Table of Contents
Foreword Jim Plunkett ix
Introduction xiii
1 Al Davis 1
2 No Longer Bridesmaids 4
3 John Madden 9
4 Black Sunday 12
5 The Iceman 14
6 Jim Plunkett 18
7 The Immaculate Reception 22
8 Super Bowl XV 27
9 17 Bob Trey O 29
10 Recite the Lines to "The Autumn Wind" 33
11 "Pops" Jim Orto 34
12 Raiders Hall of Famers 37
13 The Tuck Rule Game 38
14 A Silver and Black Mount Rushmore? 45
15 Freddie B's Wild Ride 47
16 Howie Long 50
17 The Rob Lyrle Fumble 53
18 Blanda's Epic 1970 Season 56
19 Marcus Allen 58
20 Sit in the Black Hole 62
21 "Old Man" Willie Brown 66
22 Kick 'em 69
23 Red Right 88 71
24 Raiders All-Time NFL MVPs 75
25 The Snake 76
26 Art Shell 79
27 The Marcus vs. Al Feud 82
28 Oaktown-Steel City Rivalry 87
29 Ghost to the Post 91
30 Watch Ice Cube's Straight Outta L.A. Documentary 94
31 Gene Upshaw 98
32 Mark Davis 101
33 Reggie McKenzie 104
34 Punting His Way to Canton 107
35 Jack Squirek's Pick-Six 111
36 Raiders All-Time Coaches 113
37 The Sea of Hands 115
38 The Judge 117
39 Mike Haynes 120
40 Hit Up Ricky's Sports Bar 122
41 Raiders All-Time Coaches of the Year 126
42 Snubbed Hall of Famers 127
43 The Holy Roller 129
44 Bo Knows the Silver and Black 132
45 The Overhead Projector 137
46 Cliff Branch 140
47 Rod Martin 142
48 Starting QBs Since Gannon 146
49 Super Bowl II 147
50 Play in Biletnikoff's Golf Classic 150
51 Rich Gannon 151
52 Touchdown Timmy 155
53 Jon Gruden 158
54 Al, Saunders' Playground 162
55 The Heidi Bowl 164
56 Bust a Move 166
57 The Criminal Element 170
58 The Princess of Darkness 173
59 SeaBass 175
60 Attend the CTE Award Dinner 179
61 JFK in Raider Nation? 181
62 The Curse of Chucky 183
63 Sabotage? 186
64 Matt Millen 189
65 The Assassin 191
66 The Tooz 194
67 Lyle Alzado 197
68 Otis Taylor Gets One Foot Inbounds 199
69 Decade of Dismay 201
70 Follow Raiders on Twitter 203
71 C-Wood Returns 206
72 Raiders Regular Season Records vs. the NFL Through 2013 209
73 Elway Almost a Raider? 211
74 Dan Marino Should Have Been a Raider? 214
75 The Divine Interception 216
76 Phil Villapiano's Trade 218
77 The Renaissance Man 220
78 Ben Davidson 223
79 Jerry Rice 225
80 Drink Charles Woodson's Wine 228
81 "A Good Hit" 231
82 A Brutal Game 233
83 Divisional Love 237
84 The Heisman Race 240
85 From DC55 to TP2 241
86 Nnamdi Asomugha 245
87 Cable, Bumaye 249
88 Hue Jack City 251
89 The Dumbest Team in America 254
90 Try Out for the Raiderettes 256
91 Dennis Allen 259
92 The Mystery Sixth Raider 263
93 Todd Marinovich 264
94 The Most Blessed Guy 268
95 Voices of the Raiders 270
96 Davis Torch Lighters 272
97 The "Silver and Black Attack" 275
98 East Coast Biased? 280
99 "Greatest Trade Ever" 282
100 Pay Final Respects to Al Davis 285
Bibliography 287
