This weekend, I’ll be headed off to San Diego, where I have tickets for Monday Night Football. As this is for my traveling companion’s birthday, and quite likely a once-in-a-lifetime event, I sprung for field-level, front-row, 50-yard-line tickets. Clearly, this occasion necessitates the creation and display a of bigass sign bearing a witty initialism.
…and therein lies the rub. My traveling companion, hereafter referred to as “my dad”, is an ex-advertising type, and I’m sure he’ll come up with something…but he hasn’t yet, and I don’t want to leave empty-handed (or empty-postered, as the case may be). Knowing that the Dope possesses a collective verbal jujitsu to put my own to shame — not something you’ll often find me conceding elsewhere — I turn to you and say, lend me your pens.
Right then. The goal is to get my dad on TV by way of an appropriately whimsical sign. If you don’t already know how these work, the signs most likely to end up on TV seem to be comprised of initialisms derived from the station on which the game is being televised, or any special aspects of the game itself (such as Monday Night Football). The terms themselves tend to be either generic support for one’s favored team/player, or disparaging remarks about the opponent. A rather uninspired example might be:
Cowboys
Butcher
Steelers
Additional “fill words” are acceptable as long as the general scheme is followed, eg:
Nobody
Beats the
Colts
So, here’s what I have to work with.
The game is Monday Night Football on ESPN. We are supporting the San Diego Chargers, also known as the “Bolts” or “Thunderbolts” (real helpful, I know), who are playing the Denver Broncos. The two teams are rivals in the AFC West. A full Chargers roster can be found here. A few key players are Philip Rivers (QB), LaDainian Tomlinson (LT…er, RB), Darren Sproles (RB-KR), and Vincent Jackson (WR).
I know there’s not a lot to go on, but that’s why I’m turning to the Dope. I know you won’t let me down. Once we’ve made our decision, I’ll post here to let you guys know what we went with, so those of you watching at home can easily spot us in all our blue-jersey’d beer-drinking glory!