L Bizzle
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The Patriots also beat the Colts 6 in a row before the first time you beat us. History doesn't mean sh*t. This game kind of feels like that game...where you just knew the Colts were in for a good night...same thing with the Pats this week. Enjoy.
Since 2003, series is Colts 5, Pats 5. Score: NE 258, Ind 254.
I have never "knew the colts were in for a good night" against the Patriots. I have gone into every game expecting anything to happen knowing that when these teams meet anything goes. Just like a divisional game, when two teams know each other so well any outcome is possible and terms like "favorites" and "underdogs" should be thrown out the window.
Pats defense in 2008 held the Colts to 18 points, and we were a ******ed unnecessary roughness penalty away from tying the game with Matt Cassel at QB.
No one expected the Pats to play the Colts tough last year, yet they essentially won the game if the call goes the other way.
And let's keep in mind the Colts have been at home for every single game since 2006.
So while they have the wins, it's not like they 'had our number'. The teams match up very well.
if the pats don't come ready to play, we could end up being the steelers
You REALLY don't think a Bill Belichick coached team wouldn't be ready for a critical mid-season game against the other best QB in the league?
exactly what i was thinking, like really?
So why did Peter use 2003? Why not 2000 which would give a full 10 years? Why use an odd year (2003) unless there was a stat he wanted to use and then fit it in.
Now out of the 5 out of 6 games most were at the Lube. I wonder what it would have been if the games were 3 home and 3 away.
King's probably going back to when they started as top-level rivals. Go back to '00 and Pats were 5-11, Colts 10-6; neither made the playoffs. In '01, we all know what the Pats did but Colts were 6-10 and not really relevant. In '02 Pats missed playoffs and Colts got in and were creamed by the Jets.
I think it's fair to say the rivalry as we know it today started in '03. Pats won their regular season matchup , the McGinest/goal-line stop game. (The Wikipedia entry on that game says "The 38-34 thriller left the Patriots shaken." Huh?) Then there was that year's AFCCG, when the Pats stoned the high-powered and rolling Colts' O.