Pat McAfee Calls Out ESPN Analysts for Doubting the Colts

Pat McAfee, gifted punter and sometimes urban marine biologist, took a moment to put the Worldwide Leader in Sports on notice after his team's 24-13 upset of the Denver Broncos in the AFC divisional playoffs.

The Colts punter tweeted an image of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown panel, which unanimously chose the Broncos to beat Indianapolis and move on to the AFC championship.

McAfee finds your lack of faith disturbing, ESPN—and it is disturbing, if not unsurprising, to see an entire squadron of analysts go gaga for a flawed favorite with a history of postseason woes.

Colts fans should know that while Chris Berman and company all hitched their carts to Denver, a lone candle burned in Bristol in support of Indianapolis on Sunday night—a candle lit by a most bullish and double Windsor-ed individual named Merril Hoge.

Hoge was the only ESPN analyst with the lentils to take the underdog Colts over the Broncos, proving that while he is wrong about many things, he is not the blindest squirrel in the bush.

The Colts will play the New England Patriots for the AFC title at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. They will be underdogs again, and I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an about-face in Bristol's voting habits.

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