From: kprashan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (hyderabadi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Chargers win in middle of moronic "fans"
Date: 16 Nov 92 18:27:31 GMT
Organization: what.. me.. organized?



SAN DIEGO 14  BROWNS 13


Chargers pull out a victory?!! Wow.. I thought I would never say that. Their
forte is to pull out defeats. 

I felt going into this game that SD had a chance. And indeed they did. Two
strong defensive units. Two offenses that have played well in patches. The
X factor was the stadium and the weather.. and it was snowing like hell. 

Nowhere have I seen such moronic behaviour from a bunch of imbecile fans than
in the dog-pound in Cleveland. Nice outfits, nice woofing... but they are a
bunch of IDIOTIC BOZOS. They kept pelting the SD players with snowballs 
everytime they could. The WRs would run routes and get pelted. The punter,
the kicker, the team would get pelted everytime they were close. Play 
was stopped once to give them a warning, but it kept going on and on. When
Carney was kicking the crucial extra point to win the game, snowballs were
landing in front of him. 

I understand that it is a few fans who behave like that, and that the 
majority of the Browns' fans are nice people who disapprove of that behaviour.
But it has to stop. Do anything you can to stop it. Put police in front of
the stand and throw out the bums. If that doesn't help, leave the stand empty
for one game. 

Anyway, enough ranting. This was a game of big plays on SD's part. An early
Harmon fumble led to a Cle drive that was stopped by an INT by CB Carrington
who returned it 75 yds, and only the speed of Metcalf prevented the TD. But
SD scored anyway on a 20 yd pass to Jefferson. 

By halftime it was 7-3, and only because of some bad miscues by SD's offense.
Humphries underthrew Walker when he was open for a TD, and the pass 
got picked off.

Cle took the lead on a 99 yd drive after getting out from their 1 yd line. SD
left Tillman open all day. Cle moved him around and SDs defense was often 
confused on the assignments. Then came the big play by the defense. After a
Harmon fumble, Cle was driving for the game killing TD. They had a 1st and goal
at the 5 yd line, and they took a delay of game penalty!! wow.. that was 
almost like a play the Chargers would generally make. Cle settled for FG (13-7)
and gave SD one last chance with 5 mins to go.

I have to give the offensive coordinators credit for some excellent 
play calling. In the 2nd half, SD had been passing a lot on 1st down, and Cle
got crossed up by a Butts run up the middle for 15 yds. Two more Butt's 
runs later, SD was at midfield. The Cle safeties crept up to the line, and SD 
went deep to Lewis (who miraculously played!) and Humphries overthrew him. 
They wouldn't try the same play again on a 3rd and 8? would they? yessir! 
the new Chargers would! this time Miller beat his man, the safety was late
getting there, the pass was caught. 14-13 lead.

SD then killed a late Cle drive when Carrington stripped Metcalf of the ball 
on a screen pass, and FS Richards recovered to preserve the victory.

Highlights:

* Humphries: made the big plays, showed a lot of poise.

* Seau: this guy was everywhere.

* Miller: is having a great season, not dropping passes.

* Carrington: Made some very big plays, an INT, a forced fumble, both
              in crucial situations.

* Butts had 88 yds on 19 carries, a couple of good runs of the winning drive.


Next week, home in sunny San Diego vs. Tampa Bay.


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