He knew the score, and now so do Chargers fans
The Chargers lost.
What a shock.
Ha, ha, ha.
“San De-ago Sup-er Chargers, San De-ago Sup-er Chargers!”
Come on, sing along:
“San De-ago Sup-er ... “
Ha, ha, ha.
Poor Ralphie. Sorry, I mean poor Marty.
Ha, ha, ha.
“We’re coming your way,
“We’re gonna dazzle you with our super play.... “
And then one of our lunkhead cornerbacks will ruin it by hitting someone after the play and getting nailed with a penalty.
“San De-ago Sup-er Chargers ... we won’t let up a minute,
“We’re going all the way -- all the way!”
OK, so maybe not all the way.
More than 1,000 folks from San Diego e-mailed a few weeks ago, appalled that anyone would suggest the Chargers were doomed to fall short of the Super Bowl with poor Ralphie in charge. Sorry, poor Marty.
“Get a life,” e-mailed Cody Meyer a few weeks back. “You wish you lived in San Diego and had the Chargers to root for. Have fun watching the Chargers win the Super Bowl.”
I’ve got to say, I had a great time watching them play on Sunday.
Ha, ha, ha.
“Where is L.A.’s football team? Why would I want to live in L.A., so I can get stuck in traffic and live in an area of higher crime? Ha and again HA! When the Chargers win the Super Bowl, don’t cry,” wrote someone on behalf of the “Nisleit Family in San Diego.”
The front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune sports website shows a picture of a Chargers fan sobbing. No way of telling if it’s a Nisleit.
Ha, ha, ha.
Didn’t hear from a single fan in San Diego on Sunday night, or Monday for that matter. Not one word of thanks for warning them this was going to happen.
Ha, ha, ha.
“The time has come,
“You know we’re shooting for No. 1,” as the song goes.
Shamu is No. 1! Shamu is No. 1! Shamu is No. 1! We’ll take what we can get! We’ll take what we can get! We’ll take what we can get!
Ha, ha, ha.
I hate the Super Bowl week, all the media, the NFL-orchestrated news conferences, and so I worked out a deal with the sports editor. I would go to Miami if San Diego advanced to the Super Bowl and make fun of the Spanos Goofs. Otherwise, I’d stay here and make fun of the Lakers and Clippers. I wasn’t surprised, of course, when I heard Kobe was suddenly a big L.T. fan. I can just hear Kobe now: See what happens when you pass the ball.
Ha, ha, ha.
Actor Jerry O’Connell from “Crossing Jordan” said he would donate $100 to Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA if the Chargers lost. “That’s the biggest bet I have ever made,” said the Big Loser.
Ha, ha, ha.
Drew Brees had to move to New Orleans, where some fans have been known to wear paper bags over their heads, to have a chance to play in a Super Bowl. Just think about that one for a minute.
Ha, ha, ha.
The radio station has a limo pick up Miss Radio Personality every Friday, take her to work and then home again. Miss Radio Personality said she’d give up the limo and allow it to take me to the station every Friday for the next month if the Chargers lost. Every father should have a daughter willing to believe in Marty.
Ha, ha, ha.
I’ve reprinted the following e-mail in case San Diego fan Danny Carter is hungry this morning: “The Chargers are the best team in the NFL. I can’t wait to see you eat your words after they win the Super Bowl.”
Ha, ha, ha.
A few weeks back, just after predicting the outcome of the UCLA-USC football game, I wrote:
“The Chargers are finished. They might have the best record in football, the best team overall, but all that remains is the depressing news conference with Schottenheimer that will follow another playoff loss.” I don’t like to gloat, of course, but I just know these things.
Ha, ha, ha.
San Diego’s Channel 8 and the small-town newspaper in San Diego referenced what had been written in L.A. on Page 2 a few weeks ago, angering a number of Chargers fans. I’d be upset too if my local media didn’t prepare me for the oncoming disaster that is Martyball. Oh well, there’s always the exciting Gulls or Aztecs to watch this winter, or maybe a trip to one of the big malls in Orange County.
Ha, ha, ha.
The Chargers’ public relations staff wouldn’t allow any players to be interviewed the last few weeks on the father-daughter morning gabfest with Uncle Fred for fear of their facing tough questions. The only thing you have to fear is fear itself, and Marty putting on the headset.
Ha, ha, ha.
There’s talk now that Ralphie is going to get fired. Sorry, Marty. Marty went 14-2, has won 200 games, and it seems as though it would make sense, all right, to hire a new coach every year when the playoffs start, but then bring back Marty for the regular season. How about USC renting out Pete Carroll every January? That might satisfy that NFL itch.
Ha, ha, ha.
From now on, maybe L.T. should be known as “Boo-Hoo.”
Boo-Hoo got all upset with the way the Patriots celebrated their upset win.
“When you go to the middle of our field,” Boo-Hoo said, “and you start doing the dance that Shawne Merriman is known for, that’s disrespectful to me.... “
That might have carried some weight had Boo-Hoo already been on the record as criticizing Merriman for his disrespectful dance every time Merriman recorded a sack this season. Otherwise, it shows a lack of class on the part of the loser.
San De-Ago Boo-Hoo Chargers ... come on, everybody, sing it:
“With thunderbolts and lightning, we’ll light up the sky ...
” ... We’ve got a plan, we’re gonna do it for our super fans.”
And lose again.
Ha, ha, ha.