DoubleE Colt Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 So outside of Indianapolis being a connection why are you a fan of the Colts? Even more curious regarding fans outside of the States like myself. Apologies if there's been a thread already regarding this, feel free to direct me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltsfansince65 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I became a fan of the Baltimore Colts in 1965. I was 11 years old & idolized my oldest brother. He played semi pro ball for a team in Nashua, NH called the Nashua Colts. I attended his annual team banquet that year & Johnny Unitas was the guest speaker. The rest as they say, is history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colts_Fan12 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 They are the football team of my home state. But I became a Pacers fan when I was really little tho. So when I got a little older and was able to understand football I started watching it and fell in love. So I just watched the colts every week now I'm hooked for life to both teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Campbell Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I live in eastern canada. Started following football with Peyton in Tennessee. Then the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoDeep Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Louisville is kind of an Indy annex. And we get all the games so...Go Colts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basketballsteve Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Went to a Colts @ 49ers game in 1966 @ Kezar Stadium in SF as a child and left the stadium as a Colts fan not a Niners fan. Nobody in my family was a Colts fan and nobody understood why this happened to me. I prefer fate or love at first sight but from then to this day no other football team has ever turned my head. The Montreal Alouttes are my current home team I live near Montreal but there is no attraction there even though they compete in a different country, league and with different rules. Not to say that I didn't try following the Alouettes when I came to Canada,I did but I can't feel anything for anothert team.... It's not logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltsfan77 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Started a cowboys fan when I was 5. Colts were playing cowboys one night, cowboys were killing them. My dad has always been a colt fan and that particular night my uncle that was a cowboy fan, gave my dad such a hard time, I turned on the spot. Been a colt fan ever since. That was 1975 or 76. Seen the colts play the browns in Baltimore a few year later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLTS449 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I live in Kentucky, but all my family are from Indianapolis and New Castle. I grew up being around my grandpa everyday, he has always been a huge Colts fan after they moved to Indy, so I became a fan because of him when I was a kid. I became a hardcore fan when I was 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JlynRN Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I started watching Colts football when I started nursing school in 84 and was staying in Ft Wayne. They showed all the Colts games, and not sure what it was , but i was drawn to the Colts. Course I could only watch as studies allowed LOL. I graduated from nursing school in 87 and continued living in Ft Wayne. Have been a fan ever since I live in Ohio now, and will never give up on the Colts !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar1888 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Grew up in Southern Indiana. Didn't get season tickets until I moved out of state..I have seats with friends of mine from my former hometown. Great way to stay in touch with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sreylas937 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Been a fan since 85... Have to support the home team, first 15 years were hard but last 15 have been awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buccolts Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I've lived in the Chicago area my whole life, and decided early on that I couldn't stand the Bears.I became a Colts fan in '65, when I was 10.I'd decided it would be the Colts or the Packers (since Bears fans hate them), and they met in a Championship game in '65.Both Unitas and Cuozzo were injured, so Tom Matte, their HB played QB.As heavy underdogs, the Colts lost a controversial game in OT, and I was hooked.I'm the only non-Bears fan in the family.I tell them I was born this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 From NJ, liked Edge coming out of college, followed him as a rookie and the Colts ever since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincetonTiger Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Am a born and raised Hoosier so I followed the Colts since the Mayflower Arrival but became a huge fan with the drafting of Ken Dilger.Kenny's Hometown is about an hour from Princeton and he was a student at Heritage Hills where my Uncle taught My Uncle also had Jay Cutler in class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imped Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Born and raised in Indy, still live here. I've been a Colts fan since day 1 and it'll never stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousecolt Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 From Liverpool, England and watched the Superbowl as a kid (mainly for the half time show) so first game I watched as were early 2000s Patriots wins, fell in love with Dwight Freeney and Mathis' pass rush and obviously Peyton. Not sure why them but I did. Love them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kado33 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Atlantic Canadian - Started with Faulk, but never became a full fledge fan until about 10 years ago. Before that just floated around with my favourite players and supported their team. Peyton / Edge / Mathis won me over. Just saw my first live game last weekend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken S. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm located in Central Florida, so quite naturally I mostly followed the Bucs(*although I wasn't a die hard fan of theirs.*) Long story short, I hate the way the Dungy firing was handled by their organization. I didn't think he deserved to be released the way he was, after the way he came in and turned their franchise around, so I followed him to Indy. I have since been a die hard fan of the Colts and I love the team,players and the way things are handled with the franchise. #ColtStrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needanoline63 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Saw Dan Marino face Peyton manning one game! Brother is a dolphins fan, so I just cheered for colts to make him upset. Been a colts fan ever since. Down here in NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Lowe Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - review Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - review Rob Morris is my dad Link to comment
Smonroe Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Grew up in Ohio, loved Tom Matte. Who didn't love Unitas?So glad I was never a Browns fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. T Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Grew up in NE Pennsylvania and was a Johnny U fan ever since I was a kid. When my father took me on a bus trip to see the Colts play in run down Memorial Stadium in a snowstorm I was hooked. It didn't matter that the Colts moved to Indy or that I moved to Texas and now Alabama. But thank God for Direct TV and NFL Sunday Ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 The team color is blue. My favorite color is blue. Boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Crow Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Grew up in Ohio, loved Tom Matte. Who didn't love Unitas?So glad I was never a Browns fan!Unitas and Matte became Raven 's fans. Link to comment
OldManP Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic So outside of Indianapolis being a connection why are you a fan of the Colts? Even more curious regarding fans outside of the States like myself. Apologies if there's been a thread already regarding this, feel free to direct me to it. Before they were in Indy, they were in Baltimore. That's where they played their best football, IMO, with their best QB. Link to comment
buccolts Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - quoting removed post Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - quoting removed post Rob Morris is my dadI don't know whether to like this, or report it. Link to comment
buccolts Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Unitas and Matte became Raven 's fans. Everyone has their problems. Link to comment
Boilermaker Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I was born in Istres, France (about 60 mins away from Marseille France), eventually moved to Indiana at the age of 9. My father is an Indiana native, and was a Colts fan back in '84 when they came here. I never really had a chance to watch them in France, but my dad kept shoving these blue Colts jerseys down my throat (Dickerson, Harbaugh, and Pollard) so I eventually accepted the fact that I was a Colts fan even though, again, I never really watched them. Once we moved to Indiana…I became a Colts fanatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Crow Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Everyone has their problems. It wasn't a problem, just their hometown they were loyal to. Link to comment
The Old Crow Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Before they were in Indy, they were in Baltimore. That's where they played their best football, IMO, with their best QB.Totally agree. Nice fans and city in Indy, but it feels like two different teams from two different eras Link to comment
Kirie89 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I’m from Norway and started following the Colts after the 2011 season. Before the playoff in January 2012 I had only watched a couple of Super Bowl’s and seen American football on tv and in movies. I always thought it looked really interesting and I am a big sports fan so it intrigued me. That January I happened to buy a special tv channel for a month (to watch a couple of Manchester United games) and they showed the NFL playoff. I watched some games and got hooked, so I decided I wanted to follow the NFL more closely. I found Game Pass and bought an offseason subscription to try it out. Since I have always enjoyed watching sports more when I have someone to root for I decided I had to pick a team to follow. But I had no connection to any team or city so I decided to find a player first and to start following his team. When I did a little research on the NFL I came over Andrew Luck and saw that he was born September 12. 1989. I happen to also be born September 12. 1989 so then it wasn’t a hard choice. I have to admit I was really lucky (no pun intended) because of the player Luck is, the type of organization the Colts are and that I could follow the new era with the new coaches and players from the start, it was perfect for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse Shoe Heaven Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 First football game I every saw as a kid was the Super Bowl with the Colts & Dallas, had to pick a team I liked the guys with the Horse Shoe on there helmet my brother picked the guys with the star on there helmet. The rest is history I am to this day a Colt fan, My brother is still a Dallas fan! I lived then in Rhode Island I now live in Fresno California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManP Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Totally agree. Nice fans and city in Indy, but it feels like two different teams from two different erasDo you think the team reflects the fanbase?The Colts name should have changed when they left Baltimore. Colts because of horse racing makes sense. But Ravens might be a better fit for Baltimore and it happened long ago. Most team names are not as strongly linked to a city as were the Colts. The Packers, Cowboys, Dolphins wouldn't make sense anywhere else. When the Senators moved out of DC, they changed. Irsay should have changed the team name to something that meant Indy. Link to comment
SOMDColtsfan Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Been a Colts fan since around 8 years old and the Bert Jones era. Born and raised in southern MD about 2 hrs south of Baltimore, I`m a one team man. Always have always will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMDColtsfan Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Do you think the team reflects the fanbase?The Colts name should have changed when they left Baltimore. Colts because of horse racing makes sense. But Ravens might be a better fit for Baltimore and it happened long ago. Most team names are not as strongly linked to a city as were the Colts. The Packers, Cowboys, Dolphins wouldn't make sense anywhere else. When the Senators moved out of DC, they changed. Irsay should have changed the team name to something that meant Indy.You mean like Baltimore did with the Browns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poaponies Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Well I just part of the reason I choice them because their logo had some connection to horses. And As a fan from Tennessee and I'm vols fan, I had to root for Peyton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManP Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic The Alouettes played a season in Baltimore under a different name. Link to comment
bap1331 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I know I sound like a bandwagon. I became a Colts fan after Vanderjact missed the field goal against the steelers in 2005. Mostly because of Peyton Manning. I was a Buccaneers fan at that time and couldn't stand their fan base. Obnoxious and annoying. So I decided to be a Colts fan. I lived in MD at that time but now I live in southern California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldManP Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 · Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic Hidden by Nadine, January 19, 2014 - off topic You mean like Baltimore did with the Browns?Yup. Just like that. Browns make sense in Ohio, not in Baltimore. Link to comment
Richard Hess Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I have lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for the past 40 years. When the Colts drafted Andrew Luck I felt he could turn the franchise around and will watch the Colts go from Worst toFirst!!! Last time I felt like that was when Jim Kelly agreed to play with Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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