Post by TheShadow on Dec 14, 2003 10:35:46 GMT -5
A trip report that was first published on the UseNet group alt.sports.football.pro.oak-raiders...
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From: Izzy (myhandle@starstream.net)
Subject: Trip Report from Izzy (Pics courteous of Dean) Long
Newsgroups: alt.sports.football.pro.oak-raiders
Date: 2003-01-20 08:56:21 PST
I woke up at 6 AM kinda bummed. I knew I was gonna watch the game from
home. So just for fun I look at tickets on Ebay. OUCH! Still wanting
$300 for seats in the nosebleeds. F*ck, not going.
I look up newspaper classifieds at Sacbee.com. Start calling #'s,
"tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets
sold...."
Last number I call the chick f*cks up. "Oh, Andy is at the stadium
with two extras and he bummed, nobody wanted them. Do you want his
cell #?" "Ummmm...YES!" (I now know Queen B is going to kill me)
I call Andy. Negotiate a sweet price. "Now Andy, I have your cell, and
your home #, you have my cell #. I am coming to get my tickets, it
will take me three hours to get there, don't sell those tickets out
from under me or I will hunt you like a dog"
I call Lil Izzy...no answer. I call my best friend. "Q, Wanna go?"
"Yeah, but I need a sitter." Oh f**k me....(He a great single dad)
He calls his sister and she comes flying over and we are headed out.
Lil Izzy calls. "Hey dad, you called, what's up?" I explain, he's sad
as f*ck. "Pops, do you think I can find a ticket there?" I tell him
he'll be able to get one at game time if he's got the cash. He says
pick me up at the Madison off ramp on the way to Oaktown. This is
shaping up well.
We drive into Berkeley. I call Pirate at home and his kid says he
doesn't have his cell #. Owwwiiieeee....
I call Fraser and Dean and advise of pending arrival. We make the BART
in El Cerrito (30 minutes and 10 stops from the HOT) Major f*ck up. We
should have drove into the BART lot at the Coliseum.
On the way in Dean calls...."Hey Izzy, you hear this?" All I hear is
static. "What's that Dean?" Dean says, "It's METALLICA, they are
putting on a surprise show right in front of us." HOLY SH*T!
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
www.pbase.com/image/11184314
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
We finally arrive at the BART station. It's 1:30 before I meet Andy
for tickets, then we head for Metallica. It's over....the show is
over....f*ck.
Head over to Dean's and there is Jayne's cooking up burgers for us.
www.pbase.com/image/11184330 Q, Lil Iz, Izzy, and friend.
Nuke's torn and battered Raiders flag flies proudly over the tailgate.
The flag had been fought over at Arrowhead Stadium in KC. Nuke
defended his flag and saved it. Mrs. Nuke painstakingly mended it. You
can see its scars. And now if proudly flies right in front of
Metallica on stage, with Raider Mecca in the background. It's got a
proper home Nuke.
www.pbase.com/image/11184340
www.pbase.com/image/11184320
Raider Jeff and Paulie show up, as well Chuck and the always
beautiful Bel. We pop some brews and I get ahold of Fraser at
Pirate's. (Sorry Steve and PIRATE, getting Jr into the game pretty
much sh*tcanned our trip over to your place.)
www.pbase.com/image/11184718
www.pbase.com/image/11184334
Lil Izzy still needs a ticket. Dean is holding two but the folks that
claimed them haven't showed. Time for Dean to pack up the tailgate and
head. Dean's sell BOTH seats to Lil Iz at face value. Better seats
than mine so I remind him of the ride to the game, the Raider fire
that I lit in him, and out of love he trades me pairs. He runs off and
sells his extra to scalper at face value and we head in. Q and I end
up on the 10 yard line, field level, row 20. Unf*ckingbelievable!
Thanks Dean!!!! They unfurl the American flag that covers the ENTIRE
field. they have the flag waving, it an unbelievable sight.
www.pbase.com/image/11184725
(This pic look directly at our seats, almost dead center of the pic)
Some golden voice sings the anthem, and the crowd in our area is
singing with her....awesome. Then you hear a whistle from the south of
the sky being parted, four F-16 buzzed right over the top of us. If
you missed this, get the tape. I just watched it again with the Queen
and we both got goose bumps. AWESOME!!
Lil Izzy is in the second deck to our right (corner end zone) and I
can see him jumping up and down. I notice an empty seat behind us and
grab Q's ticket stub and head out to claim my youngster. Lil Iz is
happy to see me and can't believe we are going to all end up watching
the game at field level with us.
Two older Titans fans walk by and I shake both their hands and wish
them luck, and props for supporting their team. We screamed, we
whistled, we stomped for 3+ straight hours. Gannon scrambles for a TD
right in front of us. This sh*t was off the hook. All night, high tens
everywhere on every decent play. silence when Gannon runs his offense,
and bedlam when McNair tries to run his.
Then in the late fourth quarter we look down at the Titans bench and
all you see is slumping shoulders, towels over heads, defeat. People
start pointing it out, then everywhere you look in the stands it is
ecstatic disbelief, "We're going to the Super Bowl BABY!!!!!"
Then the chant starts.."RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS!.....RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRS!
.....RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS! .......RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS!
.......RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRRS!
The Silver and Black confetti starts blowing in from the corners of
the stadium www.pbase.com/image/11185390
(We are in there somewhere)
The trip back to Dean's place after the game is excruciating. Gotta
pic up our gear we stowed in his ride. . F*ck we are beat. We left it
all out there too. But we get in a couple of last pics. Then we limped
our way to BART for the long ride home....
www.pbase.com/image/11185425
RJ, Q, Lil Iz, Pauli, Iz, Pauli's friend, Chuck, Bel.
www.pbase.com/image/11185426
Just add Dean.
And to think I woke up yesterday morning thinking about mowing the
lawn, then watching a couple of games on the tube.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
www.Kristiana.org
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From: Izzy (myhandle@starstream.net)
Subject: Trip Report from Izzy (Pics courteous of Dean) Long
Newsgroups: alt.sports.football.pro.oak-raiders
Date: 2003-01-20 08:56:21 PST
I woke up at 6 AM kinda bummed. I knew I was gonna watch the game from
home. So just for fun I look at tickets on Ebay. OUCH! Still wanting
$300 for seats in the nosebleeds. F*ck, not going.
I look up newspaper classifieds at Sacbee.com. Start calling #'s,
"tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets sold, tickets
sold...."
Last number I call the chick f*cks up. "Oh, Andy is at the stadium
with two extras and he bummed, nobody wanted them. Do you want his
cell #?" "Ummmm...YES!" (I now know Queen B is going to kill me)
I call Andy. Negotiate a sweet price. "Now Andy, I have your cell, and
your home #, you have my cell #. I am coming to get my tickets, it
will take me three hours to get there, don't sell those tickets out
from under me or I will hunt you like a dog"
I call Lil Izzy...no answer. I call my best friend. "Q, Wanna go?"
"Yeah, but I need a sitter." Oh f**k me....(He a great single dad)
He calls his sister and she comes flying over and we are headed out.
Lil Izzy calls. "Hey dad, you called, what's up?" I explain, he's sad
as f*ck. "Pops, do you think I can find a ticket there?" I tell him
he'll be able to get one at game time if he's got the cash. He says
pick me up at the Madison off ramp on the way to Oaktown. This is
shaping up well.
We drive into Berkeley. I call Pirate at home and his kid says he
doesn't have his cell #. Owwwiiieeee....
I call Fraser and Dean and advise of pending arrival. We make the BART
in El Cerrito (30 minutes and 10 stops from the HOT) Major f*ck up. We
should have drove into the BART lot at the Coliseum.
On the way in Dean calls...."Hey Izzy, you hear this?" All I hear is
static. "What's that Dean?" Dean says, "It's METALLICA, they are
putting on a surprise show right in front of us." HOLY SH*T!
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
www.pbase.com/image/11184314
www.pbase.com/image/11184316
We finally arrive at the BART station. It's 1:30 before I meet Andy
for tickets, then we head for Metallica. It's over....the show is
over....f*ck.
Head over to Dean's and there is Jayne's cooking up burgers for us.
www.pbase.com/image/11184330 Q, Lil Iz, Izzy, and friend.
Nuke's torn and battered Raiders flag flies proudly over the tailgate.
The flag had been fought over at Arrowhead Stadium in KC. Nuke
defended his flag and saved it. Mrs. Nuke painstakingly mended it. You
can see its scars. And now if proudly flies right in front of
Metallica on stage, with Raider Mecca in the background. It's got a
proper home Nuke.
www.pbase.com/image/11184340
www.pbase.com/image/11184320
Raider Jeff and Paulie show up, as well Chuck and the always
beautiful Bel. We pop some brews and I get ahold of Fraser at
Pirate's. (Sorry Steve and PIRATE, getting Jr into the game pretty
much sh*tcanned our trip over to your place.)
www.pbase.com/image/11184718
www.pbase.com/image/11184334
Lil Izzy still needs a ticket. Dean is holding two but the folks that
claimed them haven't showed. Time for Dean to pack up the tailgate and
head. Dean's sell BOTH seats to Lil Iz at face value. Better seats
than mine so I remind him of the ride to the game, the Raider fire
that I lit in him, and out of love he trades me pairs. He runs off and
sells his extra to scalper at face value and we head in. Q and I end
up on the 10 yard line, field level, row 20. Unf*ckingbelievable!
Thanks Dean!!!! They unfurl the American flag that covers the ENTIRE
field. they have the flag waving, it an unbelievable sight.
www.pbase.com/image/11184725
(This pic look directly at our seats, almost dead center of the pic)
Some golden voice sings the anthem, and the crowd in our area is
singing with her....awesome. Then you hear a whistle from the south of
the sky being parted, four F-16 buzzed right over the top of us. If
you missed this, get the tape. I just watched it again with the Queen
and we both got goose bumps. AWESOME!!
Lil Izzy is in the second deck to our right (corner end zone) and I
can see him jumping up and down. I notice an empty seat behind us and
grab Q's ticket stub and head out to claim my youngster. Lil Iz is
happy to see me and can't believe we are going to all end up watching
the game at field level with us.
Two older Titans fans walk by and I shake both their hands and wish
them luck, and props for supporting their team. We screamed, we
whistled, we stomped for 3+ straight hours. Gannon scrambles for a TD
right in front of us. This sh*t was off the hook. All night, high tens
everywhere on every decent play. silence when Gannon runs his offense,
and bedlam when McNair tries to run his.
Then in the late fourth quarter we look down at the Titans bench and
all you see is slumping shoulders, towels over heads, defeat. People
start pointing it out, then everywhere you look in the stands it is
ecstatic disbelief, "We're going to the Super Bowl BABY!!!!!"
Then the chant starts.."RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS!.....RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRS!
.....RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS! .......RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRS!
.......RAAAAAAAAIDERRRRRRS!
The Silver and Black confetti starts blowing in from the corners of
the stadium www.pbase.com/image/11185390
(We are in there somewhere)
The trip back to Dean's place after the game is excruciating. Gotta
pic up our gear we stowed in his ride. . F*ck we are beat. We left it
all out there too. But we get in a couple of last pics. Then we limped
our way to BART for the long ride home....
www.pbase.com/image/11185425
RJ, Q, Lil Iz, Pauli, Iz, Pauli's friend, Chuck, Bel.
www.pbase.com/image/11185426
Just add Dean.
And to think I woke up yesterday morning thinking about mowing the
lawn, then watching a couple of games on the tube.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
www.Kristiana.org
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*