Happy Halloween Patriots Fans

by Brad Wells on Oct 31, 2008 4:32 PM EDT

And with this happy Halloween, I provide you with something that will really scare the crap out of you: A recap of Peyton Manning's greatest game as a pro. This was written several months ago by mgrex30, a Stampede Blue co-writer. Read at your own risk-- BBS:

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Game #1 takes us back to January 21, 2007, where the Colts battled to New England Patriots for the right to go to Super Bowl XLI. Since you've all read Manning's Greatest Game #3, and you know it is Super Bowl XLI, I think you have an idea who wins this game. Manning and the Colts had come off Battle of Field Goals win in Baltimore, and the Patriots beat the 14-2 and #1 seed Chargers. Coming into the Playoffs, I had the exact same thoughts as BBS, in that the Colts would be hosting the Patriots for the AFC Title, and that was the Colts best shot at getting to the Super Bowl. A round of applause is unnecessary. Here's what BBS said:

The Colts will beat the Chiefs, and then they will play their next playoff game in Baltimore for the first time since the Baltimore fans abandoned the Colts, thus prompting them for Indy. The Colts will then beat the Ravens, and then square off in the AFC Championship game against... the Patriots. Yes folks. The Patriots will beat the heavily favored San Diego Chargers, and they will face the Colts in the AFC Championship Game in Indianapolis. The Colts will beat New England (again), and thus make the Super Bowl. A road through the AFC like this is storybook: Beleaguered run defense against Larry Johnson; Colts in Baltimore for the playoffs; Colts against Patriots in AFC Championship Game. In one swoop, all playoff demons get exorcised.

I thought that instead of explaining the details of a game everyone has seen multiple times probably, I thought I'd make this a video blog. I've pulled clips from the game (well, almost exclusively from the second half), and I'll let the actual tape tell the story for me. I'll interject with my thoughts at the time, as I'm sure they were very similar to yours.

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I think you may have crossed the line with this one BBS.

Just have a gut feeling on that.

I always enjoy watching those clips. Good times. Good times.

"I throw, you catch. It's NOT that hard!"
Peyton Manning, SNL, 2007

by peytonsthebest on Oct 31, 2008 7:14 PM EDT reply actions

Now let's just hope that MaPatsFan

doesn’t do a couple of particular recaps on Stampede Blue…

BTW, great prediction that year, BBS.

by coltsfanawalt on Oct 31, 2008 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

In the spirit of halloween

I thought it would be a good idea to get a few skeletons out of the closet. The biggest difference between the Pats and the colts is the team “spirit”. I have never heard Brady / Cassel or any other core patriot player kick a team mate to the curb. That being said, This is some of what the “Team” leader of the Colts has said over the years. Quotes: "I’m trying to be a good teammate here… let’s just say we had some problems with protection. ?
- Peyton Manning after the Colts loss to the Steelers, January, 2006 And "It is what it is, we are what we are. It’s not like basketball where you can play on both sides of the ball. You can only control when you are out there. ?
- Peyton Manning after the Colts loss to the Texans, December, 2006 My personal favorite "Here we are, I’m out at my third Pro Bowl, I’m about to go in and throw a touchdown to Jerry Rice, we’re honoring the Hall of Fame, and we’re talking about our idiot kicker who got liquored up and ran his mouth off. The sad thing is, he’s a good kicker. He’s a good kicker. But he’s an idiot."
- On then Indianapolis Colts kicker, Mike Vanderjagt, February 2003

. A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. Frank Sinatra

by standingpat on Nov 1, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

and we were all getting along so well

1. The most played out line ever. Peyton calls the protections, he’s responsible for the hot routes. He is clearly part of the we there.

2. Hadn’t heard that one before. After 30 seconds of research I see why, the next sentence out of his mouth, "Obviously we needed to score more points today." He’s bringing the proper share of blame onto the offense.

3. Vanderjagt is an idiot and Peyton was being very charitable calling him a good kicker.

Shonn Greene for Heisman
140 yards per game
6.3 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA

by shake n bake on Nov 1, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

No offense S&B

I just couldn’t resist, I am sorry if I stepped over the line.

. A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. Frank Sinatra

by standingpat on Nov 2, 2008 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

(Sorry I can't help myself) But seriously, here you guys go again

( Talking about Peyton Manning) “In the first quarter, he was frustrated. He was getting on his guys. They weren’t doing a nice job of getting off our man-to-man coverage. He was kind of, you know, mad at them, but that’s what we do. We beat them to the punch.”
-Packers safety Nick Collins, on Manning’s reaction to the Packers bumping the receivers at the line of scrimmage. (Indy Star) -—- Maybe we need to change the rules again on the DB’s?

. A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. Frank Sinatra

by standingpat on Nov 2, 2008 5:43 AM EDT reply actions