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it takes that sort of luck to win championships by jt

and it takes near flawless football if you're going up against a defending champion; you can't expect to win putting the ball on the ground and in not converting when you do get a turnover, not to mention ill timed penalties by some of your best players.

In all, it's kind of amazing the Niners were in the game at all; they did almost everything wrong to expect to win, and they nearly did. And some of the biggest errors were by their best players. Add that to the refs "letting them play" (which I've long been against and think is stupid; brings me back to the Ravens trying to get a holding call in the endzone in the Super Bowl after the 12 season and the refs taking forever to throw a flag, even though every single member of their team blocking was trying to get the call to get the safety and free kick) and you've made it so much tougher on yourself.

"How to lose a championship in stupid ways." It could be a rom com starring Kate Hudson or something.