Talk:San Diego Chargers
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- shouldn't we mention the fact that the chargers are considering moving to San Antonio in 2008? Borisblue 23:24, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe. Do you have reliable sources to cite to back that up? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- This for one San Antonio Chargers?Borisblue 02:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe. Do you have reliable sources to cite to back that up? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Thats just a rumor, also rumors of them mvoing to Los Angeles and other cities in San diego county.
[edit] History of the name?
What is meant by "Chargers?" Are they wild charging horses? 153.104.16.114 02:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, they are.
Well, not sure that is correct. The original team owner Barron Hilton was seeking to promote "charging" on his credit card company's product, the Carte Blanche credit card, according to many accounts.
Any sources for this information? It should go on the article page if it can be verified. --Trjonescp 03:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
According to Chargers.com the name was the result of a "name the team" contest. http://www.chargers.com/history/chronology/ The early logo involved a horse and a lightning bolt. The horse is now dropped but the bolt remain. The connection of name to credit card seems to be after the fact. Leftus 05:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
I always thought it meant as an electrical charge, or something like that..
I slept on bedsheets with the horse and bolt helmet logo. The Charger is a horse. --22:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Kstanzick
I have seen black and white footage of a game in Balboa Stadiium where there was a knight on a white "charger."
The credit card interpretation is apropos now, given the state of the city's finances and the huge amount of sub-prime debt that fueled the recent real-estate bubble there. :)--Joel 23:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 2006 season
- Discussion moved to Talk:2006 San Diego Chargers season. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 12:46, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Nickname: Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager, Frank Ready picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles. “I liked it because they were yelling ‘charge’ and sounding the bugle at Dodgers Stadium and at USC games.”
[edit] LaDainian Tomlinson and Shawne Merriman
The Chargers are my favorite team, but, LaDainian Tomlinson and Shawne Merriman are stupid. 1: I want LaDainian to suffer a career-ending injury. 2: Those guys at EA Sports have never seen Shawne Merriman's face, but Tony Bruno can say his name.
tsk tsk..... gotta love LaDainian and Shawne.
Your "want" list is bad karma...hope it catches you!
Wow..just wow. This must be a trick because you can't love the Bolts but hate LT. He is both a phenominal player and human. I will admit I get tired of people wearing LT jerseys because it's like Indy fans wearing Manning, you can't tell who's a real fan who is just wearing it because "it's cool". But LT is still the man. --And Shawne Merriman is the best OLB in the game, perhaps the best defensive player. He will rank ATLEAST in the top 5 for career sacks when he finishes his career (but regardless of sacks, he is still an INSANELY disruptive force on our defense). But I do agree it is stupid EA doesn't have his face on Madden...especially on 07 (I can understand missing some 1st rounders as rookies, but now after getting defensive rookie of the year and making his name heard.....he still wasn't in it :( ...)....and it can't deal with a liscence of sort because they have him as one of the rotating pictures on the main screen when you pick the Chargers as your favorite team...ok...my rant's over.
WOW... I really hope karma catches up to you.
Way what you want about Merriman, but Ladanian Tomlinson doesn't deserve that at all. He's a fine human being. The only time he ever lost it was when the patriots were disrespecting the chargers logo on the field.
[edit] San Diego Super Chargers Song
I keep hearing the Chargers theme song on ESPN and in tributes and such. It's ridiculously bad and yet catchy all at once. I think mention of it should be added to the wiki considering I'm sure most of you reading this know what song I mean.
[edit] Marty
they just fired him
[edit] Ron Rivera
Was just hired as linebackers coach.
