* San Francisco vs Oakland
Saturday, August 8, 7:00 PM PST
Preseason Week 1
The Unseen Battle

It's here. The NFL preseason is finally here for the Bay Area.

But, unless you've overpaid to get into The Coliseum, you can't see it.

Stupid tape-delayed Olympics. Stupid stadium not-selling-out.

Fine. We're just happy that our favorite bread-and-circuses have returned. Let's reel off some talking points for this game:

1.) Stupid, stupid 49er quarterback situation.

John Madden said it best, "If your coach says that you've potentially got three guys who can start, that usually means you haven't got any."

Yet here the Niners are, sporting an underachiever, an everyman overachiever, and some-guy who knows Mad Mike Martz's scheme better than the other two. Yeah, does not look good. This'll add (needed) intrigue to the 49ers' preseason. But that doesn't keep the situation from being any less depressing.

Photo of hard-luck Andrew Walter gettin' owned by BY via The Chron. Raider flip-flopping, Niner cornerstone gauging, and three more talkin' points after the jump.