Originally Posted by T-post Tom (Post 13961083)

They can barely fill the 30,000-seat StubHub Center. When they do, it’s with the help of fans of the opposing team.

And that could soon be changing.

As the Rams soaked up the attention and the headlines and the praise, the Chargers quietly have gone about their business, racking up wins and, in the 2018 Thursday night finale, authoring a stunning comeback capped by a gutsy (but smart) decision to go for the win, and getting it.

And here are the L.A. Chargers, now two wins and a very plausible Chiefs loss at Seattle in prime time away from nailing down the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

If they get it, they don’t really need it. The Chargers boosted their record away from L.A. to 6-0 on the year, making the team without a home-field advantage perhaps the most likely to go on the road and win in the playoffs. Even though they may not have to.

The push to a potential division crown and top seed in the playoffs should wake up anyone/everyone who had overlooked the team that had become second fiddle in the City of Angels. The Rams got there a year early. The Rams hosted a playoff game to cap the 2017 season. The Rams kept acquiring big-name players in the offseason. The Rams, as the 2018 campaign unfolded, became the darlings of the league.

But the Chargers continued to push, quietly, steadily, inevitably. They still have plenty of work to do (and they need help from the Seahawks or the Raiders), but they are now in a spot where no one would have expected them to be, not in a season that has been dominated by the Rams, Chiefs, Saints, Patriots, Steelers (until recently), and the Cowboys (recently).

So get your Philip Rivers or Melvin Gordon or Mike Williams or Melvin Ingram or Joey Bosa or any other player’s jersey and get ready for a team that hasn’t done much in the last decade to possibly do something memorable, something historic. The Chargers have earned their spot among the league’s elite, and it’s time for their new hometown to respond accordingly — along with the rest of the country.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 13960916)

Conspiracy theories aside, even if you think the game is pure as snow, it's a huge blow to the league when games are decided by arbitrary officiating calls. Why did they call one penalty and not the other? The entire outcome of the game changed not because of anything the players did, but because of two very arbitrary decisions by officials. That's bad for the sport.

Originally Posted by SuperBowl4 (Post 13961162)

You are right. Ever since the George Bush Administration signed THE PATRIOT ACT in October 2001 it's been the New England PATRIOTS ever since!

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13961190)

That's what I hate... the inconsistency. But, I think it's fairly balanced - unfortunately one team is going to get the 'last' bad call of a game. Someone earlier mentioned the refs messing up a few calls in KC's favor last night, one on a scoring drive. Did that not happen?

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 13961200)

Yes, there were bad calls on both sides. But there were arbitrarily made calls that changed the outcome of the game. They pushed off our guy to make the catch, And the ball isn't catch able but they still called PI despite our guy only touching his hand while the ball is there.


We should be able to to challenge those plays. Have them decided in NY.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 13961200)

Yes, there were bad calls on both sides. But there were arbitrarily made calls that changed the outcome of the game. They pushed off our guy to make the catch, And the ball isn't catch able but they still called PI despite our guy only touching his hand while the ball is there.


We should be able to to challenge those plays. Have them decided in NY.

Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 13961202)

What about the ball moving as the Charger receiver goes out of bounds after a push off????

Originally Posted by RickObie (Post 13960907)

Seriously - if people truly believe this is rigged why watch anymore - the day I believe that there’s an agenda I’m done - I watched WWF when I was a child, don’t even know if it’s around anymore - why? Because it’s fake an I’m 50 years old.

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13961204)

I dunno... to me, I think he maintained position. He wasn't juggling the ball, maybe there was a slight move.

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13961204)

I dunno... to me, I think he maintained position. He wasn't juggling the ball, maybe there was a slight move.

Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh (Post 13961207)

And if you and others are naive enough to think a billion dollar business is as pure as the driven snow I dont know what to tell you.You know legally they can rig it if they want. The nfl is subject to the same laws as wrestling not baseball for example. But keep believing its pure and that billionaires would leave the results to chance.

Originally Posted by petegz28 (Post 13961209)

The move was beyond slight and he pushed off at that

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania (Post 13961226)

So, to me... this 'non-call' as you might put it is similar to the 'non-call' that I'm sure Chargers' fans were screaming about on the hit to Rivers when he was screaming about the head to head hit.

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Originally Posted by Aspengc8 (Post 13961232)

And also the non-call of Rivers removing his helmet on the field of play after that missed helmet to helmet.