I’m 24, turned a Colts fan when I moved to Indiana from Louisiana in 1996 . That previous year AFC championship game was the first Colts game that I remember watching and it won me over as a Colts fan.

I’ve lived in indy all my life and since i can remember i’ve rooted for the colts. My favorite def. player was mike prior and my favorite off. player was bill brooks. That of course was pre polian/peyton years.

thank you for the responses…..colts and cavs, I’m not trying to single you out, all I’m saying is be careful what you say…..there are a little more of us “more experienced fans” here…lol
good to see some pre polian and peyton fans here……gotta love Billy Brooks thank you for the answers everyone.

Colts_cavs, buy the “history of the colts” on dvd, or at the very least, look up “monday night miracle” with the colts on youtube…..you’re in for a treat buddy

got a late start into following the NFL since there weren’t any local pro teams and my family was never big on sports

(only football game I ever went to with my dad was a high school game that a student he taught in his english as a second language classes was playing in. My future high school put the 50 point mercy rule on the school my dad taught at largely thanks to future U of Iowa star and NFL WR/return man Tim Dwight)

I got into watching Iowa football as a kid and finally started getting really into the NFL when a favorite team fell into my lap. The Colts drafted two of my all time favorite Hawkeyes in back to back years and were just a tremendously fun team to watch.

I was a casual unaffiliated NFL fan for the early Peyton Manning era, but I’ve researched the era a good deal. The pre-Peyton Colts are kinda fuzzy for me though.

Also a part time Raider fan, as my dad started loving football when he lived in Oakland, and passed it on to me, however my formative years were in Indy. The Colts came of the 4-12 year, and with Faulk became quite above average. I think of myself as a pretty knowledgable fan of both the Colts, Raiders and the league in general.

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2009/7/15/950476/how-did-you-become-a-colts-fan

Not to denegrate your fanpost at all, just thought you might find some responses in that thread that won’t show up here.

im 19 and got into the NFL and football in general, late in my life (was 12 when i first watched football) Saw the Colts for the first time when i was 13. It was the Monday night football game against the Bucs where they came back from down 21 tbat inspired me to become a Colts fan. That inspirational comeback was all it took.

I posted my story in there as well, if you looked

was 10 at the time so I can’t really help that I wasn’t able to see the team in years past but I know about the history of the team from Unitas on down. This team is what got me interested in football. Peyton Manning will always be my favorite player regardless of the sport.

peytonsurdaddy, and tim55, thank you so much….I sincerely mean that….my dad used to tell my stories of why he followed the Colts, and it was because Shula coached em…… and, lol, yeah I know I’m 23 but I’ve lived and died with the colts for over 9 years….I remember a lot and know a lot as well, every waking moment I don’t work they’re on my mind……

furthermore, thanks again, I love the new fanbase, (maybe not new, but rapidly EXPANDING) this is what this team NEEDS……I may come across arrogant, know-it-all, or something similar, but I sincerely appreciate the feedback, corrections, and knowledge I can share with everyone here….thanks again!

peytonsurdaddy, I just caught your first comment of the thread, I replied up towards the top

I have been a Colts fan since I was born in ’87. I know it sounds crazy, but my mom, a fan since the team arrive in ’84, likes to say how I was going to games before I was born. I was raised on Colts ball and I remember sitting with mom when it was an away game and dad when it was a home game, since mom was there, watching the Colts. I would have to say my favorite players have been Chad Bratzke, Big Play Ray Buchannan, Bob Sanders, Ken Dilger, Jim Harbaugh, and, of course, our beloved #18

great post, I couldn’t agree with you anymore…….I was born in 1986 and have known nothing else other than Indy football since I was born…don’t get me wrong I know their history from Baltimore, and as far as I’m concerned if Johnny U wants his records to stay in Baltimore…..with all due respect he can have them there, because Peyton will reset them all HERE IN INDY anyway, so thank you for your post

I didn’t mean to offend, alienate, or anger anyone….we’re all in the same boat here, just wanted to get to know my co-posters I guess you could say, thank you everyone for the responses, I sincerely look forward to the upcoming season, and to get to know each one of you…..thanks again, (I apologize if I seem like an asshole)

I will take more fans any way I can get them. A kid can’t help when he is born, and I don’t see why anyone would hold it against someone that they are 14 instead of 44.

I’m 52. There, I said it. I think it’s a load of crap to seperate fans by how long or why they are Colts fans. What makes a better fan? MY answer is not age, or how much history a person knows. The better fan needs only loyalty to their team, and a passion to spread the word about how great the Colts are.

I’m 12 and the Colts were rated like a 96 in Madden and I don’t like to lose so they’re my team. If I didn’t update my rosters online last season I’d be a Pats fan since Brady was a 99 too.

And you’re 23, you were like what, 6 when Harbaugh was playing? Not trying to offend, but just because a kid grew up somewhere or is told to like some team by their parents or friends means as much as a 12 year old playing Madden. It’s not WHY you started liking a team, it’s that you stick with them through both good times and bad.

There’s not enough Colts fans jumping out of the woods to annoy me. In fact, personally I don’t know any Colts fans, just the couple cars I see with something Colts related. Maybe give it 1 or 2 more SBs and you’ll have a good rant ready to go. But we’re not the Patriots or the Steelers.

Bill Brooks was our Marv before Marv, in my opin. Dawkins was a local joke.

Don’t forget Duane Bickett. Dean Biasucci.

Oh, and Nesby Glasgow!

HAHAHAHA. Need seas to start stat…

What about Cornelius Bennett? or that one single season we actually signed Richard Dent!! haha, I enjoy having a website I can go to and post about my favorite team….(me being a transplant in Southwest Florida)
This is going to sound condescending, but, no Madden football rating ever persuaded me to be a fan for the team…and certainly not over the Patriots, but either way, I’m glad that you guys can allow at least one more asshole to post on this site, I look forward to the discussions for this upcoming season.

And picking up on the new-comer theme, I just wanted to give a shout-out to Shake, BBS, and other regular contributors to this blog.

Has anyone else noticed the surge of activity on this site in the past few days? All summer long, it was maybe 14 active people posting and prognosticating… today I counted FanPosts and FanShots from 14 different people, most of whom I’ve never seen post a comment or story before!

Without doing the investigation, I assume many have signed up quite recently , but I suspect membership has been building and folks have been lurking. Now with the excitement of training camp looming, people are diving in.

This figures to be a great season, in part because this is the only place I can come to every Sunday (and every day in between) to hang with my fellow Colts fans. Lord knows my Pats-loving husband won’t stand for Peyton talk – lol.