Why do the San Diego Chargers have home field advantage against the Colts?

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   Phillip C on March 30, 2009 at 12:00 am

   They won their division and the Colts are a wildcard team.
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   expert123 on March 30, 2009 at 12:24 am

   because the Chargers won the AFC west, so the division champions get homefield advantage over wildcard
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   Atlanta Braves fan on March 30, 2009 at 12:42 am

   because the Chargers won their division and the Colts are a wild card team
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   abf

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   hawks_4_life on March 30, 2009 at 1:03 am

   Because the Chargers won the AFC West when they beat the Broncos Sunday Night and because the Titans were so good during the regular season, and the Colts are in the same division (AFC South), they had to settle for a wild card spot, which is a lower seed than a division title. That doesn't mean the Colts aren't favored however.
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   jaredleto27 on March 30, 2009 at 1:16 am

   the colts will rape the chargers. the afc west is a joke. the nfc west an even bigger joke. the entire west is a joke
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   NFL_MANIAC on March 30, 2009 at 1:41 am

   lol jared.
   thats what ppl said last year, and SD went INTO INDY, and beat them.
   this year they're at home.
   SD is gonna kill indy
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   are u a vampire? on March 30, 2009 at 1:46 am

   Yeah, they won their sorry, lame, weak ass division known as the
   AFC West. The Colts are on a roll so I expect a Charger loss.
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   Inge (pro-Eddie) on March 30, 2009 at 2:02 am

   Chargers won division, Colts are a wild card team (tenessee won division, remember)

   but don't worry, they'll crush the bolts at qualcomm
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   Thomas E on March 30, 2009 at 2:35 am

   The division winner gets the home field during the first round of the playoffs, so by virtue of winning the AFC West division, the Chargers get the home-field advantage.

   Usually in the playoffs, regardless of home field, the better team will win the game, so I personally look for the Colts to win the game.

   This happened last year, too, by the way, when the wild card Jacksonville Jaguars, with an 11-5 record, had to go into Pittsburgh and play the Steelers, the division winners with a 10-6 record. Jacksonville won that game.

   But a wild card team, which the Colts are this year, can NEVER get a home game in the playoffs, except in the unlikely event that both wild card teams advance to the conference championship game, in which case the higher ranked wild card team (in this case the Colts) would get the home field advantage – so if we have a Baltimore/Indianapolis AFC championship game it will be in Indy.
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    halfzeimer on March 30, 2009 at 3:18 am

    They won their division. You have to make the division worth something. It was just the Colt's misfortune that they were in the same division with the Titans.
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    atmadick on March 30, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Is it really mattered? Colts will destroy Chargers at Quacomm Stadium anyway..
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    SDbolt on March 30, 2009 at 4:25 am

    All you colts fans just wait, I predict another 5 int game by manning go bolts
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    TP on March 30, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Chargers are a division leader and Colts are a wild card team despite Colts with a better record, but they didn't win their division.
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