It’s more than a sideline, featuring Raiderette Brandi

Dave, Midwest Correspondent | Dec 14, 2013

Brandi is in her second season as a Raiderette, rooting for her favorite team

Today, photos of true Raiders fan Brandi of the Oakland Raiderettes, with a few fun facts, designed to delight and amaze:

• Brandi is in her second season as a Raiderette
• The name of the beverage known as “brandy” comes from “brandywine,” derived from Dutch brandewijn, or “burnt wine.” It is a spirit produced by distilling wine, and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink
• TLC ranked the top after dinner food, that is, desserts, from tenth to first: cheesecake, cupcakes, Jell-O, carrot cake, apple pie, ice cream, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cake, and fudge. Fudge, number one? I would like a recount!
• In the holiday film A Christmas Story, Ralphie has his mouth washed out with soap for saying, “Aww fudge” (or something close to that)
• In 2012, a Marist Poll named A Christmas Story the most favorite holiday film in the U.S. Based on 44 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 89%
• Raiderette Brandi is from a big family of devoted Raiders fans. In fact, as a 13-year old, Brandi rooted on the Raiders to win the 2002 AFC Championship against the Titans
• A year earlier in 2001, the series “Moesha” ended its six year run. The series starred singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, and in Season 3, Usher played Jeremy Davis, a love interest of Moesha
• In 2004, VH-1 aired “The Fabulous Life of….Usher”
• Brandi is one of the most Fabulous Females in Football
• In fact, Raiderette Brandi is featured in Bud Light billboards this season
• Whitepages.com says there are eight people in the US named “Bud Light,” including one in California
• Brandi graduated from beautiful UC-Santa Barbara in Economics and is a specialist in Accounting
• UCSB is the Gauchos, which is the South American term that is the equivalent of “Cowboy”
• Jerry Jones says the Cowboys were too impatient with former Cowboy and current Raider star receiver Andre Holmes
• Brandi would like to get over her fear of heights and skydive
• Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights
• In the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo, the main protagonist, retired detective John “Scottie” Ferguson (James Stewart) suffers from acrophobia
• Asked in her Raiderette bio about which celebrity she would like to be for a day, Brandi answered that she would trade places with Grace Kelly as a 1950’s actress to be able to work with Hitchcock and Cary Grant. Also, Brandi would like to try on her wardrobe!
• Until January 26th, the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania has an exhibit entitled, “From Philadelphia to Monaco: GRACE KELLY – Beyond the Icon.” This exhibit illustrates her life through letters, photographs, awards, couture fashion and other personal artifacts, as well as film clips, playbills, home movies and souvenirs from her acting career
• Highlights of “Beyond the Icon” include the gown she wore to the Oscars in 1955 and dresses she wore in the movies To Catch a Thief, High Society, Mogambo, and The Swan.
• I think the museum should allow Brandi the opportunity to try on all of Princess Grace’s garments!