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AFC South Week in Review: the Thin Line Between Good and Great
November 20th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
For a few minutes late Sunday afternoon, everything we thought we knew about the NFL was being challenged. The Jacksonville Jaguars had held a 14 point fourth quarter lead at Houston in a game in which they were double-digit underdogs. Meanwhile the Indianapolis Colts offense was playing the role of...

AFC South Week in Review: Tennessee Titans Respond to Owner’s Ultimatum
November 13th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Tennessee Titans' owner Bud Adams put his team on notice after their week 9 thrashing at the hands of the Chicago Bears. He wouldn't except such a shoddy effort and everyone from the head coach to the ticket takers had better shape up or heads would roll. It would appear...

AFC South Week in Review: Have’s and Have Not’s
November 6th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
The Week 9 action in the AFC South made one thing perfectly clear: this division has two teams with legitimate playoff aspirations and two that clearly do not. While the Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts were making their cases for playoff berths, the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars were on...

AFC South Week in Review: Jacksonville Jaguars Show Life in Green Bay
October 30th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
***PHOTO1***With the Houston Texans on their bye week and the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans facing each other, that left just one other team from the AFC South in play this week. The Jacksonville Jaguars were prohibitive underdogs going into Green Bay to face a resurgent Packers' squad without the...

AFC South Week in Review: Jacksonville Jaguars in Deep Trouble
October 23rd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Just when fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars thought it couldn't get any worse, it did... a lot worse. It's not just that the Jags, coming off a bye week, blew an 11 point halftime lead on the road in Oakland. It's not just that they dropped to 1-5 in a...

AFC South Week in Review: Does Anybody Know What’s Going on Out There?
October 16th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Only in the wild and wacky NFL could we have a week like this past one. The Colts, fresh off their most inspirational win in awhile, came out flat as a pancake against the New York Jets. The Tennessee Titans, left for dead after bumbling their way to another loss...

AFC South Week in Review: Can Anyone Catch the Houston Texans?
October 9th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
***PHOTO1*** With their win last night against the New York Jets, the Houston Texans moved to 5-0. They're now two and a half games in front of the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC South. If not for the Colts' improbable comeback against the Packers Sunday, Houston would enjoy a nearly invincible...

AFC South Week in Review: Indianapolis Colts Gain While Idle
October 2nd, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Thanks to losses by the Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars, the Indianapolis Colts gained in the AFC South Standings despite not playing this week. The Colts 1-2 record puts them a half game ahead of the Titans and Jags, but already two and a half games behind the Houston Texans,...

AFC South Week in Review: Houston Texans Look Dominant
September 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
The last minute of the game between the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars produced a two game swing in the AFC South standings. Instead of standing alone in second place at 2-1, the Colts are now jammed with the Jags and the Tennessee Titans at 1-2. The Jags were staring...

AFC South Week in Review: Your Second Place Indianapolis Colts
September 17th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
It's VERY early, but your Indianapolis Colts are sitting in second place in the AFC South. Thanks to the strong leg of Adam Vinatieri and some poor play by division rivals, the Colts only trail division leader Houston by a single game heading into their first divisional showdown this week. The...

Houston Texans Only AFC South Team to Post a Win
September 10th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
***PHOTO1*** It's good news/bad news for the Indianapolis Colts after week one of the 2012 season. The bad news is that they dropped a 41-21 decision to the Chicago Bears. The good news is that only one of their divisional rivals, the Houston Texans, scored a victory on Sunday. Houston stumbled out...

AFC South Preview: Houston Texans Triumph Again
September 3rd, 2012 at 8:00 AM
 ***PHOTO1*** With Peyton Manning now permanently removed from the AFC South, the Houston Texans will take aim at winning their second consecutive AFC South title. With the rest of the division breaking in new quarterbacks and still generally in transition, it's their division to lose. Here's what Colts 101 sees in...

AFC South Update: Matt Schaub Returns for Houston Texans
August 13th, 2012 at 3:14 PM
***PHOTO1***Matt Schaub's return as quarterback of the Houston Texans was the biggest AFC South news besides Andrew Luck's debut. Schaub, who missed most of 2011, started for the Texans in their 26-13 exhibition victory over the Carolina Panthers. Schaub was steady if not spectacular in his brief preseason debut. He completed half...

Indianapolis Colts: the “New Era” Begins Today with First Full Team Workouts
June 12th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
***PHOTO1***Indianapolis Colts' owner Jim Irsay heralded the start of the "new era" of Colts football this morning via his Twitter account: "It's a dew splashed June 12th Tuesday morning in Indy. Big day for franchise. Taking the field at 2 pm this afternoon with full team ready 2 go." Various other Colts...

Indianapolis Colts’ DBs Have New Speedsters to Contend with in the AFC South
April 30th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
The Indianapolis Colts' defensive backs had better start working hard. Their jobs just got a lot harder after their AFC South rivals added plenty of weapons at wide receiver during the 2012 NFL Draft. Here are the Colts 101 grades for each of the Colts' divisional rivals: Houston Texans:  B+ The...

AFC South Teams Complete Stellar First Round of Picks
April 27th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Spread throughout the 2012 NFL Draft's first-round, the four AFC South division teams all came up with positive players in its selections. The Indianapolis Colts found its franchise player in quarterback Andrew Luck with the first overall pick. Luck has been a consensus choice as the top prospect available for the...

Indianapolis Colts’ AFC South Rivals Get Better in First Round
April 27th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
***PHOTO1***  While Indianapolis Colts fans were basking in the afterglow of the Andrew Luck selection, the rest of the AFC South was busy using the first round to improve their lots. Each team made a selection during the first round that will go a long way toward addressing a weakness. Jacksonville Jaguars:...

Indianapolis Colts’ AFC South Rivals Look to Strengthen Through the Draft
April 25th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
For a decade, the Indianapolis Colts have dominated the AFC South. With Peyton Manning gone and the Colts roster in the midst of a major overhaul, Houston, Tennessee and Jacksonville now sense the time is ripe for them to take control of the division. That makes this year's NFL Draft...

Free Agency Brings Major Shakeups in AFC South
March 25th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Indianapolis Colts' fans aren't alone in seeing the roster of their team being reshaped this off season. All of the teams in the AFC South have undergone significant changes in personnel during the first two weeks of free agency. Colts 101 has put together a list of players who have come...

Colts Trade for Quarterback Drew Stanton
March 23rd, 2012 at 5:11 PM
The Indianapolis Colts acquired quarterback Drew Stanton in a trade from the New York Jets Friday. The Colts also gets the Jets' seventh-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, while giving a sixth-round selection to the Jets. Stanton, 27, is entering his sixth season in the NFL. He was a second-round pick...