Rockerbraves Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Reminding Baltimore fans of the Colts now infamous midnite move to Indy. Geez...This guy is looking for any edge he can get, don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyr0802 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Reminding Baltimore fans of the Colts now infamous midnite move to Indy. Geez...This guy is looking for any edge he can get, don't you think? Desperate move for a coach to make IMO. I could see it coming from the players, not that the Raven's have any players that like to run their mouths or anything but the coach should be above this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Reminding Baltimore fans of the Colts now infamous midnite move to Indy. Geez...This guy is looking for any edge he can get, don't you think? They are going to slink out of Baltimore again around roughly the same time tomorrow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyr0802 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 They are going to slink out of Baltimore again around roughly the same time tomorrow night Sure wish the Colts would've worn throwback uniforms for the game Or maybe the fans could show up wearing Mayflower uniforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Sure wish the Colts would've worn throwback uniforms for the game Or maybe the fans could show up wearing Mayflower uniforms Or maybe they could swing by early and take a look at our Lombardi Trophy? You know, so Indy would know what one looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Desperate move for a coach to make IMO. I could see it coming from the players, not that the Raven's have any players that like to run their mouths or anything but the coach should be above this. Billick ALWAYS does what he can to take the attention off the players including putting it on him. Lets the team prep for the game. Anyway, I'd like to see any old Colts on our sideline wear their old Colts spamshirts, then switch to Ravens spamshirts after the game. Either way, we have the loudest stadium in the league, and it's only going to get louder. This is the most important home game in Ravens history, so the crowd was already ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyr0802 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Or maybe they could swing by early and take a look at our Lombardi Trophy? You know, so Indy would know what one looks like Ouch baby...very ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) Good article by Barry Levinson from The Sun today. The upcoming playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts is more than a playoff game. It's a collision of past and present. Nothing could be more disastrous than the Ravens losing to the Colts. It would be a nightmare scenario, a double disaster: 1. the Colts stop the Ravens' quest for football supremacy; 2. the Indianapolis Colts move toward Super Bowl glory. I can't deal with that. You see, I root against the Indianapolis Colts every time they play. Ever since that Bob Irsay packed up our Colts and stole the team in the dead of night, I root against that team. I want nothing good to happen to that team. Ever. "Isn't that a little too obsessive?" my friend asks. And then I explain: "Baltimore became the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL after the Colts left. We put the league on the map with the greatest game ever played. We brought the league to prominence and we were betrayed by a greedy owner who never loved the game or the city of Baltimore. And here's the biggest hurt ... for 12 years we suffered without a new football team. We were ignored, forgotten, left for dead. Was Baltimore a bad football town? Did it lack enthusiasm for the sport? Ask the Baltimore Colts Marching Band. They marched for 12 years after the Colts left. They marched every football season, even without a team. Does that sound like a city that is indifferent? There they were in their blue and white with the horseshoes on their outfits playing the Baltimore Colts marching song. They marched even though the team was gone. "I was there in 1992 when Baltimore held a 'Give Us The Ball Day,' a promotional stunt to show the NFL that we were still a great football city. The stadium was packed as we watched two NFL teams play. We cheered, yelled and applauded like the good football fans we were, but we got no respect. Expansion came and the NFL added more teams. Baltimore got no respect. Florida was awarded a third team. A third team! Even Carolina got a team. We got no respect. "Art Modell brought the Browns to Baltimore, which was certainly disastrous for the fans in Cleveland, but that city got to keep the name. Within a few years they got a new team and once again they were the Cleveland Browns. Baltimore never got the Colts name back." "What's the big deal?" my friend asks. "You've got the Ravens now. Be happy." And I explain to this outsider: "You know what it's like to have memory that you are only partially involved in?" "What?" he asks. "I watched one of those NFL shows. It was about the Colts - the great team and players. They mentioned John Unitas and Lenny Moore and Raymond Berry and Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning, but the problem is they've mixed up the players from the Baltimore franchise and the Indianapolis franchise. Manning and Harrison should never have been Colts, not if they played in Indianapolis ... maybe they should have been the Racers or the Indianapolis Speeders or the Wheels, but not Colts. The Colts belong to Baltimore." I was at the first game the Baltimore Colts played in 1953. My father got me a season ticket and I saw every game until I went off to college. In 1998, I was at the first game that the Indianapolis Colts played in Baltimore against the Ravens. I had the privilege of being on the sideline in the second half and there I was standing next to THE MAN - Johnny Unitas. We watched the game and at one point I said to him: "It's tough, isn't it, having to root against the horseshoe?" He nodded. He didn't have to say any more. Old wounds don't heal easily in football. Here was a man who came to greatness, who represented everything that was special about Baltimore Colts football - a working class hero living in a working class town. He looked at the familiar uniform, but now it belonged to the other side ... the team to root against. This was Manning's first year and the young quarterback moved the Indianapolis Colts well on one drive. Unitas said: "This kid's going to be good." When THE MAN says "good," he may very well mean "great." Unitas did not speak hyperbole, great Manning has become. He wears blue and white with the horseshoe on his helmet. A Colt. A great Colt ... but the wrong town. Baltimore has been fortunate in football. Five years after the Colts arrived, they were World Champions, beating the Giants. Five years after the Ravens came to town, they were the Super Bowl Champions. Again, beating the Giants. Both times the Giants were a team from New York. They were lucky to have the same name, a continuous history. Baltimore was not as fortunate. We won as the Colts and we won as the Ravens. Two separate histories and nothing can be done about that now. On Saturday the Ravens will go face to face with the ghost of Christmas past. Baltimore must defeat the Colts in its quest for a second Super Bowl. It's more than a football game on Saturday, there's too much bad blood. Often movie scripts about sports are called "improbable," but the improbable happens quite frequently in sports. It's what excites us, cheers us, drives us crazy. It's a constant roller coaster of emotions - the improbable keeps happening. What's the odds on Tony Romo dropping the snap, a missed field goal, to win the game? Dallas goes home, playoff dreams die. It's a cliche. Improbable. I've one more improbable script idea. The probable part is that the Ravens beat the Colts and go on to win the Super Bowl again and then next year they open the season in Baltimore. This part is a little more questionable: We see the camera panning across downtown Baltimore and we hear the TV football announcer say, "Live from downtown Baltimore, from John Unitas Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens ... " Past and future meet. Harmony at last. Too improbable? Edited January 12, 2007 by Big Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyr0802 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Billick ALWAYS does what he can to take the attention off the players including putting it on him. Lets the team prep for the game. Anyway, I'd like to see any old Colts on our sideline wear their old Colts spamshirts, then switch to Ravens spamshirts after the game. Either way, we have the loudest stadium in the league, and it's only going to get louder. This is the most important home game in Ravens history, so the crowd was already ready to go. I suppose it's smart coaching in a way, I'm just getting little tired of all the talk about how horrible it was that the Colts left from a bunch of people that weren't even around when it happened. The city/fans, who are old enough to remember, all have legit complaints and a right to voice that. The rest IMO are just annoying. And yes, whether Billick says anything or not, I realize that crowd is going to be a huge factor in the game. I'm just hoping we can take them out of it early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 Sure wish the Colts would've worn throwback uniforms for the game And have Manning wear some black high top cleats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) Even after the team that THEY stole from Cleveland won their city a SB, Baltimore fans are still crying over the Colts like jilted schoolgirls. Edited January 12, 2007 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 And have Manning wear some black high top cleats. He might consider something more practical, like body armor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Even after the team that THEY stole from Cleveland won their city a SB, Baltimore fans are still crying like jilted schoolgirls about the Colts. Can't wait to read your new RAVENS sig line next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 "Art Modell brought the Browns to Baltimore, which was certainly disastrous for the fans in Cleveland, but that city got to keep the name. Within a few years they got a new team and once again they were the Cleveland Browns. Baltimore never got the Colts name back." One good rationalization a day keeps the doctor away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Easy to chirp for billick when he has ray lewis and his boys watching his back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 "Art Modell brought the Browns to Baltimore, which was certainly disastrous for the fans in Cleveland, but that city got to keep the name. Within a few years they got a new team and once again they were the Cleveland Browns. Baltimore never got the Colts name back." And instead of a Super Bowl champion, Cleveland had to settle for their current incompetently-run team that has had one playoff appearance since '99, no playoff victories, and a long list of draft-day busts. But, hey, they can't complain because they got to keep those spiffy orange and brown uniforms, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 And instead of a Super Bowl champion, Cleveland had to settle for their current incompetently-run team that has had one playoff appearance since '99, no playoff victories, and a long list of draft-day busts. But, hey, they can't complain because they got to keep those spiffy orange and brown uniforms, right? So, Baltimore caused Cleveland to have a (new) lousy organization? As I recall they Browns were pretty awful when they moved here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 So, Baltimore caused Cleveland to have a (new) lousy organization? Umm, yes. Like when Modell stole their entire organization and forced Cleveland to start from scratch. As I recall they Browns were pretty awful when they moved here... So you're saying that Ozzie Newsome drafted differently in Baltimore than he would've in Cleveland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Other organizations have had to start from scratch and have enjoyed success. Not our fault the Browns for the most part have not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) Other organizations have had to start from scratch and have enjoyed success. Not our fault the Browns for the most part have not. It's not Modell's fault that the current Browns organization is run by a bunch of incompetent boobs, but it IS his fault that he moved an established, competent organization out of Cleveland. Edited January 12, 2007 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted January 12, 2007 Author Share Posted January 12, 2007 "Art Modell brought the Browns to Baltimore, which was certainly disastrous for the fans in Cleveland, but that city got to keep the name. Within a few years they got a new team and once again they were the Cleveland Browns. Baltimore never got the Colts name back." One good rationalization a day keeps the doctor away. How about dem Utah Jazz. Never heard much great jazz coming out of Utah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charty Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I read an interesting article in the Boston Globe a couple days ago about the Colts leaving Baltimore. It's kind of long, so I won't paste the article in unless anyone has a problem with the link..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Billick ALWAYS does what he can to take the attention off the players including putting it on him. Lets the team prep for the game. Anyway, I'd like to see any old Colts on our sideline wear their old Colts spamshirts, then switch to Ravens spamshirts after the game. Either way, we have the loudest stadium in the league, and it's only going to get louder. This is the most important home game in Ravens history, so the crowd was already ready to go. I've been to a few Ravens-Steelers games, and you DO NOT have the loudest stadium in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heydave76 Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 (edited) I've been to a few Ravens-Steelers games, and you DO NOT have the loudest stadium in the league. I think we do, because we pipe it in. Edited January 12, 2007 by heydave76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 This is the most important home game in Ravens history, so the crowd was already ready to go. For some reason, I would have guessed that you would have felt that the SB that you won a couple of years ago was the most important game in Ravens history. Call me nuts, but SBs are always more important that Conference Semi-Final games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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