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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 100 Things Raiders Fans Should Know & Do Before They DieBy Paul GutierrezTriumph BooksCopyright © 2014 Paul GutierrezAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-1-60078-931-1ContentsForeword by Jim Plunkett, Introduction, 1. Al Davis, 2. No Longer Bridesmaids, 3. John Madden, 4. Black Sunday, 5. The Iceman, 6. Jim Plunkett, 7. The Immaculate Reception, 8. Super Bowl XV, 9. 17 Bob Trey O, 10. Recite the Lines to "The Autumn Wind", 11. "Pops" Jim Otto, 12. Raiders Hall of Famers, 13. The Tuck Rule Game, 14. A Silver and Black Mount Rushmore?, 15. Freddie B's Wild Ride, 16. Howie Long, 17. The Rob Lytle Fumble, 18. Blanda's Epic 1970 Season, 19. Marcus Allen, 20. Sit in the Black Hole, 21. "Old Man" Willie Brown, 22. Kick 'em, 23. Red Right 88, 24. Raiders All-Time NFL MVPs, 25. The Snake, 26. Art Shell, 27. The Marcus vs. Al Feud, 28. Oaktown–Steel City Rivalry, 29. Ghost to the Post, 30. Watch Ice Cube's "Straight Outta L.A." Documentary, 31. Gene Upshaw, 32. Mark Davis, 33. Reggie McKenzie, 34. Punting His Way to Canton, 35. Jack Squirek's Pick-Six, 36. Raiders All-Time Coaches, 37. The Sea of Hands, 38. The Judge, 39. Mike Haynes, 40. Hit Up Ricky's Sports Bar, 41. Raiders All-Time Coaches of the Year, 42. Snubbed Hall of Famers, 43. The Holy Roller, 44. Bo Knows the Silver and Black, 45. The Overhead Projector, 46. Cliff Branch, 47. Rod Martin, 48. Starting QBs Since Gannon, 49. Super Bowl II, 50. Play in Biletnikoff's Golf Classic, 51. Rich Gannon, 52. Touchdown Timmy, 53. Jon Gruden, 54. Al Saunders' Playground, 55. The Heidi Bowl, 56. Bust a Move, 57. The Criminal Element, 58. The Princess of Darkness, 59. SeaBass, 60. Attend the CTE Award Dinner, 61. JFK in Raider Nation?, 62. The Curse of Chucky, 63. Sabotage?, 64. Matt Millen, 65. The Assassin, 66. The Tooz, 67. Lyle Alzado, 68. Otis Taylor Gets One Foot Inbounds, 69. Decade of Dismay, 70. Follow Raiders on Twitter, 71. C-Wood Returns, 72. Raiders Regular Season Records vs. the NFL Through 2013, 73. Elway Almost a Raider?, 74. Dan Marino Should Have Been a Raider?, 75. The Divine Interception, 76. Phil Villapiano's Trade, 77. The Renaissance Man, 78. Ben Davidson, 79. Jerry Rice, 80. Drink Charles Woodson's Wine, 81. "A Good Hit", 82. A Brutal Game, 83. Divisional Love, 84. The Heisman Race, 85. From DC55 to TP2, 86. Nnamdi Asomugha, 87. Cable, "Bumaye", 88. Hue Jack City, 89. The Dumbest Team in America, 90. Try Out For the Raiderettes, 91. Dennis Allen, 92. The Mystery Sixth Raider, 93. Todd Marinovich, 94. The Most Blessed Guy, 95. Voices of the Raiders, 96. Al Davis Torch Lighters, 97. The "Silver and Black Attack", 98. East Coast Biased?, 99. "Greatest Trade Ever", 100. Pay Final Respects to Al Davis, Bibliography, CHAPTER 1Al DavisNo other owner in professional sports history personified his team like Al Davis did with the Raiders. And no one in the history of the NFL stirred so many emotions. Because as reviled as he was in some circles, he was just as revered in others."Nobody was a more polarizing figure than my dad," Mark Davis told me. "People would be knocking ... him yet, they didn't know that at that same time, he was at a hospital, taking care of people, and doing charitable things for people.""Al Davis is totally different from the perception," John Madden told ESPN. "The picture you have of Al Davis — and he doesn't try to stop this, either — the picture you have of Al Davis is over here. And the real Al Davis is the complete opposite, over here.""He was an extraordinary human being, an extraordinarily complex human being," Amy Trask, the team's former CEO, told me. "I cherished my relationship with him while he was alive and I will cherish it the rest of my life."The image Davis, who was an assistant coach, head coach, general manager, commissioner, and an owner, portrayed was that of a ruthless, cunning, devious maverick consumed with winning and paranoia, while instilling fear in opponents. It worked o
