In typical fashion, the Bolts let the chiefs drive down for a potential game-winning 50-yard FG, that's wide left. Game over, they're now 6-8 and still mathematically alive in the AFCW, even though it looks to most like 'fuzzy math.' The Broncos are gonna win the division, ask anyone.
Now is when the REAL hatin' starts. Cue the Tampa Bay Bucs.
Two weeks ago, Tampa Bay looked to be a shoo-in for the postseason at 9-3, but now they've lost two straight, have fallen to 9-5, and need this win to get back in the playoff talk.
***BUZZZZZ***
Oh, I'm so sorry, that's incorrect. The Bucs show up for the game thinking that they're gonna ROLL the Chargers, because of all the negative press the team's been getting. SURPRISE! Still no tee times or Hawaii reservations available for San Diego, it appears—41-27, Bolts, and it wasn't that close. (Ed. note: You're right, it WASN'T that close. The final score was actually 41-24, Bolts.)
Buccaneer fans are now looking at the CHARGERS as the team that knocked them from the NFC playoffs. They HATE San Diego for this miscarriage of justice...There's Hater No. 2, Tampa Bay.
Sorry, Bucs fans. you ain't seen NUTHIN', yet.
After the Bolts surprise the Bucs, the Chargers get an even BIGGER surprise—The Broncos end up losing at home in Invesco to the feeble Bills. That means that the last game of the regular season is now for all the AFCW marbles—San Diego v. Denver.
Let the hating begin.
Oh, and it's not only Denver that's hatin'. Suddenly, it's coming from all angles. More on that in a moment.
So, the Broncos head out to Qualcomm, to play for the AFCW division title. Well, actually, that statement is in question. The Broncos DID come to San Diego, but by then, they knew they were cooked.
Scribes all over Colorado kept asking the Broncos "were they gonna choke, are you going to be the first team to lose a three-game division lead with three games to play, and miss the playoffs?" You know, loaded questions like THAT.
I think we all knew the answer to that question, even before the game started.
The Broncos proceeded to lay the biggest dinosaur egg we've seen since "Jurassic Park" right at the 50-yard line, and lost to the now three-time AFCW champion Chargers, 52-21.
The collapse of the Broncos now complete, the rocky mountain scribes descended on the Bronco players like vultures, making a bad scene even worse. The Chargers had just made all of their lives unbearable.
Add the Broncos to the list, Hater No. 3.
But suddenly, the list started growing much more rapidly. Hater No. 4 showed their face...
The New England Patriots.
That's right, the same New England Patriots that Wayne Huizenga of Blockbuster Video fame had to SUE Bill Belichick and the Patriots, because Huizenga was concerned that all those bootleg tapes that Belichick and the Pats were making over the years might create an even bigger empire of video rentals than Huizenga's, should those tapes become available.
Immediately, a deal was brokered by the NFL, and the tapes were destroyed, saving the Blockbuster empire from financial ruin.
(So says the biased, twisted Charger honk. It's what I believe. Sue me, Bill. Grin.)
Yes, the Pats amped up the level of hatred for the Chargers ten-fold.
"What were the Chargers, at 8-8, doing in the PLAYOFFS," asked the players, the head coach, and the suddenly sober Robert Kraft. "The playoff format MUST be fixed immediately! The Chargers don't deserve to be in the NFL playoffs!"
AHHH, sit down, hater No. 4. If you don't like it, BEAT the Chargers next time. You lost in San Diego, you didn't win your division, quit yer cryin', video-gater. Man, the tears in New England really get you, right here...(I won't show you where i'm pointing.)
But by now, the damage by the Pats had been done. Scribes all over the USA were now beginning to hate San Diego, as well, each of them holding on to their twisted thinking that an 8-8 team doesn't belong.
The inimitable Peter King comes to mind, he of Sports Illustrated, among other periodicals, and creator of his famed "Fine Fifteen" list.
He makes out his most recent list, and in it, he cements himself as Hater No. 5.
He's got the Patriots AHEAD of the Chargers, on his list. Now, I know that Pete's got a thing for Tom Brady
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