Thought #1-

Do you remember that old Applebee's commercial where the high school football team was driving home after a tough lose, it was raining, and all they wanted to do was throw down a few ribs at the neighborhood bar and grill? Remember the place was closed, but the workers all stayed to hook up the fellas just to show how much they supported them. Yeah, guessing that Applebees wasn't in Indianapolis.

The Colts return to Indy on Monday to a heart warming crowd feature 11 faithful fans. Yeah, not even tens of fans showed up to welcome the AFC champions back to town. How is this even possible? There had to have been at least 50 plus guys on that plane with families, plus I would hope a few friends, did they not brave the weather to come out? How did these guys even get home? Did Peyton and Reggie Wayne have to split a cab?

Listen Indy I know you were no doubt more than a little sore from dropping the big game, but don't tell me you're that fair weatherNew Orleans had scheduled a parade for their boys win or lose and you can't even spend 10 minutes to welcome your team back? No wonder you never saw a single shot of downtown Indianapolis over the past two weeks. Very sad.

Thought #2 -

The Boston Celtics are rumored to be working a trade with the Charlotte Bobcats which includes trading Glen Davis, who has asked to longer be called Big Baby, for D.J. Augustine. Now the former Longhorn Augustine has a decently high ceiling and it's no secret the Celtics aren't real high on Davis right now, but would this trade really make that big of a difference? This trade seems a lot like that last couples hours you spend at work on Friday. You know you do a lot of moving around, but really you're not accomplishing anything other than giving off the appearance that you're doing something. The Celtics do need to make a trade and their fans know this, but they need a little bit larger of a shot of youth than D.J. to make a big difference this season.

Thought #3 -

The New Orleans' Police Department was reportedly a little worried about how things would shake out for their parade Tuesday night. Let's just say they were concerned about the combination of National media coverage and the typical amount of Marti Gras beads that fly around. They are even considering giving tickets to any ladies who earn their necklaces. What other city in America would they have to consider that in? Where else would it take a meeting to decide whether or not to enforce that kind of law? New Orleans is truly one in a million.

By the way with that announcement the viewership of males 12-30 just tripled, so I guess it was good for business.