Mark, you have clearly never heard the incredible stories about the willing of Redskins or Steelers season tickets and also their prominence as the center pieces of divorce proceedings.
lomb7, I feel your 49ers pain. In the late 60s, the Steelers were the doormat of the NFL, then Chuck Noll and the 1970 and 1971 drafts happened. By 1973, the pain was gone and only shows up very rarely anymore. This year has been exceptional by anu standard.
I'm guessing the 49ers will resurface in 3-4 years via the draft and winter will be something that can be enjoyed rather than endured. Let's also remembr your boys had a pretty nice run of their own with Montana and Young. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Joe was from Western Pennsylvania, as were George Blanda, Mark Bulger, Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Charlie Batch and Dan Marino, to name a few.
Key message - hang in there, they'll bounce.
