Gridiron Grub: Nutella Cookie Sandwiches
A happy-go-lucky, finger-food dessert choice, these no-bake sweet treats brighten up just about any event or celebration. Pull them out after your team's loss to cheer up discouraged fans.
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A happy-go-lucky, finger-food dessert choice, these no-bake sweet treats brighten up just about any event or celebration. Pull them out after your team's loss to cheer up discouraged fans.
Ryan Mathews has all the talent and ability to be an elite running back in the NFL and for the San Diego Chargers. What can a player do though, if his coach isn't willing to give him the chance?
Blame can be placed on any member of the offense, defense, or coaching staff for the way the San Diego Chargers have played this season. Sadly, the blame can also be pinpointed to offensive line injuries that couldn't be helped.
There is a lot of red on the Chargers' report card for this week. A lot of red!
As you plan your parking lot party, take time to review any safety policies and procedures so that you and your group of Chargers revelers will be prepared in the event of an emergency.
San Diego doesn't have much of a chance of making the playoffs this season, and with the injuries mounting up, even one more victory is seeming out of reach.
The Bengals have the playoffs in their sights, and the Chargers just want to stop the bleeding. Cincinnati has the weapons in place to open the San Diego wound a little bit more.
Whether you've got a vegetarian in your group or are just watching your calories, this hand-held grilled portobello wrap is the perfect tailgating food at only 300 calories per serving.
Defense is what ultimately lost the game for the Chargers against the Ravens. With the explosive offense of the Bengals about to face off with San Diego, the Bolts are going to have to step up their defensive game.
It is often said that every game counts in the NFL, and that is extremely close to the truth. The San Diego Chargers know that it can be taken a step further and that every play may actually count.
Pies and the holidays just seem to go together, but taking them to a tailgate party is a bit tricky because they are fragile to transport and hard to serve. Hand pies are individual treats that can be made ahead of time (even frozen) and brought to the game with very little fuss.
Sometimes, it just takes a few years for a player's true colors to shine through. Unfortunately for the San Diego Chargers, Robert Meachem's colors are now proving to be rather dull.
You have a three-point lead with less than two minutes left and your opponent has a fourth and 27...and you lose? How is that even possible? Oh, it is if you're the 2012 San Diego Chargers.
Creating your own signature style is almost as fun as meeting in the parking lot for pre-game bliss. Where to start? Here is your guide to mixing and matching San Diego Chargers paraphernalia so that game day is speckled with fashionable team spirit.
San Diego has a number of key players nursing injuries, and this just isn't the time to have to deal with them as the strong Ravens are coming to town.
If the desperate San Diego Chargers are to save their season, they'll have to do it against the blue-collar AFC North.
You can do so much more than a cold vegetable tray with ranch dressing to fill out the menu for a tailgate party. Football season marks the tail end of fresh corn season, so get this on your menu soon.
San Diego doesn't have a lot going for them as they head into this weekend's game, and morale surely has to be low in the locker room. Well, it doesn't appear as if it will be too much higher after the game as the Ravens are pushing for a high playoff seed and won't let the faltering Chargers stand in their way.
The Chargers need a win this week for more pride than anything, but a weak and injured offensive line may end up hurting them again. If not careful, that same line could also be the reason that Philip Rivers gets hurts as well.
While waiting for the gridiron grill to heat up in readiness for the classic tailgate food of burgers and brats, the hunger bunnies still have to be satisfied. A delicious accompaniment to your beverage of choice while you wait are these two-bite morsels.
Over the next three weekends, the San Diego Chargers face the 8-2 Baltimore Ravens, 5-5 Cincinnati Bengals, and 6-4 Pittsburgh Steelers (on the road). Yes, the good mathematician will tell you that those three teams are a combined 19-11, so there are no easy games during that three-week stretch.
As the San Diego Chargers head into the final six games of what is shaping up as a third straight season of missing the playoffs, one can't help but think if the days of Antonio Gates in a Chargers' uniform are winding down, too.