troy nolan again, 49ers' pass protection was shaky.rs lose 30-7. >> a bitter pill to swallow when you're beaten that thoroughly in pretty much all phases. the defense wasn't quite as bad as special teams. and special teams weren't quite as bad as offense. >> all right, diane. that does it for tonight. the niners' offensive line can use some help. i'm going to eat about three more cheeseburgers. that will put me up about 300 pounds. i'll be ready to go. >> i think that's an excellent plan. >>> for a check on the weather, it is gorgeous out there. >> good cheese burger eating weather. beautiful conditions across the bay today. a little cloudiness hanging tough at the coast. we warm thing up nicely. redwood city, 77. 80 in san jose. 91, 77 in fremont. tack on three, four, maybe even five degrees and you've got tomorrow's highs. we were looking at some moisture moving out from the south. it hit the sierra but didn't make it into the southern monterey bay area. we saw the thundershowers move east with high pressure building in, things are l

troy nolan on the right side once again.odder for houston and play after play he was either sacked or hung out to dry and antedo smith for houston, the 30-7 final. 49ers outgained from the game, 417 to 105 yards smith as we said 2 for 6 and kearn nic 6 for 16 and i know coach wants to keep it vanilla, but what we have here is a failure to communicate. >> it's not something that i'm worried about. we have ray great group upfront and work as hard as anybody. they are talented and protection doesn't always just fall on them, but falls on everybody sometimes. >> we didn't get any kind of rhythm at all. protection, route-running, decision-making and those things. >> here is your play of the game, longwell's field goal attempt is blocked and let's all follow the bouncing ball. ball takes control and runs the final 20 yards. dallas wins, 23-17. >>> well the san francisco giant already had a panda and baby giraffe on their team and today they added a flying squirrel to their pitching camp, surkamp gifts and led 1-0 in the 5th when e

starting quarterback alex smith, another interception by troy nolan. smith was two for six and a pick. that equals 30-7 loss. >> its bitter pill to swallow when you are beaten that thoroughly pretty much in all phases. >> it's a rough one for all of us. >>> as you much you hate to have them, sometimes you learn more from losses than wins. >> indy grand prix is set for infineon. but sausalito native, j.r. hildebrand. final turn, he had the race won but slammed into the wall and coasted in for a second place finish and the rookie loves coming home for this race. >> it's a track i have been to. i've raced here in indy car last year. it's one of two tracks i have some experience in. so that is great. it's awesome just to come home. i get to sleep in my own bed. >> and. >>> that is the way the ball bounces, i'm mike shumann. i'll see you tonight at 5:00. >> up next, hurricane irene is a tropical storm but the northeast is still seeing flooding and major damages. also, less time for learning. a proposal to cut the school year in one of the largest east bay s

another interception by troy nolan. here's collins. getting way ahead of it. sorry about that, chief. 73 yards. that made it 24-7. now alex smith wasn't much better. niners outgained 417 to 105 yards. smith, 2-6, and a pick. the loss, falling 1-2 in preseason play. >> a bitter pill to swallow, when you're beaten that thoroughly. pretty much all phases. >> we took our lumps today. it's a rough one for all of us. look at it and get better. >> as much as you hate to have them, sometimes you learn more from losses than wins. >> mike: the indy grand prix at sonoma is set for sunday with will power grabbing the pole, the local hero is sausolito's j.r. hildebrand. the rookie loves coming home for this race. >> it's awesome. it's a track i've been to in a lot of different stuff, and raced near indycar last year. one of two tracks i actually have some experience in with indycar, so that's big for me. it's awesome just to come home. sleep in my own bed. >> mike: good luck to j.r. >> alan: gets to sleep in his own bed. that concludes another broadcast of abc-7. of abc-7.

troy nolan steps in fronts of the pass. nobody on the niner offense too interested in making a tackle. so he takes it 73 yards for the touchdown. and it is 24-7 texans. alex smith. late in the first half he gets hit as he throws and there is nolan again with the pick. smith only two of five with an interception and was sacked twice. we will spare you the second half highlights as the texans win. >> no excuses. we haven't -- we are game playing it too. >> fans were booing out there at some points of the game. i know they take the preseason pretty serious. was it frust rate to go hear that as a player? >> you just have to take it for what it is. if they win, that's our thing. just trying to get their winning atmosphere back. the fans will be up there and we will be cheering. >> i'm glad i got the interception to put some points on the board. that starts things off for the team. and i thought we were going to feed off of that energy but we fell short today. >> the giants placed nate schierholtz on the disabled list with a foot