The 80’s might be dead, but thanks to YouTube horribly embarrassing team music videos will live longer than the synthetic fibers used to make Jerry Rice’s sweater. Over at Shutdown Corner MJD calls the video “very San Francisco” which I can only assume is Yahoo! Sports Blog-approved speak for “flamingly gay.”

Update: Flubby tells me that this was on some site called FanHouse a couple of years back. Damn. MJD really should have caught that. Whatever, let’s all blame Mottram.

via Mac G’s World and Shutdown Corner

Another live blog about a game badly in need of flex scheduling, featuring:
*Will Leitch jokes!
*Gags about emotionally crippled individuals!
*Gags about normally crippled individuals!
*Inappropriate racial and sexual epithets!
*Me being happy that I picked up Tim Hightower in fantasy!
*Horrible memories of my father yelling at Tom Rathman!
*Nostalgia about the epic Shaun Hill years at Maryland!

Mike Singletary’s debut as Niners’ head coach left him a tad exasperated today. Had Singletary delivered this speech at half-time of an eighties sports movie he definitely would have been a winner.

[ longer version of the rant here ]

[TEAM MEETING: 49ers practice facilitiy, Santa Clara, California] 

HEAD COACH MIKE NOLAN: Alright men, I know we normally take Tuesday off, but we really need this win coming up this week. We’re 2-2, and I really believe we can win this weekend and set up a run for the rest of the season. 

J.T. O’SULLIVAN: Coach, I think this team is poised to make a run. The loss last week has helped us realize that. 

FRANK GORE: [Holds up playbook] This is the first time I’ve ever felt like I’ve understood the offense! [Drops playbook]

JUSTIN SMITH: I think we can do it, Coach. [sips coffee] We’re really starting to come together as a team. I think everyone here has the right attitude. I think it’s time to kick some ass in the league!

[rest of the team cheers in approval]

COACH: That’s just the attitude I was looking for, men. This is gonna be a great week, I can feel it! Now, as we watch this film, on our opponent, keep in mind that–

[Coach hears knocking on door]

COACH: Hmm, don’t know who that could be. Now, men. These guys have lost some personnel on defense due to inj–

[Louder knocking on door this time]

COACH: Hey, whoever that is, we’re in a meeting! Fuck off!

[Knocking on turns into pounding, muffled screaming outside]

COACH: Boy, I’m gonna kick the shit out of whoever this is… [opens door]

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