Colts/Patriots: It's Happening!!!!!

Greetings from Indianapolis...from a hotel room within sight of Lucas Oil Stadium, in fact. (The room also includes--among other things--a spin bike, a weight set and a picture book entitled Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion. I'm not kidding...and no, I could never afford this on my own.) The city is buzzing; everyone is decked out in Colts gear. I'm off to join the Blue Parade; also, I think I sort of have to investigate the tailgate party that stretches, quite literally, ten blocks from the stadium. In all directions.

This'll be my first prime time football game, by the way. After spending so many years of attending Vikings/Lions games in Detroit, it's exciting to be in the eye of the storm, to be holding a ticket (they're gold bullion 'round here today) to arguably the biggest game of the NFL's regular season. I'm off to shower and change...and then I'm off to the stadium. There's electricity in the air here, people; reach out and you feel as though you can grab it.