49ers (and Raiders) season a day away

by Fooch on Sep 5, 2008 10:30 PM PDT

Hey folks. My name is Fooch and I'm the main writer over at Niners Nation. With basketball season still a couple months off, the NFL season kicks off Sunday afternoon in the Bay Area. I thought I'd make sure everybody knew about the football sites here at SB Nation.

Niners Nation is our 49ers site and Silver and Black Pride is our Raiders site. I can't speak for Saint at Silver and Black Pride, but over at Niners Nation we're developing a nice little community of 49ers fans. Everybody brings some quality insight and makes for great conversation all season long.

For those who haven't been over to Niners Nation, we have a year long prediction contest that starts Sunday. It's cumulative so the more predictions you get in the better your chances. The prize is still to be determined, but I'm hoping it will involve some sort of 49ers merchandise. More on that to come.

So, if you get a chance now or anytime this season, swing by Niners Nation. The 49ers are not getting a lot of love from the national media, but I think they have some sleeper potential!

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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GO FALCONS

forget local teams

by VenomySnicket on Sep 5, 2008 10:57 PM PDT 0 recs

Sacramento

doesn’t have a local team, and the belief that the Niners and Raiders are local is the main reason why.

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Sep 6, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

No local team?

Where have you been…Korea?

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by section214 on Sep 6, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Whoa

There’s a professional women’s football league?!?

by CloudyEyes on Sep 7, 2008 3:07 AM PDT up 0 recs

holy shizzle my nizzle is it f'rizzle?

I had no idea. Really. Why have I not known about this?

Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'

by iashwash on Sep 8, 2008 2:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

Good luck, Fooch

With the blog and the season.

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on Sep 6, 2008 12:26 AM PDT 0 recs

Thanks

Hope you guys can bounce back this season.

Niners Nation - The premier 49ers blog on the Internet!

by Fooch on Sep 6, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

Love me some Niners Nation

but it still ain’t no StR

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Sep 7, 2008 10:11 PM PDT 0 recs

hell yeah

agree 100%. i love both, but StR is by far the better

when will the Kenny Thomas Reign of Terror end?!!??

by diehardkingsfan5 on Sep 8, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

Never cared about the Niners

But I hope you enjoyed the C’s return to rings Fooch.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Sep 8, 2008 7:11 PM PDT 0 recs

Well, the Raiders season was short enough.

by Ziller on Sep 9, 2008 10:34 AM PDT 0 recs

A friend of mine thinks Russell will be out of the league by next year

I’m not sure that will happen or not, but the Raiders do have alot of problems.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Sep 9, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

He's got a strong arm

I think that whole team is just befuddled right now. Kiffin’s a lame-duck, the defense has deteriorated from two years ago, and you have young players at the skill positions on offense. They are going to take their lumps for a while.

But I do think Russell will be ok down the road. I’m not sure the talent is in question, but his work ethic and ability to learn the offense and read NFL defenses may be.

Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.

by otis29 on Sep 9, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

Take your word for it

As far as the NFL goes I don’t bother to follow anymore.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Sep 9, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

Niners Too

It doesn’t get worse than losing at home to Arizona does it?

sigh bring on late October

by ForThree on Sep 9, 2008 1:35 PM PDT 0 recs

What are the odds

That this is the year Arizona finally puts it all together and becomes a playoff team? That would make this weekend’s loss somewhat tolerable for Niners fans.

Yeah, that’s what I thought too – the Cardinals are most likely still the Cardinals.

Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.

by otis29 on Sep 9, 2008 1:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

You had me worried for a minute there, otis

Arizona probably still sucks, the Niners just suck more right now.

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Sep 9, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

And the Seahawks are decimated

NFC West = NL West = NBA Eastern Conference – Boston

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by section214 on Sep 9, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

F da niners

dey suck
Raider Nation 4 Life

Wear the Silver,Wear the Black, Never Retreat, Always Attack!!!

by Jagjivan on Sep 9, 2008 4:54 PM PDT 0 recs

Always nice to see a partial argument

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on

by pookeyguru on Sep 9, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Typical vocabulary from a Raiders fan as well.

Napear: "Going in to the final timeout what did the coach tell you?"
Bibby: "I asked the coach if I should go and he said, I don't really know what he said."

by kangsfan on Sep 9, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

But -

you have to love someone that can still admit to being a Raider fan. I hung up my eye patch when Al Davis f*cked over Marcus Allen, the greatest Raider ever.

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by section214 on Sep 9, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

Indeed

Napear: "Going in to the final timeout what did the coach tell you?"
Bibby: "I asked the coach if I should go and he said, I don't really know what he said."

by kangsfan on Sep 9, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up 0 recs

If you follow the NFL...

…then why would you discredit an AZ win over the hapless 49ers? Cards actually do look legit this year and the 49ers are a mess. How can Martz’s offense work with horrific WRs? They based their free-agent WR class on Bryant Johnson who was an AZ bust. Morgan might be good, but it is rare that a Rook WR produces with an inexperienced QB.

I love the smell of commerce in the morning

by Red Reign on Sep 10, 2008 3:08 PM PDT 0 recs

Seems to be a conflicting message here

Or was the first sentence sarcasm? It seems you proceeded to discredit the AZ win.

Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.

by otis29 on Sep 11, 2008 5:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

I didn't discredit the win

In the NFL, a win is a win and any fan will take one. I’m just saying that it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Cards beat the 49ers.

I love the smell of commerce in the morning

by Red Reign on Sep 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

um, its Arizona

Honestly, I don’t think I have to defend discrediting a team that has won 2 Division titles in my lifetime, the most recent of which was over 30 years ago.

Arizona has a long history of having their few fans be hopeful after week 1. If you are one of them, my hat’s off to you, that loyalty is worthy of respect, but you have to expect people are going to pick on your team’s futility by now, don’t you?

The Cards have “looked legit” plenty of years in Week 1, you might try having your team actually win a little before you expect anyone else to notice.

by ForThree on Sep 11, 2008 6:13 AM PDT up 0 recs

I was talking about 2008

Of course I am used to people picking on the Cards. It’s nothing new. Quite unoriginal actually. Not sure why you bring up the varying histories of the two teams. Obviously the 49ers achieved quite a lot in the past. They were great as recently as 2002. However, last year the Cards finished 8-8 (albeit with two embarrassing losses to SF). The 49ers finished 5-11. The teams are moving in opposite directions as long as Whiz is in the desert and Nolan is in the Bay.

I love the smell of commerce in the morning

by Red Reign on Sep 12, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Opposite directions this

Down go the Seahawks, maybe the Niners will be better this year. The 49ers and Cardinals both being decent in the same year truly would be an unprecedented situation.

by ForThree on Sep 14, 2008 4:35 PM PDT 0 recs