Tom Cable: Love Him Or Hate Him, He Is The Oakland Raider Coach

Published on: 22nd September, 2010

Since being beaten by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl following the 2002 season the Raiders have struggled.  Struggled is not the proper word to describe how the Raiders have played but we will go with it. Bill Callahan was the coach at the time and was fired the ...

JaMarcus Russell Is Out: Is It the Right Decision?

Published on: 6th May, 2010

It's being reported by multiple news outlets including ESPN and NBC Bay Area that JaMarcus Russell has been released by the Oakland Raiders.  This comes as a surprise to some but not to others.  Over the past few months, there's been a lot of discussion as to who is to blame ...

The Raiders Have a Fever, and the Only Prescription Is More Bruce Gradkowski

Published on: 24th November, 2009

On April 28, 2007, I woke up early, made a pot of coffee and got my typical Saturday chores done early.  This was NFL draft Saturday.  I am a football junkie and lifelong Raider fan.  The Raiders owned the No. 1 pick and unlike prior years, no one was totally ...

Being a Loyal Oakland Raiders’ Fan

Published on: 30th October, 2009

I recently did some thinking about loyalty in sports.  Here’s what provoked the thoughts.  I was completely irritated with another co-worker who is an alleged San Francisco 49ers' fan. He has been a season ticket holder since he was young. In the fourth game of the 2009 season, the Niners were getting ...

NCAA Football: Stop The Spread Of Yellow (Football Uniform) Fever

Published on: 7th October, 2009

There's a fever taking over college football.  Unfortunately, the prescription is not more cowbell. More and more teams are trying to outdo each other to find the craziest, most gaudy uniform color combinations possible.  The primary offender in this department seems to be the color yellow. The trend started back in 2003 ...