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The Official Game Day Thread, At Least One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:29 pm
by Attyla
Time to relax and enjoy one last look at the future.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 1:32 am
by tadow
I'm treating this as a playoff game lol...my daughter who has become a true fan of the Raiders and unfortunately she's becoming as fanatic as I am, is coming over and im cooking up some ribeyes and baked potatoes and asparagus. Gonna make some old fashioned drinks with Whiskey Pig. Finish off with my wife's homemade peach cobbler

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:43 am
by Raidernation1979
LayneStaley wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:30 pm If true it seems like anyone they would spend 4 hrs watching a game with would be pretty high on the wish list. Is there a McDaniel connection to anyone in our building?
Reports from last offseason had McDaniel losing the locker room. That’s concerning. I don’t think it’s a coincidence the 2 they were talking about meeting with are east coast coaches and fulfill the Rooney rule. Zoom interviews are limited to 3 hours so I imagine this wouldn’t be a crazy long time to have an in person interview.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:09 am
by raidersince63
From what I've seen, there have been a lot of "articles", which to me, all seem purely coincidental. They imply that there must be some significance between the Raiders' previously scheduled meeting with McDaniel and the National Championship game being played on the same day.

McDaniel set to meet with the Raiders just hours before the big game.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 7:42 am
by RaiderFan1
ALLRAIDERWORLD21 wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 8:18 pm Does anyone know who the potential coaches are who will be watching the game with Spytek. My understanding is that he and Brady invited a few of the coaching candidates to attend the game with them..McDaniel?
Where did you hear that ? That would be some good info to acquire

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:01 am
by chucker
I haven't seen anything that indicates that any coaches are watching the game with Spytek and Brady. If someone has a link I'd love to see it.... TIA

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:14 am
by ALLRAIDERWORLD21
chucker wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:01 am I haven't seen anything that indicates that any coaches are watching the game with Spytek and Brady. If someone has a link I'd love to see it.... TIA
Sounds like they have a suite and have invited potential coaching candidates per Mitchell Renz..


Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:22 am
by chucker
ALLRAIDERWORLD21 wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:14 am Sounds like they have a suite and have invited potential coaching candidates per Mitchell Renz..

Thanks, I guess it's possible, but I'll hold off on truly believing it until it's reported by someone other than Renz. It would be pretty strange to potentially have multiple HC candidates in a suite together, and you'd better have the Rooney guys there or prepare to get raked over the coals. We'll certainly find out for sure because there are going to be cameras on them.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:39 am
by Opoponax50
Indiana needs to not play Mendoza in order to be considerate of the Raiders' future.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:18 pm
by RaiderandBulldog
The way Indiana is playing. One would think they win by double sighted but that is why they play the game.

Also Miami is literally playing in their home stadium. Granted Hard Rock ain’t the Orange Bowl the Hurricanes are sleeping in their own beds.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:20 pm
by raider_kin
Just please to G*d Fernando DON"T scramble. Don't get hurt.
In fact, leave the game at halftime.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Least One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:29 pm
by riseNraid09
Mendoza is about to go off and win this game with ease. He's playing in his hometown against the hometown team... he's going to show out. guaranteed.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Leas One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:32 pm
by Curay7680
chucker wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:22 am Thanks, I guess it's possible, but I'll hold off on truly believing it until it's reported by someone other than Renz. It would be pretty strange to potentially have multiple HC candidates in a suite together, and you'd better have the Rooney guys there or prepare to get raked over the coals. We'll certainly find out for sure because there are going to be cameras on them.
Pete Thamel from ESPN is reporting it too that doesn't make any difference to me, guess we'll have to wait and see.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Least One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:57 pm
by LayneStaley
It would be so nice if Mendoza had the best qb game in college playoff history tonight. It would help the coach search and definitely keep me excited for/during the offseason.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Least One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:58 pm
by LayneStaley


Look at Davis lol, I wish he wasn’t even there.

Re: The Official Game Day Thread, At Least One Raider Gets His Ring, The College Championship Game

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 4:07 pm
by riseNraid09
LayneStaley wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:58 pm

Look at Davis lol, I wish he wasn’t even there.
it looks like he picked his clothes out of the dirty laundry hamper, all wrinkled and shit :laugh: