STUPID WOP DAGOTRON

Apr 14

What a difference a year makes, huh?

Mar 17

49ers add Mario Manningham. Wow.

Holy shit.

Peyton or not, we’re a better team next year. We were thisclose to the Super Bowl, and now we’re better.

HOLY SHIT.

Jan 24

Look who jumped on the bandwagon on Sunday!

My sister Alex, who is 18 and has made it clear she doesn’t give a shit about football.
My sister Christina, who is a fucking Cowboy fan even though she grew up in NorCal with a family full of 49er fans.
Christina’s boyfriend Hans, an army medic that just got back from a year in Afghanistan. I’m actually quite happy to have him on the bandwagon.

Jan 22

And, this.

Remember, Niner fans, we’ll always have this.

Go Niners, forever and ever.

First, let’s get this out of the way: Yes, that was a tough loss to swallow. And the way that it happened was just heartbreaking.

But when I took a step back, and put things in perspective, I realized this: Six months ago, I wasn’t even sure there was going to be an NFL season. Even after the lockout ended, I had no idea what to expect in Harbaugh’s first year. I thought an eight or nine-win season was a possibility, and because our division was so shitty, maybe a ceiling of a one-and-done in the Wild Card round.

So if you had told me back then that the 49ers would go 13-3, beat the Saints in the playoffs and host an overtime NFC Championship Game, I would’ve thought you were insane. This team had a season that not a single person in this world, other than maybe Harbaugh himself, dreamed was possible.

Yeah, I was sad for a bit. But then I was just happy. For the first time in a long time, it feels great to be a 49er fan again. I can finally go into an offseason with hope and realistic expectations for next year. I can look forward to the draft as a chance to add pieces to a championship contender, rather than a frustrating exercise in possible futility.

Also, hey, you can’t appreciate the thrill of victory without the occasional crushing defeat, right?

Jan 20

Been thinking a lot lately about Ronnie Lott.

Related: I read this book a number of times between the ages of 11 and 16. Think it’s time to make that happen again.

Jan 18

God, I loved these uniforms. I mean, the current ones (and the classic 80s look from which they came) are just about perfection — but as a one-off, for just that year, those NFL 75th anniversary uniforms were damn awesome.

Jan 14

Actually, I got no problems right now. What a fucking game.

WHO’S GOT IT BETTER THAN US? NOBODY!