Football is a business. How many times have we had those four words beaten into our heads? A huge part of the business is marketing and merchandising. Even though some teams do better than others in terms of victories, postseason, and ... (Continue reading)
It's very interesting reading various media content on the Internet about the Oakland Raiders and how most of the media consistently tab the Oakland Raiders as guaranteed losers simply because Al Davis is the owner/GM. In most people's eyes, this team ... (Continue reading)
For those who haven't read my previous offseason rankings, they can be seen in my archive. As of right now, I will be doing weekly rankings throughout the season. This is part one of a three-part series ranking the Raiders from ... (Continue reading)
Before every NFL season begins, fans like to place forward their predictions for how they feel each and every team will perform over the four month regular season period. For the most part, predicting the disappointing teams is no hard task. ... (Continue reading)
A Pep Talk Why do I cheer for the Oakland Raiders? There are many reasons. One of those reasons is that I have known several of them, and they were hell-raisers on the field and kind off the field. Well, sometimes they ... (Continue reading)
Al Davis's Oakland Raiders are notorious for being a run-oriented NFL team. Whether it was Bo Jackson or Marcus Allen, they always seemed to have a great player in the backfield. This run-first trend momentarily came to a halt in 1998, when ... (Continue reading)
Steve Brown took a lot of heat during his Michigan career at the safety position. Last year, Steve played very well at Greg Robinson's Strong Side Linebacker. Steve was basically able to play a LB role that allowed him to ... (Continue reading)
Dancing in the streets was the scene in Oakland California as the Raiders finally unloaded JaMarcus [cough] Russell none too soon for Jason Campbell. We know that has to be a three to four game improvement right there. Without the point spreads ... (Continue reading)
It seems like every day there are more and more articles, both here and on other sites, telling Raider fans not to get our hopes up, and the Raiders still suck. My question is, why do fans of other teams ... (Continue reading)
On a lot in Beaumont, Texas there is an empty chair. It symbolizes the fact that the chair needs to be filled, and someone needs to be seated there. It inspires the recollection of a vision of building a home ... (Continue reading)