Super Ravens

In the brother vs. brother spectacular when the lights went out so did the ravens momentum but the 49ers comeback wasn't enough!  San Francisco looked like they were on the the practice field the entire first half leaving gaps in the line and losing their men.  One of the main reasons for Joe Flacco's 287 passing yard was Anquan Boldin.  The 32 year old receiver has been hot all postseason and finished with a bang piling up 106 receiving yards from just six catches!  Although Rice didn't have an outstanding game the long-ball kept them going and combined with a 109 yard kick return touchdown by Jacoby Jones dug San Fran's grave.  Jones helped set 7 of the 18 records that were broken last night.

San Francisco decided not to play for the first half of of last nights game but early in the third everything changed.  After Beyonce's literally stunning halftime show, half of the stadiums power suddenly went out.  The players stretched to avoid getting their muscles tight and everyone wanted and explanation.  The thoughts of Super Bowl Monday and did Beyonce use to much power were going through everybody's minds when about 15 minutes later the stadium was lit up again.  This turned out to be a blessing for the niners who had previosly been trailing by 22 but scored 17 points in two and a half  minutes to bring the score to 28-23.  The ravens got back in the game when two straight field goals bumped their lead to 34-29 after Kaepernick's record setting 15 yard td run.   

But it all came down to the last drive.  San Francisco had to make it to the end zone to win and the ravens desperately needed the stop.  Sure enough Kaepernick drove the the red zone but threw the ball three times with no result.  On their last play of the game Kaepernick barely stepped back in the pocket when he lofted a pass deep in the end-zone.  Crabtree was sprinting back on the fade route when Jimmy Smith grabbed his jersey with both hands resulting in the incomplete pass.  The referee decided it wasn't worth his time to make the call so the ball switched sides.   The Ravens ran the clock for 3 plays then then the punter dropped back but ran out of bounds for an intentional safety.  The score was now 34-31 but with 4 seconds on the clock and no timeouts the 49ers needed a kick return td to win.  They didn't get it and Jon Harbaugh was victorious over his brother Jim.