Week 1: Colts vs. Bears

Late reaction here, because I was at the game last Sunday night and have been pretty busy this week. But the experience of being at Lucas Oils Stadium for the very first regular season game was pretty neat...at least until the Colts started losing the game. But the introductions of the players, the Tomcat helicopters flying overhead, having the roof and window open, seeing Faith Hill on the super-big HD screens singing the Sunday Night Football song...was all really cool.

The neatest moments were the cheers that Reggie Wayne and Peyton Manning got coming out of the tunnel. Although one thing they missed out on I thought they could have done to make it better...why not save the unveiling of the 2006 Super Bowl banner until the opening part of the first regular season game in the new building? To get the crowd and team all pumped remembering how that felt? But no, it was already there unfurled when I attended the first pre-season game in the building with no fanfare to debut the Super Bowl banner in the new building. I thought that would have been pretty cool. Plus I was there last season for the first regular season game after the Super Bowl win (Colts vs. Saints) when the Super Bowl banner was unfurled, and that was so cool I thought it would be a neat opportunity to experience that twice. Is that asking too much?

Anyway, I think the single play that blew the game was Marvin's fumble returned for a TD. The Colts had momentum and were driving to take the lead, and that play single-handedly changed the complexion of the game. I had my buddy Bill from Chicago at the game with me, and he is now banned from attending any Bears vs. Colts games with me.