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Can I swing by for some chicken & Coors on the grill too GFB? Sounds delicious & I'll even help you clean up afterwards too. 

No problem SW1 but it's already leftovers!

How 'bout tomorrow night will be doing a stew/soup or whatever I can find in the cabinet/refrigerator/freezer!... Sorry RTB but when SW1 and I start we sometimes get off the subject a little!  Lol!

Boston will almost certainly lose tonight. No way LeBron only scores 11 points again. 

I agree, no way the Cavs lose tonight, if they lose tonight that would be embarrassing. The Celtics are without their best player and the Cavs have so much more talent on the court and are at home. This honestly shouldn't even be close after what happened the other night.

It is too bad that Isaiah got hurt as Boston possibly could have sold high on him this off season.  His offense doesn't overcome his defensive liabilities.

I agree. I do think something is going on, all joking side like I am doing on the other Thread.

I do too. I think theres some truth to the Peyton rumors.

I think so too. Not sure if you guys seen this yet.

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2017/1/4/14170204/report-peyton-manning-doesnt-feel-ready-to-take-on-gm-type-role-with-colts

I think Irsay wants him in to the fold, but it's Manning whose being hesitant. 

Thank you Gramz, you're pretty much a legend on here. Truly honored for your kind words!

Congrats as when you have 6,000 posts you are a huge legend!

6,000 posts is a H-U-G-E milestone RTB. Toot your horn a little bit man! 

SW1 enjoys having you around. You're not going anywhere buddy. I wouldn't allow it. 

Okay, I can't control you or force you to stay put I know. But, I'd miss you if you left. I mean it.

You're a good dude & a very talented writer. Maybe I should call you Notorious RTB. Oh yeah.

Guess it's time to watch myself around you more often now. ;) 

Dang, don't get all high maintenance on us  

But congrats dude. Fun times for all!

Awesome!  Couldn't have picked a cooler poster. 

Hey! So good to see you!

Good to be back. Just had a lot going on the last year which I'm sure is true for everybody.

Yeah fortunately it’s all melting now.

Yeah not too bad out here. We got lucky.

Yeah the weathermen got it wrong it looks like. Wasn't nearly as bad as they were saying.

They should've had Shanahan hand Brady the SB trophy, because thats basically what he did anyway.

He came back and won after throwing a pick six...unlike someone else we know. 

I did not see the postgame interviews. Did Shanahan explain the rationale for calling those plays? I am still shaking my head. 

I so appreciate the Giants for beating the Pats twice. Imagine Brady with 7 SB rings!

Glad I couldn't view that whooping...ooops sorry for the double post.

In other news, I hope Michigan Football keeps losing.....

Interim Philbin, then bring in my man Jim Harbaugh. We need to quit messing around.

same tbh

Would be pretty cool, two long time suffering fan bases.

Raiders have won a lot in the past. I would rather see KC or San Diego. SD has no shot though. 

Yup, a must win game and we played a very ugly game.

I have to say it was the most disappointing loss in the Luck/Pagano era. Mainly because we were 7 point favorites, playing a team with a Below Average QB at home, and what was at stake. Losing to the Patriots in the Playoffs in 2013 and 2014 was bad but most people expected that.

I will give some credit to the Texan D. They showed up. Indy still should have crushed them though. You can't lose to Brock Osweiler at home. You just can't.

The games aren't meaningless though (I know the moment I said that I probably ticked off a lot of people ). It would take a miracle, but the Colts I think have a better shot at making the playoffs this year, rather than after last seasons loss the Texans. The only reason(s) though are that they're still 3 games left, and Houston could always lose 2 of 3. Plus the Colts have the tie breaker as well.

They absolutely do not deserve to be the in the playoffs as it stands. Whether they finish 6-10 or 9-7 and somehow squeak in, I don't really care. I'm down for whatever. Lets see what happens.

We are weird to the point of frustration. When we absolutely have to win we lose, but when our playoff chances are all but diminished all of a sudden we play our best football. I don't get it. 

Against a team fighting for their playoff lives no less.

INDY has had an up & down yr that's for sure. Just when I think all hope is lost, we show up & then when I believe things are getting better; the Colts look like they forgot how to play ball. I can't figure out our inconsistency at all either. 

I feel like there is something to the Manning/Gruden rumors. I don't know if either will happen, but I do think Irsay was having conversations with them. Just seems like something is, or was happening with those two. Maybe Irsay couldn't reach a deal.

But if he couldn't reach a deal, why not come out and say he is making no changes? Thats the confusing part.

Chuck being under contract makes me think Irsay wont make a move but I do think there is some truth that he is interested in Gruden and even Peyton.

Thanks for shout out praising us night owls CBE. Howl....

No worries 100GFB. Quality time counting sheep is perfectly fine too my man. 

RTB is right. 2 AM brings out some very polite people & thought provoking discussions & interactions in my experience. 

Yeah I am always up late at night. Was never a day person. To me nights are much more peaceful. The most problems I have ever had at work is when I worked days.

I've never been a day person either lol

I don't know what's even going on  my heads spinning. Go irsay

How about that, I was wrong after all. Irsay stepped up and fired a shot heard around the world. I guess missing the Playoffs 2 years in a row was enough to make a move. It is definitely the right move.

It took irsay long enough, but finally made the necessary move.

I would be fine as long as the Pats, Seahawks, or Steelers don't win it all. I will probably need the Steelers to beat the Pats though but if that happens, hopefully the Steelers lose in the SB. My dream SB out of the teams that are in it now would be Chiefs vs Packers. I could watch that with ease and enjoy it.

I think Packers vs Pats would be a fun super bowl. I hate Tom Brady but Rodgers vs Brady would be awesome to watch. I REALLY hope one day we can get a Rodgers vs Luck super bowl.

Eventhough I don't like Seattle, I would love to see Wilson vs Luck one day.

How Fisher still has a job is beyond me. He is the epitome of mediocre.

He's a good defensive coach, that's about it.. If he shifted back to being a coordinator, I would gladly take him. 

Bogie is right. Jeff Fisher is so overrated as a head coach it's not even funny man. 

Oh, I don't think that people who don't dismiss the incident necessarily hate him or don't root for him.  None of us knows what really went on so, anything we think we know may or may not be close to reality. I think the Bill Cosby reference was only in relation to an issue that started small and meaningless and ended up being pretty serious.  I suppose that's a possibility, albeit highly unlikely.  It's all very unfortunate but, I don't care about any of it nearly as much as I care about the issues at UT which do appear extremely serious.  Honestly, I was surprised to see people so invested in taking sides in an issue that will have no resolution one way or the other.  The issue at hand is UT handing (or mishandling) of charges against athletes. The Manning thing is over and was cited only by way of illustrating a long history of this 'type' of thing.  No doubt the timing and including his name was to gain publicity.  And it worked, people are fighting about it here.

Anyway, I think it's very clear that the vast majority of Colts fans are also fans of Peyton Manning.  Pretty impossible not to be.  There is a lot of love for him here

Peyton will rise above the negativity. This is more about the University.  As was stated, the woman was trying to get something on the University for 6 years prior to the incident in question. She had filed 33 previous claims against other athletes and coaches. The university settled with her, also stating that she shared responsibility in the harrassment taking place,  which makes me question was she part of a sting operation or what.  I mean if she really felt traumatized or harrassed, would she continue on in that situation for 6 years waiting for the right payday?

@Mrs. Misunderstood that's entirely possible.  If this thing keeps going maybe we'll find out.  Allegedly both agreed to not talk about this and yet neither seems be be able to keep that agreement. For sure all we really know is that they really don't like one another.  Time will tell I suppose but, it doesn't much matter to me nearly as much as University culture that allows far worse than this.

I'd say Rex Ryan, solely because many truly believe he is this awesome defensive coordinator; regardless of the fact that the Jets had years of Mangini who was building that defense, and the Ravens were always LOADED on defensive talent back in the 2000's. 

Buffalo had a top 5 ranked unit when he got there and it has always been ranked in the 20's, regardless of all the talent he started with. 

Jeff Fisher is proof that you can luckily reach a SB and it build your entire career from there. If Rex gets in 2009 or 2010 with the Jets, I swear, he would be the next Fisher. 

I'd say Rex.  I used to think Jeff Fisher was a pretty good coach when he was with the Titans.  He had 6 post season appearances with the Titans during his tenure there and also got the Titans to the Super Bowl where his D held the greatest show on turf to only 23 points and was a yard away from a tie game forcing it into OT.  He has had some great years w the Titans.  I don't think there are many coaches that could do much with this Rams team.  I don't think they've had a good QB since Warner.  

Rams were up 16-0 going into the 4th quarter of that SB.....All they needed was one turnover, and it would've been the nail in the coffin. No comeback for Tennessee had they turned it over just once. That was one of the weirder SB's that had zero turnovers resulting in a close game, just like the Giants/Bills SB. 

Fisher wasn't entirely the problem in Tennessee, and I used to defend him cause Bud Adams was one of the worst owners in the league. His meddling with the team goes back a long time before Jerry Jones started to play GM in Dallas. Adams traded Warren Moon in blame for playoff losses. When Fisher was there, he locked Steve McNair out of the training facility and cut him. There was also the infamous Vince Young incident where Adams demanded to keep Young despite getting out played by an old man Kerry Collins. 

Fisher had his chance to prove that he was a good coach though with the Rams. All those draft picks from the RGIII trade, it's just no excuse at all that he couldn't build a team with that. In Tennessee, you could partly blame Bud Adams, but with the Rams, it's all on Fisher. 

Either of those 2 would be good picks IMO.

Draft day!  Ah that means football season is around the corner. One little problem, whoever we draft the forum will go nuts and call for the resignation of GM Ballard!

Faaaarrr Ballard

I agree!

What 2006Coltsbestever said. I got two exams on Monday. Not gonna be fun if i gotta spend the rest of the day studying in a bad mood  

Yeah but hope to get on home from church to watch.

In College he is, I agree. I know some people want him to Coach the Colts but I am not sure about him in the Pro's if he decided to come back to the NFL. His stint with the Dolphins was Average.

Hes pretty much the Bill Belichick of college coaches. Its pretty amazing what he does.

Completely different era of college football where big money helps more than anything, and he was an absolute failure in the NFL. He's an OK coach, but I doubt he would have the same success with an NFL team or a college team that didn't spend 32X more on football than the rest of the country. 

I would take Bear Bryant over him, easily. Bryant's players went into the NFL and many of them became hall of famers, including a number of QB's. Nick Saban has only one QB going into the NFL that has won a regular season game. 

Broncos*

Yeah the song I heard seemed like something straight off Kill'em All, so it's good to see them kind of go back to old school so far at least.  We will have to wait and see the rest of their album.  I was more of a Ride the Lightning, Masters of Puppets, And Justice for All fan, Black album which was more of a classical metal style instead of quicker thrash but it's good to see them go old school style none the less. 

Yeah their old stuff was Godlike. I can't believe how good Hetfield sounds. Hes approaching 60 years old and has the vocals of a 30 year old. 

This is basically gonna be a double album which is pretty cool. Metallicas thrash metal is my favorite.

That's pretty cool I never knew it was going to be a double!  I'll have to check it out.  I primarily listen to all kinds of metal, old school wise I like a lot of Metallica, Ozzy, Pantera, ect.  I can't ever get sick of any them, lol. 

Glad to see you back. You were missed.

Welcome back! You one of my favourite posters on here!

Nice to see that RTB has returned. We all need a holiday now & then. No sweat. Glad to see your re-emergence once again.