Monday morning, now afternoon quarterback

Monday morning quarterback

• One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight.

So that's what we are going to do today to look back at our first weekend of sports and the weekend of professional sports. First, let's take a quick look back and review at our soccer game from Saturday.

Not too bad of an effort, not bad at all. You could see the effort from everyone on the field, but the timing, the chemistry and fundamentals just aren't there yet.

SOCCER
Calson, Hartman and Miles, all new to the team, look to have a lot of potential in their soccer skills, but all of their talents right now are incredibly green and raw. It's going to take some time before they get used to the timing of the game.

All in all, they just need to all start playing together as a team, as trite as it sounds. During practice, they need to develop that chemistry. With the now 9th graders gone, people on the team from previous seasons need to step up their game.

The 49ers and Raiders
For the Raiders, not too surprised. Some people may think this team could make some noise, but reality sank in yesterday. Their offensive line is terrible and Jason Campbell will probably get knocked out of a game by the end of the month if things stay the same. But again, they are the Raiders, so what do you expect?

Today is a day to be embarrassed to be a 49ers fan. Almost everybody picked the 49ers to win the division, some even to make the Super Bowl. So any time you lose to a team like the Seattle Seahawks, it's all bad. They didn't just lose -- they were pummeled by 25 points.

Time to get into your little hole and hide. A week from today, they will host the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints, and then they go on the road to Atlanta. They could be staring at an (0-3) start.

I don't think it's looking too good for the red and gold.

The Giants now tied for 1st
The lone bright spot for the Bay Area right now are the Giants, who are tied for first in the National League West. They have the most home games left out of the teams they are competing with so the road to the division title is in their hands. They have the inner lane and if they continue to play like they have on this road trip, we'll be doing some celebrating later this month.

Stay tuned later tonight for the volleyball schedules...