Anyone else tired of hearing about San Diego?
by IndyWhatWhat on Dec 23, 2009 7:09 PM EST
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This morning as I was watching ESPN I heard Skip Bayless and some other reporter talk about how San Diego is the team to watch out for in the playoffs and they really couldnt give a crap about the Colts being undefeated. Skip in all his wisdom says that the Chargers have the Colts number and will beat them in the playoffs and then said that the Colts are a one-and-done team. I found this to be really interesting since the Colts wouldnt play the Chargers until possibly the AFC Championship. Also, I didn't realize that the past playoff losses affected how this season would turn out as well. Come on Skip, either admit Peyton Manning is the MVP for leading this team to 14-0 or finally admit the Colts are more consistant than the Chargers and that we are just a better team. I found this love-affair with the Chargers to be true for almost every other ESPN show including Around the Horn. First ESPN gets on the Saints bandwagon even though the Colts were a better team and the Saints had an easier schedule until they finally lost a game and now they are getting on the Chargers bandwagon. Anyone else getting kind of tired of the bias in the media?
Just found this recently, here is an example of ESPN bias. Again someone from the AFC West commenting on how the Chargers are better than the Colts. http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post/_/id/8324/colts-need-to-worry-about-san-diego
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yep so much i refuse to read any more than your title which was enough for me :)
GO COLTS!!! 09 IS OURS!!!
hahahahah same thing i did i jut read the tittle and i knew what was coming
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by 805 on Dec 24, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
San Diego
Supah Chargers
San Diego
CHAAAARGERS
San Diego
Super Chargers
San Diego
CHHHAAAARGERS
San Diego
Super Chargers
San Diego
CHHHHHAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGEEEEERRRRRRSSSSSS
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Joseph Addai is a good running back.
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
I haven't heard that shit in a while
but I remember some “fumble” or “interception” parts in the song.
LAME
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Dec 23, 2009 8:36 PM EST up reply actions
When a talking head flat-out contradicts himself
it’s usually because he’s got no clue what he’s talking about.
You are 100% absolutely right.
But partly mistaken as well. It’s complicated. I think.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
They have to have some sort of story
and the Pats aren’t their usual selves. They did the same thing with NE: “they have the Colts’ number, etc” That is, until they didn’t. My prediction is that this is the year that the Colts have SDs number. So, who will be the next team to have our number? Anyone? I personally can’t think of any other team at the moment – but the MSM will find someone.
I still say Phillip Rivers is a puke.
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
Maybe the next team
will be the Steelers.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
We have to play the Colts for that to happen
And we won’t be meeting in the regular season until 2011.
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by LV Steelers Fan on Dec 24, 2009 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Actually,
I kind of have a sick enjoyment for all the crap the media spews about Indy. It’ll just make that Lombardi Trophy that much sweeter when the Colts are kissin’ on it in Miami.
by summerstallion on Dec 23, 2009 8:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That's right...
and they’re all going to be pissed while they’re eating all of that crow.
I’m gonna love it!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 23, 2009 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
This won't end
until we beat SD in the playoffs.
So far, we don’t know if we will play against them but most people almost see the AFCCG being SD at Indy. If the Chargers and the media see that game already, cool for them. They probably won’t make it past the divisional round.
I’m glad the Colts take it one game at a time, cause today, the only game that matters is the one against the Jets on sunday.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
Let them keep talking about
the Chargers or who ever they want to talk about. It keeps the focus off the Colts and therefore we have less pressure around the team each week.
Cause if they talk about us solely like they did about the Pats in ’07 then the pressure will start getting to the team and we will start to lose the close games that we should win. It happen with the Pats.Everyone focused on them and they started to not do so great and finally the presure go to them in the SB.
So let them talk about the Chargers and when we beat them in the AFC Champ game they will have to focus on us being 18-0, but by that time no matter how much they talk they wont be able to generate enough pressure to really effect the team.
We're out there for 60 minutes. In that 60 minutes you can be gods or you can be smucks. And I want to be a god. How bout you?
by 7_Painter's_First_Fan on Dec 23, 2009 9:28 PM EST reply actions
yes i am
and as a Portland Blazers and Oregon Ducks fan i get very tired of hearing about the Lakers and USC as well.
Wait...
The Chargers made the playoffs? JK, I hear that after 9 wins they are unstoppable, like a Citizen Eco-drive.
Ouch.
I always say “poor Eli” when I see that commercial. lol
I love him tons, but he’s no Peyton. ;-/
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 24, 2009 7:25 PM EST up reply actions
Personally,
It doesn’t bother me at all to hear about the Chargers. Look they are a good team and Phillip Rivers is doing something similar to what Manning is doing… carrying a team on his shoulders with no running game.
Yesterday I was having a debate with a friend of mine about how good the Chargers were. We are as evenly matched as they come.
Much like last years game it came down to special teams play and defense. I believe again because we are two teams that struggle to run the ball effectively, that a match up would come down to special teams and defense.
But give them the spot light…
The game isn’t played in the media nor is the game played on paper… its played on the field! We will get our chance!
Problem is
River is doing the same thing Manning is against crappier teams. When the Charger good teams they seem to struggle. Minus the one time they blew out Denver.
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
NO WAY WE'RE LOSING TO THE CHARGERS THIS YEAR!
And yes, I’m sick of hearing about them.
"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino
"As I grow older, the list of people who can kiss my ass grows longer"-Ancient Hoosier Proverb.
+1
The media go on like a 9 game winning streak is the most amazing thing a team has ever done. Never mind they got their asses handed to them early in the year.. Oh well they have injuries. Well hello.. everyone has injuries. And the Chargers D against weaker opponents has not been as good as ours.
The last couple of losses have come against a battered colts team. Where punting or bad kicking gave them the game.. Can’t see that repeating.
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing...
+Colts
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 24, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
I have a feeling...
that Freeney and Mathis are going to get a lot of press from all the sacks and pass rush plays they make in the playoffs. Session, Brackett, Brock, Bethea, Bullitt, Muir… all those guys are ready to do some damage… Lots of love for the D this year… Can’t wait….
Until we slay that dragon...
We get to hear about the Chargers again and again and again and again. We’re 0-5 against them in the past 5 years… two playoff losses, home and home… losses in Indy in ’05 and ’07… losses with manyof their stars on the bench…
No other team has beaten the Colts more than 4 times in the past 6 seasons, and that includes some tough divisional foes and the iconic Patriots, who have all played the Colts more times than the Bolts.
We're not 0-5
against them. We beat the Chargers in the regular season last year.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
True
and I was actually at that game -most awesome!
"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007
by peytonsthebest on Dec 24, 2009 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, that makes it 1-3 in the last four meetings against the Rivers-led Chargers
and 2-4 if you want to go all the way back to Brees and the 2004 season, but by then you might as well be talking about the AFL in 1968—different HCs for both teams, and probably 70% different personnel as well from five years ago.
And 1-3 has a small sample size problem. Also, the point differential in those four games was -1, -4, +2, and 0 (the tie) or -6, depending on how you look at it. About 1-2 pts per game, with three being in SD (3 pt advantage for HF). Ergo, on a neutral field, during the time they “owned” us, we’re probably ahead. Now addressing the fluky injury mishaps, refereeing boners, etc., then these teams have been even at best over that time (with an arguable advantage for Indy).
And this year it comes to a crashing halt. Chargers have fattened up on bad competition. They will be exposed, if they get to the AFCCG.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
I'm not. It's a nice town. Very pretty. The stadium stinks. The team's okay.
Doesn’t it put extra pressure on them to be “so hot” and “so good?” Do they thrive on pressure? No! In 2006, they were one and done b/c of all that pressure of being the number 1 seed. They’ve only won the games b/c they were supposed underdogs. So I think it’s great that San Diego gets all this pressure of being the team to beat in the playoffs.
I meant the Colts games, they won those as they had all the ppl picking against them.. all the talk about
how they shouldn’t even be in the playoffs at 8-8 or the year before against the 13-3 Colts. But their 14-2 year, they were the favorites and didn’t make it. So I hope 06 kind of pressure gets to them!
Philip Rivers
just impregnated me with his stare.
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Joseph Addai is a good running back.
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
My condolences.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
What will you name your offspring?
Little Anus Rivers
Puckered Sphincter Rivers
Mouthy Fu@k Rivers
so many to choose form. Maybe you’ll have three miserable triplets. oh joy.
I hate Joe Namath. That's how long I've been a Colts fan.
Bitchy McCryMeSome
Never doubt Peyton Manning, he’ll make you look silly
Joseph Addai is a good running back.
Im a douchebag, an asshole, and I'm rarely right.
I'm not
Since they have owned us in the playoffs and deserve some of this respect because of their 9 game winning streak and the fact that they beat the Colts in the playoffs the last two years. If the Colts had beaten San Diego but lost to the Steelers in round 2, no one would be talking about them.
"Brett Favre was a man who thought he was retired, but he knew it wouldn't last."
I'm so tired of bandwagon jumping commentators
I just wrote a post about this but I’m tired of the sports commentators. They go from one team to another. The ultimate goal for them I think is to not look stupid, and due to our 8 playoff losses this decade and only 1 superbowl win I guess this is to be expected. I don’t know if San Diego’s bandwagon is much better though because they don’t even have a superbowl win yet. All in all, I think it’s good though, it takes the focus off of us for awhile and we can under dog it kinda. I hope we get a Superbowl win this year because I am tired of adding fuel to these stupid commentator’s anti – Colts fire!
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