Oh, Oakland Raiders fans, I am so very sorry. The Raiders played in their final home game in Oakland on Sunday before the team permanently relocates to Las Vegas in 2020. Unfortunately for the Raiders, the Oakland era ended with a last-minute, 20-16, loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Raiders’ era in Oakland ended fittingly, with boos and nacho cheese on the field
The Raiders said goodbye to Oakland with a loss. The fans said goodbye with trash on the field.
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Toward the end of the game, Raiders fans showed some obvious signs of frustration because Oakland blew a 16-3 halftime lead. Some pretty, uh, weird things happened as a result.
Exhibit A: Fans started pointing lasers in the direction of the field.
It was so bad that the referee had to tell them over the loudspeaker to stop:
I literally cannot stop laughing at this, this has to be the greatest ref request of all time.
Exhibit B: SOMEONE LITERALLY THREW A HELMET BOWL OF CHEESE DIP ONTO THE FIELD!!!
I need this framed:
A. HELMET. BOWL. OF. CHEESE. DIP. I am deceased.
Exhibit C: After back-to-back delay of game penalties, Raiders fans started a bullshit chant, naturally:
After Jacksonville scored a touchdown to make it 20-16 with 31 seconds left, the Raiders had a chance to take a lead with Oakland’s last possession. Quarterback Derek Carr was able to lead his offense down to the Jacksonville 40, but on the final play, a Hail Mary attempt ended with the ball bouncing off of receiver Keelan Doss’ helmet:
Exhibit D: After the game, Carr went over to say goodbye to Raiders fans and, well, was booed.
Carr went 38-54 as the Raiders’ starter during his career, with his best season coming at 12-3 during 2016. Apparently fans threw a bunch of stuff on the field, which I mean kudos to Carr for paying his respects to the Oakland fans regardless.
After the game, Carr told reporters he went over to the Black Hole to see a couple of fans he recognized from over the years. It sounds like he took everything in stride:
“I saw a couple people I’ve seen over the years,” Carr said. “I just said thanks. Whenever I’m done playing football, they can get mad at somebody else someday, you know what I mean? There’s too many fun memories I’ve had, especially with those certain people, where it’s our last time there [in Oakland]. It’s just a cool moment to say thank you to some of those guys. The familiar faces, memories of throwing the ball and bringing it to one of those — chain, things like that and signing it. There are just so many memories.”
Exhibit E: When the game ended, things started to getting uglier.
Security guards were on the field at the start of the fourth quarter, and reports emerged of at least one fan getting pretty hurt:
This you obviously never want to see, but hopefully not too many more people got hurt as a result.
But it wasn’t all hate from Raiders fans — a lot of fans remained in the stadium well after the game was over to show their support:
I hope those fans never leave, TBH.
This isn’t the way Oakland fans wanted the final game in The Coliseum to go, but it marks the end of an era in the city that’s hosted the team since 1995, and when the team was there from 1960-81.
Now, the Raiders will relocate to Las Vegas to start a new era for the franchise. Unfortunately some Oakland fans will have an even worst taste in their mouths with the move, given how this last game went.
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