I stop paying attention to links for a couple days and suddenly everything is about whether or not Jim Harbaugh is an 11-year-old. What's the deal with this? I guess it's just Lowell Cohn being himself, but he's got Kawkami and Purdy in on it too and, well, let me just say that I haven't even a tiny, minuscule amount of [site decorum] to give. If Harbaugh is an 11-year-old then Jim Schwartz is six and I don't care as long as he knows how to coach. Just gonna move on to the quick linkage for the day, folks.

Turnovers, not Alex Smith, killed the 49ers (SacBee.com)

Manning to 49ers could be tricky to pull off (ProFootballTalk.com)

Colts hire Pagano, Harbaugh's band stays together (MercuryNews.com)

Donte Whitner to attend San Jose State (SFGate.com)

49ers mailbag: Why Dixon and not Gore late in game? (CSNBayArea.com)

Which free agents should the 49ers try to keep? (Examiner.com)

Smith earned his shot for the short-term (Scout.com)

49ers aftermath: The mind of Jim Harbaugh, and the media interplay (MercuryNews.com)

Council Rejects Santa Clara 49er Petition (NBCBayArea.com)

2011-2012 grades (PressDemocrat.com)

Rogers tells Jim Rome about Williams' death threats: 'I don't get into Facebook, whatever book is out there, Twitter'(MercuryNews.com)

Being a Sheep

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