How One Colts Fan Follows the Team from Prison

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Puck

I'll add this

Fuck Unitas, Fuck Jones, Fuck Morral and anyone else who played for the Colts before 1984. They had nothing to do with the team coming to Indy.... If I ever buy the Colts all those fuckers names are coming out of the ring of honor.

I'd say fuck Bob Irsay but he did outsmart the city of Baltimore. The only person from before 1984 that I am OK with is Jim Irsay....

I'm sorry, but I don't share your sentiment.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

I'm sorry, but I don't share your sentiment.

It's a free world.... I wish they would have just renamed the team when they came here. Then we wouldnt have to hear about the Browns

[YDFL Commish]

Originally Posted by Puck

It's a free world.... I wish they would have just renamed the team when they came here. Then we wouldnt have to hear about the Browns

Easier for you to say. I was a Baltimore Colts fan that needed a team to follow. I never jumped ship when the team moved, so I have lived through all of the lean years just like you. I like Irsay just believe in the shoe, and everything it represents from 1953 and on.

Unitas, Berry, Ameche, Moore, Donovan, Marchetti, Parker, Jones, Mitchell, Carr, Dutton...why would you not want to accept legends like this?

[Puck]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Easier for you to say. I was a Baltimore Colts fan that needed a team to follow. I never jumped ship when the team moved, so I have lived through all of the lean years just like you. I like Irsay just believe in the shoe, and everything it represents from 1953 and on.

Unitas, Berry, Ameche, Moore, Donovan, Marchetti, Parker, Jones, Mitchell, Carr, Dutton...why would you not want to accept legends like this?

I have never been a Baltimore fan..... I was a Steeler fan before the colts moved. Hated the Baltimorons

[NJColtsFan]

Originally Posted by YDFL Commish

Easier for you to say. I was a Baltimore Colts fan that needed a team to follow. I never jumped ship when the team moved, so I have lived through all of the lean years just like you. I like Irsay just believe in the shoe, and everything it represents from 1953 and on.

Unitas, Berry, Ameche, Moore, Donovan, Marchetti, Parker, Jones, Mitchell, Carr, Dutton...why would you not want to accept legends like this?

After all these years, the narrative is still misunderstood. Baltimore Colts fans didn’t control whether their team stayed or moved. Baltimore Colts fans didn’t just reside in Baltimore, they were Marylanders (eastern and western shore), Delawareans, Pennsylvanians, etc. They loved their team. When the move occurred, hearts were broken. Some of us continued to follow the team and others couldn’t forgive and forget. For those of who remained a fan throughout, all Colts history is important, not just the Baltimore era or Indy era.

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by NJColtsFan

After all these years, the narrative is still misunderstood. Baltimore Colts fans didn’t control whether their team stayed or moved. Baltimore Colts fans didn’t just reside in Baltimore, they were Marylanders (eastern and western shore), Delawareans, Pennsylvanians, etc. They loved their team. When the move occurred, hearts were broken. Some of us continued to follow the team and others couldn’t forgive and forget. For those of who remained a fan throughout, all Colts history is important, not just the Baltimore era or Indy era.

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This is what our beloved Peyton Manning had to say about wearing the same uniform as Johnny Unitas.


"I make no comparison to him. I hold him in such regard that it's an honor to wear the same uniform. The fact that my number is one below his, and the fact that I wear the same horseshoe helmet inspires me. He as the ultimate field general. He called his own plays, and was in complete control out there. He was aggressive, and utterly fearless. He was convinced that if you did things right and had worked on them, it didn't matter what the situation was. I asked him about the Jim Mutscheller play from the 1958 championship game. He said,. 'If it's there and and you execute it, it's the right call.' I have the same mentality. I make a lot of my own calls, As my offensive coordinator Tom Moore says, 'No guts, no blue chips.' If you call a play you believe in, what does it matter if it's 1st and 10 on the opening drive of the 2nd half, or if it's 4th and 5 with 30 seconds to go? If this is the play you believe in, this is the play you call. You make it work. That's Unitas."


https://books.google.com/books?id=8E...Unitas&f=false


Also from Peyton Manning:


I still look to Baltimore for our history. That is why it was always such a big deal when we visited the Ravens, because Johnny U would be on the sideline. I always made a point of going over to him. He told me that he liked the way that I [played the game. I consider that the ultimate compliment."


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[Puck]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o

This is what our beloved Peyton Manning had to say about wearing the same uniform as Johnny Unitas.


"I make no comparison to him. I hold him in such regard that it's an honor to wear the same uniform. The fact that my number is one below his, and the fact that I wear the same horseshoe helmet inspires me. He as the ultimate field general. He called his own plays, and was in complete control out there. He was aggressive, and utterly fearless. He was convinced that if you did things right and had worked on them, it didn't matter what the situation was. I asked him about the Jim Mutscheller play from the 1958 championship game. He said,. 'If it's there and and you execute it, it's the right call.' I have the same mentality. I make a lot of my own calls, As my offensive coordinator Tom Moore says, 'No guts, no blue chips.' If you call a play you believe in, what does it matter if it's 1st and 10 on the opening drive of the 2nd half, or if it's 4th and 5 with 30 seconds to go? If this is the play you believe in, this is the play you call. You make it work. That's Unitas."


https://books.google.com/books?id=8E...Unitas&f=false


o

Still don’t care

[NJColtsFan]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o

This is what our beloved Peyton Manning had to say about wearing the same uniform as Johnny Unitas.


"I make no comparison to him. I hold him in such regard that it's an honor to wear the same uniform. The fact that my number is one below his, and the fact that I wear the same horseshoe helmet inspires me. He as the ultimate field general. He called his own plays, and was in complete control out there. He was aggressive, and utterly fearless. He was convinced that if you did things right and had worked on them, it didn't matter what the situation was. I asked him about the Jim Mutscheller play from the 1958 championship game. He said,. 'If it's there and and you execute it, it's the right call.' I have the same mentality. I make a lot of my own calls, As my offensive coordinator Tom Moore says, 'No guts, no blue chips.' If you call a play you believe in, what does it matter if it's 1st and 10 on the opening drive of the 2nd half, or if it's 4th and 5 with 30 seconds to go? If this is the play you believe in, this is the play you call. You make it work. That's Unitas."


https://books.google.com/books?id=8E...Unitas&f=false


o

Remember when Peyton intended to wear the black high tops to honor Johnny.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by NJColtsFan

Remember when Peyton intended to wear the black high tops to honor Johnny.

Remember when Unitas and the other Baltimorons were upset that Irsay took the name and the records from Baltimore????

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...lings/1810527/

[Colts And Orioles]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

o

This is what our beloved Peyton Manning had to say about wearing the same uniform as Johnny Unitas.


"I make no comparison to him. I hold him in such regard that it's an honor to wear the same uniform. The fact that my number is one below his, and the fact that I wear the same horseshoe helmet inspires me. He as the ultimate field general. He called his own plays, and was in complete control out there. He was aggressive, and utterly fearless. He was convinced that if you did things right and had worked on them, it didn't matter what the situation was. I asked him about the Jim Mutscheller play from the 1958 championship game. He said,. 'If it's there and and you execute it, it's the right call.' I have the same mentality. I make a lot of my own calls, As my offensive coordinator Tom Moore says, 'No guts, no blue chips.' If you call a play you believe in, what does it matter if it's 1st and 10 on the opening drive of the 2nd half, or if it's 4th and 5 with 30 seconds to go? If this is the play you believe in, this is the play you call. You make it work. That's Unitas."


https://books.google.com/books?id=8E...Unitas&f=false


Also from Peyton Manning:


I still look to Baltimore for our history. That is why it was always such a big deal when we visited the Ravens, because Johnny U would be on the sideline. I always made a point of going over to him. He told me that he liked the way that I [played the game. I consider that the ultimate compliment."


o

Originally Posted by Puck

Still don’t care

o


You said that you don't care about anything about the Colts prior to 1984, with the exception of Jim Irsay.

I just gave you two glaring examples of why the entire history of the franchise (since 1953) is extremely important to BOTH Jim Irsay AND the most famous player of the Indianapolis era to ever wear the uniform, Peyton Manning ....... and you sit there like a child with his fingers in his ears, continually saying, "I don't care. I dont' care. I don't care."


o