Fargas Looks To Repeat Ground Success This Sunday
Sunday’s December 21st afternoon game when the Oakland Raiders host the Houston Texans will likely be blacked out on Raiders local Bay Area networks. Instead of airing a 1 PM Raiders games, CBS will show the New York Jets on the road against the Seattle Seahawks.
If anyone’s interested, the Jets are in a three-way tie for first in the AFC East with the Patriots and Dolphins and interesting to note, the Jets are 0-3 on the road against West Coast teams (Losses against the Raiders, Niners, and Chargers).
As for the Raiders-Texans game, the Raiders face a hot Texans team which won their last 4 games. Since the Texans 2002 induction to the NFL, Oakland has lost all three games against the Houston.
- 2004: L 30-17
- 2006: L 23-14
- 2007: L 24-17
Asomugha will have his hands full covering fellow Pro Bowl star Andre Johnson. But if the Raiders can control the ball and run effectively, the Raiders will be able to hang in the game. Otherwise, Houston’s young defense, speedster running back Steve Slaton, along with the Schaub-Walter-Johnson tandem may be too much for Oakland to contain.
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Rejoice Raider fans, if you can’t get tickets to the game this Sunday, it’s probably because the game’s sold out. The game will broadcast live at 1:15 PM PST on local television networks and there’s no need to worry about a television blackout.
After two disappointing losses to division rivals the Chiefs and Chargers, the Raiders face defending AFC 18-1 Champs New England Patriots. The Patriots come into town amidst a three-way tie in the AFC East with the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets. Out of the AFC West race, the Raiders have a chance to keep the Patriots out of the playoffs. After the notorious anti-Raider “tuck rule” ruling against the Raiders in the 2002 playoffs, there’s nothing I’d like to see more than the Raiders upsetting the Patriots this week.
“But it’s the Patriots! Randy Moss! Wes Welker! Wah Wah Wah.” Doubters, check your concerns, although Cassell has found his groove in the potent Patriots passing offense lately, the Patriots are ultimately depleted on defense and solely rely on the brilliance of Bill Belichick. Furthermore, Matt Cassell lost his father this week and spent most of his time away from the team. I wish the best for Cassell’s family, but the incident is nonetheless a distraction for the Patriots passing game and will only benefit the Raiders. If any of you recall, the last time some one’s father passed, it was Brett Favre and Favre torched the Raiders for 4 passing TDs on Monday Night Football. Well Cassell, even if everything is going well, is not Favre.
It’s time for the Raiders secondary to step up and restore justice against the Patriots this Sunday.
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On December 4, the Raiders will travel to San Diego to face the Chargers for Thursday Night Football. The game will be simultaneously broadcasted on the NFL Network as well as each team’s local networks. For us local Raiders fans, either Fox 2 or CBS 5 on 5PM.
But more interesting, this Thursday’s game will be the first NFL game ever to be partially broadcasted in 3-D. Yes. You heard it, 3-Dimensions (with those stupid red and blue lens glasses) as in in your face football. 3ality Digital LLC based out of Burbank California will be shooting the game with special 3-D cameras that will only broadcast on select theatres in L.A., New York, and Boston. So for now, we won’t be able to catch the 3-D’ness.
But here’s the excerpt from the Wall Street Journal:
Next week, a game between the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders will be broadcast live in 3-D to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston. It is a preliminary step on what is likely a long road to any regular 3-D broadcasts of football games.
The idea is a “proof of concept,” says Howard Katz, NFL senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations. “We want to demonstrate this and let people get excited about it and see what the future holds.”
As HDTV has just took hold in the recent years, early developers are experimenting with 3-D capable television sets. A handful are available in stores that are compatible with HD-enabled DVD players. But 3-D televisions are purely experimental at the time. We’ll see how 3-D works this Thursday as the Raiders face off with the Chargers.
