Bolts 41, Broncs 3

Glory be in the Highest.

Are you kidding me? A 41-3 win at Denver. Not even Fouts could spring that action. Welcome back, Bolts.

I had to miss this game because I was at my cousin's wedding in Washington, D.C., but I stepped out to check scores on my blackberry every 6 minutes or so until the score was about 34-3 and then I almost - almost - relaxed and accepted what the Bolts had done in Denver. Trust me, if you've never been at a Sunday wedding in October and stepped out of the cocktail hour and started walking down the long hallway of the hotel toward the lobby waiting for your blackberry to access the link for the game and then holding your breath as you click on espn.com and go to NFL scores and then turn your eyes away and then turn back and see that your team - which was predicted to be a Super Bowl contender but started 1-3 - is winning 27-3 on the road against a division rival at a place they rarely win, well, my friend, I say you haven't really lived.

Here are a few key moments I could glean from the highlights:

The Siler Recovery - 1Q, 6:15
You're on the road, you go up 7-0 and then you force the home team to fumble the ensuing kickoff and you take it to the house to extend the lead to 14-0 halfway through the 1st Quarter. As they say in Mexico, muy bien. Seeing Brandon Siler go horizontal into the end zone is the best Bolt highlight of the season to this point.

The Marshall Fumble - 1Q, 3:20
Cutler has the Broncs driving into Bolt territory courtesy of a few nice passes and a 10 yard Bolt penalty and then completes a dagger pass over the middle to Marshall to about the Charger 10 yard line but then Marshall coughs it up and the Bolts recover. SWEET! Instead of 14-7 or 14-3 the Bolts have the ball back and Rivers leads them downfield (converting two third downs) leading to a Kaeding field goal and the score is 17-0 Bizzolts.

The First Michael Turner Monster Run - 2Q, :26
Bolts lead 17-3 and look ready to let the clock run to end the half. Then Turner busts free for 49 yards to the Denver 17 and not even Norv can resist getting some points now. Kaeding kicks a field goal a few plays later and the Bolts head to the locker room up 20-3.

Your Basic 1st-33 Conversion - 3Q, 11:51
You've blown second half leads the last three weeks. You're on the road against a division rival. You don't know if you know how to put teams away anymore. You have a 20-3 lead but that seems precarious when you take 3 straight penalties and face a 1st-33 from your own 39 early in the 3rd Quarter. So what do you do? Isn't it obvious? You throw a strike to Vincent Jackson for 45 yards to the Denver 16 and thereby give the implied finger to anyone who ever doubted you. Nice effing play Bolts! Rivers hits Gates for a 9 yard touchdown a few plays later.

The Second Michael Turner Monster Run - 4Q, 10:26
The game was mostly over by this point but anytime you rip off a 74 yard touchdown run you need to get a mention. Plus this basically sent all the Denver fans home early to focus on their upstart Rockies and that nice little run they're on. Enjoy it while it lasts guys. Spring training is only 5 months away and then you have to figure out all over again how to deal with Peavy and CY.

Good luck with that.