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Very interesting. Bring Gruden back.

^^^^^^^Non sense!

Gruden is great on MFL….having him in the booth makes the games more watchable and more importantly listenable! LOL

Stay up raider nation!

RAIDER NATION FOR LIFE!!!!!!

Will there really be anything interesting about being a Raider fan at that point?

Will there really be anything interesting, unique or cool about the Raiders, any more so than any other NFL team?

The answer is HELL NO.

Obviously, to some of you, the only reason to root for this team is the wins.

Let me tell you something; There is only one reason the Raiders are different, and unique, and cool, and “us-against-the-world” and that reason is Al Davis.

For all his greatness, for all his faults (and he has many), he is the single ingredient that makes our team different. And to me, as a fan, that is cool.

We’ve won with Al and we’ve lost with Davis. But, once he’s gone, all that uniqueness goes away. We become just another NFL franchise, win or lose.

Is that really that interesting to any of you? If it is, then damn. . . .go root for any of the other 31 teams that may be having success right now.

I for one choose to be part of the NATION that says “screw the rest of you”.

As for me, I’ve been so disgusted by the lack of leadership and lack of balls that I don’t even watch anymore as the outcome is predictable. I just curse when I watch sportscenter and nfl.com highlights later. I cannot believe how horrible our squad has become.
Lynn from snot is right, once the Silver and Black is in your blood it doesn’t leave, regardless of how disgusted you are.

I will say this though, like you all don’t know anyway. . .Al dying is the only way to salvation.

And . . . am I the only fan (25 years a fan) that feels there is no possible way we avoid a 1-7 start? Beating the Giants, Eagles, Jets, and Chargers the next four games. . . I see it not happening.

I really could care less if guys like you don’t show up to games.

Raider games are the best bar-none. We cheer our asses off, win or lose.

And there are a lot of reasons the Raiders have trouble selling out that people don’t want to talk about.

Let’s be real about this. Do you see a lot of kids at Raider games? No. Do you see a lot of women? No.
Do you see a predominately white-collar crowd? No.

Those are things that you see at every other NFL stadium and that, in itself, is a big contributer to sell-outs. The Raiders have, by far, the most ethnically-diverse crowd in the NFL, and frankly, that scares a lot of people. They’re too scared to bring their kids or their wives or their girlfriends.

Does that make it right? Of course not, but, that’s just the harsh reality.

So don’t give me the “you guys can’t sell out your games” BS.