Is This The Apocalypse? Sports Media Has Praised The Oakland Raiders

August 2, 2010   ·   David Xaviel is the Real Mr. X   ·   Jump to comments

I recently read a blog that pointed out that ESPN and other mainstream outlets of the sports media are picking the Oakland Raiders as a strong dark horse team that can make the playoffs after being under .500.
I thought it was funny that the blogger would ask, "What are your thoughts on the way the media has so conveniently changed their opinion of the Raiders?"
As if the praise is all part of some brilliant scheme of reverse psychology that will make the Raiders over-confident and then blow it.  The Raiders can no longer claim to be persecuted by the sports media, and will suddenly get lost in the newly opened void.
Some at ESPN have called the Raiders a playoff contender.
Like many Raider fans, I do believe that the sports media has used Raider Nation as the "whipping boy" of the sports world.  People like to think that Raider fans are the worst in the world, and that by comparison, they aren't as bad.
At the same time, Al Davis enables the mud-slin...

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