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Let’s relive the good times

OK, this December hasn’t been great (yet) for the Las Vegas Raiders.

But we all have memories and sometimes that’s what our Tuesday Community Question is for. This week, we asked out community members what is their favorite Raiders’ December memory,

There’s some great ones, including some special moments n the postseason.

Here are some of your responses:

Xyphael

Gradkowski’s win against the heavily favoured Bengals while JaWalrus moped on the sidelines. Meant nothing in the grand scheme of things but was the first and only Raiders home game in Oakland this kid from Canada has ever been to.

Brash81

Week 17 of the 1999 season (even though the game was actually played Jan 2, 2000. Close enough. HA!) when we played in Arrowhead with what seemed to be half of our offense out because of injury coming back from being down 17-0 to win 41-38 in OT, knocking the chefs out of the playoffs. Ahhhh what a glorious day that was.

Karldared

Christmas Eve 77 … Ghost to the Post

Indy!

Historically it would have to be the Sea of Hands game (a moniker I dislike because the original nick was “The Greatest Game Ever” – which it was at the time). I was a young Raider fan, I lived in Miami, my big brother and dad were huge Dolfans, all my friends at school were Finheads, it was the back to back / “Perfect Season” era for Miami… I was so sick of that team. Finally all the pieces fell into place – even the refs couldn’t screw us out of the win – and we knocked them off in biggest game of the year. That game was really the Super Bowl that season – not the game Pittsburgh won.

But a more recent memory for the kids who missed the glory years? The Raiders/Chargers “go for the tie” game. The last time we played Raider football as far as I’m concerned. Rich B and DC showed the world we will not settle for a tie if it means the Chargers get a playoff slot too. Great game – ranks up there with all the great Raider games of the past.

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radrntn

Sea of Hands is up there, but I am going to have to go with George Balanda and the 1970 Miracle season. Every game that year seemed to come down to the last play. We lost the AFC championship game that year, to the best QB nobody ever talks about- Johnny U. Old man Balanda was the AFC player of the year.

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