As many of these early season game results typically do, it set off gloom and doom forecasts for the Cardinals while promoting a 49ers turn-around season scenario from the masses.

My oh my how time changes everything.

San Francisco enters this contest all but eliminated from the playoffs at 5-7, while the Cardinals are riding a new found maturity level and resilience unmatched in team history to a commanding 8-4 record.

In Game One, the 49ers ran the ball often but not well, as Frank Gore was impressively bottled up by the Cardinals. He gained an alarmingly meager 30 yards on 22 carries, which turned out to be one of the brighter spots of the game for the Cardinals.

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