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By Scott Van Voorhis and Anita Davis
Tuesday, January 16, 2007





Peyton Manning’s worst fears are coming true.

The Colts quarterback is pleading with Indianapolis fans not to sell tickets to the enemy in advance of Sunday’s AFC Championship matchup with the Patriots.
“We need that stadium totally packed in blue, no Patriots,” Manning said to an Indianapolis TV reporter.
But the Colts quarterback’s cry for help is falling on deaf ears in Indy. Massachusetts sports tour operators are reporting an ample supply of tickets to Sunday’s big game in the Colts’ RCA Dome.
While the game is officially sold out, local brokers report no shortage of tickets to the big game being sold on the secondary market by fair-weather Indy fans.

“We have no problem getting tickets,” said Dan Pranka of New England Sports Tours, who has enough tickets to book a charter flight full of Pats fans.


“It’s not working,” Pranka said of Manning’s plea, which left some members of Patriots Nation incredulous.


“It’s obviously a cry for help . . . he’s afraid,” said Kevin Hayes of Brighton, a bartender at the Cask ’n Flagon across from Fenway Park [map].


“Patriots jerseys remind him of his playoff losses. That disturbs him and haunts him,” Hayes said.


If the championship game were being held in Foxboro, could anyone image Tom Brady [stats] begging Pats fans to keep their tickets in the family?


“I would never give another fan my playoff seat and it does amuse me that (Manning) has to come out and say that,” said Randy “Zip” Pierce, a Pats season ticket holder for nearly 20 years. “We are pretty devoted.”


But Manning’s plea may be a sign of less devotion on the part of Colts fans.


In fact, the superstar quarterback complained in an interview broadcast Sunday that there were too many Kansas City Chiefs fans at the Colts’ recent wild card playoff victory.


Kimberly Harms, a spokeswoman for the Colts, defended the team’s star and said she sees no lack of enthusiasm among the team’s fans. There’s even a bar in Indy - the Blue Crew Sports Grill - where hundreds of fans show up decked out or even painted in Colts blue, she said.


“He (Manning) is just a very generous, passionate person,” Harms said.


“That is just his way to get fans excited and supporting the team,” she said, quickly adding “not that they are not already.”


Yet, here is an even more disturbing possibility for Manning to contemplate: Pats fans living in Indy itself.


After three Super Bowl wins in five years, the Patriots have developed a nationwide following.


Pranka said he knows of hundreds in Arizona and hundreds more in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where a whole bar is devoted to Patriots memorabilia.


He suspects that the Colts’ hometown has its own contingent of Pats fans. In fact, he just bought seats to Sunday’s matchup from one former Indy fan who had moved to Oakland, Calif. The one-time Colts devotee now roots for the Pats.

“The Patriotshave been pretty much America’s team,” Pranka said. As for the Colts: “They haven’t won the big one yet.”

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

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“It’s obviously a cry for help . . . he’s afraid,”

Of course it is, but he should be a little more afraid to be staring down Bruschi, Seymour, Harrison, and Roosie Colvin.
I hope they take his head off.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

This is gonna be a slaughter!

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Posted by: Stevec

I can't wait.

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Posted by: KozmoKramer

When I think of the 10 NFL players that I hate, Panty Manning is right up there.
I'd love to see one of the boys slap that smugness off his ugly puss.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

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Originally Posted by KozmoKramer When I think of the 10 NFL players that I hate, Panty Manning is right up there. I'd love to see one of the boys slap that smugness off his ugly puss.

Thatd be tomorrow Koz

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