1/19/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
19 January 2024 Sports
The San Francisco 49ers had plenty of success going up against the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs when Aaron Rodgers was running the show.
The Niners knocked Rodgers and the Packers out of the playoffs four times, including twice in the previous four seasons.
While first-year starter Jordan Love lacks the pedigree of the four-time MVP, his performance in the last half of the season has caught the attention of the 49ers (12-5) headed into their divisional round game against the Packers (10-8) on Saturday night.
“He’s really good at going through his reads and playing the offense to a T,” defensive end Nick Bosa said.
After a shaky start to his first season as a starter, Love has been playing at a high level the past two months. He has thrown 21 touchdown passes with only one interception the past nine games and is coming off one of the best playoff debuts ever.
Love went 16 for 21 for 272 yards, three TDs and no interceptions in a 48-32 win over Dallas on Sunday.
With Love playing as well as he has and a group of young pass-catchers emerging as big threats, the Packers once again look like a top offensive team after taking a step back in Rodgers’ last season in Green Bay in 2022.
The Niners see a similar look to those high-powered offenses they faced early in LaFleur’s tenure but see more of the coach’s influence on the scheme now that he has a young quarterback he can mold.
“They have a lot of the same guys from the past really good teams they have had and a quarterback who does exactly what he’s coached to do,” Bosa said. “Aaron Rodgers is a Hall of Famer and unbelievable, but he kind of went outside of the realm of coaching and sometimes it’s good when you have a guy who does what he’s coached to do.”
The pregame show starts at 5:00 with the kickoff at 7:15 on FM 1023, The Bug.
In the other divisional playoff game Saturday Houston is at Baltimore in the AFC. On Sunday Tampa Bay is at Detroit in the NFC and in the AFC Sunday night, Kansas City is at Buffalo. The winner’s advance to their respective championship games next Sunday.
Country music star Reba McEntire will grace next month’s Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem while Post Malone will perform “America the Beautiful.”
The performances will take place Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas before the championship matchup and halftime show featuring Usher.
Andra Day will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS.
Andra Day will perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as part of the pregame performances that will air on CBS.
Actor Daniel Durant will perform the national anthem in American sign language. He will follow his “CODA” film castmate and Oscar winner Troy Kotsur, who took on the role last year.
Model-dancer Anjel Piñero will sign “America the Beautiful,” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be signed by actor-dancer Shaheem Sanchez.
Emmy winner Adam Blackstone will produce and arrange the national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company and Emmy-winning producer Jesse Collins will serve as co-executive producers of the halftime show.
McEntire, a three-time Grammy winner, has become a country music icon with more than 30 studio albums that include a variety of hits such as “Fancy,” “Consider Me Gone” and “Does He Love You.” The highly decorated performer was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011 and received a Kennedy Center honor in 2018. She starred in the Broadway musical “Annie Get Your Gun” and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role on television series “Reba.” She released her latest album, “Not That Fancy,” and new book last year.
Men’s College Basketball (Fri.)
Indiana at #11 Wisconsn 7:30 The Badgers will try to bounce back from a 87-83 loss at Penn State on Tuesday. The Badgers are 13-4 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten.
(Sat.)
Ripon College is at Grinnell College-Tipoff at 1:00.
UW-Oshkosh at UW-Stevens Point-Tipoff at 5:00.
Womens (Sat.)
Ripon College at Grinnell College-Tipoff at 3:00.
UW-Oshkosh at UW-Stevens Point-Tipoff 3:00
In the NBA Saturday the Bucks play on the road against the Pistons.
The Wisconsin Herd beat the College Park Skyhawks 106-103 Thursday night.
Six Herd players finished with double digits. Milwaukee Bucks assignment player MarJon Beauchamp propelled the Herd to the win with 22 points while Wenyen Gabriel and TyTy Washington Jr. added 17 points each.
The College Park Skyhawks’ top scorer was Chris Silva with 24 points followed by Robert Baker with 22.
The Herd will take on the Indiana Mad Ants at home this Saturday, January 20, 2024, with tip-off set for 7:00 p.m. at the Oshkosh Arena.
Boys and Girls Basketball Scores 1/18/2024
Boys:
Ripon 58, Markesan 54
Waupun 71, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 68
Plymouth 88, Winneconne 82
Berlin 58. Kewaskum 56
Menasha 73, Green Bay East 42
West De Pere 57, New London 54
Seymour 63, Green Bay West 43
Kimberly 71, Appleton East 59
Westfield 62, Adams-Friendship 28
Wautoma 58, Mauston 41
Wisconsin Dells 73, Nekoosa 46
Central Wisconsin Christian 56, Valley Christian 22
Girls:
Winnebago Lutheran 54, Ripon 45
Beaver Dam 95, Fort Atkinson 46
North Fon Du Lac 62, Southern Door 51
Omro 77, Kohler 50
Living Word Lutheran 65, Mayville 28
Freedom 39, Wrightstown 26
Luxemburg-Casco 35, Oconto Falls 33
Denmark 49, Waupaca 42
Valley Christian 43, Central Wisconsin Christian 41
Lourdes Academy 69, Hustisford 14
Wayland Academy 48, Dodgeland 33
Rio 54, Cambria-Friesland 42
Randolph 48, Fall River 42
Pardeeville 58, Montello 41
Princeton/Green Lake 45, Markesan 35
Boys and Girls Basketball 1/19/2024
Boys:
Xavier at Shawano
Omro at Campbellsport
Saint Mary’s Springs at Winnebago Lutheran
North Fond du Lac at Lomira
Mayville at Laconia
Fond du Lac at Appleton East
Kaukauna at Oshkosh North
Hortonville at Appleton North
Neenah at Kimberly
Oshkosh West at Appleton West
Little Chute at Clintonville
Marinette at Fox Valley Lutheran
Wrightstown at Freedom
Waupaca at Denmark
Oconto Falls at Luxemburg-Casco
Palmyra-Eagle at Oakfield
Abundant Life at Horicon
Hustisford at Parkview
Madison Country Day at Valley Christian
Girls:
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Waupun
Kewaskum at Berlin
Plymouth at Winneconne
Green Bay East at Two Rivers
Shawano at West De Pere
Xavier at Menasha
New London at Seymour
Appleton East at Fond du Lac
Neenah at Kimberly
Hortonville at Appleton North
Appleton West at Oshkosh West
Oshkosh North at Kaukauna
Little Chute at Clintonville
Marinette at Fox Valley Lutheran
Wautoma at Mauston
Westfield at Adams-Friendship
Wisconsin Dells at Nekoosa
Hustisford at Central Wisconsin Christian
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