Hope they enjoy it today. From this point forward, they'll never enjoy a home field advantage ever again. That Vegas stadium will perpetually be filled with the opposing team's fans flying in for the weekend. Raiders gonna Raider. [Reply]
It's the end of an era in my life (I'm sure in many of our lives if you're as old or older than myself). The ritual of hating the Raiders and their damned half-baseball field is the stuff of legend after all.
And for much of my life, the Raiders were a storied and ably competitive franchise for our own Chiefs. Add in the near pageantry of the stadium in Oakland filled with its Road Warrior-esque costumed fans made those games something to look forward to as a younger fan.
I won't miss the stupid diamond, but I might miss hearing the announcer say "and here we are in Oakland to renew one of the oldest rivalries in football in the Black Hole . . ."
In the end, I have to say it was a fun ride. [Reply]
I was out in Oakland all last week, Hayward specifically. Thats where the black hole fan group was formed.
I've been to San Fran in recent times. I thought Oakland is across the bay, it should be a cool place too. Man, was I wrong.
That town is a horrible place to live.It's a shit hole. Everything is dated from the 60's and 70's. Its a very dreary place where I saw very few people smiling or having fun the whole week. [Reply]