Playoffs?! Playoffs?!

by DaWumpus on Dec 29, 2010 3:23 PM EST

I don't know about you guys but I for one am super pumped about the playoffs this year. After that Cowboys game it was real easy to doubt the Colts and feel like we were going to be enjoying a first round pick somewhere in the top half of the first round instead of the bottom quarter like usual. Then the Colts came alive, I am not sure what did it, but that team just came together and started playing like we always knew it could. Some thoughts after the jump

First off, I am loving the feeling of nostalgia I am getting from the 2006 championship team and our current team. There is something about seeing Dominic Rhodes run all over opposing defenses that sends chills up my spine. Also, how creepy is it that we could play every team in the playoffs this year that we played in 2006, to include the Bears in the Super Bowl. Really Creepy right? The only way it could be any creepier is if this years Super Bowl was to be played in Miami, sadly its one year too late.

I know what I am about to write is super premature but, I am super stoked about the Super Bowl being played in Indy next year. Seriously, if we have all of or injured players back and healthy next year, and the run keeps playing solid on both sides of the ball, we could very possibly have the Number 1 seed next year. That would mean homefield advantage for two playoff games and hosting the Super Bowl at home. With all the fans in INDY there to cheer on the Colts like never before, how could they possibly lose? I know its far off and those are a lot of "ifs" but it doesn't stop me from being excited, especially since our team is always so damn good, those "ifs" are very real possibilities for this stellar Indy team. God I love the COLTS!

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getting that feeling too

said it earlier in the season it’ll would be strange if the bears and colts meet in the sb again and the possibilities are up there…i agree if our key injury players are healthy next year the colts might want to consider going for that prefect season and to top it off it’s at home. Go Blue!

by drake89 on Dec 29, 2010 4:41 PM EST reply actions

Not to be a party pooper for next year...

But, unlike the conference playoff games, the Super Bowl is largely for corporate bigwigs and various media shills. While I’m sure the Colts would have a very noticeable home-field advantage if they make it to the Super Bowl in Indy, there would still be tens of thousands of apathetic douchebags in the stands who are there only because they’re rich and/or important enough to be there.

Still, yes, just the thought of it gets me excited already. I already plan to take a few weeks off of work next January to fly up to Indy to partake in everything.

by strootster on Dec 30, 2010 1:00 AM EST reply actions

If There's A 2011 Season...

Then perhaps now’s the time to begin planning ( as a real Colt’s fan ) to save your money for
a Super Bowl ticket at Indy in 2012. Top prices can exceed $3k. Those who can plan and save
have an opportunity to replace the ‘apathetic corporate douchebags’ in the stands. Go Colts!

p.s.: There’s always the opportunity to spill your drink on a famous media shill, or possibly even
do something naughty to one of those east-coast-homer ESPN tv hosts like Hannah Storm or
Chris McKendry.

by Ufansince65 on Dec 30, 2010 8:03 AM EST up reply actions

I'd pay double for my ticket if I get to fling my own poop at Gregg Doyel

He’s pretty much the only reason I stopped reading CBSSports/Sportsline/whatever it’s called now.

by strootster on Dec 30, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

This post is classic.....fling my own poop.....thas funny I don't care who ya are.

by tim55 on Dec 30, 2010 5:03 PM EST up reply actions

How Developed Is Your Technique?

I mean, when you fling your poop downfield, is it a tight spiral or a wobbling duck?

SB Announcer: "Strootster rolls out to his right, avoids the defender by holding up his
load, and spotting the open man, fires the steaming heap like a rocket 80 yards downfield.
Oh no! It’s badly overthrown! It’s hit the pressbox, shattering the plexiglass and spewing
fecal matter over the entire CBS and ESPN crew! Doyle is Down! Doyle is Down!’
( the audience observes a moment of silence as Doyle’s lifeless body is placed on a
stretcher and carted from the stadium )
The one remaining reporter commented: ‘I haven’t seen anything like that since Mad Dog
Mike Curtis blasted the hippie that stole the football! Make sure Steve Sabol and the NFL’s
archivists have this moment enshrined in Canton!’

All in all, it would probably be worth the $6,000 ticket price.

by Ufansince65 on Dec 30, 2010 6:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Right?! Gregg Doyel is HORRIBLE.

I stopped reading anything there as well after a crap write up he did on the Colts… wouldn’t surprise me if it was the same piece that put you off for good, too.

by nickfromnaptown on Dec 31, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions

SB Tics

I was fortunate enough to be at last year’s Super Bowl in south Florida (a company I do business invited me to go – all expenses paid). The SB ticket was $900 (face value), we were ten rows from the field at the corner of one endzone. The pass to the NFL On Location function was another $500. (all the great food & top-shelf booze you want, the Dolphin cheerleaders, artists, TV personalities etc.).

On the bus ride in, I noticed tons of Indy fans & tons of N.O. fans hiking in to the game from their remote parking lots – the participating teams are pretty well represented at the game. Yes there are many, many corporate types who score tickets from the big outfits that make the Super Bowl go (me for example). I personally didn’t run into any assholes, security is very tight, takes a while to actually get into the stadium area.

I will tell you the NFL really knows how to throw a party – the week leading up to the Super Bowl is full of all kinds of cool activities that are SB related… everything from outdoor concerts on the beach to fancy cocktail parties to behind-the-ropes areas of the “hottest” clubs. You run into all kinds of personalities – we stayed at the Hilton on Ft. Lauderdale beach and one night I met Roger Staubach in the lobby, the next night it was Jared the Subway guy. We were out to dinner at the Capital Grill and Jeff Fisher & friends were holding court two tables over. Daryl Johnstone stayed at the Hilton, I had breakfast next to him one morning – he’s got a real cute wife.

Getting a chance to go to the Super Bowl is a most incredible experience.

by profootballfanatic on Dec 30, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

I went as well

But I would like to say that there were way more Saints fans than colts fans

by icedude on Jan 1, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

Entirely possible...

I was surrounded by Saints fans in my section.

by profootballfanatic on Jan 2, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

Sun Devil Stadium hosted the Jan 1996 SB while I was in school at ASU

I volunteered to “work” at the NFL Experience running a goofy game where folks dressed up in big puffy uniforms and ran into each other on a tiny football field. I would expect there will be a lot of similar opportunities for Indy locals to get involved in some of the events surrounding the SB even if they can’t attend The Game itself.

"There was some talk: do they take me or Ryan Leaf and I said: 'Look, here's the deal. If you don't take me, I'm gonna kick your butt for the next fifteen years'."- #18

by EVLGNUS on Dec 31, 2010 5:39 PM EST reply actions