Hawknballs
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To be honest I'm kinda bummed about all this news of Harbaugh being gone after this year.
Chances are, the Seahawks will beat the 49ers in a couple weeks regardless of the philly game; we just own them at home and after last week excuse me for not thinking they have much of a shot here in our house.
That'll push the record s to 5-1 in the last 6 meetings between these two teams with the only SF win coming on a last second field goal in there house in a game where honestly Seattle still looked like the better team.
As much as has been made of the rivalry between the teams, it hasn't amounted to much outside of an obviously spectacular NFC Title game. So many in the media have built it up as this tremendous matchup but really, there haven't been many great games.
The 2011 Seahawks were obviously not as good as the 2011 49ers, and the rivalry was just starting. That last game was decent and you could see the dislike brewing between the teams, but it would be a stretch to say it meant much.
In 2012, the first game down in SF was ugly for both teams and about as far from a good game as you can get. I was there and disappointed by the football I was seeing out of both teams. Then Seattle destroyed them at home in a game that was lop-sided from the get-go.
In 2013, the home schedule opened with a tough first half between the two teams, but turned into a Seattle blow-out. The second game was close and the niners got the win but I wouldn't say it was a 'great' game.
The NFC title game last year is really the one game that was truly epic.
This past Thanksgiving game - well we know how that went. The score was merciful considering how out-played SF was.
In the past 5 games, Seattle's outscored the 49ers 130-53 and SF has never scored more than 17 points in the past 6 meetings.
This isn't meant to be a niner-bashing post but for all the talk this "rivalry" is going to lose steam without Harbaugh. Hopefully something can replace it if that happens. Hopefully they get another coach we can dislike enough that makes the team competitive enough to keep this rivalry going.
Chances are, the Seahawks will beat the 49ers in a couple weeks regardless of the philly game; we just own them at home and after last week excuse me for not thinking they have much of a shot here in our house.
That'll push the record s to 5-1 in the last 6 meetings between these two teams with the only SF win coming on a last second field goal in there house in a game where honestly Seattle still looked like the better team.
As much as has been made of the rivalry between the teams, it hasn't amounted to much outside of an obviously spectacular NFC Title game. So many in the media have built it up as this tremendous matchup but really, there haven't been many great games.
The 2011 Seahawks were obviously not as good as the 2011 49ers, and the rivalry was just starting. That last game was decent and you could see the dislike brewing between the teams, but it would be a stretch to say it meant much.
In 2012, the first game down in SF was ugly for both teams and about as far from a good game as you can get. I was there and disappointed by the football I was seeing out of both teams. Then Seattle destroyed them at home in a game that was lop-sided from the get-go.
In 2013, the home schedule opened with a tough first half between the two teams, but turned into a Seattle blow-out. The second game was close and the niners got the win but I wouldn't say it was a 'great' game.
The NFC title game last year is really the one game that was truly epic.
This past Thanksgiving game - well we know how that went. The score was merciful considering how out-played SF was.
In the past 5 games, Seattle's outscored the 49ers 130-53 and SF has never scored more than 17 points in the past 6 meetings.
This isn't meant to be a niner-bashing post but for all the talk this "rivalry" is going to lose steam without Harbaugh. Hopefully something can replace it if that happens. Hopefully they get another coach we can dislike enough that makes the team competitive enough to keep this rivalry going.