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Raiderette619
04-03-2009, 09:27 AM
Share your story. How did you become a Raider Fan (or Fan of another team)?
What are some of your most favorable moments/memories?
My stepfather is a die hard Raider fan... Ever since I was in pee wee football I wanted to be Marcus Allen.
Even though I am white, I still wanted to be the next Marcus Allen!
Been a fan for 25 years!
Tió Nook Nook
04-03-2009, 10:27 AM
i didn't really care for football in my later elementary / middle school and high school years, not until junior year at least in HS. then i only got interested 'cause of madden.
senior year i started dating my now current girlfriend, she along with her fam are all raider fans..so naturally i became one as well haha
Raiderette619
04-03-2009, 10:33 AM
I never paid attention to Football growing up and even as I became an adult. I used to watch Super Bowl for the commercials and half time show. lol I would just pick a team outta the air and root for them. I never really understood what I was watching, I had a hard time following haha.
Then about 6 yrs ago I started hanging out w/my prima and that side of the family. They are all hard core Raider Fans. So I watched some games here and there and said I was a Raider fan. It was the years since that I got more and more into the sport. Every year I've become more dedicated and especially the last couple to really learn the sport.
Both my kids are die hard fans!
When I was six years old, my uncle took me to a game down in LA with his gf at the time. I really don't remember much except a lot of yelling and I got beer spilled on me. Had to pee real bad, but he kept saying wait till the half. But it was exciting, and he bought me an ice cream cone. Love me some ice cream.
Wasn't untill about when I was 10 that I started watching them on TV with him. I thought Tim Brown was the bees knees, man. Been a fan ever since
I had no choice, when I was born my mother asked me are you a Raider? If not then I'm disowning your ass..
Raiderette619
04-03-2009, 12:26 PM
I had no choice, when I was born my mother asked me are you a Raider? If not then I'm disowning your ass..
:laughing If I ever have more kids that's what I'm gonna do. If not then to my grandkids haha
Great mom you got there Boom!
:laughing If I ever have more kids that's what I'm gonna do. If not then to my grandkids haha
Great mom you got there Boom!
LOL Nah, I was kidding hehe.. My family are all Raider fans, but I'm the die hard one of the bunch. What can I say, I'm a Raider addict.
Yeah my son didnt have much of a choice. All it took was for him to meet Vader at the NAtion Celebration and he was hooked.
Tooz72
04-03-2009, 01:05 PM
Moms was a Raider Fan, Dad was a 40-Whiner Fan......Super Bowl Sunday vs Washington as a kid we had huge Super Bowl Party for Mom and friends......rest is history. Fell in love with the team ever since. Can thank mom for the influence as a kid. Thanks Mom!
cheapshotartist
04-03-2009, 02:32 PM
My father (RIP) was a die hard 9er fan and had season tickets so I grew up a 9er fan. Around 1968 I heard of the "other" team across the bay but I really did not give a f*ck about them but I watched the games on TV. In 72 I joined the Marines and during football season we bet on the games with the rule being you had to bet on a team from your state. The only way I could win any cash was to bet on the Raiders because the 9ers, Bolts, and Rams all sucked at the time. I started following the Raiders and got hooked with the 76 Raiders being my favorite team. When they won the SB I won $500.00 cash in bets and at that time $500.00 was a lot of money. I've been a die hard every since.
:csa:
silver & black
04-03-2009, 05:35 PM
The first game I ever watched with my dad was the Raiders and Chiefs when I was 8. I didn't know anything about football except that they scored TD's and hit each other. I asked him who the team with the shield on their helmets were. He said those are the Oakland Raiders... and they are the hardest hitting team in football. I liked the little logos on the side of the field on every 10 yard mark, and the fact that they were wearing black................ 41 years later, and I'm still a Raiders fan!
FuggenChris
04-03-2009, 05:43 PM
I was into Penn State football as a kid. I never even really paid attention to NFL. Then, as I started to like football more and more, I basically "picked" the Raiders... pretty much because of their kick ass colors and schemes... but moreso because the Raiders were a kick ass now, take names later kind of team. Win at all costs... I loved it... fan ever since...
yayarea_raider
04-03-2009, 06:51 PM
My mother tried to dress me in Redskins gear and I was a 49er fan up until about 2000. Liked Chucky and what he was doing, then Rice cam aboard and so did I and I haven't looked back since. That was when I was 10
RckabillyRaider
04-03-2009, 07:08 PM
I was about 8 yrs old when I first started watching this sport called football. I saw the Raiders on tv and was instantly hooked. They were in LA and I was already a Dodger fan since I was about 5 yrs old, so it was easy for me to support an LA football team.
I was about 4 or 5, found my dad's porno collection, and was leafing thru it, and this one spread was of a girl in knee-socks and black gridiron jersey. It was a life-changing moment.....women and football were discovered.
I was about 4 or 5, found my dad's porno collection, and was leafing thru it, and this one spread was of a girl in knee-socks and black gridiron jersey. It was a life-changing moment.....women and football were discovered.
Damn, that's hitting two birds with one stone
FilipinoRaider
04-03-2009, 08:32 PM
Share your story. How did you become a Raider Fan (or Fan of another team)?
What are some of your most favorable moments/memories?
It was encoded in my DNA!
Damn, that's hitting two birds with one stone
This is why Im so twisted in my brain lol. All or nothing. Corrupted and disturbed.
JRaider17
04-03-2009, 09:18 PM
My dad...once he showed me the Raiders and taught me about them, never turned back after that.
Skern
04-03-2009, 09:34 PM
When I was 7-8 years old my older cousins that I would always hang out with were Raider fans and I've followed the team ever since then.
Raiderette619
04-03-2009, 11:01 PM
My mother tried to dress me in Redskins gear and I was a 49er fan up until about 2000. Liked Chucky and what he was doing, then Rice cam aboard and so did I and I haven't looked back since. That was when I was 10
As I was reading this and saw the year 2000 I was like wtf..he was a team switcher....then I read you were 10 and I was like aaah ok...then you made me feel old as hell! :( I had just had my 2nd kid in 2000
I was about 4 or 5, found my dad's porno collection, and was leafing thru it, and this one spread was of a girl in knee-socks and black gridiron jersey. It was a life-changing moment.....women and football were discovered.
:roflmao
yayarea_raider
04-03-2009, 11:19 PM
As I was reading this and saw the year 2000 I was like wtf..he was a team switcher....then I read you were 10 and I was like aaah ok...then you made me feel old as hell! :( I had just had my 2nd kid in 2000
:roflmao
:laughing
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