Game days can be sunny and beautiful and fun and wonderful and… And terrible. Well, all the sunny and fun part we had until the game started. We had wonderful food at the tailgate party, and we had a good time eating it and talking about the upcoming game.

But once the game started it was pretty clear we were not going to win. Every part of the team lacked confidence. QB Boller was starting for the first time since #1 QB Cambell is out for the season with a broken collarbone (injured last game). QB Boller started with a couple of run plays before he tried his first pass… Resulting in an interception TD.

The best (or worst part) with getting a TD against you is that you get the ball back after the kick-off. This resulted in a few more run plays before the next pass… And interception. On the following drive Chiefs scored. The game had almost not started and already we were down 14-0 🙁 And so it continued.

Whatever could go wrong went wrong. And it felt like we had already lost before we went out on the field. I think there are a few reasons for this: 2 weeks ago Al Davis (founder and owner of Raiders) died; a week ago starting QB Cambell got a season ending injury when he broke his collarbone; the leagues leading RB McFadden was injured and could not take the load off QB Boller; and QB Boller as well as the team knew that using him as the QB was just temporary as QB Carson Palmer had joined the team a few days earlier but not in time to get ready for the game.

The first half was so terrible that the new QB Carson Palmer was coming in during the second half. Even though he only had 3 days to prepare. You could see the difference in speed at once. Though the timing and coordination between him and the receivers were not there yet. But it is promising. Maybe in 2 weeks when we have our next game. Raider Nation are crossing their fingers.

We stayed the whole game though it was painful to watch, and though many people left already before the 4th quarter. Once the game was over we went to Ricky’s were we had something to drink. Ricky and his wife is very friendly and gave us a mixed appetizer platter and the first round of drinks for free. We had brought them some gifts from Japan as well. We stayed at Ricky’s for a while watching a game on one of the many TV screens, eating, drinking, and trying our best to forget about the game.