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Originally Posted by Troy Nixey  You should have lent some to Indy....they had exactly 11 fans show up when they landed.
Guys what happened?????
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Welcome to the wide, wide world of sports in Indianapolis. This is how the city is, in a nutshell. Some of us have been fans of the Colts since the early dark days, the Mayflower days, but most of the 'bleed blue' crew has only been around for the good times. So, since about Peyton's second year. Those that can actually afford to go to a game these days, that is. As soon as this era ends, and the inevitable rebuilding period begins, the Colts fanbase will dissipate quicker than the Colts' secondary.
You might think I'm just trotting out cliched slobs vs snobs bullshit, but case in point: The Pacers. I've remarked several times how this town, supposedly notorious for the basketball love, turned into a football town seemingly overnight. In the 80's, the stands at a Pacers game would be emptier than a From Paris with Love screening. In the 90's, during Reggie Miller's heyday, and the height of the playoff runs, 'Pacer Pride' was suddenly rampant. You could go to a mall parking lot and steal Pacers antenna balls to you simply could carry no more, and you wouldn't even make a dent. After the finals loss in 2000, and the retirement of Reggie, and especially the brawl, the Pacers' fanbase disappeared quicker than Shaq's film career (Sorry, I'm terrible at sports analogies).
Indianapolis is the definition of a fairweather city. We don't tolerate losers. And not in a tough love kind of way. To put it mildly, as loyal fans, we suck dick. Often when thinking about our fans, I'm surprised more people didn't show up at the airport, to repeat something that the citizens of Springfield would have done.
"Hey, I'll give you something to cry about, you loser! You can't catch a football? Let's see if you can catch a rock!"
I do love my Colts, no matter what Moonbase Nick thinks
. I stuck with them throught the Mike Pagel/Art Schlichter years, I even dutifully hated the Steelers for several years after the AFC title game, when the rules were momentarily suspended to allow Kordell Stewart to catch a pass in the stands. I'll be with them until Jim Irsay gets a wild hair up his pampered ass and moves the team to Los Angeles.
I've got a friend who might need counseling after last night's loss. He's already got his excuse/conspiracy theory refined. His question to me was, "You know when I knew the Colts would lose the game last night?" I replied something disparaging about the defense I think, and then before I could finish my sentence, "It's when Bill Polian rested the starters during the last two weeks of the season." He went on to tell me how Polian was a monster who has rested starters in the majority of cases when the teams he repped went on to Super Bowls, and they always lost. Then some nonsense about how this loss would be easier to take if the Colts were 18-1, like the Pats a few years ago, instead of 16-3. He lost respect. In his mind, resting the starters "was damaging psychologically to our team, and opened up the idea in other teams that we could be beat." It put hope in the Saints. Never mind that they are a pretty damn great team. I tried to point out that by that logic, he should have been prepared for this loss for weeks now, hell, I don't know why he even watched the game. He did try to call me last night at nearly midnight, but I wasn't about to answer the phone and listen to his maniacal and tearful rantings.
Anyway, long post, you can skip right over to one of Fleed's inevitable play on words.
Go Niners.
