01-14-2008, 08:51 AM
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NFL: Chargers knock out Colts with backups
Monday, January 14, 2008 3:12 AM
By Chris Harry
Orlando Sentinel
 Jeff Roberson Associated Press
Chargers defenders Marlon McCree, left, and Jacques Cesaire celebrate after stopping Peyton Manning and the defending champion Colts.
INDIANAPOLIS -- As the final seconds ticked down, superstar tailback LaDainian Tomlinson, the face of the San Diego Chargers, bounced from teammate to teammate in celebration of one of the biggest victories in franchise history.
He was thanking them for doing the work he was unable to.
Tomlinson didn't have a big hand in his team's 28-24 AFC semifinal upset yesterday of the reigning champion Indianapolis Colts, having left the game in the first half with a knee injury. And while Philip Rivers threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns, the starting quarterback of the Chargers wasn't the engineer of record when the offense drove to the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter. Rivers went out with a knee injury, too.
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"Men, this is war. I don't care anything about the national championship or the Big Ten championship, but if we win this game today and, afterward, if the Good Lord says, 'Woody, it's your time,' I'll say, 'Lord, I'm ready.'" - Woody Hayes, pregame vs. Michigan, 1975
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