AP article on tomorrow's Big Game in the 'Nap.
From AP News 1/20/07 - Fans wait in light precip. for Patriots-Colts championship tickets. Game to be played Sunday at Hoosier Dome.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Dozens of rapid Colt fans waited in a slight mist Friday evening from 6pm to 6:30pm for a chance at the over 5,000 tickets available for Sunday's AFC championship game between "Indianapolis" and New England.
The Colts on Sunday will host their first AFC title game since retreating to Indianapolis 23 years ago. The game was set up after New England's controversial 24-21 victory over top-seeded San Diego on Sunday. The Chargers have appealed the game's outcome due to New Englands "poor sportsmanship" and "mean looks" following the win.
Among the teeming dozens, Drip Stepab, 35, of Noblesville, joined the line that stretched yards and yards, and was given a numbered wristband. Number 14. He hoped to use it to purchase eight tickets 10th row up at the 50 yard line, near the restroom, beer vendors, and t-shirt cannons.
Said Stepab, "It's definitely worth it. Waiting almost half an hour for great seats seems quite the price to pay for a fucking pro football game, but hey, IU sucks this year. What the hell else do we have to do on a weekend in this state? I mean, we heard on the radio Thursday that this is supposed to be an important game or something, so me and the wife says, hell, let's try it out. The Hoosier Dome sure isn't New Castle High, but it's a nice gym. So here we are. Um, when do they shoot us with the t-shirts?"
The Colts (14-4), seeded No. 3 in the playoffs, reached their third AFC title game since 1995 (though it seems like they've lost so many more) by beating second-seeded Baltimore "Ravens", 15-6 Saturday. New England (14-4), seeded No. 4, is anxious to somehow get Colts star quarterback Jim Sorgi out of the game, as their coaching staff has informed them that career backup Payton Maning just can't get it done at this level.
The rivals met in the AFC title game following the 2003 season, which the Patriots' Ty Law won, 24-14, in Foxboro. The next season the Patriots beat the snot out of the Colts, 20-3, in the divisional round again in Foxboro.
'Nap police said the Indianapolis crowd was "well-behaved, cordial and sort of dull".
"A couple tried to sneak in line, but that was nipped in the bud pretty quick by security and other patrons, since the friggin line was only 30 feet long,'' said city Patrolman Bill Jones. "What were they in line for in the first place?"
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(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved and Protected under the Bush Internet "Freedom" Act of 2006. This means you, blogging world.)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Dozens of rapid Colt fans waited in a slight mist Friday evening from 6pm to 6:30pm for a chance at the over 5,000 tickets available for Sunday's AFC championship game between "Indianapolis" and New England.
The Colts on Sunday will host their first AFC title game since retreating to Indianapolis 23 years ago. The game was set up after New England's controversial 24-21 victory over top-seeded San Diego on Sunday. The Chargers have appealed the game's outcome due to New Englands "poor sportsmanship" and "mean looks" following the win.
Among the teeming dozens, Drip Stepab, 35, of Noblesville, joined the line that stretched yards and yards, and was given a numbered wristband. Number 14. He hoped to use it to purchase eight tickets 10th row up at the 50 yard line, near the restroom, beer vendors, and t-shirt cannons.
Said Stepab, "It's definitely worth it. Waiting almost half an hour for great seats seems quite the price to pay for a fucking pro football game, but hey, IU sucks this year. What the hell else do we have to do on a weekend in this state? I mean, we heard on the radio Thursday that this is supposed to be an important game or something, so me and the wife says, hell, let's try it out. The Hoosier Dome sure isn't New Castle High, but it's a nice gym. So here we are. Um, when do they shoot us with the t-shirts?"
The Colts (14-4), seeded No. 3 in the playoffs, reached their third AFC title game since 1995 (though it seems like they've lost so many more) by beating second-seeded Baltimore "Ravens", 15-6 Saturday. New England (14-4), seeded No. 4, is anxious to somehow get Colts star quarterback Jim Sorgi out of the game, as their coaching staff has informed them that career backup Payton Maning just can't get it done at this level.
The rivals met in the AFC title game following the 2003 season, which the Patriots' Ty Law won, 24-14, in Foxboro. The next season the Patriots beat the snot out of the Colts, 20-3, in the divisional round again in Foxboro.
'Nap police said the Indianapolis crowd was "well-behaved, cordial and sort of dull".
"A couple tried to sneak in line, but that was nipped in the bud pretty quick by security and other patrons, since the friggin line was only 30 feet long,'' said city Patrolman Bill Jones. "What were they in line for in the first place?"
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(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved and Protected under the Bush Internet "Freedom" Act of 2006. This means you, blogging world.)
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