A Lot Has Changed Since the Colts Were This Bad

Fourteen years ago, the Colts stood just where they do today, with an 0-10 record and waiting for a hero to deliver them from their own little N-F-Hell.   Just when all seemed hopeless with the world champion Green Bay Packers riding into town, out rode Paul Justin on his white horse to out-sling Brett Favre.    The result:  a 41-38 Colts victory and the dawning of a new era.   Well, maybe not quite yet, but a new era was just around the corner.  A lot of stuff sure has happened since the fall of 1997.  Here are a few:

• We’ve had three Presidents, an Al Gore, and some Hanging Chads.
• Mark McGwire became a baseball God, and then a pariah.
• Ditto for Sammy Sosa.
• Tiger Woods rose and fell.
• Michael Jackson died.  Shamone!  Can’t be!!
• The Pope died.
• George Steinbrenner died.
• Al Davis died.
• The Paul Justin era died.
• VHS died.
• Land-lines went on a ventilator.
• The Internet grew up.
• Napster.
• Tom Brady.  Dammit.
• Reality TV was born and American intelligence died, at least a little.
• Y2K fizzled.
• Ryan Leaf imploded.
• Peyton Manning exploded.
• Reggie Miller retired.
• Favre retired (right?)
• Indianapolis landed the Super Bowl, just in time for …
• The Colts collapsed.