Anyway, that's not what you (both) come here to read. Please indulge me as I go over this weekend's action. As a 49er fan, I was thrilled to see Gore break off those two 80-yd. runs, and also to see the team win the game. I know it's way too early for this, but the 49ers' magic number against both of these teams is now 14. That means that, starting today, if the sum of the Niners' wins and the Seahawks losses is 14 or higher, then the Niners are ahead of them in the standings. Same for the Cardinals. The way the 49ers area playing right now, I think it's totally reasonable to expect them to win three out of their four remaining divisional games (sweep the Rams and take one from either the Seahawks or Cards). If they just go 4-6 outside of the division, that puts them at 9-7 and probably ahead in terms of tiebreakers. I don't see anybody else in the division going 10-6.
As to the runs themselves, I think it's ironic how other teams' stubbornness seems to work against them. That is at least three different times in the past few years that I've seen Gore break a super-long run when the other team stuck 8 guys in a straight line across the line of scrimmage. I understand that such a defensive formation is a good way to stop him for no gain, but when there isn't a 2nd level, all he has to do is break one tackle, or one lineman needs to tear things up, and he's gone for 80 yds, instead of 6. I will admit, though, that I'm a little frustrated that Vernon Davis isn't doing more. When I'm playing Madden, I throw crossing routes to him all day. Not sure why the Niners don't do that.
Finally, the last thing I want to address today is the movie "Lions for Lambs". According to Dish Network, it's only a 2-star movie, but I thought it was great. Obviously, it won't particularly appeal to the Fox News crowd (I guess I gave away a bit of my own prejudice there), but I love how it attacks a lot of different forms of dishonesty. It paints news networks, ambitious politicians, and apathetic college kids all in very negative lights. It addresses the (mostly unstated) feeling among (some of) the educated that the military consists of young men who couldn't do anything better with their life, but it does so subtly, and without really stepping on any toes.
