Let's remember that our team had an illness running through the locker room last time and hadn't had a week off since the season started. We are healthier now and just had a week off. We'll see if those things make a difference this time.
If the 49ers had scored a TD on their OT drive and the Chiefs scored a TD after that, I heard that the Chiefs would have gone for 2 and the win. So I don't think the Niners would have gotten the ball in sudden death anyway.
Patrick Mahomes is the best pure athlete to ever play QB in the NFL. He is almost unstoppable when the game is on the line. Three titles in five years and the first back-to-back Super Bowl titles since the 2003-2004 Patriots. And Mahomes is still fairly young. A three-peat is a distinct possibility.
Our ideal finish would be:
-Sweep WMU and Duluth at home.
-Split with CC and Omaha on the road.
That would likely give us the Penrose and the #1 seed in the NCHC playoffs. It should also entrench us into the top five of the PWR.