Golden Nuggets: I wish Sunday would get here

by James Brady on Dec 5, 2008 3:32 AM PST in 49ers Links

Edit: Make sure you check out the comments I've got some more links up, noteworthy is Nate Clements getting surgery.

You know, regardless of how this game turns out I just want Sunday to get here so I can get it over with. I'm utterly unconcerned with the rest of our games this season, for some reason this particular matchup with the Jets is a point of excitement for me. If we play well then I want to see the rest of the season and follow the offseason religiously. If we play bad I want to hide away for a long time and pretend to be a hockey fan. (Go.. Sharks?) Maybe not to that extent but I just want this game to be over with so I can actually formulate an opinion on my Niners. I don't know what to think of them, I'm stoked about the win at Buffalo, but I'm unsure where to rank them. If we can beat the Jets, then all the better, we're a legitimate team. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'll be completely distraught if we lose I just... want a win now more than ever this season, really--except maybe at the Cowboys game. At any rate, I didn't mean to babble for this long, there's some quality links for your enjoyment. Take your pick and enjoy..

Here's a pretty good summation for as far as news goes from Niners Insider including an injury report. (SFGate.com)

Center Eric Heitman has his work cut out for him. Kris Jenkins is an absolute beast. (One thing that's irking me. What's with Mike Martz saying "this is the best 'insert position here' I've coached in my seventeen years blah blah.."? It seems like he's talking out of his [site decorum] to me.) (SFGate.com)

Here's an article that draws attention to Mike Martz and his "compliments." (Fanhouse.com)

More on Martz and his praise for Heitman. I sure hope he's NOT just spouting nonsense. (PressDemocrat.com)

Maiocco gives a bit of an injury report as well. (PressDemocrat.com)

Looks like Mike Martz is a prospect for head coach of San Diego State. (MercuryNews.com)

Martz, however, says that the only job he's concerned with right now is his current employ with the 49ers. Good stuff. (SacBee.com)

Barry Sims is likely to be back in action on Sunday, though Adam Snyder will still be starting at right tackle. Snyder seems to be struggling on and off, and I'm hoping Sims can bring some stability to the position. (SacBee.com)

With every article about Eric Heitman I read I seem to realize how little I actually know about him, and just how big the matchup with Jenkins will be. (SacBee.com)

So is there any other motive to the Dolphins signing wide receiver Chris Hannon? You know, instead of their very capable practice squad standout Anthony Armstrong. I wouldn't know what advantage it would give, much like the writer of this article but its worth a thought. (BleacherReport.com)

Here's yesterday's edtion of Singletary's Notebook, always a good read. (49ers.com)

Frank Gore is nearing 1,000 yards. He'll be the first 49er to do so in three consecutive seasons. (49ers.com)

Here's this weeks Points of the Game. (49ers.com)

We're still tied for second in sacks allowed in the league--but we're allowing less and less. Hopefully even less against the Jets? Maybe wishful thinking. (49ers.com)

Here's a pretty good preview of Sunday's game. (MercuryNews.com)

This article claims Gore needs more touches. Then again, so have hundreds of others. (NinerNoise.com)

That's all for now, there should be a lot more today. Friday's usually get a lot, Saturdays get nothing at all and Sunday mornings get a bunch hopefully. Hope you enjoyed.

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Patrick Willis

Here’s his latest Playboy blog entry.

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by David Fucillo on Dec 5, 2008 8:30 AM PST reply actions

Wow

OK so, right off the bat-

About hockey: Don’t do it. You have so much to live for! Look at WWE fans. Do you really want to end up like that? And I don’t want to see you at any NASCAR races, either. You’re better than that, NJ.

About using “[site decorum]” as a placeholder: [site decorum] brilliant. I laughed my [site decorum] off.

Thanks for the links every morning, NJ. You’ve made my morning work routine much more enjoyable. I mean, certainly more enjoyable than, you know, work.

Over and out.

49er 'til I die! (if they don't kill me first)

by LA49er on Dec 5, 2008 8:52 AM PST reply actions

Eh

How in the [site decorum] do you compare hockey with NASCAR and WWE? Have you ever been to a hockey game? Played in a hockey game? It is a fantastic sport that, while violent, is equally as entertaining as football and soccer, and a great deal more entertaining than baseball. It is very fast-paced and fun, and the fights make it that much more entertaining.

I’m really curious, where is your basis in that argument?

by Cruithear on Dec 5, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions

Purely Experiential, so pretty much Scientific Fact

Everyone I know that is into Hockey is also into either NASCAR or WWE. The commonality between WWE and NASCAR is that they are both Pseudo (or just plain fake, in the case of WWE) Sports (PS) that get better with the consumption of traditionally male (and west virginian women) -associated alcoholic beverages. Since the imbibement of “cold ones” is not unique to either PS, we’ll leave that part of the equation out.

So, HockeyFan(HF) is also partial to either PS-A (WWE) or PS-B (NASCAR).

On the other hand, someone such as myself, a SoccerFan(SF), tends to appreciate the more mainstream sports but also tends to be more ethnic (Canadia excepted).

And one thing I’ve found, though their aims and sports are eerily similar, SF and HF do not mix. Ever.

Though I will say, I went to a hockey game at Staples and loved it. If I happen to catch it on TV, I want to tear my eyeballs out of my socket and play ping pong with them to cure the boredom. And then shove the paddles into my ear canals to stop the butchering of the pronunciation of the letter combination “ou”. It’s OW not OO. [sitedecorum] Canadians.

49er 'til I die! (if they don't kill me first)

by LA49er on Dec 5, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Eh.

That’s a somewhat brash generalization, don’t you think? I happen to like hockey, but I can’t stand NASCAR, let alone the WWE.

I’m sure there are plenty of other who follow a similar “path.”

by sfgfan on Dec 5, 2008 1:30 PM PST up reply actions

I would classify NASCAR as a real sport without hesitation. The gear those guys have to wear in those conditions is physically brutal, the mental focus they have to exercise is as strong as any other sport, the physical precision they have to exert is pretty amazing, and the reaction time they have to possess is phenomenal and quite likely the difference between life and death.

Now, I don’t like NASCAR personally, but it is without question a legit sport.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 5, 2008 3:52 PM PST up reply actions

NASCAR

I think people are too hung up on the fact that most NASCAR races have only turns in one direction.

by sfgfan on Dec 7, 2008 9:28 AM PST up reply actions

Like Bowling

I really wish I could consider it a sport. I mean, I can consider it a sport like I drive a “sporty” car and ride a “sport” bike, but beyond that… I’m sure this has all been said before, but stick me on the field with P Willy and watch me get smoked faster than a bag of bud at a snoop dogg show. Stick me on the track with Billy Bob So and So, and a similar machine, and I can drive with the best of them. Guaranteed. I’d even be able to make turns in both directions.

It’s purely the equipment involved. I’m pretty sure I can say anything involving a motor isn’t a sport. I’d go so far as to say the physical exertion of energy by humans in an organized and competitive manner is what constitues a sport. There’s no doubt it’s a contest- it’s a race. But it’s not athletic. I barely consider baseball a sport when I see guys my size practically walking the bases after a homer.

Hockey, on the other hand, is most undoubtedly a sport. It just also happens to make me wish I was Amish.

49er 'til I die! (if they don't kill me first)

by LA49er on Dec 8, 2008 9:15 AM PST up reply actions

Ahem… as the official creator of the [site decorum] placeholder, I’d like to selfishly take full credit for its brilliance.

ALL OTHERS ARE MERE IMITATIONS!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 5, 2008 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

Amazing.

Absolutely [sitedecorum] Amazing.

In the immortal words of Wayne and Garth, “We’re not worthy!”.

49er 'til I die! (if they don't kill me first)

by LA49er on Dec 5, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions

I was about to say

That I’d read it somewhere else

take credit if you must, but I will always be known

for making it cool.

by James Brady on Dec 5, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions

Just glad

That somebody is reading them, and pretty stoked that at least one person is enjoying them haha.

by James Brady on Dec 5, 2008 3:21 PM PST up reply actions

Here's some more links.

This article says that Frank Gore has been playing uninspired football lately. (49ersWebZone.com)

This video states that Singletary is working towards a vision. (NFL.com)

Here’s a preview of the Jets game from NFL.com (NFL.com)

Nate Clements hasn’t been practicing not just because his thumb has been bothering him—but because he’s just undergone surgery. (PressDemocrat.com)

Battle and Morgan are now listed as probable. (49ers.com)

Don’t get too caught up with these wins, folks. If this article is to be believed. (PressDemocract.com)

This week’s Teams Talk is with Donald Strickland. (49ers.com)

Samuel Lam gives us a preview of the most interesting matchup I think—Eric Heitman vs Kris Jenkins. (MVN.com)

by James Brady on Dec 5, 2008 3:19 PM PST reply actions