and it is cultivated with the raiders champion head coach, scott madden, lighting the porch in a poignant previous play, who passed away last week at the age of 82. >> well, the raider nation also paid respect to their leaders today before the game and on the tailgate tribute. >> from here until now, you know, big al, yay >>> >> yes, al davis in the house. >> reporter: a toast to the man credited with fathering the raider nation, changing the nfl. >> he's the man, you know, he's the man. >> reporter: fans say commitment to excellence and that his tailgate party, where his flag is flying low. >> it took it a while to get that down. >> reporter: for the first raiders home game since the passing of al davis. >> i try to get them going there. and with the crowd out here. yeah. >> reporter: him leaving is just, you know, like a relative. a relative sign, an era. >> reporter: davis has memorialized it all. he's on t-shirts and on twitter. and hash tags r.i.p. al davis shows a stream of comments from all over the u.s. along with the partying and the mourning going on here in the parking lot of t