2 games to decide the season

Really the article says 10, but only 2 interest me

New England at Indianapolis (Week 10)

At some point, won’t one of the team owners ask, “Why do we have to play them every year? Can’t we get Detroit instead for playing the Colts/Pats each season like we’re in the same division?

Speaking of Tom Brady, I just caught his appearance on “Entourage” and just don’t get why Turtle hated him for most of the episode. His reasoning? Turtle’s a Giant fan and apparently anyone who follows the team has an obligation to tell Brady off if they see him in person.

Now I get the joke if the writers made Turtle a Jets fan (given the character’s Queens roots, that would make more sense). But the whole Tom-Brady-is-the-Giants-number-one nemesis thing made zero sense considering the teams aren’t rivals and hardly play each other (only nine meetings total in history).

By the way, Sloan may be the hottest girl in the history of television but can’t seem to get a big movie role. Seriously, what gives?

 

We’re not sure the Colts are still in the Patriots’ league, even if the NFL schedulers haven’t figured it out. (Andy Lyons / Getty Images)

But before I go off on a Sloan tangent (which could make this column as long as the healthcare bill), a simple question has to be asked: Are the Colts the same team that made this rivalry great for most of the decade? The key people surrounding Peyton’s greatness (Addai, Harrison, Dungy) are either banged up, released or retired, respectively, and you have to wonder if you’re seeing the beginning of a rebuilding stage in Indy. Manning will always keep them competitive, but with more than a few picking the Titans and (gasp) Texans ahead of the Colts in the AFC South, one has to wonder if the blue and white are even on the Pats’ level anymore.

Indianapolis at Baltimore (Week 11)

The team that left Baltimore plays the team that replaced them in a compelling matchup of Peyton Manning vs. Ed Reed.

I always wonder when I watch these two teams play in Baltimore how many fans there continued to root for the Colts despite the move. The Ravens seem to have a great fan base, but for the old schoolers who watched everyone from Unitas to Bert Jones, did they just switch to the Ravens the moment the team began playing there?

In today’s world of DirecTV and seeing any team you like despite location, I would think more than a few would stick with the Colts. But when this whole thing went down in 1984, the moment those moving vans left on a snowy night, that allegiance had to go to the Redskins or Eagles since that was the one game they could see consistently on a Sunday afternoon, right? If you’re in Baltimore and born before 1970, feel free to email me on this one. I’m genuinely curious.

Wait, what?  Are the Colts the same team?  What about the Pats?  They AREN’T the same team.  And dude, no one in Baltimore roots for the Colts. ESPECIALLY not the old timers.

Awufl.