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Minnesota leading Iowa 7-6 in the 4th quarter. I'm not sure if Big Ten defenses have finally started catching up with offenses, or if the level of QB play is just down.

Grigson's comments are just the latest example of why Irsay likes having him and Pagano around. Irsay's problem is that he isn't very smart to start with, and has only further addled his brain with extensive drug use. If you've ever listened to Grigson and Pagano talk, you know what I mean. Grigson sounds like a slightly smarter than average player. Pagano knows every football cliche known to man and can always think of one to use in any situation. Contrast this to what we used to have. Dungy ran a very tight ship while still having the respect of his players, and is a published author. Polian was very intelligent and confident enough to think for himself, and at the same time, quite arrogant. I'm sure both of them made Irsay feel stupid on many occasions. This is why Irsay vowed things would be different this time…and they are. Pagano is good enough to be a defensive backs coach, and Grigson is qualified to be a scout. But both of them are in way over their heads in their current positions, and this is why you get things like the Trent Richardson trade, the team looking completely unprepared week after week, cutting starters five games in, etc. I think someday, when both of these bozos are elsewhere, we're going to think very highly of our new coach/GM combo. Not because they're amazing, but because they couldn't possibly be more incompetent than what we have now.

We may get a top 5 pick that will hopefully be drafted by someone not named Ryan Grigson and coached by someone not named Chuck Pagano.

That's because we have no shot. If we keep it within 2 touchdowns or less, I'll be happy.

If Pagano can't get these guys ready to play in front of an international crowd, then he needs to just turn in his whistle and be done. Last year, it took until the middle of November for me to give up on the Colts. This year, it took me one game. I'm so fed up with this coaching staff and even more fed up with Irsay for keeping them. I miss being able to take pride in how the Colts' organization was run. We look like the Browns/Redskins/Raiders these days.

I can only think of a few teams in this league who would retain their coach and GM after last season, and it's not good company to be in. This team sucks and so does its management.

I wish the Nebraska game was next week instead of at OSU. I'm afraid if we get blown out, we'll get a subpar crowd in spite of this win.

We're 1-0 in the Big Ten. Neat!

Cool, we're icing our own kicker.

Please just hang onto the ball.

If it comes down to a field goal, would anyone trust Oakes?

I wish Jordan Howard was still here to run over people.

It's always something. Just can't ever get that late stop, can't ever get that late break, can't ever get what we need to win a game like this. It's always something…and yet, I keep thinking someday it will change.

Wide open. Never a doubt.

MSU will score. This is just like last year's Michigan game. Now we won't have enough time to potentially answer.

Never a doubt.

This is reminding me of MSU's game winning drive in the Big Ten championship game last year.

We've seen this movie before. Is there any doubt MSU is going to tie this thing up?

MSU will eventually go up 2 scores and put this one away. This is comical.

LOL Oakes. What an awful kicker.

Remember when Oakes made a 58 yarder a couple years ago and we thought we had a future NFL kicker?

Last year's team was better.

Pretty sure the person posting play by play on ESPN for this game is drunk. On MSU's first drive they had them losing yards on consecutive gains of 4 and 5 yards and facing 3rd and 19, and on that last play they had IU up 2-0 following a 14 yard loss for a safety. Bastards.

I think I've got the timeline down on this kid: Went to Norwell Middle School, transferred to Bellmont and repeated 8th grade, transferred to South Side and played for 2 years, mysteriously sat for a few games last Christmas and was rumored to have left the team, transferred to North Side last summer and is now transferring to prep school in Maryland. Matt Carlino thinks this kid transfers too much.

Luck makes the same mistakes now that he made as a rookie. This is why a change needed to be made. He's developed bad habits under this clownshow coaching staff and a new voice could have drilled some new stuff into his head.