How is it that Gruden was able to get it done with "Evil Al" lurking about (Get real) Until one of you idiots can prove to me that it was Al and not fable, I mean Cable who calls a 7 step drop on the goal line agains the Jets, first play from scrimmage with a right talcke who sucks(Khalif barnes) and Calvin pace salivating at the mouth for an eventual fumble in .00002 seconds after the snap, then all of my anger and frustration goes to that bum you call a professional coach Tom Cable. His excuse for that play was "Jamarcus didnt check down in time." Mine was "Tom Cable sucks ass" I could go on for days.Next article I will defend Al's Draft choices and acquisitions, and why Mario Henderson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Chris Johnson, Janikowski, Shane Lechler and the now seemingly EXCELLENT pick of the emergent Michael Huff and Tyvon "im gonna tackle you" Branch should make the pro bowl Thomas Howard honorable mention Seymour C'mon.. On the heels of responding to a comment on an older article projecting the impact of the Chris Chambers loss for the Chargers ( ), I realized something quite interesting. Cutting the better player (Chris Chambers rather than Craig Davis) might just prove to be a move of accidental genius on the part of A.J. Smith.At present, the Denver Broncos are a game back of San Diego, with two fairly tough games remaining against the Eagles and the Colts. Falling somewhere in between those two extremes may be just enough to top the Eagles, if the cards fall right.Meanwhile, San Diego has a rather deceptive schedule. 
They play only two winning teams in Dallas and Cincinnati, but two of the three sub-.500 teams they face are playing much better football now than at any other time this year. The Redskins shouldn’t be a problem, but the Titans look to be a major pain in the rear. I project the Chargers to finish 4-1 to snag a 12-4 record, with the first round bye dependent on whether or not they can beat the Bengals. The Chargers should at least be able to end the season winning three of their final five to finish with a record of 11-5. This record would still give them the advantage, with the onus being on Denver.If Denver can top the Eagles en route to a 4-1 run to end the season, they'll be 11-5 as well. The Tie-breaker would be interesting, as they would both be 5-1 in the division, be 1-1 head-to-head, and could quite easily both be 8-4 in the AFC.One heck of a convoluted tie-breaking arrangement, if you ask me.Aside from the Chargers holding up their end of the bargain, the biggest asset for the team, in terms of making the playoffs as AFC West Champions, would be the play of the Kansas City Chiefs.The Chiefs are nowhere near where they want to be, the sheer volume of mistakes they made in the Chargers 43-14 victory proves that notion. Having a two game lead with the season threequarters of the way over (and the Broncos facing the Colts in one of those games) would mean the Chargers would need to suffer a major collapse to miss out on the postseason.Where does Kansas City harbor its best chance for success Behind the two men that have rejuvenated the Kansas City offense, running back Jamaal Charles and his spirited (if a little fumble-prone) running mate, and former Charger, Chris Chambers. In four games for Kansas City, Chris Chambers has 17 catches for 319 yards and three touchdowns.

He has established an instant rapport with Matt Cassel and, upon Dwayne Bowe’s return, gives the Chiefs a more well rounded offense.Should Denver lose a game to Kansas City, you would have to think Chambers would be among the impact players. Teams that, despite their records, I think match up better against the Chargers than the Patriots or Colts. So in an interesting twist, A.J. Smith cutting Chambers for no reason other than to save a few bucks (as referenced in the article linked to above), could end up becoming a genius move that provides the final spark San Diego needs to go deep into the playoffs.. This is conference championship week Prior to the mid-90's, we didn't even have such a thing. Then the SEC expanded and used an NCAA rule that allowed for conference championships and the rest is history. So, since there aren't many games this weekend and there is enough talk already about the actual SEC championship game (and I'm kind of over all the Tiger Woods talk), I thought I would take a look at what led to these championship games...conference expansion.
It gave the league the cover and appearance of being a major conference when in actuality, it was the Texas league plus one. And the bottom of the conference had gone downhill over the two decades leading up to the split.The Big 8 then set their sites on taking four of the remaining eight schools so they too could expand to 12 teams and have a title game and two divisions They wanted Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech and a fourth. SMU was on probation, Houston and Rice were furthest away (Rice was no good and Houston's best days were thought to be behind them) So it came down to TCU and Baylor. TCU was closest but Baylor had better political connections. The ACC had the advantage of there being two conferences that had previously expanded. So, in theory, they would be able to model what worked and avoid what didn't based on others having blazed the trail, rightNot so fast.