2012 - 2013 Oakland Raiders Smack Thread

[IH8TheRaiders06]

Originally Posted by SPOOKSTER SD

A lot of Los Angeles Raider fans are in fact clueless and know nothing about football. They root for them because they think the Raiders are L.A's team.... but, there is a minority who know football and were fans as kids so they continue to cheer for them. Then there's the other simpletons who simply like the badass image the Raiders have. Our team could use some of that, btw. I like the powder blues mind you....but I don't want anyone thinking Norv Turner's low-test, soft-man image represents the rest of us! Rawr!!!

and L.A. fans will claim the Raiders left, moved back to Oakland due to stadium issues, but yet, i don't recall or remember any Raider fans in L.A. rioting, protesting when they moved back to Oakland

[topcat4477]

Raiders are huge in the Hispanic community, which is, I believe is the largest ethnic group in L.A., if you combine Mexicans, Guatemalans, El Salvadoreans, etc. Raiders gear is popular among Hispanics, plain and simple, whether they're in a gang or not. It's more of a cultural thing than anything. I think the Raiders image is that of a "bad boy" who doesn't mind getting into a bit of trouble now and then, and that is appealing to a lot of the people in that group. Not all, but quite a few. I know a lot of great people, whether Hispanic or not, who are Raider fans, who are not troublemakers. On the other hand, I know a few who are. Now, having said that, are there also Raider fans among Whites, Blacks and Asians? Yes, but not nearly as many, percentage-wise, as in the Hispanic community.

[RAWDOGG]

Originally Posted by IH8TheRaiders06

years, 20 years ago? also, I thought, doesn't L.A., SoCal and the Bay Area, have a rivalry, hatred of eachother? plus, how come L.A. did not feel betrayed when the Raiders left L.A. and moved back to Oakland at the end of the 1994 season?

Just asking because whenever the Chargers host the Raiders in San Diego, majority of the Raider fans there come from L.A., and hate having to deal with them, overall, why do people in L.A. still see, view the Raiders as L.A.'s team eventhough they are not there anymore? the Raiders were only in L.A. for 13 years? Plus, this gives me fears, scares me that the Raiders might move back to L.A., which I hope not

Because that is where all the "gangsta's" are

[IH8TheRaiders06]

Originally Posted by topcat4477

Raiders are huge in the Hispanic community, which is, I believe is the largest ethnic group in L.A., if you combine Mexicans, Guatemalans, El Salvadoreans, etc. Raiders gear is popular among Hispanics, plain and simple, whether they're in a gang or not. It's more of a cultural thing than anything. I think the Raiders image is that of a "bad boy" who doesn't mind getting into a bit of trouble now and then, and that is appealing to a lot of the people in that group. Not all, but quite a few. Now, having said that, are there also Raider fans among Whites, Blacks and Asians? Yes, but not nearly as many, percentage-wise, as in the Hispanic community.

yeah, i would say mainly the Raiders and the Cowboys are 2 main NFL teams that are the most popular among hispanics

[IH8TheRaiders06]

and what are the odds that the Raiders are staying put in Oakland, the Bay Area?

[IH8TheRaiders06]

Originally Posted by RAWDOGG

Because that is where all the "gangsta's" are

which is why i hope they never return to L.A.

[DVBenz]

There were a lot of Raiders fans in Socal long before they moved to LA. The Super Bowls helped but mostly its just a gang fashion/ trying to look tough thing. These are not season ticket buying fans that can support a team.

[IH8TheRaiders06]

Originally Posted by DVBenz

There were a lot of Raiders fans in Socal long before they moved to LA. The Super Bowls helped but mostly its just a gang fashion/ trying to look tough thing. These are not season ticket buying fans that can support a team.

the NFL should seriously black out Raider games on TV, the fans don't deserve to put up with that garbage they have been for the past decade

[LTMvP61nizine]

If the Davis family decide to change the jersey color scheme I bet most of the Raiders fan would jump off the Raiders bandwagon.

[FanSince67]

Originally Posted by LTMvP61nizine

If the Davis family decide to change the jersey color scheme I bet most of the Raiders fan would jump off the Raiders bandwagon.

They should make it pink...

Seriously though, my Raiders fan friend makes fun of our powder blue all the time. Their colors and logo get them a lot of followers (or at least idiots that wear their gear).