SNF Live-Blog: IND-SD, Second Half
Sunday, November 11, 2007
I don't care who you are, even if it's just sparring. I don't want to be anywhere near Shawne Merriman in any sort of fighting ring.
Tony Dungy was very "stoic" at halftime??? I'm confused. Drayton Florence just jarred Reggie Wayne loose from a pass...Wayne just got himself...JACKED UP. Craphonso catches another pass from Peyton short of the first down. Joseph Addai busts one out to the 46 and moves the chains. Manning throws to Moorhead, and we've got 3rd and short yardage...throws it out of bounds, wanted to get to Reggie Wayne. Punt coming...well, never mind. Moorhead catches a 4th down pass to convert it.
That's PICK #5 for Peyton.
I think Peyton needs a priceless pep talk. - Hanrahan
+1 to you, sir! And now John Madden is talking about fajitas because he's probably really, really hungry. Chargers are moving into Indy territory now, and with Michael Turner rushing, there's a holding call.
"With that flag, 99.174% of the time it's a hold...I think he went to the Ed Hochuli School of Bicep Build-up." - AM
"Yeah, he doesn't have the guns that Eddie does." - JM
And we've got a Hulk Hogan shot, too! I wonder how precise Al is about that holding call percentage.
P.S.- I'm upset with the lack of poon tonight. - AA
Ask and ye shall receive. Here's one of the lovely Charger cheerleaders, as the Bolts have to putn as Indy knocks Rivers and LDT back:
I think this is the lovely Marlina, but I could be wrong. Judge for yourself. Anyway, Manning's got the ball at the Colts 10, and he's apparently tied Unitas' INT record too.
Peyton is still moving the ball downfield right now, and John can't help himself by knob-slobbering him even after five picks in the game. He gets another first down by throwing to Ben Utecht. The Colts are at the SD 21 right now, but here's where the clock becomes a problem for the Colts -- since they have to huddle up, these drives are taking a long time, and the third quarter is almost over as Indy needs to get a couple of scores.
"I think whatever the game is, Peyton Manning just knows how to play it." - JM. Wow, so all the other players in the NFL don't, John? Can the verbal fellatio stuff stop when he's down by two scores, please?
So wha is Tomlinsons deal with the sheild do you know? - Steve
LDT has a doctor's scrip for that. I believe his eyes are sensitive to sunlight or something like that. Anything that isn't transparent has to be cleared by the League.
"He throws it to him cause that's the guy he practices with." -JM
Do the other receivers not go to practice? I'm confused. - Hanrahan
"Don't you figure he has such a great c(l)ock?)- Madden - Mookie
I see what you did there. Here comes the 4th quarter, and the Colts have 15 minutes to get two scores and two 2-point conversions to tie it up. Dumpoff to Kenton Keith gets you a TD, and Manning is probably still in negative territory if you've got him in fantasy (like I do.) 2-point conversion is good, and it's 23-15, Chargers. Second-Half Choke Job is on schedule for NORV!, everyone!
Update: I'm wrong about the cheerleader. It's Kylette. Still hot. Sproles gets mashed on the kickoff with penalty flag.
It's a muck-fest with the rain and Phil Rivers just hocked one out of bounds. 3rd and 10 for the Bolts deep in their own end right now. GARY BRACKETT FALLS ON THE BALL AFTER RIVERS FUMBLES!!! Touchdown, Colts, and here comes Peyton for the two-point try.
GREATEST. NORV. FACE. SHOT. EVER. Thank you, NBC. The Chargers stop the two-point try, but there's a lot of time left and so much offensive ineptitude by the Chargers left to go. 23-21, Chargers. Kickoff goes to Lorenzo Neal, he gets mashed, and we follow up that Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" bump with Journey. Don't stop believin', Colts fans.
God is giving Norv a golden shower - Steve
I wish it rained every time Norvell coached a game. It creates the illusion that he's Gary Williams illegitimate son. And when he's in the middle of choking away a 23 point lead, that makes me laugh. - bstone
You all are wonderful. Uh oh, it looks like Norv realizes he has LDT and is rushing him exclusively.
"Everyone's thinking, 'Why didn't you do that on the last drive?' Maybe that's why Norv Turner is doing what he's doing." - JM
Hey, you might be on to something. Rivers throws it right through the hands of Michael Turner, and it's 3rd and 7 right here. It's incomplete to Antonio Gates, and the Chargers want a flag badly, even though the ball is thrown short. Scifres' punt goes all the way to the Indy 1-yard line, so this is going to be some serious work for Manning and Co. Addai rushes for two, Manning misses Reggie Wayne long on 2nd down. Wayne catches the 3rd down ball on his knees at the 23 yard line, and they're out of their own end zone at least -- for now. And Norv is going to challenge it. Play stands -- totally the right call, too.
Wayne catches another pass and Addai follows it up with a first down rush to the Indy 41. Manning hurls it away as he's being chased by Gigantor Merriman, and an illegal contact penalty goes away -- that would have been auto first down, but oh well.
2 useless challenges by Norv, that guy is good. - Phil
He's just hitting everyone right now. Manning to Craphonso for another first down. Addai gets slammed down after two more yards. Double coverage on Reggie Wayne for the incomplete, and Aaron Moorhead drops the 3rd down bomb. Eric Weddle knocks it away, and while it could have been PI, guys, that's one you need to let go. It could have gone either way. Hunter Smith punts it back.
"I think Peyton Manning is making these throws on purpose." - JM - Hanrahan
(Speechless.)
The Chargers finally get a first down after a catch by Vincent Jackson and a rush by Lorenzo Neal barreling through. RIVERS IS PICKED!!! Especially bad for SD because the Chargers can't challenge any more! That came back to bite Norv on the ass.
A 12-men on the field penalty makes it 1st and 5, Addai gets a couple, and Moorhead catches the first down pass from Peyton. This is the methodical, long slow march to death for the Charger defense right now. Addai pounds for some extra yardage. Crucial 3rd down and the swing pass out to Addai gets 10 yards for another first down; he just put his helmet down and plowed into the defender tackling him.
The one time Norv might win a challenge and he's already blown his load for the night. - Steve
Ew. Never mention NORV! and anything sex-related EVER. Peyton is going to have to keep throwing the ball, because that's the second time Addai's slipped on the drive. The Chargers take their last time out.
Addai punches in for another first down. I would cut and paste more comments, but you all are being funny at a faster clip than I can copy and still pay attention to the game.
I personally love the part where Madden says that Indy doesn't want to score too soon so that SD doesn't have time to come back and score.
Have we been watching the same offense in the second half? - Jared
Observant, isn't he?
Norv doesn't realize that LT is on his team. - AA
See "most Charger games except for the one against Denver."
When San Diego chokes on this game what do you think Tomlinson post game comments will look like? - Steve
I wouldn't blame LDT if he went Latrell on NORV! if that happens. No one in the San Diego area would blame him.
Can the sound booth crank the Avril Lavigne a little more please? - Hanrahan
Heh. So, they're moving the ball back and it will likely be 4th and inches. Here comes the FG and Vinatieri....what, really? Are they going to run a play? Simulating snap penalty, and here comes Vinatieri. Kick is up...and HE MISSED IT.
"And I wonder what Mike Vanderjagt is thinking right now...never mind!" - AM
BURN.
"What the rule is when the ball touches and his body touches."- John Madden
Nights like this...you fall and crawl.....NO! NO! NO! Why'd you have to go and be so complicated? - AA
Scifres punts, and Indy has 22 seconds left to throw a pass to the sideline and maybe fire drill it again...the odds are not good for the Colts now. Two incomplete sideline passes...airs it out, and that's pick #6 to end the game. Chargers bail out so badly, 23-21. The complete NORV! collapse is still coming, though....just wait, folks.
"The Chargers have pulled the greatest escape since Charles Bronson." - AM
Thanks so much for showing up and commenting folks. Visit Signal to Noise some time, won't you? And, per request from AA, I leave you with a photo of the lovely Rachel Bilson, pimped all night as part of tomorrow's episode of Chuck.
150 Comments:
The next punch thrown by Merriman sent that man out of the gym.
Did they really need to measure that one?
Well,yeah... the guy juices. You'd have to be brain damaged(or another juicer) to get in the ring with him.
Couple of things from the first half blog and I'm sorry if any of this is a repeat because I didnt get to look through 136 comments.
1. The Chargers per NFL rules can not wear the powder blue at home everyweek as it's their third jersey. Teams are only allowed to wear their alternate jersey twice during the regular season.
2. Sprowles is the first guy since Dante Hall to have a KOR and a PR for TDs in the same game.
Moorehead with the catch.
Moorehead he wishes.
2. I did not know that...informative Steve.
Also, is that Drew Lachey in that picture?
P.S.- I'm upset with the lack of poon tonight.
Hey, SD is losing momentum.
Well.....5 INT's.
5!
YW that TD facoidtualy came from the westwood one booth of Sims and Trumpy I was in the car and lstened to the 1st half and holy shit a 5th pick.
Of course Madden.....how is it not on him??
I think Peyton needs a priceless pep talk.
All Manning needs is fumble and he'll be as great as Romo.
He turned into Tony Romo right before out eyes
I think Peyton needs a priceless pep talk.
Dave Sims....the Mariners announcer?
Is Eli playing a day-night twinbill?
hanrahan, friggin hilarious.
yes mookie the Dave Sims
Crap, we get the good announcers..but the bad teams.
I knew they would incorporate the fires sometime during the game.
Edit: Craphonso, we get the good announcers..but the bad teams.
AA, ask and you shall receive.
"Ugh...Gene is sooooo fit, I'm getting turned on" - Al Michaels translation of complimenting the ref's arms.
Can Hogan play tight end for Indy? He's been doing it his entire career albeit in a different context.
That's the second time today "The Hulk" has come up...during Romo's press conference, they asked him about the tee shirt he was wearing and said it his lucky tee shirt, and so worn that he could tear it off like Hulk Hogan...
am I wrong or did the NFL ban the dark face sheilds a few years ago?
they have to have "a doctors order".
MUSIC IS MY DADDY!!!
The Chargers are struggling on offense.
Hogan is drinking Irish wake style. Death only makes the event more exciting.
So wha is Tomlinsons deal with the sheild do you know?
jeezus that reminded me of Sonny Jurgensen with that duck
Steve Garvey approves.
Not a clue...I just assume that it's so the opponents can't see where he's looking, and went to a quack to give the 'scrip.
Does anyone else think Moorehead's head shot is so creepy?
"He throws it to him cause that's the guy he practices with." -JM
Do the other receivers not go to practice? I'm confused.
"Don't you figure he has such a great c(l)ock?)- Madden
an atomic clock? I believe it counts down to like a millionth of a second, not a hundreth.
We could be seeing the double Manning face today. Eli this afternoon and now Peyton.
and Steve, that begs the question...would you rather have Romo or Eli?
according to Al Michaels Indy is still in the game down 16 in the 4th. Were in the first quarter on westwood one Trumpy was saying they were done at 16-0
Dummy Id have to say Romo I think both have a ways to go yet but Romo just looks more sure of himself. and Im not a Cowboys fan or a Giants fan.
I'm gonna have to say that that picture is Charger Girl Kylette.
Do the other receivers not go to practice? I'm confused.
according to Buck and Aikman Burress doesnt practice. They mentioned it at least 3x today
Is Tony Gozalez' dad the star of that Cialis commercial?
hanrahan, you're right. I'm fixing it. Still hot.
And to the rest of you: no comments on the cheerleaders? I'm kind of disappointed.
Thank you S2N....next poon needs to be Bilson after all of the Chuck ads.
Agreed, Steve...but I am an unabashed Romo and Cowboys fan...in fact I may even have a man-crush, but don't tell anybody that.
That being said, a 15-4 record or whatever it is is pretty spectacular...along with a QB rating of over 100. And banging Carrie Underwood and Sophia Bush does not hurt the cause.
Madden's peeping tom antics don't stop with frequent flights to San Diego. Ask Andrea Kremer in the post game announcer's locker room.
Is Tony Gozalez' dad the star of that Cialis commercial? yah he's blind and deaf but has a hard on.
Or his grip of k-balls!
Steve- Whoops....forgot about that one......someone can blog about me now.
So Tomlinsonwears a sheild because he's sensitive to sunlight so its dark and raining right now.
This is like the Super Bowl with all the rain...
fuck YYEAAAAAAAAAAAA
Wow.....just wow.
Your 2007 San Diego Chargers, everyone. NORVBALL!!!
Norv is wet.
14 points in 32 seconds?? WTF?
SLEGEHAMMAH! Peter Gabriel...winnah!
Sweet Peter Gabriel bump music. Gotta love "Sledghammer."
they should have kicked the extra point...I know I will get a lot of flak for saying that...but I think it's gonna show that the game would be easier to win of they had...there's still almost 15 minutes to play.
JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL....
God is giving Norv a golden shower
Enh, not a bad point Dummy. If they kick the extra and SD scores a TD it's still a one-point game.
JOURNEY!!!! Get out of my IPOD NBC!!!!!!
don't stop believing + norv face = comedic gold
LMAO steve
I wish it rained every time Norvell coached a game. It creates the illusion that he's Gary Williams illegitimate son. And when he's in the middle of choking away a 23 point lead, that makes me laugh.
Wait a second. So, to seal the victory the Chargers should just give it to Tomlinson? Interesting.
I see Tomlnson took his sheild off
What is with the Colts theyre dropping like flies
Pass interference.....wow.
Nice job there Crappy
steve - does you no good if you have to wipe it off all the time and it's dark.
That bitch got pwnd!
I feel "The Drive, part deaux" coming up.
I'm too lazy to click.....when is the BCS released?
S2N I couldnt understand why he had it on as long as he did especially the rain
AA its out
AA its out
great catch
Nevermind...I clicked.
LSU-Oregon...I can live with that
God I want Kansas in the Championship game so bad.
again, Norv needs Lasik...maybe I'll set him up with somebody that can actually tolerate him...Heidi.
Peyton Manning wants me to be a better man.
2 useless challenges by Norv, that guy is good.
Hanrahan, Kansas still has 2 games against top 5 teams if they win out, so if they win out, they should be in. But this year that's a very big if.
I'm just saying I can live with LSU-Oregon right now. If Kansas runs the table they have to be in the NC. Preferably against Oregon.
What's up with the comments platorm?
I'm pulling for an LSU-Oregon game, although I'd be fine with Kansas making it.
"I think Peyton Manning is making these throws on purpose." - JM
I don't even have a comment for this one.
'I believe Peyton Manning is making these throws on purpose" - Madden.
No shit.
I wanna see KU in a bowl game sponsored by a food product so that Mangino can roll around in it like it was money.
I may be wrong, but was that Steve Miller Band on the bump. Though I heard "Abra Cadabra"
They really should be allowed to challenge non-calls...that non-call is probably gonna be the difference in the game, and that's just bullshit.
Just when I thought my brother and I would have to settle for a low scoring week in our fantasy league...
Reggie Wayne: 10 catches, 140 yards, TD
Thank you, Reggie Wayne, for the 38 points thou hast brought unto us. Thou art the shiznit.
why does Norv always look like a defense attorney whose client is being led to the gas chamber?
Thank God!!!!!!!!!
“Don’t you think that Reggie Wayne is dead tired. He’s played every position, he’s run every down, and he has been the primary receiver for every deep pass for the Colts tonight.”- John Madden
The one time Norv might win a challenge and he's already blown his load for the night.
Holy shit!!!!! Why pass that ball.....so stupid!!!!!
Norv doesn't realize that LT is on his team.
I hate to self promote...but I'm going to.
Who said this reminds him of the other game where the QB throws 5 INTs and wins the game?
Did San Diego go to the Herm Edwards school of clock management?
After Addai slips for the second time in 2 carries:
"I think the rain on the field is starting to have an effect." - JM
Pure genius.
I personally love the part where Madden says that Indy doesn't want to score too soon so that SD doesn't have time to come back and score.
Have we been watching the same offense in the second half?- Jared
Make that 3 Han....and Madden uses the term "slippage"
Yea, that 3rd timeout would be useful now. Also, a touchdown gives you a lead that's more than a field goal, I say they try to score, then make SD go all the way down the field with not timeouts. I haven't been paying attention, how have SD's returns gone so far?
When San Diego chokes on this game what do you think Tomlinson post game comments will look like?
dummy - the only difference is that this would be one of the most amazing games that Al Michaels has ever seen.
I promised you a Mercedes Benz, Phil.
Phil a TD or an KOR and one on a punt
Can the sound booth crank the Avril Lavigne a little more please?
Is Madden insane?
Those tricky sound booth guys
AA youre not sure?
LT's comments: "Why the FUCK did I only get 19 carries!?!"
"What the rule is when the ball touches and his body touches."- John Madden
Nights like this...you fall and crawl.....NO! NO! NO! Why'd you have to go and be so complicated?
"If this is 4th down I think you have to kick it."- John Madden
NO SHIT!!!!!
Yeah, except Indy was about to go for it...
when you have Vinatieri why screw around?
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now i have seen it all
come on Jared....they weren't going for that.
He Vanderjagt'd it!!!
...the Hell?
Peyton Manning looks a little too annoyed for a guy who has thrown five interceptions.
Wow.
AA,
the way Indy reacted to the penalty, there were gonna go for it I think.
fuck it all to hell
Last week he had a kick blocked (partially by his old team tonight he misses two FGA's in the same game for the second time in his career.
Wait what?
I'm 98% sure that the Patriots are still paying Vinatieri. It's the only logical explanation.
They lined up to go for it on 4th and inches and got called for that penalty. The way Indy reacted to the penalty (Dungy arguing etc.) made it seem like they cared that they were being penalized and could not go for it on fourth down.
It's so nice to know that no matter what Norv calls on third down, it will be wrong.
Oh yeah and I think they were going to take a shot at the end zone on fourth. That's what the crazy formation was for. They don't get whistled and Wayne is open for a free fade route.
If the Chargers win Norv will have been kissed by angel.
Manning with the pick six so to speak
Sweet 6-pack for Peyton tonight.
looks like that missed pass interference call cost the Colts the game...
"Colts excuse, Colts excuse, Colts excuse, blah blah blah."- AM
Nice theyre two games behind New England in the conference.
Dummy, I think the 6 turnovers and 2 missed field goals had a little more to do with it.
I'm thinking turnovers, but I've been wrong before.
I hope one of those tatoos is of a syringe.