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RealClearSports: Will Jackson's Enthusiasm Win for Raiders?
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By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
NAPA, Calif. — He is behind a temporary podium facing the setting sun. Not a comfortable position for Hue Jackson, but neither is his new job, head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the franchise that used to be.
America knows this city and valley, some 40 miles north of San Francisco. The country's wine capital. Grapes not of wrath but of potency and fame.
America knew the Raiders as the demons of the NFL. "The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun ..."
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011
For RealClearSports.com
NAPA, Calif. — He is behind a temporary podium facing the setting sun. Not a comfortable position for Hue Jackson, but neither is his new job, head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the franchise that used to be.
America knows this city and valley, some 40 miles north of San Francisco. The country's wine capital. Grapes not of wrath but of potency and fame.
America knew the Raiders as the demons of the NFL. "The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun ..."
Read the full story here.
© RealClearSports 2011
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