AFC & NFC Conference Championships: Patriots vs. Chargers, Packers vs. Giants
January 20, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Green Bay Packers, N.Y. Giants, New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
It’s a one-game season for the teams in this weekend’s Conference Championship games. Win and you’re on your way to sunny Glendale, AZ for Super Bowl XLII on February 3. Lose and it’s the sudden beginning of a long offseason. “Our whole season is at stake and so is theirs,” says New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in describing his AFC Championship Game against the San Diego Chargers. The same can be said for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.
Both games are rematches of Week …read more
Chargers Shock Colts to Advance in AFC, San Diego Subs Key Win Over Indianapolis
January 13, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers
Blogging the National Football League, Blogging the NFL
The San Diego Chargers had no business beating the defending Super Bowl Champs on their own turf, but that’s exactly what happened this afternoon as the Chargers went into Indianapolis and beat Peyton Manning and the Colts 28-24 to advance to the AFC Championship game. This was my lock of the weekend. Of all four Divisional Playoff games, this one I was most certain of. The rested and now healthy Colts would be ready. But, I failed to look at the success of San Diego in this building. It really did mean something. …read more
