Seahawks' SF domination: A scream to the nation

A record-setting audience and a series of full-house games in Seattle stadiums are sending a pretty clear message to sports fans in the rest of the country: We're b-aaa-aack.
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A record-setting audience and a series of full-house games in Seattle stadiums are sending a pretty clear message to sports fans in the rest of the country: We're b-aaa-aack.

When 49ers fans write to a San Francisco website saying that the NFL should outlaw the Seahawks' world-record noise advantage, you know things have changed. The din, heard Sunday at the Clink, should be banned, they said, just as league has attempted to ban PEDs and reduce concussions.

Lost on Judy and Rich, the letter writers (third one down) to sfgate.com, was that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh had mocked Green Bay linebacker Clay Matthews last week for his failure to slug — rather than slap — a 49ers player during a sideline scuffle.Crosscut archive image.

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