Agreed.

Right...but why not tip your hat to your own? I think that's the problem many of us have with Colts fans.

Ladies and gentleman...Colts fans!

That would have been considered "no school"...because it would be idiotic.

Good point. Sometimes the old anchors need to be lifted for there to be movement and progression. And ESPN does have some talented younger people it could transition to. In fact, now that I think about it, Trey Wingo hosts NFL Live and does a damn fine job. It would be weird for about half a season, but he could step in and do the Sunday Countdown show.

If you like Berman, you're old school. Plus, you have a Bernie Kosar picture by your name. Berman AND Kosar? Yeah man, you're old school.

I'm sure a lot of "old school" people feel the same way. He is definitely one of a kind.

Great point. ESPN's diversification certainly lessens the overall blow of a Berman departure as compared to KO and DP when they left.

Agreed, Indiana has GREAT high school and college sports fans (minus Bloomington for football, but they make up for it with bball insanity).

However, don't skirt the issue. The issue here is the Colts. Alcohol, gambling, ESPN hype, and one game per week are givens with football in ANY city. Of course they contribute to the game's popularity. But the Saints had 30K fans at the airport. If the Browns had lost in the Super Bowl, I guarantee there would be thousands - at a minimum - there to greet the team.

There is something inherent about Indianapolis as a sports city that - in my opinion - makes it wholly undeserving of a franchise as well run as the Colts and a player as transcendent as Peyton Manning. I know that Peyton pays lip service to Indy fans being "the best fans in the world" but he went to Tennessee and has seen Saints fans close up; he can't possibly believe that. No one else that I've talked to does.

He's like the Jagermeister of sports announcers.