The hometown die

 Sunday morning now, and the headlines write themselves. I mean, come on, now ...

Snowflakes 1. Q-Aaron 0.

Niners Immunize Green Bay.

Packers Lam-Blow Another.

Well, Isn't That Special (Teams)

Meanwhile, in Nashville ...

Who Dey? Dis Is Dey.

You've Been Burrow-ed.

Crash Of The Titans.

And the best one: 

This Is Why Country Music Is So Sad.

Look. It's not like the home teams didn't try. Tennessee rigged the ticket transfer system in an attempt to keep Who Dey Nation from taking over Nissan Stadium in all that ugly-ass tiger-stripe orange. The Packers threw winter at the 49ers -- 14 degrees and zero windchill, plus second-half snow. Nothing worked.

In the end, the Titans, top seed in the AFC, scored 10 points in the second half to erase a 16-6 Bengals lead, then lost it when Logan Wilson intercepted Ryan Tannehill with 20 seconds left just as it seemed Tennessee was driving toward a clinching field goal. Instead, it was the Bengals' rookie kicker Evan McPherson who banged through a 52-yarder as time expired to send Cincinnati to the AFC title game for the first time in 33 years.

And in Green Bay?

The Packers blew it. Straight up blew it.

They were up 10-3 with five minutes to play, and then they weren't. First the Niners blocked a punt and Talanoa Hufanga scooped it up and ran it in to tie the score at 10-10. Then, on the Niners next possession, Deebo Samuel got a crucial third down at the Packers 38 on third-and-7, and -- again, as time expired -- Robbie Gould, who's never missed a playoff attempt, kicked the winning field goal from 47 yards out.

Niners 13, Packers 10. First time since 2010 both No, 1 seeds got upset on the same day. Fourth time Aaron Rodgers has lost to the 49ers in the playoffs, against zero wins. It's the most playoff losses without a win by a starting quarterback against one opponent in 72 years.

It might be the first time ever two playoff games ended in exactly the same way on the same day -- a game-winning field goal as time expired. The Blob is not enough of a stat-head to say for sure.

In any case, the hometown try was the hometown die yesterday. Which should put both Kansas City and Tampa Bay on high alert today.

Onward.