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7 Things We Never Thought Would Happen Before The Raiders Won A Game

OAKLAND (CBS SF) - With three playoff teams from last year in the division, you had to know the Raiders were in for another long season, but did you really think you'd be planning your Thanksgiving feast before the silver & black got in the win column? Here are things we didn't expect to see before Raider Nation got to celebrate.

Oakland elected a new mayor promising to keep the team in town

Libby Schaaf
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (Libby Schaff/A Better Oakland)

Like predecessor Jean Quan, Libby Schaaf wants to see the Raiders stay in Oakland. A winning season and a full Coliseum sure would help her chances.

A futuristic robot learned all of the 'Karate Kid' moves

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) is shown the ATLAS Robot that had recently completed testing at the DARPA Robotics Challenge at the Pentagon on April 22, 2014 in Arlington, Virginia. Secretary Hagel visited Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) exhibits to see cutting edge technology first hand and how they contribute to U.S. national security. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

This terminator looking device can now wax-on and wax-off, as well as paint the fence. But the Raiders can't claim a win.

Jose Canseco shot himself while cleaning his gun

Town Hall Forum On Steroids In Baseball
Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco. (Photo By Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

This guy is always worth of a headline, the same can't be said of the 2014 Raiders.

The Giants hosted another victory parade

San Francisco Giants Victory Parade and Civic Celebration
Pablo Sandoval #48 of the San Francisco Giants, waves to the crowd along the parade route during the San Francisco Giants World Series victory parade on October 31, 2014 in San Francisco. The San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals to win the 2014 World Series. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

The Raiders had seven chances to pull an upset before the wild card Giants shocked the baseball world (again). Didn't happen.

Man landed a probe on a comet hurling through space

Comet
This November 13, 2014 handout photo provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the surface of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet as seen from the Philae lander, which landed on the comet's surface yesterday. ESA, despite some malfunctions on the Philae craft, successfully landed it on the comet on November 12, 2014 making it the first man-made craft to ever land on a comet. The Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta probe, is a mini laboratory that will gather data on the comet. (Photo ESA via Getty Images)

Now if scientists could figure out how to land a few more end-zone passes in the hands of Raider wideouts we wouldn't be talking about this.

The BART Airport Extension Works

BART Oakland Airport Connector
Artist rendition of the BART Oakland Airport Connector. (BART)

The tram extension from the Coliseum station to the Oakland Airport could actually open before the Raiders get a win. They've still got until Thanksgiving weekend for this one. Good luck Raiders.

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