But if what you really like is a good, old-fashioned grudge match, Chargers-Patriots is the game for you. Don't forget, last year the Chargers' mild-mannered superstar, LaDainian Tomlinson, was furious with Patriots coach Bill Belichick, after what happened after the Patriots beat the Chargers:
Tomlinson addressed the press afterward, saying this:
"When you go to the middle of our field, when you start doing the dance that Shawne Merriman is known for, that's disrespectful to me. And I can't sit there and watch that. And so, yeah, I was very upset. And just the fact that they showed no class at all. Absolutely no class. And maybe it comes from their head coach. So you know, there you have it."Tomlinson has reverted to his mild-mannered ways since that unusual outburst, but he's never totally backed off those comments. It's another storyline for CBS to use to promote Sunday's game.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
1-14-2008 @ 8:22PM
bigflyer said...
It was interesting last year to hear LT's comments about "lack of class" on the head coach's part.
It was also interesting to see a smiling "injured" LT late on the 4th quarter on the sidelines of the Colts game.
I say "no guts" to LT. A Patriot running back would have to be an amputee before he would take himself out of a playoff game. LT is a pampered, spoiled, gutless running back.
The Pats defense will overwhelm Darth Vader if he "heals" in time to play the AFC Championship game.
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1-14-2008 @ 8:27PM
kevin said...
LT is a crybaby HE walks away from his QB when things are not going right .He the one with no class.
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1-14-2008 @ 9:00PM
sorcere said...
Could we all agree to call LaDanian BLT (Baby LaDainian Tomlinson) instead of LT from now on? He has got to be the whiniest little bitch in the NFL.
The Pats are going to crush San Diego.
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1-14-2008 @ 9:24PM
nate said...
The Pats "D" is old and suspect. They rely on a great "O" to keep them off the field and from getting 'gassed'. They looked very ordinary against Philly and Balt (both with 2nd rate QBs), and New York and Jax, and they are getting worse as the season goes on. They are always 'saved' by Brady. Keep them on the field a bunch, and they will be sucking air, and become the old codgers that they really are (Seau, Harrison, Vrabel, Bruschi, etc.) They strut around like they think they're great, when in reality they benefit from being on a team with an "O" that scores 30+ points per game. A bunch of them are ready for an old age home, and hopefully this will be exposed this coming Sunday. I was surprised that a 'classy' organization like NE would sign a malcontent like Moss, who 'dogged it' the past two years with Oakland, simply because he did not have a top notch QB to throw to him; it was pathetic watching him loaf around the field. The Pats must really want to win bad to sign a jerk like that. Wes Welker is the heart and soul of the "O" anyway.............If SD was at full strength, they'd send all those annoying Boston fans home bummed out, just as they did to the Indy fans.
Hey Bostonites: Ever been to San Diego? I'm sorry that you have to live in such a stinkhole back east......... anyone smart relocated out here years ago........
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1-14-2008 @ 9:34PM
bigflyer said...
another "fan" jealous of the Patriots perfect record.
San Diego fans are so wonderful the club had to ask the NFL and Fox for an extension of ticket sales. They were not sold out at the headline to waive the tv blackout.
The reason the Chargers are injured and not at "full strength" is because they are sloppily trained by a lousy coach.
The Patriots are being somewhat viewed like the NY Yankess in the late 90's, a superior organization always will bring out a certain element of small-minded haters.
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1-14-2008 @ 9:43PM
bigflyer said...
the so called smart people who relocated to San Diego are paying though their noses for the thousands of illegals coming from the country south of the border. The last Mayor is safely in jail. The southern CA sun must have fried a few brains.
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1-14-2008 @ 9:57PM
nate said...
Another jealous person stuck in a bleak east coast city......... The last time I was in Boston, not one of the maids spoke English, so the 'problem' is country-wide, San Diego just happens to be near the border. Your relatives -- and mine -- probably spoke litle or no English when they arrived. If you have ever been south of the border, you'd understand why these people risk everything to get a piece of the American dream..........it's just unfortunate how they have to go about it.
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1-14-2008 @ 9:58PM
soxdoc said...
Nate -
When was the last time you attended a SD game?
When was the last time you were in any of the NE states?
When was the last time you spoke in person to a Pats fan?
Based on your post, I'll guess your answer would be 'never' to these questions.
I'm sure Pats fans are annoying to you because they back a winning team and an organization second to none in the NFL.
Your comments regarding the players doesn't even merit a response; anyone with even a basic understanding of the team (and the league) will get a laugh at your stupidity.
Guess Mom and Dad forgot to activate the parental lock on their computer, huh? Thanks for the laugh, though.
The Doc
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1-14-2008 @ 10:02PM
oldpatfan said...
looks like Nate is already making excuses. "if SD was at full strength, blah, blah, blah".
Hey NE has injuries, too. They just win. No excuses needed.
The sun and peroxide must be getting to you. Better get some shade, duuuuude.
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1-14-2008 @ 10:10PM
oldpatfan said...
nate, anyone smart moved there years ago? Unfortunately, they're having idiot kids like you.
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1-14-2008 @ 10:18PM
oldpatfan said...
Nate says "The last time I was in Boston, not one of the maids spoke English"
Hey nate, at least they were employed and productive.
In Cally, they cross the border, drop a baby, claim citizenship, then look for the welfare check. Yup, you got it all working out there.
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1-14-2008 @ 10:24PM
arkmanmat said...
All of the ALMOSTS have lost to the Patriots ............and San Diego will too!!!!!
WATCH TOM THROW.....WATCH RANDY CATCH...WATCH THE SCOREBOARD LIGHT UP!!!!!
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1-14-2008 @ 10:28PM
Favre IS God said...
People from NE/Boston are worthless! They talk a lot of crap but in reality are trailer trash with homes. They live off of their mommy and daddy who support white collar crimes...LOL Now I know why L.T. calls them CLASSLESS!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAH
soxdoc is a prime example. The closest he's probably been to someone other than white was at a patsie game taking a picture of Moss. Like I said they talk a lot of crap and are arrogant as F*** but in reality are pretty ignorant and uneducated snub nose jerks!
See you in the Super Bowl.
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1-14-2008 @ 11:19PM
CHRIS said...
LT IS ALL CLASS AND VERY RESPECTFUL, ALL YOU PEOPLE BASHING HIM ARE TOTAL IDIOTS, SCREW THE PATS FOR THEIR DISRESPECT AND FOR THEIR CHEATING WAYS. TAINTED UNDEFEATED SEASON PUT AN * NEXT TO ALL THEIR WINS THIS SEASON AND ALL THEIR SUPERBOWL WINS* THE 72 DOLPHINS NEVER CHEATED AND I WILL ONLY BELIEVE THEY ARE STILL THE ONLY TRUE UNDEFEATED TEAM IN THE NFL. GO GO CHARGERS!!! P.S. IM NOT EVEN A CHARGER FAN, BUT I DO NOT RESPECT TEAMS THAT HAVE TO RESORT TO CHEATING TO WIN. NUFF SAID...
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1-14-2008 @ 11:58PM
primrod said...
WOW Chris "nuff said" you convinced me.......
Whiner, take your asterix and stick it up yo a$$.
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1-15-2008 @ 12:48AM
nate said...
Hey "The Doc"
The funny thing is: I am a medical doctor... are you?
As for your questions, I last attended the SD/Tenn WC game, I have been to NE numerous times (skiied at Killington and Sugarbush, worked a summer near Tanglewood in the Berkshires, went to the Cape and MV, et., etc.) - I went to Cornell and was back east for years, and I speak to NE fans often, the last time a few weeks ago in Vail.
You offer no retort to your "D" being mediocre over the last month or more, and they ARE old. Moss was an odd pick-up for a 'classy' organization, if that is what you claim the Pats to be....... who's next??.... Chad Johnson??, T.O.??...... maybe a statement to the league that malcontents (who refuse to play hard when they do not like their QB) do not deserve to be on a team like the Pats would have been more in order........ but I guess that winning is more important???
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1-15-2008 @ 1:06AM
woody t said...
Bad karma is headed towards the Pats; winners never
cheat and cheaters never win; what better way for the
Pats lose than to the Bolts on their home turf; this is a total different team from the third week and don't think the Bolts will be intimadated by them .
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1-15-2008 @ 2:15AM
RFIpats fan said...
Moss was an odd pick-up for a 'classy' organization, if that is what you claim the Pats to be....... who's next??.... Chad Johnson??, T.O.??...... maybe a statement to the league that malcontents
Yeah, lets talk about class for a second Nate. San Diego has lots of classy players.
There's LT who whines like a bitch if things don't go his way. Thats classy.
Then you got Phillip Rivers who taunts opposing teams fans from the sidelines. Thats even more classy.
Finally you have Shawn Merriman who taunts fallen opponents on the field, by dancing over them. That guy is just a class act.
Moss has been the epitome of a team player since he got here. He took a major paycut to come to the Pats and has done nothing but be an extremely productive wide receiver for them.
Nate, you say the defense of New England is old. If by defense you mean the majority of the line backers and one safety, well, then your right. Thank you Captain obvious. There isn't a sane Pats fan who would disagree with you.
My response is: So what? The Patriots defense is ranked 4th in the NFL. Not a bad accomplishment for a suspect bunch of old guys.
In closing I would just like to say we all know that San Diego is actually german for whales vagina.
You stay classy San Diego.
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1-15-2008 @ 2:49AM
patsfan-NOT! said...
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight!!!!!
Here is some Class for you, Wilfork always cheap shoting people and hitting late at the knees. Also poking people in the eye and i could go on and on...
How about Harrison? Mouthing off all the time. Taunting a head coach. I could write a book!
Randy Moss..... Name says it all!
Tom Brady crying and bitching to the refs because a defender made a good play...and of course the refs adhear to the little bitch that he is! Or how about after he throws a TD he goes and taunts CB's/ or a saftey in the endzone????....oh, but little cry brady doesn't get flagged for that!!!!
How about your head coach Bill Bellicheat? Gets caught red handed but doesn't have any CLASS to admitt being wrong! or how about his adultry? How about your teams OFF and DEF cord.??? they all know that they were cheating and so did the players!!!
How about disrespecting another team by rubbing it in on the middle of the Chargers home field??? ... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
How about all the obnoxious fans that throw things at the opp. team?
The list goes on and on....
Well what do you expect from a bunch of happy hour drunks that live in boston? Not much except dive bar class!
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1-15-2008 @ 6:37AM
bigflyer said...
verbal attacks all he same.
The Chargers fans have no real answer for a team with a perfect record.
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