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A hurrah and a huzzah goes out to Raider Nation for not selling out Sunday's Raiders game. As a result, football fans throughout the area will be allowed to watch The. Biggest. Game. Ever. from the vicinity of their couch.

Now that the National Football League's 2007 schedule has been released, let the carpin' in Oakland begin.

Speed kills. It's an old football saw, but it still cuts right to the heart of the matter in sorting out the detritus of last night's BCS National Championship Game: faster is better.

O, the pain. Not so much a piercing pain, more of an overall pain, as though Half Dome's other half had fallen on top of of us while napping. Our 49ers were destroyed by the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 41-0. Forty-one to nothing! At least now The Raider Nation has something to gloat about. It was the most complete loss by the Niners in recent memory. And the worst part was how dispassionate the Chiefs seemed as they went about their business of rackin' up the points. Almost a soft dictation of game tempo. A laugh here or there on the sideline, but the KC team was merely getting things done. No big deal to them.

If you don't expect anything from life, you can't be disappointed. Monday at the Oakland Coliseum, the Raider Nation in attendance expected their Raiders to compete with the San Diego Chargers. The Nation assembled with facepaint and masks and bared teeth. Their songs of war echoed through the East Bay night air. You see, the Nation, they expected a battle. They got a slaughter.

Let's meet the guys newly selected to bear the Silver And Black, shall we? Presenting the top three picks of your Oakland Raiders' 2006 Draft.

Norv Turner, late of our Raiders, now has been hired to be our 49ers' offensive coordinator. Please, remain calm. Now, before anyone leaps to the logical conclusion that this is a very, very bad idea, let us consider the possibility -- however unlikely -- that this may be a good idea.

In the "Um, yeah, but Rich Gannon's practically a member of AARP and Kerry Collins is a chump" department, agent Dante DiTrapano is confirming the news (which will stay unofficial until the trading period opens on March 2nd) that Minnesota Viking Randy Moss is going to become part of the Silver and Black Attack. He'll be joining recently re-signed Jerry Porter in what looks like on paper as a pretty impressive wide receiver package -- we wonder if designated 'franchise player' Charles Woodson will pine for time on the offensive side of the ball still.

SFist interviews Jason Blalock

SFist interviews Patrick Kavanagh

Weekly wrapup of local football action.