“When you’re on the runway getting ready to go on the Coliseum field, you think about all the big events that have been held there, all the great athletes who have competed there,”
Keith Burns
“It makes life a lot easier to ride your bike when you have to park way down at the Coliseum like I do.”
Charles Thomas
“All the Raiders came to the Coliseum carrying their luggage. They were packed and ready to go to New Orleans right after the game.”
Hank Stram
“All the Raiders came to the Coliseum carrying their luggage, ... They were packed and ready to go to New Orleans right after the game.”
“I just want to get back to the point where ... when we walk into the Coliseum, the Raiders are here. And we're going to play in Black Bottom - we used to call it Black Bottom back in the day, now they call it the Black Hole. That's our home field. That's our home. You can't come in our back yard and win.”
Art Shell
“He knew better than anyone that if I get going, I can light up Gill Coliseum, any coliseum - if I get going. And he understood that because we came in together, and we worked out many days together, many nights. It's just an understanding we had.”
Chris Stephens
“[SEC coaches who have played at the Coliseum in recent years said it has a loud crowd, but not as loud as some stadiums in the SEC.] It’s a little bit different environment [compared to] what Arkansas or what we are used to going into here in the deep South, ... They are vocal, obviously, and [Trojans Coach] Pete [Carroll] has done a great job of turning that program around and winning consistently, and I’m sure their fans have gotten into it more.”
Tommy Tuberville
