Dear Broncos fans, just let it be for a while, will ya?

by calipatrick on Sep 15, 2008 9:06 PM PDT Comment 16 comments

Rationalization is a peculiar beast. It is one of about a dozen or so immature defense mechanisms used by psychologists to decribe what humans do to avoid confronting the emotional pain that lies within. In this case, we essentially we state Fact A that only has a tangential relationship to what we are really talking about, and feel placated that Fact A was beyond our control. Case in point. We lost the game. Fact A = we lost because we played poor defense. While true, it is also proper to stand up and say we got robbed. It's ok to be angry. And I will happily project(another immature defense mechanism) the anger I have to the Broncos.

Now, is it just me or does anyone else not want to hear a donkey's fan talk about how our defense didn't play well anyway? If you wanna gloat and rub it in our faces then gloat and rub it in our faces. But spare me the "it's ok" rationalization because, guess what, it's not ok. My Hoculi Hatred(TM) has now turned toward the broncos.

It's gonna hurt. It's gotta hurt. And it will be talked about.

Why is it in football it's considered uncooth to talk about how the game was robbed from us or to talk about how they played dirty? I'll get over it by sunday, but the game was robbed if not by anything else then by sheer incompetence, ours and the officials'. And the broncos always play dirty. I was just surprised the chop block was flagged this time.

Next time I will rationalize the summersalts I do over the grave that is the donkey's 2008 season by saying I am just getting my daily workout in. See how rationalization works? Isn't this fun?

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"if you wanna gloat and rub it in our faces then gloat and run it in our faces"?

OKAY!!!!

WE WON….YOU LOST!!!!

WE RULE…YOU DROOL!!!

WE"RE AWESOME AND YOU SUCK!!!

WE"RE 2-0 and YOU"RE 0-2!!!

YOU THOUGHT WE SUCKED BUT REALLY YOU DO!!!!

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA…BWAHHAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAN YOU GUYS ARE SORE LOSERS!!!!

IF YOU DON"T WANT TO LOSE THEN TRY WINNING!!!! AND STOP BLAMING THE REFS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SORRY ASS LOSER OUT THERE!!!

How was that?

by UnarmingMermaid on Sep 15, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Now spew your hatred!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Sep 15, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No thanks

Your post says more about you than anyone of us ever could.

With all due respect, you are not allowed to find our division rivals sexy.

by Wonko on Sep 15, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey...

I don’t “gloat and rub it in your faces (lol)” without provocation!!!!

The post says, “Dear Broncos fan…If you wanna gloat and rub it in our faces then gloat and rub it in our faces.”

It would be rude not to oblige!

by UnarmingMermaid on Sep 16, 2008 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure that's cute but give it a rest please.

"If two hitherto rival football teams, under the influence of brotherly love, decided to co-operate in placing the football first beyond one goal and then beyond the other, no one's happiness would be increased" Bertrand Russell

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 16, 2008 6:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank god i paid ed hochuli!!!

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Sep 15, 2008 11:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

calipatrick, I understand.

Maybe we Broncos fans can point to the Chargers D, but we can only do that while admitting that our own D wasn’t exactly the archetype either.

Let me offer these:

+ Regardless of the final 5 minutes, that was one of the most thrilling games I’ve ever watched. It takes two teams to make that happen.

+ The Chargers showed a lot by not folding at halftim.

+ This will be a fun series to watch for a long time, and may very well get bumped to prime time billing on a regular basis.

+ The quality of ‘the call’ can in fact be judged independent of the game context. Even if you strip away the field position, the time on the clock, the score, and the stakes, the conclusion is still that it was a botched call. Hochuli even admitted it in his on-field explanation.

+ The botch of the call was a shame, but it wasn’t a fault of the rule itself (IMHO). The fact that the rule dictated that the ball stayed with Denver had nothing to do with the fact that the whistle shouldn’t have been blown. The rule is written for player safety and is primarily designed for QB protection with the expectation that such a play might occur when the QB is under duress.

+ There’s a lot of season left. I imagine that we may very well see the rematch at the end of the season as the determining game for the division – and quite possibly homecrowd.

+ You still have 4 divisional gimmes to look forward to, and the Bolts should still win a pile of other games. Even if Denver ends up winning the division, I expect the Chargers to make the playoffs and to be mad.

Now for my only mildly snarky comment: In terms of the Chargers’ total season, I don’t worry about the bad call; I worry far more about the long term effects of Norv Turner. He might make it work out, but I just hope he doesn’t end up driving out the only good rivalry in the AFC West just when the Broncos finally get good enough to make a game of it.

Take care and enjoy the inevitable win against the Jets.

by Hooper on Sep 16, 2008 6:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think Norv Turner is the coach to worry about. His side of the ball has been fantastic. Cottrell’s defense, on the other hand, is a train wreck.

Intentional Blog on Balls

by Richard Wade on Sep 16, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's funny

Do we even have an offensive coordinator? Who the hell is he and what does he do?? Shelmon?? Doesn’t he play with the backs at practice???

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Sep 16, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shelmon

He’s too inexperienced to call plays (plus last year he was as new to the Chargers offense as the players were). They promoted him to the job because the players like him (read: LT likes him) and they didn’t figure on needing a real OC since Norv does it everywhere he goes.

With all due respect, you are not allowed to find our division rivals sexy.

by Wonko on Sep 16, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am sorry Charger fans

Look, I don’t gloat in the victory, I undertsnad your pain and frustration, but this is football, it is just a game when it comes down to it, and this is the regular season, so it’s not like you were robbed of the Super Bowl. You will have a chance for revenge in December but if you and your team fixate on this game, then you will blow the entire season. I can make explanations as to why Denver won, regardless of the call, but I know it’s not going to justify it in your minds. I would worry about what you can fix (defense for one) rather than what you can’t fix, last week. Great game, took me back to the 80’s and the old AFC west shoot-outs.

"How do the berries taste Ralph?" Bart Simpson
"They taste like burning." Ralph Wigam
Broncoman

by Broncoman on Sep 16, 2008 4:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs