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by: Os Davis


You want to know what's criminal? The way the NFL routinely culls the
world's second-greatest Web site ever, YouTube, of everything containing
the faintest whiff of eau du football for fear of losing a few more
precious dollars from its Fort Knox-sized cash stash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvOd48zlNkA


At times like this, when the football jones is developing a sharp,
distracting edge in my life, it'd be nice to get a few quick hits from
fans - even a sloppily made compilation of cuts from a 1980s VCR
recording would be fine sometimes when you got a few minutes to kill.
But no! Organizations like the NFL (the British premiership is a similar
bunch of money-grubbers) see fit to rain on that idle surfing time in
the quest for another almighty buck.

OK, rant over.

In sort, this surfer spent a few quality minutes seeking Oakland Raiders
clips amid the dearth of football content on the "Broadcast Yourself
[But Material Without the Express Written Consent of the National
Football League, etc.] site. Herewith, RealFootball365's guide to
YouTubing with the Raiders.

Oakland Raiders - history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUCl0gT8dU

We'll start right at the top, with Steve Sabol's "Battle Hymn of the
Raider Nation," or alternatively "The Autumn Wind." Plus, you could have
John Facenda reading the ingredients off a tube of toothpaste and throw
on some Raider pics and you'd have a great YouTube clip. "Autumn Wind"
also makes for perhaps the sole reason for self-respecting Raider fans
to memorize a poem. Impress the ladies with it; you don't even
necessarily have to reveal that it's about football.

http://theraidercast.com/the-autumn-wind/

(Warning to extreme citizens of Raider Nation: Turn off this video at
0:55. You will have no sense of humor for the evil twist 311TB applies
to this stirring oratory and slideshow.)

This Is Sparta. What's that at the beginning of this clip? The crowd at
a Twiztid concert? Nah, it's just raucous Raider backers! This is why we
love Oakland fans. This clip is a nicely done highlight reel of last
year's play set to the new Raider theme song, as conceived by SamG74,
"This is Sparta" by IDK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6EHSUT4mpQ


Obligatory clip set to "Imperial Theme" from the Star Wars series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVyv1_lGluM


Obligatory Raiderette clip; we really need more Raiderette stuff,
YouTube artists...are you listening? Hello?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6wpm6P_6Ic

What's up with this guy Slow Pain? Either he's a serious Raider obsesser
or needs to expand the horizons of his subject matter a tad further.
Having said that, his raps are good enough. "Raider Nation Mix" is an
infectious "rola" which has multiplied on the 'net a bit. Representative
lyrics include:

There's a Cowboy on my shoulder
Can I kill it?
A 49er on my shoulder
Can I kill it?
Jon Gruden on my shoulder
Can I kill it?
Raider Nation in the house
Can you feel it?

(Wait a minute; is he seriously still rapping about Marcus Allen?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyLnTmLLmgM


There's also ... um ... another song replete with similar referencing
and the ubiquitous black Cadillac. In "Raider for Life," Pain proclaims
that "Al Davis" is his middle name. "Slow Al Davis Pain"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2L6nehFXNk

Reason why YouTube exists I: To remind us all of the cheesiest '80s
moments. "Silver and Black Attack," anyone? You have to be a chronically
devoted Raider fan to sit through all of this one; this abomination is
6:40 long!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eEF8zplJY8

Slightly irrelevant except to kick Howie Long around a bit after
participating in said "Attack," we offer "Howie Long pokes Al Gore."
Long offers a little political analysis on a 2007 pre-game show by
defining "Al Gore Syndrome" and explaining how it relates to Mike Martz.
Wait a minute, does Gore really think he's "still" president? (Guess
which FOX guy'll be voting McCain this autumn.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URPZvp-EZio

Reason why YouTube exists II: For clips like this one of former Lyle
Alzado roomie and quasi-"Oakland Raiders Legend" Michael Dotterer. A
true New Yorker, Dotterer reminisces briefly about the draft when
selected by the Raiders. Wonderful stuff as Dotterer searches for the
ways to encapsulate the feeling of playing pro ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyV6B_Eg9s0

How could the Raiders have let go of Kevin Boothe, once described as
"not a guy that's going to look impressive in drills"? Bonus in this
clip: Art Shell justifying his 2006 picks, including first-rounder
Michael Huff, who is now said to be on the trading block.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fco3N8YJTMI

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/02/giants-will-have-to-spend-to-k.html

Obligatory videos of the greatest athlete of my lifetime, real and virtual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjO_QfFYV78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAgfY_NHzw

The title speaks for itself: Why Raider fans loved Super Bowl LXII. It
took awhile for enough material to properly dis on Randy Moss, but here
it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8avdhiBjX0

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