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Published on 07/16/2007 at Mon Jul 16 10:18.



Quick Hit – Need a Reason to Hate the Raiders Again?

Posted Mon Jul 16th by

[Al Wilson owning Tyrone Wheatley]
An infamous game in Broncos history

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I love the NFL Network. Lately you get the feeling that our “real” rivals in the AFC West are the Chargers – but historically, the Broncos have the least reasons to hate our San Diego foes. It’s the Raiders we are born to hate, and even though they have sucked for awhile, I can help you quickly invigorate the hatred in your blood.

Tune in to the NFL Network as “NFL Classics” re-airs the original broadcast of our November 28, 2006 LOSS to the Oakland Raiders at home this Thursday night. 25-24 was the final score in this weird game where the Broncos just didn’t seem themselves, and the 11-point underdog Raiders beat us in Denver. We wore our orange jerseys for the second times (unimproving to 0-2 in the alternates), and its most infamous play just happens to be my favorite picture of Al Wilson (right).

Easily one of the worst games in recent Broncos history. Again, the game will re-air in its NFL Classics debut this Thursday, July 19, at 8 PM EST.

  • http://myspace/pinkpanther1975 Denver Vixen

    Ok i need to know ..i have been a major broncos fan since 1985 but i never knew or understood the horrid hatred between broncos and raiders? whats the deal..i like the anger actually the downright meaness we do towards them but little yes little clueless on why?

  • http://broncotalk.net Kyle

    Hello Vixen. Welcome to BroncoTalk!

    Early in Denver’s history, the Broncos were a pretty bad football team. The Raiders would wipe the floor with us year after year after year. That got the angry blood flowing, at least from a Denver perspective.

    When the Broncos began to gain respectability in the 70’s with the Orange Crush, the games became much more competitive. The hatred started really flowing both ways.

    Nowadays, the rivalry is injected with fresh blood every season that Mike Shanahan is our coach. He coached for the Raiders for one and a half seasons. It’s been widely reported that Shanny insists that the Raiders failed to pay him a pretty penny when he left; it’s well known that Shanahan has nothing but disdain for Oakland’s owner Al Davis.

    Davis has made plenty of media comments about the Broncos in the past as well. Let’s just say they’re not of the respectful type.

    Not to mention some of the fans’ favorite players betraying the orange and blue and playing over by the bay, most recently Bill Romanowski after the Super Bowl years, and WR Javon Walker.

    Finally, Raider fans are complete and total assholes, to put it bluntly. It’s hard to put your finger on “why” you hate someone or some team, but in this case it wasn’t so hard to come up with a list of reasons! :)

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Josh Temple

    Just to follow up on this, one of my favorites (even though I wasn’t born I’ve relived the glory in NFL Films footage) is the orange crush days when Tom Jackson recovered a turnover. After the play was over he ran up the sidelines to then head coach John Madden and yelled “Get Off the Field Fat Man!”

    If anyone can find it, I’ve searched the web high and low, the Samuel L Jackson intro to Monday Night Football a few seasons back about the hatred between the Broncos and the Raiders sums it up best.