Justice IS Coming January 12, 2008
It’s 8:00AM on Saturday morning. I’m sorry for not getting JUSTICE IS COMING out last night. It’s been a busy time here in the Warner household. I also must apologize in advance to the homeowners association for my condo development for not making Sunday afternoon meetings. For some reason, the time and day just doesn’t work for me. It’s been quite an interesting week to be a Chargers fan. Everywhere you look, people are counting us out. As Dalton said in Road House, opinions vary. However, this is fucking ridiculous. But unless we can do something about it, it won’t mean a thing. Of course the Chargers don’t expect Peyton Manning to throw 6 interceptions on Sunday. Yes, we all know how many players the Colts will have healthy in the game. Obviously, the Colts will play better tomorrow than they did on that rainy November night in San Diego. But the Bolts are also playing better and are also getting guys back on the field. It’s almost as if, as I read someone comment on one of the U-T forums (where I admittedly get some of these strange pictures), sportswriters are too busy gurgling the balls of the Jacksonville Jaguars to notice.
I vowed after last week’s win to put the 2006 season behind me. The Colts deserve all the credit in the world for getting better each week and benefiting from our early exit to go all the way. The one actual Indy fan I have met since that time thanked me for Moron McCree’s stupidity as soon as he learned of my affiliation with the Bolts. But if you look at Peyton’s stats last postseason, including the Super Bowl, it’s not as if he has a Tom Brady-like in the postseason. Remember, this is the guy who lost his first three playoff games–just like his brother, Jughead. However, I am not going to spend time this week exploring all the way that the Mannings are unfairly canonized by the media. The Bolts have a game tomorrow. My only point is that this game is far from unwinnable, despite what the Fourth Estate would have you believe. The Colts are great, but not invincible.
That being said, the Chargers will need to play at a level on Sunday that they have been at all year. The most important thing is that THEY BELIEVE they can do this. They recognize that falling behind early could prove fatal and that Indy most definitely have a couple of surges which need to be withstood. We couldn’t put them away in 2004, which might have given us a bye, and Drew Brees almost singlehandedly gave away the 2005 game. We all know what happened this year and Philip Rivers can come nowhere near his play that night in order for us to win. But he appears to light years away from that sloppiness. In fact, he truly appears ready to handle the chaos he is undoubtedly going to see tomorrow.
I am sure that Antonio Gates will do everything in his power to be on the field, but I don’t see him being healthy enough to really contribute. I hope I am wrong, just as I was about the Bolts getting to this very point. I still think we can do this. What no one seems to believe is that LT could suddenly take advantage of the fact that he is as close to a ring as he’s ever been and play like the champion he is. He’s had two sub-par games in a row. The Titans were all over him and he wasn’t nearly as quick as he was during the second half of the year. However, he historically hasn’t done too well on a wet field which was why it was good to see Michael Turner in there. I know that Indy allowed the fewest points in the league this year, but this is still LaDainian Tomlinson we are talking about.
Since I didn’t order one in ‘04 or ‘06 until after the playoffs were over (far too son), I purchased a division champs shirt this year. It arrived last Saturday, just in time for the game. Even though I know that “Who wants it more?” is a slogan on all teams’ playoff gear, I took a black Sharpie to underline it on ours. That really is the issue. I don’t think that finally getting to a Super Bowl, let alone winning it, will make Peyton Manning complacent. I don’t believe that the speculation about Tony Dungy’s future will affect the Colts. I am just suggesting that the stars may be aligning for an upset. But we have play the game that AJ Smith envisioned when he said:
“We want to win enough games this year,” Smith said, “to go to the tournament. I don’t care if we have to go on the road and play in a parking lot — I believe that, with the coach we have now, we have a chance to win it all.”
You might recall that he made that statement after Turner’s hiring. He preceded those comments with the suggestion that if we went 9-7, but could win a home playoff game, we would have enough momentum to really prove ourselves against one of the elite teams. Now is that time and the only way to prove ourselves is to win tomorrow. If the running game can get going, it will really hope to keep Manning off the field. When the Colts have the ball, it’s no secret what we need to do. Hopefully, with Castillo back and Olshansky playing his best football as a Charger, we can make it tough for Indy to keep us away from the quarterback.
Watching the NFL Replay version of last week’s game, I was immediately reminded of how many mistakes we made even in the 3rd quarter. The 3rd and 1, where we couldn’t put the ball carrier on the ground yet again, was the period’s final play. That cannot happen this week. Neither can safeties looking at the cornerbacks in confusion after surrendering big plays. And for God sakes, no matador tackling. A big hit doesn’t mean shit if the guy still holds onto the ball.
I know Philip Rivers had trouble in the Metrodome with the crowd noise this year. More importantly, he had trouble connecting on a couple of long throws where the receiver was wide open. Hopefully, he’s past that as well. You’ll remember, FAITHFUL READER, that a long gain to Chambers was also negated by a penalty. Those mistakes also need to be a thing of the past. I saw some footage of Jeff Fisher before the second half last week where he sent the Titans out saying that there was “panic” on our sidelines. He had previously suggested during the game that it would be interesting to see how the Bolts handled the pressure of the fourth quarter, since they did such a poor job a year ago. We were able to come up big on both counts.
However, we will have to play a million times better tomorrow. I think the Chargers feel a sense of relief, not satisfaction, for finally winning a playoff game. Hopefully, the resulting looseness will allow them to take things to another level. Plus, no one thinks they can win anyway? That’s when the Bolts have historically been at their best. It’s time to ruin someone else’s Sunday–again.
Here is a very amusing parody of Peyton’s stupid “Priceless Pep Talks” ads. It might have been mean to be derisive since it comes from a UNC publication that loves to trash the Wolf Pack. It’s still funny. Maybe if we go far enough, our QB can get a Saturday Night Live hosting spot.
By the way, enjoy the pic of LT in the “Raiders Suck” shirt from training camp. It’s not doctored. The guy who sells them is out there on the message boards. I think it’s time for LaDainian to show the world why he deserved better last January.
We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.
We’re just the guys to do it.
JIC,
RLW
January 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Ross,
Your best post yet. You are in playoff form, totally focused. I know the Chargers will be as well. I am familiar with the Payton “Gomer” Manning United Way Spoof. It is definitely funny. I loved your reference to Baby Eli as “Jughead”. Perfect.
Ross, you know I am the King of Links. This is a strange one I found that actually made me laugh. It’s some dude who refers to himself as “Christmas Ape” writing a blog called Kissing Suzy Kolber. I like the name. Now the Christmas Ape is a Steeler fan so he must be a little down right now. BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Keep in mind this little parody is a shot at our QB, but as I said at the beginning of the week, I’m all about staying loose. Plus, my theory is if somebodies taking a shot at you, you matter. Anyways, here is the link. The Playoffs. What a long strange trip it is.
http://kissmesuzy.blogspot.com/2008/01/marmalard-party-table-of-douche.html
January 12th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I’ve seen that blog before, Whit. However, I can’t really tell exactly what they are cracking on Rivers for here. When it was called Kiss Me Suzy, it posted this:
I Wish Everyone Had Listened When I Said My Favorite Sport Was Squash
By Eli Manning
Do you see now, people? Have you finally fucking figured it out?
I do not like football. I don’t know how much clearer I can make that point. This sport blows. Everyone’s running around and hitting each other… yikes. All I wanted when I was a kid was to hang out with my mom in the kitchen and make some zucchini bread. But nooooo, everyone’s all like, “You’re a Manning. You should play football!”
Fuck that. You should hear my dad in interviews. “We never pushed football on the boys…” Yeah right, old man. I just fell into this shit naturally. It had nothing to do with the family football games we played every afternoon for SEVENTEEN FUCKING YEARS, Dad. Or the film study sessions after dinner. No, that was for fun. Ass.
And Peyton! Guhhhhh, what a fucking dickwad. “Hey, Dad! I’ve memorized the playbook!” “Hey Dad, want to go look at your old game films?” “Hey Dad, I audibled to a slant-and-go pattern!” Fucking brownnoser. Hey Peyton, I just threw two picks and blew a game to Tennessee because I’m not as good as you! Isn’t that exciting? Fuckface.
But those two aren’t even the worst offenders in my family. No, I always get Cripple Boy pulling me aside and spouting off some shit like, “Cherish these games, Eli. You’re lucky to be playing in them.” Oh, yeah? I got crazed loons like Albert Haynesworth trying to chase me down and stomp on my fucking nuts. Does that sound like fun to you, Cooper? You get to sell real estate and ride Jet Skis on weekends. Meanwhile, I got Coach Stalin chewing me out and the New York tabloids writing punny headlines telling everyone what a dipshit I am. Oh yeah, bro. I’ll cherish these moments. They’re fucking sterling.
God dammit, do I look like I enjoy playing this game? Have you ever seen me smile? Have you even ever seen my expression change? No. I always look like someone just asked me to solve a trigonometry formula. I only play this game because everyone expected me to. I don’t like hanging out in the locker room. I don’t like slapping asses after a win. I don’t like any of that shit.
Give me squash. There’s a sport. You got two guys in a box swatting at a dead superball. Now THAT I can get on board with. No coaches. No annoying family members telling you about how “great the game is”. None of that crap. Just you, some other sweaty guy, and lots of grunting. Bliss.
I got a bigass signing bonus, you know. I could play that shit all day. All I have to do is prove to everyone that I’m not good enough to play this bullshit football. Critics say I’m inaccurate. Wanna bet? I’m the most accurate fucking passer in the world, people. Those aren’t interceptions I’m throwing. They are FUCKING CRIES FOR HELP.
Don’t you get it? I don’t want to do this anymore. Let some other moron run sit back in the pocket, waiting to get jacked. If only I could just quit, like that dipshit Tiki. He says he’s quitting and the entire media slobs his knob for going out “before he does permanent damage to his body”. Whore. If I quit tomorrow, everyone would call me a gutless pussy. What a bunch of bullshit. Eat shit, Tiki. Eat my shit.
I’m gonna get out of this game. And if it means throwing another 20 dead-on picks and costing the Giants the playoffs, then fuck it. I’m doing it. You can’t stop me. Nothing will keep Eli from that squash court.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Ohhh Man that was funny. Thanks Ross. I’m glad his old man made him go to New York. I’ll take the Wack from the Pack any day over Jughead.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Just got done watching the Fox pregame show before the Packer, Seahawk game. All the bobble heads chose Indy over the Bolts. Frank Caliendo took the Chargers to upset Indy. Good pick Frank. Here’s a link in his honor.
http://www.frankcaliendo.com/index.php?page=video
January 12th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Ross,
I found this article on Payton ManThing.
http://deadspin.com/sports/nfl/peyton-manning-going-all-brokeback-mountain-on-us-128185.php
Also, found this touching moment.
http://bigglesworth.raycoff.com/%7Echodge5/images/samscat/15oct03.jpg
January 12th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
http://boifromtroy.com/archives/peyton%20mannings%20penis.jpg
Got Facial?
January 12th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
http://www.newsgroper.com/w/wp-content/uploads/ap00052502013.jpg
Yay!!!! Look at me high kick.
January 12th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Gomer and Jughead. Too long to listen to the whole thing. What a couple of douche bags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSzh126tex0&feature=related
Eli Sucks. Couldn’t resist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOGgx-gd_o&feature=related
What happened Payton?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1piy8Zxddw&feature=related
Eli and Cooper. Is this the Dork family or what? A must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSeIXjN33cE&feature=related
January 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
It’s been a fun week. Gates injury has dominated the bobble head coverage. Don’t get me wrong. Our team with Gates possesses the best tight end in football. But his injury has also taken some pressure off the team. No talk of Rivers being the X factor or LT leading the league in rushing but having a subpar game against Tenn. Just Gates, Gates, Gates.
No talk about no. 86 either. Brandon Manumaleuna can and will get the job done. AJ stole him from the Rams during the draft a couple years ago and he has been paying dividends ever since. He has sure hands, is a great blocker and listed at 6-2, 288, he is a load. I believe LT will break out today and Manu will be a large part of that.
http://www.chargers.com/assets/150/29507_450w380h.jpg
Manu drinking the Cerveza!
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/chargers/cfx/brandon_2.jpg
Touchdown!
January 13th, 2008 at 9:16 am
The board has been kind of quiet. That’s all right. I’ll continue to make enough noise. As I said, I live for this. Go Bolts!!!
Time to turn Manning into Colt Carcass.
http://espn.starwave.com/media/nfl/2001/1129/photo/s_peyton_i.jpg
January 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Ross, I was just looking at the 3 pictures at the top of the page for the 50th time. They are perfect. The Elvis stance by Merriman is a thing of beauty and the Gates in the shadows is quite telling. The Bitch. Enough said.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:21 am
It’s 8:30 Mexico time. Still another 3 and a half hours ’til game time. I’m totally fricken nervous and need to type a bunch of crap just to keep from driving my girlfriend crazy.
In case we lose, Ross, thanks for another great year of Justice is Coming. In case we win, Ross, eff the Patriots. Those guys looked unstoppable on offense last night. I thought the Jags were supposed to have a good defense. I’m convinced now that Brady is the greatest QB since Joe Montana. If we win today, I don’t know how we are going to stop the Patriots. We’d need devine intervention. My girlfriend wears the hammer of Thor on a necklace. That’s the kind of stuff we’d have to use if we’re good enough to survive today.
In today’s game, I don’t think we need so much luck, nor intervention from Norse Gods. But we’re going to have to play one of our best games. I mean, if you said, Colby, you gotta pick a team today and you can’t use your heart, I’d pimp slap you like Superfly did to the Man and tell you I don’t make them kind of predictions. The Colts supposedly have the advantage in the dome. It’s loud and Manning plays better there. But the dome is going to be better for Tomlinson and our pass rush than was rainy San Diego last week. And I could definitely see a Sproles special teams TD - maybe even a Cromartie defensive score. It’s strange to say but he’s the best Antonio we got - whether Gates plays today or not. Imagine Cromartie’s speed on carpet.
I just read in the UT that Kevin Acee says Cromartie can throw the football 60 yards from his knees. What the heck? Is that even possible?
Speaking of great athletes …
When I was a kid, my football hero was Chuck Muncie (don’t laugh, punks). I mean, I guess I liked him because we both wore big dorky glasses. But he was also my favorite part of training camp. The dude was a giant and could outrun every other player on the team in the sprints. He was just as fast, if not faster than Wes Chandler. Teddy Leitner, our old announcer, once said he saw Chuck show up in a limo late for practice, walk out with dress shoes and a suit and tie to the starting line of a sprint, waited for the race to start, jogged his way to a first-place finish, got back in the limo and left camp. I guess he wasn’t Mr. team player. But what insane talent - to be that fast and be as big as he was. He could throw a tight spiral too -I remember him tossing a long TD pass. He was a freak.
But Cromartie, that guy has taken stuff to another level. I’m starting to think he’s the best athlete to ever play in the NFL - even better than the two-sport stars like Deion and Bo and those oldies from the no-helmet days. If Cromartie doesn’t have some major injury, he’s a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame. Sixty yards from his knees? And he’s not even a quarterback. As Fran Tarkenton would say, “That’s Incredible!”
By the way, I hate Indianapolis. I’ve never been there but I imagine the people there are weird. I mean, who names their city Indianapolis? That would be like if Juan Cabrillo had named San Diego - Californiapolis. Indianapolis stole Baltimore’s team, which totally makes that city stink in my mind. They jacked up the beginning of Marshall Faulk’s NFL career. Marshall was my favorite college player. And, eventhough he never had the good sense to play for the Chargers, I still wanted him to do well. If he’d never escaped from the Colts, he would still be a nobody remembered only in San Diego for getting jobbed out of a Heisman given to the fabulous Gino Torretta. And the Colts have a Manning - maybe he’s not the evilest Manning, or even the 2nd evilest, but he’s still a Manning, and that puts him somewhere between Kenny G and Roscoe P. Coltrane on my list of the uncool. Then there’s Tony Dungy. I guess there’s no reason to hate that guy. That would be like hating the Beaver’s dad or Mr. Rodgers or Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable. But, you know what? Eff Mr. Cleaver and stick it to Mr. Rodgers and the old sold-out-version of the Coz too. I don’t like Dungy. He coaches in Indianapolis. And he gets too much pub for his supposedly great defensive mind. Yea, I know Indy’s defense is one of the best now. But Dungy had been coaching a sorry defense for every year he stayed in Indiastinkinapolis up until the playoffs of last season. Anybody else notice that Tampa never won a Super Bowl until they tossed Mr. Rodgers to the curb? Yea. This guy, Dungy, is like Favre in my book. I have no reason for hating either one of them for anything they have done. They don’t deserve my hate. But they got it anyway. Just for too-much media love.
Go Chargers!!!
January 13th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Whoops. When I said Devine intervention, of course I was talking about Andy Devine, Ross. One day I’ll learn how to spell.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Speaking of Andy Devine, Ross … When you listen to Stagger Lee, do you automatically picture the sheriff in the song as Andy Devine? I do. It’s 9:22. I still have another 2 and a half hours. Maybe I should go to the store and get some Charger power drinks.
January 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Best football player in a movie role?
Choices:
Brett Favre as Brett Favruh
Alex Karras as Mongo
Jim Brown in the Dirty Dozen
Jim Brown in I’m Gunna Getcha Sucka
Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed
Carl Weathers as Action Jackson
Carl Weathers in Predator
Deacon Jones as the guy who says, “Sorry Mr. Farnesworth”
Bubba Smith as Hightower
The guy who played Payton Manning in Deliverance
Any others you can think of
Removed as a nomination for moral reasons, although I still watch Naked Gun 1 and 2 and a half:
O.J. Simpson
p.s. The store is too close. I bought my drinks a little too fast. I think I’m going to think of something else to do. Peace out. Make sure we win, Whit. It’s all on you.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:03 am
11:00 EST
ESPN
CHICKEN MAN ANNOUNCES GATES IS A GO!!!!
ESPN’s John Clayton just said Gates will play.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Sorry I’ve been absent. I had to get up with Sarah and needed to sleep for another 2.5 hours. Yeah, the Pats looked ridiculous. That pass to Stallworth looked like he was throwing out of bounds. But Sam reminded me that my head shouldn’t be there. I am happy to hear that Gates will be there. We’ll see how effective he is. Colby, Andy Devine? Even I needed to look that up. Whit, I love Clayton as Purdue and I am happy you like the pics up there. It is time to have some coffee before beer and get ready.
As Lee Marvin said in The Dirty Dozen,
it’s a go. Bring ‘em down.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I am so sick of this Colts cult lovefest. Maybe the rest of the country is right that we will lose, but I am about to throw up (and I am not hung over).
What did yesterday’s games show - give the elite quarterbacks time to throw and they will beat you. The Chargers have the formula to beat the Colts - blitz the hell out of Manning the whole game - make him pay the throw the ball and we shall seeeeeeeeeeee.
Hopefully Ditka will pick the Colts - he picked the Titans last week!
January 13th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Need any other reasons to bring the Colts Lovefest down with a crashing thud? The Younger Irsay, Colts owner, besides being buddies with HST and owning an original manuscript of On The Road, he bought one of Jerry’s Doug Irwin guitars at an auction. We need to take that back with us along with claims to the Lombardi Trophy.
January 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
You never heard of Andy Devine? Guess you don’t watch old cowboy movies. He’s the wussy sheriff with the whiny voice in half of them.
I figure today Peyton Manning can be Andy Devine and Merriman can be Stagger Lee. Cuz not only is that motha big, he sacks a …
January 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Believe it or not this is the only picture or video I could find of Forrest Whitaker playing Charles Jefferson in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. If you are familiar with the movie then you know the attitude I want our defense to have.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_BQ_K-aSmcGY/ReZvH8PtHRI/AAAAAAAAAJI/PQkrMF_IZ9w/s1600/jeffersonmeatingout.jpeg
January 13th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
That first drive hurt. When you get a chance to put pressure, you have to bring it all. Why does Merriman sit out 3rd? Why is McCree in there so much? Is Jamal playing.
Hart, thanks for falling down.
Even though we got the ball back, I love how McCree still wanted to get up and run. Do this for LT. How fired up was he on that screen? He stayed in bounds and dropped his shoulder. When was the last time he did that?
We have to keep Manning on the bench. QTR 1 over. Lucky to be close. Time to play like we belong here.
January 13th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
My daughter Rachaels favorite player.
Vincent Jaaaaccccckkkksssoooonnnnn!!!!!!!!
Rivers is the man.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
My daughter Rachaels second favorite player.
Michael Tuuuuurrrrnnnneeerrrr.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
The Colts don’t have an answer for Turner. Use him. Use him allot.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Remember, we get the ball in the second half.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
COLT FAN IS FUCKING FREAKING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
This is what you want. Some heat. Get pissed. We got them right where we want them.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
We got Gomer right where we want them.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I hate the referees right now. Halftime here.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Hey Men, you think Turner got a speech in him now.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Well, we got screwed on that call. I love the way this team has played. Philip Rivers has showed me a lot. Nate Keading CANNOT be on another playoff roster. That kick was lucky to hit the outside of the upright. We can excuse the 04 kick due to the weather and the fact he was a rookie. Last year, it was 50 yards plus, but better teams than us have cut guys like this go. Just ask the Colts. He is playoff (or any other clutch situation) poison. Should we need him today, I will cross my fingers, but the stakes are too high to be carrying him around. His head must be a fucking mess.
I believe we will play through this and take the Colts down. I really love this team and desperately want them to play another game at least.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Time for LT to shine. Power the ball down the field.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I agree Ross, I like the Chargers chances.
Thunder and Lightning.
Turner and LT.
Do It.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Dig IT.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Time to Pound Gomer.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Leave nothing Shawne Merriman. That goes for the entire defense. As Bruce sings in Badlands, keep pushing till it’s well understood.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Weddle. All right Gomer. Way to fire that ball.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
If Nate Keading had any balls he would get off the sideline and dance around Bob Sanders while he lies on the turf.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Sproles eats this team up.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Philip Rivers is showing Hall of Fame leadership. Great pass to Sproles. LaDainian, I don’t know if you can hear me. You have to get out there. We need you. Let’s lay it all on the line in the fourth quarter and maybe beyond.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
What - no holding?!
January 13th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
THIS IS THE TIME. Up by 4, playing a team who will push to the end. GO FOR THE THROAT. LT, this what you have been waiting your whole career for.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
It’s going to be a miracle if we can win without LT and Philip.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
But I grew up next to Oral Roberts University where they teach you to “Believe in Miracles”…….like NaaaaaaaaNeeeeeeee!!!
January 13th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Good call by Norv. What we need now is obvious. Call it right Ted.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Holy shit, where was this Billy V all year?? I think Nate will redeem himself in this game Ross.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
4 and 5. Ted must unleash the dogs now.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Merriman Merriman Merrimannnnnnnnnnnn!!!! Yeah baabby!!
January 13th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Lights OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
January 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
COOPER WITH THE GIBSON PLAY ON THE GOAL LINE.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
THE BEST PUNTER IN THE LEAGUE
January 13th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
80 yard punt in the air — fuck yes!!!
McCree with the hit of the game!!!!
January 13th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
MCCREE WITH AN EVIL HIT. SETTING THE TONE LATE.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
MCCREE HEAD FULL OF ROCKS HIT
January 13th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
ROSS, THEY GOT RUINED
January 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
TIME TO LISTEN TO MARINO EAT CROW AND THE REST OF THE BOBBLE HEADS.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
SHOCK THE WORLD
January 13th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
NEXT WEEK THE HOODIE. STAY LOOSE MEN.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
BY THE WAY. GATES IS THE MAN
January 13th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
WE ARE BOINIC - REPLACEMENT PARTS! I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THIS TEAM WAS COMPLETE AND DEEP AND IT SHOWED TODAY. AWESOME!!
January 13th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Depth, poise and heart.
On to New England. I hope this wasn’t our Pittsburgh 94 game because that would make next week our SB 29.
JIC,
RLW
January 13th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Exactly my thoughts Ross — felt alot like the 1994 Steeler game…..with the unquestionable best team in the league up next.
I think our defense came up with its best game of the year and played reminiscent of the 1994 squad — very fast and bending but not breaking.
All four of CBS’s talking heads can suck my cock for picking the Colts to win big.
January 13th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Hey Ross,
Now we can enjoy watching Jughead get his.
January 13th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Well Archie it looks like Jughead advances.
January 13th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I never noticed that–Archie and Jughead. Obviously, I always root for Eli to lose. However, it’s probably time we start making our own successes and not worrying about him. If both ‘04 picks had to win today, I’ll take it.
All I care is that it worked out on our end.
January 13th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
HOLY SHIT! Words cannot express the way I feel after this victory. On the road, calls going against you, and Volek handing off to Sproles. And we got the W boys. That is Championship football. No excuses, just stepping up.
I can’t tell you how worked up I was watching the last half of that game. I want all of you to know one thing…no matter what happens next week, we WILL win it in the next three years. Rivers is the man, he can talk shit all he wants because he has the game to back it up. We are going up against one of the best teams to ever play the game next week, and if we win we will make history, and if we don’t I am convinced we will win this thing in the next 2-3 years.
We won’t hear any shit from any AJ Smith critics after that victory. From Norv Turner to Manuicantspellyournama to Turner to Volek, this victory had his fingerprints all over it. Make no mistake about it….Rivers has stepped his game up to an elite level the last 3 weeks. And with the talent around him, we are a dominant football team.
On a a side note, on the way home from watching the game with a bunch of Charger’s fans, my wife was driving myself and my three boys home tonight, and got pulled over for going 73 in a 55 zone. He looked in the car, and saw my boys in their LT jerseys, and me in my new baby blue Merriman #56 with a shit eating grin on my face. He asked my wife, “your husband is drunk isn’t he m’am?” She said yes, and he let her off with a warning. Who said this obsession doesn’t pay off.
Sleep well and enjoy this victory…I know I will. CHARGERS!!!!!!
-Kelly
January 13th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
We are 15 point dogs to the Pats next week. To be blunt, fuck these guys. Fuck Tom Brady and his knocking up supermodels, fuck Bill Bellicheat getting his ass constantly kissed on ESPN, fuck you Wes “AJ made one bad call” Welker, fuck you Randy “I’ll play when I want to” Moss, fuck you Junior Seau for one day (and one day only) when you step on the other side of the field against us. This is football, AND WE ARE IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP.
January 13th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
That’s the best I’ve ever seen the Chargers play. Better than the Steeler game because this Colts team is way better than that Steeler team was and it’s way better than that Dolphin team we beat in that epic from the early 80s. The Chargers have never beat a team this good. And we did it with bad calls going against us and our QB and star running back missing a good chunk of the game.
As soon as ya’ll hear the status of LT, Rivers, and Gates, let me know.
I just stopped being drunk. Now I’m just happy.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:31 am
What a glorious, glorious day to be a Charger fan. My daughters have never seen me like this before since the oldest is only 16, so she was only 3 last time I was this happy about ANYTHING. They can’t believe their old man has spent all afternoon smiling and singing and dancing. No one gave us a chance but I knew we could do it. For those that are interested here are links to the videos of the fans at Michael’s Pub here in Vegas, the best Chargers Bar outside of San Diego. We went crazy..
Ignore the dude in the Cowboy’s hat, he was there for some Chargers Girls. We know they are a hell of a lot better looking than Dallas girls anyway…
Here’s the first TD
http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w36/lownotes42/?action=view¤t=MOV01144.flv
And here’s the defensive stand at the end…
http://s172.photobucket.com/albums/w36/lownotes42/?action=view¤t=MOV01151.flv
Nobody left after the game. We were hoarse, spent and jubilant but we kept going crazy. What a game, what a day and it’s just the beginning of memory we’ll all remember for a long, long time. See ya in Glendale Bolts Fans….
January 14th, 2008 at 1:58 am
I won’t forget today’s game for a long long time. I love the poise we played with even though the refs seemed to be against us, especially by Rivers. And I love that Norv showed some fire for a change.
In our first scoring drive, we made 2 stupid penalties, both on 3rd downs (false start and delay of game) and still converted the 1st downs. Norv made a bonehead decision and accepted a 5-yard penalty against the Colts for 1st and 10 from the 16, instead of taking the result of the play, Vincent Jackson’s 9-yard catch and a 2nd and 1 from the 12…..and all Rivers does is throw a perfect 14-yard TD to Jackson in the corner on 3rd and 8. It tied the game at 7 and more importantly gave Rivers and the o-line the confidence to play an amazingly poised second half.
The defense cannot be overlooked for keeping Peyton in check when it counted. It’s scary that probably our two worst defenders finished them off. McCree’s hit was legendary and Florence distracted Clark just enough to get the W.
I’ve watched the Cromartie pick 5 times on Sportscenter now and still love watching Jammer throw Manning to the ground.
Where are all the Marty lovers now?
All Hail AJ!
By the way Ross, have you ever addressed what are you going to call this site when justice arrives and we finally win the superbowl??
Seriously, are you going to continue if we somehow do it this year? We’re only 15 pt dogs to NE (remember we were 23 pt dogs to SF in the Superbowl).
January 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Justice Is Coming will always be called just that and will continue indefinitely. I need someplace to put these thoughts or my wife would divorce me. Seriously, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Yes, it would take a historic upset. I will be discarding, rather than burning since it is too messy, all Seau jerseys today. It is true that the season is now a success. However, tomorrow is a history and today is a gift. We don’t know when we will get this close again even against a seemingly unstoppable opponent.
As Kumar said to Harold when he left his cellphone in his dorm room, we’ve gone too far.