Those still hoping for a perfect Colts season can sleep tonight.
Tonight at the RCA Dome before an in-house audience of 57,000, and millions more on ABC, the undefeated Colts went at it against the 7-3 Steelers. Pre-game, the place was just plain loud.
The guy that does the "Real Men of Genius" commercials for a certain light beer from St. Louis did a special one for the Colts.
Trace Adkins, country star, sang the national anthem, and a bald eagle flew through the building at the end.
And pretty much from the start, the Colts put points on the board with a Peyton Manning to Marvin Harrison throw for a touchdown. Not long after, the Steelers responded with some good defense and offense, and became competitive at one point, 10-7 Colts. However, a barely missed field goal by Steelers kicker Chris Gardocki, and some just plain better offense and defense by the Colts gave Indy the controls into the second half, where the Steelers could never respond. Mike Vanderjagt still rules as a kicker, just about the opposite results from the Giants' Jay Feely in Seattle on Sunday.
With 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, many fans, mostly Steelers backers, headed for the exits, resulting in a lot of cheers from the predominantly blue crowd, even "Here we go, Steelers..."
Leaving a little later than most fans, I might have passed a few celebrites in the Convention Center hallways, like Boomer Esiason, former Bengals quarterback and CBS TV/radio analyst, and Kato Kaelin from O.J. Simpson trial fame (he did part of a recent game show special I saw on GSN, hosting the "Dumb Blondes" portions).
Part of the news in town was the unveiling of a special Indiana Colts license plate, that will go towards construction of Indiana Stadium to the south of RCA Dome, now underway. I enjoy visiting the RCA dome because, well, it's a neat place to see a game, it's got great home advantage noise, and is pleasant because, well, it's indoors. I only spent 10 or less seconds outside leaving the Dome to head to my hotel, connected to the Dome and Indiana Convention Center via skywalk. Indiana Stadium, with larger capacity, all individual seats, more restrooms, a retractable roof, and escalators, will blow the Dome away in a few years.
In the morning, after some sleep, I'll put up a few photos. Indianapolis is a great city...
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