FLU: Why do Raiders fans riot (regardless of outcome)? Because they’re Raiders fans! Kind of a “cogito ergo sum” sorta thing.
I remember going to Raiders – Steelers games during the 1970s with my dad and they had Oakland PD outside of the Oakland Coliseum in riot gear, just in case.
Bear in mind, we also used to go to 49er games, too, and it was night and day. There were maybe a sum total 8,000 fans at Candlestick (no, it ain’t anything other than “the Stick” and never will be), and they were known as the “49er Faithful (pre- Bill Walsh and Joe Montana days). 49er fans are a lot like Charger fans (yeah, this is a dig here), in that they like to sport their colors when winning. Raider fans stay with The Nation through good times and bad (more of the latter lately).
