There are moments in a sports fans life, more importantly, a football fans life which define them and the team they follow. For fans of the San Francisco 49ers those instances have come in abundance over the last 30-years. For those not in the know, it was three decades ago last week that Joe Montana hit Dwight Clark for the go ahead touchdown pass against the Dallas Cowboys and earned a trip to Super Bowl XVI.
Since that glorious day at Candlestick Park in 1981 the 49ers had enjoyed never before seen consistency in winning five Super Bowl championships. It was a steadiness that was destined to be altered however dictated by the ever-changing NFL landscape. Those times, some of the most magnificent and rewarding years any NFL team had ever witnessed had dissipated and been almost an afterthought for the past 10-years.
The 49ers, as most teams in the league were left to wonder if they would ever experience that level of joy and winning or if it would even be possible again. While t...
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January 20, 2012
