I spent the whole 2nd half yesterday laughing my ass off at how I was going to read another week of how the Colts were “dominated” for the 5th straight week, and hear the endless "OMG Vince Young is so well-spoken (respect knuckles to whomever gets that political/Chris Rock reference) and how Brett Farve was the obvious MVP (despite playing in a crap division).

since the Colts are obviously lucky pretenders who have had games handed to them since the year 2000. I just can’t stay loyal to a team that has the best QB to ever don a jersey in the NFL. In addition, any team with the character to absolutely never concede defeat does not deserve to have a single win, much less fans for goodness sakes. The Colts should probably just disband their franchise and start playing the lotteries, as they have so much luck that absolutely never lets them down. In closing: Hey media!! SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!

While I can a bit steamed about some of the dumb stuff written/said about the Colts, ultimately none of it matters since there are playoffs. If this was college football, I would be worried since perceptions shape who gets invited to the BCS title game. If the Colts take care of business, these critics will all be forced to eat their words, like it or not.

Ho hum, nothing to see here.

and clock management than luck. Houston, San Fran, New England, Miami and Baltimore all made crucial mistakes against the colts running their two-minute offenses, with respect to calling time outs, play selection, and penalties. Some of these blunders started on the sideline with the coaches and coordinators and some blossomed on the field while the seconds ticked away. It’s a chess match as well as a physical battle. calling the colts “lucky” and leaving it at that is a cheap argument. CFoulda woulda shouldas don’t win games

seems a little too easy and misses the larger issue: We make our own luck through coaching practice and preparation. BBS, you should use your wordy powers and your considerable passion to contrast Colts’ game management with that of their recent opponents and leave the other bloggers out of it.

Ratings are just opinions, they mean nothing to me. Also at least a team has a chance to eventually rectify any rating by winning super bowl.
However a player cannot control MVP voting. If I didnt hear this myself, I wouldnt believe it: last night on NBC, Dungy said Farve should be MVP over Manning. That would be a real shame. I think Farve is having a great year, no doubt better stats than Manning and deserves possibly Player of the year, or comeback player of the year, or offensive player of the year,,,,but no way MVP. Vikings won 10 games last year and would be a legitimate contender without Farve, especially adding who could be rookie of year in Harmon.
How many games does one think Colts could have won less Manning,,I say they would be 1 -10 with Sorgi or Painter. Also the one loss Vikings had,,could be directly contributed to Farve,,critical interception and fumble against Pitt.
Vikings have been injury fortunate, and have superior talent to Colts in running backs and offensive line, and without Gonzo at least equivalent in receivers. The perfect scenario for me would be Colts vs Vikings in super bowl and have identical game to last year where Vikings dominated on both lines, yet Manning found a way to win.

  THEY HAVE GIVEN THE BALL AWAY-HAD TURNOVERS-MANNING TWO INT’S THE LAST 3 GAMES IN A ROW—THEY STILL WIN! I SAW THE RAVENS AND 49’ER GAMES—THEY STILL WON—HAVING TREMENDOUS 2ND HALF DEFENSES!!~ AGAINST ALL THEY FACED IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER….PATS DID NOTHON-NOR DID THE TEXANS—NOR DID THE RAVENS-NOR DID THE 49’ERS~~ ALSO—THEYRE TURNOVERS LED TO SCORES FOR THE OTHER TEAMS—YEH REAL LUCKY..ALSO—THE 49’RER GAME THEY COULDVE & SHOULDVE EASILY WON BY MORE—COULDVE TACKED ON FG AT THE END. AGAINST RAVENS..SANTI GETS 1ST DOWN—BUT FUMBLES ON THE TWO -THAT WOULD’VE PUT IT AWAY~ THE TEXANS GET A TD W/ 18 SECONDS LEFT…TO PULL WITHIN 8!!~ THE WEREN’T EVER IN TROUBLE AGAINST THE RAVENS OR THE 49’ERS—
    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY—THEYRE PLAYING W/ A “MAKE-SHIFT” DEFENSE!! 3 OF THEIR STARTERS OUT IN THE SECONDARY—FREENEY PLAYING SPARINGLY IF HE DOES, AS DOES MATHIS….GONZALEZ IS STILL OUT—HAYDEN-SANDERS—JACKSON—
     YES,GANG!! THE COLTS ARE REALLY LUCKY!! SHEESH~ ANYONE THINKING THAT—SHOULD SERIOUSLY GET THEIR FACTS STRAIGHT—AND ARE COMPLETELY MORONIC—SPORTS-WISE!! MUCH/LESS IDIOTIC!!

I’m not a journalism student and have no coursework in journalism or mass media. But I have taken a philosophy class or two, and know something about logic.

I’m a Colts fan and routinely visit this site to catch up on Colts’ news. I’m sure there are better websites to get the information I want, but I use SBN for other teams, so here I am. I understand this is a blog designed for Colts’ fans and I don’t expect an unbiased opinion. But BBS, the countless media-bashing posts are so full of hypocrisy, I feel compelled to jump on the bandwagon with Hal here.

You talk about corporate agendas and planned narratives from the talking heads – what about you? Every week there’s another article which you manipulate to suit your “media hates the Colts” campaign. You highlight the negative in others’ articles, ignoring or downplaying any positives, and along with numerous personal insults, make your case. Of course this is exactly what you are criticizing the media of doing with concerns to the Colts.

With regards to the actual issue at hand. No, the media isn’t giving the Colts the recognition they deserve. But it’s not a reason to cry everyday and throw out petty insults over the internet. Why don’t you talk about football instead?

No rational person thought the Colts would be this successful this year. For one, very few teams in NFL history have been this successful. And to accomplish this, with so many question marks coming into the season, and so many injuries along the way, is truly remarkable.

Of course, irrational homers like yourself, who predicted a dominant Colts team to fight for a Super Bowl for the tenth year in a row, now get to proclaim your brilliance. But when you say this year after year, finally being right one year doesn’t make you brilliant, it makes you a statistical normality. And the people who suggested the Colts wouldn’t dominate this year, they aren’t idiots or vindictive, ignorant buffoons. They were wrong, and like every other human being, when publicly proven wrong, they are covering their asses. Moreover, these are also the same people who predict the Colts choking in the playoffs every year, and with one exception, they’ve been right. Of course that prediction always goes against your own, but I don’t ever hear you acknowledging the brilliance of the mass media for predicting another Colts meltdown each year. No, they’re idiots, and you weren’t wrong, the Colts loss was simply the result of bad luck.

Of course, good luck couldn’t possibly be the reason the Colts are winning now, as the media suggests. It’s the intangibles of an incredible team that is carrying the Colts along. But if, god forbid, the Colts lose a close one – I guarantee I won’t be reading from BBS how it was a lack of will to win, or even poor performance that cost us the game. It was either poor officiating, bad luck, or “the cards just not falling right.” Do you see the hypocrisy?

I could continue forever, but I won’t waste my time because I know this post will either be ignored or dismissed with personal attacks without ever even acknowledging my argument. Perhaps though, next time you sit down to write one of your tirades, you can consider how many of these journalistic values you preach with such rampant enthusiasm, you are violating yourself. Until then enjoy the web-traffic and riches your journalism brings you. But, web site hits aren’t everything. They don’t cover up the fact that you clearly lack the journalistic education and integrity you so often rant and rave about. They just mean you’re on over-read, silly, ignorant buffoon stealing money from someone, and simultaneously giving me the impulse to vomit and cue the facepalm.

Go Colts

I routinely visit this site, and have for several years now. I’m well accustomed to the practice of ignoring BBS’ posts, and it’s not necessary to belittle me by suggesting that I am unaware that I can control what I read. Personal attacks are completely unnecessary, and I’d advise you heed your own advice and ignore comments like mine if they offend you. Of course, I welcome argument and criticism of my ideas, but of the constructive variety.

I understand plenty of people ignore BBS and the problem is solved. But plenty of other people don’t ignore him, and I assure you there are some who even believe what he writes and agree with him. I’m simply offering my counter-point to his article as another viewpoint for readers to consider with regards to the issue at hand.