I grew up a die hard bronco fan in Manteca, CA an hour away from oakland…i too might be attending that oppening night game….

My dad never let me wear any broncos gear going to the broncos games against the raiders in Oakland for safety reasons lol….damn jail birds out there….

I remember my dad taking me to a monday night game in which terrell davis my fav player alive was coming back from injury and played about fifteen snaps…. but my paps would not let me wear any bronco gear and it sucked dearly…but there was a man sitting by us in a broncos retro elway jersey who got escorted by the police to leave the stadium because he was about to get murdered….lol.

The last time i went to a game was in 2006 on a rainy sunday in which the Broncos destroyed Oakland 31-3…it was awesome because my whole family, brothers, cousing, aunts, uncles, grandparents were there and i got to cheer very quietly though hiding my TD jersey under my plain grey sweatshirt…..I decided to take it off after the game to show off my jersey and got heckled a bit and a couple of peanuts thrown at me lol….and quarters….so my dad made me put it back on….lol not to mention my uncle brad was so drunk he fell coming down the stairs and rolled down them haha…what a day that was…

But if you where your jersey and i do go to the game in oakland i will rep mine as well so we can go down together lol

to open openly sport your denver gear. The only way you would be halfway safe is if you went with a few raiders fans. Raiders security basically lets the fans do what they want to so you will surely be a target. I would def go but hide that jersey Zap

I mean really…how would I feel if my team sucked butt for years on end and then have to watch fans of a better team come in to defile your home stadium while those fans get to enjoy the whooping of the home team. I wouldn’t be too fond of opposing fans in my backyard either. ;)

So I will quietly root for my team…probably the smartest thing to do behind enemy lines. Besides, I’ll still have my brother with me to talk smack with.

Reminds me of the other Bronco game I went too back in ‘98. I saw one Charger fan and he muttered(quietly) to himself about those “f-ing” Bronco fans. He kept quiet though since he was outnumbered 100-1 and a San Diego style “Sea of Orange” gave the visiting team an edge over their pathetic division rivals. That is my greatest memory…which is also why I have no respect for Charger “fans”.

I suppose that is also why I should show a small measure of respect to the fader nation, since at least they can fill a stadium even when their team sucks…unlike the Charger fans who are as loyal to their team as Bill is to Hillary.

Thanks again for the responses…I needed to hear the honest truth and I’ll still figure out a way to have a blast. Rest assured, I will let those around me know that I am a Bronco fan…I just won’t be a loud mouthed arrogant dikwheat about it.

If anyone is going to be at the game, email me…we’ll probably be getting to the stadium early too.

I used to work in San Francisco and had to travel across the bridge quite a bit. One time I stopped for GAS in oakland with the Bronco hat in the back of my car forgetting it as there and my back door window got smashed and the hat got burned. I left the car to go use the restroom (3 min max) I saw the cap on the groun by the station burrning (smart guys in oakland there) I dunno about a game but I dfinately am glad I dont have a bronco sticker on the car!

Skip the jersey; period. (Forget the “under the sweatshirt” kind of stuff too). The idea is to enjoy the game. There is no gain in wearing it.

Look at the raider’s site by the way. Saint is a good guy, and really does his best. But outside of his posts, how much quality do you see? The technology is killing them! Even before my Tech Help posts, many folks knew how to use the different tools (recommends, avatars, HTML, etc). Last time I was there: no recommends, hardly any comments on any stories and posts.

Saint deserves a lot better. But when the fan base can barely read and write, let alone use a computer…

: )

I’ve never attended aa live NFL-game (obviously), nor have i attended a raider-game. But you allways hear how nice and friendly everyone is at those tailgates: Fans grilling together without paying attention to club-relations. Of course its a bitter rivalry, but come on – even raiderfans can’t be THAT stupid…

I mean I live in Europe where hooliganism is a giant problem – but it has never EVER come as far as to being afraid of wearing your fav. team jersey, even if you have seats among the rival-team-fans…

I’m not living in a fairytale-world – if its dangerous to ware it, that is what that is (Gurism) – but i’m just shocked to hear that!

At the quiet satisfaction you will receive when the Broncos beat the Raiders on their home turf. You are a Bronco fan and not a screaming idiot Raider fan or a loser who goes crazy, gets attacked, and gets thrown out of the stadium. I think we have just a little more class than that as Broncos fans. Sure, you can show your fandom, but sometimes you need to hide it, and sometimes hiding it works out (you get to stay for the WHOLE game, AND get much closer to Raiders fans and their reactions haha). It’s like a spy knowing something everyone around him doesn’t. If the Raiders lose everyone around you will be pissed, and I guess that’s one of the only times you’ll enjoy everyone around you being sad…when they’re fans of the opposing team! Have a good time though, I know I will, getting to watch them on national television.

I have been a Raiders fan since I can remember football. I hate Denver, I hate Elway to the core. How many times did he bring them back with only minutes left in a game to beat the Raiders? Us stupid Raiders fans don’t have that many fingers, so I can’t count that high.

I brought a Denver fan with me to the last game (you know the one you lost) and since I wasn’t sitting next to him I told him not to wear orange, but he was fine.

I live in Southern Oregon and just started going to games regularly in the last few years. If you wear that jersey, you will get heckled, you will get peanuts thrown at you and you may get yelled at. If you stay relatively sober and take the crap you will be fine. If you get drunk and start smack talking back to other drunks you will be in a fight before halftime.

I have never been to a monday night game but on sunday the party starts at 8:00 am in the parking lot. If that is the case on monday as well, you will meet a lot of drunk Raiders fans so bite your tongue.

I will be at the RV lot (south east section) and there are a lot of crazy black hole guys there. I have seen them be very cool to opposing fans, taking pictures and having a good time. It’s there 30 seconds of fame. I have never seen a fight in the parking lot and have actually only seen one fight in the stands that wasn’t broke up quick and it was two Raiders fans one row away and ten seats away from me. Nobody wants fights in the stands, we pay way too much for the tickets.

Just do it and have fun…by the way how many Broncos are in the Hall Of Fame? Raiders have 18 (12 franchise players)?

I’m a financial analyst, so I like numerical performance indicators. How about Super Bowl Championships per Hall of Famer? I don’t count Tony Dorsett as a Broncos HOFer so that means we have two (Elway and Zimmerman.) Two championships divided by 2 HOFers is 1 championship per Hall of Famer. That’s efficient use of talent there, as efficient as you’ll ever see.

The faders on the other hand, have 3 Super Bowls and evidently 18 Hall of Famers (trusting that guy’s number.) That is .16667 Championships per HOFer. Much less efficient. In fact, one could make an argument that it is woefully, horribly, inefficient. Something to think about.

Oh yeah…. here’s a brain-teaser for you. What team has averaged the most wins since the NFL went to a 16 game schedule in 1978? Ponder that one.

Zappa wins the imaginary prize. The Broncos have averaged the most wins, followed by the Steelers, Dolphins, and 49ers. As far as year-to-year consistency (as measured by the statistic known as coefficient of variation) only the St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals have been as consistent as the Broncos during the last 30 years. Needless to say, our brand of consistency is preferable to theirs :)

if I am correct in assuming that the Dolphins will not be back the playoffs anytime soon. ;)

Can last in the black hole we should be fine zappa

Zappa,

Put on Bronco colors. The s redia R fans will be dumb-struck by the boldness and the faiders blinded by the orange.

after we win…if needed…RUN!

Zappa,

Put on Bronco colors. The s redia R fans will be dumb-struck by the boldness and the players blinded by the orange.

after we win...if needed...RUN!

I have done something and don’t know how to undo what I did. funny me. what I am writing is not posting. funny me. Zappa, HT or Guru What have I done?

How do you do that in a comment? Phantom told me, but that appears to work only with posts. I don’t find the little quotation symbols ” for the comments.?? I see other people doing it.

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