Winners

We won! I'm freaky. Can't stand no mo. Happy New Year!

Card Check

 With Baltimore breathing down our neck we need this game badly. The warm cofine's of Claudia's await for some indoor adventure and the new throng of Bolt fans, 20 strong and growing. Hearing alot of haters on the analyst level, ESPN radio guys. We will choke in the playoffs. Rivers has been shitty (last game, but...) The same old. Welcome to the new world. Charger rebirth. Setting precedent. It takes awhile. C'mon. Believe in '07. Our whole new season. As a leader. Hopefully we'll lead and win. Yes, I have doubts, but they are few. The playoff loss of 2 years still stings, and at home. That was another era. Let's create a new championship persona around SD! It is our time. Chargers, eve of '06 AZ domination. New Year will bring things unseen in SD sports history, hopefully. See? There's that doubt again. Go away! Go Chargers!!!

Photo Tribute To Hawks Fans

 Here is a photographic montage of Seahawk fans I experienced in the Emerald City. Do the RV's leave the parking lot after the game in this place? The pigeons here are on welfare because the bums ate all the cheetos out of the gutter. FX McRory's sucks, the Doubleheader rules. I know this town better than the suburb  Wal Mart culture peeps I encountered. Tang drinking rejects. I realize these are the Federal Way, Burien types. My head hit the pillow woozy but happy. We won. You choked when the chips were down. We have done it too. Not this time baybee.

The 13nth Man Bites In Seattle

 Ok, now the game besides all the silly little games going on around me in the confines of Qwest Field was a rain soaked atrocity that we pulled out near the end. Damn fine way to win a game. I swear this mullethead (seriously) was dancing and posturing, finger pointing after every significant Seahawk play. And then there were three. Pointing, dancing and mocking. Yours truly had standing room seats, whatever that means. Like a number you had to stand on in middle school recess. We had thousands behind us, most totally decent. It was a rain fest and we weren't covered but it rocked anyway. Those jackasses were doing drunken TD dances to rival those on the field all through the 4th quarter. Insults rained, no big. We 4 together knew as long as time was on the clock and we were within a deep pass of winning it. But the Chargers made us take it to the bitter end! After the game winning TD the dancing troupe was nowhere to be seen, gone without a trace. They had done they're last piruoette at my expense. They're pointing, nicotine stained fingers back in the pockets of they're grimy vinyl sleeved tavern jackets. Where they will be headed to Chat about the loss and old episodes of "Married With Children". That's a 10-4 good buddy, we done snuck out yo house with a win.

  A crushing loss for Seattle that left Hawk db Micheal Boulon in tears at the whole black (or blue if you like)curtain that had crashed down upon his world. He accepted full responsibility. Noble. I feel for ya Micheal but thank you on the same note. Your blown coverage put a thrilling dramatic exclamation point on a hard day at the office for us Charger fans. It was pleasure mixed with a little annoying pain. We walked out feeling ecstatic and fulfilled and again...thrilled! It made the ride back to Portland from Seattle in a yellow and blue Bolt Bus in the pouring rain magical. The VW was drafty and we were all wet but warm inside, digesting an unlikely come from behind W.
 
  This game was all about defense. And the weather conditions deemed it so. I was literally beer and jagermeister warmed but wet and chilled rather nicely to the bone. Nice drops of precip that never let up. And actually increased during the game. Qwest Field was designed to be LOUD! Impressive. Deafening. A little intimidating. But been through rougher, just never here in Seattle. I'm so freakin' content this Christmas morning. What a gift. We snatched it from Santa's clutches. A true funny here, we were walkin' around the crowd and getting and giving some good natured ribbing, mingling. Seattle is kinda cramped so its like "the mall" tailgating. A Seahawk Santa with chartreuse green velvet suit walked by us and said, "Looks like your all the naughty list" You had to be there, it was funny as hell.

 Cardinals in house next week. Never look past an opponent. But we should kill these guys. Bet the team will be happy to see some sun!

 

Soaked, Sodden, But Not Downtrodden

 What a funny day. I was saved by security for rooting for my team. Twice. Seattle fans can jump around, but if you do they have "Seattle Therapy" ready, just for you. They are overtly passive aggressive. When it is going well for Seattle, they are allowed to celebrate and jump in the aisles. If your team scores, and there were few for us, guys with mustaches and headsets come up and say, "Uh, we heard (always liked that one) that there was a problem here and we just want to make sure your experience in Seattle is a pleasant one, so just let us know if your OK, oh, and by the way...YOU STARTED IT!

I have been in many stadiums, and witnessed many a battle, coast to coast. I call you out. Your fans give gap teeth and mullets a bad name. Passive aggro pussies. Of course 99% of the Hawk fans were cool...WAY COOL. When the game ended pretty much, an old bearded biker looking dude who had spat at me and taunted left his seat and just pushed (from behind) a young kid (17 yrs old or so) down a row of steps and two rows. I stopped that fuck cold in his tracks. The mustacheioed men returned. Again, they kinda blamed the incident on powder blue in Seahawk world. That old fuck knows, like Arnold in "Commando", I "let him go" They all wanted me to be a witness and shit. Like, I'm at a game. I don't need this. I know that bitch walked. Karma sucks Hawk bathroom bashers. My dick was bigger in the cold than yours. And you peeked at mine. You politically correct wannabes. You grade on effort for the speshul? Right? Well your all tee ball players. Still. And a New York crowd will just kick your ass. Not "tell daddy" and snicker. Sent all you aisle dancers home. When I danced, I was told to stop, so I would be "safe" . Tavern jacket people.

  I will attest to this, Seattle fans always gave us approval. Its that lame kid who makes you all stay after school thing by his behavior syndrome. I will relate one more near death experience, not mine. The 20 yr old punk outside the bathroom. Yeah you. You knew. You mastered one skill, threaten in a crowd in your favor, and your safer. I liked your "you fear nothing and nobody" comment. You white, Dr. Dre (a fine man) wannabes watch too much video and think your dealing with pepper sprayers. I liked how your bud stepped forward (nice dreddylocks) and yelled and postured and pointed. You KNEW I was gonna head butt your honker. Your eyelash (yeah, I notice that shit) fluttered. You was so scared oh fearless one, and not one other spoke up or stepped up in your pathetic attempt at being "street". Oh, and the high fives I got as I exited. Class. I got as much as 22 oz Mickey's at times, but sometimes you still get laid! Consider today an S and M porno I guess. Something good happened, but something hurts. The Seahawks O ring basically.

 Why write about the game, I loved it? I just got back and I'm wet and cold and sleepy. And victorious. A Seattle fan would kick a deformed mongoloid baby (from behind though, why face the baby?) to reroute they're anger. Caused by a diet of government american cheese and christmas coupons for great clips. You sappy, sorry losers. You deserved the last 29 seconds. Shout out to all the cool Sleaze hawks out there. Ya'll is way cool. But that guy and his son who attacked that KC 1st base coach in Chicago a few years back? They done gone West and bred like wabbits. Silly mullet wearing, meth smokin' wabbits. It's over for your whiny, pathetic asses. DONE. Fork AGE.

4 Loke'd Out G's Gone Crazy

 I Fivin' to Sea Town tomorrow. From Portland to another town I love, Seattle. I'll be back late Xmas eve, in the "Bolt" VW van. No time 4 blogging. Reality awaits. The force is strong with this one Philip, er, I mean Luke. An old AFC West rivalry I used to attend quite often back in the day o. O my back hurts. NOT. I'm gettin' older and them high school girls they just stay the...wait! I'm going to the game, yeehaw! Charger dominance. Seattle will have to exceed obvious limitations and step up to win.

This will be my christening of Qwest Field, or Seahawk Stadium as it was shortly known. I went in the gloomy Kingdome days. Many Mariner games and a Bosio no hitter. The Dome. Twelvies of crushed Raniers under your seat that you carried in via back pack. Those days no more after 9/11. Salud! I'm about to go 1-0 at Qwest, in person. With 3 bros. JR...this is it broha. 2007. Bowl Age. Sweet. Done.

Chief Boy Ar Dee

 On my way out the door to sell my wares and take advantage of the Holiday spirit, ie...your cash! We won. LT rawked. Turner rawked. We all rawked! Add more later...

My Road Trip To Seattle!

 It all came together today. My 3 friends and I are Seattle bound for the Hawks/Bolts game at Qwest Field from Portland, OR. I'm mega stoked! 200 level seats, decent. It looked like 3rd tier worst possible seats in the house to this, so too cool.

Tom A Hawk Chop Talk

 The Battle of the La Jolla Big Horn is set to take place at Quaalcom Stadium Sunday night. The Chiefs being "F" Troop with Trent Green as General Custer. It feels ugly. Use the Chiefs as our own personal treadmill. More coming...

F^ck the Country Station (AFC WEST CHAM PEENS)

 Records. Break them. LT. 29 TD's and more to come. Did we dust-ify the Donks? EZ disposal. Many called different. Colin Cowherd bite me. Your cool but stick to college. NEVER BET THE PROS! You'll accept like the rest. REAL. As is New Orleans too. Big time. Everywhere we go, from London to the Bay...oh HAMMER, the rest can go and play. So why would we EVER, stop doin' this? Beatin' yo ass...oh...and ya'll can't touch this. Did I say it? SKOOOOL"S back IN. Told ya so. A River for a Brees? One is throwin' out a mighty wind and the other is flowin'! Drew...props my man. But SD is where the River be flowin'! I'm up but groggy, not really. Britney's pussy=victory. Because I know...nobody cares. If I would've printed Brit's shit last year when people cared about this blog, possible uproar. Not anymore. But I don't give a fuck. Started blogging out of the blue in '03. Chargers came out of the blue in '03. Pigskin Bloggers outgrew itself for MY year!

 So Fan House and all other silent bloggers here who quit. I ain't quittin'. Your season is over. And there is no NEW P Skin sight. I count your season OVER. Fuckin A right I haven't even checked the HOU/TN result. YET! Beware the cocky BOLTSTER! It's like I'm THAT HOMELESS guy. You know. Oh maybe you don't. I'm a street vendor. I'm annoying. Yet it's workin' for me, and not for you? Iam glad that SD is solid. I would read about DC but why? A karma strike puts the Bolts in a 3 year cycle of total domination. AOL Virginia and DC, mop up duty.

  Just a Charger who writes what he feels, gettin' his. I get these years few n far between. Last buzz like this was '94! We conga lined Claudia's again here in Portland, OR. I just want to be bitter and send a negative wave to FREE AOL as I blog on this site. The stale, dead site I inhabit

  But it feels good. You didn't step off with a beauty like I did. And I did. Falafeleers don't lie. This season don't lie. Sure, it's far from over. Disappointment may loom, but we'll save that for another day. Sweet baby Jane, pour me another glass, and do what ya just did...again! I'm lucky...and skilled, and so be my team. Jay ...you got skooled. As did your team. Glad you came back Al Wilson? Oh, I so forgot...AFC West Champs! Did Indy lose again? Let me check. Oh yeah, they got beat down. We are Charles in Charge!

Plastic Cutlery

 The umpteenth running of the Donk Derby. We play the Broncos for the 94th time in history, lucky #94. 1994 was a good Charger year, but not good enough. Think the Broncos lead all time 52-40-1. Make that 52-41-1. This is the new way. It's a new era. The Bolt Era. Denver at home sounds mighty good to me.

  Must be 18 to view my pics section this week, yep, it's Britney. I figure if she shared with the world, why not here.

Buffa Losman

 Who says SD can't play in the cold? Put that myth to rest already. Another tough test, another test passed. The Bills made a game of it but fell short. LT, what more to say? Had 100 yds rushing...by halfime! Merriman returned with a prescence, and utmost ferocity. Jammer had an INT. We dropped like 3 other sure thing INT's and fumbled one back, I think. Oh, and that 9 game streak or whatever of losing all games decided by 3 or less, that's over.

  Right out of the gate it started for us. #23 Jammer picked off a Losman duck in Buffalo's opening drive. And we were on the move. We settled for 3 points and Nate's kick was true, in high winds. The ill winds would get us later when Nate lined up for one and the Lord Jesus of Buffalo placed a perfectly timed wind gust as the ball approached the crossbar and the ball fluttered left and blew to the ground. Looked like someone in the stands shot the ball with a twelve guage. And Vanilla with a nine! Couldn't pass up the Vanilla Ice reference. Like Vanilla's one hit the Chargers were rolling, in they're 5 point oh with the rag top down so their hair could blow!

  We started out mowing over the Bills courtesy of LT and company. LT is our focal point. Our heart. The "Hound Dog" in the red zone. He sniffs it in the air and goes to it. Carly Simon would sing lamely, "Nobody Does It Better" LT sprinted 51 yards in the 1st quarter for a TD so he finds it from the oh! zone too! SNAP! 10-0.

   Dominating. Buffalo winds and a frothy swirl of light snowflakes had other plans for the boys in blue...our blue and Buffalo's blues. Buffalo had an old school Van Halen encore in store for us in the 2nd half. A metal attack, but they blew the amps at the end of the show. I mean this. For me and the 20 or so Bolt die hards assembled at Claudia's, it never seemed totally out of hand. A few nerve racking moments. I freakin' knew it would have to be a dramatic ending, it's the Chargers after all, isn't it? But a six game winning streak is drama enough for me. And 3 of our last 4 at home. And I hopefully will be at the away game in Seattle 12/24 in person. To watch the Chargers clinch home field through out the playoffs? It could happen there. Indy lost to the powder blue clad reborn again Titans. Thanks TN! I feel the home field advantage would be a big feather in the cap for a shot at the Super Bowl. Regardless, we can win anywhere with this team.

 May I offer up one piece of news from another game in the NFL nobody cared about? Our rival Raiders, the hated Raiders got beat by the Texans at home. The Browns beat the Chiefs and the Sea Chickens beat Denver. We are getting help too. Oh and TN in satin blue beat Indy. Gotta like our chances at home field throughout the playoffs.

  Yes, Buffalo came back, but we held them off. Onside kicks with long Vegas odds at recovery used to be the position we'd be in. Not anymore. Bring the Donks on next week. We'll make Jay Cutler feel like plastic cutlery at the Royal wedding!

So I Was Wrong Like

  Remember any song by the band Chicago? Well freakin' Pat Morita, God rest his soul would have sung the Karate Kid theme song today. Did we do it all for the glory of love? Hell no! We lost the match but ended up with the last kick to the balls.And we won. And I underestimated again. Will an old Bolt fan ever sniff comfort? NEVER!!! The stars have written this. Jesus is getting hip on the Chargers. Cool. We are working it out like Ralph Macchio on the piling or with his gee tar at the "Cross Roads", we played somebody else today but still won. Best actor nominee? LT. Pizza is here...

 Nowhere to begin. I'm eating and can't explain. But these lapses with W's may add up to magic. It takes more than being good to make a Super Bowl run. I said Super Bowl run, not playoff contentment. The Raiders beat us in an AFC Championship game. The "Holy Roller" game. Oh, no luck and a rule change after that one. It takes a certain element. One of the elements is luck. Skill suppreses luck, but luck is always dangling. Like an earring on Barry Bonds. Ride the cross while you can Chargers, and OJ is daimond studded and not guilty.  Perception and reality are on two different planes. And yours crashed!

  Gloss n toss. We got lucky a bit. But were we? Oh, that magic thing. LT keeps using that word like he is the master of it. Skill, determination, and magic.

  Elvis Presley wrote a song I like. And it's about one Charger who has a nose for winning. And sniffing out the end zone and making it a freakin' James Bond me against the world I will fucking get there or die type of mentality. LT, I respectfully call you "Hound Dog"! Oh, the crying all the time? Opponents. We said we was high class. And that is NOT a lie.

 I was crankin' Nazereth before I got on the bus to Claudia's and I was feeling cocky. Nazereth had spoken to me and they said Jesus was cool with getting us up in this game today. Man, what a load of crap. Next week its my all time fave band...Mr. Big! Oh wait, I mean Mister Mister. I could end this profoundly with something like "We Are But Dust In The Wind Dude", but I'd rather end it with "Every Rose Has It's Thorn, Just Like Every Night Has It's Dawn, Just Like Every Dallas Cowboy, Sings A Sad, Sad Song, Every Rose Has It's Thorn." Yeah...IT DOES. Singin' Happy Trails and rising through the flails. LT is your master.

Raider Sacrifice

 OK ya'll usually know I have a good Raider pre game blog in me but alas...I'm at a loss for words. I have NO doubt. Rivalry or not, it will take miracles for the Raiders to even hang in our house. But they play the games cuz you really never know. The Silver N Black will be as up as they can for any game they have played this season. If they are even cohesive enough to comprehend. It's "Raider Week" for us, no mercy. I remember the past, and the Raiders will atone.

  Thanksgiving has cut into my blog time this week. The Rolling Rock is flowing so beware. That was a nasty rant last entry. But it's what I feel. I have an ego and the Chargers pump me up every fall. I blogged for two years to some accolades while we built a solid team. Now we are primed and I'm off center stage. Man, those other blogs suck. AM radio drive time sports.  Boring!

  I don't hope this game is close nor competetive. I want a blow out. My streak of flipping off McAfee will remain alive, trust me. We have some injuries but seem to be deeper than most teams.

  Lets wipe our feet on the Raider doormat. Many Raider fans are now reliving Halloween as they dress for their weekend football gala. But all that dressing up and what some consider menacing looking garb I find hilarious. They can't be serious about it now, meaning...why primp up when the dance sucks? Why go if you haven't a shot at a kiss. Getting laid would be like Hollywood fantasy. Slap on a black Raider tee and fugettaboutit! Enjoy the sun and some SD hospitality. If you consider hospitality a bitch slap. See you after the game.

Pens Used To Write History With Venom

Dee  runk, and crunked. Maybe I can be dumped by Fanhouse. But you can't stop my 3rd year. And all the people who visit and can't comment, cuz they are not AOL? Price paid. Sad. But they read on. All 3 of them. Good nuff fo me. Me, oh...so much mo bettah...than you...BIATCH! Blab on oh mighty wind. I'm on the wing of 1961, my birth year. 7 yrs old rabbit eared using mutha fuckah, divorced family. Told mom, actually asked, she was bigger than me that I would attend church no more, and Sundaze were football for me. Being a good hippy, she appeased me. Wasn't today great? 3 years I been writin'. I get squeezed on my lucky year. I don't play, I just write. And for awhile I thought I may write War & Peace before the Chargers got to where they are now.

 Joy To The World, The Bolt Is Born, Let LT and Philip bring! And crown the hood, with brutha hood. Let heaven and scorpions sting, let heaven and scorpions sting...good luck. A Christmas Carol. OK, the game. Let's go to the 2nd half...be right back...mas tequila!

 I'm enjoying my season. And I know my blog is read. By 2 people who can comment. I can comment on Fanhouse, nobody comments me. Although my lokes tell me they would love to. Nobody is forgettin'! 20 somethings who got the net think they know history. And can write about it as it happens. Nobody is more qualified than me! Again I say as this site is dead as I blog my SUPER BOWL season I chuckle. Groove is in the heart, go back all the way to 1990 Fanhouse bloggers, when you were sperm. Satchel Paige of the Chargers here, telling you all to fuck off. This is my "E" ticket and you fakers can jump on the band wagon.

 Oh, the game. Did I mention I loved the Tennessee Titans powder blue pants on highlights today? Oh, the Chargers. Did they play today? And set some kind of comeback record? Throw me some stats Fanhouse. 3rd year heart n soul here, going to the Bowl. I make $$ from falafel. Not being a real Charger fan. Call me fairweather, you be soooo wrong. A FAN. Uncompensated, lifelong fan. Ummm, Marty made a speech and we won? Not quite. The new way...it's gonna be.

 My South Side of Chicago, WW II vet grandfather, who is I think is 86 years young thought he would die before the Pale Hose won a World Series. Fer fuckn real, he like peered through knot holes to watch Sox games back in the 30's. My life is good, and so is his. I would not kill myself over the Chargers never winning the big one. But the big one is a window wide open now for San Diego. My G pappy called me when the White Sox won and said he could die now! He waited like, basically, his whole life. Tonight was good. If I were a bettin' man, and Iam, except I only bet welfare checks, I would say, my prognosis...as a Charger fan, is GOOD. Oh, and another thing about my veteran grandfather, he voted Democrat for the 1st time in his LIFE last 11/7! Something he said about trust, and the boys need to stick together over there, but who is helping over here, and his own cuts in his pension, yaddi yada yada? Kinda nice to hear. Old dogs learn new tricks sometimes. Like the Bolts did today in Mile High.

 You can go by past history, and believe in the trends. Check the internet for the past. Or like today, you use a pen to rewrite history. Iam semi delusional, but in reality. My teams milkshake, is better than yours, I could teach you, but I'd have to charge.

 Stats are for other blogs, as are drug tests. We conga lined our sports bar tonight. One Donk fan kept rubbin' it in when it was good for him. I seriously warned him to stop. Then my head spun around and I cackled and vomited green mucous all over him, and some Eagle fans. And the hex was broken. All we did was kick ass after that.

 Yep, I'm smug. And smitten. I just type and watch and puke! Shout out to all pretenders. Ground is shakin, the Bolts be breakin'! U no stop us. Marty has taught better than Quai Chang Caine since he got sent back west, way back when. Maybe tomorrow I'll be more serious. Stare the devil in the eye, and lose.

 And I would like to add also an ex Charger QB won an MVP in a big game today. Dave Dickenson was named MVP of the Grey Cup today. I know, it's 3 down ball and Ricky Williams couldn't hack it. The BC Bud won today, I mean the Lions 25-14 over the Alouettes of Montreal. West Coast...all that be mattering here.

Glue Factory

 Broncos post game is coming...been a busy week...

Yo, VINNY!!!

 Just had to give a shout out to the new George Blanda of the 21st century, Vinny Testaverde. Vinny came out of retirement, retirement home that is, at 43 to join the struggling Patriots. How many lives does this cat have? A salute to the veteran's veteran. Can't wait to see how he moves these days. My best to ya Vinny, and your son Bob Hope.

A Tiger In Our Tank

 O boi, uh, been drinkin' since a half past 10 (am) and just woke up at 10pm! Hey! That opening line sounds like a GeorgeThroughgood song, with a happy ending! Had a good day with the Bolt boys...fer reals, none of us ever gave up. We were watchers though, not playahs. We finally won a close one, with Cartman AUTHORITAH!

 But must admit, the Charger faithful at our sport's bar, Claudia's in Portland Orygun, about 10 strong yesterday stared at the screen in stunned silence. We came out of the gate flat as a pancake. Sloth like. The 1st half was dispiriting but aye me Chargers brothers n sistahs, could ya see the light at the end of the field entry tunnel? Aye, I saw it too. And walked toward it's Blue and gold transluscence and found victory. We saw the mountain in the 2nd half and scaled it quickly. But the journey was not without peril. Anxiety peril that started the 2nd half,unbearable.

 And an older Charger fan like me sees a game like this and gets deja vu. Like you have seen this before. Rivers was the ghost of Fouts. He hangs in the pocket so long, he be hangin' pictures on the wall. But you also have nagging thoughts of blow outs past that started like this, and didn't end up like this. I seem to remember alot of Fouts era games where we lost like 49-46 cause the dee was decent at best. To come back in the sea of black and orange from a 28-7 defecit and roar out of the gate in the 2nd like we did, pure lightning magic.

 The 2nd half was all kind of like watching a blur of effectiveness on the Charger's part. LT said in an interview after the game it was like being in a cartoon. Cool. Our game has been moved to Sunday Night Prime Time with the cool new "flex" schedule. So get ready for sole posession.

Big Ups to New Jersey State!

 I lived in NYC many years and nobody ever gave a rat's about Rutgers, maybe hoops once in a blue moon. But never football. Columbia and Lehigh came before the Scarlet Knights. Now they care and this team has a heart and RUNS! Like one of those intro reading books ala Dick and Jane. Run, run, run. See Ray run. Run Ray, run. Just giving propers where they are due. Keep that monkey wrench in the computer to screw up the whole BCS scenario, ah gain! The NCAA Univac Super Computer never lies right? Rutgers in the top 10, who woulda thunk it?

Earn Our Tiger Stripes

 It's low on the sides and high in the middle. After Ohio came to us in the form of the Browns, we have to go to Ohio and face the Cincinnati Bengals. Pre season hyped and current disappointment at 4-4. Are they sleeping or just weak? I always want one in Cincy. Since "The Freezer Bowl" in the Natti, when as a young boy full of hopes and dreams for the future was reduced to lifetime alcoholic by our 27-7 whipping at the hands of the Bengals in the AFC Championship. Think I was 19 and I knew beforehand when the Bengals came out in shirtsleeves and were cracking helmets and pads in the 59 below wind chill factor weather and we were in trench coats and shivering, we were in trouble. Read a cool story about that game. Ex USC and all star guard Anthony Munoz said the analysts were saying it was Bengals weather, and a majority of the players were from warm weather regions so that was all BS!

 To the current state of the Bengals. Hungry and downtrodden. Losing by single digits and staying close but in the end, losing. I know the feeling. And I don't wanna feel it this week. C Palmer to Ocho Cinco and Hush Man Zata, formidable.  I think the Orange Cats miss an older Cory Dillon a bit. Needed him to keep the defense honest and he had a nose for the endzone despite his distractions to the team.

 The defense is suspect. Last week Baltimore converted 40% of their 3rd down tries. Does not bode well for Cincy as we seem to be money on 3rd down. Also the Bengal secondary is flat. No sacks, no turnovers for Cincy last week. No INT's two weeks running. We can exploit this if we play up to our level and don't let the sea of black and orange get to us. Cincy has the "bust out" factor besides home field. They have too much talent to lay down again. Our dee is a little depleted also. I think we can stop the run against these guys. I look for the trio of Chad, Henry and Houshmandzadeh to get some big grabs, but take some crunching licks in the process. An epidemic in the NFL seems to be bad tackling. That "hard hit" without wrapping a player up leads to many extra yards and breakaway plays. Wrap em' up!

 Philip is cool as a cucumber and I look for him to learn some more skills in the harsh environs of Paul Brown Stadium. If the weather is cold or snowy, I don't worry about us. We proved we can run in the snow with all of our backs in a win VS Cleveland last year we we barely passed the ball. Solid. Just gotta stay cautious, as this team has explosive potential. Not against us I'm thinkin'. Two 4-4 teams have made it to the Bowl. New England in 2001 won. The 2002 (yay!) Raiders lost, killed by Tampa Bay. This ain't the Patriots. Like the Colts, good until they win some playoff games. Yes, we are in the same boat. Deep into the playoffs wins respect. We have yet to do that in 10 years.

Slowly, We Mow The Brown Grass

Tough, lame, and yadda yadda yadda. It's done though. Did I talk out my culo? I think not. Cleveland showed grit. One master faithful Brown endured, and rightfully so. Like zits, the complexion of this game changed with one application of Stri Dex!

 Is this...uh...throw me another shot baybee? Or whut? I throw in the .38 Special photo cuz...We Want U Back Where You Belong...BIATCH! Am I in the sayyyy owwwth...er...whut? We done hung on to da bitch...eh? Too cool.

 How do I apply meself now? EZ. After hangin' out with Interpol A Listers in the Soccer mi down world, without e ven knowin', what do I do now in Portland and one sole Cleveland fan...shake the mutha fuckahs hand. We r rawkin' at Claudia's. Hey...real world bloggers...this is what we do, and we can say anything. Remember "Say Anything?" Where dafux is the keymaster? Wasn't real then...tisnt now. And ya'll can't beat us. Like I could attach myself to Bruce Lee and pretend. I attach to San Diego and levitate. Just a little.

 Its either real or like Team America...Promise you'll never die!

  Oh, I forgot. Just took that M f n Starlight train. Back from SoCal. I flipped McAfee again, your down for another loss Raidahs. Oh, and you'll give up a minimum of 2 TD's to LT. I pass this stadium on purpose. Just my way. Like Morris Day, my trip wasn't 4 everyone, just the sexy people! A merry cuh, have you heard? Bad ass team throw ya the bird! Take one more drink...or die. Our defense without'all slit ya.

 I will mention Santa Ana winds near Hollister Ranch and hearing John Lennon's "Imagine" on my return trip. I, contrary to your beliefs, did not inhale. But 3 others did, and they were escorted by the police to their destiny.

  Who we got next week? Oh, I know. I just forgot. That freakin' Patron' man...freakin' Patron'.
 

The Grass Is Always Browner

 The Dawg Pound comes to SD to catch some rays and lose. My prediction. Big. 34-14, maybe. I don't see the Browns hangin' with us. Rueben Droughns is good. But the Wall and the banged up SD defense will rise. James Polk is ready in replacement of Shawne Merriman. Polk will make a big play. Like a TV cops "gut" feeling. Just have it. Hopefully we will play stand up run dee like we have consistently done and then the game is ours. Always factor in Charger unpredictability curve and our chances look pretty good.

  It seems the Browns beat the Jets last week, ok, were not the Jets boyeeeee. Seems we played the Browns alot in the 80's and I always looked forward to it, because it seemed even when we had poor seasons, we would at least beat them. I could be wrong, I'll look it up. This is in our hands, we should at least walk away with this in our liar. The 1-2 punch of LT/Turner will be too much for the CLE defense. Then we'll open it up. There will be a SD trick play, what do ya think?

  I looked it up. We have won the last two meetings and five of the last six. Good percentage and if I were in Vegas I'd take those odds! All time we lead the series 12-7-1, wonder when the tie was? The tie occured in a dismal year in Charger history. 1973, the Unitas year. We finished 2-11-1. As I was checking Charger records throughout the years I found a strange year I roughly remember. 1970. We finished 5-6-3. Talk about average. Funny, we were very close to winning 10 of those games we lost, most were within 3 or 4 and we lost them all. Knew I had deja vu going from childhood.

 We used to make fun of two of our RB's back then, Jeff Queen and Dickie Post. I kinda remember seeing some games and having Jeff Queen and Mike Garrett in my spokes. Browns are in our spokes....clickety slap...clickety biatch slap..clickety click! Remember Bolts, beat the teams your supposed to. This one by at least 2 TD's. And beat the good teams in the close ones dammit!

Sheep Herding

 I'm back and this post game blog will be a short entry. I spent the week in Sunny SoCal and had engagements to attend and access to computers but I was too busy drinking with my old buds to write! My 1st ever week off since I started my business in 2002.

 Being from Oregon and hanging with lifetime, die hard USC fans down there, the OSU victory was SWEET! I was the ONLY Beaver fan in attendance and was mocked, but I left satisfied while the Bif n Buffy crowd cried in they're Coronas.The starched collars on they're polo shirts wilting under the barrage of the orange and black! Too awesome.

 Oh, the Charger game. Phenomenal. Although the game seemed closer than the score indicated. The Marlon McCree fumble recovery run for a TD changed the complexion of the game. Like I've said in other entries and the facts prove in the the last 2 seasons, we blow you out or if your within four and have the ball with less than 2 mins remaining...you win. This blog is short with no info, but we know what happened anyway. SMMMOKKIIINNNN!!! Here come the Browns.

Goats Come to the Beach

Iam running late, as today is my travel day to Cali! So not much to say or the time to write it. Two very good teams are squaring off this Sunday. We are coming off a hard luck loss and are at home so I say...LOOKOUT! I will do a post game blog from down there hopefully. Go Chargers!!!

Shawne Appeals Suspension

 From the teletype to you, hot off the press. Shawne is appealing his suspension and if I heard right until there is a hearing he can play this weekend. Not 100% sure of that. His defense? Like all steroid users, it was an accident. He didn't know a certain ingredient in a supplement he was taking, ummm, sure.

 I'm of the opinion that athletes at this level KNOW EVERYTHING that goes into they're body, there are no mistakes. I like Shawne, but this is how I feel on the subject. I hope he can play against the Rams regardless. Gee whiz, everybody in the WWE does them and nobody minds.

 Update: He is playing this weekend. But he apologized. For what? He didn't do anything wrong, right?

The Pattern Continues

 So again I'm eating crow. And I retire all BBQ references from all upcoming blogs. KC kicked a brisket through the uprights and sealed the Chargers doom in a late inning game...again! The football was like a greased pig in the 1st half for the Bolts. KC's dee came to play and Philip saw more pressure than he has all year. It had an effect on Phil for awhile. But he showed poise and got over it. 

 In breaking news and painful news to the defense, Shawne Merriman is suspended 4 games for steroid use. Damn! C'mon dude. Can't let us down mid season. I'll still keep you as a MySpace friend, begrudgingly. Your our heart, can't rip yourself away for 4 important games. Hurry back, stay clean. Don't go Romanowski on us.

 OUCH! This one hurts. SD Union Tribune had a headline saying, "Rivers Led Offense Turns Over Old Leaf" Holy Crap! Brutal. But true evaluation for one game. Another, yes another Green Jelly song, remember them? Modern version of the 3 Little Pigs song. Not by the hair of our chinny chin chin. Will we EVER win one of these games? We had the ball before the Chiefs with little time left. We gave it to them with around 30 something seconds left on their 20. They got into long FG range quickly. A 48 yd attempt went through, but a false start made KC have to try again from 53. Tynes nailed it.

 Hate to bring up ominous shit but here goes. Our 9nth consecutive loss by 4 points or less. And also our 9nth out of 10 straight here in KC. The curse continues. Crazy we have a winning record. Just think. We are not closers in close games. We always have to be the team to "do It". We either blow out a team or lose! I think this streak dates back to the Jets playoff loss in '05. Like I said...Chargers Groundhog Day! The Chiefs drove 52 yards in 20 seconds. Unacceptable. Just my opinion. Olshansky was missed a bit maybe. Larry Johnson broke his slump against us. Big time. TE Tony Gonzalez was big for the Red too. But KC's defense played offense too. 4 turnovers, all were big. And just huge consequenses. We showed heart to fight back in hostile territory and tie. But again, we had the ball and destiny...and handed it to KC for they're chance. And they capiltalized long and quick. What we needed to do. Not hanging heads yet.

 Here is another bad stat. Rivers was sacked 5 times. And pressurred and hurried countless times. In Nick Canepa's Union Trib column he called our defense "the Electrocuted!" But he madesome good points. You are not elite till you win elite. Till you climbed the mountain. Potential, a dirty word. Like the words hot prospect in baseball. Meaningless, untill success is achieved. And we are still not showing it when it counts. I must admit it seemed KC was given carte blanche by the refs to get off the line early on a number of occassions. Too many. Yes, a few SD conspiracy theorists were out there and I was one of em. And the bounce factor, yep, bounce of the ball. All bounces seemed to favor KC, funny how that works sometimes. Not making excuses, just accepting defeat.

 Iam on my journey down south from Portland, OR to SoCal for next week's game against St. Loo at home. I leave on the train this Thursday. Midwest mutton I'm thinkin'?

 

 

A Royal State of Mind

 A storied old AFL rivalry is renewed for the umpteenth time today. The Chargers and Chiefs clash at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO. Yep, that's right. Kansas City is not even in Kansas. It's in Mizzu! A sliver is in Kansas. Oh well, what a buzzkill. The Chiefs will have to elevate they're play and use the crowd to it's advantage.  Hopefully they will emulate they're baseball bretheren the Royals and not show up. Sorry for the Royals crack. Anyone remember the KC Scouts? NHL for a season or two in the swinging seventies, nobody came, they lost, they left. Before the Royals, the A's were in KC, they sucked. The Chiefs are KC's gem. Besides ribs. What populace of Kansas City eats Tofurkey on Thanksgiving? Find me a KC vegetarian.

 Chargers gonna see a lot of Red today. It's going to be cool to watch how the Chargers handle it. Especially Philip. Can he maintain the poise of a vet? Will the Bolts air it out or back to Marty ball?

 And that stadium, Arrowhead. Sea of red maniacs. I have never felt this good about entering this hostile environment in a long time. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. And the Chargers are running through it. Through fireworks and smoke, onto the field of the 2007 Super Bowl! SNAP! Was I dreaming again? Only this year, I'm dreaming in color. Throw bolts boys. Bag one in KC, one for the division, and one for all!

PC On the Fritz

 My pc is broken and Iam typing from the library! Keep U Posted.

 Problem is fixed...hopefully will be posting a victory blog this Sunday afternoon. GO BOLTS!!!

Niner Quisp

 Where to begin? LT's 4 TD's? Philip River's 334 yds passing? Antonio Gates opening drive turning what looked to be a short gain into a 57 yd TD? Maybe Luis Castillo's 1st ever interception, converted into one of Tomlinson's TD's? The list goes on and on. Alex Smith fought early, but his team was overmatched in all facets of the game. We dominated start to finish. Relentless, as it shoud be.

 We are crushing the teams we are favored to beat, not just winning, or squeaking by. The Steelers took on our AFC West rival, and next weeks opponent, the Kansas City Chiefs, and handed they're asses to them. 45-7. We whupped the Steelers. It seemed the Chiefs were on a roll. NOT. Even though we have a lackluster record at Arrowhead Stadium, I'm feeling it again. Like Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap, we will have the volume up to "11" in KC! Were gonna send the Chiefs back to "Bitch School!" Spinal Tap rawks, forever.

  LT only had a respectable 71 yds to go along with his four TD's. He surpassed a Charger legend Lance "Bambi" Alworth after scoring his 4th he now has 87, nice stat. Steamrollers baybee! We rolled over this outmanned Niner squad. Our recieving squad were all in it. Parker had seven receptions for 88 yds, Gates five for 78. McCardell six for 65, and LT seven for 64. Nice balance. I know Vincent Jackson also caught a TD pass. Spread the wealth. Told you Philip would learn how to use his weapons.

  Lo & freakin' behold! What happened to Marty Ball ala the Baltimore game? It seems to be long gone. Good riddance! This is the dynamic Chargers we crave. This team has the tools to go far. The season is far from over. Some tough tests lie ahead. KC is one despite they're Steeler beatdown they took yesterday. Damon Huard run for your life, pal!

 Another cool stat for yesterday's game. We converted 80% of 3rd down conversions! 12 for 15. Incredible, even against a bad team. On the road, strong win...I realize this is a team that just squeaked by the Raiders last week. But its nice to get a road win in SF. Now its on to BBQ capital Kansas City. We gonna baste and broil KC like baby back ribs. I love an AFC West showdown on the road, this game is huge. Never hated the Chiefs, just as division rivals. But not quite like the Donks or the Raidahs. Actually, the 1st Super Bowl I remember watching at like 8 yrs old was the Vikings/Chiefs Bowl played in New Orleans at old Tulane Stadium and it was quite chilly, the Vikings were picked as heavy favorites but were trounced 23-7. I was amazed that the powerful Vikes were beaten by the supposedly weaker AFC. Len Dawson, Mike Garrett, Jan Stenerud, Buck Buchannon and Otis Taylor...what a team. This Chiefs team is hard to nail down after the loss in Pittsburgh. They are  depleted and we'll take advantage. Ripe for the pickin'. Hey, I was fairly close on my score call, I called it 42-21, it was 48-19. Gonna get dem Chiefs next week!

  Oh, and Drew Brees shall lead them. In checking up on x Charger star QB, now in N' Awlins...they are for real. Beating a big team like Philly, nice. A Saints/Chargers Super Bowl? Wouldn't that bum out a nation! Keep it up Drew. Guess he recovered well from that surgery. Gotta have a little love for the Saints. Love the turnaround. Go Saints!

1994 Is So Pre Historic

 Feeling pretty good about this weekends game in San Francisco. Ummm, really good. Not feeling a letdown. The 49ers are a better team than last year, if thats saying much. Think they beat the Rams earlier in the season. Of course, were in they're house...no big. Were gonna win this...potentially big. No...BIG!

 Iam admitting for the 1st time I liked the 49ers more than the Chargers as a kid, from like 1968 to 1971. I lived in the city dammitt! I couldn't help it. And I love my hometown. At least it was an awesome place to be as a kid in the late 60's to early 70's, a lot of stuff was going on. Crab cocktails and arcade games at Fisherman's Wharf, and chocolate from Ghiradelli. Shopping at Macy's...kid stuff. Watched a few 49er games as a kid on a B & W wood console TV, in a window of an old electronics shop. Sound was piped outside, too cool. Always riff raff hanging around. I would take the street car down there to Ocean Beach and the store was down there. Fully like "Our Gang" shit!

 And I followed the Bolts too, but as a kid till 1973, Niners was my boyz. Made me hate the Cowboys, and the Rams. I moved to SoCal and my loyalty changed, for life. But as you can see I still have a soft spot for the Niners, and the City. I was a Warriors, Giants and a Seals (NHL) fan. Actually I remember the Niners in the early 70's as alot like the best Charger teams we have had. So close, and yet so far! I remember watching the Niners get legendary in the 80's and I never jumped Charger ship, never will. But as a kid, I did jump Niner ship. But everybody has THEY'RE team, and a distant 2nd fave. Well the Niners would be my NFC team then. But I would wish them a beatdown if they ever were to meet the Chargers again in a Super Bowl, did I explian that clearly enough?

 My call on this game? Hate calling scores but for fun how about SD 42-21? W is a W is a W for me. I do care how we get it, but in a pinch I'll take what I can get. I can't wait. Should be a beautiful sunny day by the Bay. Freakin' Tony Bennett man, King of San Francisco. The Chargers are allowed to be "King For A Day" This Sunday it will be so.

Soft Blue, Punishing the Black n Gold

A tale of two halves. We have allowed, I stress...allowed teams back into games. Your allowance is revoked! The Chargers are fer real. Freaks of the night, we don't die...seriel killahz! Where do I start? The 1st half defensive standoff? Marty ball? As the Padres lost on a cross screen, my eyes were glued to the Murph. I believe in karma and deja vu.

 This IS a rivalry. I wanna meet a surfer from Pittsburgh. I want to meet a surfer who moved to Pittsburgh. I'm in a bit of shock, and a bit o drunkedness.  Holy shit! Vougue by Madonna is pumpin' on the stereo. Beauty is where you find it. Piss off the pope and stiff upper lips...and crucify! Like Sinead O' Conner...HA!  Remember her? The tear. We ripped up the Pittsburgh Popes! Too cool. Domination. Only in the 2nd half.

 My day started waking up late, which I never do. But it was a late night and i kissed a young girls (legal age) belly button the night before, and de hexed the Chargers in the process. And when I turned on the TV I got the Eagles/Boyz. Watching that game I thought to myself...the Cowboys have no reason to be in a position to win this game with 2 minutes left. I so was thinking Chargers watching Philly struggle. When Lito intercepted for his 102 yd TD, all I could think in my head was the song "Lido Shuffle" by Boz Scaggs.

 Judas Priest was in the Murph...Screaming for Vengeance! And the deja vu was Pittsburgh coming off a bye week, AH GAIN! Not to be. Not gonna get it. No yah never gonna get it, no yah never gonna get it. NOT THIS TIME!

 Marty, what did you say at halftime? Talk about adjustments. The online San Diego Union Tribune's sports headline said it best...PARTYBALL! We came out en fuego baybee! Thanks for showing faith in Philip. Gates was involved. Parker had some great catches. Malcom who? Malcom Floyd coming into his own. Incredible acrobatic TD catch. Electric.

 One great game moment was a crucial 3rd and long in the 4th quarter. Rivers faded back, looked downfield, tucked the ball and ran for like 15 yds. 1st down! Veteran move. This guy is good.

 And the defense? Brutal. 2 INT's, Drayton's was highlight reel material. He litterally sprang like 5 feet in the air backwards and took the ball away. Beautiful. Lights out was lights out. Our linebackers and secondary are some of the best out there. And they are just starting to jell. Nate K was automatic and the long snapping was dead on. Wonder if they practiced that all last week after the Baltimore game?

 Claudia's Sports Bar was rawkin'! Mix of Padre (boo hoo) and Charger fans. 10 guys in unison singing the disco version of "San Diego SSSUUUPPPEERRR Chargers!" after every Bolt TD and INT in the 2nd half. Lotsa fun, always is when you win a big one. On a copyright note, I noticed the SD Union Tribune used a headline that said' "A River RunsThrough It" I headlined one of my blogs long ago with that moniker, so there Union Tribune! BOLTS!!!

LATE NITE HO JINKS

BOLTS...Killer instinct? It all plays out in powder blue tonight.

The Task At Hand Painted Powder Blue

 I'm a born worrier, worrier warrior. We approach another early test. Another team with something to prove. And we don powder blue. We have a new lotto game here in Oregon called "Hexbreaker". I'm buying 13 Sunday morning. I was born on 3/13/61. I have a black cat, with accenting white paws, so no bad luck there. I had an oppurtunity today to walk under a ladder, I didn't. And a crow was on the telephone wire above, I swear! All on the corner where I work, selling falafels. Raise a fist in the air and say...we will win in blue, powder blue. I have a loving reference I use towards Charger fans, Powds.

  Never was it done intentionally when I started using it as a reference word for Bolt devotees. It rhymes with Chowds. The longing Red Sox fan who NEVER got it, who just got it a few years back, and won't sniff it for another 20 yrs, the way it looks now. The Chargers window is open. Cannot afford to not stop and see the scenery. Cranking full stop is what we did in Baltimore. Powds long for a championship. The death of grunge was the death of the last deep run (to the big game and a big L) the Chargers have had. Like the Stargate on TV, these oppurtunities are only open for so long. So we surprised the shit out of everybody with Brees 2 yrs back. Then we changed it up this year. Tough schedule last year. The time is now. I feel Pittsburgh is a must W.  He who hesitates is lost. What do I say now?

  One door must open, and it is a Gate. Open the Gates. I'm a blogger so I can say whatever I want no matter how Iam judged. The time for patience is over. Clinging to 13-7 leads should be so last year. We either need to win one of these games or play to the capabilty and only have to be in these games on rare occassions. Like a prom date on drugs, we so give it away. Oh, that prom would have been 1979, to be politically correct.

  I will remain humble with most positive expectations. Ben seems off, we seem off, for a quarter. The Chargers, like Queen in 1977, will rock you this Sunday. Er, yeah, fer sure. Umm, I mean. Like totally.

Just Let Them Hang Around

 It's deja vu all over again, mirroring the 2005 season collapses that kept us out of the playoffs.  So much for my theories in the pre game blog, the Chargers will always defy logic. We did seem to have the Raven defense on the field most of the game, but they won. That 13-7 lead we carried almost the whole game always was in the back of my brain...were the Bolts, we can lose this by one. A lifetime of this is taking its toll on me.

 It was our uncanny ability to take scoring oppurtunities, and have them slammed back in our faces. And we always achieve the absolute worst case scenario. Ghosts of the Philly game last year circled the stadium. We had two chances to pretty much seal the game with a FG and a 16-7 lead and we blew them both. If I remember David Binn, ex Pamela Lee fodder, blew the snap. Everybody scrambled around ala electric football and poof! Raven ball. The long snapping sucked. The punt from the end zone, where the ball bounced on the way and Scifries by sheer athletic ability and luck, got off a nice kick and took a pounding. Then took the safety. That changed the game near the end, at least to me. By the way, and I have witnesses, I called the safety as the thing to do when that 1st punt took place. At least get a free kick from the 20 and give them more real estate to deal with. We lost, but dominated. Dosen't make sense does it? Get used to it. Charger logic would put Spock in a psyche ward. They are most illogical!

 We won the turnover battle 4 to 1. Yet still gave up that game ending spirit crushing drive. Its like fucking Groundhog Day! Seem to be reliving it week to week, year to year...ouch. Our legacy. Even when we get a dramatic turnover, we fumble on the return then, get it back. SD's flair for the dramatic. Thought this was the year we worked on the "killer instinct". Another defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. Where are our recievers? One call I missed in the pre game blog was Rivers finding Gates. One nice play and gone. If he is being tag teamed, someone must be open! I love our running game, but we'd bust a few good runs, open up the dee for a play action or screen, or GASP! maybe one to the house and BAM! we'd run again for 3 yds. When we should be putting the game out of reach! Or at least a 2 score game with short time left. Freakin' Marty. A Ravens fan (the only one watching at Claudia's) who was cool remarked, "You'd think with all that dynamic talent you have, you'd have a dynamic coach to get it all working together" I couldn't agree more. I called for his ouster before Brees left, it was Marty's stale ways...not Drew. Hope Tampa dumps Gruden. Sorry Marty, it ain't all you and maybe its me. But going into an entire "prevent" game plan, meaning the whole game, not the last minutes its lame. We are aggressive, remain aggressive.

 I remain faithful and confident that 2006 is a playoff season. With a possibility at a deep run. But winnable games like these on the road against "A" competition that are thrown away come back to haunt you. I state my case, last season. Look at the score, its obvious both defenses played well. Not going to point out any of the good, although the 1st drive was sweet, the Floyd TD reception, nice. Jammer INT. All to waste...we lost another we should have won. Sour grapes?...you fuckin 'betcha! Like Spicoli said in Fast Times At Ridgemont High as he smacked his melon with a Van's tennis shoe, "Hear that? That was my skullllllll, man!"    Oh, and congrats to the Padres on winning the West. Beat the reeling Cards. And in the AL...Twins baybee!

1st True Test

 Stormin' into Baltimore after an early bye week spells disaster for some. Continue the momentum. And a young QB learns. What will he improve this week?

 Have had a busy week, we got an Indian Summer week here in Portland, 80 degrees all week. So I'm lagging on the pre game blog. Maybe this Rockstar 21 will bring me out of it. Oh, and its so tough, gotta wake up n watch the Chargers tomorrow. Early. Set the snooze and wake up like by 7am. Creature of habit. Feel I waste the day if I sleep in, even on day's off. I'm a nap man! Do it after football.

 We have two of the best defenses on the field tomorrow. Winner of the game, bottom line? Who has the defense on the field longer will lose. Yeah, a general statistic. But it will play tomorrow. Shawn is our Ray Lewis, and way younger. This is a scary game.

  Our secondary looks vastly improved, although a game against Kerry Collins could make Lilliputions feel large. McNair is still formidable and somewhat rejuvinated, he is in peril if he gets flushed out of the pocket all day. He may complete some that way, but he will take a streaking cross field hit or three not to his liking. Baltimore dee is capable of returning all these favors back to us. They are hard nosed and on a roll. Your gonna hear that extra loud helmet cracking on TV tomorrow.

  Offenses...we have the advantage I feel. And weaponry will hopefully break Baltimore. One of they're star db's is out, name escapes me and I'm not lookin' it up now. We have I believe Clinton Hart starting tomorrow for cough syrup boy...he'll step up. Remember that INT for a TD filling in against, I think, the Raiders? Take advantage Mr. Cee Hart. Take one to the house.

  I'm no gambler, but I got this feeling. Gates is gonna be in play. From the opening series, just a guess. Gates, big tomorrow. LT and Turner, best 1-2 punch in the game. One will break 100. I will not diss the Ravens. My Vegas instincts of which I have none, tell me Bolts at the Chez Bay by at least 13. Now thats the beer and sheer confidence talking. Glad I only watch and type bullshit. We'll see how we roll...

Chesa Peke Beat Down

 OK, a real game is coming up. And I just got home from falafelling in 80 degree weather in Oregon in late September...cool. I'm still slow on the draw for pre games. Steve McNair, survive the storm. Call me crazy...we'll win this ez. Oh, I have failed before. Just think Antonio Gates is gonna be Rivers Discovery Channel this weekend. Overwhelm. I'm on a limb for this. I'm tired now. And you'll get a coffee blog. 10am here, back east its 1pm. Unless some roller derby chick rawks my world on Saturday, its caffiene city. LT...just gonna kinda hang around. 1st large chunky run. Where is Kyle Boeller? I make the best falafel in the world...but at least I have to make it. Is Kyle throwing?

  I know nothing cept reality. Baltimore bites. Just a bit. Soft shelled crabs are the lemon wedge on a heffy there! Although I truly adore Divine and Jon Waters. And the success of of all the teams in the area. CYA Later...

Surprise...Were Small Time! Thanks Jamie!

 In case you haven't noticed today the rug was pulled out under pigskinbloggers. The link will now bring you to Mr. Irrelevant, Jamie's sports blog. So he even stole our link so nobody will know where to find us.

 He is doing FanHouse and we bloggers were all unceremoniously kicked to the curb and nobody told us anything! It sucks and its low. He is taking you all away from us, too bad. FanHouse sucks in my opinion. X's and O's stats, zzzzzzzzzz. How can you call something FanHouse, when you had the real deal? The real fan like you and me. Not some "Office" like coup to further advance your career at others expense. And show no class doing it. Peon. Hope you feel good inside.

 I can walk the world with pride...and Iam the fuckin' falafel king. Find another Falafel vending Bolts Blogger, it ain't gonna be there. No soul. As Radiohead once sang, fake plastic trees!  Thats who we had as a moderater here. Strung us along. Even if I was told what was gonna be done instead of a stupid entry thanking us for all we did and...later days. It would be better. Like George Bush, our great leader, this guy didn't serve. The parrot on the pirate's shoulders munching up the crumbs and mimicking like a mina bird. Unoriginal.

 Just for fun, if they have a D List celebrity boxing show I'll take you on dude. Cause your gonna be the Screech of sportscasting pretty much. Cuz you got the class of another D list celebrity boxer, Tanya Harding! C'mon over officers! This may be removed because a whole page of negative comments were already removed and pigskin bloggers links lead you to Jamie's blog. Automatic hits...how cool. I'm like Smith Barney...I earn it!

 Also Jamie get used to this, "I live in a van, down by the river!" When you have to stand up on your own you'll crumble like a coffee cake! Feel like Trump (replaced by Kasey Kasem, playing Jamie) said "We're fired!" Bob Marley say "Ebry little ting gone be allright!" Jah sez...blog on bloggers!

Mardi Brees

 So...whatcha, whatcha want? I showed up at Claudia's in full beads...gold, black 'n white. I NEVER root for any other team other than the Chargers. But Drew is the man...eh...Miami? Never got my 1st drink before I knew it was something special. Yeah, buncha punk ATL's at the next table. Wherever you be, and whoever you root for...this was speshul! Nobody had beads...beads will make you whole. Waited for Vick to do his thang, never did he get the chance.

  To me rooting for the Saints was like dumbasses who play fantasy shit. But since George W shit on New Orleans and his mother said they were better off less than a year later, we saw a different New Orleans. Yes...football can make a little difference. Behind they're gated community life, viewing the world from priviledge, and daddy Sr. looking oddly out of place at the coin toss, Drew played football. And so did the Saints. Within a minute, the Saints were up. Funny...I was the only one with beads. Nobody was a Saints fan, nor did I see a jersey of black n gold or black n orange. Except for (for real) some stupid ass mulleteers who soon knew, with they're 1st grade edju macation (Popeye said it, not me) it was over before it began. Oh, emotion and a nation can't win. And I'm way far away, in Portland, OR! Hope it was that way everywhere, in this once great nation of ours. Still is, were justa little behind the ocho ball.

  Hate my opinions, hate me. But don't hate a city forgotten. The sound byte culture will remember tonight. The cool was seeing my favorite band member...no...not U2 or Green Day. Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick got two big flashes on the screen, and a big leg kick to boot. He supports our troops, whatever that means. Its a people thing, care about people. Troops, you, me, your mom n dad, and the kids they made. Don't follow blindly, unless its your football team. And then root root root. No need to hurt anybody. Or pretend your better than somebody. Humanity baybee, its what it should all be about.

  I'm still angry about New Orleans...and you should be too.  Its still much like it was a year ago. Here in Portland, we protest against our administration the way it is. If we get a 9.7 earthquake here, nobody will come to help either. We don't support GWB...and we'll pay for it, for sure. This country is about US! Not the priviledged! ALL OF US! So a fuckin' football game made it OK for a night.

  OK, enough politics. But it can't be helped. Tumultuous times are here, and football is pleasure. I can't stress enough how we should all care. About more than...this tackle sponsored by McDonald's. Drew Brees is a winner, name someone else on his team besides Reggie Bush. Yeah, I'm biased.

  I can't help but be the way Iam as many displaced from New Orleans citizens live here in Portland, and have told me they're stories of neglect. Have seen many jazz musicians play and talk, forgotten but alive. Believe what you want, but the real world is at your doorstep. And know...nobody is going to help. My dad is a bad ass ex Army Ranger...he always told me...Yur on ur own kid! Vive New Orleans! And peace to the world.

Volek Comes To SD

 We picked up a very competent back up from the Titans in Billy Volek. He went from 1st string starter in July to 3rd string by the opening of the season. He was griping and battling with Titan head coach Jeff Fischer, who said Billy...gasp...lied to him...WAHHHH!

  All I'm saying is, you start Kerry Collins, your a fuckin' loser. If I was Billy I'd be P O 'd also. He hasn't started alot of games, but he has a very high winning percentage in the games he did. I feel its a good pick up. I hate bye weeks, especially early in the season. Look out Ravens...we be comin' to crab cake city!

Like A Seagull On A Cheeto

 As Steve Irwin said when the stingray barb hit his heart, "CRIKEY!" Sorry Steve, we living always poke fun at the dead and know we will be amongst them someday. But TN felt the sting. It was a sorry sight. The crocs never got they're revenge, they hired a stingray. Sorry, had to use it. But I stress Steve rocked, and was and is a truly good man.

 The game I just watched, was the 1st Lego in the diagram you could never build as a kid. The best toy ever was the 25 cent army man with a plastic parachute, the 60's baybee. You could throw it or use a Wham O wood slingshot and launch those biatches miles, or so it seemed. Sometimes that chute would fill with air beautifully and your molded plastic army man would float to Earth gracefully. Or the chute would stick, and your army man would crash to earth. Tennesee's chute stuck. I knew it would. The best was when you could catch your own launch. Video games and liability make this activity a thing of the past. Present...Chargers are a good team.

  They beat a poor TN team, but they did it easy. And the ball was spread around. Rivs made some phat throws. Queenan, hope he is ok, haven't had time to check, was the ultimate possession reciever. Parker, please...he is a threat...deep or short. Watch yo self. Gates...well, nuff said. Rivs looks to me like a kid in a candy store. He is finding he has alot of weapons. And he is just figuring it out. And like the rest of the Chargers...gung ho. Live and die by the sword.

  OK, so it was the Kerry Collins and Vinny show. Show confidence. Or was it a strategy? I remember days like this, but it is now TN's turn to experience it. Do I even begin about our offensive defense? I drank tequila today. Good decision.

Pigskin Blogger Dead Zone (Bolts Dust TN)

 Hardy har har. I just got back from a Human League show, ya know? You look it up if your that young and musically uninclined. As I psyche up for tomorrows W against TN I must say it seems pigskinbloggers is a dead entity. I'm still here, but it seems no one else cares. By the way, Ducks beat Sooner today...and I will admit...I closed my stand and gave up. Got home in time for the missed OU FG. DUCKS baybee.

 We seem to have been passed by and bloggers is now like the NBA AOL blogs. Do I give a fuck? NO. I don't have to pay to post anymore, so what am I complaining about? I'm now a bit looped and have been taken for a ride and ridden a few in my day. Just seems different this year. Nobody is blogging. Well, I will be. I will throw down from this corner of cyberspace...and ya'll is coming with me...right?

 Hang on, just got a large delivered. 1/2 pepperoni, 1/2 anchovy, and it's not from a chain. Its from a family I know, the Roventes. Purchase from your family guy and blow off the chains, And don't play fantasy football. I like sex fantasys better, and if your not wasting your time rooting for other teams players to do well for you and all that stupid ass gobble dee gook. Do it real. I root FOR THE CHARGERS, thats it. No extracurricular dumb ass shit as Red Foreman would say. I will never root for some opposing player to do well for me when I bleed the blue.

 Where are the pigskin bloggers? Nowhere to be found. Been there, done that. Hope somebody posts soon. But I'll live. Mine eyes have seen more than Rutger Hauer in "Blade Runner." Football wise. I'm feeling like Jack (Kurt Russell) in "Big Trouble In Little China" , just a basic no frills mutha fuckah that tells you, you done gonna lose. TN I hate guarantees, but the Bolts done gonna whup ya boyee. I can say whatever I want about TN, cuz they don't have a blogger on AOL or for a matter of fact...the world. And I would anyway..

 Joy to the World, all the Bolts and Bills, Joy to the Fishes in the deep south East, Jets will be the beast? Doubtful, but Chad fights. Bolts, 2-0. Take it to the bank.

RUN...27-0

 Marty's game. Run Will Robinson...I mean Tomlison. Why pass? Raiders on the right foot, pull Herb...or smoke it. Way to start, a confidence builder, just a Shell game. He looked confident. NOT. I'm sleepy and PBR fueled. 1 and oh. TN next week. We'll do it.

 When you don't need to take chances and can win, in fact dominate, by just running the ball, do it. Rivers is learning and had some problems with QB to RB exchange during preseason and now we know he can do that. No center/QB fumbles, a good sign. You cringe even when you see it in preseason. We may just run over the Titans also and limit the pass until absolutely neccessary. You may not like it to watch, but W's are what we need and this is how were gonna get a few. Philip stepped up later in the game and threw a perfect spiral 37 yds to Eric parker on a 3rd and long. Looked good, and we needed it at the time.

 Our defense is the real deal. The spirit of Butkus lives in Merriman. Absolute leader and gung ho to the max. Think we had 9 sacks and many near sacks. The pressure was on Brooks. Raider WR Porter was cheering our sacks, this he denies. The look on Art Shell's face throughout the game said it all, stupified by the team that surrounded him.

 If you are an old school Bay area fan you may remember an NHL team that used to be in Oakland that didn't survive due to they're inept personel moves and lack of production on the ice. Yep, the Raiders are the new Oakland Seals...lousy. But masqueraded silver & black pirate jesters cry, and fill McAfee Stadium and take it all in. Never quit. Alzheimer Al Davis is a relic and needs to be sent to the glue factory. Sorry Raider fans, its gonna be another dark n gloomy year. I will know Raider fan when I see him on the street. He/She will have they're own personal rain cloud showering on them. 24/7.

The RITUAL...its BAAACK!

 Monday night I start it up again. The RITUAL. This ain't a none to annoying Budweiser commercial. But this season warms me.  Its me, and you...however you do it. Real football starts tomorrow. Well, all that is real in the world that isn't the Chargers!

  Do you have the NFL package and stay home? Do you go to a favorite sports bar? Sit on a freakin' mountain and listen on satellite radio? Sorry if your that guy. I'll climb the mountain after February thank you.

  My ritual is, when I'm not lucky enough to be at a real game but here in my confines of Portland, OR. Oh yeah, we are a major NFL city. Not really. But nobody is from here like everywhere else, so its a nice mix of fanatics from all over. Lotsa Mid West. Charger following is good here, thanks Dan Fouts.

 Oh, the ritual. I take a city bus #15 to Claudia's Sports Bar, takes 10 mins. Walk 2 blocks in a brisk fall breeze to a pouring rain. And I'm there. That TV will be the Super Bowl TV I'm watching this year. I will be sneaking a peak at the New Orleans game. Go Drew...heart baybee. It's back...NFL football. I love summer but fall always reminds me what time it is. It's fucking great isn't it? Maybe I'm a creature of habit. But my XMAS eve will be spent in Seattle. That used to be my norm, when Seattle was in the AFC West. Not anymore. Wonder if Seattle would be ruling the AFC West now? Can't wait...a road trip from Portland to Sea Town in a 72 Datsun Wagon...a cherry one!

  Yes it is here. Have you ever denied yourself sex? Because of football? I have. Not proud of it. But those bitches never were my girlfriends. The good ones waited or joined in rigorously. The others played games to try and break my ritual.  I have not missed a Bolt game in 21 years. I listened on the radio once, had to move that day...bitch! Another game playah! Even tried to change the radio in the U Haul truck! We beat Denver on a game ending FG that evening on the #5 freeway, all poppin' and fading in n out on the radio. That's me. Do you do any of these strange things? Think about. Man or woman. Many a freaky woman fan out there, and more knowledgable than you...and can kick your ass too!

 Hell yes...tomorrow is Sunday. As a child from a broken ass home that was pretty cool actually...I started my ritual in about 1969 I quit going to Sunday School and watched football on a 13" B & W TV with rabbit ears. 8 yrs old, root beer...mom and sister saying praise the lord while I said...praise the Bolts baybee!Gotta admit, as a boy I loved the 49ers...I was born is SF and met many famous SF celebs back in the day as a kid. Brodie, Willard, Mayes, McCovey...and even had lunch with Joe DiMaggio (my grandfather had accounts with them) Been to Kezar a few times. Loved the NHL Seals. But guess what? Blow childhood memories away. Cause its all about Chargers 2006. The past is the past and the present and future are forever fleeting. Enjoy 2006. Hope your ritual is rewarding to you. Beer or no beer. Tomorrow your kicker's toe, or the opposing teams toe, will launch your team into the season. Good Luck to You All. Oh...one thing...except against the fuckin' Chargers!

A Stoned Roller Gathers Some Moss

  As Whitesnake once put it so eloquently put it back in the day..."Here We Go Again On Our Own, Going Down The Only Road We've ever Known, Aaron Brooks Already Has This Game Blown! In 1st Place The Bolts Will Stand Alone! Rhymin' skillz, I just don't got 'em! But isn't it exciting? We come out the gate and BLAST the Raiders.  But I will remember we are in they're house, and strange things happen in that prison like stadium by the freeway and the wrong side of the tracks.

  I know the tracks in Oakland. I take the train through it on my way to sunny San Diego. And I swear I always make sure I'm in the club car facing McAfee Stadium (aka Attica) and flip double single finger salutes to it everytime I pass, there and back and in front of whoever. Know how sometimes you have your own mini superstitions? And you actually think in your Old Milwaukee sodden brain that a little ritual you do, or bar you go to, what TV you watch in the bar...will have something to do with the outcome of the game? Holy Shit, did I just describe me? Well, thats one ritual I have been doing since 2003 and its working out well as we are like 9 and 0 VS the Faders since I started doing it. Blame me Raider devotees, its all on me. Voodoo chile hex on the skull and crossboners!

  We have a River, and frankly...Oakland has a blubbering...I mean bubbling Brook. Randy may be good help to Aaron, but this may be like the same horror film Oakland fans had to watch last year. Getting murdered every week in every concievable way possible by the Jasons and Freddy's of the NFL. If Oakland were a horror film they would be "Leprechaun...Part 5!" OK, I got the verbal jabs outta my system. The Raiders do something to me. Its just awesome to whup they're ass consistently.

Pre Season Hawk Pounders

 Ugly start. Center/QB exchange between Dielmen and Rivers gave the Hawks two gifts early. But I must admit for preseason, we showed heart. The run baybee, the run. Micheal Turner would start anywhere else. He has speed and some power. Nice 38 yd TD run. Ray Perkins saw significant action. Not bad. Nifty bouncing 12 yd TD run that was pretty much all him. Love the Predator dreads Ray. Ray might not run through you, but if you don't get a hand on him, he'll bounce off you and keep moving forward. He has deceptive speed and although I hear he is 4th on the depth chart, hope he sticks. I like the hungry got something to prove backs. Kudos to you Ray, keep up the good work.

  Merriman is the man, batting a thrown ball and then chasing it down to intercept it, highlight reel stuff. The dee is crackin'! Also enjoyed Whitehurst's pass to Ryan Krause for a TD. Cletis Gordon, waive for the fair catch sooner, it isn't worth it. I realize its late August and these games are meaningless come February, but not a bad showing. The season looms...and the Raidahs will pay!

Junior, the NFL's Roger Clemens?

  So Junior retired a few days back in SD to much fanfare and a motivational speech that would make Dr. Phil weep. And less than a week later, maybe 3 days, he is rumored to be headed to New England. Junior, don't do it. If, like Gary Payton of the NBA's Heat, you plan to age and jump from team to team hoping for that elusive 1st title, go for it. Gary finally succeeded, you won't in New England.  Take a coaching job in SD.

  I love Junior. I have never seen anybody more pumped and causing utter successful chaos on the field. Playing the '95 playoffs with one arm and still the best on the field. I wish him well and hope he plays to his capabilities. But football isn't like baseball. A baseball player can play 20 years and start out like Randy Johnson, a fireballer. And still be successful when he is old fat and tired pitching like Tim Wakefield. Linebackers don't have this option. You slow down, your slow...one or two steps can make all the difference in the world. Junior has lost 3 or 4 steps sorry to say. Do whatcha gotta do Junior...SAY OWWWWWWWW!

  We play da Bears tonight, another preseason CFL game. Cause thats where 50% of the players on the rosters now will end up. Or that stupid Arena League 6 where Maurice Clarett was gonna play. Like maybe the Scranton Suck Dawgs whose luxury boxes are filled with the staff from "the Office!" I'm gonna watch though, Philip is gonna bloom this year, you'll see. Our dee, uh, killer baybee. And I feel we will improve drastically in the pass dee dept. We are almost there, Sept. and I can smell the Brats on the grill or the marlin, in the parking lot at the Murph already! And what the fuck is up w/the Padres. You dropped the bomb on me...baybee...you dropped the bomb on me!

Ad Continum...Pink Floyd Hammers, Ours R Blue!

 Strike up the music! I'll be in the street when tomorrow's cut game goes down. I've made it known. F#ck the preseason. I will watch the cuts ensue, till Blue Monday. Blue Monday for the Raidahs.

  Since I will bask in summer till mid September and work furiously till then, and after, I will be homie dedicated Charger faithful blue. I do a huge fest the weekend of the Charger opener. More $$ for Pabst Blue Ribbon...FUCK Heineken! Look up Portland and David Lynch. Damn fine coffee the Bolts will be servin' up. Tick, Tick, Tick...this Bolt bomb has to explode. Will it be good one...like fireworks on the bay? Or like the scene from Spinal Tap where Stonehenge comes down? Or somewhere in between. Positive thoughts Bolt lovers...everyday I pick up the paper or go on the net and read about the Cincy arrest team, and read nothing about the Chargers...WE R GOLDEN!

  Like a televangelist stealing your money, I'm saying hallieujah(?)! But with meaning. We are going to kick your teams ass...we may lose a few. But you'll be bruised and battered.

  If I hear one more "Dr. Z" ad, I will kill...er...nobody. But I hate saturation. Save gas...fuck a Hemi! Eat your falafel.

Different Issues

 As we approach the 2006 season and supposed uncertainty for the Powder Blue, I say, like the past...the times, they are a changin'. And so am I. I hope I'm still linked to AOL and those of you who like my seasonal rants will take hold wherever I go.

 In the summer I make bank. I make it for me and my life. I don't waste much. And Iam a liberal sustainable man, and if u ain't. COOL by me.

  I'm feeling really good about this week, got pics with Donnie Van Zant from .38 Special...wait...STOP! Why would I be there? I was bribed. To go to the fair. I went. Know the evolution scale? I was a freakin' Rhodes Scholar at this. Non reality mullet families, like mom, dad, son, daughter, with exaggerated mullet  tendencies. Think the Darwin shit.  Like there really is a barber out here, or stylist, that keeps the flame alive!

  As .38 Special kicked it out (and they did) the illuminated neon rides flashed in the background. The Zipper, Tilt a Whirl...kinda fun.

  I didn't realize (a lyric maybe) how many hits that band had! I paid $8 for a sucky cool show.  All the hits though, are sung by the bearded guitar player. I actually told him as we got a pic together I was "talked into it". He was way cool and I was just another "fair ant". I give them props for being cool. You'd have to know my background to know that I did or don't or do give a shit!

 Back to season...which I feel could be .45 Grave for the rest of the West. I took a 9-7 season and a trade to New Orleans, mutha fuckas! I, as in you, as in me...wasn't that some gay ass song by Peter Frampton? When I was 15 and had a job on Sundaze of just pouring sauce on Lobster Omelettes at the Cannery in Newport Beach, CA...I died.

  I was a Charger fan and dad made me get a job, cause he came from a farm. But he was a real estate agent in Newport Beach, trying to run a farm. Ha, one of the 1st jobs I ever had. That made me know...whatever job I may have...Sunday's would not be a part of the plan.

  I have not missed a Charger game in 20 years. Once, I moved in 2003, and I watched the game a little, and on the radio, yes...I loved that bitch. Kept the PC hooked up to GameCast so on my last trip I came home to the empty old place...just to pick up the pc...as it flashed we kicked a FG and beat Denver. SWEET! We din't rawk till 2004. Besides my passion for food...I can say honestly I created my own job cuz I knew I could have my Sundaze!

  Am I completely confident going into this season? F%*k yeah! Live and die with what some may think is a rookie, no. We'll see where lumps fly. Were gonna be giving out a bunch!

 AOL will (not the sports coolies) offer me a year for free and beg...but they never do shit...but take. $30 a month for substandard service that I will now get for $5. I have ALWAYS paid my account to AOL, but they have shut me off after 5 years of regular payments, straight off the card. And they fuck up and I can't get online, after all that time. I'm done....a string of endless peeps, reading off the same card...in INDIA!

 But as I leave AOL remember, this is no reflection upon the SportsBloggers. This is a fine upstanding community of peeps. But Iam experiencing my 1st no answer emails when stuff used to be cool.

  I don't even run Windows anymore, I'm on Linux. No viruses and its free. Feed the machine.

  Fuck the politics of ISP's...football season is coming. Lemming's jump off a cliff. I'd rather follow a 300 lb tackle into the end zone and make sure his ass is blue!  12/24/06...Seattle returns to SD in they're own house, I'll be there. Merry Freakin' Christmas!

PS I'm still on free AOL, so this is moot...I added this edit today 9/10/06

BEAVER POWER!!

OREGON STATE BEAVERS 2006 NCAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONS

 You are correct...SIR! The NWest has game, well, in baseball at least. The Beavers held off the Heels, for yet another come from behind win. Gut wrenching to watch. Beaver pitching was phemomenal! Kevin Gunderson, relief ace, who pitched pivotal long relief and then did it again on no rest. Great kid. Jonah Nickerson. Micheal Stupes...amazing staff. Congrats...Oregon State has a national title. Oh, and I called it yesterday. The Master.

 

 

 

OSU In the College World Seies

 Hey all. Yeppers...in the thick of my busy season, where I save $$ so I can take every Sunday off in the fall/winter. Cuz I ain't missin' shit in '06 with my beloved Bolts. The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs "Gold Lion" blares from my stereo, and not for the departed Joey Harrington. He is no "Paper Lion", you play for the Lions you die. But he is an OU grad, so I stoke on this. OSU made one of the best comebacks I have ever "heard" on the radio. Screw OU and they're Nike fashion auditions and marketing. OSU will prove that faith works, and I'm not talking prayer...although Pat Kasey is doing well with it. Joey is a Duck, Pat is a Beaver. Find your power. I have heard it all. Ducks eat Beaver. Except for like a 1968 cross country title or somewhere around there, OSU has squat for titles. Like a good hand grenade, they have been close.

 I met the asshole's fist who guarded Walton in the UCLA "Lost Weekend" at a bar in Portland, his dual knee surgery didn't bode well for him after his blind side punch. But OSU history is hard to come by, unless your from the NWest. Walton is play by play, and an asshole. His nemesis in Portland, who won one for OU, drinks and beats people up at Roger's Lounge. I just happened to catch this guy on a Sunday after an early Charger game, he is huge. And he is sad, look him up. I've never been back. He can barely walk, go low. He lives on that moment...and brags that all he did was kick and punch Walton, he could barely shoot. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, back to the sports world.

 OSU, not fuckin' Oklahoma mind you. Oregon State baseball is on the brink, as is North Carolina. I'm fucking taking the glass slipper and killing the pumpkin...NOW!

  I know the College World Series ain't shit to some. But here in Oregon, it still ain't shit. But to me, its balls the way the team was down 5-0 in the 4th and EXPLODED to kick the sheeeeeee ite out of spoiled NC! I'm calling this best of 3 come from behind never won a game in the CWS...CHAMPS! Peace to all...I'm gearing up for Philip and LT and our KILLER defense, oh, and secondary. We is gonna kill all ya'll. Like, I mean you'll be able to play your next came...but physically, spiritually, and emotionally we got your #!

 Hope your not on our schedule. SD Chargers and OSU baseball in the same breath? Hell yes in the middle of summer as I count down the days to September. Watch Quentin Jammer become "the KING". GO OSU...The Tars will be under your heel. GO OSU! Monday bring home a title for our "poor rent" university. At least how all the easters view us. See ya'll soon!

GONNA GET UR ASS!

DA HUSKIES AND DA DOGS

This beautiful woman came to me and said in a shrieking voice and said, "We are young, heartache to heartache...Love Is a Battlefield!" Freakin UB40 entices me with "Red Red Wine" Its hoop in footballmania. Where you from for real? If you like ur team, college hoop rules ur shiii iiite. West coast trippin' here. My fave the UW. Huskies. Roy n da boyz. Zags...16 was sweet. Oh, yeah. Did I mention the team I grew up with...UCLA? Divorce plays with college allegience. I remember NOT being in the church of some friend of my parents wedding in Redlands, CA and sitting in a yellow and brown VW bug I later inherited. I was 13. Steel key, no digital...just beautiful crackling AM radio! UCLA lost to NC State that day. My parents never went to church, niether did 1/2 the people in the church. But that day I caught mad shit from these people because I excused myself from the wedding.

  I grew up rooting for a team that NEVER lost, i fuckin swear it. so that day for me was devastating. Yeah, Bill Walton IS A DICK. But when he was 19, I found out he was a dick too. I could go deeper into this story but I won't.

  College Hoop Yo. In its best or worst form. If its from where your from, and your feeling it...you know its yours. I love it. It seems a WA will have to cancel another. Fuckitupyo...Lets show that WA is the center. Before You Were Born Famous Clowns...famous in Seattle that is. JP Patches and Gertude give you a hoo hah. You know. JP Mac A Doodle Curse...oh wait...JP didn't do that. Look up "Brakeman Bill" I wreaked havoc at one of his shows. I was 8, it was 1969. It was the moon thing. No wait, Tang! Say the F word...loud. I didn't do it but once. Yep, Im the dude who knocked on Boo Radley's door back in the day. Its so different now, everyone's a wierdo. Not just one on your block. Sweet 16...on the block...

I'll take Mallon in the bearded Kenny Loggins look. He rocked. #33

 

 

Not a gambler, I kicked ass today in reality. I made a little $$ at falafel, and all the WEST won. I even have to root for AZ 2 morrow. #3...its all about 3. And Pat Benatar figures in...she'll be singin' the lyrics of your next game...Heartbreaker!

When The Levee Breaks, Well Have No Place To Go

Gold n Black, kinda like Purdue. Our proven vet is gone. To the hinterlands of the NFL...New Orleans. 60 mil, and all the other NFL teams have to help pay for it. It hurts a bit. I wish Drew the best. He may pay dearly for this decision. Miami would have been cooler. They seemed on the verge w/average QB's at best. Drew could get pummeled. He also could lead a resurgence. He will definitely have something to prove.

The new man at the helm. Will he be San Diego's Ben Rothlisberger? Or something different? I'm not gonna bad rap Philip. He could be the man. I was more willing to give Brees a shot at next years schedule, as our window of Super Bowl oppurtunity is here for a few years I believe. And still kinda out of nowhere. Alot of that was due to Brees play. Two seasons ago we were a consensus pick to be one of the worst teams in the league and we surprised everyone and went 12-4 and won the AFC West. We stumbled a bit last year but had some huge wins against a brutal schedule, and lost a lot of games in the last minutes. And now we are mentioned always as one of the better teams in the league. Nobody wants to play us. We EXPOSED Indy and sent them to the playoffs damaged last year, we are close.

2nd man in the rotation here seen modeling last years revolting "orange" trend AJ Feeley. He has a hottie of a girlfriend. Hope we don't see alot of him except holding kicks. He is a good back up. Our 3rd qb will probably be a WR who played in college or something. I'm still optimistic looking to next year, we have talent. But we need consistency. Two year rooks from off the bench are a gamble, but it was now or never. Build with Rivers now.

A black day for San Diego Brees diehards. A new beginning for all Charger fans, like it or not. Into the abyss goes Drew, the San Antonio, or LA, or wherever Saints. But many would head to the depths of the NFL's dungeon with $60 mil in hand. If your going to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel, you may as well have NASA design the barrel! Good luck in the nether regions Drew. And Dante in Miami...ughhhh. Buzz Kill. Get ready for a let down South Beach. Who Dat? Who Dem Saints? Those decent years theSaints had were few and far between. I remember the paper bags mostly...

KERRY on the road that i must travel

Hey my Raider friends. Your wish has come true. A new era is upon you. Kerry is gone. Stay away from SD Kerry. We is messed up enough. So this is one thing you can't quit blaming on. PEACE.

Faded Raider Rock Stars

My god Raider fans, this photo so kicks ass. I challenge anybody to name this band. This guys mike stand beats the crap out of that Korn dude's. Looks like a devilish version of one of those cute little Sony robots. But all I say is...uh...yep, TYPICAL Raider fan. Notice tasselled knee pads. If you can guess, leave a comment. Figured I'd start the feud early. I couldn't pass up this photo. Tsk, tsk, tsk...fashion faux paux. Stretchy pants...out. They are now used to compress fat chicks thighs and boo tays. Keeps the shake to a minimum but the visual is so abhorrent you may turn to stone.

 To the serious, heard something about Marty Schottenheimer on Jim Rome saying he had a disagreement with the GM over Brees. Said he wasn't kept informed. Said he thinks we need Brees for our best shot at winning it all...NOW. Keep Brees and bring in a new coach. Damn...our dee is gonna kill next season!

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BREES

In a stunning move, the Bolts are not going to sign starter Drew Brees. I have only heard the beginnings of the news on Sports Talk radio. One rumor is the injury to Drew is more serious than thought I know we just signed AJ Feeley...but it has to be RIVER'S TIME! I saw this coming...next year if we underachieved, not right now.  We will see how this one works out. Is Rivers ready? On the firing line now baybee.

 Dare I say I see a big play wide reciever in our future? Not TO, I think we are not in that mix. But who? We are good to go. I have to let this set in, think of options and possible advantages to this move.

 

I'm No Jimmy the Greek

  Some people are sooo sensitive. Call me a loser I bring it. Street vendor style. Yeah, trash is a good word for what I write, like the Weekly World News of Sports Blogging. Check the comments section on the last blog I wrote for the pre Super Bowl. Its the guy who sits in the "family" section guy, bible and Dr. Pepper in hand, shutting out the outside brothel around him. Enough of that.

I'm sitting in the family section, and I could have u whacked! Benny Hinn and I go way back. We r sensitive to ur beliefs and words. Please behave accordingly, loser. Jusus loves the Steelers, yeeeeeaaahhhh!!!

  I was wrong about the Super Bowl, like I am about a lot of things. On record, the boringest Super Bowl I can remember. Never got going. Low energy. One thing Iam stokin' on though. Already planning one road trip to Seattle from Portland for the Chargers game against the Hawks. And two in SD so the Seattle game is a bonus for me. Have to pick one more game, the other will be in SD against the Rams which I will check out with an old SoCal bud who still loves the Rams from they're days in LA. Gonna be a blast for sure and the Chargers are contenders, not pretenders. We also play the Steelers again...redemption I see. Keep u posted on any big Charger news during the offseason.

HERE'S TO THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2005-2006 WORLD CHAMPIONS! Gag on a horrific Iron City and enjoy "One for the Thumb" Finally I don't have to hear that anymore. Its our year next year, postmark this day I say it. And I can't wait till we take you out in your house next year. Payback! Rock on P Town, its yours and you deserve it. Go Penguins! Oh...and Pirates.

  

BOLTS BLOG SUPER BOWL PREDICTION Meets Bayside HS

 

  As a bored Charger fan with only slight interest in the Super Bowl match up tomorrow I have had alot of time on my hands lately. I'm a protege' of "Saved By the Bell's" Screech Powers, who is teaching me to play chess. Remember in one episode Screech, who is lightly regarded, is pitted against the militaristic Russian boy champ. Screech was Seattle and the Russian was Pittsburgh, but Screech dug deep and beat the champ, or in this case of the Super Bowl, the expected and trumped up for the trophy winner Pittsburgh, will fall to the underdog Seahawks, represented by Screech. Check Mate baybee...Bolts Blogger falls in the "safe zone" for a pick but I see Seattle in a close one 27-24.   Matt Hasselbeck will be Seattle's Zack, cocky and sure of himself. Jerome Bettis will be Mr. Belding, stepping on all in his power position of principal. Troy Palamalu will be Elizabeth Berkley, aka the Showgirl. Why? The same hair dude, its the hair only.            The hair man, all about the hair. And the skillz. Troy's twin in New Zealand rugby to the left is Tana Umanga. The tribe is strong. This guy has Junior Seau skills, and he is quicker. And the names, his adversary from the Hawks, Lofa Tatupu,  the names rawk. Chicli Iwuoma...sportscasters love it. I just put this photo in for me. If she is inside where its nice and warm, how can her toungue be stuck to the pole? The mysteries of science never cease to amaze me!

For comparitive purposes only, the hair of the 90's of Lizzie Berkley inspired Troy Palamalu, the influence is so obvious. 

    Detroit or Beirut? Wrong! Detroit. This is the Motel 6 by the stadium. And this is one of he better buildings. Tailgating has to be paid for, igloos will used for housing not for cooling drinks. Robbers have agreed with local authorities to be more polite during hold ups.Please and thank you will be used. Beware of men in ski masks with guns and snowshoes, those are the pros! Actually its how Bayside High looks today. Lisa Turtle, poor little rich girl...her shopping habit turned into a meth habit and she burned Bayside to the ground! This was after a California Dreams Show at the Bayside Gym, SOLD OUT. She was in a fit of drug induced rage. Her band, the Zack Attack had been the openers and the Dreams blew them away. Career over. The music careers never work out do they. Hey...the Brady Bunch was rockin' in matchin' "Up With People" polyester bell bottom liesure suits back in 1973! Cuttin' a groove better than the Jackson 5...or maybe NOT!

Maybe I'll just rent a good movie. This one is about the only movie that made Detroit seem cool.

Another dude who made me think Detroit was cool and a great place to die in a meat grinding teenage vehicular slaughtermania was Gene Simmons and KISS. But I was 15 and it was 1976 so times have changed. A guy's music I can't stand from Detroit is Bob Segar. I always think of Tom Cruise in Hane's and Ray Bans and it induces instant vomiting! GO DETROIT! Make that bowl par teh happen. GO HAWKS! Should be a good game. The only cool thing about Pittsburgh is Heinz Ketchup is made there. Or is it Catsup. Toss a coin...heads...Seahawks win the toss and score on 1st possession. My "strange Vegas" bet. CHARGERS PLANET...we are all one...we will be here next season...wait and see!