Golden Nuggets: NFC West rival Seahawks advance to NFC Championship

Well, the Seattle Seahawks are in to the NFC Championship game for the second consecutive year. I honestly don't really care if they repeat or anything like that, but then again, that has a lot to do with the fact that I desperately do not want the Dallas Cowboys to win another Super Bowl. To me, the Cowboys are a much bigger rival than the Seahawks in the great scheme of things.

Plus, they've done a whole lot more. Seattle will still, historically, have done little to be actual hated rivals of the San Francisco 49ers. I understand that isn't a popular opinion here -- some of you guys despise the Seahawks to such depths that I'm actually impressed. But today is the day I sit down and root as hard as I've rooted since the 49ers will still actually playing for something.

For the Green Bay Packers. Yuck. Onto your links for the day.

Skov signed: 49ers make ex-Stanford standout part of offseason roster (Branch)

Candidates for 49ers' job could become available this weekend (Maiocco)

49ers coaching notes: If Roman was so awful, why is he so popular? (Barrows)

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Source: Browns next in line to interview Roman (Maiocco)

Fill-ins Cox, Skuta figure to find raises as free agents (Branch)

Washington could be option for Gore (Maiocco)

49ers players support internal candidates for head coach (AP)

What's the holdup with 49ers' coaching search? (Gutierrez)

Report: 49ers 'Very High' on McDaniels (Biderman)