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Auggie

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2. I moved to the Bay Area in 1979 and instantly followed the Raiders ...

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 01:06 PM

Jan 2023

Who wouldn't? The Raiders were always the late game in home state Ohio. Saw them all the time growing up. Talk about badass. Stabler, Branch, Casper, Hayes, Hendricks, Matuszak, Shell, Madden ...

Then Al Davis traded Ken Stabler. Broke my heart. When Montana and Walsh started to click I jumped ship.

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40 years ago, January 10, 1982 ... [View all] Auggie Jan 2023 OP

Even as a Raider fan (and we're supposed to hate the 49er's) I have to say that play was badass Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #1

I moved to the Bay Area in 1979 and instantly followed the Raiders ... Auggie Jan 2023 #2

My pops was Teamster out of the hall in Oakland, started going to Raider games Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2023 #3

Wow -- such great memories Auggie Jan 2023 #4

A year and a half later, Dwight Clark's buddy, Huey Lewis, released Sports album Brother Buzz Jan 2023 #5

Those days were such magic Auggie Jan 2023 #6

Bill Walsh and that West Coast Offense was certainly a force to reckon with! Brother Buzz Jan 2023 #7

The 1981 Playoffs was one of the greatest 2 week stretches of Football in the last 50 years Best_man23 Jan 2023 #8