Oakland Football Fans

10/06/2017

More Vegas delays. Hmmm ...

Six months ago, members of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority viewed October as the home stretch for wrapping up all the necessary paperwork required to build a $1.9 billion NFL-ready stadium to reloc…

09/18/2017

Problems with the LV site, according to a Vegas insider: "Murphy has serious doubts the Raiders will be able to service their financial obligations after the team’s honeymoon ends...Laughable lack of parking? No problem. Millions in road and infrastructure improvements needed? Get the checkbook. Flood channel apparently no expert saw before the site was selected? Hey, these things happen. Questionable transparency in the Raiders’ financing of the deal? Nothing to see here. Let’s move along."

The cheering had barely subsided at the Clark County Government Center, but Don Murphy wasn’t among those joining in the political tailgate party that takes place whenever the proposed $1.9 billion domed football stadium project is on the commission agenda.

09/18/2017

"Everything about this scene is Oakland."

Marshawn Lynch scored his first touchdown since returning to the NFL in the Raiders’ 45-20 thrashing of the Jets today. With an acceptable stat line and his team up comfortably in the fourth quarter, Lynch danced to the music at the Oakland Coliseum.

09/18/2017

http://nypost.com/2017/09/17/black-hole-will-leave-lasting-vestige-of-jets-raiders-afl-memories/

OAKLAND, Calif. — They are all memories now, some for years, some for decades. Municipal Stadium in Kansas City was the first to go, in 1971, followed by Buffalo’s War Memorial Stadium the next yea…

07/09/2017

Las Vegas will be a disaster for The Oakland Raiders! Let's hope saner heads prevail and the Raiders stay in Oakland - the franchise's true home!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/07/07/raiders-propose-parking-for-thousands-of-fans-three-miles-from-stadium/

The game-day experience at the new Raiders stadium definitely will be unique. Documents generated in connection with an effort to reach a joint-use agreement between the Raiders and UNLV at the venue include a proposal by the Raiders to use thousands of parking spaces at the UNLV campus, according t...

05/08/2017

A good Rolling Stone article about how Oakland football fans are the most disrespected fans in America.

http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/raiders-fans-most-disrespected-fanbase-in-american-sports-w474409

Raiders latest move, from Oakland to Las Vegas, show how misunderstood and mistreated the team's fanbase really is.

03/15/2017

The good old days for the The Oakland Raiders. (Key word: OAKLAND)

03/13/2017

"And how about the fans? The NFL is always belching bromides about the fan, the ones who spend the money and paint their faces and fuel it all. You know, the ones who gave up their Sundays for the sport? Raiders fans are among the most loyal, vocal and vociferous in the nation. The Raiders mantra is “Just Win, Baby.” Maybe they should hear the growing chorus from their customers. Don’t Move, Baby."

http://sports.cbslocal.com/2017/03/13/keidel-raiders-belong-in-oakland/

Las Vegas probably deserves a football team, just not the team from Oakland. The Raiders should stay put.

03/13/2017

"We know that the Ronnie Lott plan with Fortress Investment (Group) is a viable option from our perspective," OCEILAC chairman Raymond Bobbitt said. "We're going to do everything we can to support that from a community and fan perspective."

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Fight-Continues-to-Keep-Raiders-in-Oakland-415981653.html

As NFL owner meetings creep closer, advocates and fans of the Oakland Raiders are pulling out all the stops in hopes of preventing the East Bay team's exodus to Las Vegas.

01/15/2017

Great column by Ray Ratto of CSN Bay Area & CSN California! He calls out Mark Davis for his dishonesty and disloyalty to Raiders fans.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/raiders/only-factor-forcing-mark-davis-out-oakland-his-own-desires

Now that Mark Davis will officially try to relocate the Raiders twice in two years, any desire he had for Oakland is long gone.

01/09/2017

Andy Furillo of The Sacramento Bee with another great column about the future of The Oakland Raiders:

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/andy-furillo/article125326689.html

Saturday’s playoff loss in Houston hurt. But the arc of Raiders history is bending toward greatness.

01/07/2017

Great Al Saracevic column in today's San Francisco Chronicle:
"I sincerely hope Mark Davis and his ownership partners take a step back and look at what they’ve built here in Oakland. With the 49ers in utter disarray, I’ll once again point out that the Bay Area football market is there for the taking. Get a stadium built right here in Oakland, so we can all watch this young team mature into greatness."

http://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Congratulations-Raider-Nation-You-deserve-this-10841166.php?t=1061529e72

After 14 years wandering the NFL wilderness, Raider Nation returns to civilization this weekend. Houston to be exact, where the Raiders will take on the Texans on Saturday, in an AFC wild-card playoff game. Granted, it’s not a particularly promising matchup, pitting a mediocre Houston squad against…