FanPost

Are Colts Fans selling their playoff tickets?

Opened up Google Reader this morning and this headling from the Indianapolis Star started off my morning:

AirTran adds flight to Indianapolis to help Ravens fans

Demand for airline tickets to the Ravens-Colts' NFL game has been so fierce that AirTran said it will add an extra flight Saturday to Indianapolis from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport that will get passengers there in time for the playoff game.

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Meanwhile, all Southwest Airlines flights to Indianapolis from Baltimore are booked for the weekend

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What I want to know... what's up with the excess demand from Baltimore? We all know that a bunch of scalpers and resellers buy season tickets so I'm sure that's part of it. But how much of this is a portion of the OMG I'm Going To Complain About Bill Polian And The Jets Game For Three Weeks contingent selling out and selling their playoff tickets?

I certainly hope that's not the case. But considering I've heard people already saying they will get rid of their season tickets if the Colts don't win a Super Bowl, or even that winning a Super Bowl isn't enough after the Jets game.... I'm sort of worried that it may be the case.

If you are a Colts fan who had a hissy fit about the Jets game and sold your playoff tickets... that's just sad. Goal #1 for a team is a Super Bowl. An undefeated season doesn't mean squat, it's the trophy that matters. Selling your playoff tickets because you're upset the team went only 14-2? Damn. That's something a Jacksonville fan would do. Assuming Jacksonville had fans, of course.

Hey, at least our fans aren't lounging in the stands reading the newspaper & don't need to be told when to be quiet any longer. So at least there's been progress.

[None of this is said as a fan of another team. I am a season ticket holder to the Colts and always will be.]

[[And yes, I'm annoyed at the idea of seeing Ravens fans all over Lucas Oil Stadium like the Bad Old Days vs the Dolphins and the Titans]]

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