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Gold Standard D Shuts Down Detroit
Minute-by-minute analysis of the most surprising big game of the NFL season. Shira Ovide and Reed Albergotti offer commentary on the game and CBS telecast. Catch Shira and Reed in The Hard Count podcast every week during the NFL season.
One sentence wraps up this year's story line for the Lions and the 49ers. They stunk for a long time, and now they don't. There you go.
San Francisco hasn't finished a season with more wins than losses since 2002, but a rookie head coach and smart play from much-maligned QB Alex Smith have turned the 49ers into the class of the weak NFC West. The Lions, well, what more can we say about the Lions that hasn't already been said? 0-16 not so long ago, now 5-0.
Here's our not-going-out-on-a-limb prediction for this week: Superhero WR Calvin Johnson is going to have an insane game. The 49ers let Dallas WR Miles Austin go off for 143 yards and three TDs earlier this season. Megatron is about three times better than Austin, so he should have nine TD catches today. We'll say this about the 49ers, though: They have proven to be a very balanced team. They are fourth in the NFL in run defense, allowing only 76.4 yards per game on average thanks to a stout group of linebackers led by Patrick Willis. The secondary has eight picks. Frank Gore and the running game are looking solid if not spectacular. And Alex Smith hasn't done many dumb things. (Still, no one would blame him if he had night terrors about Ndamukong Suh heading into this week.)
So settle in and watch two of the best teams in the NFL – crazy, but true – square off in the unfriendly confines of Ford Field in Detroit, which has turned into a crazy loud Thunderdome when packed with happy people. That hasn't happened much before this season, for either team.
When Shira and I first saw the 2011 NFL schedule (every year we camp out on the sidewalk in front of the NFL's Manhattan headquarters so we can see it right when it comes out), we circled the Lions-49ers on our calendars, and expressed our utter bafflement at the fact that this wasn't a night game.
Well, it's finally here, and these two juggernauts led by San Fran whiz kid Alex Smith and Detroit's strong-armed signal caller Matthew Stafford will face off on the intimidating Ford Field in about five minutes.
I've got my Chipotle burrito (thanks, Adam) and I'm at my desk ready to watch. Red Zone channel playing on my iPad, 49ers-Lions on my TV. All I need is a six pack.
It's a beautiful fall day in New York City, so we can think of nothing better to do than to hunch over our computers in a dark room for the next three hours. And since we're tag teaming today, I'm going to ask my colleague Reed a question. What do the West Coasters do about football games starting at 9 am? Does that mean no beer and wings? Football and Cheerios?
Instead, I made myself a bowl of popcorn, which was a stupid choice. I need two hands for blogging!
That's a great question, Shira. First of all, for those of you who are not aware, the United States extends for hundreds of miles past the Mississippi River. So far, in fact, that it's in a different time zone from the important side of America.
I grew up in San Diego, which is a suburb of Tijuana, Mexico. Games, therefore, started at 10 a.m., not 9 a.m., SHIRA! My morning ritual consisted of rolling out of bed and turning on NFL Matchup on ESPN. Then I'd watch the entire ESPN pre-game show. If I wasn't tailgating at "The Murph" before the Chargers game, I'd watch all the games in my pajamas and venture out of my house at about 4p.m. to go get more beer for Sunday Night Football.
0-0, 1st Quarter, 13:41 left
Well, that's three and out for this explosive Lions offensive. Good coverage on Calvin Johnson on third and long. The Lions went to RB Jahvid Best two times in three plays on that offensive series. No surprise, actually. He's their leading rusher and third for Detroit in pass catches, with 21. (Megatron has 29.)
0-0, 1st Quarter, 13:41 left
I thought they began the game awfully conservatively, with a screen to running back Jahvid Best, a run to him up the middle, and then basically a throw away by Stafford on third down.
0-0, 1st Quarter, 13:30 left
Oof. On the 49ers first offensive play, DE Kyle Vanden Bosch strips the ball from 49ers QB Alex Smith! The defensive line for the Lions were in Smith's grill right away.
0-0, 1st Quarter, 13:30 left
Vanden Bosch was a superstar in Tennessee for years, but was overshadowed by the studlier Albert Haynesworth. But Vanden Bosch was an every down kind of player, a workhorse, and he's doing the same thing in Detroit.
0-0, 1st Quarter, 12:30 left.
Ok, a quick vote: Who thinks Matthew Stafford is the ugliest runner in the NFL? Hand up in my living room. He scooted for a nine-yard gain in the red zone. 2nd and goal now.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
The 49ers star LB Patrick Willis just snatched a TD catch from Brandon Pettigrew. Willis wasn't even looking at the ball on that play. And on 3rd and goal, Stafford misses Best and the Lions have to settle for a field goal try. No Megatron on this series. DE Justin Smith was in Smith's face all series long. The FIELD GOAL is good. 3-0 Lions.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
As a Cincinnati Bengals fan, your blogger would like to say she's heartbroken that DE Justin Smith has turned out to be scary good for SF. In Cincinnati, he was awful.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
My assessment so far is that Stafford just isn't warmed up yet. He's a little inaccurate on his first few throws. On 2nd and goal, the Lions went with an aggressive empty backfield and send every receiver downfield, TE Brandon Pettigrew had a one-on-one matchup against 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis and Pettigrew did exactly what was expected of him – he beat Pettigrew and was open in the end zone.
Stafford really just had to loft the ball up to him and Pettigrew could have jumped over Willis for the catch. Instead, Stafford kind of lasered it in there, and Willis was able to knock it down. On the next play, Stafford missed an easy out pass.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
Now is the part of the blog where I complain about commercials after the score, and then again after the kickoff. So annoying. Why can't I just be a soccer fan, where there are no commercials and the games last an hour and a half?
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
The 49ers are getting the ball back at their own 20. Let's hope this offensive stretch lasts longer than the 1 second, sack-and-strip last series for SF.
And I have a challenge for Reed: Can you think of a duller pass offense in the NFL than the Niners'? (No fair saying the Colts.) Here's the evidence for SF. Yes, Alex Smith has just one interception so far this season compared to 7 TD passes. He has completed about 66% of his passes. BUT…the Niners' top receiver is the tight end, Vernon Davis. Alex Smith's average pass distance is only 7.7 yards. SF is 29th in the NFL in passing yards per game with 183. Tom Brady throws for more yards in a single offensive series. In short, this passing offense is beige. It's a minivan. It's boring.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:30 left
Shira, I get to differ. The 49ers had an awesome passing attack last week. We'll see if that was a fluke, but I think everyone is wondering what quarterback whisperer and head coach Jim Harbaugh has done with the old Alex Smith.
3-0, 1st Quarter, 11:27 left
And on their first two plays, the 49ers get whistled for two false starts. Bleh. It's so loud at Ford Field, and the 49ers knew it. According to ESPN, 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh borrowed large loudspeakers from Stanford and piped in loud music during 49ers practices this week to prep them for a rabid crown at Ford Field. It's hard to be loud in prior seasons, when fans were wearing paper bags on their heads.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 10:04 left
Oh, yeah, Reed. Here's your explosive 49ers offense. Two false starts, a Frank Gore rush up the middle for one yard, an incomplete pass to Ted Ginn Jr., and a completed dump-off screen pass to Gore for a few yards on 3rd down and forever. In short, this is not the Tampa Bay Bucs.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 10:04 left
Alex Smith will never be Andrew Luck, no matter how much whispering Jim Harbaugh does.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 10:04 left
Shira, all I said is they are not as "boring" as you say. That incomplete pass to Ginn was on an empty backfield set. And Ginn should have caught that ball, even though it was a little high.
Yeah, Andrew Luck. Great NFL quarterback. He's a Pro Football Hall of Fame lock for sure.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 8:55 left
I'd say the Lions are the boring offense right now. A screen dump-off to Best, a couple of handoffs, a draw play, a couple of out passes, and a dump off over the middle on 3rd down that had no shot of moving the chains.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 8:55 left
Like Reed said, Stafford hasn't been sharp so far this series, either. After a short run from Best and an incomplete pass, Stafford found Pettrigew up the middle on 3rd and 9, but the big TE gets dragged down well short of the first down. Yawwwwn.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 8:55 left
No Megatron so far! How many guys are covering him?
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 7:50 left
Boy, that Lions defensive line is getting in the backfield in a hurry. They're scary. The 49ers run Gore to the outside, throw to Michael Crabtree on the outside for about 7 yards on a quick pass play. On 3rd and 5, Smith has 0.1 second to try to make a pass completion, which he doesn't. And the 49ers get whistled for a penalty AGAIN, this time illegal formation. Those SF penalties are fear-driven. I'd want a head start against the Lions defensive front too. The 49ers haven't had a first down in this game yet.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 7:15 left
Shira, I can't tell you how many people are covering Megatron (Calvin Johnson), because They don't like to show us those sorts of things on TV, but I'm guessing they're putting plenty of safety help over top to make sure the guy can't get behind the defense. But look, the Lions have to go deep to Nate Burleson or some other receivers if they want to force the 49ers to give Megatron a chance to get freed up.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 7:15 left
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Oh, and The Wall Street Journal has another sports podcast, the Sports Retort. In the interest of fairness, we'll link to it here. You've been warned. They talk about sports OTHER THAN PRO FOOTBALL. And sometimes horror movies, for some reason. Still, it's good.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 5:17 left
Finally, the Lions do what they have been doing best. They spread out the wide receivers and start throwing. The 49ers are backing off and giving the Lions the underneath, allowing Pettigrew and then Megatron on underneath routes.
3-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 5:17 left
An inside handoff to Best on 2nd down goes for 13 yards. Nice gain, that guy's got some pep in his legs. And then Stafford finds Megatron on the run — first catch for him in this game. The Lions have a little something going now, at about the 49ers' 40-yard line. Nate Burleson, a.k.a., the "other" Lions WR, gets a gift pass interference call against Carlos Rogers. I don't like that call. Lions from the SF 21-yard line now.
9-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 4:44 left
Nice touch pass from Stafford, who is looking for Pettigrew in the end zone, but the TE stumbles and that's incomplete. On 2nd and 10 from the SF 21, the Lions get whistled for a false start. The false start penalties are contagious, apparently. And then on 3rd down, Pettrigrew is covered by two guys, and it looks like he came down with a pass in the end zone. The officials say nope, he didn't have possession but then they change their mind. TOUCHDOWN!
Jim Harbaugh tries to throw the challenge flag but he can't on a scoring play. Come on, coach. That's a penalty. 9-0 Lions.
10-0 Detroit, 1st Quarter, 4:44 left
Make that 10-0 Detroit after the Harbaugh boo boo. Doesn't he have people to tell him you can't challenge a scoring play anymore? And sidebar: Pettrigrew has been the star of the day. Remember that the other Lions TE, Tony Scheffler, is out today with a concussion. He's a favorite red-zone target for Matthew Stafford, if Megatron is covered by 18 defenders. Scheffler has four catches this season, two for a touchdown.
10-0 Detroit, 1st Quarter, 3:35 left
OK, after a nice, smooth touchdown scoring drive by the Lions, we get a glimpse of their real game plan – tossing the ball all over the field. The sweat is showing up on Stafford's face and he's warmed up now.
The Lions are clearly intent on getting the ball to Pettigrew. Stafford went to him twice in the end zone on this drive, and the second one worked. The touchdown was a re-match of sorts of the Lions second drive of the game, where Pettigrew was open against 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis in the end zone. This time, Stafford puts the ball up high and Pettigrew snags it.
Also, note that the best running play of the drive was a draw to Lions RB Jahvid Best out of a shotgun formation. The Lions really want to run out of shotgun because it keeps the defense thinking pass. The Best running play was made possible by a grew pull and block by right guard Stephen Peterman.
10-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 2:48 left
The 49ers offense is basically are skipping anything resembling a downfield pass right now. Oooh, Frank Gore picks up 14 yards on a play he made himself by switching sides of the field. Nice play. That's the first first down of the game for the Niners. And on first down, SF uses TE Vernon Davis and a fullback to provide extra run protection. That goes for 8 yards to the backup RB Hunter. And again the 49ers get whistled for a false start. That's a trio.
10-0 Lions, 1st Quarter, 1:13 left
Big 3rd down and 3 for the 49ers. The Ford Field crowd is going bonkers. Smith from the shotgun finds TE Vernon Davis for a first down. Big play. Davis had a defender draped all over him.
10-0 Lions, End of 1st Quarter
Frank Gore finds a teeny seam and runs for 46 yards! Wow. The defensive front for the Lions overplayed the pass on that play. Gore is dragged down just inside the 2-yard line. The Niners need a TD after that great effort. On 1st down, the 49ers get stopped just shy of the end zone.
10-0 Lions, End of 1st Quarter
That's a great call Shira. The Lions were really thinking pass, which made that long run by Gore possible. Lions tackle Corey Miller (#99) was salivating and running after Alex Smith. He was five yards up field by the time the handoff to Gore happened, and Gore ran right where Corey Miller had been.
10-0 Lions, Start of 2nd Quarter
If you care, that little rush shy of the goal line was by Anthony Dixon, the 3rd RB. I had to look him up. Never heard of him.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 14:57 left
There we go! Gore gets the ball on 2nd and goal, and he shoves his way into the goal line. There's a little scrap between the teams after that play. Did Suh rip the helmet off one of the Niners? I need to rewind that play. Meanwhile, extra point is good and it's 10-7 Lions.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 14:57 left
Ndamakong Suh shows he's kind of a jerk. After whistle, he rips 49ers Tackle Anthony Davis's helmet off, then grabs his pants and tries to pull him down by them. Anthony Davis gives Suh a shove, and Suh starts screaming at the guy. I know defensive tackles aren't supposed to be "classy," but c'mon Suh.
And for a defensive line that's so heralded, how about making a goal line stand there? The 49ers offensive line blew them off the ball.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 14:57 left
Yes, on second look, Suh ripped the helmet off 49ers tackle Anthony Davis, who absolutely manhandled Suh on that rushing TD by Gore. Naughty Suh. The Lions are getting the ball back after that impressive 80-yard drive by the Niners.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 13:55 left
Did you see that "block" Jahvid Best tried on 2nd down? No? Because it was a terrible block. And Stafford got whacked by Best's man. Stafford, now limping, misses Nate Burleson on 3rd down. That's three and out for the Lions. Not the follow-up they wanted after the TD from the 49ers.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter 13:55 left
I would feel uncomfortable if I were the Lions, going three and out after the 49ers put together a touchdown scoring drive. The 49ers have a chance to really get a rhythm going on offense now.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 12:22 left
The Niners start from their own 31 yard line, and they give the ball to Hunter. It looks like the Niners' offensive line has figured out how to play the Lions front without a false start on every other play. Frank Gore on second down absolutely missed, missed, missed a pass right in his chest. 3rd and seven now. The third down pass play goes to Crabtree on the outside, but it looks like he is about a yard shot of the first down. Big mistake by Gore on that drive. SF matches the three-and-out by the Lions. Now we're back to boring football on each side.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 12:22 left
Where is Delanie Walker, the TE/FB hybrid player who was all over the field last week against Tampa Bay? Walker lined up as a TE, a FB, a WR and a slot man. He made great blocks and acted as a decoy at times. It looks like this week, the 49ers are experimenting with rookie FB Bruce Miller, who lined up as a WR on 2nd down on the 49ers drive there.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 10:27 left
Again the Lions offense finds itself with a third down. With two yards to go, Stafford gets sacked by Ahmad Brooks, part of the fierce LB core. Where was the blocker there? Brooks was untouched. Was Best supposed to block Brooks? Instead, he was out on a screen-play pass route. Oops.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 10:27 left
This should answer your question, Shira: The 49ers know if Stafford has any time, he's going to find an open receiver for two yards, but they don't want to send more than four rushers, so they line up LB Ahmad Brooks at defensive end in a "9″ technique, so he's way way outside and can just get a running start and go after Stafford. He gets there faster than a lineman and takes away the passing lane from Stafford, who had no chance but to go down.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 8:29 left
On the "Hard Count" podcast last week, Shira and I talked about how Ford Field is the latest NFC North stadium to have an inhospitable atmosphere for visiting teams. Man, were we right. The 49ers just lost five yards on a delay of game penalty and a timeout because of the crowd noise there. Remember, this is FORD Field. The place that could barely get people to come to the last couple of seasons.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 8:29 left
Smith finds Michael Crabtree underneath for about 10 yards. He's been THE target today for Alex Smith. Where is Ted Ginn? Vernon Davis? We should mention Smith is a little short of offensive weapons right now. WR Braylon Edwards had knee surgery and he's out. Josh Morgan broke a bone in his leg in last week's win against Tampa Bay, and he's on injured reserve. SF signed WR Brett Swain to fill Morgan's shoes and play special teams. Yeah, we had to look up Swain. He had six catches and 72 yards last year for the Packers. Haven't seen him today.
With two tight ends on 2nd down and 10, the 49ers hand off to Gore who goes for about three yards. And on third down, there's false start No. 4 for San Francisco. Jim Harbaugh looks like he's going to burn a hole in the field with his angry, angry stare. The Niners now take a timeout before they get called for delay of game. That crowd isn't THAT loud, guys.
10-7 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 7:55 left
Ok, NOW it's really loud since the crowd knows they're rattling the Niners' offense. On 3rd down, Smith rolls out to his right like a crazy man, but finds no one open because the Lions sent seven guys into coverage on that play. Time to punt again. The Lions start inside their own 20-yard line.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 7:44 left
Megatron got turned around on a pass to his back shoulder on first down. Incomplete. Blah. Safety! Did the Niners just get a safety on second down? The officials say yes. Stafford was pressured by Ray McDonald, the tackle, and by LB Aldon Smith. Stafford tried to throw the ball away, but it doesn't look like he made it before he was brought down. That's 10-9 Lions for now, but the officials are having a look at this one.
After review … it stands!
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 7:44 left
Here's where 49ers rookie Aldon Smith earns his contract. The guy is a Jevon Kearse type pass rusher and he beat left tackle Jeff Backus so bad on that play, causing a safety. I got to watch Aldon Smith in person at 49ers training camp this summer and he an animal – throwing guys around all over the field.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 7:44 left
The Lions called a timeout just so Jim Schwartz could make sure the officials reviewed that safety call. It appears they did. And on second check, it appears Smith was the one who actually tackled Stafford in the end zone by his ankles. Ted Ginn takes the free kick about 32 yards, so the Niners will start with the ball from just inside Lions' territory.
Another challenge for Reed, assuming he's finished his giant burrito while I have nothing to nosh. Why does Aldon Smith wear a DE number, 99?
Aldon Smith is a huge Wayne Gretzky fan.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 6:37 left
The under center, three-back set the 49ers line up with turns into an experiment gone bad. Gore is stuffed.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 5:00 left
This is novel. An unnecessary roughness call on the defensive tackle Isaac Sopoaga. He tore the helmet off somebody. Why didn't Suh get whistled when he did the same thing on the Niners' touchdown drive? Now it's 2nd down and 20 and the crowd is really into this. There's TE/WR/RB/QB Delanie Walker, the man Reed was just asking about. He catches a short pass for 5 yards. On 3rd down, Alex Smith does a great job scrambling and staying on his feet but he's about 10 yards shy of the first down. Punt time. Don't fall asleep.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 5:00 left
I think Fox has stepped up its on-field audio this season. I never knew a 300-pound football player's voice could get so high pitched while arguing against a penalty call.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 4:07 left
Best is getting absolutely stuffed today, including on the Lions first play on this drive. Yes, Best had a Monday Night Football coming out party last week with 163 yards rushing against the Bears. Still, the Lions' rushing strategy is best described as run just enough so that maybe one CB forgets for a split second that Calvin Johnson is on the field. The Lions are just 24th in the NFL in rushing yards at 95.8 per game.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 4:07 left
The thing about Jahvid Best is that a lot of his yards this season have come on big plays. Last week, he did nothing until he had an 88-yard run for a touchdown. He's had trouble running between the tackles all season. The Lions just do not have a consistent running game.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 2:00 left
There we go. Two nice pass completions for Stafford and the Lions. And that pass up the middle to Pettrigrew gets an added five yards because of a holding call on LB NaVorro Bowman. That's 10 penalties on the 49ers. Crushing. Stafford on this drive has about an hour to throw, and he's mixing up his targets. There he finds TE Will Heller. It seems SF is taking away Megatron for now, so Stafford will go for the anonymous rest of his receiving crew. Aha! There's Megatron for a pass completion at the 2 minute warning. Lions are inside the SF 40-yard line.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 1:45 left
The Jahvid-Best-as-tight end alignment has been working for the Lions all season, and it works again for a first down pass out of empty backfield. Let's face it. Best is best as an all-around offensive threat, and not a traditional running back.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 1:10 left
The Lions fans are taking the whole "quiet when your team's on offense" thing really seriously. You can hear an echo when Stafford calls out the cadence.
10-9 Lions, 2nd Quarter, 1:00 left
There's a nice 15-yard pass play to Best, who's covered by a linebacker up the middle. Mismatch city. On first down with the Lions at the SF 23-yard line, Aldon Smith just missed a sure interception. Looked like Stafford was throwing the ball directly to Smith on that play.
Stafford finds Burleson on the left side inside the 10-yard line. Oops, hold on. The officials call a penalty on Pettigrew's block at the line of scrimmage. Hard to see the penalty there. Pettigrew basically fell down at the feet of one of the 49ers linebackers. That pushes the Lions back to the 38-yard line. They find Best with a screen play for seven yards. Quickly, it's fourth down for the Lions. That blocking penalty was crushing. The Lions send out the field goal unit for a 52 yard try. Jason Hanson misses it wide right.
12-10 49ers, Halftime
The 49ers have 55 seconds left to make something happen, and just one timeout. They start from their own 40 yard line or so. Smith finds Ginn for 18 yards, and Smith spikes the football from about the Lions' 38 yard line. The officials say OT Anthony Davis was lined up in an illegal formation. Still just 8 seconds left, now from the 43-yard line. Smith finds Ginn on the outside and he gets out of bounds with 5 seconds left in the half. David Akers will trot on the field to try a 55 yard kick, after Hanson just missed his own 50+ yard try. Akers barely makes it, but it's good. Good thing it wasn't a 56-yard try. That's 12-10 49ers at the half.
12-10 49ers, Halftime
After David Akers's clutch last-second field goal, I will bring up one of my long-held beliefs in football. You always need a clutch kicker on your squad. It doesn't matter what it costs. Every NFL game is close these days, and kickers win you the close ones. Why don't more teams understand this?
12-10 49ers, Halftime
But there's a limited supply of proven clutch kickers. Why do you think all these guys are 47 years old?
12-10 49ers, Halftime
Yeah, clutch kickers are limited, but you never hear about bidding wars for these guys. I just think teams don't value them enough. Kickers are the football world's lawyers. Everybody hates them so much, but when they get in a bind, they need them more than anything.
12-10 49ers, Halftime
While we're flipping around to other games, I just stumbled on the Packers game. What the heck are those throwback uniforms Green Bay is wearing today? They look like cut-rate superhero costumes.
12-10 49ers, Halftime
Oh yeah, those throwback Packers uniforms are great. They're actually filming all the scenes from the movie "Lombardi" right now. If you were wondering about their play calling today, Robert De Niro is coaching today in place of Mike McCarthy.
12-10 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 14:02 left
Ted Ginn Jr. elects to run back the second-half kickoff from deep in the end zone. Maybe he needed to stretch his legs after halftime. Bad idea. 49ers start from their own 18. Smith misses a short pass to Gore, then a handoff to Bruce Miller, the meaty-looking FB. That's a quick 3rd down and 6 for the Niners. Alex Smith has to scramble, skip and hop to avoid the rush then a pass goes off the hands of Gore and nearly intercepted. Another penalty gets called on the Niners. The Lions will get the ball back and start from their own 40 yard line.
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12-10 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 11:55 left
Nice job by Stafford standing in the pocket as he was about to be hit and stepping into his pass to Jahvid Best over the middle for the first down. The Lions offensive line really should have given Stafford more time on the play, though. The 49ers only rushed four, but confused the 49ers by disguising who they were rushing, and the Lions line didn't slide correctly to pick up the pressure.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 11:41 left
The Lions are going no-huddle for some reason. And Stafford finds Best, who nearly gets mashed by two LBs, but then wriggles away for a 21-yard gain. It's only Best on this drive. Again, another short pass to Best who squirts through seams for 32 yards. Just like that, the Lions have first and goal from the SF 6. Bad tackling syndrome for SF. Stafford on 2nd down looks for Pettrigrew, but Aldom Smith gets a digit or two on that pass in the end zone. Good play from the 49ers LB. On 3rd down, the 49ers don't let Stafford's receivers have a clean look at anything. The Lions again have to settle for a field goal. Now it's 13-12, with the Lions back on top.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 11:41 left
I wonder why Stafford looked to his left the entire play on 3rd and goal. Jahvid Best was lined up as wide receiver on the right sideline and had one-on-one coverage.
Ugh, that terrible movie trailer again. We would like to a declare a global moratorium on Adam Sandler movies until he stops making awful junk like "Jack and Jill." Don't you have enough money, Adam Sandler?
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 10:51 left
Shira, glad you brought up the Lions no huddle. It's the new "thing" these days in the NFL. Offenses love it, because it keeps defenses from putting in new players for specific field positions and down-and-distance situations.
It becomes especially useful as offenses go to spread formations. With hybrid players like the 49ers Delanie Walker, teams can take advantage of lighter pass-oriented defenders and smash them in the running game.
I think it's time Adam Sandler does a re-make of "Happy Gilmore."
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 10:51 left
Why is Ted Ginn Jr. running these kickoffs back from the end zone? He nearly stepped out of bounds at the one-foot line. The 49ers start from the 20-yard line, which means Ginn's effort was totally pointless. On the first play from scrimmage, Smith looks for — are you shocked? — a short swing pass to Gore, who gets slaughtered by CB Eric Wright for a three-yard loss. SF calls a timeout. Boring, guys. Your play calling is boring.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 10:51 left
But it doesn't seem like the Lions were actually calling plays to take advantage of the no huddle.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 10:22 left
The officials on 2nd down threw a phantom flag. What was that about? I just assumed it was another false start for the Niners. Nope. It's still 2nd and 13 from the 22 yard line. Gore on the hesitation play dashes right threw the middle, and just goes and goes and goes for 55 yards. A block on Suh freed up Gore. And the Lions get whistled for a horse collar penalty on Gore. There was no bad tackle at all. Stupid call. In any case, it's 1st and 10 for SF from the Lions 14.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 9:38 left
There is no reason to horse collar Frank Gore. He is so slow once he gets about 20 yards downfield, even I could catch the guy.
13-12 Lions, 3rd Quarter, 9:38 left
On 2nd and nine, Smith finds Crabtree on the left side, and he at first appears to have a first down at the two-yard-line. Nope, he didn't get both feet in. On the other hand, he put his left foot inbounds twice. Sorry, Michael. That doesn't count. Third down now for the 49ers. The Niners challenge the officials' ruling, which is dumb. There was no catch. Where are Harbaugh's coaches to tell him not to challenge that call?
15-13 49ers, 3rd quarter, 9:24 left
The ruling from the officials is confirmed, of course. Now the 49ers lose a timeout, and they still are facing 3rd and nine from the Lions 13 yard line. Big play coming up. Smith finds Delanie Walker wide open in the right corner of the end zone, yet he bobbles the ball and drops it as goes out of bounds. Ugh. SF has to settle for a short David Akers field goal. It's good.
15-13 49ers, 3rd quarter, 9:24 left
Kind of heartbreaking to see Delanie Walker drop a touchdown pass in the end zone like that. He's a solid veteran who's finally getting a chance to shine after five seasons on lackluster Niners squads. That bobbled pass will no doubt prove costly to the 49ers because this game is going to be close until the final minutes.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 6:46 left
Matthew Stafford goes back to work from the Lions' own 20, and he promptly finds Megatron for 23 yards up to the left side. That's a wicked route and toss from Stafford. Best takes a handoff and rumbles to the left side for close to a first down. It does feel like the Lions are disproportionately going to the left side, doesn't it? 3rd and 1 for the Lions, and then an encroachment penalty on SF — the 12th penalty on SF today. So first down for the Lions from the SF 42 yard line. Those penalties have been killer for the Niners.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 6:46 left
So, the 49ers just gave the Lions a first down on 3rd and 1 when they try to time the snap count and get caught by the hard count. If I'm the 49ers defensive coordinator, I actually don't mind that. Why not try to jump the snap count and stuff the Lions? They're probably going to get the first down anyway, so you're not risking that much. Might as well go for the big play.
15-13 49ers, 3rd quarter, 6:20 left
Stafford goes deep for Megatron down the right sideline on second down, but CB Chris Culliver is all over him. Nice coverage. And on 3rd down, Stafford gets called for intentional grounding. That pushes the Lions miles out of field goal range. The 49ers are getting the ball back again.
15-13 49ers, 3rd quarter, 6:18 left
The intentional grounding on Stafford turned out to be a pretty significant penalty. It moved them back just enough (10 yards) that it gave 49ers Ted Ginn Jr. room to run it back and get out to the 20-yard line. Major field position difference there.
15-13 49ers, 3rd quarter, 6:18 left
It should be said that both teams have been quite disciplined on special teams. Everything has been clean, no one on either team has been able to break a big runback.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 4:40 left
On 2nd down and 13 after Gore gets stuffed for a loss, DE Willie Young gets a hand up and knocks down the Alex Smith pass attempt. Smith steps up and finds Michael Crabtree smack up the middle for 23 yards. What a catch for the leaping Crabtree. That was downright Megatron-ish.
Smith then heaves a long pass to Ted Ginn right at the end zone. Oof, Ted Ginn can't quite get there. 2nd and 10 from the Detroit 45 yard line.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 4:27 left
On the big catch by Crabtree over the middle, the camera was zoomed out enough that you could see the defense well. It was interesting because the Lions kind of tried to bait Smith into throwing into coverage. They lined up in a "cover 3″ with a single high safety, then switched into a typical "cover 2″ coverage by dropping a safety back from the linebacker position. Smith saw that vacated space in the zone and took advantage of it by hitting Crabtree right in that spot.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 3:58 left
On 3rd down and 10, Smith's pocket collapses and he does down about at midfield. That's a disappointing outcome for Smith, who looked like he had a drive going on that series. The Lions will start with the ball from inside their own 10 yard line.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 3:09 left
Stafford is getting good pass protection, but there's no one open and he rolls to his right, where DE Justin Smith gets two meaty arms around Stafford and drags him down. The Lions should be careful here. They're backed up inside their own 5-yard line. Stafford gives the ball to Best, who gets maybe one yard. Quickly, it's 3rd down and 14 for the Lions. Stafford drops back and just dumps it off incomplete. Ugly, ugly series. The Lions punter will be kicking from his own end zone now. Here we goes … he gets it off cleanly, and Ginn calls for fair catch inside the Lions' side of midfield.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 1:43 left
These two offenses are lulling me to sleep. On the first play on this series, the 49ers AGAIN get called for false start. Seriously. Now the inside handoff to Gore, who gets 4 yards to the Lions 44. But it's 2nd and 11. Smith now threw it deep up the middle, and IT'S PICKED OFF by safety Amari Spievey. That ball just sailed over Michael Crabtree's head. Big chance now for the Lions.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, 1:09 left
I'm not ready to call this game boring. I think we've seen interesting things on both sides of the ball. I think the San Francisco 49ers defense is the real deal, especially in the red zone, where they've kept the Lions out of the end zone for most of the game. I think the 49ers offense has shown flashes of brilliance, but they've been hampered by penalties. Alex Smith made a big mistake with his interception going into the fourth quarter that may cost them the game, but he's clearly growing as a quarterback under Harbaugh.
15-13 49ers, 3rd Quarter, :09 left
Nice little attempt by Stafford to draw the 49ers into an offsides penalty as the clock ticked off to end the quarter.
15-13 49ers, End of 3rd Quarter
The Lions, from the 50-yard-line, rip off 10 yards by RB Maurice Morris. That interception may be the spark the Lions offense needs. Morris is now taking over for Best on this series. There we go. First down pass catch by Burleson, who goes for 22 yards. Just a little stutter step route and Burleson finds a seam between the CB and a linebacker. The third quarter ends with the Lions just inside the red zone.
15-13 49ers, End of 3rd Quarter
Shira, maybe they took Best out because of his blocking mistakes, which you pointed out earlier in the game. Just guessing.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 14:35 left
The player of the game today for the 49ers is Patrick Willis, who has been getting matched up with Lions TE Brandon Pettigrew all game, and doing a great job covering a guy he shouldn't be able to cover on paper.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 14:18 left
Sorry, Reed. I don't watch football to see little interesting things. I watch football to see scoring, ballet, brash plays, mashing tackles. Both teams have just been ragged today, with touches of brilliance. Too little.
And great coverage by Willis on that pass attempt to Pettigrew. Oops, maybe too great. The officials toss a yellow hanky. Looked clean to me. Ahhh, the officials call a penalty on S Dashon Goldson for kicking the ball after the incomplete pass. Hideous. 3rd and 5 now for the Lions from the 18. That's a complete pass to Calvin Johnson up the middle. First down for Detroit. The Lions caught SF before they were ready for the snap. Nice job.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
On 2nd and goal, Stafford tosses to Burleson in the back of the end zone. TOUCHDOWN! Great grab. Wait, one of the officials said incomplete pass. Huh? No way. This one will be reviewed. The officials said he didn't complete the process of the catch before he came down out of bounds.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
The touchdown pass to Nate Burleson was broken up by a double-agent field goal net that clearly works for the 49ers.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
Reed, you were looking at that pass to Burleson. How was that NOT a catch?
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
That was a catch. No question. He took like 50 steps with the Ball before being ensnared by a field goal net.
15-13 49ers, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
Fox's Mike Pereira is wrong, saying the pass will be ruled incomplete upon review, despite the fact that it "feels so much like a touchdown." It's a touchdown, dude. Everybody in the world can see that.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
After review, that gets called a touchdown. Burleson clearly gets two feet down in the end zone, but he bobbles the ball out of bounds and falls down with the ball. Still, Lions lead.
Ooh, the Lions will go for two points, as they're up by four points. Nope, Calvin Johnson can't catch the pass in the end zone. Why go for two there?
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 13:48 left
I would have gone for one on the TD. With almost a whole quarter left, just take the points.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 13:07 left
Let's talk about Alex Smith's ribs for a second. First, he gets smacked by Clif Avril, a defensive end for the Lions, as he throws for a first down. Then, he throws a block to spring Ted Ginn for another first down. All of Niners Nation thanks Alex Smith's ribs for their service.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 11:55 left
Ooh, nice. SF tries a little end-around trick play to Hunter who flips to Ginn who awkwardly dances for 1st down. Good drive here for SF, which is inside Lions territory now.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 11:16 left
I spoke too soon. Crabtree on 3rd down grabs a pass and comes down just short of the first down. Harbaugh thinks about going for it on 4th down but changes his mind. The punter is going to pin the Lions deep near their goal line, about the 8 yard line. The Lions can put this game away with a TD drive here.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 11:16 left
Michael Crabtree needs to stretch out and try to get the first down on that play. He has been unimpressive today. Earlier in the game, he was unable to leap up and make another grab for a first down. Could be that his injury is still hampering him.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 11:16 left
This game is taking forever. We still have 11 minutes left, and most of the other 1 p.m. games are over, or inside two minutes left to play. What the heck is going on?
These television commercials are making my brain cells hurt.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 9:47 left
Potential back breaker. Stafford finds Megatron in stride, and then the 49ers whiff on two tackles and Johnson rumbles for 40 yards. Megatron is so big here's hard to drag down even with clean tackles. Lions at midfield now. False start now on Detroit. That's a switch. Meanwhile, we're going to encourage Calvin Johnson to get a new nickname. Wasn't Megatron the leader of the bad guys in the Transformers? Why would Calvin Johnson want to be a Decepticon?
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 9:36 left
What's interesting is if the Lions only get a field goal on this drive, it's a 7-point game. Had they gone for only one point after their last touchdown, they could make it an 8-point game. So the reasoning behind that two-point attempt is still not clear to me.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 9:19 left
Pettigrew just whiffs on a slightly wobbly pass. And then on third down, Stafford loses the football. Fumble? Nope, incomplete pass. That's amazing. The Lions couldn't take advantage of the big pass completion to Johnson. The 49ers nearly block the punt, and then the Lions just miss downing the ball at the one-inch line. It'll be 1st and 10 from the 49ers 20 yard line. Once we get through another set of terrible commercials.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 9:19 left
The bad news is a 49ers touchdown and a Lions field goal would allow this game to go into overtime.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 9:19 left
Totally agree, Reed. Schwartz is going to be 'splaining that two-point call. (Well, he'll have to explain if the Lions lose. If they win, who cares.)
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 8:58 left
On a crucial 3rd and 1, the 49ers give it to the man everyone knew would get it … uhhh, Kendall Hunter?
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 8:06 left
Who was Smith throwing to on first down? He missed, and there wasn't a receiver within a mile. On 2nd and 10 from the 20, the 49ers call another end-around to Ginn, who gets 9 yards. Big 1 yard here try here. The Niners toss to Kendall Hunter, who gets wrapped up at the line of scrimmage. In hindsight, Ginn should have stretched out that previous play for another yard. Instead, the Niners have to punt again. Another mistake by the 49ers.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 7:07 left
Ha! Where is Gore, by the way? And the Niners get whistled for a penalty again on the punt. An SF player ran out of bounds, which means the Lions will start at their own 40-yard line.
On the first play for the Lions, Stafford gets sacked! He loses the ball but the Lions recover. That's Aldon Smith again from the outside. The Lions were lucky to get the ball back but now they 3rd down and 25.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 7:07 left
That's the second receiver in a row for the 49ers who has ended a drive early by not stretching out to the first down marker. I would love to be in the film room next week when Coach Harbaugh chews them out. Going to be some serious butt kicking back in Santa Clara for the 49ers next week.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 5:29 left
Again, no Best in the game. The Lions are going with Maurice Morris. But the Lions can't convert the 3rd and long. The ball goes back to the 49ers. I know I keep saying this, but SF really needs to do something with the ball here. Ted Ginn escapes several tackles and runs the punt back to the 36 yard line of the Lions. Great run there, 30 yards-plus. I'm almost sorry I made fun of him. The punter — the PUNTER! — tackles Ginn out of bounds.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 5:15 left
Ginn is obviously a very talented guy, Shira, but he still needs to know where the first down marker is.
19-15 Lions, 4th quarter, 3:28 left
Again, Kendall Hunter starts the series for the 49ers. And he gets nine yards on that first Niners play from scrimmage on this series. Now Gore comes in, and cleans up for the first down. That's a nice one-two punch for SF. 1st and 10 from the 25 yard line of Detroit. Again to Hunter, who gets 6 yards straight up the middle. Great block by the guard, Mike Iupati.
19-15 Lions, 4th quarter, 3:28 left
Delanie Walker getting some love from the color guys for his fullback-type blocks to spring Hunter for a nice gain. Telling you, Delanie Walker is the man.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 2:26 left
The 49ers are just running the ball up the gut on the Lions. This is what the Lions don't have — a legitimate rushing game. First and goal for the 49ers from the 7, Gore is swarmed by the Lions defense. Corey Williams wrap him up and Gore loses 3 yards.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 2:00 left
On second and goal from the 10, Crabtree catches a pass and gets wrapped up after a 4-yard gain. It'll be 3rd and goal after the two-minute warning. No pressure, Niners. Just score now or go home losers.
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 2:00 left
Crabtree had a real opportunity there on 2nd and goal. The guy was sniffing the end zone and was wrapped up for a 3-yard gain. I am convinced he is still hurt. He just doesn't look like a top-10 draft pick kind of athlete right now.
How loud do you think it is on Ford Field right now?
19-15 Lions, 4th Quarter, 1:57 left
Deep breath, San Francisco. 3rd down and goal from the Detroit 6, the 49ers have four WRs, and Smith misses two of them on the left side of the end zone just as a DE smashes into him.
21-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
On fourth down, the 49ers go for it. Smith finds Delanie Walker, who scoots into the end zone. TOUCHDOWN! Huge, huge play for the 49ers. Great throw.
They're taking it to the replay booth to see if his knee was down…
21-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
The officials review the play because Walker's knee was hitting the ground just as he was breaking the plane of the end zone with the ball. This one is mighty close but to me it looks like a TD.
21-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
When I watched it live, I thought Delanie Walker's knee was down before he got the ball into the end zone. Watching the replay, I'm not sure. I don't think they'll overturn it because it's so close.
And the touchdown stands!
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
Now let's see if my overtime prediction comes true! Shira, how cool would that be? We could be live blogging till 5:30!
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
The officials have really earned their paychecks in this game. Whew. Exciting stuff. The extra point is good. If the Lions had kicked an extra point instead of trying for two points earlier in this game, they could be driving now for the win instead of for the tie. Just saying.
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
I will make Adam Fedex a burrito to my house if we have overtime.
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:51 left
Probably won't be a better test of the San Francisco 49ers defense until the playoffs – and this game is going play a pretty big role in determining whether they are a playoff caliber team.
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:44 left
The Lions will start from their own 20, and down by three points. The Lions have all three of their time outs. This is the big time, Matthew Stafford. Can he do it?
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:24 left
It's now 3rd and 5 after a short completion and then an incomplete pass. The Lions need to gain more than 40 yards to put them in field goal range.
22-19 49ers, 4th quarter, 1:16 left
On third down, again great overage on Pettigrew by a linebacker, this time NaVorro Bowman. Incomplete pass. Wow. On 4th and 5, the Lions go for it, Stafford goes to Burleson, but IT'S INCOMPLETE! Great coverage by Carlos Rogers. That's money right there. The 49ers take over on downs. That's it, folks.
22-19 49ers, 4th quarter, 1:16 left
And the 49ers defense is the real deal, it turns out. Four and out for the Lions on the final drive of the game. And Willis, again with a big stop against Pettigrew on 3rd down. I mean, you have to wonder whether Tony Scheffler, who's hurt, would have kept that drive alive for the Lions.
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:12 left
Ok, that's PROBABLY it, folks. We won't call this one for the 49ers until the fat lady sings. The Lions still have 3 timeouts, which they start to burn in hopes of getting the ball back for one more shot.
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:09 left
This would be a good time to mention that on our podcast, "The Hard Count" last week, Shira and I talked about how the 49ers had a good chance to hand the Lions their first L of the season. If you want to know the future, listen to "The Hard Count."
22-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:09 left
On second and 10, the 49ers give the ball to Gore, who picks up a couple of yards. The Lions call timeout again. If the Niners can't pick up 1st down, the Lions should get the ball back with some time.
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:02 left
David Akers. Dude is money.
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:02 left
The Lions use their final time out, as David Akers trots onto the field for a 37-yard field goal. It's good. The Lions will get the ball back with 1:02 left on the clock, and down by 6 points. No timeouts, though.
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:02 left
The Lions are going to need a miracle to win this game, or they are going to have to experience something that the Detroit Lions just aren't that accustomed to: losing. Wait … what?
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, 1:02 left
Reed is the lone member of the David Akers fan club. He's preparing to kick off now. David Akers can do everything!
Leading by six, the 49ers kick off and it's a touchback. The Lions will have to go 80 yards to win this game. Megatron time?
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, :09 left
Justin Smith and Ray McDonald drag down Stafford. That one looked like it hurt. Eight-yard loss. The next pass is complete to Morris, who is dragged down at the 19-yard line. Why aren't the Lions moving?! They have no timeouts! Faster!! With less than 10 seconds left, Stafford rolls out to his right, and fires incomplete on a mid-range pass to Titus Young. The Lions know they need a TD, right? Now the 49ers call timeout.
25-19 49ers, 4th Quarter, :06 left
The 49ers defense is so good it needs a nickname. The Gold Curtain? The Wall of Gold? The Gold Nugget Express? Please, somebody help!
25-19 49ers, FINAL
Stafford completes a pass to Calvin Johnson at about the 30-yard line, he tries a lame lateral, and that's game. Whew. That's a tiring finish. Well, tiring for me. And probably for those guys on the field. The Lions lose their first game of the season. And Reed is right: The 49ers defense is seriously good.
25-19 49ers, FINAL
I really like the 49ers this season. I am not happy about the carpal tunnel syndrome I have developed during the live blog, however.
25-19 49ers, FINAL
The 49ers may make SF residents forget the Giants were disappointing this year. 5-1, baby! And we assume the "Lions aren't that good" backlash will start in about 18 seconds.
25-19 49ers, FINAL
Hey, did you see Harbaugh and Jim Schwartz getting into a shouting match as the teams were going into the locker room? They had to be separated! What went down there?
25-19 49ers, FINAL
The Lions probably need to figure out a ground game. Until then, their offense is one-dimensional. But I still give a lot of credit to the 49ers defense. Also, the 49ers offensive line pushed around what may be the best defensive line in the NFL.
25-19 49ers, FINAL
The 4 p.m. games are already well into the 2nd quarter. I feel like I have just come out of a coma.
25-19 49ers, FINAL
Totally. Why did this game take so long? It's almost 5 pm!


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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the prizefighter who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and who was later immortalized in a Bob Dylan song, died Sunday after a long battle with prostate cancer, The Associated Press reports. He was 76.
Born in Clifton, N.J., Carter was placed in a juvenile reformatory after being accused of assault at age 14. He escaped the reformatory and joined the Army in 1954, and was sent to West Germany, where he began boxing.
He left the Army in 1956 and returned to New Jersey, where he was arrested for escaping from the reformatory. He had several run-ins with the law over the next few years and served more than four years in prison.
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Carter became a professional boxer after he was released from prison in 1961. His career record is 27 wins, 12 losses and one draw in 40 fights.
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The 1999 movie The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington as Carter, was based on his life. Washington won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination for his performance.
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The "selfie" is a casual self-portrait photograph, usually taken with a front-facing camera on a smartphone or a digital camera. They are most often shared through social networks and have become so common that it is rare to have not heard of them.
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This collection is a treasure trove of information for all Australian researchers — or those with Australian heritage — looking to add to the rich fabric of their family history and fill in missing details. Newspapers are fantastic sources of genealogical and family history information. Birth, marriage and death announcements, and obituaries found in newspapers are commonly used resources for genealogy. However, your ancestors may also be mentioned in articles on local news and events (i.e. social, community, school, sport, or business related events).
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We recently released the new Audio Recordings feature in the MyHeritage mobile app. Audio Recordings is free and available on the latest version of the MyHeritage Mobile App for both Android and iOS.
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Our MyHeritage team had a great time last week at the Who Do You Think You Are Live? 2016 show in Birmingham, UK.
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Choices and Good Fortune
A friend recently shared the story of how her great-grandfather Leon emigrated to America from Europe in the early 1900s. His brother had previously arrived, in search of a better life. When Leon followed his brother, he worked as a tailor and struggled to make ends meet to support his growing family.
After a few years, he reached a point in his career where he had become comfortable and had some expendable income. He searched to invest some money in a new opportunity. Leon's brother suggested that he try investing with him in real estate — and purchase some rural farmland in New York City. Continue reading "Choices and Good Fortune" »
Easter: New avenues of research
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The buzz on honeybees is starting to reach a dull roar. Last week, the European Union issued a two-year ban on pesticides made by companies such as Bayer BAYN.xe -0.09850760971285032% Bayer AG ADR U.S.: OTC USD101.415 -0.1 -0.09850760971285032% /Date(1469226000000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 63079 P/E Ratio 17.760634664892034 Market Cap 83579480967.1224 Dividend Yield 2.8274910023172115% Rev. per Employee 437808 More quote details and news » and Syngenta that it said may be responsible for a sharp decline in honeybees. Too, the nonprofit Center for Food Safety said it is pursuing a lawsuit it filed in March against officials of the Environmental Protection Agency, seeking to suspend use of some of the same pesticides in the U.S. The EPA and Agriculture Department just issued a report saying a decline in managed bee colonies "puts great pressure" on agricultural sectors that rely on commercial pollination. The EPA wouldn't comment on the suit.
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Russia and the European Union hold a summit in Yekaterinburg.
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Wednesday 5
Fed's "beige book" is released.
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South Korea markets are closed.
Arab ministers discuss Syria in Cairo, U.S., Russia, U.N. officials in Moscow.
FDA committees evaluate studies on GlaxoSmithKline's compound for type 2 diabetes, Avandia.
Thursday 6
The European Central Bank is expected to hold rates steady after May's cut of a quarter of a percentage point. Bank of England is also seen standing pat.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports on May job-cut announcements.
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European Union leaders discuss a roadmap for Europe in Helsinki.
May chain-store sales are reported.
G-20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in St. Petersburg.
Philly Fed's Charles Plosser lectures on economics at Boston College.
Friday 7
Look for nonfarm payrolls to grow by 175,000 or 180,000 in May, Berson says. He sees previous months being revised higher. One thing to watch: whether weekly hours worked kept falling in May. Jobless rate should hold at 7.5%.
President Barack Obama begins meetings with China's President Xi Jinping.
Saturday 8
A retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak begins in Cairo.
Week's Highlight
Friday 7: Skittish investors worried about a tapering of Fed easing will scour the employment report for May. It should show continued job growth, though weekly hours worked could be a sore point.
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, Volume 18, Issue 8, pp 765-783
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Fractal dimensions and geometries of caves
- Rane L. CurlAffiliated withDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
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Lengths of all caves in a region have been observed previously to be distributed hyperbolically, like self-similar geomorphic phenomena identified by Mandelbrot as exhibiting fractal geometry. Proper cave lengths exhibit a fractal dimension of about 1.4. These concepts are extended to other self-similar geometric properties of caves with the following consequences.
Lengths of a cave is defined as the sum of sizes of passage-filling, linked modular elements larger than the cave-defining modulus. If total length of all caves in a region is a self-similar fractal, it has a fractal dimension between 2 and 3; and the total number of linked modular elements in a region is a self-similar fractal of the same dimension. Cave volume in any modular element size range may be calculated from the distribution.
The expected conditional distribution of modular element sizes in a cave, given length and modulus, also is distributed hyperbolically. Data from Little Brush Creek Cave (Utah) agree and yield a fractal dimension of about 2.8 (like the Menger Sponge). The expected number of modular elements in a cave equals approximately the 0.9 power of length of the cave divided by modulus. This result yields an intriguing "parlor trick." An algorithm for estimating modular element sizes from survey data provides a means for further analysis of cave surveys.
Key wordscaves fractals self-similarity
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- Title
- Fractal dimensions and geometries of caves
- Journal
Mathematical Geology
Volume 18, Issue 8 , pp 765-783
- Cover Date
- 1986-11
- Print ISSN
- 0882-8121
- Online ISSN
- 1573-8868
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Keywords
- caves
- fractals
- self-similarity
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- Authors
- Rane L. Curl (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Dow Building, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan


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