IF YOU CAN SEE THE BACK OF “TWO-ONE”, IT’S TOO LATE.

The day that nobody could have ever imagined, is upon us. The day that we knew was coming, but didn’t want to come to terms with, is here. The day the Chargers roster doesn’t have LaDanian Tomlinson on it, is now a reality. The day, February 22, 2010.

Think back to the draft in 2001. The Chargers still freshly wounded from the Ryan Leaf fiasco, and sitting on the #1 pick. I remember thinking it was a no-brainer, Michael Vick. Then I remember thinking, “Trade?”. Way too wuss out Chargers. Little did we all know, that that running back we took from TCU would be pretty good. Little did we know, that that running back would smash all these NFL records. Little did we know, that that running back would be the greatest we have ever seen. It’s as simple as this, the great ones from the past never had to face defenses like the ones of today. So by that, he is the greatest.

I am very proud to have lived to watch the one the call LT. (excuse me Giants Fans, i meant to say “the drug-free” LT).  Every game, every run, every pass, every score. That man truly defines my Charger-era, just as Air Coryell was for my Dad.

Three things are certain in San Diego these days: Death, Taxes, and the Superstars are let go when they shouldn’t. What a shame that LT didn’t get a ring here in San Diego. What a shame that he isn’t leaving on his own terms. What a shame he doesn’t get a proper send off.

Like it or not, the Post-LT era has started. Unfortunately, we must now go our separate ways. As we let the last man to wear #21 in a Charger uniform walk away, we now know what our opponents have seen the past 9 years. IF YOU CAN SEE THE BACK OF “TWO-ONE”, IT’S TOO LATE. Yes, folks, that’s us…watching the Greatest Charger Ever leave.

Thank you for EVERYTHING LT.

The men from America’s Finest City will travel to face America’s Team, this Sunday, in what should be a shootout. The Chargers will be blazing their way into JerryWorld, red hot winners of 7 straight. The Cowgirls on the other hand are coming off of a loss to Sheli Manning and the Giants. Do we rub in the fact the Cowboys manage to crumble during the month of December? Or do we rub in the fact our Bolts have won 15 straight in December dating back to 2005? OF COURSE we do!!!

A couple familiar faces will be on the other sideline in Coach Wade Phillips and Mr. Superhuman Strength himself, IIIIIIIIIgor Olshansky. We sure do miss those guys, but come Sunday they are the enemy. Let’s just hope they don’t come back and haunt us.

Although our defense is all banged up, the offense has way too much fire power to be stopped. QB1 to Gates, Big Vince, Floyd, LT, Sproles, and Legadu…can’t stop them all!

The Cowboys have the new stadium and the nice big TV…but guess what? We’re gonna be the guest that comes into the pad, eats all the food, hits on the wife, and takes a fat shit and clogs the toilets…That’s right, we’re going in there and gonna shit on ‘em like B.I.G. Go Bolts!

P.S. A special shout out to our family in Texas, representin’ the BLUE and GOLD. Wear those jerseys, loud and proud.

San Diego v. New York. Chargers v.Giants. Rivers v. Manning. No matter how you slice it, it was us against them. And the good guys won…and how!

Boltbuzz made the trip out the city that doesn’t sleep. Yes folks, we flew cross country to become the visitors, the enemy if you will. Timing couldn’t have been better: Giants losers of 3 straight, where as the Chargers had 2 wins in a row under their belts. It was time to kick the dog while it was down.

Giants Fans in New York City: I have to admit, Giant fans get a bad wrap. For the most part they we’re pretty classy. We wore nothing but Charger gear, expecting to get trash talked to the whole time. From Friday to Sunday, I only heard one GOOD comment. As we were entering the Empire State Building, the gentleman at the door stuck his hand out, stopped us and said, “This is a building of champions, you need to come dressed accordingly”. But that was it. Everyone must’ve been riding high from the Yankees World Series Parade, that and the fact the Giants hadn’t been winning.  

Giants Fans at the Game: Sunday was a different story. Gameday. We had to ride the train into New Jersey to get to the game. ALL football fans. A couple Charger fans scattered here and there. But we were definately in enemy territory. We step off the train and it’s 70 degrees, game time 1pm west coast time. If I didn’t know any better, we were in San Diego. The difference, a brand new stadium right next to the old one! Jealous, jealous, jealous. A special thank you to the season ticket holder who sold us their seats. Endzone, 1st row, dead center. We sat in front of Giants fans from Maine, a season ticket holder who has been there since the opening of the stadium, and the typical whitecollar Giants fans. They were all awesome football fans. Backing their team even though they have been sucking big balls lately. We heard many “Go back to San Diego!’s”. But of course we aren’t going to back down! They would say they got the “real LT”…We came right back and our group of 4 would chant “Drug Free, LT, Drug Free, LT”…for some reason they didn’t like that. LOL. Then the inevitable “How many rings do you got?”…Our response , “None, just like the number of wins for you the last 3 weeks! You think we haven’t heard that before, Please, you have to come better than that if you want us to shut up!”. But it was great back and forth to the fans that were in our immediate area. And since the game was good from beginning to end, it made the game fly by. The only problem came when a couple of snot nosed pricks kept calling security on our army of 4 (shout out to our roomies!). I am truly embarassed for the security who had the nerve to tell us “You are going to have to keep it down. We are getting complaints that you are too loud. If you get loud one more time, you are out of here!” REALLY? I thought we were at a football game. What a joke. So sarcastically we would do “opera claps”, we’d zip our lip and point fingers, we’d even do the OJ Throatslash!…But as soon as that backbreaker from P. Rivers to”Mr. Bigger, Faster. Stronger” went down, you best believe we weren’t quiet…Go ahead kick us out, we won!

We came. We saw. We conquered!

P.S. F Eli!

Quick, someone call PETA. The Chargers keep on beating a dead horse. For those of you counting, that’s lucky number 13. Raider fans stopped counting after 10, since that is when they ran out of fingers to count on.

Let’s be honest, the last two wins were against bad teams. Really bad teams. But the Bolts still did what they needed to do…WIN. That coupled with a Broncos loss, and what seemed like an insurmountable deficit just a couple weeks ago, the Denver lead is just two.

Speaking of “2″, JaMarcus, JaMarcus he’s our man, if he can’t do it…GREAT! Thank you Mr. Al Davis, for this needle in a haystack. He is one of the finest editions to the Charger defense. He gives our defense the confidence and swagger needed to finish a game. I don’t think there was a soul in the stadium, actually in the world, that believed that he was going to lead a comeback. The win was never in doubt. Let’s submit our nomination in now: JaMarcus Russell for the 12th man award. Boy does he suck. The second coming of Ryan Leaf.

Did you make that call to PETA yet? Need another reason? How’s this for a reason: The Chargers, as we speak, are premeditating to kick a dog while it is down. The dog being Eli Manning and the New York Giants. This will not be an easy one. The Giants afterall, did start off hot at 5-0, but have since lost 3 in a row. So they are more than capable of putting up a fight and messing up our East Coast trip. I’m sure Eli wants a little revenge from the last time he faced the Chargers. For those of us who were at the Murph that fateful night, wasn’t it sweet?

Boltbuzz is heading to New York/New Jersey. Stay tuned folks.

Charger fans, here we go again. Yet another slow start to the season. But this time is different. The Broncos are starting to run away with our AFC West title, and it almost feels like there is nothing we can do about it. Apparently we aren’t who we thought we were.

How fitting was it, that the day after Monday night loss, all the San Diego freeways were all jammed up because of a jumper that threatened to end it all? Ironic huh? For those of us who bleed blue and gold, it’s how we felt. Luckily for all, the lady didn’t jump. Luckily for us, she wasn’t wearing Charger gear. Insensitive? I think not! That woman made thousands of us around town late to work.

We need a miracle folks. No way in the world is Denver choking like last year. Anyone holding their breath for that, is crazy. With a capital CRAZY. Let’s put it on the table, Broncos are getting better by the week and overachieving. Chargers are struggling week in week out and underachieving. That’s just how it is, and it just flat out sucks.

Offensive line, step it up. Like kickers, you have 1 job to do: BLOCK! Let’s not turn Philip into the next David Carr. Shawne Merriman, it would be awesome if you’d show up. We have backed you after the whole steroids thing. We have backed you after you decided to sit out last year. We backed you after that little incident with that filthy little tramp. We’re waiting to see that guy we have all come to know and love, Lights Out! Antonio Cromartie, what happened to Crimetime? The guy who had 10 INTs? You can’t say they aren’t throwing the ball your way, because these quarterbacks are sure as hell throwingit your way. Cancel your Twitter account and start taking notes from the best corner that nobody give props to: Jammer. Actually the note taking can also apply to Weddle, Gregory, and anyone else in the secondary. Jammer can cover and he is physical. What we really need is an intimidator out there. Nobody is scared of going over the middle against us…on the ground OR the air. Remember what it was like when we used to have #37 out there? We missed out shot at John Lynch. Now we missed out on Brian Dawkins. Where did they both end up? Don’t even answer that. And don’t get me wrong, I love everyone on our team, that’s mostly the disappointment talking.

Everyone has to take responsibility for their part in this fiasco, from top to bottom: Ownership, who’s team is this? Management, AJ check the go at the door. You can’t live off the Manning/Rivers deal forever. Coaches and Players. The only ones doing their jobs are the Chargers Girls and the Fans. The Chargers are much better than this. The only thing we have accomplished to this point is some media members picked us to win it all. Paper Champs, that’s it. 

Two weeks ago when Denver faced it first real test in the Patriots, the lasting image in my head was watching their coach celebrating and pumping his fist. It’s been said many many times how a team is a reflection of it’s coach. For anyone who has played team sports, they know it’s true. The Broncos rookie head coach shows fire. Norv? Not so much. Actually, not at all. This seems to be the end of the road for the man with the leather face. We’ve all given him a fair shot, yet he continues to let us down. EVERYTIME we give him the benefit of the doubt, he finds a way to pull a Plaxico.

A wise man once said “One play at a time. One play at a time!”. You know where this is going. The fat lady isn’t singing just yet. But you know she wants to start warming up. So to our beloved Bolts: Please, pretty please, with a F-ing cherry on top, handle your business on the field, and i will buy that heffer who is trying to warm up, a fresh box a twinkies to fend her off. The season is NOT over, those of us are still keeping the faith know it can, and will be done. Let’s just get into the dance. When we’re in, we’ll take someone else’s date home.

Note to Norv: It’s well past time that you start coaching to WIN, and stop coaching NOT TO LOSE.

Let’s go Chargers…it’s not too late.

Week 6 and it’s already “must win”? Believe it.

Broncos, undeafeated, and for real. The Chargers have mopped them up 5 of the last 6. They want our blood, so let’s give them blood. But let’s make it their own. Let’s face the facts here: the running game is MIA.  So let’s stop trying to BS ourselves and stop wasting plays.

On OFFENSE: Air it out. Early and often. Rivers to Gates, Rivers to Vince. Rivers to Chambers. Rivers to LT. Rivers to Floyd. Rivers to Legedu. Rivers, all night. Hey Phil, how’s that phone working, my man? Won’t be able to cover everyone. Won’t be able to stop us. Offensively anyway.

On DEFENSE: Bend, but don’t break. Get a couple stops. Maybe a lucky turnover or two. Jammer mirror Marshall, all night. Cromartie, still looking for his sea legs, apparently.

So, it’s almost here…MUST WIN MONDAY. Throw the records out. Chargers. Broncos. We OWN them at our house. We don’t forget…A Big night from LT? No better time to shut everyone up, ain’t that right “Two-One”?

Do or die time. So now we’ll see who keeps the faith. Bolts, Baby.

The title says it all. That is a way to describe the victory that slipped away from the Bolts this past Sunday. I know that everyone has done their fair share of armchair quarterbacking the past couple days.

“Why did we kick a field goal inside the 10, with :10 left on the first half?”. “Why did the refs throw flags on us for pass interference when it was questionable?”. “Why didn’t we get the flag when Chambers was clearly hit before the ball arrived?”…All very good and legit questions. But like the Ed Hochuli call from last year, none of it matters. Why, you ask? Because after everything that happened, good and bad…the bottom line is. Chargers had the ball inside the 20 and DRIVING. It came down to one play. Philip Rivers was airing it out like Dan Fouts in the Air Coryell days, got us into position to steal the game…and Norv calls a run? Way to throw the car into “park” while speeding down the freeway,Norv. So a word to our man Rivers: “Hey Phil, if there is next time, call an audible and do your thing…Mr. Spanos gave you the keys to the car…so drive us home baby!”

What’s done is done. We’re 1-1. One game out of first.  No need to panic. We got this. The fair weather fans will already be jumping ship. So just keep faith. If you haven’t shaken the bad taste out of your mouth, it’s time to “build a bridge and get over it”….just don’t be lining up at the Coronado Bridge to jump.

Jamal Williams has been placed on injured reserve. He is out for the season with a tricep injury.  Andre Coleman (DE) will fill his roster spot.

NAME POSITION INJURY

Johnson, Travis DE-DT Groin

Scifres, Mike P Groin

Williams, Jamal DT Arm

Applewhite, Antwan  OLB Hamstring

Tomlinson, LaDainian RB Ankle

McNeill, Marcus T Hand

Hardwick, Nick C Ankle

Vasquez, Louis G Knee

Boltbuzz is back again.

It’s humpday all. That should have been more than enough time to awake from that nearly fatal, heart attack we collectively suffered Monday night. Seriously, our guys were getting dominated…with a capital D-O-M-I-N-A-T-E-D! To see the Raiders running at will, was like a horrible nightmare that we couldn’t wake up from. However, in true-Raider fashion, the girls in black and silver found a way to lose it. Let’s call a spade a spade and admit that we got lucky. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky, than good. We stole that one, and don’t feel bad at all. Of course we all had to deal with the fans of the “undisputed handgrenade champs”…ALMOST. Losers. It’s funny how they can still manage to talk the talk, even in defeat. It’s not surprising that they have to go back to the well that has long since dried up. “How many rings do you have?” But no need to duck and cover. Answer honestly, because we’ll get ours. So just wait for it…they’ll ask. And when they do. Say it with the biggest shit-eating grin, “NONE…same number of wins in the past six years (head to head)”. If they don’t like that, if they don’t understand, if they can’t read, then that’s ok. I found something from our childhood that they can figure out…afterall, it’s a video, i’m sure they watch TV.

Raider fans, can you tell us how many?

 
Now on to this weeks game. I have to be honest, I’m pretty nervous about the Ravens coming to town with all our guys so banged up. But no excuses, we still have to play. It’s time for our guys to show what kind of marbles they have. We’ve been spoiled all these years with LT carrying the load. But the Bolts have evolved and now it’s time to overcome The biggest concern right now is the O-line. Anyone have any duct tape?

The wait is over Bolt fans…LT is staying put. Thank God.

It would have been a disaster. We can all exhale now.  Just imagine all the #21 jerseys that would have been instant “throwbacks”. We would have been the laughing stock of the NFL. The greatest running back of our time, released? And for what? The highest paid 3rd down back of all time? No offense to Sproles, but seriously, he had 1 good game. LT has had 8 awesome seasons. Now we can put that nightmare to rest. That nightmare is now the responsibilty of Freddy, the Raiders, Donkeys, and Chefs.

To anyone who said LT was done, was washed up…put that in your pipe and smoke it. You better take that LT jersey off of eBay, and apologize.

He gave it to us, now it’s our turn…to show some LOY-L.T.

LT! LT! LT!

‘Nuf said.

P.S. How about bringing back Lo Neal? He’s a free agent, I’m just saying.