This weekend, The Greg One and Dave (BoogaP) Peters invade San Diego for the third time this season. We will be all over the city, crashing all the hotspots and we want YOU to come party with us! As you know by now, Mr. Peters is officially the newest San Diego Sports Junkie, broadcasting LIVE on Tuesdays so call in to the show FOR THE FANS, BY THE FANS! We will be in the Gaslamp, and any other place where the Boltfam likes to party so how about hitting us up with your favorite places to party! We will be tweeting our location from our tailgate position at the game so come hang with us.

Nov 1, 2012; San Diego CA, USA; San Diego Chargers fans react during the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Qualcomm Stadium. The Chargers defeated the Chiefs 31-13. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

Happy Sunday morning to all of you.  I am writing this article from my home here in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

My flight from San Diego arrived last night.  I had a great time and miss the city I love already. To say that I had a great time is actually an understatement. It was awesome, as expected,to hang out with the “usual suspects” and meet a decent amount of other BoltFam members as well.

The obvious highlight of my trip was the Thursday night game versus the Chiefs. To see our team come out there and execute at such a high level in all three phases of the game was absolutely great.

I’m aware that our 31-13 victory came against the lowly Chiefs. To me it was more about the Chargers not beating themselves as they had in the last three games. But I’ll have an article that is directed more toward the actual gameplay later this afternoon.

This article is about the fans. This article is about you.

I can’t say enough how proud I am of the fans for the way they supported the team on Thursday night. Despite having quite a few empty seats, the stadium was extremely loud. The atmosphere at the Murph was electric even prior to the kickoff.

There was something in the air that night. It seemed to me that every single fan in the stadium had one sole focus and that was to support the team to the best of their ability. If that indeed was the goal, it worked and I loved every second of it.

I can’t help but think that the fans did their part by letting the players know that we were behind them 110%. I can’t imagine that the players didn’t feed off of the energy and support from the fans.

I also feel very confident that the folks watching the game at home or at their favorite sports bar were doing more than their part as well. As I wrote the other day, we as Charger fans have had a serious roller coaster of emotions over the last couple of seasons. I suppose I could correct myself and admit that my 30 plus years of fandom has been consumed by both peaks and valleys. We all have our ways of dealing with it and I understand each and every emotion.

The Chargers didn’t win the Superbowl on Thursday night. Heck, we’re still not even leading our division. But we are now about to start the second half of the 2012 season. The Bolts are 4-4 with 8 “one game seasons” left on the docket. The team needs to continue to take this season one game at a time.

And as for the fans, we need to do whatever we can to continue to show our support for the players. Perhaps the reason the fans were so loud was because they had something to cheer about. It’s hard to say. But the bottom line is that we are still in this and I hope that, as fans, we all do our part to ride or die with our team. I feel pretty darn good that we’ll all be there for the duration. Here’s to hoping it ends in New Orleans with the hoisting of the Lombardi trophy. I’m all in regardless.

Thanks a lot for reading.

BoltUp!!!

BoogaP

October 15, 2012; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Chargers linebacker Takeo Spikes (51) yells with his team in a huddle before the game against the Denver Broncos at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-US PRESSWIRE

No one ever said that it was easy being a Chargers’ fan.  Throughout the years we have suffered an inordinate amount of pain and suffering without the reward of a Lombardi trophy.  Although there have been many seasons in which the organization has met some of our hopes and expectations, they still have yet to obtain that one piece of hardware with the gleam.

This season has been devastatingly disappointing on many levels.  The last three games have have left us all bitter, frustrated, angry, and downright ticked off.

Obviously I would prefer to use some more colorful words to describe our emotions but I’ll refrain from doing so at this time.

Despite all of the fans having their own ways of expressing their feelings, we all share one thing in common.  We all love the Chargers.  Whether that be undying love, tough love, et cetera, it is love none the less.

It’s times like these that we all need to find solace in each other’s respective miseries.  We should do so while respecting the points of view and frustration levels of all fans as well.

By the time you read this I will be on a plane to San Diego.  The purpose behind this article is to continue to try and get as many fans of the Bolts united as possible.

There will be a group of 6 of us meeting for the Thursday night game against Kansas City.  I have already spoken to a couple dozen of other fans that will be attending the game as well.

What we would all like to do is get together before the game at the Murph.  Many of you will be there tailgating.  I know I will!  The obvious goal is to unite as many of us as possible.  We would also like to take a huge group picture.  Not to mention, I would like to get pictures of myself with as many Bolt faithful as possible.  This will most likely be my last trip to San Diego of this football season.

It’s times like these when we all need to come together and show our team how much we love them.  If they aren’t getting the guidance and support from upper management, management, and coaching that they need, let’s see if we can show them how much we care.  Let’s prove to them that we will always bleed blue and gold.  Let’s give them a reason to pick up their heads, and their play for that matter, and go out there and get this thing rolling.

Once the tailgating has ended let’s make sure that we all do our part by screaming our heads off and bring back some of that home field advantage to the stadium.  Let’s get LOUD!

Despite my immeasurable frustration with this team, I truly believe that we are still in this.  Winning cures everything.  Here’s to hoping that we are all celebrating a Charger win on Thursday night.

I’ll be sure to let everyone know where we’ll be before the game.  Feel free to email me at boogapeters@yahoo.com or hit me up on Twitter @BoogaP to inform us of where you’re at during the pregame.

Thanks a lot for reading and I hope to see you there.

BoltUp!!!

BoogaP