The Los Angeles Oakland Raiders beat the reigning Superbowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday 27-24 in Pittsburgh.  It makes the second team from the state of Pennsylvania that they have beaten this season.  They earlier beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Oakland.

They’ve only beat four teams this season.  It’s a shame Pennsylvania doesn’t have any more teams in the NFL for the Raiders to play.

I “watched” the game yesterday on the Raiders official website while I was really watching the Saints beat the Redskins on the TV.  The Raiders game was actually exciting, waiting for the browser screen to update with the down and the field position.  I was so focused on the actual field position that I didn’t even notice that the Raiders had scored with less than two minutes on the clock.  I showed Sheri that they now had the ball on the 2 yard line and she had to point out that they had scored.

The ball was on the two yard line for the extra point.

Journeyman quarterback Bruce Gradkowski had a phenomenal game yesterday. He went 22 for 33 for 308 yards with no picks. He also threw 3 touchdowns. His quarterback rating yesterday was 121.8. I’d be lying if I really knew how that was formulated. All I know is that anything over 100 is pretty stinking good.

I grew up a Raiders fan, but my love for the Silver and Black has faded since I’ve been living in Maryland. At least I thought it did. I felt my fandom for the team rekindle while back home on vacation this past summer. I saw all the Raiders swag in the stores and it took me back to my youth.