Archive for the ‘San Diego Chargers’ Category

A Rumors and Rants History Lesson: John Hadl

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

He was banished from the NCAA. Coached by the guy who put Rudy in a game. Did something in the NFL only two players have done more of in the game’s history. Coached John Elway and Steve Young. And he was the last of his kind - numerically speaking, that ...

That’s An Interesting Pick, Eh?

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Among the many strange happenings that occurred this weekend during the 2009 NFL Draft, was a curious selection by the San Diego Chargers. With the 13th pick in the fourth round the Bolts picked defensive tackle Vaughn Martin out of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Yes, Canada. While at UWO, ...

The Year of The Loser

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Way back in '08, we here at Rumors and Rants proclaimed it the Greatest Year in Sports History. I know what you are thinking -- big deal. So did Sports Illustrated and ESPN and everyone else who makes widespread proclamations. Only we made the call in July. Basically, when something's up, ...

A.J. Smith Has Jumped The Shark

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

This was originally going to be my own hate-filled rant about Chargers' GM AJ Smith and his growing Woody Hayes-like insanity. Instead, I'll just let Yahoo!'s Michael Silver say it for me: "Make no mistake: Deciding whether Tomlinson will remain with the Chargers, at least privately, is part of Smith's job. ...

Do San Diego’s Teams Want Any Fans At All?

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

First the Padres insulted the shit out of Trevor Hoffman, the all-time saves leader and rock upon which the franchise was built since 1993. Then Jake Peavy was nearly dealt as well. At the time, I thought these were horrible, but isolated incidents, since the Padres have historically always been ...