Saints vs. Colts!!! BLACK and GOLD vs. Blue! Who ya pulling for!!!!!

[azone5]

Oh when the Saints.....go marching in....to the END ZONE!!!

[RebreatherDiver]

I always root for the team that beat mine to win it all,

so........WHO DAT?

[GradyPhilpott]

Just for the record, Peyton is that good.

I'm rooting for the Saints, but I have no idea how it'll turn out.

I just hope it's a good game and that the best team wins.

[OrchidDR]

I may wear a "black and gold", but I'm a fan of Peyton.

But I do love my "mud bugs" from up yonder in the land of swamp rats! SO:

Go Saints! But WIN the damn game, not have the Colts LOSE the damn game!

[kyle L]

Jets?

[therolexguy]

Originally Posted by Ed Rooney

I will never root for the Colts unless the result of the game directly affects the Ravens for the better.

Geaux Saints!

Don't the Raven's have a stolen team from CLEVELAND?

[Bon Temps]

Saints!!!!!!

[Earl Camembert]

I don't follow organized football; I'm a Giants fan.

[dockmasterbob]

Originally Posted by Earl Camembert

I don't follow organized football; I'm a Giants fan.

They must be in the same league as my Dolphins!

[gt3pilot]

I'd like to see the Colts win. Though they make it tough to watch them play. They easily could have been 8-8 this season. Don't think they can afford to get too far behind in this one if they want to win.



-Scott B.

[wantonebad]

Originally Posted by RebreatherDiver

I always root for the team that beat mine to win it all,

so........WHO DAT?

who is your team?

[Lamone]

i'm pulling for Blusey, though, TT "black" isn't too bad.

[Earl Camembert]

Originally Posted by dockmasterbob

They must be in the same league as my Dolphins!

East Rutherford has a spare; J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets

[Jason Judd]

Saints!

[Ed Rooney]

Originally Posted by therolexguy

Don't the Raven's have a stolen team from CLEVELAND?

Yes, pretty much. But I think there's a difference.

Maybe the Colts were cursed with bad ownership and a move was coming. Caroll Rosenbloom wanted to move the team out of Baltimore prior to trading the franchise to Robert Irsay, the new owner of the LA Rams. Irsay came into town, ran the franchise into the ground, drove away fans, drank most of the liquor in the state, lied to the governor, then snuck the team out of town overnight because he could not get a new domed stadium during a recession. With them they took their 2 NFL Championships and a Lombardi Trophy. They also lost the team name, which came from the horse racing industry in Maryland (Preakness, the middle "jewel" of the Triple Crown is held within the city limits), the colors, the records of players like Johnny Unitas and John Mackey.

Maryland responded by creating the Maryland Stadium Authority, which secured a new stadium for the Orioles, and also greatly assisted the Redskins move to Landover, MD. Baltimore's hopes were crushed when expansion franchises were awarded to Jacksonville, FL and Charlotte, NC, rather than baltimore and St Louis. The NFL commissioner then advised the people of MD to "build a museum". So the MSA decided they had to "do unto others". In Cleveland, Art Modell was frustrated with his old stadium and jumped at the chance to come to Baltimore, greatly aided by his friend Al Lerner, who would become the owner of the "new"Browns. Fans and lawyers both helped make the decision to leave the Browns name, colors and history in Cleveland. The Baltimore team would be officially considered an "expansion" team, while the Browns, via NFL decree, would come back to the league in 1998.

So, at the end of the day, Jacksonville could never support their team and they are about to move to LA, which was nearly the next destination of the woeful Colts, until Bob Irsay died and Peyton Manning was drafted. It's debatable whether Cleveland has contributed anything to the NFL since returning to the league. At least they don't have to look at Jim Brown in the Baltimore record books. The Ravens won the Super Bowl just 5 years after their inception. Baltimore remains the only town to win an NFL, USFL, CFL championships AND two Super Bowls (with two different teams). Plenty of NFL teams have moved, but no other Super Bowl winning team has been permanently ripped away from their city like the Colts were.

[dockmasterbob]

Originally Posted by Ed Rooney

Yes, pretty much. But I think there's a difference.

Maybe the Colts were cursed with bad ownership and a move was coming. Caroll Rosenbloom wanted to move the team out of Baltimore prior to trading the franchise to Robert Irsay, the new owner of the LA Rams. Irsay came into town, ran the franchise into the ground, drove away fans, drank most of the liquor in the state, lied to the governor, then snuck the team out of town overnight because he could not get a new domed stadium during a recession. With them they took their 2 NFL Championships and a Lombardi Trophy. They also lost the team name, which came from the horse racing industry in Maryland (Preakness, the middle "jewel" of the Triple Crown is held within the city limits), the colors, the records of players like Johnny Unitas and John Mackey.

Maryland responded by creating the Maryland Stadium Authority, which secured a new stadium for the Orioles, and also greatly assisted the Redskins move to Landover, MD. Baltimore's hopes were crushed when expansion franchises were awarded to Jacksonville, FL and Charlotte, NC, rather than baltimore and St Louis. The NFL commissioner then advised the people of MD to "build a museum". So the MSA decided they had to "do unto others". In Cleveland, Art Modell was frustrated with his old stadium and jumped at the chance to come to Baltimore, greatly aided by his friend Al Lerner, who would become the owner of the "new"Browns. Fans and lawyers both helped make the decision to leave the Browns name, colors and history in Cleveland. The Baltimore team would be officially considered an "expansion" team, while the Browns, via NFL decree, would come back to the league in 1998.

So, at the end of the day, Jacksonville could never support their team and they are about to move to LA, which was nearly the next destination of the woeful Colts, until Bob Irsay died and Peyton Manning was drafted. It's debatable whether Cleveland has contributed anything to the NFL since returning to the league. At least they don't have to look at Jim Brown in the Baltimore record books. The Ravens won the Super Bowl just 5 years after their inception. Baltimore remains the only town to win an NFL, USFL, CFL championships AND two Super Bowls (with two different teams). Plenty of NFL teams have moved, but no other Super Bowl winning team has been permanently ripped away from their city like the Colts were.

Very well stated!!!

[kilyung]

Go Baltimore Colts... Oops living in the past - Go Saints!

[Earl Camembert]

Originally Posted by Ed Rooney

Irsay came into town, ran the franchise into the ground, drove away fans, drank most of the liquor in the state, lied to the governor, then snuck the team out of town overnight because he could not get a new domed stadium during a recession.

The East Rutherford Giants and Jets just finished building a new stadium that cost over one billion dollars. This was done without public money; the NFL lent them seven hundred million to cover cost overruns. The state will only get regular tax revenue from the teams no longer getting a cut of parking or beer sales.

The NFL knows where the money is that is why they made the loan. East Rutherford has two NFL teams Los Angeles none; go figure.

End thread jack; we now return the world to the regularly scheduled thread.

[Earl Camembert]

Originally Posted by kilyung

Go Baltimore Colts... Oops living in the past - Go Saints!

I keep calling them that too; I'm so happy Oakland went back as that is what I kept calling them.

[mask1196]

It's gonna be the siants d vs. peyton. craziness.

[Cocobaci]

S a i n t s !

[Pep04]

The SHEEPS!!!!!!!!!!

[clew84]

GO COLTS!!

Part season ticket owner, from Indiana, there you go.

The surgical Manning will take apart the Saints D. And Brees will take apart the Colts secondary but I think the difference will be Manning.

Vikings showed how to do it if their hands weren't coated in WD-40.

[Pep04]

JJ will be the MVP when the game is over!!! Mark my words!!!!!!

[RebreatherDiver]

Originally Posted by wantonebad

who is your team?

Vikings!

[Lowflight]

I am pulling for my Saints. I am from the New Orleans area and have been loyal since 1979. I have no illusions about the challenge before them, but I am accustomed to backing a loser.....plus it is like being a fat chick at the prom....at least I made it

[Mosco]

Go Colts! Beat the Ain'ts!!!

[clew84]

Originally Posted by ESKO

I just hate America's sweetheart, Peyton Manning. I hate him! I like Brett Favre a million times more!
I hated Manning beat my Bears in the Superbowl in 2007! I was in a bar in Oklahoma, and everyone was rooting for that idiot!
I have a bad taste in my mouth for that guy.
I am ignorant on the subject really, as I am a moderate NFL fan.
IS he really that good, or are his lineman that good?
It seems to me even the best QB's are crap if they don't have a good line!

Anyway RANT OVER!
I'd rather be watching the NBA!

He really is that good. Ignore the hype and you will see that he is truly one of the best QBs ever to play the game. Accurate, smart, and a leader. I didn't like him at first because I thought he kind of got too much into his head in big games but he has matured. Think about this - who was Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon before this year? Mostly back-ups. He makes good receivers look like All-Pros.

[clew84]

Just watched a wonderful story on ESPN about Drew Brees and him visiting a child with stage 4 cancer. Neat guy and a hopeful story.

Can't help but like and respect Drew even before this story.

[JBat]

For one day, I'm all SAINTS! Let's go Saints! Whup the Colts!