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Seahawks vs. 49ers: Anatomy of a rivalry
It started as a feud between coaches Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll. But now the teams have caught up and the rivalry between Seattle and San Francisco is as intense as any in the NFL.
By Jayson Jenks
Seattle Times staff reporter
Let’s start with the ashes because from those came the burning rivalry now viewed as the NFL’s best.
The date: Dec. 24, 2011. The setting: Sold-out CenturyLink Field. The implications: Jim Harbaugh and his San Francisco 49ers had already wrapped up the NFC West title, but Pete Carroll and the Seahawks were still clinging to fading playoff hopes.
Yet the thing is, hardly anyone across the country noticed. (Seattle, by the way, lost 19-17.).
“We always have the map of where the games go and what percentage of the United States got the game,” said NFL Network analyst Charles Davis, who called the game on FOX. “And I bet it was a pretty small percentage who got that one.”
Less than two years later, that same matchup is the NFL’s most hyped game, one that brings Al Michaels and his “Sunday Night Football” crew to town and will be watched with heavy interest across the country.
Here are the ingredients that made the rivalry, however young, go from zero to 60:
Rest here--->Seahawks vs. 49ers: Anatomy of a rivalry | Seahawks | The Seattle Times
It started as a feud between coaches Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll. But now the teams have caught up and the rivalry between Seattle and San Francisco is as intense as any in the NFL.
By Jayson Jenks
Seattle Times staff reporter
Let’s start with the ashes because from those came the burning rivalry now viewed as the NFL’s best.
The date: Dec. 24, 2011. The setting: Sold-out CenturyLink Field. The implications: Jim Harbaugh and his San Francisco 49ers had already wrapped up the NFC West title, but Pete Carroll and the Seahawks were still clinging to fading playoff hopes.
Yet the thing is, hardly anyone across the country noticed. (Seattle, by the way, lost 19-17.).
“We always have the map of where the games go and what percentage of the United States got the game,” said NFL Network analyst Charles Davis, who called the game on FOX. “And I bet it was a pretty small percentage who got that one.”
Less than two years later, that same matchup is the NFL’s most hyped game, one that brings Al Michaels and his “Sunday Night Football” crew to town and will be watched with heavy interest across the country.
Here are the ingredients that made the rivalry, however young, go from zero to 60:
Rest here--->Seahawks vs. 49ers: Anatomy of a rivalry | Seahawks | The Seattle Times
