We Win

 Just got back from the Blazers 12th in a row. I come from a life of 3 championships. I don't count the UCLA Bruins hoop that was part of SoCal growing up. Grew up on the Wooden Pyramid of success, damn that demon weed! I coulda been a contendah! Since UCLA 1975, I was 14 then, I have seen the 1974 Warriors, 77 Blazers, & 79 Sonics win. I was a freakin' kid. The Chargers though? Lifetime of crap! OK, not quite. Lotsa letdown. Lifetime of letdown. Hey Yankee dick or Red Sock, try bein' a Padre. Bein' this kinda fan is tough. It's like Keanu Reeves to Pat Swayze after all that surfin' and robbin', "Lose something brah?" Fuck, Pat thinks. I made it to the biggest wave, and the biggest swell, and the phat location. Now by the mercy of Keanu I get to commit suicide and get pummeled? Chargers are makin' that wave. I'm in reality about the current Blazers they will lose. But they are making a point. Bolts need 4 wins in a row to get to where they need to be. Yep.

DJ brought Seattle to the Championship world. Introduction, stage left:

5'5" and Lionel "Little Train" James shredded the Raiders in 1985. 345 all purpose yards. LT ain't little. Good luck Raidahs!

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The Donk in the Brown

 You all (we don't say ya'll in Portland!) don't know me. Wait. Is this Jerry Springer? Pretty much. Before I go any further, the Blazers of the NBA and my city...won they're 10nth in a row. Yeah? F+ck u 4 laughing. Oh, doth it bode well for my electricity? I spent last Xmas eve in Seattle. And I'll be in at Claudia's 12/24/07. I'm a day late dollah shawt winner. Fuck you Pats and Sox fans. I'll get mine. I'm just a spry 46 yrs old. Took my gramps from the south side to get to 80 when the pale hose won. Yeah, the White Sox. He said he could die after 2005. Well f*ck that! He is still around and still like Benny Hill on alcohol. Cept he doesn't drink nor smoke. Anymore. And he spawned mega church kids who make tons of money and have no personalities.

 What I'm tryin' to point out is, there is a 1st time for everything. Some times it seems to take a long time. Like getting laid for the 1st time. Then there is the hotness factor. Can we have some fine sippin' whiskey sir orrrr mam? This Charger winder dun been open fer so long. Annit just done blew open in 2004 from nowhere it did, i tell ya! Sorry, being a kid born in 1961 I endured the cool country...Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Beverly Hillbillies. The Smothers Brothers. You can't have TV like that now. And you can't media ize the current Chargers. Yeah, I bash on Phillip. Phillip...I swear I got the tab at Sizzler, ok, Ruth Chris. We got a Shula here, but I'm a seafood chickinarian. Less your buyin'!

 So I'm gonna do the Holiday thing. Meaning wishing all of you a killah...whatever it is you do. Our funny little America. Where we are free, but not really. Jesus, if only Benny Hinn could predict winners. I have more integrity in my pinky nail, than does our free world lea...i mean misleader. So celebrate what you do, buy lots of shit, for people.  And realize this...I have at least 40 years left on this earth, less maybe a car crash or greyhound thing. 2007 is a horse race. I like my scenario. 1st time fo every thang! Bee yatch! Blazers...10 in a row...so whatcha want?


 

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Breaker, Breaker, 10-4 Good Buddy

 Holy shite my friends, did we arrive? Wait...should I play "Hair Of The Dog?"Cuz we be heartbreakers and soul shakers. And pray tell, you been told about right here. Ya'll is messin' with a sunuvabitch. That be 2007. Yep, we beat 8 Mile divided by the Palouse and it all equals Kitna should shut the freak up. Um, I like Japanese Rice Wine Kitty. Applet and Cotlet killer. Got love 4 WSU basketball, not Kitna. If I was DT fan, I'd just put Millen on a greased street luge down Mt. Everest. In Oregon, I hear these commercials that tell me to open a corporation in Michigan, or even a small business. Then I READ. DT, the Tigers may be good and have potential. Your Lions DIED today.

 In sync out of the gate the Bolts tallied scores on they're 1st seven possessions. LT was sat for most of the 2nd half and Darren Sproles shined as he became the featured back for the 1st time ever. LT and Sproley each had over 100 yards rushing! The 1st time in Charger history we have had two backs over 100 yards in a game! Sproles had more yards than LT! Too cool.

 Cromartie hauled in his league leading 10nth INT and LB Shaun Philips scored a TD. Our defense smothered DT. Like gravy on biscuits. Then we sopped up the remnants with Jon Kitnas' biscut head. So satisfying. Subs all coming through on the Dee side, and the O side. Never missed a beat with Pinnock taking on Lorenzo Neals blocking role and helping open up the Detroit defense of stone. Freakin' pumice stone! Porous like a sponge. All in all, considering our opponent who has basically mailed it in, we did what we should have done, kicked them to the curb. It was NEVER in doubt.

 I want more than a playoff win, I want the prize. But it is shaping up we may have our best shot at pitching that 1st round playoff monkey off our backs. The cards showing make it seem we may play CLE in the 1st round in our house, barring major surprises. Maybe JAX? CLE would be mo bettah. I like us getting hot right now, it opens up doors of confidence for the average Bolt fan that were closed earlier in the season. Especially the over 40 fan who knows all to well the creative ways SD has been able to lose over the years. Downright creative and heartbreaking. Like last yr's playoff loss to NE, you could just taste it. Then got the taste slapped right out of our mouths! Let's give SD it's 1st ever major title. The SD Sockers don't count! Rock on Charger Warriors!

Here Kitna Kitty Kitty Kitty

 Disappointed Detroit comes to SD this Sunday to oppose a banged up Charger squad and it's on. This game is a strange match up and we will beat this team I feel. Yeah, it's late and this is all I can do till tomorrow.

Fugly W

Oh...the drama of it all. LT takes it all on his shoulders. This is about the most inept team effort, minus LT, I almost have ever seen in all of my days. Until the bitter end. The defense was stout as a warm beer in an English pub. We hung by minute threads throughout. Two official reviews late on crucial plays. And some drama and supposed dissention. This game and Philip were painful to watch. The 1st half was a dentist's drill ala Marathon Man.

 Should I just skip the 1st half? Much pain and blood was left on that field. Some Chargers allege cheap shots. I sure saw a lot of hitting going on after plays were over. It seemed half the game was spent tending to the wounded. Gates took pain. Rivers tweaked a knee. Billy Volek is NOT an option though! Nice INT dude. Whitehurst to #2 please. Rivers rating in the 1st half was like 8! LT was like minus in rushing yards, for real. In the 1st half only of course. Merriman got a knee thing, out. Out for Detroit next week too. The Lions at home, were gonna devour they're Kitna, er, I mean kitten souls!

 We were dominated most of the game by the O line of TN. LenDale White was busting through some gaping holes. And losing his helmet like 5 times, tighten your chinstrap holmes! We had literally NO passing game. And TN knew it.

The waves were huge in SD this past weekend. Here is a local shredding a backside right at Swami's. Like the waves off the coast, the Chargers played huge when needed most. And the Big Kahuna was LT! We came out gangbusters in the 2nd half, if just for one drive. Then we became puddle surfers until the very tail end of the game. More coming...

LT & Big Dee

Celebrate good times, c'mon...A Charger celeration! OK, not so fast. Still doubts swirl in my mind. Lingering doubts. But we did handle the Chiefs pretty handily in they're house. A house we don't like to visit, and where we are usually treated rudely and then get thrown out the door before the turkey hits the table. Happy holidaze! We do look a lot better despite the level of competition we are supposedly beating down. I'll take it. Because we are looking pretty good doing it. I'm biased, but at this rate, we can beat anybody.

 Except New England. And those skilled lucky bastards pulled one out again. Hey Ravens, I know the pain. Ed Reed's fumble at the end of a great INT and then fumbles and gives NE a fresh set of downs...big mistake as Ahnold once said in his dud smiley faced eyeball movie "The Last Action Hero". How many 4th and whatever threads can the Pats pull out? Oh I'm getting off subject, freakin' New England. I hate they squeaky clean cheatin' hearts. Good and talented cheaters though, that got swept under the rug. Back to the mid tier powerhouse, the Chargers.

Here is Drayton Florence with a nice INT of a pass intended for Eddie Kennison. Weddle throws a little smack into it for an assist.

  How about eight sacks in one game for our own tenacious dee! 8 sacks? Hell yeah!  I throw out props to Jyles Tucker, a week ago he was on the practice squad when I gave him a shout out about his unexpected "promotion". Jyles went from practice dog to mad dog in the real games, Jyles got a sack, good job baybee, feels good don't it? Merriman wrapped up KC qb's 3 times all by his lonesome. And the secondary hauled in 3 INT's to boot. Big play defense is what we need. And we are getting it. Our defense leads the NFL in INT's with 20! I'm likin' this. The defense is solid. Big plays are the norm now, some game changing. We lacked this early in the season. We are lot lacking now. Puttin' the fear back in defense, you don't want any part of it.

LT passed "Sweetness" Walter Payton for sole possesssion of 3rd on the all time rushing yards list. Awesome. had 2 TD's to boot. Four runs of 25 yds or more for a rushing total of 177 yds. Just another day. Another weapon that was on the down low early in the season. Now busting out big time. Philip was solid if not unspectacular but he is playing well and not throwing games away. He is hitting his targets on the fly a lot more. Timing is returning. He still scares me in the big game though. But it's night and day from where he was at 3 weeks ago.

Lovely Kansas City, when we see you again it will be too soon. Least you got BBQ and the Royals, I mean least you got BBQ! Do KC McDonald's sell that lovely McRib sandwich the year round? Sawdust pork pressed into a rib shape', pork tofu. We realistically can win out and finish 11-5. Least case scenario I see is 10-6, AFC West Champs. I think we clinch with a win on the road at Tennessee. Then we get the crumbling Lions at home. After that, the down and almost out Broncos come to the Murph next. A game that looked easy on the schedule is the 12/30 contest @ Oakland. This may be the toughest test of all. Win out Bolts, make up for that weak start. Make the Pats, and Indy worry some. Bolts are baaaaaaaack!

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Turner Round?

 Ok, most of the NFL logos were lame and marketing and computer graphics were a little different in the 1960's but the Chiefs logo here is the lamest. It's like a 3rd grader drew it. And the loincloth with KC so prominently displayed, hideous. Tap those red shoes together as many times as you want, you'll still wake up in Kansas. Hopefully the Chiefs will have their head in the sand, but they always seem to save their best effort for us. And we usually don't show up. Yeah, KC isn't very good, but neither are we...yet.

 This is a huge test for us. The Chiefs are weak you say? Maybe. But Arrowhead seems to be SD's personal "Little Shop of Horrors". I will believe much more that this team can have some kind of shot in the playoffs, provided we make them of course, if we fly out of KC with a confidence building road W. The road is where Philip wilts, at least this year. I'm confident the real Slim Shady will stand up. Philip, show some leadership and poise. Guide this powerful destroyer which is the Chargers. Plug in like last week, except do it on the road in very hostile confines. Block out the volume and taunts. I'm trying to believe in you, restore mine, and every Bolt Head's faith. Act like a veteran and play like one. You got all the tool's in the shed, build something dude.


This baby looks worried. Rightfully so. But don't worry little Bolt Baby, everything will be fine. Just hit the Tivo when you gotta hit the can. Wait! Lucky you. You got facilities wrapped around the vitals. Just pop another juice box and let it flow on the couch! Don't worry little guy, Daddy Rivers and Uncle LT promise you a W.


Is Steve DeBerg still playing? HA! Let's hope the Smurf Chiefs show up.

Unlike us, and it is ancient, the Chiefs have a ring. 1970, 1st Super Bowl I ever watched end to end. Tulane Stadium. Let's make some progress toward the ultimate goal, even though currently it seems near impossible and totally improbable. They got to play em to put em in the books, so on paper we still live. We may be a sleeping giant. I'm hopeful.

 We have another Charger enemy in play...COLD. But not too bad, supposedly 40 degrees. We can win in that. Our team clicked last game on both sides of the ball. LT has had some nice runs, but just can't seem to get that game breaker. I am hoping he is in the mix big time and keeps the Chiefs honest. Gates is back in, and Jackson, Chambers, and Buster are showing up to play. The turnover battle is what got us when the Chiefs beat us at home earlier in the season, 4 for us, 2 for them. The O line is allowing the second fewest sacks allowed in the NFL, that will make any QB better.

 Off to freezing falafel land I go, I may add more tonight as I watch our lowly Portland Trailblazers play at Dallas tonight. My Fave team is the Durant led Sonics, lame duck Oklahoman's. I have a fairly (well, it once was) well read Sonics blog and I promised myself I wouldn't add another entry till we won another game. The Sonics are saving me from writing a blog I'm starting to hate. It's hard when your lifelong team, no matter how awful, just bolts to Oklahoma City? Oh well, Chargers...your my #1 always. If you win I'll send you a Vermont Teddy Bear and some chocolates. DO IT TO IT IN KC!

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Bird Is The Word

He's Baaaaaaack! AGates celebrates a 1st quarter TD. Philip and all the receiving corps played well.  Yeah, the Dirty Birds are down this year, but I'll take a W over Appalachian State at this point. We rolled, just like the old days of 2004, 05, and 06. Reminiscent of days gone by, days that may soon return. The jury is still out on this team. But getting hot before the playoffs lately seems to be the key to getting to and winning the big dance. It can still be done. Although NE seems an insurmountable task now, how long till they fall? If not in the regular season, a stumble in the playoffs perhaps. As unlikely as it seems, Philly proved a team with heart and throw down the middle, the Pats can be had on an off day. Like we had last year against NE, an "off" quarter, season over. it can happen to NE, like it has Indy. We can exploit it. My faith is guarded. Let's see how the next few games go. I like being hot going into the playoffs, if it happens. It is better than the pressure of upholding a long streak going into it. So...on to the game.

Philip, ever so mobile, rolls out in the newly installed Charger Wishbone offense. Ok, but he is rolling out.

 Hey Chargerites, Bolt Heads, POWDS! We won a game convincingly. Going away. Never in doubt. Been awhile since you heard those words, eh? Let's get these words back in describing Charger wins. Instead of, clung to, hanging on, etc.

 Norv Turner smiled today, nuff said. To smile he had to shed some lizardy cracked skin and turn the frown upside down. Norv hopefully is molting into a new coach, brimming with confidence. It was fun to see. And I throw out mad props to Da Bears. Thanks Sexy Rexy. The 4th & goal was too cool and suspenseful. Thanks for taking out the Donks. Uh, and in an interdivision showdown I'm actually gonna say, thanks Raidahs. We could have had a glut of mediocrity atop the AFC West standings. Now one improving mediocre team stands alone. And it is the Chargers. Hallelujah!

When done at appropriate times, the sack dance is cool. Although like Chad Johnson, it's tired. And don't do it when your down by three scores with little time left in the 4th quarter. Merriman rocked it yesterday, with 7 tackles. A sack that forced Ravens QB Kyle Boeller to fumble in the 2nd quarter. It produced the 2nd best result, a FG. 12-7 Bolts. The defense put on mad pressure, and many hurries. Merriman streaked across the field to stop Baltimore RB McGahee 4 yds behind the line of scrimmage. An unofficial sack. Phillips preformed well also. A huge 1/2 sack (is that a scrotum with one testicle?) with assist from Ryon Bingham rocked Qualcom. Think Cromartie had an INT reversed by a questionable flag also. Jammer made his presence known.

Hot off the press, Kevin DuBrow (L) of Quiet Riot is found dead in his Las Vegas home this morning. Here pictured with the great future Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoades(R), who himself was decapitated in some kind of alcohol induced low flying stunt. I must admit the album "Metal Health" with the Slade remake of "Cum On Feel The Noize" brought metal to mainstream and in 1983 metal was like hip hop is now. A little dangerous, ya never knew what a metal show had in store.  I know for a fact, whether he is dead or not, DuBrow was a pompous ass. He put down many in the metal world when Quiet Riot was riding the wave. Calling his band "easily the best in the world", better than Zeppelin...blah, blah, blah. Doing the "pick out the green M & M's" type shit. RIP KDB. Hope you remembered those good times when your life flashed before your eyes. But that last frame of, "Thank you and goodnight Walla Walla!" from a 1/2 empty Sizzler w/a lounge must have been painful. And those awful Rick Jamesesque hair extensions you never paid for I hear. Thanks for one great album. And a moment in time I'll never forget. Even though it kind of ended with the theater marquee sign spelling, "Puppet Show & Quiet Riot".

 KC, you ready?

More news. Tragically Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died from gunshot wounds received in his Miami home during an alleged robbery. Except it seems someone had broken in and left a knife on his bed kinda like a message eight days before. The mystery deepens.

Sean leaves behind a wife and baby daughter. Too sad. RIP Bad To The Bone. The sad is when I went to bed last night ESPN was saying he was responsive and the prognosis wasn't as grim. Life is a trip, but in the end, rich or poor, famous or not, we all is gonna die.

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Birds & Bolts Of A Feather

What Baltimore means to me.

 Mr. Tough talkin' Bolts Blogger is currently declawed. Spaded. When I'm not feeling it, the flow is interrupted. The energy field has been corrupted. I could get all hyped about this game. It is important. The game has much meaning. But the Ravens, in our house? Boring. But it's a Charger homer right? We should destroy the dirty birds. Want to hear more old Charger pessimism? Our history against this team recently has sucked. OK, I had to vent old negative ways. I've been Norved! Like a third and one run off tackle to O'Neal. Sweet. Norved again. LT is way due. He has never quite just broken one off this year. Gates? Where is ye? Lost in the Norv mix.

LT, come back. We know it's not your fault. The Police said it best...Synchronicity. We fire that up, LT...and we, be good.

  Where doth the problem lie? Can't tell ya. We still have a good home record. 4-1, and 12 out of the last 13. Look for another W, I call it tamely.  Buster Davis, gettin' mo bettah. He is bustin' one.
BUSTER!!!

 Jyles Tucker, from practice to real. Bet your sky high. Tell Terrell about practice. Or Alan Iverson. Hope you get a huge hit. Make the most of it baybee.

I will not spew on Baltimore fans. This is Sports Steve, a raging Raven fan. Who, like me. Spends alot of time in opposing stadiums. I revel in it. He is like the Mardi Gras Baltimore Mr. T. Baltimore fans bought me many drinks in SF, and were kind. But mean kind, if you get my drift. The women were cool. One licked my face several times. One Crab Cake boy told me, "She always does that" Oh yeah right dude, like that wasn't just for me and I didn't just see her do it to you. Don't ruin it. i'm freakin' Mr. Cosmopolitan! Salud' to the BALTS I met in SF, ya'll was way cool. But harsh reality is upon me and Sunday you all suck just a little. I'll get that 1st round to drown your sorrows. Here is what you would never hear here. I hope I get to buy that 1st round. Peace Baltimore...save the mullets!The fish...I mean.

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Rivers Tosses Cookies

 Nice photo. The new classic bucket, oh the luster is so off the new helmet buzz. We lost to JAX, I'm just getting over it. Relegated to reality. Except even if we win the West  we'll cash out in the 1st round. To even entertain fantasy of this team going on the road and beating NE in Foxboro in the snow be crazy. Or Indy. The ducks were all in a row last year. And like Dennis Green's tirade of a few years ago, the Jags are who they thought we were and we let em off the hook! Not really, they dominated. We somehow got back in it. It was exciting to watch us with the chance to at least tie after playing horribly. I had that gnawing old Charger fan feeling going. We need something to go wrong, right? And it did. Hats off to Garrard, poise. Killed us. Totally outplayed us. I hate writing like this. Mediocre deserves mediocre I guess.

 If you know the movie "This Is Spinal Tap" there is a quote from Derek Smalls, the fu manchued bass player, played by Harry Shearer. He is commenting on the songwriting genius of his bandmates, lead guitar playah Nigel Tufnel, and singer David St. Hubbins. He compares them each to fire and ice. Then he is asked his role in the band, he answers, "I'm somewhere in the middle, sort of like lukewarm water". That is the 2007 Chargers in a nutshell. So that's my Jax game blog...weak. Weak. Weak.

That's The Facts, JAX!

  No trash talkin' till we prove it. Yes, we beat Indy. But we made every play we could in the 4th quarter to give the game back. Our offense is off. Venateri missing a 29 yd chip shot to win in the waning seconds was Charger Jesus intervention.  We had every right to win, then fought for the right to lose! Rivers is on another planet. I have a prediction for this game, we are going to run, ALOT. This is gonna be one tough game I feel. least it won't be snowing. We will basically be in San Diego East this Sunday, so weather will be no factor less it's pouring rain. Then we'll run more. I have one question for Norv, then Philip. Are you going to use Antonio Gates? He is tall and pretty good. Oh, Philip is throwing duck decoys and has no confidence you say? Got it. Believe it too.

 Rumor has it Jax qb David Garrard coming back I hear so they will be on an up for sure. Fred Taylor must be stopped. He has lost a step, but not that much. He just as much run through you as around you. This team just beat Vince Young and the Titans with back up qb David Gray. Usually I'd be talkin' lotsa shite but I have been humbled by the state of our team. An opportunistic defense with many interceptions has helped, especially the LT of the defense, Antonio Cromartie. We have as many total INT's halfway through this season as all of last year. Jax will run also I feel. Maurice Jones-Drew (I love hyphenated names!) is pretty good in his own right. Our dee is overall like 27th ranked! I think if you take out the Minnesota Petersen game, and I bet we are still pretty good against the run. We have talented and motivated players. We need to be cohesive with the talent. Keep up the heat. Freakin' go for the jugular. We played like sh*t against Indy, led 23-7 going into the 4th. That's a glass half empty half full syndrome. We are winning handily at that moment, then just to pieces. Again, the Rivers fumble in the end zone was Garo Yepremian like, or a Dave Krieg. He pulled a Krieg.That put Indy right back in it, and they expended zero energy doing it. And the 2 point conversion, sheesh.

 What Charger team will show? It's hard to tell. I would have to give Jax the edge with the home field. On paper we are superior, then we step on the field with Norv at the helm. Puts fear in me from what I've seen. We could blow this team out if we played some Martyball. Or they could return the favor. Yeah, I wanted Marty out. But unlike an unbending Republican, I can change my opinion. Wish he was here. But as an attached signing statement I'd like to say that even in my wildest nightmares did I think the Bolts would replace him with Norv! I like the guy who wears the emotion on the sleeve, ala Cowher ex coach of the Stillers. You could give Norv a hot foot and he would show no emotion. You could fire up the air raid siren and he'd just look to the sky with a steely stare and wait for the bombs, and show no emotion or heaven forbid...change the outcome. A team can portray the demeanor of they're coach a little...and we are.

Stop Fred, increase chances of winning greatly. Not to jinx, but a man older than St. Nick plays for the Jags, Jon Carney. He has to be my age, like 46, right? Get'em Bolts.

Again...With Love

 I'm still recovering from a Bolt hold on. Things change a lot week to week. Let me drink another PBR. I'll get back to you in a sec. Oh, I'm so back. Nice call Boomer. I don't call games. Nobody does, especially bloggers. I'll take your guess. A gamble is a gamble. Thank you Devo, for the song "Beautiful World", cuz it is today. Was Philip sharp? NOT. So how did it happen? I will listen to the lyrics of "Beautiful World" and figure it out. And kill your Peyton Manning robot. If you stomp your foot one more time, and tell me to stay fat on your pep talk campaign, I dare u to step up. Cuz you tell boys with bellies ur mo bettah? Give up? Nice world we live in. Sell burgers to fat kids? Wait, I got drunk and didn't get it up once. I need a pill. Peyton, your the best. But you suck white boy. Not really. I just hate your commercials. Are you and Eli ever gonna do an ad together or would that be conflict of interest? I hate watching a football game and between plays you see who you are playing against telling you to do stupid shit, or to discount yourself. All for $$. I find it condescending. But then again, I follow the issues. Peyton is a Republican. Jellybean Reagen. Liked your determined look. And it was true. He is a great QB. Today he and the Colts somehow lost to my team. I hear Annie Lennox singing "Here Comes The Rain Again" falling on my head like a memory. Let's speak of true emotion.

 Uh...kickoff. Told ya Sproles would get one. Just a week late. For my call. It was a beauty. Do ya'll realize I drink a bit? I don't care what pansies say about my writings. A bite me is in order. So we got killed by MN last week...does it matter now? Is Adrian Petersen ok? Week to week.

LT, less than part of the reason.

 I saw some plays today...make yo head spin. The TV lies. I thought we developed this technology to solve. Like politics I think some get better than others. Fuck you if you feel otherwise. I like to answer to true soldiers, give them my support. We got Blackwater  indies, and who ya gonna trust? C'mon get me protectors of my freedom. We done never freed up a receiver today. We won without Gates. Cuz Philip can't find him? This was cool. But it was a hang on V. Get out and kick some ass. Yeah Colt fans, and Pat fans too. You may not worry now. But we suck week to week. I fear not a Patriot. Do u want a play by play? Never...EVER will u get it here.

 The last blog I did against the Colts a few years back when we beat them and kept them from going 13-0 I guess was considered epic. By another entity that gave up on true long ago. I never quit on that. Because I am opening a restaurant with people that support me for my success. I'm a Charger die hard, not a stepping stone. People that do it to you, and you wanna give in to them recognize cuz ur life is ordinary. And you go through the drive through. And in the process you'll watch democracy fall. But, dammit, they will make sure you got that drive through. Love China toys. I can't figure out why Fanhouse didn't pick me up. Oh, wait. Once your paid, you can't equate sports to finance, or mention politics.

 But I will mention the tics. Chargers for this week are to be reckoned with. Is it my imagination or is it as technology gets better you can see it right in front of your face. Still the call is wrong. Like this war...wait...occupation. And on to the next. Integrity has been lost and we teach kids how to steal legally. They admire "getting away with it". Oh, yeah, we beat the Colts. Did that get lost somewhere? Did we just have a fire? Wher'd it go? Under a rug. When disaster strikes your neighborhood, hopefully you have a stadium to go to. And Blackwater to take your guns and keep you in line. I love the USA and the Chargers!

The Witch Fire, coming soon to your nation. If the land is low, your stupid for living there. If the ground is dry, your also stupid. So who ya gonna call? Live where the cool people live. If my falafel stand fails, I don't get a bailout. I don't get medical or dental. Yeah, I've seen Spanos in Seattle in a full leather trench coat in 92 when we clinched the AFC West in the Kingdome. Shook Burt Grossman's hand that day. Embroidered on the back of Alex Spanos' jacket was "the Boss". What troubles me is...who is "the Boss?"

In Mourning...

 I realize I'm vacant this week. Lots is happening in the private life. Have something up for the Indy game 2morrow night. I am humbled. To Vikings War Cry blogger, ya'll killed us. I talk a lot of smack. I will take back some. Peterson killed us. Saturday night pregame blog will be done. I think we definitely have more than a chance against Indy. What team is gonna show...be back 2morrow, off to see a great band from Portland OR. Stars of Track & Field, checkem on Youtube. They have been on Conan and toured w/some major bands. They are good. Radiohead meets?

Minneapolis Thunderbolt

  The Chargers go into Sunday's game at Minnesota feeling alot better about themselves and the AFC West title that is theirs for the taking in a suddenly much weaker AFC West Division.  I thought the Vikings would be using the #3 quarterback, but opening day starter Taveres Jackson is back with a bad finger on his throwing hand. Tavares, that was one of those 70's bands that all wore like the same one piece bell bottomed stretchy suits with like sparkly stripes. Hits like "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" and "It Only Takes a Minute". Tavares, I hope you are not named after this band. That would suck for your coolness ratio. You are going to be seeing stars and bolts all day. Petersen should be contained by our staunch run defense. The Vikings are good against the run. But LT? Look for us to run early and often. We succeed at that early and establish the run, and Philip can lead a receiver and throw a spiral, the air will be ours too. Yeah, it is in the Vikes Air Bubble Dome sans the Twins Green Trash Bag outfield fence. But that shouldn't make that much of a difference.

 We are finding ourselves and hitting stride as we approach mid season. I feel the Vikings are headed towards a buzz saw in they're own house. After last weeks offense on defense by A Cromartie his confidence as the whole Charger secondary must be cloud 9 high. The Q man is due, Quentin...do the voodoo this Sunday. The Charger defense is getting exciting. Not the best ever, just opportunistic and full of confidence. And we have a Halloween ghoul who can lift your house named Igor, dude. I like our Dee and LT in this game. The keys. Gates will haul 3 long ones w/a TD or 2. Am I getting ahead of myself...a bit? Hey, Denver beat Pittsburgh a few weeks back and looked good doing it. So Minnysoder has a shot as does any NFL team against another on any given day depending. I don't see it. If this was tennis it would be Roger Federer against like, Mardy Fish. Us being Federer of course. Sure, they are on the same court with us...but. Ha, a little no rings Charger snobbery. Let's look into the mystery that is the Vikings.

 This team was like the Buffalo Bills of the 70's! So close, and then crushed in the big ones. The Charger faithful know this feeling once. We got crushed by a 49ers squad in 1995 49-26 I think. The 1st Super Bowl I watched end to end on TV and got it was 1970. KC and MN at Tulane Stadium. And the Vikes were huge favorites. KC won fairly handily despite the score which was like 16-7. Len Dawson and Mike Garrett and Otis Taylor. Poor Fran Tarkenton, I always loved his scrambles though, amazing. Ok, so lets get to the present.

 OK, I'm not namin' names but it's easy. MN is ranked 32nd currently in pass defense. Chambers and Gates. And LT out of the backfield or LT passing. Rivers is gonna be coming around. It doesn't look good for the Vikings defensive backfield. They have a DB named Eric Frampton. Cool. I know it's not Peter Frampton's son but it would be kinda cool if he was, eh? Frampton Comes Alive, at Round Table Pizza in St. Paul, opening for Puppet Show! We gonna embarrass MN like Spinal Tap never finding the stage in Cleveland, OH!

 I also have this strange feeling that Spro Ley is gonna take one to da house. I love that guy. 5'6" and full o speed. If I was Jim Rome Sprol Ley I'd be sending you jungle karma for Sunday. Break one baybee. Here he is breaking one in a preseason game gainst the Rams.

 
Yep, they are everywhere, even in the big SD. Raider esque macho dress up, or is that blow up, dolls. Here is the Land of A 1000 Lakes version. Think he is a vegetarian? This dude exhales Johsonville Brauts! And drinks Schmidt. Or is is a WWE wrestler, the Purple Fabulous Hissy Fitter? You goin' down. Iam rubber you are glue, what I say bounces back to you, who gonna be...Black n Blue!?

Elvis has left the building. Totally unrelated here but here is a great character  that won some old Northstar fans hearts and just recently passed, Gump Worsley. Man I miss the Northstars and the California Golden Seals.

Yeah, I know MN has Adrian...YOOOO Adriaaaaan! I already used that reference once in a legendary blog years ago, but it's soooo ez. One Viking blogger calls Peterson "Purple Jesus", that is cool. So LT is "Powder Blue GOD"? And Turner is "Bolt Moses".

 I don't like to call scores or play fantasy football. I see the Chargers in the 30's and the Vikings in the teens though.

Vikings...there will be ringing in your ears and no one to show you the way. But there is always the prospect of selling guitar lessons on the internet. No disrespect Peter. Had some good times in 1976 when you and the Captain & Tenille poisoned the airwaves. I was rocking Thin Lizzy's "Jailbreak".  GO BOLTS!!!
 
 Also I throw out props to Jet Constanza. I think I'm swamped just doing this blog and working, I enjoy it but I feel it's an obligation to me and the few who actually read my writings. I read all the blogs of all pigskinbloggers who still do it. Wish we had a blogger for ALL teams. Or those who don't give but one entry and still appear from like 2004. This place is the real fan, and the politics taught me alot. The true remain. Recruited in 2004 for fun, dumped, and still here, rockin' the netwaves. People who get paid, and accept...can't be honest. U don't like profanity? Change the channel. P Skin bloggers speak they mind. And we all do it in a different way, and it seems most of us are not indie millionaires...yet! That is what is good about this particular football blog site.
 

Go Sage...GO!

  Broke out of the gate and never looked back. Yeah, it was the Texans. But we turned them out, like we should have. Philip Rivers was throwin' TD passes that looked like they left the hand of Billy Kilmer 35 years ago! That pass to Gates was short and wobbled like a weeble, ugly. Gates was so open he just stopped stride, waited for it, caught it, and sprinted to the house! And it went on...and on. The defense played offense. And Antonio Cromartie was the star running back.

 Antonio was the beneficiary of an all star flub. Or a chain of flubs. The Houston Texans punt team pulled a Keystone Cops play. They're names escape me. I was laughin' like a mofo when the sportscaster called the Texans long snapper the "extra long snapper"! Hilarious. HOU attempts a punt deep in their own territory and the center snapped this ball like a Brett Farve pass in reverse! Like 10 feet over the punters head! The punter had a beeline on the ball to at least kick it out of the end zone or fall on it for a 2 point safety for the Bolts. He overruns the ball, trips and falls to the ground and Cromartie just picks up the ball...TD! It was classic. The punter then proceeds to the sideline and takes his helmet off so all the world can see his freckle faced ass. You had to see it to believe how lame it was. It was like (I'm going way back here) George Plimpton Paper Lionesque. He actually faded back to pass and ran into the goal post! For real. Check out the movie "Paper Lion", it's from the late 60's but totally cool. Great football movie.

 One paragraph off subject. The Red Sox have just won the World Series in a sweep. Blastin' that ole hex to oblivion. To the Rockies, nice season. Amazing end streak. I knew the days off would kill your chances. Iam also very excited (and hungover) from watching yesterdays awesome Duck victory over the Trojans. Quack! Quack! Dennis Dixon baybee. And Ducks...wear the white uni's and helmets you wore against WA a few weeks back, classy and not obnoxious. The parading carousel of alternating uniforms is annoying. It's like being on a ski slope in 1987, day glo city. Or like being trapped in REM's "Shiny Happy People" video. GO DUCKS! Autzen Stadium is a shrine for loudness. U of O in the BCS Championship? Maybe.

 I also have opening night tickets to Portland's only game, Blazers VS Hornets next Wed. so kind of excited about that. Yeah, its a little better than Bobcats opening night though...eh? But I'm a Sonics fan 1st, Blazers 2nd. Check out my Sonic blog, it's called Sha Lock Lock Sonic Boom, there is a link to it right here on the Bolt blog page. It gets better as the season goes on. I'm committed to the bolts Blog till we win the Bowl! Like MC Hammer I will pray...yes, I'll pray...we gots to pray just to make it today! And pray the Sonics stay in Seattle.

 I'm gonna be honest. I was bored today besides the big plays. I was sober and the 2nd hand smoke got to me. And when your not drunk, drunk people are so freakin' annoying! God that Texans offense was like nails on the chalkboard. Rob Dayne is like having Jackie Gleason as RB. But Jackie Gleason was faster. Freakin' sloths could catch that guy from behind!  HOU QB Matt Schaub was knocked out of the game for foolishly taking two steps toward the play after he was intercepted and being cracked hard by Stephen Cooper I believe. Who was wrongly penalized I feel. Then we were treated to the back up QB who strikes fear into the hearts of men, SAGE! Sage Rosenthals came in to lend a hand in the INT fest. So does Sage have a sister named Raindrop? Are ye going to Scarborough Fair? We thumped a bad team. Or did we just make them look that bad? A little of both I feel. On to Minneapolis. And the Vikes. More of the same awaits you Norse peeps.

It Started With TX in 2004

 OK, no more politics...football. We gonna rage over the Texans like a fire up a hillside. Nice analogy. I apologize. Serious recovery could begin with an inspiring Bolt victory. It is only Houston, right? I read somewhere's that Norv said this was THE week of great practices. Practice? Terrell would say. I always hate to hear practice went well. Considering though, I'll take it. The Chargers talent will make a good coach out of Norv yet before seasons end!

I'll take this Ohio Players...

over this...if only for today.

Never Would I Call

 I'm political and liberal. I believe in CHANGE. My politics will subside for football. But I know why decisions are made. The Chargers will play the Texans this Sunday in Qual...oh wait...the freakin' Murph! When your stadium gave up being called what it was way back when. Cuz $$ makes it be called Moneydividedbypolitics/Park. All u kids is too stupid too see. The world is ready to die, what sustains you. In Berkley, college students don't protest. They is out for the career without humility. Where is the New Orleans love? You read about Drew Brees house in SD and his in New Orleans? At the same time. But he has $$ and insurance. Only 7 inches of rain in Saint town and the levees barely held. Watch your TV's and pretend it ain't your country. We got football and Applebee's, your neighborhood grill. Not my grill. I'm disgusted by another GWB appearance, but Ahnold did something and in the media way...when Ahnold stood next to Bush, it was the movie TWINS! Cool.

 OK...football. Uhhhh....Chargers...Texans...Fire. We are going to WIN...easy. Need I not say what the motivational factor is?

 I must add this late equation to the mix. Fat Kitty Falafel closes 2morrow so I can watch the U of OOOOOOOOOOOOO...yep, that was 13 O's. Beat USC. Autzen will be bumpin'. Dixon...thanks for playin' pro baseball.

 You all think it can't happen to you. Welcome to the the new world of non global warming, natural disasters that just got a little out of hand, no problem here just move on and get your shoppin' on! Oh, yeah, I'm an idiot cuz I hate AOL and such. We are all on a dead template somewhere. Step in your car, get pulled over...your an inch away from being tased if you disagree. Try it. I do it for a living. Just to see, no? And where are those C 130s and the nat'l guard?...oh...in IRAQ. To protect that sand from fire.

 Yep, this WAS a Charger blog. And still is. I guarantee I'm on a "WATCH LIST" What a waste of time and $$. Cuz I get emails from Amman Jordan, from someone I love! Then I hear all the people that live here say, stupid people live in these places and never rebuild. 9.0 earthquake potential rests in Portland. I know better than you all, just some. This is or was a somewhat free land. WE ALL IN THE SAME GANG...air breathe

 I highly recommend a song by James McMurtry on You Tube and the world "We Can't Make It Here Anymore". He ain't your Tug McGraw's relief pitcher's son, Ford sellin, boot up the ass Iraq boy. You wanna hear real life, give James McMurtry 5 mins of your time before your Egg McSluffin.

 Don't believe Al Gore...George Bush has his finger in the environmental pie.

 I love some politickin with my football. Cuz if we ain't free and our neighborhoods don't burn, then what do we got? What we always have had, more freedom for some

 I'm gone in the middle o the night, and the day I had was most likely, better than yours, I could teach you, but I'd have to charge...my milkshake brings the beetches to the yard. Peace detractors. GO U OF O!

 

Fire to Phoenix

 My best goes out to ALL people in SoCal at risk. At risk of losing homes and livelihoods, that is more than NFL games. But the games will go on. Before I get into the coming week I stress that SoCal is in flames and it is my old home and I have many friends there currently. I will keep checking their status. So I'm praying for rain. It has affected the Chargers also. Besides residences in peril and Charger family evacuations, another bad haunt from the past has returned.

 We had fire in our past and got burned by it. And by thruway of Phoenix. A Sunday night game not played in San Diego, but was scheduled to be. Fires near the Murph made us play the game in Phoenix, I forget who it was. But I think we got crushed...more coming.............P.S...It was Green Bay 2003, the year before we became formidable. And we wore all dark blue.

 As I type the winds have died, but the fires rage, it is still hot. San Diego St game is canceled. Not the Chargers. My true gut feeling is, neutral, they ain't playin' in Murphy. The Rockies are being crushed.

 In response to isellproperty's comment, Jane's Addiction spells it out for me...Idiot's RULE! Ask Iggy Pop. My daddy sells & owns property, an I bet it's a ton more than you and your daddy! Thanks for reading though. It's good to be called a name again. Give me time on a pre game blog, let the smoke clear per se...

AOL Reduced by 20%

 I read that AOL is cutting its workforce, that's what us falafel indies call downsizing. I wonder Jamie Mottram if u survived the cut? Cool...peeps read my blog, the Red Sox will lose and Monponsett will get off that horse. Fuck Fanhouse, I'll tell you where the fans are. Writing for free on the net...whether they be Nugent far enders, or cross toed tennis shoe intensity...AOL fights for nothing. I actually paid their fee in fear I wouldn't be able to write after some people actually read my blog. Then AOL said it was they're promotion got me there. Ya'll is a mullet fuck train to nowhere...scuse me whilst I adjust this dangler earring.

 I just watched the movie "The Bridge"...jump AOL...just jump. But at least the back stories of the jumpers had integrity.  Bite me AOL, and  Fan House. I do it 4 real. Scratch ticket fitty cent will back out but ya won't pussies.  Sweet...a bye week. 20%, taint no big thang, cept I'm on ur freakin template. Least it's free to write, ya'll is gonna slowly be lowered into this pit. Ah, who cares? Just 20% less of for free AOL and those sweet banners. I never forget a fuck, specially a bad one. I feel bad for you 2000 people, but you shoulda talked to me 1st. I coulda told you. Bolts 4ever and fuck Mitt Romney. Call me what you will, I know where the problems lie. You will pay AOL, oh wait...u have. Fuck you Jamie, thanks for checkin' in. George C...thanks.Remember this last ditch effort, the running man, where is that Asian goalie, or for that fact, the gov of CA? Again, as I read AOL can't sell...you fucked me once, and forgot. My biz thrives, yours sucks. You suck. Buh Bye.

Powder Puff

 Superman in powder blue, looked like the Air Jordan from the free throw line, BOOM! Here come the boys from the south, HA HA...how u like me now? LT, like Clapton, is God. Laying down the 10 commandments of rushing and a disciple of receiving also. Just an all around kinda cool God. With #21 on his robe and no beard. Powder Blue robe in the height of fashion. Bolts flyin' and parting NFL defenses like freakin' Moses parted the Red Sea. Honorary adapted son of the Flash. The Flash shoulda worn powder blue tights, that woulda been fly. Welcome back to the big mix LT, and thank you for being an intrigal part of the huge W over the dark side. The team we thought we'd have in '07 is starting to jell as we head into the buh bye week. 

 The Bolts broke out quick. One foolish play and most inappropriately timed at that, almost turned an entire 1st half of domination into a stalemate on the scoreboard only. But the DB's saved the day and we didn't head down the old Charger road of defeat and asking why? We overcame a momentum crushing, game changing play. Never blinked. The dee came out and did it when it counted. Philip Rivers will not throw that INT again, or hopefully very rarely. It's a learning experience, in the worst way. My life froze for a second, I saw it on TV setting up before the throw was made and even my armchair quarterback skills saw that and I was looking downfield. When Philip threw it, before it left his fingers, I knew, I swear! It's years of football watching, Philip came back strong. And the whole arsenal was at his disposal, and functioning well.

 Gates IS the tight end model. Gazelle man but in Charles Atlas body. And the gazelle is crossed with a ram. Get the picture? Oh, that fumble out the back the end zone on a sure TD sucked. Nice moves. But another life crushing Charger play. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The difference is now...we come back after these plays. A good sign. The Chargers are cardiac in the way they can just give away momentum from ill timed plays. Sorry. This comes from years of seeing it and I'm a realist. But I like the team that came out in the 2nd half.

 The Raiders came to play. We had a few and one real verbal Raider fans at Claudia's. And 30 Bolt die hards. Never did it get ugly. But boy that Raider boy start poppin' after that huge INT.  Jammer sat his ass down. Kept the damage to a minimum. Boy I'll admit though, there were 3 Raider chicks ala chica beautiful. I would have sex with the enemy but only to learn they're secrets. No...I woulda been a ready and willing participant. And never would give up the playbook. But all you Raider dudes suck. Not really. Only kinda. Once you take off the grease paint, lycra, fishnets, road warrior regalia there are some decent people under there. Terribly flawed but decent. After we would score I would hear, "Who's got the rings Charger fans?". He is right in a way, but him being about 22 killed the buzz for me.

Celebrate good times...C'MON. AG n LT celebrate LT's 27 yd TD scamper in the 1st quarter. I am in reality. We have more to prove. To everybody. I'm a naysayer. I get Banwagonesque. Dump on when it's bad, heaps o sugar when it's good. Norv is a saint now? Not quite. But the royal Charger court of jester's like me will with hold judgment for now.

Raider Tribute

Expose dem Raidahs!

  I'm all recovered and returned from the Bay Area. I crossed the Bay Bridge and saw nemesis town. Oakland. Jr Varsity...no wait frosh/soph to SF. I hexed Oaktown then and there. It kinda looked like Scranton. Instead of seagulls there were vultures. That place could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch! I waved goodbye to the blackhead by the Bay and I knew then and there...we are gonna keel haul dem Raiders!

  A brittle and unreliable Dante Culpepper at the helm with Jamarcus in the wings? Don't roll out alot Mr Pepper. I have faith we'll dominate. Like Slim Shady said, Will the real Slim Shady please stand up. Will the real Chargers please stand up? Alot of sports radio guys I heard this week were saying Denver is just that bad. Or are we coming out of our shell? A W over the Raiders (I think we are on 8 straight now) is always sweet but this means alot as we can get to the top, tied with everybody in the West with a W. Or a few after this Sunday's games. Plus it's a division win, it all figures in the mix later.

  OK, I talk tough and put down Oakland cuz of the rivalry but I'm gonna give the Raiders some deserved props. They seem to be much improved. Lane Kiffin has them on the bandwagon and that's so much more than last years squad. Also the law of averages catches up eventually, but 9 straight looms. Maybe some intangibles in play. Thats all I'm gonna say good about Pirates of the East bay.


Yeah, it's cliche but so appropriate. Say hello to my little friend! Raider Cock A Roach!
 

When a Raider fan has pounded that last road warrior spike in his kiddie shoulder pads, used gallons of silver spray paint, Raiderized to oblivion. They digress, and return to they're true form. Divine or Barney. 40 something Raider fan thinks Davey & Goliath was spiritual and deep. Where was the freakin' Kwanza episode DAAAAVEEEEYYYY?

Here he comes, here comes Philip Rivers, he's a demon on wheels! He's a demon and he's gonna be chasin' after someone!

This is kinda like the Super Cuts of Oaktown. Last I heard they was goin' under. Raider crowd hair like a freakin' NHL crowd, oh and team.

I pretend, therefore Iam who you am i thought. I mean, I'm as here as you drunk Iam. Or is this Brian Bosworth in his new movie? Just another Raider fan. Good luck Pirates of Penzance!

Bay Area Charger

 I disappeared, took a train to everywhere. No, not that train. Just the Amtrak. To San Francisco, or Emeryville. Oh...and did it all turn out good...fuck yeah! From the start, before football. Rocked in Friday nite with a band I loved when I was 15, I'm 46 now. The cool difference between 1976 and 2007 is...I'm older and know where to drink in public and how to do it. Oh wait, and NOT inhale. Saw a band called STARZ, lookem up. Cleveland knows. And your Charger writer heah had the TIME! I'll spare ya the details of my trip and tell ya where I ended up...to watch the Chargers at one of the coolest neigh hood bars in SF, and it just happened to be about 22 blocks from where I was born. And I got 1/2 my drinks for free, OK for real a 1/3. I'm so glad I talk and pimp my biz. Oh, you 3 reading this now, go to fatkitty.biz...right now.

 It was on in the Bay, Fleet Week. The military was sellin' and I shook hands and said thank you. To the young men and women that make it right, for real. I'll save ya the hugs I received after stating my support and disdain for GWB. All the military people I went out of my way to meet and greet were so happy to hear what I had to say when we got to talkin'. Power of the Blue Angels can make everyone feel powerful.

 Oh, and the Ravens fans. Thanks for the many free drinks and fun. And the hell u say any bad about the Baltimore peeps I met. Saw like 3 Niner jerseys. I could walk up to a Raven fan...you would have to know my charisma of course. Tell him I think she/he sucked for beating us last yr and they just were so cool. I think I paid for no drinks in this one bar. BALTIMORE I say to you. It may have been the 75 degree weather and your chance to come and visit, ya'll was beautiful and friendly. Niner fans and the city I was born in...ya'll sucked. Living in the past and fair weathered. It was refreshing to see some east coast passion. Even though the actual game musta been like the middle of baseball season, Tampa @ Texas. Ravens fans who flocked to the Bay...ya'll got the W.

 So the Bolt game was destiny. Yeah, I break up during the season. Cuz I know. The Norv thing. It's Raider week. I know what Denver is. We still are so in it. I crumble and sound like a fan sometimes...cuz I don't get paid like Fanhouse. IAM A 4 REAL FAN. I drink, travel and try to be unprofessionalprofessional...catch my drift paid boys?


 Pimpin' w/N'Stinct look him up on myspace and listen to "Tennis Shoes" He will be the next Oak town killer. No, I hate the Raiders...NOT Oakland...wait...I do. I wore a Seals jersey on purpose. A dead team that had no point now, but it woke up a buncha dead souls and I knew it would.

 OK...to the game. I took the 7 N Judah train, to the hood I grew up in. When I was Niner boy, real boy, like birth thru 7 yrs old. Still hadn't found a bar w/a guaranteed Charger showing. Let's just say I asked a dude on the train as I headed to my old hood, and he was dressed to a t and I mentioned my hood, birth, connection and what I needed. This gentleman told me he was off at 23rd and would walk me right by a bar that might put it on. We walked after getting off the train, he points across the street to a bar called Finnegan's Wake, and before we part ways he says, "Tell Johnny the bartender that John from the Absinthe sent ya." Sounds like a 30's movie huh?

 I walked into Patriots and Sox fans and it was soooo much fun. All Boston boys and girls in the bar, transplants from the hell they once called home. Not one rarely turned to watch the Pats game, it was the Sox. The Niners game was on a 13" TV in nowhereville and (1) person was watching. A few Charger fans drifted in. I told the btender about me and that I met some dude named John from the Absinthe and boy oh boy, we got Bolts on the biggest screen and my balance was in my favor. I know I was cut the deal. I love being loud, reputable...and on the right side of the food business! Turns out this Absinthe place was something else. My fate is a broke ass brilliant fool so far. Huh. Thanks John from Absinthe, I haven't even looked you up yet. but a million others told me about it. I was ridin' a 1-3 team and fearful. Still am.

 I'm through with pussyfuttin'! Fuckin' accept the fact the Bolts are snakebit to now. We have the lizard. let's suck out the poison to save the life. Who is gonna do it for this team?

 Oh, no descriptions or hefore to with whatever about last week's game. It was a joke. One dude in the bar who was out of it kept repeating that it was in SD.  Uh, ok. The Charger fans were pretty weak cept for Eddie. Musta been 85 or so and bought me without having to, a $10 Bloody Mary.Eddie almond boy...Salud, TANX alot. I got so disinterested in my game you'd grab me and tell me to pay attention. 41-3. Nice. Johnny Brooklyn salud, whatchu doin' in SF? Yeah, that's how cool it was. Reservoir Dog's Cool, when it mattered. It matters. Chargers. Matter. Raiders? Sorry I can't get this picture straight, but babies behind .50 cals at an air show? It is kinda cute, huh? Think about it. And $8 Coors Lights in a fenced in area while in the front row were the "corporate" tents. I swear to you it said corporate sponsors...u name em, and it ain't Popeye's Chicken, with all branches of the military logos side by side. This ain't issuin' peanut butter and Lucky strikes no more. Just sellin' the next 10 yrs of death, minimum. Man, I'm glad the Chargers made me not think why for a weekend. Oh, the Stanford thing was pretty cool, see ya SC suckahs, welcome to the real world. Get ready Oaktown foolz, it's gonnabe nine in a row and a walkover.

The Father's Will Fuc* Ya'll

 OK...throw poisoned darts at my open chest cavity heart.  Attach electrodes to my scrotum. OK...don't. Are you an SD sports fan? You know today sucked epic shite. Norv will suck the life out of you and he has. The Bolts had a good plan. But in the 2nd half, they abandoned all. The Padres are in Denver manana, can someone come through? I'm a fuckin' SD sports fan, and it's better than you . Yeah, I'm a loser 2 day. HUGE. I'll be in front of a TV to watch the Padres get some. Get SOME, NOW.

 Sing this:  OK...we are the world, we are the children, we be the fuckahs to make a grey cloudy day so let's start killin', it's a choice were makin', were killin' the SD, Norv and his neck...it's super lizardy. Did that rhyme? I'm so happy right now. It is a normal day in the day late dollar short world we deal with. Least I met some cool for real Phillie fans who got they're way today. In fuckin' Portland. Wherever we live in the USA shit happens and we seem to be in another part of the country from where we broke water. I'm fucked. If you were born in Detroit (congrats Kitna Christian) would you have any love for the SD? No.

 Remember the movie "the Sandlot"? Your Killing Me Smalls! Let's go on You Tube and watch insects or people eat people or insects. I'd rather watch the Chargers look around and point fingers without pointing. My finger points at the guy without clenched teeth. Norv Nosferatu. His fangs sucked the life out of the Raiders. His Gila Monster neck will kill us this year.  I'll get back and write more...us San Diego fans are...is there an us? Yes...there is. Off to the fridge, like pinball in your own house. 

 The Fly's 1998 hit "Got U Where I Want You" blares in my background. And the most snowfall that yr. was done in Mt. Baker WA. The Fly's kicked with alien girl Katie Holmes, and they are from SD. As in Big Mountain, remember them?...turning horrific Peter Frampton tunes into SD reggae gold? U know...on the big charts and the way my mind is workin', cept for "Rocket From the Crypt", and a lil love for the POD, SD music dosen't have an identity...no Philly Soul. No Detroit. Oh, wait MOW TOWN cool. San Diego football week #4...we are 1 and 3. And unidentifiable. No sound. Temporary heart team. I do like the Fly's tune by the by...and the lead sing knows how to surf...very well. Eddie Vedder is from SD.  WAIT..JUST WAIT...come on...you don't remember the band White Lion? Neitherdo I. Or Ugly Kid Joe...who died on a beach like the Chargers today...blow up doll kites in Santa Barbara...fluttering in the breeze. Can you tell I got You Tube now and got rid of the dial up and my season is slow chunkin' so far...as opposed to fast chunkin'.

 I'm gonna go find funny pictures now to put captions on. Fuck you AJ for hiring a Raider. Norv...u suck. Chargers? Sumthins up. And ya'll know it. I just watch and pay. And I make a whole lot less. Not that it matters. Emotional, lost coaches, KC at home? How much more u want? Wow, and I thought we had a 5 year window. Norv...LIFE SUCKER OF CHAMPIONS!

Back to .500?

 Before I write this...and journey back to the city that birthed me. And 1995...oh wait the throwbacks were the entire 1994 season. I made a choice...then. Spending mad $$ and working to serve the rich. Not this weekend. It's the next I go back to SF. This weekend we win...man...I think I'm drunk.

 Here, more sake' fo me. I never care about stats, or history. Time has come today...TIME! No need to run. TIME! 2004...picked for last. 2007 picked for? Iam suffering...I must succeed. I'm 46 yrs old and my own creation that makes me $$ is on a Sunday. Till Helloween. And then there is the Padres. I'm from the listening to Jerry Coleman, then he is mngr, uh...OK, oh I was 11 and it was like 1973.

 As rain falls outside my window in Portland, OR...land of no teams i say this...we are the sleeping giant. Portland? No! You stupid fuck! SD.  And I repeat...we are not 0-3. Every team we have played is 3-0. No excuse.

 Oh snap! Portland got the Davis Cup. I'll be there. U care? I just like tennis and have a past. I played and scooped (yes...scooped balls) for WTT back in the 70's. I have been screamed at for not doing my job when I was a 12 year old volunteer by Davis Cup captain (Dennis Ralston) literally in my face screaming. Oh, you have to blame it on somebody when your good. But I got the job from Rod Laver, by writing a letter. And all us bloggers here, came from your backyard. Noooo, not the Boo Radly yard. Tennis doesn't deserve time on my blog. People used to care. James Blake rawks. Andy will play his best. Support American Tennis!

 I will brag...I have a life. But i sho nuff ain't quittin' u ....wait. I promised peaceful quotations. This week it is KC...and next week the Donks. More to spray...



 

What Does A Packer Do?

 Is a Packer a packer of meat? Packer can be misconstrued. But whatever it is and does the Chargers got packed. And it was painful. It was like watching a prison movie, and we were the prisoner.

 And I only saw the 1st half! I do a Farmer's Mkt on Sundays with my falafel stand. For the 1st time in about 17 yrs I missed part of a game. For $$. I wasn't at Claudia's, I was in Milwaukie, OR. This market goes to late Oct. I will be missing 1 1/2 quarters or so on home games till then. It kills me but the $$ is too good. Oh well, life calls and it needs more $$ to keep up the lifestyle. I won't miss much. Hopefully there will be something to see. It's early. But Norv...freakin' Norv. I tell ya I don't like it. Defense is stagnant. Team is way out of sync. I said I could coach this team to 10 wins, maybe I was wrong. But it is early yet, and I will not push ye proverbial panic button just yet laddies n ladettes.

My style was severely cramped. It is super busy and we are rolling many falafels, no rest for the Charger worker fan. Two guys I met at the bar who were Bolt fans exchanged cellie #'s and that's how I got my updates. Technology is grand, but I was so busy the cell just took messages. I picked up a few hrs after the falafel storm and heard we were punting with 2 mins and change on the clock and were up 21-17 and things were ok. They had to score a TD. I got busy and...SHIT! We lost. The Rivers INT was the dagger. I must admit, the pain of the loss stung less with the $$ I made and not being drunk, and not seeing it happen! It's like we expected greatness without showing it on the field. I'm critical and scare easy but I'm faithful in the "new" Charger way of things. Or is it a new way? Marty for Norv. 12-4 for the Raider debacle dude. Still has a chance, plenty of chances to redeem himself. I'm still positive we will roll W's in 07.

 I can't break down this game from what I saw. But the 1st half was almost unwatchable. I didn't like the bar either, suburbia mini mallish. But I met two Navy (X) guys w/Charger jerseys and they were too cool. Scottie kept me up on the 2nd half on the cell, thanks bud. I can't listen to radio, too distracting when I'm in the falafel zone. Hopefully LT will be in his "falafel zone" against KC. And Rivers will graduate high school QB' ing and get back to the poise of his rookie season. No sophomore jinx Philly boyeeee! My blogs are weak this season due to working on Sunday's and a hugeupswing in business. So sorry for the vague mostly cheerleading tones i have been laying down. Get better after Halloween and I will take back Sunday! As will the Chargers. I'm still optimistic, we have too much talent to maintain this trend.

Post Trumatic Stress Disorder

 So it took me this long to recover from Sunday night. Felt like a target at a shooting range. Two ways to view it. I like my conspiracy theory better, cuz it eases the pain of the beat down. #1 view, we got whupped by a superior team and were totally unprepared and looked kinda high schoolish. This is probably closer to reality than my next theory, #2 view, BChick is the Karl Rove of the NFL and has deeper plants than video cams on the sidelines. Like the MIB's only it's the Patriot CIA. He showed us. He knows whats coming. Uncanny ability to predict what to do at clutch times. Sounds cool but unlikely. Oh well, all past, present and future Pat victories are tainted! When will their "Jose Canseco" come forward and tattle and Bill Chick will shout, "I did not have sex with that woman!" But he did, hoodie wearing, slap on the wrist penalty cheater. Coach Unabomber. Yeah, I'm a sore loser.

 The season is young but the Norv thing is kinda freakin' me out. Philip looked amateurish at times...out of sync as was LT. I started drinking to ferget like an old country song. But I remember looking at the score and they were rolling up points like an old pinball machine. Bells ringing in my head, bats in the belfry. Wuz u tryin' to get crazy with essay? Don't you know I'm loco? I'm loco with doubt. New England and Indy, the cream of the crop. At this early point in the season they are far superior to us. We look poorly coached if there is such a thing. I won't mention Brady, Marcia is still my favorite and most doable of the cast, at least back in '74. The Brady Bunch silly. Not the Pats. Least the Sox are suckin', so that Northeast elitist tude can suck on some curse for awhile.

 There were no turning points so no need to break down the game. We were thoroughly dissected, drawn and quartered. By the Blackwater Security team. Immune to prosecution in your league or a little ceremonial slap on the wrist and a pardon down the road. Enough of the past, like Alberto Gonzalez I don't recollect seeing this game. So on to the next, Green Bay at Lambeau.

 So it's Brett Farve, wasn't he a back up to Bart Starr? His look is a cross between Popeye and George Michael. And he endorses old people products and throws footballs at tires and alligators on his ranch. And he still scares me. If he had any receivers to throw too and a running game. Everyone seems to be laid up. As a long time Charger fan and without looking it up, my mind seems to remember us never playing well against GB regardless of either teams records. I remember being blown out in a couple marquee match ups in the 90's where they just killed us after we were hyped a bit, same old story. LT needs a big game and is due to bust out. Let's see how the secondary handles Favre. He still throws into impossible coverage and the results are not as cool as they once were say 5 yrs ago. The whole dee needs to shore up and be cohesive. A Dubya in GB, NO! Not that blubbering one...a W!

NE, Barry Bonds of the NFL

 If Chicago only had an offense, they might be in the column of W. This game was painful to watch till mid 3rd quarter. It proved a few things to me. #1, we have the ability to win when we play like crap. LT was contained...mostly. But when he was needed, he heeded the call, answered the bell and came out swinging. Oh and the roll out pass to Gates, a thing of beauty.

 #2, can overcome adversity and maintain composure after being blatantly hosed on an offside call at the Bear 2, 2nd and goal. Nat'l TV and everyone in Quaalcom saw it. But...not challenge able. Technicality. That call sucked, to put it bluntly. Lesser teams could let a call like that change the course and momentum of the game. Not the underwhelming Chargers, at least on this day. But they did perform in the clutch and basically dominated the 2nd half.

 SD had a little karma comin'. And it came in the form of of a sky high Scifres punt that bounced off a Bear defender and into the hands of the Chargers. Rumor has it that the punt struck the overhead camera thingy on wires dealy bopper. Cool. This led to our 1st score and ended in a 14-3 win.

 The excuse the Bears gave for having an offense that was in reverse tortoise mode. Watching it was like listening to Leo Sayer's "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" on a loop while strapped to a gurney w/eyes held open ala Clockwork Orange and forced to view strobed clips of Xanadu. Was it really that bad? YES! The Chargers looked about the same in the 1st half. There is so much more to cover, but I must be brief. This is this falafel maker's last weekend event of the already over summer. I'm busy but I'll come back stronger after the Pat game.

 On to a quick preview of the game of the week, SD @ NE. Now that it's known NE cheats...oh no, not the old hooded sour puss himself...Bill Bellechick...puh leez. Peeps been sayin' it for years, now it's known. Go college on NE, forfeit last weeks game against the Jets. What's next Pats, drone spy planes and wiretapping w/out a warrant to secure victory at all costs? Enough of the CHEATER, tainted are all rings NE earned, steroid Super Bowls. Most likely not, but the nagging doubt remains.

 I'm so busy I can't break it down like I'd like. Cheat or not, we are totally entering hostile territory against our main competition in the AFC besides Indy. This is like fighting the heavyweight champ, you almost have to knock out your opponent to win. Well were superfly TNT muther...! You get the message. It's late, I must sleep. let's see if NE can win w/out our playbook!

Busy Bee (NE Cheats!)

 Wrap of last week's game and a preview of our visit to Watergate...er...Foxboro coming this evening. Cheaters, hand's down. Caught. Well, get ready. LT is gonna pop your headset off. I'm busy doing end of summer fests and battling a passive aggressive/straight aggressive property management conglomerate.Bellechick, unabomber hoodie, low, CHEATER! You should forfeit your game to the Jets, like a college team. Disgusting. Entry coming tonight. CHEATERS!

I Have A Job

 I falafeled at a festival today, as OR proved Michigan sucks!  My summer is over and the $$ has been earned. Let's get to the year. Yeah, the year. The year I could coach the Chargers to 11-5, minimum. Game plan would be, you go long, and you run. Simple. I could draw the offense and defense in the dirt with a stick, my era as a kid, sandlot. It's late and tomorrow we get a "Grossman" kinda day.

 I was kinda thinkin' we whup. I'm not that confident...yet. Da Bears do have some kinda dee. I will be back with a postgame blog tomorrow. I also have a brand spankin' new phat laptop and wireless. All other blogs of the past three yrs were a dial up nightmare. I'll never do a live blog, too into the game to bang keys. And I'd spill beer on it. But if I'd spill beer on it laughing (NOT) at a tired old Jim Rome routine, he'd announce it. of course after e mailing him that he was soooo funny, he made me do it. Ba Ba Booey of sports lameness. Uh, where did that come from? Ya never know here, eh?

 I ask you few readers I have left to check the photo above. Yes, It is I and my Charger falafel cart. OK, I fly a tiny Bolt Flag, nice decal, mini Charger helmet and wear the knit everyday during the season, and or ball cap for remaining hot days, but I yam in Seahawk Jr. country. Like I give a fu%k. I'm gonna do the bleep myself thing this year when I get the urge to profanticate...that's my word. Again...fully not even dude age. Portland is actually awash in Chargermania! Kinda. We be breakin' in a new season at Claudia's so I invite any Bolt fan to show up if your in town and you will be welcomed. Even opposing teams fans, you got someone here somewhere who will love you. It is after all Portland, OR. Even you Raider fans, we have a few left here. Wait, fuck that. Oh...ok...I'm gettin' old. Just be civil while we hoot and vomit on you. Not really. Cuz the OAK games are kinda like a WWE match and we have been written in to sweep your asses again, ez. How does it feel to know, like the Sex Pistols once wailed "God Save Those Queens, The Davis Regime, they made you a moron, Deliver Kif...Gawd SAAAAVVVEEESSS!"

 No Sheee Ite. Happy Opening weekend. To all fans. Ya'll got somebody. From the ZZZZZZZZZZ game in Houston, to the future world champs against last years runner up tomorrow, for which I'm skipping a lucrative event by the way...sacrificin' dollahs for hollahs. Too spice it, the cliche...U ready for some BLEEEP...fuckin' football? Have fun tomorrow and 1/2 of us will be losers. Just for one weekend. CHARGERS will cross over.

OUR SEASON

 Hi my three weekly readers. Unlike you, I battle. Against permit checkers, liars, and the disreputable. Nothing has changed. And ya'll just accept. I'll throw it down. This site sucks. Fanhouse sucks. The WAR sucks. Fuckin' Applebee's and McDonalds suck too. Thanks for comin' through Jamie. And all you WAR supporting bloggers. Oh, not that WAR. The internet, oh wait, GWB says the intranets, and "My Pet Goat" I'm saying, reduce, reuse, recycle humanity. Isn't that what its down to? You get it good and original, and then you homogonize it. But you know whats pretty fuckin cool, no, not John Travolta in "Hairspray", when he said the $5 dollar vanilla shake thing, that was cool.

 Ya'll out there ain't cool. You accept that you "had the chance" to write and disappeared. Pat Tillman got a triangular pattern on his forehead, from 10 yds away. I'm fortunate to be the mayor of Simpleton, and I see life in black and white...with rabbit ears. Nobody gave us an oppurtunity, it was stolen from you for safe. People make $$ off this net, and you just move on and accept it. Wern't you some of the most original Muther f en writers with a passion for your team? The swill I read on Fanhouse makes me laugh. Where are you Jamie? Rear view mirror is where we are and have been. Oh, and the fact I paid AOL $$ cuz  wanted to write. Oh, they sooo free and useless now.

 But...I love But. I feel good about football. I am fortunate enough to be able to attend a few games. My team was dissappointing in the P'OFFS. But we have a window, a fuckin' bay window over a harbor I and you have never seen. I love reversing grammer, and making it all about ...SD.

 So...drive over your bridge in Anytown USA, and say...they care. Fightin' em over there so our infrastructure collapses here. Least you got your life right? I'm psyched. But I never give up. Educate yourself, know the Chargers are good. My WWII decorated grandpa went with it for 4 years, he is done. Never has seen such disrespect on the field. Like how this mix is goin'?

 This is just the basic intro to 07, 08...ya'll just melded off into oblivion and accepted it. Well I knew it was gettin' good for me when Fanhouse struck without warning, but they are basically red dye #4. We used to have a good thing. But good things are always replaced in our disposable society. AOL went broke soon after, but they charged to end and outsourced to India. Then went free after their multi million dollar running yellow man campaign.

 I hate you AOL, but I made a promise to myself when you released us from our free creativity you milked for 2 years, I would follow suit with my blog. Cuz I started it the year the Bolts got good, out of the blue. Consensus last place picks in '04 and I took the blog on in good faith and got kicked to the curb. Jamie, you have never returned like you said to "check up" on what you left behind. Nor has the "New Pigskin Bloggers" site ever materielized either. Thats cool.

 Chargers don't have the rings...yet. Have faith ye of little faith. I don't do preseason. This blog will resurrect, and you will bow like the underlings in "Children of the Corn"  OUTLANDER! Accept this. We are better than you. This all started in the season opener in '04, road victory over the Texans with Brees at QB. Time to finish it.

 And to all you Raider fans, um...achoo! Little too much Culpepper in my salad. Jamarcus, where are u?12/24/06 Happy F in Xmas Seahawks...07 and oh yeah...08

Nuthing Is Changing Or Different Here

 As I enter the graveyard that is now the original Pigskin Bloggers shudder I do not, play on words for you cool enough to remember a band that was blowin' up when the Bolts were gettin' there through a direct horn to George Burns back in '95. Oh God!

 Before I write my epitah on this site, and know what lies before me...and all mutha f...hs, that say your true new blues? Let me say this...

Another Chapter In The Tragic Comedy of Errors

  I still have yet to type a winning playoff blog. It's going on 3 years of blogging and goddammit it just isn't meant to be for SD! Ghosts of playoff past rose from Qualcom's field. The uncanny knack of the Chargers in they're history of playoff failure. When we achieve a critical 3 and out late in the game, Parker fumbles the punt! McCree gets an INT late, and is stripped of the ball. NE gets it back. That was like on a NE 4th and 8. Why the runback the way he did it? Drayton's drive continuing head butt, would have been our ball again. It amazes me and kills my spirit. No excuses, we did lose. We served it up 5 star style and on a silver platter to the Pats. We even threw in a lap dance for free. God Almighty, bet for the Pats and slighted his only son's choice!

 In the last 2:00 did we not go to the prevent defense? Does it always work? Yes, it prevents us from winning! Another that falls on Marty is the decision to go for a 4th and fairly long or a 47 yd FG. He went for it, sack. A possible Fg, off the board. If it were that simple there is the difference, we lost by 3. But it isn't. There is much more to whine about. But I feel like I caught my wife cheating on me with my best friend, and I got mugged, and I'm being chased by the roto saw metal ball from Phantasm! I've absorbed too much mental anguish being a Charger fan. Expectations and high hopes, never met. More coming...

 

Deuce's Wild

 I must give a shout out to the Saints. It looked as if they were going to run out the clock when Reggie Bush fumbled, giving Philly one last gasp. They went 3 and out and punted! With like a minute left! Andy has to be second guessing that now. I thought Brees was snake bitten again. The Gods smiled upon him this day. With help from himself and the unstoppable Deuce McAllister. A 4th quarter maniac, he singlehandedly won them the game. The way he squeezed out yds was amazing. Colts beat the Ravens, we know where we stand. Gotta play this out today. Keep the streak alive.

   BOLTS!!!

The Battle of San Diego

 I feel it too. That little bit of SD anxiety and worry. All the sports talk shows are saying it. We are an unproven playoff team and Rivers played lousy the last 4 games and he will be a liability. It's possible. I'm amongst the minority who totally believe with a tiny twinge of doubt. I remember this about the 2006 season, did we ever not just totally not show up? NEVER. We even almost won the two we lost at Baltimore and KC. When Rivers is down, others step up. We have a team. We have a defense with Merriman. The Pats are elite in the playoffs, like 11-1 or something. Thats hard to beat. But we may be developing our own mini dynasty and we need to knock them off their pedestal.

 I have returned from working in 30 degree weather and listening to all sportsradio proclaim the Chargers demise and mighty NE and the sweatsuited genius Bellechick. I swear I think I only heard Colin Cowherd on his show say he liked the Chargers. Trey Wingo said we were toast basically. I like Colin, Rome's act is getting old. That's so funny I spit coffee on my monitor Jim, for like the last 7 years. Boring.Anywho. They're opinions mean nothing to me. It's like musician's who win Grammy's. A nod to the mainstream opinion. Well guess what ESPN bad suit wearin' so called experts, I'm goin' against the grain on this one and picking the Chargers. Wonder why? C'mon now. This is a biased blog to the bone.

 I hear the cries of Marty's 5-12 record in the playoffs. And Bellichick's near perfection. He is 11-1 or 12-2, nothing to sneeze at. I think Marty is an old dog who has taken on a few new tricks this year and is not afraid to use them. And he will pull out all the stops with Cameron's help and all the coaches. The players are for sure more psyched than they have ever been in their careers. I would be lying if I didn't say this is a VERY dangerous team and has the tools to best us. I think we have a few more tools in the chest. No, not that kind of tool silly! There is a playoff game in San Diego this Sunday. The city is ready for it. And all will be watching.

 GO CHARGERS!!!

Let It Be LT

 LaDanian Tomlinson was selected as MVP of the NFL today. He is the 1st Charger ever given the honor. He deserves it. The Franchise. It was unanimous. He got like 44 votes and runner up Drew Brees got 4 or so. This continues the trend of the 2006-7 Chargers. Precedent setters. Exploring new worlds, thats one small step for LT, a giant leap for the Bolts! It just keeps going and going.

 The mayor of Vegas called the Chargers I hear, trying to woo them away from SD. The Las Vegas Chargers? All I remember about Vegas football tradition was that "He Hate Me" dude from the XFL. Oh, and Craig Whelihan, x Charger starter who sucked and faded into the XFL, probably buffered by an Arena League stint as well. Sheesh. But the mayor was rebuffed and told the Bolts are staying in SD. But in pro sports, anybody can pull a "Saban" at any moment. Like the vote of confidence for the manager in baseball. He's gone. But Vegas ain't happening anytime soon.

 We will be playing KC, NYJ, or NE whoever the lowest seed that wins is. Just for revenge I want the Jets. No fear of sweat suit boy Belichick's schemes or Larry Johnson of KC if we happen to play either one of them. It's about that Kaeding miss in the playoffs a few years back. The Jets. I'm rooting for ya, come back to our house. Need to get that playoff win, validate our regular season and get that 1st ever elusive major title for San Diego in any sport. The defunct SD Sockers or Gulls don't count. Hey, what happened to the AFL2 team in SD, the Riptide? Never heard of them? Well, there ya go. GO CHARGERS!