"Interception! The Colts are going to the Super Bowl!!!

I've never really been much of a football fan and never really watched many of the games, but Chris Blake took me to a Colts game a couple of months ago and we had an absolute blast and the Colts were undefeated at the time, so I started following them and watching their progress. The coolest thing about it to me was that they let me take all of my camera equipment into the game so I was able to get some great shots using different lenses. Our seats weren't that great, but we could still see all that action very clearly. Colts fans are pretty nice too. Chris warned me that the seats in our section were bench seats with little white lines delineating each "seat" so I was expecting to have to sit between a row of 300 pound linebackers and have to sit on Chris' lap or only be able to get once butt-cheek on the bench. But I guess we got lucky because we had 5 skinny college guys on our right and a skinny high school couple on our left. Heck, after a couple beers, we were even getting a little cocky ourselves and pushing the poor HS kids off their seats a bit!

Anyway, I've been following the Colts since that game and have become quite a fan. We all got together at Chris' house last weekend to watch the AFC Championship game vs. the New England Patriots (Mom's long-time favorite team!) Now there's a HUGE FAN for ya... She called me before the game to talk about it and said she has been so nervous and unable to sleep and has had to take diarrhea medicine all week! Anyway, it was probably one of the best games ever and the Colts got very lucky. Tom Brady and the Patriots definitely out-played the Colts. Manning could not get any completions b/c their defense was swatting all of his passes away. We did not have the lead at all the whole game until our very last touchdown with 1 minute left to play. Peyton handed the ball off to rookie Joseph Addai and he ran it in, almost untouched. I think everyone was expecting a pass from Manning, so he caught them off guard. Well, the Colts were up by 4 with less than a minute to play and New England got the ball. Brady started marching down the field like he had done all game. Our defense just could not stop them! They showed a clip of Manning on the sidelines and he had his face in his hands - he couldn't even watch the game! His arch-rival Tom Brady was about the rob him of another championship! Just then, Tom threw the only interception of the game and one of the Colts defenders caught it and fell down immediately! I'll never forget the excitement in the announcer's voice when he said, "Interception! The Colts are going to the Super Bowl!!!" Missy and I were at home by then and we both jumped up immediately and started screaming and shouting and hugging each other uncontrollably! It was easily one of the most exciting moments of my life!

I guess I'm a fan for life now.