The GLORY DAYS maybe back at the STICK...the San Francisco 49ERS, NINERS, and the GOLD RUSH are making at run at what used to be STATUS QUO.

Look WHOSE BACK in the BAY at the OLD STICK....the San Francisco 49ERS aka the NINERS aka the GOLD RUSH. You remember the days in the 80's and the Early 90's.......5 LOMBARDI TROPHIES....2 TOP 5 All-Time NFL GREATS including the #1 Player of All-Time WR Jerry RICE....the Late Great Bill WALSH the Originator of the West Coast OFFENSE...Eddie DeBARTOLO JR Owner....and of course QB Joe MONTANA.

Those were the days in the BAY at ole CANDLESTICK PARK with the unpredictable weather and turf. The BATTLES between the NINERS and the COWBOYS were EPIC and of course the Late BILL WALSH Coaching Tree which has its imprint all over the league now with the head honcho being current BROWNS President Mike HOLMGREN.

And before the BLUEDUDE starts talking about the Current Group of NINERS lets take a list right off the BLUEDUDE's Dome of the PLAYERS that used to call the 49ERS Home:

WR Dwight CLARK
QB Joe MONTANA
WR Jerry RICE
LB Keena TURNER
LB Jack HACKSAW REYNOLDS
LB Charles HALEY
OL Jesse SAPOLU
WR John TAYLOR

S Ronnie LOTT
CB Eric WRIGHT
QB Steve YOUNG
RB Tom RATHMAN
RB Roger CRAIG
OL Harris BARTON
TE Brent JONES
DT Bryant YOUNG
RB Ricky WATTERS
OL Randy CROSS

CB Carlton WILLIAMSON
CB Deion SANDERS
WR Jesse SOLOMON


That list above is a ONE of ONE and you will not find a BETTER LIST of NFL PLAYERS in One FRANCHISE than the NINERS and they have the aforementioned 2 TOP 5's on the ALL-TIME List.

Now FAST FORWARD to the 2K11 49ERS...are they the REAL DEAL?...well they are 7-1...but they have yet to play the RAVENS and STEELERS. They have won some meaningful games already and enter New Head Coach Jim HARBAUGH.

HARBAUGH has brought an entirely different style to the NINERS that is conducive to the personalities of that ROSTER. Is that working so far...you betcha...and is that a direct tribute to HARBAUGH and his STAFF...NO DOUBT. as it tough to get HARBAUGH away from STANFORD kinda a sorta. They told a HOF PLAYER and what the BLUEDUDE thought an Up and Coming Coach in Samurai Mike SINGLETARY to go and grabbed the STANFORD CARDINALS Coach that was building a BCS Program at the HARVARD of the WEST in PALO ALTO California.

The NEW NINERS have a ROSTER full of TALENT like :

LB Patrick WILLIS
WR Michael CRABTREE
TE Vernon DAVIS
RB Frank GORE
LB Navarro BOWMAN
QB Alex SMITH yeah that ALEX who played HS BALL with FINS RB Reggie BUSH at San Diego HELIX HS and SMITH was recruited by then UTAH UTES Coach Urban MEYER.
Ted GINN JR.

These guys just needed a COACH who used a Different Approach then the last Coach and HARBAUGH being an Ex- NFL QB has been a HUGE LIFT to QB SMITH. The BLUEDUDE has always told FANS be careful of that WORD...REBUILD...because nothing is promised ever especially in SPORTS.

It's takin' a once PROUD TOP FLIGHT NFL Organization a decade and a few years to get back to WINNING Football and uphold that NINERS Tradition of 5 LOMBARDI's. Are they to WIN the BIG ONE...DON'T KNOW...will they be playing in WINNING TIME...ALMOST CERTAIN....does the BLUEDUDE see an OLD NFC RIVALRY brewing..YES...and that would be the NINERS and PACKERS for a TRIP to NAPTOWN for that special CHIP the STICK has not seen in years.....the LOMBARDI...and that SPECIAL TRIP....DISNEY WORLD.