushing yards: 140

SF team sacks: 5

BAL team sacks: 4

Turnovers by each team: BAL 2, SF 4

Which player forces the first turnover: Lardarius Webb

Which player scores the first TD (not passing): Vernon Davis

Number of personal fouls: 5

Number of times Phil Simms points out that, hey, John and Jim are brothers!: I'll lose count when my ears start bleeding.

Number of shots of Ray Lewis crying: 6, but ESPN will replay them every day until the NFL draft.

[Kyran O'Hurn]

Picking my niners to win. But I will admit that BAL scares me. Well really it's Flaco that scares me. Just hoping that two weeks isn't too much time for BAL to figure out how to beat Kaep.

February 3, 2013
SF (W) vs. BAL

And the other categories:

Final Score: 27-17 SF

MVP: Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick's passing yards: 350

Colin Kaepernick's rushing yards: 75

Joe Flacco's passing yards: 315

SF team rushing yards: 125

BAL team rushing yards: 80

SF team sacks: 2

BAL team sacks: 1

Turnovers by each team: SF-1, BAL-2

Which player forces the first turnover: Dunno, but I think the first turnover is Flaco finally throwing a pick.

Which player scores the first TD (not passing): Gore

Number of personal fouls: 5

Number of times Phil Simms points out that, hey, John and Jim are brothers!: I don't know if there is a big enough number

Number of shots of Ray Lewis crying: 4 (2 in the final minutes, 1 after the final whistle, 1 in the post game)

[Dragon]

Holy crap, 415 yards for Flacco? Is there something I should know about SF's secondary?

[Kyran O'Hurn]

Oops... that was supposed to be 315. That's what I get for trying to do that while drinking. Good thing I checked before heading to the airport.

[Kolrad]

Final Score: BAL 24, SF 16

MVP: Ray Lewis (though it should be Anquan Boldin)

Colin Kaepernick's passing yards: 182

Colin Kaepernick's rushing yards: 75

Joe Flacco's passing yards: 212

SF team rushing yards: 141

BAL team rushing yards: 123

SF team sacks: 3

BAL team sacks: 2

Turnovers by each team: SF: 2 BAL: 0

Which player forces the first turnover: Ed Reed

Which player scores the first TD (not passing): Michael Crabtree

Number of personal fouls: 2

Number of times Phil Simms points out that, hey, John and Jim are brothers!: 9

Number of shots of Ray Lewis crying: 8

[Dragon]

We've already got one brothers plug by Phil Simms. We were close to a crying shot of Ray Lewis during the national anthem, but I couldn't quite tell if there were any tears.

First touchdown: Anquan Boldin

First turnover: Courtney Upshaw

Nobody wins!

[Rutabaga]

OMG, why did the Niners wait until NOW to play like shit?

[Rutabaga]

Rats!

At least the game ended up being a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be at half time. So close, and yet so far. The Niners had simply dug themselves a hole just a hair too deep to climb back out of. But at least they ended up making it exciting.