#4: Super Bowl XXIX Scores

Unfortunately, HMB was so caught up in the TO attempted suicide/allergic reaction to painkillers story that we missed our posting for the Bay Area YouTube Hall of Fame. Shame on us. I guess it was the prospect of all Niner fans wishes coming true--that TO would forever be out of our lives--that captivated us so, but we're back and ready for a morning/afternoon doubleheader.

As you may have realized, we at HMB are more partial towards recent Niner and Giant history (unfortunately, there really isn't anything to celebrate in the past couple of decades regarding the Warriors). We know that the Niner teams of the '80s were great and created the dynasty that we enjoyed and eventually watched crumble in the '90s and '00s, but we didn't watch those teams daily (or remember it well enough) to appreciate them as much as we did the teams from the '90s. So as one would expect, we tend to give our props to more recent history.

That would be one of the reasons that we selected this highlight reel at #4 in our Bay Area YouTube Hall of Fame. The 1984 and 1989 Super Bowl champions blew out their opponents in a similar fashion, but since HMB did not get to experience the victory quite like the 1994 dismantling of San Diego, we aren't as inclined to celebrate the team as fanatically. Consequently, we are more attached to the likes of Bar None, Timmy Mac, Deion and Merton than Keena Turner, Freddie Solomon, Wendell Tyler, and Dwight Clark. Of course everyone loves the stars, but it's those background guys that really make you remember--and love--your team.

Another reason why this clip is in the Top 5: it is the only succinct highlight of all the scores of a Niner Super Bowl on YouTube. All the others appear as segments of the game, while this clip is just uncensored domination, the kind you only see on websites that require you to be above the age of 18 to view. The smackdown the Niners put on the Chargers was really only akin to the beating Montana laid on the Broncos in '89, but there remains no evidence of it on YouTube. The ease with which this offense dominates San Diego is uncanny, and if Dan Dierdorf is dumbfounded, then what the hell are we all supposed to do? Plus, who doesn't love seeing Steve Young finally get his due, and remove that Irish monkey off of his back?

Stay tuned for the afternoon clip.