Championship Game Predictions

[Grizalltheway]

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Good one. That's about as original as an Andrew Luck INT.

[kalm]

But from my perspective, the heat Sherman is getting is not just misguided but ludicrous. This is a guy who represents one of the best kinds of sports stories there is in the world: the rise from the bottom, the profound destruction of obstacles, the honest success story built by a foundation of hard work and loving parents. If anyone with a brain took the time to learn about Richard Sherman, and then put him in the context of the rest of the National Football League, he'd be a pretty hard guy to bash.

Firstly, we're talking about a 25-year-old who came out of the streets of Compton, California. Sherman graduated from one of the worst school districts in the United States, one that boasts a high-school graduation rate of 57 percent. In a country where 68 percent of all federal and state inmates are lacking a high school diploma, you could say Sherman avoided a horrifying fate. But to say he "got lucky" or "escaped" would be foolhardy. He didn't "just graduate," either. He finished with a 4.2 GPA, second in his class, and went on to Stanford University, one of the most prestigious places to get an education in the entire world. He busted out in a rocket ship. He went from a world of gang violence and drugs to everything that Palo Alto and Stanford University represent.

And where did Mr. Sherman get the work ethic to put up those grades and make it to a school that offers that kind of education? Probably from his father, Kevin, who has worked in the sanitation department for Los Angeles for more than thirty years. But you won't see that on Sherman's stat sheet, and you definitely won't hear about it when ESPN analysts comment on his post-game interview today. Most interesting, though, is that Sherman's story isn't a big secret. NFL Films has even done a short documentary on "the trash-talking cornerback."

So now, America, let's talk about Richard Sherman in the NFL. Let's talk about the Stanford graduate from Compton who has never been arrested, never cursed in a post-game interview, never been accused of being a dirty player, started his own charitable non-profit, and won an appeal in the only thing close to a smudge on his record.

This past off-season, 31 NFL players were arrested for everything from gun charges and driving under the Influence to murder.

Last year, Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher killed Kasandra Perkins, his girlfriend and the mother of his own child, before taking his own life...

Yet, when one kid who has overcome everything, one kid who was doubted by the very player he overcame on Sunday, decides to emphatically claim he is the best (by the way: he is), this is what upsets us? Man, could you imagine if this generation had to deal with Muhammad Ali?

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[93henfan]

Anyone find it curious that the two states who just legalized pot are getting together for a Super Bowl?


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[Grizalltheway]

Anyone find it curious that the two states who just legalized pot are getting together for a Super Bowl?


yes i stole this from Facebook

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[93henfan]

Anyone find it curious that the two states who just legalized pot are getting together for a Super Bowl?


yes i stole this from Facebook

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[Grizalltheway]

[93henfan]

That negro cracks me up every time.

[UNI88]

Yet, when one kid who has overcome everything, one kid who was doubted by the very player he overcame on Sunday, decides to emphatically claim he is the best (by the way: he is), this is what upsets us? Man, could you imagine if this generation had to deal with Muhammad Ali?

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Kalm, I'm not upset that Sherman claimed he's the best corner, I admit he probably is. I'm upset that he disrespected his opponent after the game was over. He did this both with the throat slash/choke motion and by calling Crabtree mediocre during his rant. Being gracious in victory is a sign of class, Sherman wasn't so what does that say about him?

I have tremendous respect for what he's overcome to get where he is now. Sherman is probably smarter than me or you and he know's what he's doing. I just wish that he would a better role model for others in similar situations to emulate.

[Grizalltheway]

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Kalm, I'm not upset that Sherman claimed he's the best corner, I admit he probably is. I'm upset that he disrespected his opponent after the game was over. He did this both with the throat slash/choke motion and by calling Crabtree mediocre during his rant. Being gracious in victory is a sign of class, Sherman wasn't so what does that say about him?

I have tremendous respect for what he's overcome to get where he is now. Sherman is probably smarter than me or you and he know's what he's doing. I just wish that he would a better role model for others in similar situations to emulate.

From what I can tell, he made an attempt to be gracious by telling Crabtree good game and extending his hand for a shake. Crabtree responded by shoving him away. That's just as classless as anything Sherman said or did.

[uofmman1122]

Kalm, I'm not upset that Sherman claimed he's the best corner, I admit he probably is. I'm upset that he disrespected his opponent after the game was over. He did this both with the throat slash/choke motion and by calling Crabtree mediocre during his rant. Being gracious in victory is a sign of class, Sherman wasn't so what does that say about him?

I have tremendous respect for what he's overcome to get where he is now. Sherman is probably smarter than me or you and he know's what he's doing. I just wish that he would a better role model for others in similar situations to emulate.

From what I can tell, he made an attempt to be gracious by telling Crabtree good game and extending his hand for a shake. Crabtree responded by shoving him away. That's just as classless as anything Sherman said or did.

After slapping his butt and saying he's the greatest cornerback?

There was very little graciousness in that extended hand.

[UNI88]

Kalm, I'm not upset that Sherman claimed he's the best corner, I admit he probably is. I'm upset that he disrespected his opponent after the game was over. He did this both with the throat slash/choke motion and by calling Crabtree mediocre during his rant. Being gracious in victory is a sign of class, Sherman wasn't so what does that say about him?

I have tremendous respect for what he's overcome to get where he is now. Sherman is probably smarter than me or you and he know's what he's doing. I just wish that he would a better role model for others in similar situations to emulate.

From what I can tell, he made an attempt to be gracious by telling Crabtree good game and extending his hand for a shake. Crabtree responded by shoving him away. That's just as classless as anything Sherman said or did.

Yes it looked like Sherman was extending his hand but you don't know what Sherman was saying while he was doing it. Crabtree had just been denied the opportunity to make the game winning catch. Your blood tends to run hot after losing a close, hard fought game and that is the worst time to approach an opponent. It doesn't excuse Crabtree if Sherman really was being gracious but it puts in in a different perspective. A class act would have been to disregard the shove as the action of a frustrated opponent who lost, not to turn around and call him mediocre.

I guess the slash/choke was meant for Kaepernick so that has to be judged independently and is just a classless gesture.

[kalm]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isaac-sau ... 31980.html

Kalm, I'm not upset that Sherman claimed he's the best corner, I admit he probably is. I'm upset that he disrespected his opponent after the game was over. He did this both with the throat slash/choke motion and by calling Crabtree mediocre during his rant. Being gracious in victory is a sign of class, Sherman wasn't so what does that say about him?

I have tremendous respect for what he's overcome to get where he is now. Sherman is probably smarter than me or you and he know's what he's doing. I just wish that he would a better role model for others in similar situations to emulate.

I agree.

[Screamin_Eagle174]

From what I can tell, he made an attempt to be gracious by telling Crabtree good game and extending his hand for a shake. Crabtree responded by shoving him away. That's just as classless as anything Sherman said or did.

After slapping his butt and saying he's the greatest cornerback?

There was very little graciousness in that extended hand.

That avatar needs updating.

[dbackjon]

Brady over Kaepernicus in NYC

This.

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[Grizalltheway]

This.

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[Grizalltheway]

I don't think it was throat slashing, but choking, which was appropriate for the moment. And I would argue that anyone is allowed to play with a chip on his shoulder if he can back it up. I would have no problem if Peyton Manning came out tomorrow and said he was the greatest QB to ever play and then went on to win the SB.

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[Seahawks08]

Yes it looked like Sherman was extending his hand but you don't know what Sherman was saying while he was doing it.

Sherman was miked up, so everyone will get to hear what he said on nfl films.

[grizzaholic]

Yes it looked like Sherman was extending his hand but you don't know what Sherman was saying while he was doing it.

Sherman was miked up, so everyone will get to hear what he said on nfl films.

Anyone that says the hand gesture was sincere, is full of shit and shouldn't be trusted.

[kalm]

Sherman was miked up, so everyone will get to hear what he said on nfl films.

Anyone that says the hand gesture was sincere, is full of shit and shouldn't be trusted.

Good to know you guys are so anti-smack.

[uofmman1122]

After slapping his butt and saying he's the greatest cornerback?

There was very little graciousness in that extended hand.

That avatar needs updating.

Done.

[Grizalltheway]

That avatar needs updating.

Done.

[uofmman1122]

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This is how 49er fans should feel about this, instead of being all butthurt.

I hope the Seahawks win the Super Bowl just because it makes this rivalry even better.

Also, Fuck Peyton Manning.

[Grizalltheway]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1929 ... ew-rivalry

This is how 49er fans should feel about this, instead of being all butthurt.

I hope the Seahawks win the Super Bowl just because it makes this rivalry even better.

Also, Fuck Peyton Manning.

Says the guy with the QB kissing his arm in his sig.

[uofmman1122]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1929 ... ew-rivalry

This is how 49er fans should feel about this, instead of being all butthurt.

I hope the Seahawks win the Super Bowl just because it makes this rivalry even better.

Also, Fuck Peyton Manning.

Says the guy with the QB kissing his arm in his sig.

We can't all have QBs that throw up all over themselves as their signature move.