Chargers losing....on purpose???

Here's my theory (the only plausible one considering the talent on this team):

The Spanos' family has been fooling the community of San Diego, Chula Vista, and Oceanside into believing there is a possibility that the Chargers can work something out and stay in this county. They have showcased Mark Fabiani, Special Counsel for the Chargers, around to city council meetings, special events, and radio appearances trying to convince everyone that the Chargers are doing everything they can to stay in town; however, the Spanos family knows there is a lot of money to be had in bigger markets and they want their take.

I was actually buying into what they were selling until recently, when a key piece in their puzzle of deception has been glaringly obvious in trying to change the mindset of the Chargers' fans. That piece is Norv Turner. And unfortunately for him, I don't think he even knows what his purpose is for.




Norv was brought into San Diego to change the momentum of this team from stellar to pretty good over the course of a few years. Much to the dismay of the Spanos family, Norv has brought this team to its knees over the course of a few weeks.

Since the Chargers have all their home games sold out this year, the Spanos' still get the big payout. If the Chargers were to barely miss the playoffs, or get to the playoffs and lose before the AFC Championship game, the fans would still snatch up tickets like crazy next year buying some time for good-ol' Dean and Alex to find an alternate site for the Chargers (say, Los Angeles or Anaheim???) Granted, fans would be upset, but come next season, would forget about it until Norv started tearing down the team some more. Say this goes on for 3 years. Norv becomes the scapegoat for a team who is loaded with talent and nobody to coach them, but in reality, the Chargers organization gets what they want in the long-run: fair weather fans turning on the beloved Chargers, making it much easier to move out of town.

This brings me to this year. A record of 1-3 puts the Chargers below the Raiders in the division standings (I'm on suicide watch for the next week). The NFL's MVP last year is finally getting room to run, and the team changes its play calling in the second half basically eliminating Tomlinson's effectiveness. The defense can do two things: get burned and/or miss a tackle. Norv was supposed to take this team's ability down a notch or so, but no one, especially the Spanos', suspected he would tear apart this team so quickly. Now, they have a choice to make. Do they axe Norv for another sub-par coach that can lose the close games, but still win a few? Do they ride out the next few seasons with Norv hoping the players can overcome the coaching idiocy to become an average team? Time will only tell...

So, even though the Chargers are losing in terrible ways, I should enjoy watching the Chargers while they are still in San Diego.

Go Toreros!!!!!

Since the Chargers are sucking it up...

And the Padres are sucking it up...

And the Aztecs are sucking it up...

I'm now all about the USD Torero Football team!!!! They are 4-0 and are beating opponents by an average of 28.5 points per game. Their QB is likely a first day pick in next year's draft. And to top it off, I went to that school!!!! Even though it was only for a year, I'm still paying for it so I might as well claim them as my own.

Nothing beats hitching your wagon to a Division 1AA football team but it beats the alternatives these days.

Thoughts of the day (actually night)

I was looking at the picture collage on Megan's blog for Ryan's birthday and it got me thinking about a lot of things.

I've been so fortunate to be able to spend every morning with Ryan, watching him grow and become the amazing child he is. So fortunate because that is a time in his life that I will never get back. There has been so much change that I have been able to see first hand what a lot of fathers don't get to see. It's sad because I don't get to see Megan nearly as much as I would like but I'm sure there are plenty of sick days to be spent on family time!!!

This brings me to my first real uneasiness about our second child on the way. . . how can I love a child as much as I love Ryan? Now, don't freak out!!! This is a just a thought for the day and by no means will this be the case when #2 arrives. I'm just wondering how to balance the love and attention for a 1 year old as well as love and care for a newborn.

And, now that Ryan's first year is over, will I become more sentimentally attached to every little thing that the second baby does because I know how much I'll miss that time when he/she gets older?

It seems too complicated having multiple children. Oh, by the way, I'm also very uneasy about our space situation: 2 bedrooms + 1 1/2 baths + 3 stories + 2 adults + 2 babies + 1 dog = mayhem??? We'll see shortly, won't we???



Ryan and his new axe!!!!!

Quiz Update

I have to change some answers to my quiz...

1) I think steak is my favorite food, and

2) I finally saw Alice In Chains in concert.

1st Worship Confessional (text)

Steve took a well deserved week of vacation so I stepped in and took over worship leading duties. I was pretty stressed out all week not having a chance to rehearse with the band (thanks Bobby for taking our babysitter all week!!!) but everything worked out great. We had everybody show up, and for the most part, on time. Unfortunately, I was running around all morning and we didn't get started until 8:30am. Service starts at 9:00am!!!!!

We get through most of the songs pretty smoothly and then go into our "special music" song and then everything seems to fall apart. The song is very straightforward with the exception of 1 part that has 2 stops. For some reason, we had the hardest time coming together and hitting those stops. We spent about 5 minutes working on one line in the song while the singers didn't even get a chance to practice the song. By the time we worked out the song, we had to start. Two songs we didn't even get to in rehearsal. But...

Everything seemed to come together. It always does. The congregation last week was pretty lifeless but this week, it seemed a little more upbeat. Maybe they all had their Starbucks. Anyway, here are the songs we did:

Salvation is Here
Majestic
Your Love Oh Lord
You Are The One
My Desire
Everlasting God
Your Grace Is Enough

Peace. Check out Steve's blog next week for his confessional (he has video...oooohhhh!!!!)

Ouch!!!

38 Pats - 14 Chargers

I swear they cheated

14-3 and still no respect

I really dislike the football commentator "team" of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Every time these two clowns come to San Diego to do a Charger's game, they always talk up the other team like they should be playing in the Super Bowl right now. No mention of the Chargers at all, unless there is close no-call against the Chargers and the commentators won't shut up about how the Chargers got away with one. I don't like it, or them for that matter.

I guess it doesn't matter in the end....

14-3

CHARGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The season is on!!! Let's hope they stomp the Bears.

Full to the brim

We went to Barona's buffet today for brunch. I ate too much. I hate food.


...and eat a buttload a food.

Rock'd to sleep

I was cruising YouTube after the marathon of watching Bobby's blog posts today and came across this video. I like Pillar quite a bit but Megan not so much. Anyway, we were at a concert where Pillar was playing and Megan actually fell asleep on the asphalt during this song. The ground was shaking from the kick drum and bass which she thinks soothed her to sleep. So if you're having trouble sleeping, pump this video as loud as you can and you should be snoozing in no time!!!