Had you given up hope?

by L.A. Times Posted 2013/01/21 01:00:00

Related Topics: Sports, Super Bowl, 49ers, San Francisco, San Francisco 49ers, Football, NFL

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Moments after scoring his second touchdown in Sunday's NFC championship game, Frank Gore stood in the back of the end zone, turned to face the deflated Georgia Dome crowd and began the first few steps of the "Dirty Bird," the celebration dance popularized by the hometown Falcons in the late 1990s. Then, in a move he'd practiced many times, Gore stopped and gave the crowd a dismissive wave, as if to say, "Never mind."

"I thought about that all week," Gore said after San Francisco's 28-24 victory, one that sends the 49ers to their first Super Bowl since the 1994 season. "I told myself, if I get a touchdown, I'm going to start it off and try to mess it up, then tell Falcons fans, 'Well, forget it. It's our time.'" And, in fact, it is the 49ers' time. The team that came within one win of the NFL's biggest stage last season is heading to New Orleans, where it will face Baltimore in Super Bowl XLVII.

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kyle 2013/01/21 02:44:20

Never

+7
Not on your retarded questions
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wamcalif 2013/01/27 05:47:52

Never

I'm a fan from the time they had OJ as a running back (yeah, OJ). I saw the rise of the West Coast Offense and that dynasty under Eddie D, Bill Walsh, Seifert, and a host of coaches that went onto success with their own teams (Holmgren, Shanahan, Denny Green, Gruden, etc). When I look at the Niners, I still see that great team comprised of Montana, Rice, Taylor,Young, Lott, Dean, Craig, Rathman, Sapolu, Dwight Clark, etc).

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Vongola Primo 2013/01/23 02:24:45

Yes

lost faith till that first touchdown.....
17-0 was pretty scary.....

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fireware0062 2013/01/22 20:19:29

Never

these guys are playing like champions.... finally.......

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jacktown kid 2013/01/22 16:07:33

Never

it look bleak for awhile but comeback and won

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Dave**Gay for Girls** 2013/01/22 15:16:39

Never

Well didn't much matter, any team in the AFC would have kicked their butts, now it's left up to the Ravens to do it.

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Lenny 2013/01/22 15:13:22
MrsCasao 2013/01/22 13:38:51 (edited)

Never

+1
Never give up on my 9'ers!

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Wohuz 2013/01/22 09:36:56

Never

+2
Battle of the Harbaugh brothers!

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JohnT 2013/01/22 03:51:37

Never

+1
Did not lose faith but sure was sweating profusely.

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MrsCasao to JohnT 2013/01/22 13:40:11

+1
That game gave me a fkn headache!! Damn good game!

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JohnT to MrsCasao 2013/01/22 15:23:45

This Superbowl is going to be tough..........

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MrsCasao to JohnT 2013/01/23 06:21:41

It's gonna be crazy!!! I still remember when they went to the Superbowl and it was at Stanford! Palo Alto was insane that night!

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JohnT to MrsCasao 2013/01/23 15:40:34

+1
It was a fabulous time, and they were a powerhouse that no on could beat. Now it is keeping the fingers crossed that they can win.

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ssmithix 2013/01/22 03:12:44

Never

I figured of they couldnt cut the lead to 10 or less by half, it would be a tough comeback but they did it

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seahawk665 2013/01/22 02:39:31

Never

+1
As in, I never had hope in them before.......

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ssmithix to seahawk665 2013/01/22 03:14:39

Go Hawks!

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castronitus 2013/01/22 01:54:55

Never

I never had any hope for them...

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☆stillthe12c☆ 2013/01/22 00:11:35

Never

Would not never but I was sure that the San Fran would win.

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Drageona 2013/01/21 23:03:56

Never

+3
Been a 49er fan all the time I lived in Calif.(about 20 yrs) and even after moving to Arizona I still root for them.

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mrcharlesjohnsonjr 2013/01/21 21:21:22

Never

+1
I used to be a 49ers fan (when they had rice/young). But now I hope Baltimore beats them

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Gamer2k1 2013/01/21 19:37:01

Never

+1
Why would you give up to a great NFL team, I knew from the start they would beat the Dirty Birds in Atlanta & that's why they did, Quest 4 Six.

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John Barton 2013/01/21 19:00:11

Yes

+4
i wised falcons would've won

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tblackb 2013/01/21 18:55:27

Yes

+2
didn't care actually

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Cal 2013/01/21 13:11:32

Yes

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darkwhisperer 2013/01/21 11:30:57 (edited)

Yes

many times :(

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KATniss 2013/01/21 10:08:55

Never

+2
no :p

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Just G 2013/01/21 08:49:06

Yes

+3
I had given up hope, but now that Barack 0bama has been elected to a 2nd term, I know he will bend over and light will shine out of his rectum across the country, magically turning America into an idealized promised land...

Yeah... Right.

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hank to Just G 2013/01/28 12:16:26
Just G to hank 2013/01/28 15:09:02

Your mother.

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Emi 2013/01/21 07:31:02

Never

+1
Never give up hopes because hopes never give up us.

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blissful 2013/01/21 07:27:11

Yes

+2
I give up on trying to figure-out what you are trying to ask me.. What!!

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S123 2013/01/21 05:44:43

Never

+3
I have hope that LA Times will find someone competent to post these questions (or if you are posting the stories but they just aren't getting displayed, I have hope the someone will fix that computer)!

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Darr247 2013/01/21 05:43:29

Never

With 10,000 baby boomers leaving the job market every day to retire, the unemployment rate and economy *have* to get better, with nursing home jobs booming, if nothing else.

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Rude&Reckless 2013/01/21 04:51:56

Never

+5
I'll never give up hope that L.A. Times will leave SodaHead!

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Magicwriter 2013/01/21 04:46:41

Yes

+2
I had but a very kind young gentleman changed that for me. :') Thank's again D.J.A. <3

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Mrs. V 2013/01/21 04:22:56

Never

+2
If you are talking about hope in obama, I never had any in him. He is a shapeshifter, a liar and deceiver.

Even though all hell may break loose, I will not lose hope, because my HOPE is in Jesus Christ, not mankind.
Remember, although it seems right now that evil is sprouting up all around us, it will not prevail against God. Ultimately Obama and all the progressive drones will be put to shame, just as will Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Mussolini, Castro, and all those who fight against the TRUTH.
All who seek to enslave and oppress are evil. The United States under the oppressive of Progressives at this very moment in time, space, history.

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hank to Mrs. V 2013/01/28 12:17:30
piegirl333 2013/01/21 03:44:11

Never

+3
I've never given up hope in God if that's what you're asking.....WHAT ARE YOU ASKING????

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Lyka Midik 2013/01/21 03:43:15

Never

+5

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Soylent Green is people!!! 2013/01/21 03:30:37

Yes

+1
Sick to my stomach that this liar in chief will swear to uphold the constitution and most likely will place his right hand on a Christian bible!!! He just lies all the time and turn around and does something completely despicable and the press just continues to laud this incompetent man!!! No objectivity, no investigations into so many impeachable acts...and they gush over Michelle Obama as a style icon??? To who??? This frumpy unattractive horse tooth woman, who creates this pseudo platform against childhood obesity, yet always is photographed eating fried or very rich foods, yet she wants to make it so that us or our children do not have access to those very things that she is always eating herself!!! I feel like it has been a 4 year long nightmare, and it ain't even close to being over...and they said it could never happen here, yet it is happening right under our noses, right now!!! A cult of personality that is unstoppable because it is protected by the cover of the race card. If you dare to dislike or to disagree, you are a racist whether or not it is even true. Because of that there is really no stopping him no matter how insidious his administration or he continue to become.

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