Top 10 Signs That Colts-Pats Hype Is Gonna Get A Little Thick

10. Gregg Easterbrook is foaming at the mouth, eating paste and soiling himself -- and the game isn't for another week and a half (and no, I'm not giving that wanker a link)

9. On the MNF post-game, Steve Young on ESPN was double-penetrated by Emmit Smith and Stuart Scott for daring to express the opinion that Pats-Colts is not the biggest game in the history of life, the universe, and everything

8. Carolina and Washington have already gotten memos from the league offices letting them know that showing up for Week 8 will not be tolerated

7. As you read this, graphic designers are already working feverishly on a package, complete with explosions, fireworks and a live human sacrifice

6. Inter-office memos being circulated at CBS as to the protocol for which coach to suck off more in the event of a tie

5. Patriots Fan is planning to take the entire week off from demanding that their team get more respect, so that they can go for that underdog role (after all, the game *is* in Indy)

4. Some tasteless blogger will wonder if Tony Dungy's family troubles have proven less distracting than Andy Reid's, only to be relentlessly rebuked for their bad taste

3. Colts Fan will respond to the inevitable "Count the rings" taunt by putting theirs on the middle finger

2. The Seattle, Cleveland, Houston and Oakland markets will also get the Pats-Colts game, rather than their home team

1. 11 days away, I wrote this... and you read it