Issue #195 – One They Gave Away

thehorseshoe | December 30, 2009 in Issues | Comments (3)

Week 16: Colts 15 Jets 29		Haiku Count: 1489
One they gave away. Coach, GM shirk from success As if from disease.		Fear of injury Destroys team momentum and Confidence in coach.
Play your best and lose No shame; Pulling best from game insults team and sport.		Ignore the fan rants, Starters WANTED chance to play Good leaders listen.
Coach Caldwell’s gamble: Team health matters much more than Team psyche. He’s wrong.		To see the brass ring and refuse to grab for it? Most live for that chance!
Blind, deaf to hist’ry Coach trades team morale for health. Safe choice not so safe.		Years from now, even if team is crowned Champion One “What if?” remains.
Back-ups lose to Jets Pre-season at end season Dishonest contest.		What bizzaro world is this, where fans want to win more than their own team?!
Submissions from Rex Stocklin
Fans lost perfect Colt season to tyranny of the Rest of the team		Bill drawing up plans Painter in the Big Picture Artless!…off the dial
What WERE we thinking? Historic near-perfection A win…no Shoes-in		Local, league-wide grief That’s about the sighs of it Our crest has fallen
Colts try to save face Such drama in Peyton’s Place We still lead the race		Staff misheard the line “There’s no trying in football” Blue’s our Field of Dreams
Mad fans are sicced (sic) “Secondary” licked this week Col. L gets ticked…eek!		The signs are still there Shula stays dry, Fins high five, Mercury rises.

Issue #194 – Seventh 11th Hour Win

thehorseshoe | December 23, 2009 in Issues | Comments (2)

Week 15: Colts 35 Jaguars 31		Haiku Count: 1471
Can’t kick comeback fix. Seventh 11th hour win. Blowout not bad word.		Near flawless first half No, reins have not been let up. Team preps final charge
Stalking wounded prey Mathis, Freeney pace sidelines Final drive, they pounce.		Oh sweet irony. First kickoff score comes against Purnell, their old coach.
Week 16: Colts vs Jets
If you’re hurt, you sit. If not, play and play to win. Coach Caldwell’s motto.		Page from Steve Job’s book. Media distortion field Keeps pundits guessing.
Fear of injury. Fear of losing momentum. Which one guides this team?		Despite what they say, Ev’ry player wants to play for chance at hist’ry.

thehorseshoe | December 16, 2009 in Issues | Comments (0)

Week 14: Colts 28 Broncos 16		Haiku Count: 1463
Decade dominance No team has won more games in all of football		The pick chill factor Like wind chill, turnovers make lead seem much smaller.
B is for balance. D crushes all comeback hopes O scores early, late		Lacey on Marshall TV terms, think Diff’rent Strokes Arnold fights Willis.
Week 15: Colts vs Jaguars
To rest or to play? Caldwell takes first tentative steps from Dungy’s shadow.		Playoff game for Jags Pre-season game for ponies? Colts will play to win.
Courting perfection, Colts are coy, feign disinterest. Saints are brash suitors.		Still sore from Sunday, both teams tape up and grit teeth for Thursday night tilt.

thehorseshoe | December 9, 2009 in Issues | Comments (1)

Week 13: Colts 27 Titans 17		Haiku Count: 1455
Upset that wasn’t Six loss team unfit equal to unbeaten Colts.		Swarming Colt defense Kept Johnson & Young in check with two fourth down stands.
Late in half, punch thrown. Undisciplined and stupid. Titans gift: three points.		Addai sustains drives. No splash, but plenty of dash. Keep moving the chains.
Week 14: Colts vs Broncos
Tale of two equines Both with plans for post-season One’s skittish; one runs.		Regular season Twenty-one wins ties record History next week?
Former Patriot has castoffs clicking out West. Will they cheat and whine?		Ex-Boiler Orton will receive a warm welcome Freeney’s outstretched arms.

thehorseshoe | December 2, 2009 in Issues | Comments (0)

Week 12: Colts 35 Texans 27		Haiku Count: 1447
Sign says, “Play 60.” Texans celebrate at half Colts at end of game.		Up two scores early Against Colts no lead is safe They finish. They close.
Big hit. Snot-knocker! Texans thump chests, pose for crowd. Colts quick snap; big play.		Safety more than name Errant fluttering pass nabbed Antoine Bethea.
Week 13: Colts vs Titans
Titanic savior? Did Young earn five game win streak or defense, run game?		Runaway freight train Engine stoked, full head of steam Johnson blasts through line.
Seems crazy, yes, but Best way to contain Vince Young is to make him pass.		TItans haven’t lost Since coach donned Manning’s jersey. Sunday, it comes off.