32,218 in the stands in Oakland.....for an NFL game !!!

[marmar]

from the SF Chronicle:




It wasn't supposed to be like this, not again. After all the signings, trades and draft picks the Raiders made this offseason, all the tackling drills done and game film watched, they weren't supposed to get steamrolled anymore.

But there it was Sunday, the same old problem raising it's ugly head ... just like Oakland players raising their heads off the grass to see Houston's running backs getting smaller in the distance.

The Texans ran for 249 yards in a game they somehow won just 31-24 in front of 32,218 fans - the Raiders' smallest home crowd in 43 years.

Houston's Arian Foster, who was benched for the first quarter for missing a meeting, scored on a 74-yard run and a 10-yard catch in the second half. Oakland scored the last 10 points of the game but came up short when Louis Murphy bobbled a pass and Troy Nolan picked it off at the Houston 45-yard line with 1:50 left. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/03/SP5L1FNR40.DTL#ixzz11Og3BBKy

[charlie and algernon]

1. .... And the Oakland A's wept

[Auggie]

2. When the product sucks people don't buy it

I hate writing that, but it's the truth

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. The Raiders need a total makeover... New city, new name, new colors, new owner. n/t

[Auggie]

4. ... new logo too?

One from this century? The current one is so embarassing.