“Oh yeah it’s the offseason/ aint no games to be found/ can’t do no vuvuzelas/ and baseball’s got me down…” (Da DAA da dum)
Ok, enough of the Big Patrick Patterson sings the blues. Hold the tomatoes. Wait, who threw that?
It is just that for this next month, the NFL is at its down time. There will be random news about possible signings dripping out, but nothing overly significant happening until the end of July when the players report to training camp in Napa.
So, here are ten things to help pass the time in the offseason.
10) Begin the debates as to which of the numerous shafted Raiders should get the coveted call from Canton to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
9) Look at the roster page and not see the name JaMarcus Russell, and celebrate once again.
8) Re-watch your America’s Game DVDs of Super Bowl XI, XV, XVIII, as well as your History of the Raiders DVD.
7) Sleep until August 12th.
6) Watch a lot of Porn
5) Keep clicking on TFDS to see what we have to say about the Raiders.
4) Play “Name the Raider” in this video:
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3) Count down the days until the preseason opener.
2) Re-introduce yourself to friends and family who don’t follow football.
1) Get to work on all the projects that you put off until after the season free agency draft offseason workouts.
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Just a heads up, after our Friday article we won’t be putting anything new up over the 4th of July weekend. I’ll kick things off Tuesday morning with a new (and day late) Monday Mumblings. Our team needs to take a bit of a break to reset our minds and reaquaint ourselves with real life for a few days.
Enjoy the weekend and be safe. Please don’t blow yourself up or drive drunk.
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Classic movie of the week: Lolita (1962)
Starring: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, & Peter Sellers
Legendary director Stanley Kubrick took Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial literary classic Lolita and adapted it into screen masterpiece. James Mason plays the neurotic Hubert Humbert who becomes obsessed with his stepdaughter Dolores Haze (whom he called Lolita). In order to bring the sensational story to the screen, the age of Lolita had to be advanced from the standard definition of “nymphet” that was used in the novel. It is ultimately a dark story of Humbert’s self destruction,with his obsessive love of the girl. It also chronicles Lolita’s betrayal, and ultimately no one has a happy ending.
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