Posts Tagged ‘Stover’

Issue #200 – No Joy in Naptown

thehorseshoe | February 10, 2010 in Issues | Comments (3)

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Super Bowl 44: Colts 17 Saints 31
 Haiku Count: 1533
Early lead squandered
Momentum shift in second
Six snaps on offense.		 Key plays define game.
Garcon’s drop, onside fumble,
and Manning’s pick six.
Costly injury
not Freeney’s bad ankle but
Jerraud Power’s foot.		 Big coaching blunder
Stover’s kick from 50 yards
None made in 4 years.
Massive fourth down stop
means nothing when offense can’t
convert third and one.		 Bright lights on big stage
Normally resil’ent Colts
crack under pressure.
Despite ev’rything
Colts had ball and chance to win
with three minutes left		 Deep disappointment
will not make true fans forget
fantastic season
All credit to Saints
Fortune favors the bold, and
this night, they were bold!		 No joy in Naptown
No parade or vict’ry tour
Just thoughts of August.

Issue #190 – Not Stover ‘Til It’s Stover

thehorseshoe | November 25, 2009 in Issues | Comments (0)

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Week 11: Colts 17 Ravens 15
 Haiku Count: 1439
Despite 5 field goals,
Not Stover, ’til it’s Stover.
Ex-Raven wins game.		 One catch with one hand
Sends Dallas Clark past Mackey,
Colts greatest tight end.
Brackett’s game-changer
fake blitz, drop into cov’rage
for interception.		 Turnover trouble
Errant passes and fumble
Force D to step up.
Week 12: Colts vs Texans
Are cowpokes snakebit?
One win after fifteen tries.
Odds say they are due.		 With game on line, will
Texans trust kicker, avoid
Wide left trifecta?
Division title,
Unblemished record at stake.
No letdown in sight.		 First game mismatch meant
40 pass quick snap attack.
Now, dare Colts to run.