lab@qubix.UUCP (Larry Bickford) (02/06/84)
Re the small turnout for the Raiders in L.A.:
The Raiders still belong to Oakland. We would have had a half-meg, easy.
L.A. deserves Al "Just win, baby!" Davis. Is winning higher than
sportsmanship (no implications, but Vince Lombardi never said "Winning
... is the only thing").
Larry Bickford, {sun,amd70,decwrl,ittvax}!qubix!labtims@shark.UUCP (Tim Stoehr) (02/08/84)
To: orca!tektronix!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!lab Subject: Re: Super Bowl and LA/Oakland References: <572@seismo.UUCP>, <817@qubix.UUCP> You can take the Raiders out of Oakland, but you can't take the Oakland out of the Raiders. I don't think Al Davis, or any of the Raiders ever said "Winning is the only thing." I could be wrong but I don't think so. The "just win" phrase is in defense of criticism of the team itself. They don't have a good turnover ratio, they're not favored to win, they don't know where their real home city is, they don't sell out their home games. They just win. This has absolutely nothing to do with lack of sportsmanship.