After years of underachieving, the San Francisco 49ers have started the 2009 season with a bang, leading the NFC West at 3-1.

The 49ers have mowed through division rivals, pounding the Seattle Seahawks (and Matt Hasselback’s ribs), dispensing with last year’s Super Bowl team Arizona Cardinals, and treating the St. Louis Rams like their practice squad, forcing the Rams to consider immediately selling to Rush Limbaugh.  Only a last second miracle throw and catch from Brett Favre to Greg Lewis has kept the 49ers from being undefeated.

There is no secret to the reason behind the turnaround.  A ferocious defense that is channeling Coach Mike Singletary at his Chicago Bears “Super Bowl Shuffle” finest.  The Hall of Fame linebacker who used to make NFL quarterbacks wet themselves has cloned a team in his image.

The NFL has just released a great video of Coach Singletary on the sidelines that is evidence of the master motivator at work.  No wonder the 49ers are on a mission.  You do NOT want to disappoint this man.  Check it out.

As a result, the 49ers have become the hot ticket in the Bay Area.  Fortunately, at FanSnap, fans can easily find the ticket values among the thousands of tickets available for each remaining game.  Speaking of the Bears, 49ers fans have the November 12 Bears at 49ers game against Jay Cutler and his squad at Candlestick Park circled and tickets are getting hotter by the minute.

Coach Singletary wants winners!

Mike

Are you ready for some football?!  NFL fans are.  The preseason is just around the corner.  Fantasy league drafts are being scheduled.  And football fans are searching for tickets to see their currently undefeated team play this year.  Which teams are football fans searching for most on FanSnap?  Check it out:

1.  Pittsburgh Steelers tickets

2.  Dallas Cowboys tickets

3.  Philadelphia Eagles tickets

4.  Chicago Bears tickets

5.  NY Giants tickets

6.  Denver Broncos tickets

7.  New England Patriots tickets

8.  SF 49ers tickets

9.  NY Jets tickets

10. Baltimore Ravens tickets

Seahawks fans, call out the 12th man.  Bills fans, listen to T.O.’s apology now and avoid the rush.  Make sure you have your tailgate supplies ready to go.  It’s nearing kick off time!

Mike

NFL fans who sell their extra football tickets on the dozens of ticket sites searched by FanSnap have been making their listings available for some time now, of course.  Most are season ticket holders who are selling the extras for games they can not attend.

Many fans buy these hot tickets as soon as possible to lock in in their entertainment plans.  However, many football fans wait until the team makes any unsold tickets from the box office available first.  If those fans don’t find tickets from the team that meet their needs, then they come to FanSnap.

This moment of truth is called the single game tickets on sale date.  At some point after each NFL team is convinced they have sold all the season tickets they can, each team releases their remaining available tickets to the general public.  A number of teams have already done so.  A few teams wait until sometime in August right before the preseason games start.

The following NFL teams have single game “on sales” coming up in July:

Jul 11  Cleveland Browns tickets

Jul 17  Baltimore Ravens tickets

Jul 18  Tennessee Titans tickets

Jul 18  Denver Broncos tickets

Jul 25  Chicago Bears tickets

Good luck, football fans!  If you don’t find what you want, you know where to find us.  As you can see, there are thousands of ticket listings per game available, some with your name on them!

Three weeks ago we highlighted the hottest NFL tickets in the land, based on the number of searches on FanSnap. As we keep an eye on the searches every day, we couldn’t help but notice that Philly fans are representing.

Yes, the Dallas Cowboys still hold down the top spot as Big D fans look forward to the new Cowboys Stadium.  But… most impressive, fans of the Philadelphia Eagles have lifted the team from way down the list to the #2 spot this week!

What are the most popular NFL football tickets?

1. Dallas Cowboys tickets

2. Philadelphia Eagles tickets

3. Pittsburgh Steelers tickets

4. Chicago Bears tickets

5. New York Giants tickets

6. New England Patriots tickets

7. New York Jets tickets

Check out the upcoming games of these popular teams. There are lots of ticket listings to choose from.  Many of the preseason games are incredible values!

Maybe the Dallas Cowboys still are America’s team!  Football fans, already searching for and purchasing NFL tickets, have spoken loud and clear since the league announced its schedule in April.  Season ticketholders, even though they may not have their tickets in hand yet from the teams, often know their seats, and as usual are listing their extra tickets already for future delivery.

Drum line please!  Who are by far the most popular teams, based on the number of searches on FanSnap?

1.  Dallas Cowboys tickets

2.  New York Giants tickets

3.  Pittsburgh Steelers tickets

4.  Chicago Bears tickets

5.  New England Patriots tickets

Patriots fans, invigorated by the return of Tom Brady, narrowly edged out the fans searching for New York Jets tickets in their new stadium (which they of course share with the Giants).

Checking out the first regular season home games of these popular teams, it looks like there are lots of ticket listings for these excited fans to choose from, although the market prices vary widely:

Sep 10 Titans @ Steelers 3,900+ tickets, starting at $147*

Sep 13  Redskins @ Giants 3,600+ tickets, starting at $150

Sep 14 Bills @ Patriots 2,500+ tickets, starting at $97

Sep 20 Steelers @ Bears 3,500+ tickets, starting at $200

Sep 20 Giants @ Cowboys 16,000+ tickets, starting at $65

* price shown equals ticket + commission per ticket; as of June 2, 2:30pm

Blue Twenty-Two.  Hike!

Mike

Today the NFL announced the regular season schedule, much to the delight of football fans everywhere.  WhIle the match-ups have been available for a while, now fans know the actual dates.

What most fans don’t know is that even though the tickets for those games will not be delivered to season ticketholders for some time, long time ticketholders already know where their seats are.  As a result, some of those fans have already listed some of their tickets for resale on many sites around the web.  Of course, there will be many more fans buying and selling up to and throughout the season.

However, if you want to lock those tickets in now, you can search for your favorite team on FanSnap already.

There are some great early season games that just jump off the schedule!

(Sep 14) Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots

(Sep 20) Pittsburgh Steelers @ Chicago Bears

(Sep 20) NY Giants @ Dallas Cowboys

(Sep 27) Miami Dolphins @ San Diego Chargers

(Oct 11) Indianapolis Colts @ Tennessee Titans

As Hank says, “Are you ready for some football?!”

Mike