I have two TV’s in my mancave which will allow me to watch both the Rams and the Chargers at the same time. That’s assuming there isn’t a black out for some reason. It’s pretty weird having two teams after having no professional football for 20 years. I am a Ram fan going way back, I had a blue and white helmet as a kid. For the moment, that is the official Ram helmet now. We’ll see when the new stadium is built in 2 years.
In the 80’s and 90’s we had the Rams and Raiders. Those were fun days. I’d have the guys over to watch football most every Sunday. Often I’d drive to Culver City to get a bunch of Tito’s Tacos, then Toluca Market for old-fashioned donuts. for dessert. Add an ice cold beer, soda or milk shake and you had your fill. Sounds kind of unbalanced food chain wise. We were kids, if I ate that now I’d blow a gasket.
So now finally a deal has been made, the new stadium is under construction in my city of Inglewood. When it opens both the Rams and the Chargers will call it home. That will be a little weird, kind of like the Lakers and Clippers at Staples Center. Somehow when you go to a Clipper game, there is no purple and gold anywhere and vice versa. People generally don’t wear Clipper jerseys to Laker games either. The Giants and Jets do it, it should work here.The new stadium will have a giant scoreboard that encircles the whole field. My guess a lot of the branding will be digital. The rest will be field paint but he best branding will be winning. Los Angeles is loaded when it comes to sports teams. I’m wondering how the Chargers will attract new fans with so much allegiance competition in the city. There are the Rams, Chargers, Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Sparks, Galaxy plus USC and UCLA. That’s a lot of jerseys to keep in the closet.
At the moment the Dodgers are playing some amazing baseball, I’m not quite ready to take on football as an interest. Heck, with all this Lonzo Ball talk, basketball is even in the news. Going back to football, I am hoping that the Rams will pick it up a little. Last year they sucked. Goff got nothing done and Gurley went nowhere…plus Fischer got canned. This added up to 4 wins, whooppee. 5 wins would be an improvement. I still can’t get over Goff not knowing that the sun sets in the west. Kind of Jethro Bodine-like.They actually have some good receivers, I worry about the defensive backfield as well as the lack of Aaron Donald.
The Chargers will be interesting. For now they are playing in Carson on a soccer field. All I know about the Chargers is that Phillip Rivers is a great losing quarterback. The poor guy will throw for 500 yards and lose by 3 in the last second. He reminds me of Archie Manning, great player on a bad team.
Am I more interested in watching the Chargers because they moved 100 miles north? Doesn’t change much for me. Tickets to games cost a lot of money. A good mancave with two big screens sets you up as good as a sports bar with a more accessible restroom. I’ll watch multiple games one way or the other, if the Chargers are playing I’ll watch…as long as the Rams aren’t on.
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