Colts Fans do well in Die-Hard Fan Rankings

[Nadine]

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In a new ranking of which NFL teams have the most die-hard fans, personal finance technology company SmartAsset.com placed the Colts in a tie with the Washington Redskins. The study covered a five-year period that ran through last last season.

Only Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, New York (Giants) and San Francisco were found to have more die-hard fans among the 32 NFL teams, according to the study.  

 

http://www.ibj.com/blogs/4-the-score/post/60958-colts-followers-do-well-in-ranking-of-most-die-hard-fans-in-nfl

 

So maybe we're not as soft as SOME say we are 

[GoDeep]

If some of us could also pressure the opposing QB...that would great!

[Buck Showalter]

The Colts are a long established franchise, while Indy is oft considered a small market it's not surprising to see Colts as labeled a strong fanbase, of course having had #18 & now #12 as the faces of the franchise hasn't hurt either

[shakedownstreet]

live hard, play hard, die hard

[southwest1]

1 minute ago, shakedownstreet said:

live hard, play hard, die hard

When I read this post & the "Die Hard" headline, my first subconscious thought was Bruce Willis is a Colts fan along with John Mellencamp? Sweet. 

 

It's nice to hear that prices are so affordable when it comes to attending a game though. Kudos Jimmy! 

[southwest1]

31 minutes ago, Buck Showalter said:

The Colts are a long established franchise, while Indy is oft considered a small market it's not surprising to see Colts as labeled a strong fanbase, of course having had #18 & now #12 as the faces of the franchise hasn't hurt either

Yeah, I think about that A lot too Buck. How fortunate our fanbase is to not play musical chairs at the QB position for more than 1 decade now. 

[southwest1]

It would be funny to attend a Colts game with Lt. McClain as your chaperon though. Because you get to see Bruce walk up to the concession stand & go: "No kidding lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?" 

 

Luck scores a touchdown & Bruce yells from the stands "yippie kay yay" you know what..

 

Maybe Bruce can even get Luck to say some Hans Gruber German lines at the post game press conference too. 

 

Alright; alright. I'll stop. 

 

Although, I will admit that I can't hear the song "Ode To Joy" anymore without expecting something to shatter, explode, or collapse anymore, but I digress. 

[LJpalmbeacher2]

1 hour ago, Buck Showalter said:

The Colts are a long established franchise, while Indy is oft considered a small market it's not surprising to see Colts as labeled a strong fanbase, of course having had #18 & now #12 as the faces of the franchise hasn't hurt either

 

And don't forget before them #7 and #19.

[southwest1]

I just stumbled across this spoof mocking "Die Hard." It's so lame. It's funny. The right casting call makes all the difference. 

 

 

I'm leaving; I'm leaving I swear. 

[21isSuperman]

I'd have to imagine Cleveland should be pretty high up there.  So many awful seasons with horrible management and they still have so many fans

[Rackeen305]

19 minutes ago, 21isSuperman said:

I'd have to imagine Cleveland should be pretty high up there.  So many awful seasons with horrible management and they still have so many fans

Most likely.  But I'm in the beautiful city of Miami,  and I'll tell ya. there are many die hard Dolfans here as well. Those of whom have yet to see the light. I've also come to meet many Colts fans, Tampa Bay, Jets (My sister), Steelers, and the evil empire Pats fans here who are loyalists. I once dated a Patriots fan till I found out she was a Pats fan. tru story. 

[GoColtsWin]

24 minutes ago, 21isSuperman said:

I'd have to imagine Cleveland should be pretty high up there.  So many awful seasons with horrible management and they still have so many fans

And the Lions for that matter. Detroit sorta looks like Alleppo(war zone) in Syria in places, and is undoubtably one of the poorest cities. But the Lions fans show out every year. 

[Malakai432]

16 hours ago, shakedownstreet said:

live hard, play hard, die hard

 

With a vengeance!

[IinD]

I'd love to believe that, but I don't think we're at the top of fan rankings, regardless of what these type of articles say.

[21isSuperman]

6 hours ago, Rackeen305 said:

Most likely.  But I'm in the beautiful city of Miami,  and I'll tell ya. there are many die hard Dolfans here as well. Those of whom have yet to see the light. I've also come to meet many Colts fans, Tampa Bay, Jets (My sister), Steelers, and the evil empire Pats fans here who are loyalists. I once dated a Patriots fan till I found out she was a Pats fan. tru story. 

[JPFolks]

23 hours ago, southwest1 said:

When I read this post & the "Die Hard" headline, my first subconscious thought was Bruce Willis is a Colts fan along with John Mellencamp? Sweet. 

 

It's nice to hear that prices are so affordable when it comes to attending a game though. Kudos Jimmy! 

We're very lucky all around.  Indianapolis has the cheapest housing prices of any major city in the country (our friends from LA's jaws drop when they see Indy housing prices).  Literally last year we looked at the cheapest listed house in all of Greater LA and a 450 SQ FT house in Van Nuys was 360K.  That's like a garage or less. A relative just paid 305K for a 5300 SQ FT house in Indy, 7 years old, over an acre yard, top end everything.  

 

The Pacers also have some of the cheapest tickets, as do the Indians and other area sporting events.  The middle class in Indiana is way better off than most of the country and we've even had Great to Respectable sports teams on top of it.  And Indiana has some great Pop Culture heroes on top of it.  So if our team falls short this year, we have a lot to be grateful for nonetheless.  (Unless you're an out of state Colts fan..heh..)

[RockThatBlue]

If people think our fan base is soft, they obviously haven't read the threads on here lol. 

 

There were folks ready to fire the owner coach and GM after preseason this year lol.

 

We definitely have a diehard fan base.