Major announcement at 5 PM

[Nesjan3]

24 minutes ago, King Colt said:

The team has left Indy late last night bound for LA.

thats not even funny

[oldunclemark]

CBE..there is a rumor he was looking for houses this week in an upscale area near ESPN.

 

Seems unlikely to me but its out there

[southwest1]

10 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Yeah I wonder what the statue will look like, should be pretty cool to see. Probably Peyton standing there in passing motion with a football in hand??

Uh huh. That's how I will remember 18: A beautiful spiral on a long pass to Marvin for a touchdown. 

 

Harrison & Marvin were a machine back in the early days like shooting fish in a barrel. Pure poetry through the air.  The great ones always make the complicated look so darn simple don't they? 

[Nesjan3]

how has this thread about a legend in the era we live in who played for us for the majority of his career, set records for winning percentage, playoff appearance, won us are first superbowl since the 70s and basically set a level of dominance that is not seen very often, how has this thread degenerated in to basically a joke column, pretty disrespectful in my opinion

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 minute ago, southwest1 said:

Uh huh. That's how I will remember 18: A beautiful spiral on a long pass to Marvin for a touchdown. 

 

Harrison & Marvin were a machine back in the early days like shooting fish in a barrel. Pure poetry through the air.  The great ones always make the complicated look so darn simple don't they? 

Peyton to Marvin the best combo ever!

[oldunclemark]

Marvin will probably be there Friday

[2006Coltsbestever]

3 minutes ago, Nesjan3 said:

how has this thread about a legend in the era we live in who played for us for the majority of his career, set records for winning percentage, playoff appearance, won us are first superbowl since the 70s and basically set a level of dominance that is not seen very often, how has this thread degenerated in to basically a joke column, pretty disrespectful in my opinion

I made a joke about Trent but if your Post is directed at me that is really unfair because I always have Peyton's back and know what he has meant to the city. I think what is disrespectful is when People Post that this isn't that big of a deal that Peyton is coming here tomorrow to have a presser because it is.

[southwest1]

2 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Peyton to Marvin the best combo ever!

Absolutely right my man. Those 2 had a magical connection just like Montana & Rice back in the 80's. 

 

I'm really glad Marvin Harrison will finally be getting his yellow jacket in August too. Nice. 

 

[2006Coltsbestever]

5 minutes ago, oldunclemark said:

Marvin will probably be there Friday

Never know about Marv but maybe?? That would be cool. How about Reggie?

[Nesjan3]

7 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

I made a joke about Trent but if your Post is directed at me that is really unfair because I always have Peyton's back and know what he has meant to the city. I think what is disrespectful is when People Post that this isn't that big of a deal that Peyton is coming here tomorrow to have a presser because it is.

not directed toward you know but i was just going through all the comments and majority are jokes, or people saying they are upset that it was not an announcement about a trade or something, one guy even sayd its not news to him having peyton return

[Gramz]

1 hour ago, southwest1 said:

 He gave a perfect retirement speech in Denver on March 7th. Very difficult to top since it was impeccable in every way: humor, tone, humility, & history. 

 

I completely agree, and was thinking the same thing earlier.

[Tracy Denton]

58 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Yeah I didn't even expect this. I just figured we would retire his number at this point and he would be here for the Ring of Honor ceremony.

That could very well be what tomorrow is about

[2006Coltsbestever]

7 minutes ago, Nesjan3 said:

not directed toward you know but i was just going through all the comments and majority are jokes, or people saying they are upset that it was not an announcement about a trade or something, one guy even sayd its not news to him having peyton return

Thanks for clarifying because I did crack a joke about Trent and Toler so I didn't want it to seem unclassy regarding the Thread. I love Peyton as you know by my Posting.

[southwest1]

Just now, Gramz said:

I completely agree, and was thinking the same thing earlier.

Thanks Gramz. Great minds think alike. I was completely blown away by Peyton's composure, clarity, & humor. One of the best farewell speeches I've ever heard in my life. Peyton seized the moment, traveled outside of it like an out of body experience, injected surreal humor about his kids, & used a Forrest Gump line to calmly put out the unfounded accusation rumor mill. It was so graceful & dignified in the way it totally shut that reporter down. I was awe struck. Peyton could give lessons on how to turn a scandal into a strength making the reporter not Peyton look petty & childish. I loved it. 

 

Peyton's HOF speech will be next level; earth shattering stuff Gramz. Sorry Peyton ole buddy, but you raised my expectations into a whole new stratosphere now. You'll knock it outta the park. Trust me. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

3 minutes ago, southwest1 said:

Thanks Gramz. Great minds think alike. I was completely blown away by Peyton's composure, clarity, & humor. One of the best farewell speeches I've ever heard in my life. Peyton seized the moment, traveled outside of it like an out of body experience, injected surreal humor about his kids, & used a Forrest Gump line to calmly put out the unfounded accusation rumor mill. It was so graceful & dignified in the way it totally shut that reporter down. I was awe struck. Peyton could give lessons on how to turn a scandal into a strength making the reporter not Peyton look petty & childish. I loved it. 

 

Peyton's HOF speech will be next level; earth shattering stuff Gramz. Sorry Peyton ole buddy, but you raised my expectations into a whole new stratosphere now. You'll knock it outta the park. Trust me. 

The Tom Hanks of Football!

[Virtuoso80]

33 minutes ago, southwest1 said:

Uh huh. That's how I will remember 18: A beautiful spiral on a long pass to Marvin for a touchdown. 

 

Harrison & Marvin were a machine back in the early days like shooting fish in a barrel. Pure poetry through the air.  The great ones always make the complicated look so darn simple don't they? 

Harrison & Marvin?  aren't they the same person?

[southwest1]

Just now, Virtuoso80 said:

Harrison & Marvin?  aren't they the same person?

Yes, there are. I made a typo. It happens to everybody even me. My proof reading skills on the forum do suffer from time to time. I will own that. 

[csmopar]

Peyton to be hired as QB coach for Luck 

[southwest1]

5 minutes ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

The Tom Hanks of Football!

To alter Tom Hanks's saying in the 1992 film 'A League of Their Own,' "There's no crying in baseball!" [or football] unless you are being honored for transcending the game from 1998-2016. Okay, when Brett Favre's dad died & #4 played the game of his life vs the Raiders, I was cool with a QB getting choked up too. 

 

That flick still holds up even today BTW. Some timeless lines in there that always make me chuckle. 

 

[dw49]

2 hours ago, Nesjan3 said:

how has this thread about a legend in the era we live in who played for us for the majority of his career, set records for winning percentage, playoff appearance, won us are first superbowl since the 70s and basically set a level of dominance that is not seen very often, how has this thread degenerated in to basically a joke column, pretty disrespectful in my opinion

 

Thats a long sentence.

[No 1 Manning Fan]

2 hours ago, Virtuoso80 said:

Harrison & Marvin?  aren't they the same person?

He was so fast it was like there were two of him.

[No 1 Manning Fan]

4 hours ago, tweezy32 said:

That is not a "major" announcement

Any announcement involving the "Man"ning is major.

[JPPT1974]

It has something to do with PM and retiring as a Colt.

[Austin Leonard]

yea nothing real "major" considering this was reported to be happening on the 18th like 2 weeks ago,i guess for those who dont check up on the news of the team everyday than sure,but even right after his retirement speech there were talks of this being in the works for the 18th.Still will be happy to tune in but hard to be excited about something   I already knew was happening.

[crazycolt1]

3 hours ago, southwest1 said:

Absolutely right my man. Those 2 had a magical connection just like Montana & Rice back in the 80's. 

 

I'm really glad Marvin Harrison will finally be getting his yellow jacket in August too. Nice. 

 

Not to throw a fly in the ointment but Rice and Young had 30 more TDs together than Rice and Montana did.

[buccolts]

Seems like many were expecting a Big Surprise in their Major Announcement.

They wanted to eat the cake, too.

[Malakai432]

I peed myself just a tad bit while reading this thread......................

 

That being said it was absolutely great to see Purdue lose in double OT, so much hard work just to take a dump.  Looking forward to IU/KY though.  Let's go IU!!!

 

NICE last second win by Providece!!!!! 

 

I'm looking forward this presser tomorrow with Peyton and Jim, fortunately I leave work tomorrow @ 4:30 if I don't mysteriously get sick tonight.......  With some kind of mysterious illness that effected me mysteriously, "cough, cough," Ohhh I think I'm getting sick....  Maybe I'll call in....

[RockThatBlue]

7 hours ago, csmopar said:

we re-signed TRich and signed Tebow.............

We are signing a whopper.

[our_dbs_rock]

4 hours ago, ReMeDy said:

 

You're half right. Greg Toler will be our new GM.

 

His first move will be to sign himself to a new long term recording breaking contract.

[Jackie Daytona]

4 hours ago, southwest1 said:

Uh huh. That's how I will remember 18: A beautiful spiral on a long pass to Marvin for a touchdown. 

 

Harrison & Marvin were a machine back in the early days like shooting fish in a barrel. Pure poetry through the air.  The great ones always make the complicated look so darn simple don't they? 

He was never really throwing many tight spirals..... usually had a wobble to the ball in air, but his placement was so spot on......

[bayone]

royalty will be back in the house that he built

[IndyD4U]

Any guesses on how many Uh-Um's we get from Irsay? It's going to be an emotional day for the organization too.

 

#18 Peyton Manning

[Restored]

11 hours ago, csmopar said:

Peyton to be hired as QB coach for Luck 

All jokes aside, this would be a dream come true for me.

[SteelCityColt]

12 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Yeah I wonder what the statue will look like, should be pretty cool to see. Probably Peyton standing there in passing motion with a football in hand??

 

WIth an inbuilt speaker blaring our "Omaha" on repeat? 

[SteelCityColt]

I find it funny that even in a topic that should really be safe for all Colts fans to agree on we still have dissension. Truly the internet is a wonderful platform

[lollygagger8]

Definitely Manning related. 

 

[shakedownstreet]

14 hours ago, King Colt said:

The team has left Indy late last night bound for LA.

 

mods please ban this user!  

[Chucklez]

18 hours ago, COLTS449 said:

Hopefully its something completely out of left field. Like we've traded for Justin Houston or Zach Martin or somebody LOL. You guys remember a couple years ago when Irsay got us all going by saying we're about to get a big fish or some crap like that? LOL We all thought we were getting Fitzgerald

Turned out to be Vontae Davis and actually that worked out pretty big for us...

[csmopar]

2 minutes ago, Chucklez said:

Turned out to be Vontae Davis and actually that worked out pretty big for us...

actually no, when he mentioned the whopper, it turned into DHB......

[crazycolt1]

2 hours ago, lollygagger8 said:

Definitely Manning related. 

 

Why do you say that?  If you feel Manning was not well liked and wasn't the best QB in Colts history and don't deserves the kudos then I cant understand how you can call yourself a Colt fan. I am pretty sure I am not alone in that statement.