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The NFL will not fine coaches Jim Harbaugh and Jim Schwartz for their postgame tiff Sunday.
It would be nice if Jim Harbaugh was getting nationwide attention this morning for turning the sad-sack San Francisco 49ers into perhaps the NFL's most interesting comeback story of the season.
After the San Francisco 49ers stunning 25-19 victory over the Lions in Detroit Sunday, much of the talk about the game focused on the postgame tiff between 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.
Not since Bill Walsh has a coach been the face of the San Francisco 49ers franchise. But this isn't Alex Smith's team or Patrick Willis' team, or Frank Gore's team. This is Jim Harbaugh's team and they're all drinking his Cool Aid.
After the San Francisco 49ers knocked Detroit from the unbeaten ranks 25-19 Sunday in a game that matched the pregame hype, both coaches bumped each other in an emotionally charged exchange.
The 49ers meet the Lions in Detroit Sunday in an unexpected match-up between two division leaders.The Raiders will honor Al Davis in front of the home crowd.
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh set up a new sound system and cranked up the music on the practice field Wednesday as the team prepared to face the roar of the crowd when they play the 5-0 Detroit Lions at the enclosed Ford Field in Detroit Sunday. "You've got to be ready to play without being able to talk and verbally communicate," Harbaugh said.
Both sides of the ball and special teams have carried the division-leading 49ers to a surprising 4-1 start.
Alex Smith never got a chance to help during an embarrassing shutout loss to Tampa Bay last year.
The new San Francisco 49ers' stadium project in Santa Clara appears to be off and running - much like a no-huddle offense - with the first shovels expected to hit the dirt in just a few months.
Justin Smith's game-saving strip of Philadelphia Eagles receiver Jeremy Maclin showed everything the San Francisco 49ers want on defense: heart, hustle and smarts.
For those numerous unfriendly jabs and the constant criticism he has endured in a roller coaster seven-year career, Alex Smith is suddenly giving people plenty to cheer about this season.
Jim Harbaugh yackin' it up with the media? It's amazing what a 3-1 record and a two-game lead in a division can do. The universal assumption was that Harbaugh would turn this thing around. But now? This fast?
What do you get a birthday boy who's a football Hall of Famer and has everything? If you're Steve Young's wife ... you get him his own flash mob...
