The Los Angeles Chargers are Trapped in Hell and the Gods Are Laughing at Them

[Akrasian]

HaHa

Football believes in reincarnation. Officials reverse calls, time gets added to the clock, and downs are repeated. In theory, this could result in a ceaselessly blooming garden of possibility and hope. In reality, the Los Angeles Chargers locked themselves inside this spiritual greenhouse and choked on all the flowers. That’s what happened on Sunday, when the Chargers had two separate touchdowns overruled in the final minute of their 23–20 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Getting two potential game-winning touchdowns scrubbed off the scoreboard is bad enough, but the Chargers’ capitulation was an especially cruel combination of bad luck and ruthless self-sabotage. This play-by-play of their final attempts to punch the ball into the end zone reads like a Sartre play. Hell isn’t other people, Philip Rivers. Hell is your own teammates.

The Chargers' final plays against the Titans. espn.com For simplicity’s sake, here is what the final 45 seconds of game action consisted of: —Overturned touchdown. —False start penalty at the 1-yard line. —Defensive pass interference that returned the Chargers to the 1-yard line. —Another overturned touchdown. —Running back fumbles on the goal line, Tennessee recovers. Game over. Tennessee Titans ✔

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I just hope they win enough to not get a sure thing in the draft. I love that the team the league foisted on the Rams' new stadium is going to suck most seasons.

 

[WarnerToBruce]

I actually have always liked the Chargers but after the fiasco in San Diego (where they belong), I hope they lose every game and blow every draft pick until the seats are empty and the league forces them to move elsewhere.

 

[Loyal]

Yes, I hate them until they leave LA, then I will sorta root for them, again...

 

[LesBaker]

I am ambivalent about the Chargers, although I think Rivers is one of the most under-rated QB's of this era. Playing in the AFC with Manning and Brady for his career sort of kept him out of the spotlight he otherwise would have had.

The owner is a POS. That's for sure.

I don't care that they are sharing the stadium with the Rams, it doesn't bother me like it does with a lot of guys on the board. To that I say that we should all be happy it wasn't the Raiders. So be grateful that Spanos used his first right because if he decided not to the Raiders were going back to LA.

I can see this POS Spanos making a play for the Oakland market in the future though.

The NFL would like that because then it could use the threat of moving to LA again to help get new stadiums built for the next 15 years or whatever.

 

[nighttrain]

The owner is a POS. That's for sure.

 

[RamsCardsJazz]

I think the Chargers best bet would be to move completely off of the west coast. Not sure where would be a viable location, but I do not think San Diego or Oakland is the answer and I already know LA is not the answer.

 

[LesBaker]

I think the Chargers best bet would be to move completely off of the west coast. Not sure where would be a viable location, but I do not think San Diego or Oakland is the answer and I already know LA is not the answer.

They have a fanbase in SD that would support them.

 

[RamsCardsJazz]

They have a fanbase in SD that would support them.

A lot of their games in San Diego would also bring a lot of visiting fans. Plus, I am not sure what is left of the fanbase there, would want anything to do with Spanos.

 

[Akrasian]

They have a fanbase in SD that would support them.

Possibly. If the current owner sold the team

 

[LesBaker]

I think if Spanos moved the tea back the fans would forgive him. They may not vote for a new stadium though.

Another thing is that Spanos may be stuck in LA. Didn't his G3/G4 money get doled out already? If so he's going nowhere.

He's probably going nowhere anyway of course.

 

[Dieter the Brock]

I think the Chargers best bet would be to move completely off of the west coast. Not sure where would be a viable location, but I do not think San Diego or Oakland is the answer and I already know LA is not the answer.

Austin Texas would be a good place for the Chargers

 

[fearsomefour]

I think the Chargers best bet would be to move completely off of the west coast. Not sure where would be a viable location, but I do not think San Diego or Oakland is the answer and I already know LA is not the answer.

Tijuana

 

[yrba1]

They have a fanbase in SD that would support them.

That's if Spanos sells the team, he's a leech to the NFL at this point

 

[1maGoh]

Austin Texas would be a good place for the Chargers

Please don't.

 

[bubbaramfan]

If (and when) Spanos gets tired of being the "redheaded stepchild" of the NFL, he has a ready made stadium and fan base waiting for him with open arms in Mexico City. The NFl has played games there for the past ten years with sellout crowds. Chargers already have a large fan base there as San Deigo is right on the border with Mexico. The move would make everyone happy.

 

[LesBaker]

@bubbaramfan how is he the redheaded stepchild of the NFL?

He's a turd, and I am not sure how popular he is among other owners. My guess would be they all feel pretty neutral towards each other overall tough.

I;'m sure some are friends of course.

 

[Mackeyser]

They have a fanbase in SD that would support them.

The answer, which is rarely this clear cut... is to have them be sold and the new owner move them back to SD and work with the city to make a stadium that's modest, in the spirit of the laid back SD style and shares with one of the local unis.

SD fans were passionate and while I think they'd be embraced in St. Louis, among other cities, especially if there were no stadium drama... the Chargers need to go back to SD under new ownership.

 

[Memento]

I think it's less "trapped in hell with gods laughing at them" than a full-blown voodoo curse given by the gods. Then said gods threw them into the ninth circle of hell. Not satisfied with that, they forced Satan to drop Brutus from one of his mouths before having him chew on the Chargers until the end of time.

...Too weird?

 

[LesBaker]

The answer, which is rarely this clear cut... is to have them be sold and the new owner move them back to SD and work with the city to make a stadium that's modest, in the spirit of the laid back SD style and shares with one of the local unis.

SD fans were passionate and while I think they'd be embraced in St. Louis, among other cities, especially if there were no stadium drama... the Chargers need to go back to SD under new ownership.

I don't think any NFL owner will accept a "modest" stadium because there is SO much money to be pocketed from the venue.

I'm not sure that STL will ever go near the NFL again after the shitshow that just occurred and the horrible treatment and lies they got from the league. I just don't see that ever happening.

And the stadium drama would be present in any market they could consider.

No team is going to move without a new stadium guarantee.

That's how these thieves play.

 

[LesBaker]

I think it's less "trapped in hell with gods laughing at them" than a full-blown voodoo curse given by the gods. Then said gods threw them into the ninth circle of hell. Not satisfied with that, they forced Satan to drop Brutus from one of his mouths before having him chew on the Chargers until the end of time.

...Too weird?

Mebbe a bit.