Colts @ Steelers Preseason Game Night Thread

[LucasOilStadium]

Hi, Colts fans! Our Indianapolis Colts are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to play the Steelers in a nationally televised game for NBC Sports. Colts will try another strong performance on the field to win their first road game of 2012. :steelers: Rookie Andrew Luck faces a bigger challenge as he leads the Colts offense at QB opposite the Steelers 'Big' Ben Roethlisberger.

Colts wrapped up their training camp at Anderson University on Friday as new Colts Head Coach Chuck Pagano and his coaching staff reportedly accomplished all of their preparation for their 2012 NFL season. Past three weeks of practice during training camp also built relationships and solidarity between the coaches and players, as they carried their off-season Organized Training Activities (OTA's), and further learned football fundamentals, skills, and their playbooks, as they continue to prepare for the regular season in September.

Indianapolis currently leads the all-time preseason series entering tonight over Pittsburgh 11-9, and both the Colts and Steelers meet in the preseason for the first time since 2000, when both teams traveled and played a preseason game in Mexico City, edging Pittsburgh 24-23. Steelers though, won the recent regular season meeting over our Colts, also on Sunday Night Football, during Week 3 by the score of 23-20, at LOS back on September 25, 2011. Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham broke the tie to kick the game-winning FG for the Steelers.

Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth will announce the live national TV game play-by-play and analysis, along with sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, for NBC Sunday Night Football, including WTHR NBC 13 in Indianapolis, and worldwide to our military personnel on the Armed Forces Network all on HD. NBC's 'Football Night In America' precedes the network game coverage at 7:30PM Eastern Time.

NFL Network will also replay the Colts @ Steelers game at 3:00AM Tuesday morning, Eastern StandardTime.

Our 'Voice Of The Colts,' Bob Lamey, game analyst Will Wolford, and sideline reporter Kevin Lee are in their sixth NFL season together broadcasting live radio coverage of Colts games on flagship stations WFNI ESPN SportsRadio 1070AM, and WLHK Country 97.1FM, and the Colts/Vectren Radio Network, with complete game coverage beginning tonight at 5:00PM Eastern Time.

Partly cloudy skies at 76 degrees, feels like 78 degrees, is forecast in Heinz Field for tonight's 8:05PM kickoff, along with 52% humidity, 20% precipitation, and very mild south/southeast winds at 6 miles per hour.

Colts will dress their matching white jerseys and pants as the visiting team, while the host Steelers will wear their black jerseys, and gold pants.

Colts and Steelers starters in the offense and defense may play most of the first half, before the veteran reserve players, rookies, and signed veterans and free agents enter the field to showcase their talents, and set the course the rest of tonight's game, while at the same time are evaluated by by both coaching staffs before rosters are cut to 80 players on August 28.

NO injuries to all the Colts players, as they and the Steelers will also be with the replacement referees. I also wish Andrew Luck another great performance on the field, and keep the Steeler fans from waving their 'Terrible Towels.' Let's GO COLTS!!!

Colts @ Steelers Pregame Analysis From The Indianapolis Star:

http://www.indystar....reseason-encore

Colts @ Steelers NFL Gamecenter:

http://www.nfl.com/g...8;menu=gameinfo

NBC's Sunday Night Football All Access:

http://snfallaccess.nbcsports.com/

[Coltswarriors]

Can't wait!

Go Colts!! :shoe: :throwback:

[shakedownstreet]

<insert luck pun here>

[LucasOilStadium]

Still beginners Luck! ;)

[JoKeR]

Preseason almost feels like the regular season, I'm excited.

[theColtsMaineFan]

GO COLTS!!

[Andy]

Im a little upset Im gonna be late to the game, but it should be a great one!

[Andy]

BTW, great as usual LOS!

[Vance]

Just a question, is LucasOilStadium a Colts.com entity or something? He (or it?) refers to himself in the first person, but I don't ever see any other posts from it/him other than making gameday threads.

[LucasOilStadium]

I have posted threads in the Colts Fan Forum all season and year around. I'm a he, human, and is only my username here on the board. My sign-in name is Zazou. I definitely do not limit my participation only on the Colts Game Day Threads.

[Man_bear_pig]

Hopefully we see Lucks pro-level pocket awareness come into play again tonight.

[ColtStrong]

and WLHK Country 98.1FM,

Btw, it's 97.1 not 98.1

[ColtStrong]

Hopefully we see Lucks pro-level pocket awareness come into play again tonight.

He's going to need god-level pocket awareness tonight.

[Vance]

I don't know if the Steelers D line is all that it used to be.

#ExcusesForLuckDoingWell

[ColtStrong]

I don't know if the Steelers D line is all that it used to be.

#ExcusesForLuckDoingWell

I'm sure it's better than the rams was.

[Man_bear_pig]

I'm sure it's better than the rams was.

Yup, even though it' pre-season, I still feel the Steelers will be out to make a statement with Harisson out etc. Will may see some exotic packages and blitzes. This is a big test for Luck and the O-line. Can't wait to see it.

[Yehoodi]

cool the game is on NBC, I get to watch it . . . who hoo . .. !

Good luck in the game . . .

[Jules]

Playing the Steelers always makes me a bit nervous.

Good LUCK Colts.

[Vance]

Nice catch by the ball boy.

[Douzer]

Unleash the Blue Monster!

[John Dee]

Playing the Steelers always makes me a bit nervous.

Good LUCK Colts.

I love to beat that team... anytime.

[Jules]

Interesting start.......

It always seems to be when we play THIS team.

[John Dee]

Pitt running trick plays? is this game personal?

hmmmm.....

[Jules]

I can see we still have a shaky run D.

But at the same time I keep reminding myself that this is a SB contender we are playing.

[Yehoodi]

nice job causing the fumble, dumb luck that the ball went to the only pitt playing in the area

[John Dee]

Interesting start.......

It always seems to be when we play THIS team.

and some history here... recent history....

[Jules]

nice job causing the fumble, dumb luck that the ball went to the only pitt playing in the area

I don't think we usually have good luck vs. them.

[John Dee]

ohhh fudge......

[Jules]

Oh God.....

Redding. *sigh*

I HATE PLAYING THE STEELERS

[Flux]

Our D didnt look to great against the run on the first series of last week either but after that we looked pretty good against SJack and Pead (yea I know Pead is just a rook)

[cjwhiskers]

PICK

[Coltssouth]

[Jules]

Oh heck yeah Bethea!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Just hope Redding will be ready to go for the season.

[ColtStrong]

Bethea sweet!

[Douzer]

Yeah Bethea!

[manning04]

Hate seeing Redding coming off the field... he just got on. ugh hoping for no more injuries this game.

[colts_mp]

who was that first throw to?

[WSnotch]

[ColtStrong]

It didn't look too serious for redding, I hope. Maybe only a slight sprain.

[cjwhiskers]

He's definitely nervous. Trying to force throws and rushing.