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» Under the Cap: NFC West   19 Jan 2012  Walkthrough: Feeling
Old  by Mike Tanier  In a Bay Area Bedroom  JIM HARBAUGH: Mrrph
... toss ... grumph ... turn ... Numbers ninety, seventy-four,
ninety-nine, seventy-five, fifty-two, ninety-six, and sixteen
report as eligible for the home team. Yes. Yes...  MRS.
HARBAUGH: Honey? Wake up. You were installing short-yardage
packages in your sleep again.  JIM HARBAUGH: Never wake me from
that dream again! Do you hear me? NEVER!   The thought of a
Ravens-Giants Super Bowl makes me feel incredibly old. It must
make Ray Lewis feel even older.  Super Bowl XXXV was impossibly
long ago: January 28, 2001. A time when I was childless, had no
writing career to speak of, and had dark brown hair and a 34
waist. Thinking about Super Bowl XXXV makes me feel ancient in a
way thinking about Super Bowl XV does not. I was a kid eating
meatballs from a TV tray in my grandmother’s living room and
throwing epic tantrums dur