Yes, the infamous 1972 30-28 playoff loss vs Dallas. Yes, we all know the details. I hadn’t even sat down when Vic Washington returned the opening kickoff 95 yards. Roger Staubach, replacing an ineffective Craig Morton. directed a 17 point 4th quarter comeback. He who shall not be named. Brodie’s comback from injury the week before. We were sitting in the south end zone, which just happened to be where the two Dallas 4th quarter TDs happened. Which also happened to be where John Brodie the week before threw 2 TD passes in the 4th quarter to beat the Vikings to get the Niners into the playoffs. The pisser? After the last TD by Dallas, the Niners got the ball on the Dallas 14 yard line. Brodie hit Gene Washington pass down the left sideline for a 45 yard gain. However, the play was nullified by a holding penalty, and they Niners couldn’t move the ball after that. That was Brodie’s last gasp at greatness, and I think that if he got to the Super Bowl in any of those 3 years, he’d be in the Hall of Fame.
So, with those 3 playoff losses, and the subsequent playoff losses in the 90’s, it’s pretty hard not to hate the Cowboys with a passion. Which is why it was equally as sweet when I went to the NFC Championship game in 1994 where the Niners stomped pistol packin’ Barry Switzer and the Troy Aikman led Cowboys to go on and win Super Bowl XXIX. Gonna have to find those pictures that day. I almost buried the ticket stub on the field, but no, I still have it, with about 699 other ticket stubs from the thousands of Giant and Niner games I’ve been to. I pulled a piece of the field up (the back right corner of the north end zone of course), and planted it in a planter box. That little piece of turf lasted about 3 years. The red paint eventually grew out . . . .
So, enough woolgathering. I sincerely hope that this time around, the Niners make a big fat statement and beat the shit out of the Cowboys. When the Niners did that to them in the 45-14 beat-down in the 1981 regular season, it was the beginning of the end for the Cowboys. After that year, they went into their own tailspin for 8 years. here’s to starting the downward spiral . . .
Forty Niners Forever 
Don’t get me wrong, I think Seifert was a good coach, but I also think (and always will for that matter) that DCs don’t make good HCs because they need, like Grump just pointed out, an OC to be successful. Most owners share my opinion that OCs make better HCs, particularly now that there’s such a high correlation between great offensive football and ratings. OCs like Norv, Shanahan, McCarthy and the like don’t stick around for very long. Dungy found an OC who wasn’t HC material. I think Seifert was good, but I think Eddie made a mistake hiring him….. and Vinny Cerato. But what do I know?
I remember when Shanny left thinking, hmmmm, it would be nice to have him around to coach the team. But I also thought that about Holmgren . . .
Hey rob, I agree about the must kill attitude and that we should take it onto the field this Sunday.
I always thought Seifort should of done a little more with what he had. I remember we had a game in Green Bay and we were taken it too em pretty good. We got complacent and Farve and the stinkin Pack came back to beat us(with a little help from the refs). I never viewed him the same after that game.
maybe so ! or maybe we all are just comparing him to bill !!!
imho 😉
Yeah. If Walsh had stayed around another year or so, Seifert would have gone to Cleveland or wherever, and Holmgren would have followed Walsh. That would very possibly have been epically awesome.
Are we gonna see Crabtree again Sunday instead of Kyle Williams? If so, I’m gonna be pissed. I’ll probably be pissed already about sumthin’ else. This will ensure continuity.
” epically awesome ”
or just a little better imo !
😉
Crabtree better start saving his money. This is the last year Crabtree will make more than 1 or 2 million per year for maybe the rest of his career. Thanks Scot McCloughan.
Mrs. Blood,
There was a time when both you and I both coincided supporting the goddamn drunk.
A) Scot McCloughan
B) Spitblood
C) Del Mar Dennis
Sorry, that’s a “fargin trick question.”
I’d like to take answer ‘A’ and shove him up the goddamn Hudson River.
And you best not expatriate to Sweden…”I’m not from there!”
crabs !
Dallas is only a 3 pt favorite and the over under is 43? That can’t be right. Get your bets in now. I’ll take Dallas to the over in a two team parlay to avoid the juice. Seriously, that’s Spitblood’s “Lock of the week.” I don’t think the handicappers know what to expect from Harbaugh and Ginn. Dallas could score 43 on their own.
Get in the back of the fucking line. I’ve have the Cowboys -3 since Eve tempted Adam with that apple.
We have two teams here: one is Luke Skywalker hanging on a thread, the other is Darth Vader marching to the be beat of 76 trombones.
“76 trombones lead the big parade…”
Enter your comment here….Giants and Bruce Bochy, or 49ers and Alex Smith. Take your pick.
Gary Spitblood Points to the Obvious: There are some offensive changes comin’ to the Niners.
How do we break it to Ginn he’s just a return man? How do we break it to Crabtree he’s in line for a huge pay reduction? How do we break it to our GM that he undervalues the qb position? How do we break it to our O line that even though they’re young, time is not on their side? How do we break it to Vernon Davis he’s not an assest? How do we break it to Spitblood that Delanie Walker is still on the team? How do we break it to Delanie Walker he’s just a special teams player? How do we break it to Jim Harbaugh that he needs an entirely new offense? How do we break it to Jim Harbaugh that Kyle Williams is actually better than Micheal Crabtree…. right now! Seriously….. Gary Spitblood foresees a lot of hurt feelings. He hates to break it to you.
Lorenzo Neal is a goddamn boob. How the hell did he get that spot on CSN? ED is a great analyst. Lorenzo brings the show to a screeching halt.
If he picks the 49ers to win tomorrow… say goodnight, Gracie.
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