Here's Hopin' For 16-0

Go Colts!

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from JoeUser Forums
Yep, it is that time of year... I mean, decade... I mean, ummm... century... where the record book stands up and cheers. Time to move the '72 Dolphins down a line and make room for the '05 Indianapolis Colts!

I am absolutely behind anything Tony Dungy has to do to get the Colts to 16-0.

Except get Peyton Manning hurt. Or Edgerrin James.

Or, in the process, lose the Super Bowl.

Is it about the ring, or is it about the undefeated season?
Hmmm... maybe it is the ring after all? Or the season? Are they mutually exclusive?

GO COLTS!
16-0! --AND/OR-- ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPER BOWL!
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Time to roll out the old movie "The shoot Horses, dont they?"
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

There are some excellent football movies. That is not one of them! ::
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
If you mean the Broncos, it is.
I have to root for the Chargers to take them down though.... The Colts are my 2nd favorite AFC team.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I would be ecstatic if they go all the way to the superbowl and then lose miserably.

I'd be just as happy if they lose in the first round of the playoffs, though.

(Yeah, I'm holding a grudge. I'm from Baltimore.)
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
They're going to lose against the Chargers in week 16.
Just watch.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm from Baltimore.


So you're a Baltimore Jailbird fan? ::

They'll probably choose to sit Manning and James down in the Arizona Cardinal game and then lose at the last possible second. (Wait, that would mean the Cards would have to win a game. Not gonna happen then...)
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Baltimore: A good place to be from.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
To be honest, I'm a Texans fan... (here's hoping for the heisman!)
However, I would love for the Colts to go undefeated, that would be awesome! (I am praying that they don't sit Manning, he's on my FF team and I'm in the playoffs, doh!)
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sorry, but I love those '72 Dolphins! It isn't time just yet.

With that said....Go Seahawks!
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm not a Indianapolis fan but I am a Tony Dungy fan and I do think the Colts will go undefeated and win the Super Bowl.

All the stars have lined up to make it happen.

Other teams like the Patriots that have given the Colts fits are decimated by injuries. Jacksonville, who has always played them tough, lost Leftwich for the year.

The Colts which were built to play indoors on fast fields will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs until the Super Bowl, which is also being played indoors at Ford Field in Detroit.

Another advantage of playing in Detroit will be the cold weather. Not because it will effect playing conditions but because players will most likely stay indoors in their hotel rooms. Less likely to get in any off field troubles.

Then you have Peyton Manning who wants to lose the 'he can't win the big one' label so I expect him to be even better in the playoffs. And you have Tony Dungy, who like Manning wants to prove he can win the big one also. He should've won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay instead of Chuckie.

Only teams that can stop them in my opinion are AFC teams. I don't think a NFC can match-up with them. New England and Jacksonville could but won't for reasons I already stated. San Diego could but won't because they won't even make the playoffs. If anybody needs a new coach is the Chargers. Schottenheimer is too conservative at times much like he was when his Cleveland teams should have at least made one Super Bowl. (Guess you CAN'T teach an old dogs new tricks). Pittsburgh despite losing to them already this year could beat them with their running game but won't because of Cowher's inability to coach AFC Championship games (see his record in them).

If the Colts do go undefeated it will be a far more impressive season than the '72 Dolphins. In the age of free agents, salary caps, and set schedules that make teams with winning records from the previous year play tougher games no one thought an undefeated season was possible. Plus the Dolphins only played 2 games against teams that had winning records in the regular season. And those teams were both only 8-6.

I don't know if it's because I like Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy or just my hatred of seeing those former Dolphin players celebrate with champagne every year when the last unbeaten team gets beat but I'm still going to say: Go Colts!!!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
The true question, which will be answered tomorrow, is whether or not Dungy will play to win or play to survive. If he's playing to survive, don't expect great field time for Manning, James, and the big starters. Sorry, fantasy leaguers!
But if you see Peyton in the game past the second quarter, then they're going all the way. Good luck not getting injured, though.

I'm not a Indianapolis fan but I am a Tony Dungy fan

I have also been a Dungy-watcher since his days in Tampa.

If the Colts do go undefeated it will be a far more impressive season than the '72 Dolphins. In the age of free agents, salary caps, and set schedules that make teams with winning records from the previous year play tougher games no one thought an undefeated season was possible.

That is an incredibly good point that I had totally overlooked.

GO COLTS!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bahhumbug.

I think it's enough that they a) clinched their division just a hair over halfway through the season (probably a record) and b) have already clinched homefield advantage through the playoffs ... and this with over a month left to play in the regular season. GAH!!!!

Anywho, *crosses fingers* - I'm hoping that Washington manages to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses and beat Dallas tomorrow (one of those "who do I root against?" games ... And if the Giants' defense can continure making up for Manning's rookie wishy-washy-ness (you, too, can make up words with the Chaos Manager Word Management System(TM))

Can you tell that I'm a Giants fan?
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Manning's rookie wishy-washy-ness


Don't feel out of place. I used a similar word to describe Jimmy Carter in a recent article. If I remember right, I used "wishywashyness" too. And "milquetoast".

already clinched homefield advantage through the playoffs


And that's why the third quarter is the key: if Peyton (not wishy Eli) starts after the half, they're goin' for the perfect season.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Man, I thought it was a done deal. A closed book.
Then those crazy Chargers did what everyone thought was impossible:

THEY BEAT THE COLTS.

Go figure. I honestly did not think the Colts were stoppable.
I still see a Super Bowl ring. And that's why Dungy gets a paycheck: to win Indy a ring. Not a 16-0 season, unless you then proceed to get a ring.

So the season's not dead. I just wanted to see a little history.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hooray for the Bolts!
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
On the one hand, I should shoot myself for cheering for the Colts.

Why? you ask --

#1 because they shouldn't be called the Colts. That name should have stayed in Baltimore when Irsay stole the team away in the middle of the nite even though they were still among the best supported teams in the league at the time.

#2 because the Colts history should have stayed in Baltimore, much as the Browns history had to stay in Cleveland. I heard comments today about records being set and broken by current Colts players. Records that were set many years ago by the one and only true Colts -- the Baltimore Colts. Indianapolis should never have been able to keep the Colts history once they moved away from Baltimore.

#3 because Irsay was, and still is for the most part one of the crappiest owners in the league. While I don't wish ill on Tony Dungy, Peyton Manning, Edgerin James, Marvin Harrison and the rest of the current Colts players, I would prefer that any undefeated team not be the Indy Colts. Make it Baltimore maybe, make it Washington, sure (especially since they were the team that was the last to fall to the undefeated Dolphins), Greenbay, or some other team in the league. Then I might not be so torn on supporting the undefeated season.


You see, I hate the Dolphins and that whole stinkin' crew of geezers that pops those Champagne bottles and celebrates every year when the last undefeated team falls. I keep hoping that someone will put that record away. The Chiefs looked good at one point. The Colts this season, and a few others along the way, but so far none have done it.

Sadly it's even thougher to do now than back when the Dolphins did it. They had a shorter schedule, and the longer schedule and the grind from the season now, with bigger athletes beating on each other makes it that much tougher. By the time you get to 10 or 11 straight wins, there's a big target on your back and other teams are pumping themselves up just because they want to knock off the unbeatens.

I'd love to see those old sour-pusses have to suck on stale champagne and beer for once, but this isn't the year apparently. And if that is the case, I will go back to hoping for good things for the Colts players, but wishing very ill on their ownership. Their ownership and the ownership of the Arizona Cardinals would be my top choices for a reality TV version of the show LOST. Set them on an Island somewhere and see if anyone really cared to come find them.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Their ownership and the ownership of the Arizona Cardinals

Bill Bidwill is also a terrible owner. Like Irsay, my opinion is: "What a tool."
Bidwill took a bad franchise in St. Louis and turned it into a worse franchise in Phoenix. At least the Mexican food is better there, and you can play golf all winter long.
I wanted to see some history!