Indianapolis, IN

Fri 7 September 2007

So, I’m thinking about the Colt’s season opener. I’m really glad that I didn’t go downtown. From what I could see from WTHR’s broadcast of the opening celebrations, it looked like a madhouse. They said that there was around 100,000 people there. I’m not afraid of crowds, but that looked like a pickpocket’s dream in heaven. I was still in awe that there was three hours of Colts coverage and of showing highlights from the last two years. After a while, I was kind of tired of the pre-game coverage and looked at my husband and said, “And the game doesn’t start for another two and a half hours??” But I couldn’t wait until the game started because I thought it was high time that we move on from the Super Bowl season. Of course, I’m proud of them. But it’s time to move onto this season. I thought this first game went pretty well. I noticed that the Colts’ defense stepped it up. Besides letting an interception go through in the first quarter, the Colts executed several really good tackles and an interception of their own. I guess they were tired of having people say they had the worst defense in the league last year. The Saints are a good team and gave the Colts a run for their money. And of course Peyton stepped in like there was no off season. He was on it. It was tied up 10-10 at the half, but the Colts came back and said, “Look at us. We’re really gonna play football now.” It must’ve been hard for Peyton’s dad to watch this game, because he used to play for the Saints back in the day. But in the end, with a final score of 41-10 (Colts winning), I think it was a good start to the season. Let’s wait until the next game and hope they can do it again.

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