Circle City Fans

The Circle City is going bonkers this week over its biggest Colts game EVER in the Dome. This is the first time Indy has hosted the AFC Championship game; plus Tom Brady and the hated Patriots are coming to town. It would be amazing to send them back to Beantown, beaten by an Adam Vinatieri last second FG set up by a dramatic Peyton Manning led drive in the final 2 minutes. I am obviously expecting it to be a close game, but I think there will be a decent amount of scoring--both teams in the 30's. I think it's hilarious to listen to the responses of the jackasses on the street here when they get asked dumbass questions like "Who is going to win this weekend?", "What's the final score going to be?", or "How 'bout that Colts D?"on the local TV stations. Are we expecting any suprise answers here? The sad thing is, most of the people actually pause to think about it as if they are some great prognosticator processing algorithms on the fly to compute the answer to the question. It's almost as painful to watch as the local news coverage every year on Tax Day. (Reporter: "Why did you wait until tonight to get your tax return postmarked?" Indiana Resident: "You know, I just got busy and forgot about it." Really? Is your life that busy?) Anyway... The latest stink around here was the Colts supposedly misleading the fans about ticket sales. Really? Misleading? Do we really have that many stupid people here? I had the local news on in the background while I was brushing my teeth & getting ready for bed the night before the tickets went on sale, and somehow I managed to comprehend how that whole process was going to work out, even though I had no vested interest in purchasing tickets for myself. There were some morons who showed up at the Dome at 4 AM that morning, even though it was clearly stated that it was NOT a first come first serve system. You have all these people so excited about the possibility of going to the Super Bowl, yet most couldn't tell you the name of the Colts punt returner. (Terrence Wilkins is the correct answer, by the way) Don't get me wrong, I think it' great to see a city/state/region so excited & forming a common bond over the Colts, (everybody wear blue, hang up a Colts flag, put a decal on the car, etc) but it pisses me off when I hear the casual fans bitch about not being able to get tickets for the game. And of course the local news outlets show the video clips of the most hilljacked people getting philosophical and saying dumb shit like "the Colts misled us, and this whole process was a joke, we drove 2 hours to get here at 5 AM, but I still love the Colts & bleed blue til the day I die, GO COLTS!" The best was 2 douchebag twin-looking guys in Colts blue suits & painted faces leading cheers to the people waiting for the ticket window to open. Thank goodness our local news broadcasts are not available for people to see in other cities, because it would give those eastcoast snob fans even more ammo to make fun of us in the midwest! It's bad enough that they raid the Indystar website for anything in print that they can scrape up on us & then make fun of it--but now the Indystar website has added a multimedia component with video clips. Thank you Indystar for posting clips of people who epitomize exactly what outsiders already think about all of us. I kind of feel bad for the hardcore fans that missed out on game tickets & are forced to deal with online ticket brokers--but if they were really hardcore fans then they would be season ticket holders and it wouldn't be a problem now. I've heard some of these die-hard fans say they are willing to pay up to $700 for a decent ticket. I really hope these people learn their lesson and get on the list for season tickets next year. It's always good to support the home team and encourage local economic growth. Afterall, we have a new stadium to pay for! Sadly, the same people willing to pay $700 for a ticket this weekend are probably maxed out on their credit cards, behind on their rent/mortgage payments, and have state minimum auto insurance coverage. I wish that group of people would just be content to tailgate at the Dome & then go home & watch the game on their big screen HD plasma TV that I am sure they bought just for moments like this anyway. Personally, I will be in my own house, drinking my own ice cold beer in my frosted Colts mug, and enjoying the game with full surround sound experience on my own couch.