THE RAAIDAHS! The real ones.

Piotr Rasputin · Jan 28, 2007

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

pallister said:

It's not so much the game but those who played it that were vastly more interesting.
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Professional fooball in America is a special game. Played nowhere else in the world, it is a unique game. The Men Who Play It, make it so.

Ahem.

It must also be noted that the only time those Raiders beat Pittsburgh was when Hariis and Blier were out for that 1976 AFC title game. Otherwise, Oakland lost AFC title games at a bad clip that decade. Starting in 1968, I think they lost in 68, 69, 73, 74, 75 and 77. But what a cast of characters; I can't get enough of their stories.
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And don't forget the conference semifinals (whatever they called it then) in 1972. Please remind Madden about that one. He's STILL pissed about the Immaculate Reception.
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Tatum never touched the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

outofplace · Jan 28, 2007

Piotr Rasputin said:

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

pallister said:

It's not so much the game but those who played it that were vastly more interesting.
Click to expand...

Professional fooball in America is a special game. Played nowhere else in the world, it is a unique game. The Men Who Play It, make it so.

Ahem.

It must also be noted that the only time those Raiders beat Pittsburgh was when Hariis and Blier were out for that 1976 AFC title game. Otherwise, Oakland lost AFC title games at a bad clip that decade. Starting in 1968, I think they lost in 68, 69, 73, 74, 75 and 77. But what a cast of characters; I can't get enough of their stories.
Click to expand...

And don't forget the conference semifinals (whatever they called it then) in 1972. Please remind Madden about that one. He's STILL pissed about the Immaculate Reception.
Click to expand...

Tatum never touched the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

Between that and the tuck rule, it's amazing any Raiders fan ever sleeps. And the funny part is both teams were a long way from the Super Bowl.
In '72, the Raiders would have had to go through the undefeated Dolphins just to get there. And in 2001, they would have just gotten their butts kicked in Pittsburgh anyway. It's Raiders' tradition!

Piotr Rasputin · Jan 29, 2007

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

pallister said:

It's not so much the game but those who played it that were vastly more interesting.
Click to expand...

Professional fooball in America is a special game. Played nowhere else in the world, it is a unique game. The Men Who Play It, make it so.

Ahem.

It must also be noted that the only time those Raiders beat Pittsburgh was when Hariis and Blier were out for that 1976 AFC title game. Otherwise, Oakland lost AFC title games at a bad clip that decade. Starting in 1968, I think they lost in 68, 69, 73, 74, 75 and 77. But what a cast of characters; I can't get enough of their stories.
Click to expand...

And don't forget the conference semifinals (whatever they called it then) in 1972. Please remind Madden about that one. He's STILL pissed about the Immaculate Reception.
Click to expand...

Tatum never touched the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

Between that and the tuck rule, it's amazing any Raiders fan ever sleeps. And the funny part is both teams were a long way from the Super Bowl.
In '72, the Raiders would have had to go through the undefeated Dolphins just to get there. And in 2001, they would have just gotten their butts kicked in Pittsburgh anyway. It's Raiders' tradition!
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'72 I can agree with. But those 2001 Raiders were quite good. And those Steelers . . . let's just say they had gotten in the habit of losing AFC title games at home.

outofplace · Jan 29, 2007

Piotr Rasputin said:

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

outofplace said:

Piotr Rasputin said:

pallister said:

It's not so much the game but those who played it that were vastly more interesting.
Click to expand...

Professional fooball in America is a special game. Played nowhere else in the world, it is a unique game. The Men Who Play It, make it so.

Ahem.

It must also be noted that the only time those Raiders beat Pittsburgh was when Hariis and Blier were out for that 1976 AFC title game. Otherwise, Oakland lost AFC title games at a bad clip that decade. Starting in 1968, I think they lost in 68, 69, 73, 74, 75 and 77. But what a cast of characters; I can't get enough of their stories.
Click to expand...

And don't forget the conference semifinals (whatever they called it then) in 1972. Please remind Madden about that one. He's STILL pissed about the Immaculate Reception.
Click to expand...

Tatum never touched the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Click to expand...

Between that and the tuck rule, it's amazing any Raiders fan ever sleeps. And the funny part is both teams were a long way from the Super Bowl.
In '72, the Raiders would have had to go through the undefeated Dolphins just to get there. And in 2001, they would have just gotten their butts kicked in Pittsburgh anyway. It's Raiders' tradition!
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'72 I can agree with. But those 2001 Raiders were quite good. And those Steelers . . . let's just say they had gotten in the habit of losing AFC title games at home.
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Oh, I know all about those 2001 Raiders. Why do you think I was rooting for them against the Patriots?

And as for all those lost AFC title games, at least they were getting there.

Jesus_Muscatel · Jan 29, 2007

the fop said:

Villapiano also was great on HBO's "Rebels of Oakland" about the 1970s Raiders and A's. (I'm biased because I grew up out there on those teams, but check it out if you get a chance, it works its way into HBO's rotation every few months.) Villapiano talks about how he'd tell his wife he dreaded training camp, but how it was really a nonstop party for the Raiders.
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Anybody sees this is coming on soon, an alert would be nice.

If nothing else, the Raidahs of yesteryear were colorful. The fact that they came along during the Steelers dynasty years left them as more of a historical footnote.

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