It’s hard to be a Chargers fan. They’re the perennial underdogs. Even when they supposedly have a great team — like this year, last year, other years — they’re still underdogs somehow. We don’t get no respect. We don’t get no superlatives or hyperboles. We get “Oh, the Chargers.” And just because I’m whining doesn’t mean it’s not true, you know.
So we’re playing the Dolphins right now, who were, oh, something like 1-15 last year. I mean, they were truly truly sad. We, on the other hand, had the potential to go to the Super Bowl. Didn’t happen — it was a heartbreaker — but the potential was there. And right now, these Dolphins are kicking our taut little football bottoms. I just can’t take the heartbreak anymore. I mean, I think my aorta actually hurts. So to solve this looming coronary crisis, I’ve decided to be a fair-weather fan. It will work like this: Basically, I will root for whoever the winner turns out to be. If we win this game, I rooted for us. If Miami wins, I rooted for them. We won’t know who I rooted for until the game is over. So it’s proactively retroactive. It’s also disloyal, flaky, dubious, and shameful.
You know, all those ingredients that make up the spicy bouillabaisse that is me.
So, uhm …. GO TEAMS!!!
You might be on to something. Kinda annoyed with the Chargers right now, but nowhere near as annoyed as I am with the Eagles. Thanks to these teams, I now have five wrong so far in this week’s pool! Five! I’ve been doing horribly this season–in fact the worst I’ve done in years–but not for lack of trying to pay attention to the games and commentary. I’m pretty disgusted.
I wish my husband,(also a life-long Chargers fan) would become a fair-weather fan. It would save me the heartache of seeing him so upset week after week, when the Chargers should be performing better. Alas, he cannot let go of hope that a year will come where they won’t disappoint him. After seeing my beloved Colts win a Superbowl, I truly am wishing that feeling for him, and you and Charger fans everywhere.
Kate P — Ugh, that sucks!
Kristina — I’m like your husband, I’m afraid. Deep down, hope springs eternal, despite reality.
Gah, I also had the Chargers and Eagles. Worst, I had no possible idea that Trent Edwards would go down three plays into the Buffalo/Arizona game. Luckily the rest of the week has gone pretty well so far.