MADDEN - 2/3

the niners move on to 11-0 after a bit of controversy. i played the chiefs for the first time two days ago, and they put up a hell of a fight for a 2-8 team. they were actually on the verge of upsetting us when we mounted a comeback late in the fourth quarter and, down 30-22, scored on a 38 yard touchdown pass on THE LAST PLAY OF THE GAME, then with no time on the clock got the 2 point conversion to send it into overtime. the chiefs got the ball first, and our defense stopped them, and then we drove down to midfield, and on first and ten ran a pass play...that was interrupted mid-play by an IM window popping up on my computer. yeah. so the pass was intercepted and ran back for a touchdown by the time i could alt-tab back to the game.

so i faced a bit of a conundrum. what to do to resolve the game in a fair fashion? i had a save point at the beginning of overtime i could roll back to, but then that would be giving the chiefs the ball again and forcing me to stop them before having the chance to win, which i likely (but not certainly) would have done had i not been IM-tercepted. well, before i get all Kafkaesque on this, let's just say i decided in the interest of best preserving the integrity of what might be the niners' first ever perfect season, i would just restart the game entirely. so last night i replayed it. mostly to my benefit.

the niners rolled to victory, 29-10. mostly on account of the fact that the chiefs were pretty much unable to pick up any yards in the first half. then there was the 250 rushing yards gained by the niners, including 160 yards by bowes and a 75 yard touchdown run by me, THE QUARTERBACK.



sparks had three interceptions, which is, i think, more than he had the entire last season. it was largely pretty disgusting. i'm not sure what happened to the chiefs between the first version of the game and the second, but it wasn't flattering to them.