Inaugural Post

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 9:59 AM PDT Comment 60 comments

First off welcome one and all. SBN has been kind enough to let me take on managing this blog about the Chargers. I'm hoping that this becomes the place for fans to gather, discuss, argue, analyze and crack jokes about one of the great NFL franchises. I'm going to provide reasonable analysis on the team, opponents and games (well as reasonable as I can be anyway). I'm also going to post links to the best articles I can dig up on the Chargers and football in general. While trying to avoid being a total 'homer', there can be no doubt that I view things through Bolt colored lenses. This should be a place where all Charger fans can come and have some fun, share what they know and hopefully learn some things along the way.

For myself this offseason has taken forever; this is going to be a year to remember. The Chargers are just oozing talent, they have young enthusiasm, seasoned vets and the best damned running back in football! All right then, are you ready for some football?

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Awesome man

Welcome to SB Nation

Revenge of the Birds

by cgolden on Sep 8, 2008 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Great to be here!

Thanks for the welcome.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet! Chargers blog, and it looks great!

Welcome to the network!

by Brian Galliford on Sep 8, 2008 1:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It does look great.

Terrific color scheme!

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

by sdsuaztec4 on Sep 8, 2008 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, thanks

Wish I could take credit, but I had nothing to do with it; the guys here at SBN did a terrific job.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, take the credit

That’s what I do whenever the SBN guys do anything.

“Oh you like the comments format? Yeah. I invented that.”

by Dex on Sep 8, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha

I have to learn these tricks of the trade.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Charge it up!

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Sep 8, 2008 2:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome!!

The circle is complete…..All AFC West teams are present and accounted for….

-TSG

www.milehighreport.com

by John Bena (aka TheSportsGuru) on Sep 8, 2008 2:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Red 5 standing by.....

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

by sdsuaztec4 on Sep 8, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Green Leader standing by.....

"I could never quite get the hang of Thursdays..."

by FlaBroncoFan on Sep 8, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blue team is go

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Sep 8, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pre launch sequence initiated

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."

by Philistine21 on Sep 8, 2008 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hadrons are large and colliding

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Sep 8, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have collision!!!

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

by Philistine21 on Sep 8, 2008 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is the awesomeness of DaBolt colliding with his own blog.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

by Philistine21 on Sep 8, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It looks vaguely

like something I had for dinner last night.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That...

…cracked me up!

I like a man who fights with a grin on his face. Winston Churchill.

by bradley on Sep 9, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Best post I’ve seen in SB Nation yet!

" I'm not always right. But I'm never wrong. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 9, 2008 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very nicely done Axion!

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on Sep 8, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It reminds me of home...

Rows of lights to illuminate lines
Why don't they turn them off and let us see night
Drove crazed, grooming my lies
You can't look in on one way eyes

by CurbEnthusiasm on Sep 8, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Guru

Wouldn’t be here without you.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looking good

Glad to see you got your own pad, does this mean we will be missing out on your analysis at MHR?

Best of luck, next week excluded of course.

"It's the first time that I've probably ever seen a 260 pound back run into a free safety and go flat on his back, I mean it was exciting." ~John Elway

by jibbons on Sep 8, 2008 2:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not getting rid of me that easily

I shall haunt you guys now and then.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

congrats on the blog, DaBolts......

Nice place

fader nation is a conquered nation

"Jerry Jones is Al Davis with a smile!"

The creator of the following names: conquered fader nation, Phyllis and his merry men

by mdierk on Sep 8, 2008 2:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome!

Though we may be rivals, I look forward to reading what you have to say.

"Keep your head down, and inch toward daylight." - Blade of Tyshalle

Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!

by Russ on Sep 8, 2008 2:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Fight Chargers Fight

by sacpadre on Sep 8, 2008 2:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats on getting this up and running

"I am not one of those who think that coming in second or third is winning." -- Robert F. Kennedy

by TedBartlett905 on Sep 8, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations!

Unlike some of my fellow Denver fans I was sorry to see y’all lose today. I hate the idea of facing a good team that’s in a must-win situation. Likewise, if you have any sense , you’ll root for us to win tonight. :)

"In the empty spaces - lacunae, vacuums, pauses, voids, black holes - new things begin. We are born anew from the unexplored space, the badlands, the outlaw territory." - Sam Keen

by spock on Sep 8, 2008 2:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Should be a great game

for sure. May the best team win (SD of course). I never root for Raiders so were good tonight. :-)

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good for DaBolts!

Nice to see you have your own place now. However still expect to see a finish to the draft analysis series that you started at MHR. I know it will be painful for me… but I really liked to see the comparisons.

Congrats… Just hope the fair weather fans don’t beat on you to bad! – (had to get a jab in – it is after all a chargers site)

by YellowStoneBronco on Sep 8, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Still planning on it

through 2005 at least.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats and Good Luck.

SB Nation has to be the greatest site on the web for breaking NFL news, and it is great to see another voice added. :-)

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

by Philistine21 on Sep 8, 2008 2:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

From everyone over at Guru's Milehighreport,

Best to you and the blog. Don’t forget your roots!

We’re all behind you, and congrats.

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by hoosierteacher on Sep 8, 2008 2:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I second that

From MHR, as well as the Bucs Dugout on the baseball side of things. Welcome, and good luck (in blogging at least…..)

Jason
The Hanging Curve

by poorboywilly on Sep 8, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm papigrande and I approve this message ;)

Awesome digs, dabolts! Best of luck to you and your blog. You’ve given some wise analysis over at MHR, so I guess I’ll have to haunt this place now to get my Chargers info.

Dabolts and his Merry Men, anyone? Anyone?

I could be wrong, but I believe a Raider is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

by papigrande on Sep 8, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Very excited about this. Totally love gaslampball, and was waiting for a Charger’s version. I’m sure this site will be great, and good luck to everyone contributing.

by cubbuster on Sep 8, 2008 2:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats DaBolts

Good to see your SB Nation status has been Super Sized!

Victor Frankl:

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.

by wyoeng on Sep 8, 2008 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Our loss at Mile High Report is definitely a windfall for the Charger fans. DaBolts is a class act and knowledgeable to boot, please do your job as fans and support and appreciate his efforts, because we will take him back in a heart-beat! Thanks again for your input over at our place, and as someone else noted, it is good to finally have the division fully represented here! (although just between you, me, and the wall, life imitates art…. the Raider and Chief blogs need some upgrading… = )
Grats again DaBolts!

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
Shaquille O'Neal

by tannji on Sep 8, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

You guys are great, even when I was hazing ya. I’ll still be posting some over there, don’t think you’re completely rid of me.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 8, 2008 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great Job DaBolts!!

Don’t forget to stop by MHR every now and then with one of your great posts.

Broncos broncos everywhere and all the league did blink,
Broncos broncos everywhere think moldy faiders stink!

by Mike Clark on Sep 8, 2008 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Finally

After all these years of requesting a SBN Charger page it’s finally here. We’re redirecting everbody over here from our half-ass Charger Blog. (that means about 7 more hits a day)

by Jonny Dub on Sep 8, 2008 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We got 7 hits a day??

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

by sdsuaztec4 on Sep 8, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats to DaBolts!!!

Well, I am happy that you got this blog going and are a member of SBN. I wish you all the best. As with most of us at MHR, you have provided great posts over there and I am sure you will do this place justice.

GREAT JOB.

by weazel on Sep 8, 2008 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hallelujah! A SBN Charger's Blog has become a reality!

Really stoked that you’re here. Look forward to talking Charger’s with you guys all season long.

"...do hereby declare that I am not a member of the Human race (not an earthling) and in fact am an alien from another planet other than earth. I hope that this will prove to the person that is putting electric shocks to my head that I am an alien. I am declaring this so that I am not in any violation of any world or international laws of the earth as I am showing by this admission that I am in fact an alien."

by The Kipper on Sep 8, 2008 5:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The site looks great

You’ve done a heck of a job, guys. Take a bow or two!

Atwater for the Hall!

by broncobear on Sep 8, 2008 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to SB Nation

Im not a blogger here but I will say get ready for a colts beat down when we meet.

by metal_militia on Sep 8, 2008 8:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cool.

Welcome to the hood. Nice layout with the throwback colors.

by lemonverbena on Sep 8, 2008 9:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome, man

I’ve been waiting for a Chargers blogger for a long time. Best of luck!

by Dave the Falconer on Sep 8, 2008 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratd Da Bolts!

Looking forward to some great back and forth! Especially Next Weekend!

" He goes against Champ everyday." -Jay Cutler

Davis to the Hall!

by Jon Tollerud on Sep 8, 2008 11:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Concurrence with congratulations!

The Chargers fans are really lucky to have an insightful editor who has good writing skills. Your draft analyses were better than anything I have seen in the draft magazines. Thanks.

by Arctic Bronco on Sep 8, 2008 11:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats DaBolts!

I have a ton of family members who happen to be Charger fans…I’ll pass the word on. ;) Broncos 41-14 baby!

If God is not a Bronco fan, then WHY are sunsets Blue and Orange? - Jon Tollerud 5/22/08

I got a high ankle sprain in college and it still hurts! ~ TSG 8/13/08

by Zappa on Sep 9, 2008 12:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I shudder to think

what it might have been like with Marshall. I reckon we will be speaking next weekend.

"He's doing everything a receiver would do except catch the ball." Mike Shanahan

by Brian (DaBolts) on Sep 9, 2008 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to SB Nation

from the Fins!

y not if im wrong who will remember

by qbinfin on Apr 27, 2008 3:27 PM PDT

by DolfinPhan on Sep 9, 2008 5:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to your new digs

We’ll be checking in from New England, especially now that after the only the first quarter of game 1 you’ve already been crowned the AFC champions. Oh, and we have our standing date at your house this time? October 12th is already circled. See ya.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Sep 9, 2008 8:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

...And in the beginning, God created the Chargers!

" I'm not always right. But I'm never wrong. "

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 9, 2008 8:25 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Welcome to the Nation

"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever." - Anonymous

by The Beef on Sep 9, 2008 9:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Welcome

I’d like to say welcome to the SB Nation. I can’t wait to see what Chargers fans will think when Phillip Rivers gets the smack talk slammed out of him by Freeney this year.

Good luck on the blog, and stick with the Powder Blue in your color scheme.

I also blog at Speed Blue Nation

by Bullard47 on Sep 9, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Who is Freeney?

The guy who has only 9 sacks in the past two seasons?

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

by sdsuaztec4 on Sep 9, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Broncos fan...

…would like to welcome DaBolts and his site. As a long time Bronco fan, I will always root for the original AFL teams (even – gulp -the Raiders) over the rest of the NFL. And DaBolts has been a standup guy, so best to him . Seems like a lot of work to man a site like this, so kudos.

I like a man who fights with a grin on his face. Winston Churchill.

by bradley on Sep 9, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs