"We are still receiving complaints from fans who say it took over three hours to get to Candlestick Park for Sunday's 49ers playoff game. There would probably be more, but we hear some are still stuck in traffic.

The gripes ran from simple outrage to deep, mysterious conspiracy theories.

One reader seriously suggested that the whole logjam was orchestrated by the York family, to boost the owners' case for a new stadium in Santa Clara.

Several people, including Planning Commissioner Mike Antonini, who wants to keep the team in San Francisco, thought there was something fishy about what he said was the lack of police officers to direct traffic. "At the Saints game (the previous Saturday), I went right in with no problem," said Antonini. "I saw a lot of officers escorting dignitaries in limos, and there were no cops at the intersections.""