I am one of Norv’s biggest critics and I have been silenced after seeing that game. I couldn’t understand why Norv wouldn’t put LT in the backfield on a pass play just to throw them off, hurt or not he is a valuable prop standing there. I was screaming at Norv and Ted the whole game and in the end they pulled it off with pretty much all backups. You have to acknowledge their offensive line, the backups didn’t do anything spectacular, the line just dominated on that drive, Voleck had lots of time.
About the officating, the out of town poster mentioned penalties on both sides, Cmon!! That was the most lopsided officiating I have seen in years, I’m almost suspicious. As soon as the game ended I loved how candid Boomer was about it, calling it poetic justice that they won inspite of all of the bad calls going against them.
SD, it was the epic David V. Golliath game of the decade, that was the script for every disney sports movie. Not only are they in a hostile arena, playing the defending champs, but they are outmatched at every position. Their three biggest players on the sidelines or hobbled. What would the odds be if you knew that Rivers and Lt would be out and Gates would be limping against manning, bob sanders and the colts. 10 to 1, 100 to 1, 40 million to 1. I don’t think any sports book would even try to handicap it, EPIC win for Norv and Company, now I need to find some spices for my plate of crow.
