Colts fans from 09. How confident were you going into Super Bowl 44 vs the saints?
January 10, 2026
Colts fans from 09. How confident were you going into Super Bowl 44 vs the saints?
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That year I didn’t even fathom the colts losing at all. They just won convincingly all year (minus the 2 losses at the end of the regular season). It hurt when they lost the SB.
I was 11. I didn’t think losing was a possibility.
Very. There were a few “new” Saints fans at our SB party. Was a tough one.
😢😢😢😢
I actually distinctly remember telling my dad right before the game started I thought we had no shot. We had just been in (and won) the Super Bowl a few years before and Manning got that off his back, but the Saints had everything to play for and a city majorly rallying behind them after Katrina.
I thought we were gonna win. A close game but a win. Only for us to lose.
I remember that season being a race to be undefeated against the saints. At some point this SB felt it was inevitable but I thought we were going to win. Heart breaking because it would have been great to get two with Manning.
I genuinely thought it was written. Toughest loss of my colts Fandom probably.
God had just taken everything from New Orleans. He was at least gonna give em a super bowl. I knew they’d win, no matter how insanely dominant that 09 team felt.
Felt Good until the start of the 3rd quarter
I was in college and had other priorities. Oh how I took you for granted, 09 Indy
All Hank Baskett had to do was knock the onside kick out of bounds.
I thought we were gonna win bc we were essentially undefeated that year but most people knew it was gonna be tough and far from a given. Saints started 13-0 that year. Vikings would’ve been a better matchup if Favre didn’t have that pick throwing across his body
I was confident we would win but Drew always scared me and proved he could play.
Once Freeny got a high ankle sprain on a meaningless play against the jets in the AFCCG I new we were going to lose. A healthy Freeny would have made all the difference
None. Zero.
I couldn’t understand all the Saints are the underdog talk. They both started 13-0 iirc. They were both extremely good teams lead by HOF QBs. I feel all the talk of the Colts being heavy favorites actually helped the Saints play with a chip on their shoulders. Add in the fact that Freeney wasn’t anywhere near 100% either. I was nervous but hopefully optimistic they’d win.
Somehow i feel too young to remember this game but remember the superbowl we won lol,’ i just remember Hank Baskett
Going in mixed. At half real confident.
They felt invincible that year, probably like the 16-0 Pats team, then they got punched in the mouth with that onside kick return after halftime and it was basically over.
I remember I was pissed not to see Brett and Vikings go against us.
I was worried about Brees and his pinpoint accuracy and a hurt freeney, he was sideline for weeks with a high ankle sprain and had nothing on the field when the superbowl came.
That damn onside kick changed everything
There wasn’t a chance we could lose and then the Saints kicked off the second half. The momentum was undeniable after that.
I was there. I only eat when Colts are ahead. Got food at half time. FML.
High at about 99.9%. That halftime on side kick was mind blowing and proved to be one of the best coaching decisions ever. It still really bothers me to this day.
Why you gotta do this? Haven’t we been punished enough?
My confidence was kinda good up to the halftime, then The Who performs super mid (I’m a big The Who fan) and everything started to feel wrong for some reason. I remember the feeling.
I thought it was a guaranteed win. I mean they won every game they tried to win, why not this one?
I learned some life lessons that day as an 11 year old
I crashed out so hard. I cried almost threw up and we had to leave the Super Bowl party because I was inconsolable. There was no way we were gonna lose.
It was right after Hurricane Katrina.. I knew we were cooked. NOLA needed it
We lost?? Not even possible…
That was one of the most dominant teams in my lifetime. The surprise onside kick broke me.
Forever and always, fuck Hank Baskett
Extremely confident, 06 felt like a fluke but 09 felt like destiny. People like to blame Hank Baskett for the onside kick but I’ll never forget Pierre Garçon dropping a wide open pass in the second quarter that would have put us up 17-0 at halftime. Instead it was 10-0 and Hank Baskett did the rest
I was in my 20s. I was blown away we lost. Like shocked. People talked so much shit to me.
It felt like a Peyton Manning legacy game. And the media was painting it that way. The loss was so devastating because I didn’t think there was any chance we were going to lose
As Pat put it, going into the SB they “didn’t lose until they chose to”
Who starts the 2nd half with an onside kick?! Also, Hank Baskett ruined everything!
So confident.
I actually could not sleep for a week afterwards. That curl route int scarred me
It was my fault for the losses. I watched every game that year from my living room chair, wearing the same shirt, except 2 games. Yep, those are the 2 games they lost. 1 game because I was out of town, and the other because we had to have a Super Bowl party, and I watched on a projector that someone brought, in a different room. Ugh. I should have stuck to my faithful leather chair in the living room.
Sean Payton will not see the light of heaven
We had this. It was time for Peyton to be the Goat…the rest is history.
Boss called right after halftime (i shit you not) and basically demanded I come in early the next morning for inventory. What a fucking bitch.
Old me complied.
Wish I would have never done that. It was like a double gut punch to take that and the L that was the second half.
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That year I didn’t even fathom the colts losing at all. They just won convincingly all year (minus the 2 losses at the end of the regular season). It hurt when they lost the SB.
I was 11. I didn’t think losing was a possibility.
Very. There were a few “new” Saints fans at our SB party. Was a tough one.
😢😢😢😢
I actually distinctly remember telling my dad right before the game started I thought we had no shot. We had just been in (and won) the Super Bowl a few years before and Manning got that off his back, but the Saints had everything to play for and a city majorly rallying behind them after Katrina.
I thought we were gonna win. A close game but a win. Only for us to lose.
I remember that season being a race to be undefeated against the saints. At some point this SB felt it was inevitable but I thought we were going to win. Heart breaking because it would have been great to get two with Manning.
I genuinely thought it was written. Toughest loss of my colts Fandom probably.
God had just taken everything from New Orleans. He was at least gonna give em a super bowl. I knew they’d win, no matter how insanely dominant that 09 team felt.
Felt Good until the start of the 3rd quarter
I was in college and had other priorities. Oh how I took you for granted, 09 Indy
All Hank Baskett had to do was knock the onside kick out of bounds.
I thought we were gonna win bc we were essentially undefeated that year but most people knew it was gonna be tough and far from a given. Saints started 13-0 that year. Vikings would’ve been a better matchup if Favre didn’t have that pick throwing across his body
I was confident we would win but Drew always scared me and proved he could play.
Once Freeny got a high ankle sprain on a meaningless play against the jets in the AFCCG I new we were going to lose. A healthy Freeny would have made all the difference
None. Zero.
I couldn’t understand all the Saints are the underdog talk. They both started 13-0 iirc. They were both extremely good teams lead by HOF QBs. I feel all the talk of the Colts being heavy favorites actually helped the Saints play with a chip on their shoulders. Add in the fact that Freeney wasn’t anywhere near 100% either. I was nervous but hopefully optimistic they’d win.
Somehow i feel too young to remember this game but remember the superbowl we won lol,’ i just remember Hank Baskett
Going in mixed. At half real confident.
They felt invincible that year, probably like the 16-0 Pats team, then they got punched in the mouth with that onside kick return after halftime and it was basically over.
I remember I was pissed not to see Brett and Vikings go against us.
I was worried about Brees and his pinpoint accuracy and a hurt freeney, he was sideline for weeks with a high ankle sprain and had nothing on the field when the superbowl came.
That damn onside kick changed everything
There wasn’t a chance we could lose and then the Saints kicked off the second half. The momentum was undeniable after that.
I was there. I only eat when Colts are ahead. Got food at half time. FML.
High at about 99.9%. That halftime on side kick was mind blowing and proved to be one of the best coaching decisions ever. It still really bothers me to this day.
Why you gotta do this? Haven’t we been punished enough?
My confidence was kinda good up to the halftime, then The Who performs super mid (I’m a big The Who fan) and everything started to feel wrong for some reason. I remember the feeling.
I thought it was a guaranteed win. I mean they won every game they tried to win, why not this one?
I learned some life lessons that day as an 11 year old
I crashed out so hard. I cried almost threw up and we had to leave the Super Bowl party because I was inconsolable. There was no way we were gonna lose.
It was right after Hurricane Katrina.. I knew we were cooked. NOLA needed it
We lost?? Not even possible…
That was one of the most dominant teams in my lifetime. The surprise onside kick broke me.
Forever and always, fuck Hank Baskett
Extremely confident, 06 felt like a fluke but 09 felt like destiny. People like to blame Hank Baskett for the onside kick but I’ll never forget Pierre Garçon dropping a wide open pass in the second quarter that would have put us up 17-0 at halftime. Instead it was 10-0 and Hank Baskett did the rest
I was in my 20s. I was blown away we lost. Like shocked. People talked so much shit to me.
It felt like a Peyton Manning legacy game. And the media was painting it that way. The loss was so devastating because I didn’t think there was any chance we were going to lose
As Pat put it, going into the SB they “didn’t lose until they chose to”
Who starts the 2nd half with an onside kick?! Also, Hank Baskett ruined everything!
So confident.
I actually could not sleep for a week afterwards. That curl route int scarred me
It was my fault for the losses. I watched every game that year from my living room chair, wearing the same shirt, except 2 games. Yep, those are the 2 games they lost. 1 game because I was out of town, and the other because we had to have a Super Bowl party, and I watched on a projector that someone brought, in a different room. Ugh. I should have stuck to my faithful leather chair in the living room.
Sean Payton will not see the light of heaven
We had this. It was time for Peyton to be the Goat…the rest is history.
Boss called right after halftime (i shit you not) and basically demanded I come in early the next morning for inventory. What a fucking bitch.
Old me complied.
Wish I would have never done that. It was like a double gut punch to take that and the L that was the second half.
It’s still a core rotten memory.