No T.O., Continued

David White continues his impressive signing-season blogging with a post I missed yesterday morning quoting a Raiders source who says, "There is no way T.O. is coming here."

I love it.

So don't apologize that there's no news to report, Dave. That was the best news I could have heard concerning the Raiders yesterday, other than maybe "Stimulus Bill contains $1 Billion for Stadium Construction in Oakland."

Hey, why not? Someone call Rep. Barbara Lee and ask her to get on this.

Al is NOT Senile

After listening to Al Davis yesterday, I must say - he certainly sounds like a man with full use of his faculties, and the Senile Old Bastard that some people seem to have thought he was is just a myth.  He made a mistake, a bad hire, and he thought he could salvage the coach.  He couldn't, Kiffin is gone - the Raiders move on.  

Like Dan said (according to Sousa)  "Fuck you, It's Al's team."

Sllaacs

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Had a flashback reading this article about McAfee's naming rights expiring. When was 8 or so, I made my first trip to the coliseum to see an A's game. The raiders were not playing in Oakland at that time, having moved to Los Angeles, leaving me without a favorite football team. Here's what I remember: the game was against Cleveland. The Indians were up 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth when Rickey Henderson came up with a man on. He hit a walk-off bomb. He remains the greatest baseball player I've ever seen play in person.

Anyway, who should they sell the rights to? What company would appropriate right now?

How about Clorox Coliseum? They're based in Oakland, and after watching the Denver game I wanted to take a bath in bleach.

Taser Coliseum, since their products were used so effectively by OPD and Alameda Sherriffs pacifying the brawls during that same Monday Night Game?

The Law Offices of Mayor Joseph L. Alioto Coliseum? Al's lawyer. This should be the de facto name anyway, given the history of litigation since the Raiders came back.