patriots v ravens

listening to the game in the 4th quarter. both teams seem like they're trying to lose.

it's now 3rd and 14 at the baltimore 41. INCOMPLETE!!! the ravens, who i hate to root for, have held them.

this is huge. i'm rooting for the ravens (which is a first) but someone has to beat these NE jerks.

about 5 minutes to go, baltimore has the ball 1st and 10 on their own 28.

baltimore is 3rd and 2 now on the 36...shit they miss the marker. They'll have to punt with with about 3 and half minutes to go.

ravens at least have a staunch defense. as long as they can keep them out of the endzone.

patriots take over at their own 27. they've got 2 timeouts left, so there is plenty of time. Baltimore really needed one more first down.

here's the home stretch. first pass is incomplete- so far so good. patriots get a 1st down.

question: why isn't baltimore applying more pressure? Brady is much much worse under pressure. Prevent defense is not going to work with so much time left I don't think.

anyways, it's 2nd at 10 at the 50. and they just hit a 9 yd pass, so 3rd and 1, and brady sneaks to the 40 for a first.

incomplete on 1st down and it's now the 2 minute warning. patriots have very stupid radio commercials.

we're back. incomplete. 3rd and 10. They hit brady after giving some pressure. like i said. pass goes to faulk around the 30 near the first down, but shy by about a yard. STOPPED on 4th and 1, but baltimore had called a time out...so the patriots get to retry 4th and 1 on the 40. flag down, it's a false start on the pats, bringing it to 4th and 6. shit shit shit, brady runs for a 1st. 1:38 to go, 18 yards. this looks bleak for the home team. Faulk runs, gets to the 13. Incomplete pass, 3rd and 5, one minute remaining. Incomplete pass. 4th and 5. the patriot-loving announcers are criticizing Brady, which i think you can get excommunicated for in this part of the country. We're just under a minute to go, so if they only get a first, time becomes a factor.

INCOMPLETE...but a flag for Defensiveholding. BULLSHIT. 1st and goal at the 8, less than a minute. TD, but there are several flags. The announcer mis-called the play, couldn't see it and called it wrong. The flags are on the ravens and are assessed on the kickoff.

the announcers, refs, and ravens are all awful. what nonsense, getting 2 extra tries on 4th down.

44 seconds remaining. Baltimore is going to have terrible field position because of so many flags (3 now) for penalties to be assessed on the kickoff (35 yards). 27-24 now. the patriots are evil and i hate them.

They're going to get the ball on the 20, so they have 44 seconds to go and 1 time out. They need to get to at least the 40 for a field goal. 1st down to the 33. time is ticking, pass is complete to the 42. 14 seconds left only and they call their last time out. This is dismal clock management for only 2 plays. incomplete pass. 8 seconds to go.

they make a pass to the 2 yardline and the clock expires. terrible clock management. terrible coaching allowing the patriots to take too much time on their scoring drive and then operating with no sense of urgency on the ensuing drive. Baltimore is a bad team because they have decent players but a very very overrated coach in Brian Billick.

anyways, i'm disgustedly signing off.