Longtime Monday Night Football fans may remember the late Dandy Don Meredith, one of the broadcast’s original trio of announcers, warbling “turn out the lights, the party’s over” after some apparently game-deciding play had occurred. (Listen here.)
The Dandy One would have had a field day during the 49ers’ 20-3 victory over the Steelers last night, as the lights went out — not just metaphorically — twice. The first outage occurred about 10 minutes before kickoff, the second during the second quarter.
In the post-game news conference, Niners’ coach Jim Harbaugh was asked what the mood was like in the locker room before the game.
“Dark,” Harbaugh said.
Watch the lights go, plus fan reaction, in the KGO video report