San Diego Chargers: Bye Week Means Relief for Fans, My Dad

My dad's a pretty old-fashioned guy.

Strong willed, doesn't say much, doesn't express much in the ways of emotion. What you see is what you get, and sometimes, things are better left unsaid. Which is why it's such a kick to watch him on Sunday afternoons.

Few things in life excite him as much as the National Football League does.

Sure, he always tells stories about how great it felt to watch his sons being born (I, of course, either wasn't there or don't remember), how great it is to reel in a marlin from the ocean that's twice your size (again, not there), but to me, the window into his true personality can be observed for a few faint hours on Sundays and sometimes Mondays or Thursdays.

Charger games bring out the best and worst in his emotional gamut every ...

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