Go, Colts!

[Michael B. Ross]

Well, central Indiana is pumped! The Colts beating New England is excitement in itself, but to think they are going to the Super Bowl is even more exciting.

Yesterday's game was one of the best I have seen. It will be earmarked as being the greatest comeback ever in a championship game.

I had tickets to the game, but sold them. I began to wonder if I had done the right thing, but I made a profit of $400. Besides, I wouldn't have had replay and the comforts of my recliner.

Go, Colts!

[Charlene Clevenger]

Northern Indiana is pretty pumped, too. :)

[Doris Grant]

Yeah Colts, is right. During halftime I was a little down but they sure made up for it in the 3rd and 4th quaraters. My son went to school with Peyton Manning so I had to cheer the Colts on.

Doris

[Gary Swartzlander]

Northern Indiana is pretty pumped, too. :)

After the game Tony Dungy said that with Chicago and Indy in the game, he wondered why they had to go to Miami to play it. He suggested they play in Ft. Wayne. How would that be for excitement?

I'm not sure there is a stadium in Ft. Wayne that would hold more than a couple thousand fans if that.

[Charlene Clevenger]

After the game Tony Dungy said that with Chicago and Indy in the game, he wondered why they had to go to Miami to play it. He suggested they play in Ft. Wayne. How would that be for excitement?

I'm not sure there is a stadium in Ft. Wayne that would hold more than a couple thousand fans if that.

:basic05 They've been playing that short clip on tv all evening. :) I'm sure he just pulled a city out of the hat. It could just as easily been Valporaiso or Champagne. :basic02

Still, it's kind of cool. We have a large indoor coliseum where we used to have indoor football, and a couple of the high schools have large stadiums, but no, I don't think Fort Wayne could handle the Super Bowl right now.:rolleyes:

[Sara Sheppard]

And Tennessee is very excited for our own Peyton Manning. (You know we trained him at UT???) Seriously, he has a great reputation of being a fine man. A friend of mine actually went to college with him and had a few classes with him. She said he actually CAME to class. Imagine that....

Sara

[Marsha Gupton]

Tennesseans love Peyton. My friend that works for the University of Tennessee has told me what a wonderful outstanding young man he is.

So, Tennesseeans are cheering on the Colts!

[LoraineStanton]

I was thinking that it would have been fun if Detroit had had the Super Bowl this year instead of last. Then again, with only ONE team within driving distance it was a HUGE zoo!!! I can NOT imagine what it would have been like if it had ben the Colts and the Bears!

[Paul Riker]

And on a completely unbelievable note Indy Southside Naz cancelled Sun evening church (game night) for the first time in... well... I don't honestly remember if that has ever happened for any reason-- didn't matter to me as i was at work in the hospital where almost every tv was tuned into the game and yes i have to work superbowl night as well (i work a friday night sunday night weekend option contract)

[Mike Schutz]

Greetings!

As a native Baltimorean who rooted for Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry as a kid, and whose heart was broken when they left, and who became a Patriots fan because I went to college in New England and they hired Raymond Berry as a coach, and who continues to be a Pats fan even though I now live in the Philadelphia area, and who laughs at how upset people get because Bill Belicheck is a poor loser (just call him "Darth Hoodie"), I just have one thing to say:

GO COLTS!

[Michael B. Ross]

Mike, I enjoyed your post.

I was surprised at the degree of anger Baltimoreans showed toward the Colts. Some Colts fans felt threatened. Isn't it time to get over it? Besides, how long has it been?

Speaking of Baltimore, it is home of one of our favorite restaurants--M & G. It is near the airport and is famous for its crabcakes. Are you aware of it?

Greetings!

As a native Baltimorean who rooted for Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry as a kid, and whose heart was broken when they left, and who became a Patriots fan because I went to college in New England and they hired Raymond Berry as a coach, and who continues to be a Pats fan even though I now live in the Philadelphia area, and who laughs at how upset people get because Bill Belicheck is a poor loser (just call him "Darth Hoodie"), I just have one thing to say:

GO COLTS!

[Marsha Lynn]

And on a completely unbelievable note Indy Southside Naz cancelled Sun evening church (game night) for the first time in... well... I don't honestly remember if that has ever happened for any reason-- didn't matter to me as i was at work in the hospital where almost every tv was tuned into the game and yes i have to work superbowl night as well (i work a friday night sunday night weekend option contract)

Why cancel?? We erected an antenna on the fellowship hall, hooked up our brand-new video projector to a VCR, and had the game on "big-screen" display with lots of food and missionary meeting during halftime.

I was talking to a coworker yesterday who stayed home from Sunday evening Bible study to watch the game (prompting her husband to call her a pagan). When I told her our arrangement, she turned green with envy. I think I've about talked her into changing churches in time for the Super Bowl.

This could really help with our church growth goals. I'm thinking we should maybe dispense with the whole idea of having services and Bible studies and other humdrum single-focus "churchy" events and simply build church around sporting events. Surely, anything worth doing at church can be done during commercials and halftime. Maybe we can bring in a pool and have a baptismal service during halftime of the Super Bowl.

:fav18

Marsha

[Anne and Dwayne Hood]

Today, before we started Homeschooling, our 12 year old grandson, Jordan, prayed that the Colts would win--and I added "If it is your will."

[Michael B. Ross]

Anne, I am shocked, absolutely shocked! Have you lost your faith, your mind? Of course it is God's will for the Colts to win. Have you forgotten our TNC days when we prayed for our team to win, and it......well, maybe that isn't a good example. But, anyhow, don't you know that if you take the word COLTS, transliterate it into Latin, convert it to Roman Numerals, divide by 7--the perfect number, add 153--the number of fish caught by Peter in John 21, repeat the total three times on a cassette tape, and then play it backwards, that it will say: "Colts shall win?" Now, what more proof would you need?

Today, before we started Homeschooling, our 12 year old grandson, Jordan, prayed that the Colts would win--and I added "If it is your will."

[Mike Schutz]

Mike, I enjoyed your post.

I was surprised at the degree of anger Baltimoreans showed toward the Colts. Some Colts fans felt threatened. Isn't it time to get over it? Besides, how long has it been?


The Colts were such a part of the core identity of the city, from a time back in the 1950s when Baltimore was nothing more than a place halfway between Philadelphia and Washington. They were the first Baltimore team in over 50 years to win a championship. In the 1950s and 60s, the players lived there year around, worked "regular" jobs in the off-season, and raised their families there. Baltimore was much more a football town than a baseball town.

I tried several years ago to point out the irrationality of their anger toward Indianapolis and the Irsay family by pointing out that what Indianapolis did by taking the Colts, Baltimore did by taking the team from Cleveland. Even the more rational (a relative term in any gathering of my extended family) participants in the discussion could see no similarities. Simply, in their opinion, Indianapolis had partnered with the Irsay family to steal the pride of Baltimore.
The sense of loss will continue, although diminishing, until the old fans die off. It is not unlike Brooklyn's loss of the Dodgers.

[Anne and Dwayne Hood]

Michael, wasn't that a theme song for the Colts that your wife used to play on the piano at church? Or, are you getting forgetful in your old age, and don't remember it?

[Mike Schutz]

Congratulations Colts fans. Your team was worthy. Looking forward to more great Colts-Patriots matchups.

[Gary Swartzlander]

Congratulations to a genuinely good man in Tony Dungy, a great quarterback in Payton Manning and a good team. Tony will be the talk of his hometown of Jackson, Michigan this week. It will be fun. I feel a Tony Dungy day coming on soon. (after it warms up).

[Mike Schutz]

Congratulations to a genuinely good man in Tony Dungy, a great quarterback in Payton Manning and a good team. Tony will be the talk of his hometown of Jackson, Michigan this week. It will be fun. I feel a Tony Dungy day coming on soon. (after it warms up).

Tony Dungy is a class act. He represents himself, his team, and our God with distinction. I hope for him nothing but the best.

And, my team's coach continues to embarrass me with his class-less attitude at every turn. And yet I still root for the Patriots.

This is because, like most sports fans - I root for laundry.

Anyone who wears my team's jersey is MY MAN! But let them leave (like Adam Vinatieri or, even worse, Johnny Damon) and they become the ENEMY.

This is why we are fans (short for fanatic). Nothing rational about it.

Grace and peace.

[Terri Knoll]

Congratulations to a genuinely good man in Tony Dungy, a great quarterback in Payton Manning and a good team. Tony will be the talk of his hometown of Jackson, Michigan this week. It will be fun. I feel a Tony Dungy day coming on soon. (after it warms up).


while coaching the Bucs, several Bucs became christians (thusly giving back to Tampa) because of Tony (well, glory goes to God, but you know what I mean) and I would assume the same could be said of the Colts. It was refreshing to hear the announcers pondering Tonys thanx to his God (as the announcers stated it) You GO God!

Most of the Tampa Bay area was rooting for the Colts because of Tony. Alot of us would have prefered Tony AND the Bucs, but....

It was a great game, good history for the kids to learn ie first time 2 black NFL coaches in the Super Bowl, plus TD on the kickoff return.

All in all a great game.

still and always will be Bucs fan :basic05

[Michael B. Ross]

Yes, congratulations to the Colts. I was not surprised at the outcome. For one reason, Grossman vs. Manning? Two different leagues. Plus the Colt's defense has done a 180 degree turn around in the last five weeks. During the regular season, they rated the worst in several categories. Now, they have won a Super Bowl.

I felt strongly they would win after San Diego lost. They were the one team I thought might beat the Colts.

BTW, they are having a parade in Indy today for the Colts. It is now -5 F here in central Indiana. I don't think it will be the biggest parade in Indy's history.

Well, central Indiana is pumped! The Colts beating New England is excitement in itself, but to think they are going to the Super Bowl is even more exciting.

Yesterday's game was one of the best I have seen. It will be earmarked as being the greatest comeback ever in a championship game.

I had tickets to the game, but sold them. I began to wonder if I had done the right thing, but I made a profit of $400. Besides, I wouldn't have had replay and the comforts of my recliner.

Go, Colts!

[Bill Foulke]

I was telling my wife last night if Chicago had won you probably would have seen in the news this morning buildings were set on fire from people celebrating their win. They seem to do that a lot in Detroit also. I don't understand the purpose for people doing that. I haven't heard of any bad stuff happening in Indianapolis.
It was a great win.
Bill