OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: The Colts Finally Beat Pittsburgh (vs. STEELERS, 12/16)

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

When we were in the Polian/Dungy/Manning heyday, I would always root for the other team to be at their best. I wanted them to win without an asterisk every week against a constant first place schedule. Really prove it.

If we were at that point with AR, I'd probably do the same. But right now, it's closer to the '95 feel. And the frustration of post-Luck probably makes me a little scornful ...... l I don't give a shit about a weak schedule, l I don't give a shit other teams' injuries (you're not any more injured than us.)

I'm just enjoying crashing a party we weren't invited to. Hopefully we get our ticket punched and really piss in someone's Cheerios in January.

o


There are no Southwestern Oklahoma A&M's or Eastern Colorado Tech's on the schedule in the NFL ...... in the NFL, a win, is a win, is a win, whether it's against a 10-2 team or a 2-10 team.

o

[nate505]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o


There are no Southwestern Oklahoma A&M's or Eastern Colorado Tech's on the schedule in the NFL ...... in the NFL, a win, is a win, is a win, whether it's against a 10-2 team or a 2-10 team.

o

Plus I'm guessing the real reason our schedule is weak is playing the NFC South. It's not like the Colts can help it was their turn in the rotation this year and it is a horrid division.

But yeah, SOS is a college thing and should mean little in the pros, partially because the disparity between 130 teams is so massive but also because they schedule 3-4 games themselves.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o


There are no Southwestern Oklahoma A&M's or Eastern Colorado Tech's on the schedule in the NFL ...... in the NFL, a win, is a win, is a win, whether it's against a 10-2 team or a 2-10 team.

o

o


And I'm not claiming that strength-of-schedule is not a factor, because it is ...... I hate to admit it, but if the Colts' surge of winning 5 out of their last 6 games DOES have a lot to do with the mediocre (and/or) bad teams that they have been playing.

Rather, my point is that you will very rarely see scores like 68-7 or 77-14 in the NFL, because even the worst teams in a league that is consolidated/condensed into 32 teams cannot be weakened to the point of which they can simply be taken for granted in any single game ...... the same cannot be said in college football, because there are 133 Division I-A schools. Additionally, you can actually schedule one of your games against a Division I-AA team if you choose to.

o

[IndyNorm]

Not trying to diminish what the Colts have accomplished this year. If we do win 2-3 more games and make the playoff then we certainly will have earned it (unlike whoever wins the NFC South). But I think we would be naive to not acknowledge that we've benefited from a soft schedule. On top of the NFC South, Tenn continued their decline, the Cheats are terrible, and the Steelers are probably playing the worst football in the league right now.