First 49er Fan Federation Fun!

It feels good to be here, surrounded by my fellow Niners faithful.  I have a challenge for my two fellow bloggers: we need to recruit more members that are niners fans!  Let's get the word out via facebook, twitter, fax and telegraph.  We can start small by getting to 10 Niners fan faithful members and go from there.  Now for a little 49er Fan Federation Fun!

The season is upon us, and we are upon the season.  48 hours from now I will be preparing for a weeklong vacation, and I will either be incredibly happy or quite disappointed.  The mood will tie directly to the outcome of the Niners-Packers season opener, of course.  One could argue that this is actually the toughest game on the schedule for the Niners this year.  One could also argue that this week's game will be a preview of the NFC Championship game.  It's hard to predict the future, but Vegas does agree with me: http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/futures/.

For the first time since 2002, I have confidence that my favorite team in the NFL has a fighting chance for a Super Bowl berth.  Yes, it has been 10 long years.  For proof of how challenging the 2000's were for us Niners fans, see:  http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sfo/.  As amazing as the 80's and 90's were, the 00's were equally anti-awesome.  Dennis Erickson, Mike Nolan and Mike Singeltary were all absolutely AWFUL coaches.  Has their been a trio of consecutive head coach hires worse than this in ANY major sport EVER?  You could say it's been a long road back...be on the lookout for a "2000's Era Niners Head Coach Misery" Post from me in the near future. 

But now, it's Harbaugh Nation.  For a tribute to my current favorite head coach in sports, see this link: http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/08/24/more-than-a-fad-the-tweets-of-jim-harbaugh/.  This is an incredible coach, and man.  Watching him turn this team around last year was really a thing of beauty.  His enthusiasm and joy for the game is second to none, and it rubs off on the entire team.  He's also very smart and his creativity is impressive.  And, who can forget this moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCdZGRD4mfI.  I can't wait to witness the post-game handshake live as I attend Niners-Lions in 9 days.  The Sunday Night Football, Home Opener for the Niners vs. the Lions. 

So many emotions come into play before a game like this: nervousness, excitement, fear, joy, and anger at aaron rodgers after his first incredible play that no D in the world (including the Niners) could have prevented.  I will provide a more in depth game preview Sunday before kickoff.