Why Are the San Diego Chargers Gaining So Many Haters?

and all, but come ON, you latte' lover! They're not even in the PLAYOFFS, and you've got NEW ENGLAND ahead of the CHARGERS?  Total hater.

From where I'm sitting, the only way that the Chargers can crack Pete's top five in his fine 15 list is if the team wins the Super Bowl. He'd HAD to elevate them to No. 4, THEN, wouldn't you THINK? You're a hater, Pete.  Get over yourself.

(Yeah, he'd never put San Diego ahead of the Pats, the Giants, or the Colts.)

Ooooh, did I mention the COLTS, AKA "Hater No. 6?"

Now, THESE guys have a valid argument, IMHO. You go 12-4 on the season, and not only do you NOT get a first-round bye, you have to go on the ROAD for your first game, in round one.  (Hey, next time, sweep the Titans.  That'd fix it.)

Now, if you go back to LAST year, these are the same Chargers that eliminated Indianapolis from the 2007 post-season, so this trip to San Diego looks ominous, at best.

But, thanks to the national media, this game looks like a stepping stone for the Colts, and their newly-crowned MVP, Peyton Manning.  EVERYONE like the Colts in this one, because all you hear from the media masses is the fact that San Diego hadn't beaten a playoff team all season, surely the Chargers won't ruin the party by upsetting the Colts, and eliminating one of Peter King's top two NFL teams.

How's that Latte' taste NOW, Pete?

The Colts tried everything they could, including a play that you only see on Madden '09, the Colts scoring on a 72-yard TD by Reggie Wayne when Manning talked the officials into spotting the ball rather quickly. 

Close, but no cigar, Colts' fans.  Manning has a chance to ice the Chargers for good, needing to convert on third-and-two from his own nine-yard-line.

Another run by Addai, who gained the first eight yards of this 'drive?' Nope. The Manning ego kicks in, he tries to throw for it, gets sacked, they punt, Chargers tie the game, Colts call heads, game over.

Hey, That's what Jamal Williams told me, right after the coin toss. YOU tell him you don't believe him, and watch what happens.

Well, by NOW, hater No. 6 is in full regalia.  "12-4, no bye, no home playoff game, and that overtime rule, you GOTTA fix that, it isn't fair."

Boy, the Chargers are making HISTORY, this season. They're single-handedly tearing apart the NFL.

They get Shanahan fired by taking Denver out on the last day of the regular season.

They cause Bill Simmons and all other Pats' fans undue stress by reminding them that they went 11-5 and were out of the playoffs, while the 8-8 Chargers were in.

They force the NFL to look at not only re-tooling the way the playoffs in the NFL are structured, but ALSO how the current overtime system might need re-vamping as well, so this travesty of NFL justice is never repeated.

They've become public enemy No. 1 to the RaiDUHS, the Chiefs, the Bucs, the Broncos, the Patriots, the Colts, Peter King, Roger Goodell, every travel agent that lost money booking Bostonians and Indy fans on playoffs charters, and probably three or four world leaders that like everyone but San Diego.

Funny thing is, I like the Steelers and their fans.  I think they know the game, and they know their history.

Sunday night, we'll find out if they studied the '94 playoffs. 

Don't be a hater, Pittsburgh. I'm running out of numbers.

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