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Monday, December 19, 2011

Blue the Indianapolis Colts Mascot

By Randy Walsh


Indianapolis Colts professional American football team of the National Football League has an official mascot named Blue. Blue is an anthropomorphic blue horse who wears one of the white Indianapolis Colts jackets with a horseshoe on the front.In the Colts' first home regular season game on September 17, 2006 at RCA Dome against Houston Texans in which the Colts won 43-24, Blue was first introduced.While entertaining the Colts fans, Blue is believed to have brought valuable good luck charm since joining the colts.

Jockey, Indiana is town where Blue was born. As a young horse growing up on a large farm, Blue's favorite hobby was to wear his favorite sports jackets watching his favorite National Football League team, the Indianapolis Colts, play football every Sunday.Originally, Blue was training to be a race horse, but he suddenly noticed one day on his fur was a big blue spot.He turned completely blue, eventually.On the farm, all the other horses ridiculed Blue for his appearance.

Blue decided he couldn't take any more insults, and chose to run away. He was able to make his way all around Southern Indiana hiding in barns and eating corn to survive. Then one day, while reading the newspaper, Blue discovered that the Colts were having tryouts for the team. He arrived at the Colts Training Camp Complex, but while filling out the employment application, he realized he didn't have a name.

Colts Owner/CEO Jim Irsay discovered Blue.Irsay realized that the horse Blue while telling his travels and struggle for survival had a serious potential to offer the team.Blue was hired wholeheartedly to serve as the official mascot of the Colts.Valuable Blue is a member of the Colts family today .In Lucas Oil Stadium, he currently entertains the fans, wears proudly one of his NFL jackets and cheers along with them at every Colts home game at the Indianapolis' new home.

Blue and the Colts have the same struggles and experiences, thus Blue deserves to be the official mascot of the team.Thoush Blue has experienced series of adjustments and changes, like the Indiana Colts, he remained strong and determined as a colt.




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