31 Dec
Beat the Oakland Raiders and the 3rd seed in the AFC Playoffs is locked, that’s all the game was about.
The Chargers battled the Raiders in the last week of the NFL regular season, in hostile territory, and out of the box the game looked close. Operative word in the last sentence being: looked. Up until [...]
Posted in Chargers, Gameday by: Johnny Heck
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27 Dec
After my last BoltBeat entry, honestly, I had a hard time getting hyped for the game. I thought it would be at least reasonably close. I figured that my pervasive prognosticating could get the mild mannered readership to tune in with hopes of a tight contest. As it turns out, it wasn’t even close to [...]
Posted in Chargers, Gameday by: Johnny Heck
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21 Dec
After a stammering loss in November of ‘01, then Colts head coach Jim Mora gave an epic speech, hammering himself and his reeling team. One intrepid reporter then asked Mora about his 4-6 team making the playoffs, to which the coach miserably exclaimed: “Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can [...]
Posted in Chargers by: Johnny Heck
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19 Dec
This isn’t your average Bolt & Pony show.
The Chargers have clinched the division. The Broncos are out of playoff contention. Neither is looking past Sunday’s game.
San Diego is good for the 3rd or 4th seed in the playoffs. With Cleveland and Pittsburgh taking the AFC North chase down to the wire, it’s anyone’s guess as [...]
Posted in Chargers by: Johnny Heck
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