I Came to Rant and Eat Crow
Pain. Disappointment. Rage. No tears…at least not yet.
Dammit. Why do I still do this?
It was the perfect team. We were 14-2 in the regular season. We have MVP LaDanian Tomlinson. Our whiz kid, Philip Rivers was pulling miracles out of his @$$. For once in my life, it’s MY team that’s the favorite. THIS WAS THE BEST TEAM WE’VE EVER HAD. All those years of taunting, taking it in the shorts, and sometimes being the laughing stock of the entire football league were going to be erased TODAY.
As a Charger fan, I should have known better.
In what has to be the single most painful moment in my sport watching career, I have just shut the TV off in light of the New England Patriot’s 24-21 victory over my beloved Bolts. We had it in our hands…and we lost.
Again.
Once again, my football season ended too soon. I don’t even get the satisfaction of saying that we were robbed. Well, we kind of were. But how can you tell other football fans you mugged yourself? I will say this now – we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Bad play choices. Bobbled balls. Stupid penalties. Horrible game management. We didn’t finish the job! All the stuff we did in the regular season? Blown away by a team that wanted it more and nailed their assignments! Tomorrow, all the sport pundits will be talking about will be how the Chargers blew the biggest opportunity yet.
I am so pissed. Not that they lost – that I have to defend and explain to my friends why my team can’t pull the damn trigger! They had them where they wanted them and they couldn’t deliver.
And now I have to live with it. *sighs* Okay – bring it on! Let’s get it over with. C’mon you Giant’s fans. I know you’ve wanted to take a shot at me since I wrote that thank you note to Eli Manning! Everyone just pile on now and get it over with. I want to be in a better mood for next week’s round of playoff games!
In the meantime…I’m going to go wash the loss off my conscious. Cry in my bowl of Wheaties. Maybe I’ll just give up hoping. Give up the dream of having a winning football team.
Until training camp that is.
***Addendum: To the person who posted a "HA HA HA HA" comment on my "A Thank You Note to Eli Manning" (no doubt rejoicing in my loss) -- I had the balls to call my shot and back up my team. At least have the balls to leave a post with a name on it! Otherwise, the girls around here start calling you Mr. Nutless Wonder. *smiles*
3 Comments:
don't worry....I'm still pissed about our game....screw the NFL this year.....lets meet at the super bowl next year, whaddya say?
~hersh
(stupid new blogger won't accept my password on this thing!)
Here is a sad reply from another San Diego sports fan.
I have to give you credit for at least being bold enough to stand up for the team. I felt the same way about the Eli Manning situation and it was nice to see that someone else shared the sentiment.
Now I must live with this pain as well. For some reason, this seemed to hurt more than when the Chargers went to the Superbowl and lost it to the 49ers.
I expected some good things for this team, but only had a slight reservation due to the fact that Drew Brees was let go. I was one of the few defenders (on another message board) that believed that you should stick with a proven quarterback regardless of the injury he suffered at the end of the season. Now I can't help but wonder how things may have been different and it was Marty that fought with the GM to keep Drew there.
I have a feeling the off season is going to piss me off. Why? Well I think they are going to let Marty go and as much as I was disappointed by this loss, I really think the players lost the game more so than the coaches. A few players lost their cool in this most critical game and gave the Patriots the yards they needed. This definitely was not Martyball we were seeing in this game.
I hope this doesn't end up like the Bobby Ross/Bobby Beathard debacle, because the GM ended up ruining the team for several years. I hope that history doesn't repeat itself.
Hersh -- You got yourself a deal since the Super Bowl is here in AZ in 2008!!!!
Anthony -- Thank you, thank you, thank you! The Charger Nation will weather this storm!!! It's not like they're gonna "Swap Meet" this team (like the Padres do after a successful season). It just sucks that we can't be sitting back like in '95 going "YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO SUPER BOWL!"
*sighs* Every dog will have it's day, Anthony. And the road to Phoenix starts now :-)
Thanks again for an intelligent comment...we appreciate it!
- Lily
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