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It's amazing how many Chargers fans there are recently. Yet it is always an easy place to get a last minute ticket in SD. Fairweather fans in SD have made their franchise an afterthought in the real rivalries in the AFC West. KC-OAK-DEN. You could move SD out of the division like they did with Seattle and everyone wouldn't care.
By the way, I would love to hit Cry-me-a-Rivers in the face with a shovel.
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Phillip Rivers - the next Dave Kopay....
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Philip Rivers Sucks!
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Denver Broncos 3 Super Bowl victories
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2007 Denver Broncos SUCK!!!!!
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1994-2007 Rio Douches suck....
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My biggest question re: Rivers is if he buys his underwear at Victoria's Secret, or goes for that sluttier Frederick's of Hollywood look? Thoughts?
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...found in Phileep Rivers bag at Qualcomm.
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By Keith Darcé
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
January 4, 2008
The San Diego Chargers face a local TV blackout for Sunday's playoff game unless the home team sells its remaining 350 tickets by 1:30 p.m. today – a task made tricky by a winter storm predicted for game time and the thousands of tickets for resale on the Internet.
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Some sellers have dropped asking prices more than 50 percent below the face values.
The National Football League granted the Chargers a 24-hour extension to reach a Qualcomm Stadium sellout after the team failed to make yesterday's initial deadline. The last NFL playoff blackout was in January 2002.
As the chilly-and-rainy forecast has become more certain, Chargers season-ticket holders and ticket brokers flooded the resale market with tickets for the first-round game against the Tennessee Titans. Some sellers have dropped asking prices more than 50 percent below the face values of $100 to $135.
The sluggish demand reinforces Southern California's reputation for fair-weather fans.
“I've been to playoff games in the rain twice,” said Manny Rose II of North Park, who was selling three tickets online on Craigslist. “I would probably prefer to sit in front of the TV. I know that's sad since I'm a die-hard fan, but I see no shame with watching the game on TV.”
The National Weather Service has forecast rain and temperatures in the mid-to upper 50s for Sunday afternoon as the last of a series of weekend storms pushes through the region.
“Wear something waterproof,” weather service forecaster Philip Gonsalves advised. “It's going to be chilly, and it will be breezy too.”
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Stephen Bowdler bought several tickets for Sunday's playoff game from a window at Qualcomm Stadium yesterday. The last NFL playoff blackout was in 2002.
StubHub, which runs the Chargers' official ticket resale site, listed more than 635 posts offering playoff tickets for sale yesterday.
Reseller TicketsNow had 3,121 tickets listed on its Web site late yesterday afternoon, spokeswoman Jennifer Swanson said. That was far more than for any of the other three NFL playoff games this weekend. The next-largest number was 920 tickets for the Washington Redskins-Seattle Seahawks game in Seattle.
The lowest listed price for a Chargers-Titans ticket was $49, down from $69 on Wednesday, Swanson said.
“It points again to what people have said for years about fans in Southern California,” said Darin David of Millsport, a Dallas sports consulting firm that studies sports teams. “It's a fairly fickle fan base.”
Losses could climb into the thousands of dollars for some brokers who end up reselling tickets for less than what they paid, said John Nelson, manager of Spectator Tickets in San Diego. “We've been lowering prices two to three times a day,” he said.
Spectator still had about 200 tickets to sell for Sunday's game, and the broker won't be adding to its stock.
“It's like the Titanic,” Nelson said. “How many people do you want to put on the boat if you know it's going to sink?”
Other factors also could be holding down demand. Some speculated that fans are still stinging from the Chargers' disappointing postseason loss last year at home against the New England Patriots – the third consecutive playoff defeat dating to 1995 – or that fans might not realize that tickets are available to the general public.
“We've sold out for 29 straight games,” said Jim Steeg, chief operating officer of the Chargers. “I think a lot of fans thought we were automatically sold out for this one.”
Fans of the Nashville, Tenn.-based Titans aren't buying game tickets either. Only 7 percent of the tickets sold through TicketsNow were bought by people in Tennessee, Swanson said, while California buyers accounted for about 80 percent.
“The Titans come from a small market,” said David of Millsport. “They were a transplant team. They don't have a huge national following like a Cleveland or a Pittsburgh or a Green Bay.”
Chargers officials remained optimistic that fans will fill most, if not all, of Qualcomm's 70,000 seats Sunday.
“I brought home a little elastic baggie to put over my head,” said Rose, the Chargers fan. “I'm kind of gearing up to put my (rain) gear together. My heart is a little bit torn, because I want to go.”
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Bwahahahaha! What a load of pansies! "Die hard fans" LMFAO!Originally Posted by beefstew25
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Where is Sanluis on this one anyway?
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He is probably from New York! Most people aren't from San Diego. Most people in Southern California are from some place else. These transplants are pitiful fans. I agree.“I've been to playoff games in the rain twice,” said Manny Rose II of North Park, who was selling three tickets online on Craigslist. “I would probably prefer to sit in front of the TV. I know that's sad since I'm a die-hard fan, but I see no shame with watching the game on TV.”
Dude... die hard fans don't sell their f---ing tickets! I would like to punch him in the face. That's how I feel about it.
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Yeah, those New York fans aren't diehard at all. You can walk right up to Giants Stadium and get Jets or Giants tickets on the day of a playoff game.He is probably from New York! Most people aren't from San Diego. Most people in Southern California are from some place else. These transplants are pitiful fans. I agree.
Dude... die hard fans don't sell their f---ing tickets! I would like to punch him in the face. That's how I feel about it.
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And when they move to San Diego who do they cheer for dumb ass?
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Your Chargers during a good season.And when they move to San Diego who do they cheer for dumb ass?
Nice name calling.
Enjoy the blackout.
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So....what you're saying then is that all southern Cali fans are pansies? Who are these people they sold tickets to all season?And when they move to San Diego who do they cheer for dumb ass?
That's what I thought.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. - Vince Lombardi
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