Picking Favorites: Why the 2002 Oakland Raiders are NOT My All-Time Team

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Published: July 6, 2009

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... have my Raider Nation membership card revoked and get lashed by Black Hole residents on my next journey to Oakland (speaking of which, if you ACTUALLY have a membership card, you're not a Raiders fan).

In other words, if I'm going to stick my neck on the guillotine, at least let me beg for mercy first.

I don't think a "favorite team" should be one the favoriter didn't see. That takes away all of the fun of going through a season.

Some guys get misty-eyed to choppy NFL Films footage of Jim Plunkett tossing TD's to Todd Christiansen, but I'm not moved by that sort of thing. It's like sleeping with someone's ex-wife...no...it's like being told what sleeping with someone's ex-wife was like.. by John Facenda.

There's only five Raider double-digit winners in my fan-life (your "fan-life" starts when you consciously follow a sport), and each met a depressing fate in the playoffs.

1990 - 12-4 - Bo Jackson's career ends...

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