Originally Posted By: goombah

Thanks for the correction. For some reason I was thinking that Seifert only won the ring in 1994 against SD, but you are correct.

It's not possible to go out on a higher winning note than how Walsh exited. Funny how he beat Cincinnati twice. The first game in 1981 was a close finish, but SF jumped to a 20-0 halftime lead. I remember an impressive 4th down goal line stand the Niners had in the first half, but Kenny Anderson leading the Bengals back in the 2nd half. That also was the first season of Cincinnati's uniform and helmet change with the tiger stripes. Previous to that, their helmets said "Bengals" and were very bland.

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The conference championship games were pretty good to watch. I thought SF gave the game away more than Seattle won it. The Seahawks have a tough defense, but will have a much tougher test with Peyton Manning and the Denver receivers. If the game is close and relies upon the QBs to win it, Manning has a huge edge over Russell Wilson. Denver should play to stop the RB Lynch and dare Wilson to beat them through the air.


You may have confused Seifert in '95 with Steve Young, who won his first and only SB against the Chargers.

The Sea/SF game showed that Kaepernick and Wilson, while promising, are not in the elite bracket of qbs and have quite a way to go. Kaepernick kept the team in it with his legs early, but in the fourth quarter when the game had to be won with his arm he threw two picks and fumbled twice. It seems that he is too eager to run and doesn't see the field well yet.

I was disappointed in Wilson, who had two bad hand-off exchanges in the 4th quarter, one of which led to a fumble at the goal line. He also dropped the ball once for no reason and was shockingly careless on the first play from scrimmage when he had the ball stripped after having much time to make a play. His inability to eat the clock or come away with a td after Kaepernick's blunders allowed SF ample time to drive down the field to win the game. If he had done this against Denver, Manning would certainly have made him pay dearly.