Congratulations to the '72 Dolphins

[TheNoodleMan]

Congratulations to the 1972 Miami Dolphins. You can continue to be the only undefeated team in the superbowl era, and the rest of us can go back to ignoring you.

I know I probably sound like an angry Colts fan, but honestly that isn’t what this is all about. It’s about playa haters like Mercury Morris talking trash about a great team and trying to diminish their achievements. This poor attention starved excuse for a champion can now crawl back into obscurity, his claim to fame safe for at least another year.

It is sad indeed that Morris couldn’t appreciate the Colts and their quest, because with out teams like the Colts, we wouldn’t get the chance to appreciate just how special the accomplishments of the ’72 ‘Phins were. How would he feel if every team in the league had a loss by the end of September every year? What would his reaction be if no one ever came to his door to ask about how the latest undefeated-to-be compares to his long gone squad?

What’s that? I still sound like a sour Colts season ticket holder? Fair enough, but it could also be due to the fact that I know that it doesn’t have to be that way. You see, I'm from Indiana, where basketball is king. The last basketball team to cruise through an NCAA season and tournament undefeated was the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers. Those Hoosiers have watched for going on 30 years as teams have tried to duplicate their perfect season, but have always maintained the dignity befitting such an achievement.

In the last 2 years, 3 teams have taken an unbeaten record deep in to the NCAA season. 2 years ago, Stanford got off to a 26-0 start before being upset by an upstart Washington Huskies squad. That same week saw a previously perfect St. Johns team lose their 28th game of the season to Xavier in the Atlantic 10 tourney. Last year, Illinois got all the way to 29-0 before dropping a game Ohio St. Throughout all of this, there was none of the venom displayed by Morris.

While it disappoints me to see that he s so better in his old age, no one can take Mercury Morris’ Superbowl rings away. Well no one but the guy who stole one of them when Morris left it in a hotel bathroom earlier this year. Well, that guy and the guy who bought the other one that Morris auctioned off when he was flat broke after spending all this money on lawyers to get him out of prison after he got caught selling cocaine to a DEA officer.

Now THAT is the angry Colts fan talking.

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Now THAT is the angry Colts fan talking.

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The legitimate angry Colts fans are in Baltimore. Real Colts and real Colts fans wouldn't be caught dead in a dome. Or in Indiana.

[kenberman]

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Now THAT is the angry Colts fan talking.

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The legitimate angry Colts fans are in Baltimore. Real Colts and real Colts fans wouldn't be caught dead in a dome. Or in Indiana.

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seriously, why the hell do the Colts have a dome?

I can maybe undertand it in Minnesota, but in Indianapolis?? that's gaytastic

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Now THAT is the angry Colts fan talking.

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The legitimate angry Colts fans are in Baltimore. Real Colts and real Colts fans wouldn't be caught dead in a dome. Or in Indiana.

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seriously, why the hell do the Colts have a dome?

I can maybe undertand it in Minnesota, but in Indianapolis?? that's gaytastic

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The OP already explained that:

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I'm from Indiana, where basketball is king.

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Hoosiers think that a bunch of guys in a big room running back and forth in their skivvies and bouncing a beach ball is the height of sports. A bunch of girly men, afraid of a little cold weather. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[TheNoodleMan]

The reason the Colts have a dome is basketball. Having a dome allows Indy to host the Final 4 on a regular basis.
Also, it was 14 degrees this morning when I got up. Saying that it is ok for the Vikings to have a dome but not the Colts is just dumb.
I have mixed emotions about indoor football. One one hand, I really like watching games played in crappy weather, but I'm not sure that I'd have season tickets if it meant sitting out in the freezing cold for 3 hours on a regular basis.

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Also, it was 14 degrees this morning when I got up. Saying that it is ok for the Vikings to have a dome but not the Colts is just dumb.

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A dome is probably appropriate for both the Vikings and the former Baltimore Colts. All the Arena League teams play indoors.

[kenberman]

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Saying that it is ok for the Vikings to have a dome but not the Colts is just dumb.

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so you're saying that Indy is as cold/nasty as Minnesota?

I live in Boston, where the winter is roughly comparable to Indy (maybe worse?). It would be ridiculous for us to have a dome here..but I can see where sitting in -30 would make me want to have a dome. then again, the people in Green Bay don't seem to mind. Chicago is pretty close to Indy (right?) and I'm pretty sure the people there would hate a dome.

I guess it's all relative - I'm sure Minnesotans are used to the weather.

[IndyGuy]

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seriously, why the hell do the Colts have a dome?


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I know this is just a troll, but I hear it often enough I'll respond anyway.

The Hoosier/RCA Dome was built before Indy had an NFL team. It was built to entice a team to come here, but it's also part of the convention center which has become a pretty big business in Indianapolis. It also was designed to host basketball events (as another poster noted, basketball is king here) such as the NCAA tourney and the highschool state finals which also draw crowds bigger than other facilities could accomodate.

That said, construction is already underway on a new retractible-roof stadium here. A big part of the selling point for the new stadium was that the existing dome could be torn down to allow the convention center to expand so that existing conventions wouldn't outgrow Indianapolis and go elsewhere.

The weather isn't as much of a factor. It's my impression that people here could care less about just the cold tempatures for games, but sitting through a game in freezing rain (which is more common here than snow) really sucks.

[kenberman]

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seriously, why the hell do the Colts have a dome?


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I know this is just a troll, but I hear it often enough I'll respond anyway.

The Hoosier/RCA Dome was built before Indy had an NFL team. It was built to entice a team to come here, but it's also part of the convention center which has become a pretty big business in Indianapolis. It also was designed to host basketball events (as another poster noted, basketball is king here) such as the NCAA tourney and the highschool state finals which also draw crowds bigger than other facilities could accomodate.

That said, construction is already underway on a new retractible-roof stadium here. A big part of the selling point for the new stadium was that the existing dome could be torn down to allow the convention center to expand so that existing conventions wouldn't outgrow Indianapolis and go elsewhere.

The weather isn't as much of a factor. It's my impression that people here could care less about just the cold tempatures for games, but sitting through a game in freezing rain (which is more common here than snow) really sucks.

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it wasn't a troll, but thanks for the answer.

[HDPM]

"but honestly that isn’t what this is all about. It’s about playa haters like Mercury Morris talking trash about a great team and trying to diminish their achievements."


I didn't hear what MM said, but what has this Colts team achieved? They have won what, one playoff game or something with Manning/Harrison/Dungy? They have won nothing yet. Get back to us when they do. They have a nice regular season record so far and locked up their mighty division. That's it. A lot of teams nobody cares about have done that. You have to win something first. We will see if they can.