In my column today, I wrote about seven surprising storylines and six not so surprising storylines that occurred while I was on vacation. I could have created another category: Awesome Raiders stories I'm sad I missed:

1. Any Al Davis presser is must-see TV. Best Davis line from last week: “Rich Gannon played the greatest game in Super Bowl history."

2. Justin Fargas, “World Star Hip Hop, a rapper named Yukmouth, a huge blunt, and Smokeathon.com. I’m not really sure what this story was about, but I love it. If we were betting on players to be involved in this story before it broke, Fargas would have to be on the list of candidates, right?