Matchup of the week
As I drive to El Monte this weekend to cover the Mountain View/Azusa matchup for the Tribune, I will probably be thinking and anticipating the big NFL matchup of the week between my San Diego Chargers and those cheating bastards from New England.
I always gave the Pats the benefit of the doubt in the "tuck rule" game vs. Oakland because I hate the Raiders and whenever they lose, it's always good, and also because I don't believe they were intentionally trying to cheat then. Things were different last week vs. the Jets and the Patriots were busted by the league for stealing the Jets' signals and I am glad that the comissioner has come down hard on them, although if you ask me they should have been asked to forfeit that win.
Nevertheless most so called experts believe the Chargers have no chance vs. the Patriots this Sunday. I don't know how they come to that conclusion. L.T. has 3 100 yard games vs. New England and we've beaten them before in New England.
The Patriots could be said to have a slight advantage playing at home, until you realize that the Chargers were 6-3 on the road last season if you include their playoff loss to the Pats. If McCree had held on to a pass which hit him on his breadbasket, the Chagers would have gone on to the AFC championship game. The Pats record at home last season? 5-3! Two more evenly matched teams I could not find.
Nevertheless, that was then and this is now. We are going to go into Foxboro and spank them on our way to a 2-0 start.
