"We accomplished something special because it was in our backyard and we were able to win big in our backyard,Adidas NMD Wholesale Price," Craig said. "Of course Dan Marino had a record-setting year that year, 48 touchdowns and 5,000 yards. They didn't give our defense a chance."
There will be more private jets flying in, technology companies pushing their products,Cheap Shoes Australia Online, and the festivities stretching north into wine country as big spenders fork out tens of thousands of dollars to attend the game in high style.
It's a two-NFL team market again here, with the Oakland Raiders moving back in 1995. But they need a new stadium and could be leaving the area once more — and soon.
Craig rented a limousine right after the Super Bowl to take his wife from Stanford to dinner in San Francisco, a mistake given the rush of fans and the fact he missed a postgame party with his teammates, who gave him some good-natured grief.
Former 49ers offensive lineman Guy McIntyre figures there were a modest 150 media members for that 1985 Super Bowl week.
Craig is ready to see the "show."
A few hours later, so did the world. Craig ran for a touchdown and caught two more from Joe Montana in a 38-16 thrashing of Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins.
"It wasn't as hyped, the fanfare, the big buildup wasn't as great as it is now," said McIntyre, a three-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Pro Bowler still working for the 49ers. "Then, because we were here and we were living here, we went about our normal day-to-day routine to the best of our ability."
Fans arriving at the San Francisco airport and heading into the city this coming week will no longer see iconic Candlestick Park perched on the point. It was torn down last year. Now, it's all about $1.3 billion, second-year Levi's Stadium, a humongous, impressive site as generic as they come.
The hype, the entertainment,Cheap Football Jerseys, parties galore.
It's big money, too. The NFL Ticket Exchange list price for the Feb. 7 game at Levi's Stadium was $4,388, with the average resale price per ticket a whopping $5,215.
The 49ers' former home still brings back memories of the franchise's rich Super Bowl history under DeBartolo: San Francisco captured five Lombardi Trophies. The Niners missed a sixth title in a three-point loss to Baltimore in February 2013 in New Orleans.
"The NFL has done an outstanding job of creating this event that was worldwide,China Hockey Jerseys, which is pretty amazing," he said. "This is going to be a big deal."
McIntyre finds it eerie that the weather 31 years ago was quite similar to the rainy El Nino pattern hitting the Bay Area this winter after recent years of drought.
So the veteran linebacker pulled the young running back aside in the Stanford Stadium locker room a couple of hours before Super Bowl kickoff 31 years ago.
"Hacksaw just said, 'Hey, don't be afraid, play every play like it's going to be your last,'" Craig recalled. "He got in my ear. Coming from him, that was huge. Hacksaw saw something special in me."
"The landscape, Candlestick was not part of the Super Bowl, but that whole stadium no longer exists," McIntyre said. "It's been 31 years. A lot has changed in the Bay Area."
"This is a Bay Area Super Bowl, not a city, the whole Bay Area," Craig said. "Probably from Pebble Beach to Sonoma."
And how about the NFL Experience back in 1985?
As the Super Bowl returns to the technology-rich, football-crazed Bay Area for the first time since then to celebrate its 50th edition,Supply Football Jerseys Factory, Craig can't help but reflect on how different the NFL's biggest show has become.
The Niners finished an 18-1 season that year, with only a three-point loss to Pittsburgh. Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers are looking to become just the third team — the Chicago Bears did it in 1985 — to go 18-1 and win the Super Bowl.
Not much else seems the same. The 'Stick, where the Niners played from 1971-2013, with all its quirks and those unforgettable swirling winds, never hosted a Super Bowl, yet was such a part of all those dominant teams.
"They worked very hard for it, pro and con — I've seen both on the stadium," former 49ers owner and Hall of Fame finalist Edward DeBartolo Jr. said. "For the Bay Area, it's just phenomenal. It's so deserving. I wish it didn't take so long to come back."
Now 55 and a running buff working for the