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Jim Harbaugh's potential final game at Levi's Stadium is already a little surreal

It should surprise nobody that Levi's Stadium is a slightly surreal environment for the 49ers season finale. With Jim Harbaugh expected to depart shortly after the season, it's making for an interesting day.

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The San Francisco 49ers face the Arizona Cardinals in their season finale, and the whole thing is quickly reaching surreal levels. Jim Harbaugh is expected to head to Michigan, with a press conference reportedly scheduled for Tuesday. NFL media are saying the Oakland Raiders remain in the mix, but whatever the case, the world can say with 99 percent certainty that Jim Harbaugh is coaching his last game with the 49ers.

That has made for a rather surreal atmosphere at Levi's Stadium. There will be plenty of little moments throughout the game, but it is fitting that it started with Jim Harbaugh dodging media in coming out on the field.

49ers CEO Jed York spoke with FOX Sports reporter Laura Okmin, and followed that up with an interview with NFL Network reporter Alex Flanagan. In between, he dodged Bay Area media, which did not exactly please them.

After his interviews, York met briefly with Harbaugh near midfield, and that apparently ended with a back slap and bro hug.

According to people on hand, the cheers for Harbaugh have been quite loud, and I'm sure this will last for much of the game. When things wrap up, it will be interesting to see what kind of reaction Harbaugh gets from the fans and his own players. And then there's the post-game press conference. I'm looking forward to that more than the game itself.

Oh, and according to Jed York, he and Harbaugh have not discussed the Michigan job.

That's certainly possible, but this was the first thing that came to mind.