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18 Things to Watch for in this Sunday's Colts/Ravens Game
Yeah, I don't think this qualifies as a 'rivalry'
Last week's game was one of the greatest of all time. This week's game? Well, it should be pretty solid in its own way. Indy travels to Baltimore...
Give and Take-Ravens
18to88 trades questions with Baltimore Blog Right of Russell
18to88: 1. In the hearts of Ravens fans, what drives this rivalry more right now: Indy's recent dominance of the Ravens or the Colts leaving Baltimore? In other words, is this a big game because the Colts have...
The Perfect Crime?
It hit me yesterday that the Colts are 9-0. We are about to witness a flood of obnoxious articles about their quest for perfection. This being one of the first.
Colts fans will be reminded of the 13-0 start to 2005. We'll hear Tony Dungy's thoughts and be reminded...
18 Plays For Colts Pats
For your listening pleasure, 18 Plays is ready. We discuss all things related to Sunday night's Colts/Pats classic. You can click the link, listen in the embedded player below, or subscribe via Itunes.
18 Plays is brought to you by Broad Ripple Tree Service. Broad Ripple...
One word about the Collie PI call
I've had to listen to bizarre whining about the pass interference call in the final minutes that gave the Colts the ball at the 15. I've heard JC complain. Bill Simmons whined incessantly. The idiot 'Pod Vader' on ESPN's Football Today Podcast complained nonstop...
Mailbag and Mishmash
Random thoughts that wouldn't fit anywhere else...
First an email from Brian H:
I have a question concerning what constitutes forward progress on the 4th and 2 play from Sunday night's Colts/Patriots game.If a player has his momentum carrying him backwards before he has...
CHFF making sense...praising DZ and BBS...world coming to an end...
Bill Belichick is not a nice man.
People in the media don't like him.
Neither do I.
Some of us can stow the loathing for 5 minutes. Others can't.
After his call the other night, the MSM swarmed Belichick like sharks in a tank full of chum, eagerly extracting their pound...
All Hung Over
The Monday Morning Hangover has been posted, and yours truly encapsulated the Colts/Pats game (and the Jets/Jags and Dolphins/Bucs). I included the stat I posted last night which has already served to comfort me greatly as I think about last night's game. Demond likened this...
I can't believe I'm defending Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick did a lot of dumb things on Sunday night.
Not punting wasn't one of them.
Let me begin by saying that Belichick screwed up the end game royally. Facing a 3rd and 2, and a team with 1 timeout left, Belichick had an easy call: RUN THE FOOTBALL.
Indy has the...
Losing Sleep Over It
Hey, we're all still up anyway, right? I'd might as well make the best of it:
Reasons to Smile:
Robert Mathis. How great was he all night? How great is he all the time? He's a hero of this team. He has been for awhile now.
Jerraud Powers. We knew he...
BB made the right call
I said so at the time, and I stand by it. Tip to Shake who found the number crunching to back it up.
Statistically, the better decision would be to go for it, and by a good amount. However, these numbers are baselines for the league as a whole. You'd have to expect the Colts...
Clutch
Colts 35 Patriots 34
That may have been the greatest game I've ever seen.
Peyton Manning is so far into Belichick's head it's hilarious.
Colts/Pats Game Blog
PRE-GAME:
Great afternoon of football. Suddenly, none of the teams the Pats have played this year look very good. The Falcons, Jets, and Broncos all lost. The Jags won, giving the Colts a third quality win.
That was the single most meaningless paragraph I've every typed...
Who to Root for: Week 10
There are two huge games in the NFL this week, and not much else matters. The Colts host one of the games. The other is for supremacy in the AFC North. Let's take a look at Week Ten while I prepare myself emotionally for tonight.
Easy calls
Denver at Washington: The...
Let the Memory Live Again
I usually worry when I wake up with an email from JC in my inbox.
I never know what semi-coherent drunken rant is awaiting me.
I'm never tempted to ignore those emails, for one simple reason. Sometimes, they have great ideas.
So was it this week when he suggested we open the...
Eyes in the Backfield-Patriots
18 Things to Watch for during Sunday's Colts/Pats Game
The War of 1812 will never be forgotten.
Last week, the Colts skated by the Texans in a huge game. This week, it's the Pats. It needs no further introduction. If the Colts win, they can coast to the number one...
Help a brother out
I got this email in my inbox today:
Rob in Cincinnati writes:
I'm a Bengals fan from Cincinnati, who also roots for the Colts and despises the Patriots. Anyway, I'm bringing a huge Colts fan to the game against the Patriots game this Sunday, and I've been trying to...
The War of 1812
Perhaps the most instensely debated issue in football over the past decade is whether Tom Brady or Peyton Manning is the NFL's premiere quarterback. On Sunday night, the two QB's may meet for the last time in the 00's. It could be the last chance for either of them...
18 More Reasons to Hate the Patriots
Because 88 just aren't enough
1. The Tom Brady Rule. It figures that a rule named after Tom Brady would serve to further emasculate football.
2. Junior Seau is back again? Didn't I just see him on a reality TV show?
3. They've turned Randy Moss into a...
Stat of the year
From CHFF's Week 9 Power rankings.
2. INDIANAPOLIS (8-0). Last week: 20-17 win vs. Houston. Amazing fact of the millennium: Of Indy's 11 current starters on defense, only rookie Jarraud Powers and DE Dwight Freeney were drafted higher than the fifth round.
That's...
Behind Enemy Lines
I thought I'd take a break from the Colts/Pats nonsense to review one of the great movies of all time starring Owen Wilson.
Meh, who am I kidding? There are no breaks from the War of 1812 this week, people. It's wall to wall mayhem. Here's the first of two collaborative...
A podcast and a plea for help
18 Plays is up for the Texans game. You can listen in the embedded player below, you can subscribe via Itunes, or you can just download it right here.
In a fit of drunken inspiration, resident Patriots fan JC wrote me with a nice idea. Though I'm sure he won't remember...
State of the AFC
Last night's Steelers/Broncos game provided some modicum of clarity at the half way point of the race. Here's how I size up the contenders:
1. Indianapolis-The Colts remind me a lot of last year's Steelers. No run game, suspect line, great QB and defense. The Colts...
I've seen this somewhere before...
The Colts offense seems to be struggling in recent games, and Demond found one of the reasons why. He mentioned it to me the other day, and when I did the math to check his claim, I was stunned to see how right he was.
I want to present you two WRs. Guess who they are.
WR 1
...
Anatomy of a Nail Biter
I've had a lot of emotions today: nervous, confident, angry, irate, relieved, resigned, elated. By now my bipolar afternoon has settled down into one dominant reaction: satisfaction. This game was a huge win for the Colts. It takes all the pressure off of next week'...
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