Raiders 35, Dolphins 17 -- w00t!!1!

The fun is gone...but oh what fun it is to ride a 35-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins! Nothing but WINS this week. I missed the season opener of our IBM Flag Football league, that sucked. The guys didn't miss a beat though and our team won 13-0. We bought our time-share. The Raiders kicked major booty down in Miami...it was an amazing game. It was almost like a home game. Clear across the country, opposite coast...and there were tons of Raider fans out there supporting their team. These are die hard fans man. I mean, look at our team. Probably the worst Super Bowl hangover in history. Last year we won only 2 games. We start off 0-2 this year and yet, an away game on the opposite end of North America and our fans were out there in huge numbers. The tailgating was great. The group of wrestlers were hilarious. I love the pic of Mean Gene Okerlund interviewing us. The Hulkster was great...he studied The Hulk and had him down pat. Gorilla Rilla was in the hizzy. We were worried about walking around in Dolphin country, but everywhere we looked we could see Silver and Black.

I already watched the replay of the game when I got home and it was great to hear the loud cheering in the Miami stands when the Raiders scored or made a great play. The rain was crazy...but it felt nice. Almost got a little too cold there for a while. By the time the sun came out in full force during the 3rd quarter, we were really wishing the rain would come back. Raiders finally gave us a great game. Jordan and Fargas kicked butt. The zone blocking scheme and new OL coach are coming together. Our boy Cooper Carlisle played a great game. He played the zone blocking scheme in Denver (boo!) and looks like its paying off here. Culpepper didn't show much as far as passing, thankfully he didn't have too, but he got the job done and didn't turn the ball over. He accounted for all 5 of our TDs. Ran 3 in and threw for another 2. Technically he threw 3 TDs, but one was called back for offensive pass interference. It looked bogus to me during the game. I replayed it when I got home, and yup, it was bogus. Raiders won though, 35-17...can't get over that score.


So yeah....flag football win, went to Disney World, bought a time-share, Cocoa Beach, Miami, Raiders kicked butt, what an awesome week!! Oh! Oh! Oh! To top it all off. After the game, our last night and we are sitting in the hotel room chillaxing and watching some more football and then we see a football score update:

Kansas City Chiefs 30, San Diego Chargers 17

Haha...oh man, that gave me a great laugh. Stoopid Chargers. I'm happy for Beth and her Chiefs to stick it to the Dolts. Hehe.

I'll be right back with all our photos from the last week. There are TONS!