David Tyau, National Correspondent – Page 291

From 2011 – A hopeful at the Sacramento Kings Dance Team Auditions

Sunday, bloody Sunday. Yep…the Chargers lost again. This time to the Cincinnati Bengals.

It was a dull game, a sleepy game, if I am quite honest. Even though the score in the first half swung back and forth, the game lack a bit of excitement in the second half as both teams found it difficult to move the ball with any consistency. The whole third quarter was an exercise in mistakes and incomplete passes. But when the fourth quarter arrived, Bengal quarterback Andy Dalton engineered a 14 play touchdown drive that consumed 7:42 minutes. With the score, the Bengals led 17 – 13. The ensuing Charger possession ended inauspiciously with a Philip Rivers fumble that was recovered by the Bengals, who would score a field goal four plays later. Down seven points and with less than three minutes left in the game, Rivers drove the Chargers down the field to the Bengal 17 yard line. And wouldn’t you know it, on fourth down Rivers threw an interception that ended the game.

Final Score: Bengals – 20 Chargers – 13.

What more can you say. The Bengals are a good team. The Chargers…not so much.

Since the beginning of last season, no player has turned the ball over more than Philip Rivers. That’s it in a nutshell. With the loss, the Chargers fall to 4 – 8 and fans are desperately looking for something to cling on to, but all hope is lost for this season. Only the prospects of a new coaching staff and a new general manager can breathe new life into this organization. Change that you can believe in. Yeah right…that didn’t work out so well…but I digress.

Well…there is one thing I believe in…THE HOTTEST DANCE TEAM IN THE NFL, YOUR CHARGER GIRLS!

Okay…let’s focus on something positive. Let’s begin this week’s coverage of the AB FAB Charger Girls with the Captains: Marissa, Natalie, Lauren O., and Kara.

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A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader

Joanna of the Washington Wizard Girls

Blair of the Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders

Laura of the Seattle Sea Gals

The struggling Chargers hoped to end a two game losing streak, but their efforts were hampered by the arrival of the Baltimore Ravens. Over the past six weeks, the Chargers had lost five games. Their only victory was against the lowly Chiefs, who were breaking in a new QB, if memory serves correct. So Sunday’s game was a chance at redemption. And for three and a half quarters, the Chargers stifled the Ravens offense and held a small lead. But as was the case for most of the season, they found a way to lose.

The Ravens scored 10 points over the last seven minutes to tie the game and then the Chargers gave up the winning field goal with less than two minutes to play in overtime. Particularly indicative of the Chargers’ ineptitude was the fourth and 29 yards to go play, where a short pass to Raven’s RB Ray Rice turned into a momentum changing first down. It was an exercise in bad tackling. Forget the fact that the referees missed an obvious block in the back on Chargers safety Eric Weddle, which sent him to the sidelines for the remainder of the day. That play was a back breaker. With new life, the Ravens proceeded to march down the field to score a game tying field goal with three seconds left on the clock in regulation. The rest was history.

Edgar Allen Poes – 16 Chargers – 13

With the loss, the Chargers continued a free fall into oblivion. A new coach and a new general manager are on the horizon and Charger fans are already looking forward to new leadership…Andy Reid, Bill Cowher, or perhaps Oregon coach Chip Kelly. Anything. Anyone. Someone. HELP!

Well, if the Chargers are in a free fall, the Charger Girls are riding high.

These late November games are a challenge to shoot, at least from where I sit. Qualcomm stadium is an old baseball ballpark with high lighting stanchions that produce harsh shadows when the sun begins to set. So with high contrast lighting conditions you get some difficult shooting. At least the field security staff left me alone, but then again I was using different equipment, but as an able photographer with 30+ years of experience, I was able to adapt.

So here we go. Kicking off this week’s coverage are the Line Captains, four talented and beautiful Charger Girls: Lauren O., Kara, Natalie and Marissa.

Notice the symmetry…not a coincidence.

I don’t what’s going on, but I got this mojo going on with this week’s Charger Girl of the Day. It seems like every week I get some exceptional shots of this girl and to get a good shot of a cheerleader, you have to have some sort of connection…between photographer and subject. And for whatever reason, I always get great results from her…I am not complaining, mind you. It’s a beautiful thing. So…for the second time this season, our Charger Girl of the Day is…Angela.