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Speaker 1: It is my pleasure to be welcome here on the

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Speaker 1: Colts Show by one of our great international fans of

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts, Lucas le June. Lucas, how you doing man,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Indy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, Thank you very much for having me.

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Speaker 2: It's a pretty special being here.

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Speaker 1: I have to say so, Lucas, you're a listener of

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Speaker 1: the podcast. I appreciate that every podcast, not just this

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Speaker 1: the Jack Doyle Podcast and every reaction. You are a

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Speaker 1: full consumer of our Colts podcast offerings. But more importantly,

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Speaker 1: why I'm having you on the show is that you

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Speaker 1: have the work you have done and just like the

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Speaker 1: presence you have in Europe. When I was in Berlin

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Speaker 1: So I was like, Okay, well you're in town in Indie.

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Speaker 1: We're taping this in late December, right before New Year's

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Speaker 1: I was like, oh, on, have Lucas on the podcast

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Speaker 1: because I want to hear your story of how you

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Speaker 1: became a fan and what your experience is like watching

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Speaker 1: just as knowledgeable, and just as passionate about this team

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Speaker 1: as someone who lives in Indianapolis. I think it's so cool.

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Speaker 1: So having you on the pod with you know, is

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Speaker 1: story of that, because I think there are a lot

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Speaker 1: from your story as well.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yeah, So I.

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Speaker 1: Want to start with how you became a fan because

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously the Colts fans who live here in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: You got a horseshoe you know, T shirt when you

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Speaker 2: Well, so, I mean you said living in Indianapolis makes

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Speaker 2: So yeah, and I ended up ending up in Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: So you're you're like the one fan on earth who

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Speaker 1: So you go back to the Netherlands and explain to

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Speaker 3: They have this huge presence.

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Speaker 2: like ask, hey, are you part of our official booster

435
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,680
Speaker 2: club already? And when I say no, we're trying to

436
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,439
Speaker 2: get them in and invite them to that to that

437
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:48,000
Speaker 2: Bocher club. And it's also there, like you said, with

438
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 2: the things you see, like the NFL was all over Berlin,

439
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,840
Speaker 2: like you know you saw, I don't know who stuck

440
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,720
Speaker 2: those stickers on those like poles. Yeah he was a

441
00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,600
Speaker 2: busy man because they were all for Berlin. And you know,

442
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,000
Speaker 2: it really felt like, okay that the NFL's here. And

443
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,399
Speaker 2: that's just what I said, you know, even with the

444
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,960
Speaker 2: small things, you make it feel alive. And yeah, just

445
00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 2: so it felt like there was definitely more Colts fans

446
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,320
Speaker 2: out there in Berlin than there were last time. And

447
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 2: you know when somebody brings you know, maybe one of

448
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,080
Speaker 2: those people bring other people to to that experience, well

449
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 2: then they become Colts fans too. So yeah, I think,

450
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,719
Speaker 2: you know, the way of keeping it growing is keep

451
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 2: on playing there, keep on heading back, so hoping to

452
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,000
Speaker 2: welcome you back again.

453
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think one of the coolest things you

454
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,800
Speaker 1: guys did as you know, the kind of supporter group

455
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: was the win for Jim March, yeah, you know where

456
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 1: you have the big banner, you know, win for Gym

457
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:45,680
Speaker 1: Blue Crew Europe. Where you guys all met up at

458
00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:49,439
Speaker 1: the train station, took the train to the Olympic Stadium, stop,

459
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: got off, and then marched to the stadium. And that

460
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,320
Speaker 1: was completely organic, which I think is so so cool,

461
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: And it was what I saw was like this kind

462
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,960
Speaker 1: of melding of our culture with the cults with the

463
00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,040
Speaker 1: where that was a very European thing to do. The

464
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 1: fan march, right, that's a a very you know I

465
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:09,960
Speaker 1: think about the world cut fan But you know we

466
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 1: were talking about, yeah it's back in the spring, like

467
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 1: how much I loved watching all the you know, the

468
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:15,639
Speaker 1: the Dutch fans.

469
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 2: I mean I didn't think like I didn't take any

470
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 2: organization for that. So all credits go to Christophe and

471
00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,160
Speaker 2: the organization team for that. But I think rest ofvan

472
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,920
Speaker 2: Andreas took the biggest care of that. But but yeah,

473
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,639
Speaker 2: I mean it is Yeah, it's sort of something you

474
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 2: don't really see here. Yeah, so I think it's sort

475
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,760
Speaker 2: of coming that all together because we can't retailgate at

476
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 2: the at the European stage. So we sort of have

477
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 2: to bring that culture then because here you have the

478
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 2: Tilgate going on for like early in the morning, Like

479
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 2: I was at Lucas Oil Sunday at six o'clock in

480
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 2: the morning. You beat me there, yeah, with with with

481
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,600
Speaker 2: the Blue Crew. So I mean here you have the

482
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 2: American experience. There you have the European experience. But absolutely,

483
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 2: I mean it was it was fun and we'll hope

484
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 2: to make it a bigger march the next time. But

485
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 2: I'm glad we got to take it like a huge

486
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 2: group picture and yeah that all it all went flawlessly.

487
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 2: I have to say.

488
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 1: So for you when you've been here in the US,

489
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: you've been here for what about a month?

490
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 2: I came thirteenth of December.

491
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, so a couple of weeks that you know, we're here.

492
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: This is gonna come out later. But as you've gone

493
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: around and you've you've been doing this series called Colt's Caves,

494
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 1: where you've been going around to you know, fans and

495
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,719
Speaker 1: you know, hey, take me to your quote unquote your

496
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 1: your your man cave, your place where you've got all

497
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 1: this memorabilia displayed. What have you learned about the franchise.

498
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: What have you learned about our fans through having those

499
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,640
Speaker 1: conversations and hearing those stories about some of these artifacts

500
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 1: that you've now seen.

501
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I mean I recorded another episode yesterday while

502
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 2: we're taping this. I'm not sure yet when it's gonna

503
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 2: be online. I try to make it into off season,

504
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 2: so we're avoiding any news breaks or something I you know,

505
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 2: that might flush it away. But yesterday it was a

506
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 2: great episode. I had Maurice. I went to Maurice and

507
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 2: Brian Ohio. Well, the first thing I learned is that

508
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,160
Speaker 2: there's a lot more Colts caves out there, Like there's

509
00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 2: there's way more than you think, Like you hear the

510
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,560
Speaker 2: bigger ones all over the media here, but there's there's

511
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 2: some like more hidden ones which pretty half treasures. And

512
00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,320
Speaker 2: he went into really interesting stuff. He went into the

513
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 2: nineteen sixty five Western Conference playoff game where Tom Maddy

514
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 2: had to play who was running back at the That

515
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:19,440
Speaker 2: was the.

516
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,520
Speaker 1: One where the Packers missed the field goal. It went

517
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: directly over the upright exactly. And no, because I wrote

518
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: about this after the Texans game where fair Baron's kick

519
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 1: went over the upright and they called it good, and

520
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,479
Speaker 1: I was like, that wasn't exact. It was like, well,

521
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 1: actually the Colts were the first team to get screwed.

522
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, and that's how they Well, apparently that after

523
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 2: that Western Conference game in nineteen sixty five, they changed

524
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,719
Speaker 2: the rules to making it longer goal post. Yes, it

525
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 2: still wasn't long enough.

526
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,360
Speaker 3: Apparently, no, we gotta go, we gotta go higher now.

527
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 2: But the tea's on that episode, Maurice actually got a

528
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 2: story from somebody from the Packers. I'm not gonna tell

529
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 2: you much, and they admitted that it was it was off.

530
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,439
Speaker 1: So yeah, look, I remember watching the YouTube video. You

531
00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 1: look at the Kickers reaction.

532
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 2: He thinks missed it.

533
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 1: Whatever, we don't need to re litigate something that happened

534
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,400
Speaker 1: sixty one years ago.

535
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, so, I mean the stories hide themselves in the

536
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 2: in the Colts caves, as you say, So, it's pretty much.

537
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 2: I try to make the series about pretty much being

538
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,640
Speaker 2: in a museum, right, you're sort of visiting visiting a Colt,

539
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,400
Speaker 2: a private Colts museum. Yeah, all the stories and artifacts

540
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 2: with Hyde in there. Of course, I like to learn

541
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 2: about their fandom and about you know, Maurice's fandom, about

542
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 2: Rix and Brands fandom and Cole We're gonna visit Cole,

543
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 2: Mike and who else have I been to? Lost track here?

544
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,239
Speaker 2: Oh yeah? And Sang and Sang We're gonna visit their

545
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,439
Speaker 2: Colts Caves. I mean, of course we'd like to learn

546
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 2: about their fandom. But I think you sort of a

547
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 2: lot of people know those stories already, but you don't

548
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 2: really know what stories behind what they have. And right,

549
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 2: that's what I'm focusing on this series.

550
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 1: So what how have you felt more connected to the

551
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: team through kind of doing that series?

552
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I think you sort of well. I mean every

553
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 2: time I haven't like a Colts Garden house myself, but

554
00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,400
Speaker 2: every time I go to the one of Dose, I'm like, well,

555
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,080
Speaker 2: I don't have that impression of impressive of a collection.

556
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 3: Yet, Like it's motivational. Yeah, it's motivational.

557
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 2: You get a little jealous, but you know they leave

558
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 2: me with some good things too. But no, you feel

559
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 2: connected with the team. You feel how they you know

560
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 2: how passionate they are. And I mean that just truly.

561
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,679
Speaker 2: I mean, like I said, that just truly shows you

562
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 2: how alive the Colts are. I was amazed by this

563
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 2: at the night of Champions as well last March, like

564
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 2: every pretty much every sentence Peyton or whoever said, the

565
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 2: crowd was exploding. And I mean that just shows you

566
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 2: how alive the team is here and how much it

567
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 2: means to the people here. And that gets you. Me

568
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 2: being from somebody foreign, you know, that gets you sort

569
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,440
Speaker 2: of connection, that gets your way in to show that hey,

570
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 2: I might be from the other side of the world,

571
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 2: but we're still saying the same person pretty much. So yeah,

572
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 2: that really helps a lot.

573
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: I think that's that's a really cool thing that you've done, too,

574
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: is like really dive into the team history. Because you

575
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 1: became a fan of twenty nineteen, you didn't grow up here.

576
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: There's this whole swath of Colt's history dating back to

577
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,439
Speaker 1: the fifties where you know, we're in Baltimore that you

578
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 1: kind of are trying to get up to speed on. Yeah,

579
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,879
Speaker 1: and I think it's I think it's really cool that

580
00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: you've invested in that. It's not just like, hey, I'm

581
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 1: only a fan from twenty nineteen on. It's like, no,

582
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 1: I want to hear you know, Okay, well tell me

583
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: more about Peyton Manning. Yeah, tell me more about what

584
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: happened before Peyton Manning. You know, Jim Harbaugh here about

585
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: Bill Brooks. I think that's such a cool thing that

586
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 1: you've done too, to really dive into that. What's maybe

587
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 1: the what's maybe the most like interesting thing you've learned about,

588
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: like Colt's history as you've kind of learned about it

589
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: and dove into it that we meaning in the series

590
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: or in general just in general. Yeah, in general, I mean, well,

591
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: what's something I found funny doing that or something I

592
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: find funny learning about that is that Colts actually used

593
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: to wear silver and green huh, right after the Second

594
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: World War and then they changed it. So yeah, I

595
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: mean that that's something really cool and that's something we

596
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: dove into in that episode as well. But also learning about,

597
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 1: you know, the history behind the team. I gave you

598
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 1: the monopoly board.

599
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's really cool, and I have one space on

600
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: it which is Skokie Offices and the story behind that,

601
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 2: you being from that area, the story behind that is

602
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: really cool. So that's that's something I also like, That's

603
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 2: that's one of the interesting, most interesting stories. So I

604
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 2: heard back then, Yeah.

605
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: So the Skokee Offices for those who don't know, back

606
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: when Robert Ursay owned the Colts. The team headquarters were

607
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 1: in Skokie, Illinois.

608
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 2: Yep.

609
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: Robert Ursay was a businessman from the northern Chicago suburbs

610
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: and he held Colts offices there. So I actually, it's

611
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: funny you bring that up because my wife, when we

612
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: lived in Chicago, she used to work. She was a

613
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: speech pathologist who would work in a She worked in

614
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: a school district in Niles and Skokee, Illinois, and one

615
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: of the schools that she would work in was a

616
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: half block from that building. And I remember I would

617
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: like when she was pregnant, and sometimes I would have

618
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: to go pick her up or drop her off with

619
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: twin boys or there are some you know, things going

620
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: on there. I would drive up there and be like,

621
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: why is this building say Colts, And then I looked

622
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: into it and I was like, oh my gosh, Like fun,

623
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: that's a huge Colts fan. That's where that's where the

624
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: team offices were, So like, yeah, like you really learning

625
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: a lot about that stuff. Is really cool that you're

626
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: not just again like just a fan who picked the

627
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 1: team up recently. Tell me about like the game in Berlin.

628
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: I know it's a little tinge now that the Colts

629
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: went on this long losing streak unfortunately.

630
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 3: After that game.

631
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: But the experience of being in that stadium, knowing the

632
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 1: history of that stadium, and you know, we tried to

633
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: bring whatever we could to make it feel like a

634
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: Cults home game.

635
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 2: I need a phenomenal job at that.

636
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 3: Thank you. What was your experience like going to that game?

637
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 2: Well, I mean I always try to be as early

638
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 2: as possible, like as soon as the Gays open, I'm

639
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 2: I'm in the stadium and to just soak it all

640
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 2: in and see how it is. And yeah, it was.

641
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 2: It was really great. I mean from the American people

642
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 2: who were there, I learned that they told me that

643
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 2: really really felt like a Lucas Oil home stadium as

644
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 2: much as I could, so I think that was a

645
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 2: phenomenal thing. But I mean it was definitely better than

646
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 2: frankfort As in the whole game experience wise, because it

647
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 2: felt more like, you know, Colts themed and seeing that

648
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 2: was for me the fun part. Seeing like the Colts

649
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 2: end zone on the field in Europe, the Falcons, Yeah yeah, yeah,

650
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 2: you have to share that now, but you know, one

651
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 2: of the end zones being Colts. I thought that was

652
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 2: that was really cool and I mean the game itself,

653
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 2: seeing you know, a franchise record, so it's it all.

654
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 2: It all came together at some point. So yeah, it was.

655
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 2: It was really great to experience it. I always have

656
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,239
Speaker 2: a hard time leaving the stadium after that, but it

657
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 2: was cool.

658
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: I think one of my favorite moments from that trip

659
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: was after the game, I got back to the hotel

660
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: and I was exhausted, Like I was just like, you

661
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: had a few beers well later that night, but like

662
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: I mean, doing the game is an exhausting adventure for me,

663
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: Like it takes a lot of mental energy, you know,

664
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: your heartbreak goes through the roof on third down and

665
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: on these big plays, and there were nothing but big

666
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: plays in that game. I got back to the hotel

667
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 1: and I was like, you know what, I'm only gonna

668
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: you know, this is the first time I've ever done this.

669
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm gonna get to do this again.

670
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: Let me go meet up with, you know, some of

671
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: our staff that was at the Linden broy and I

672
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: walk in and you're one of the first people who

673
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: I see in there, and you're kind enough to offer

674
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,719
Speaker 1: me your phone charger, which thank you, But I just

675
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: like standing there and like talking with the crew that

676
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: was there. You know, you were there, Andrea Sponge who

677
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: you know, the whole crew is there, and to be

678
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: able to like share that moment with you guys. And

679
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: I remember just like looking around and being like, can

680
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: you believe we just witnessed that, Like that was one

681
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: of our best games of the year, and like sharing

682
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: that postgame moment with you guys was such a rewarding experience.

683
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: Like I know you said it was hard leaving the stadium,

684
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: but like that night after the game, when you're you're

685
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: there and Okay, we made it through this game. We

686
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,360
Speaker 1: won this game. Everyone got to see Johnathan Taylor do

687
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: something insane in historic What was that experience like for you?

688
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 2: After the game? It was great. I mean I don't drink,

689
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 2: so I probably was the only sober ones there, So yeah,

690
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 2: I was. It was fantastic to experience that. And I

691
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 2: just try to I always just try to strike up conversations.

692
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 2: I mean I studied journalism myself and back into Ellen's,

693
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 2: so I always try to. I always ask questions for

694
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 2: people people just naturally, I guess. And I actually struck

695
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 2: up a conversation there with our guy George.

696
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 3: You know, and very well, Oh yeah, George, love him

697
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 3: and yeah.

698
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 2: I knew him already a little bit before that, but

699
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: after that we were really able to talk more and

700
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 2: more and yeah he's super nice too, and just you

701
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 2: know he he like pretty much said like you have

702
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 2: to realize how special like a moment like this, with

703
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 2: witnessing a moment like this is because you don't you

704
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 2: don't that rarely ever happens, Like even people in Indianapolis

705
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 2: don't really see that that often. With the fact you

706
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 2: get to play one game here and you get to

707
00:33:56,160 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 2: see that moment, Yeah, that was that was something else.

708
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: For you as a European crew too. I mean, the

709
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: Colts have a very good player on their roster from

710
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: Europe in Bernard Ryman.

711
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 2: Absolutely, you know.

712
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: I know, like as an American sometimes you see like

713
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: Christian Polistic and you're like, there's our guy. You know,

714
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: he star goals in the Champions League. For you to

715
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: have a Colts player who can represent Europe on this

716
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: team and played a very high level in Bernard rhyme,

717
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: and how rewarding has that been for you and a

718
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: a you know, the fan base in Europe to be

719
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 1: able to see that absolutely.

720
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 2: I mean, I think he's phenomenal. You were you were

721
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 2: the one you give me the chance to actually meet him.

722
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: And I think Austrian people get along very well with

723
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 2: Dutch people because Dutch people going ski there every pretty

724
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 2: much every winter. And he immediately right at the gate said, oh,

725
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 2: you probably come to Austria for skiing. I said, yep,

726
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 2: that's that's true. So he was. He was super nice

727
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 2: to me. But I think mainly, you know, focusing on

728
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 2: that international side is it's something for the kids pretty

729
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 2: much like you know, our biggest European fan base, like

730
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 2: they know that they don't have like that won't become

731
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 2: a football player anymore, but young kids they might you know,

732
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,359
Speaker 2: in the future, and seeing him out there being one

733
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 2: of them, like being a European he might be an

734
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 2: inspiration for the young people.

735
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 1: Actually, so for our listeners or viewers this podcast what

736
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,720
Speaker 1: I was going to do this podcast anyway, and then

737
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 1: our international folks came to me and said, well, actually

738
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: we chose Lucas as our twenty twenty five International Fan

739
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 1: of the Year, which is a pretty cool honor.

740
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 2: I'm gonna frame this.

741
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's cool, And I was like, well, great, we'll

742
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,399
Speaker 1: do it on the podcast and then let's surprise him

743
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: with Bernard coming back.

744
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 3: And Bernie was all for it.

745
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,879
Speaker 2: You're literally just standing there. We were talking about him, yep,

746
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 2: and all of a sudden he spawns in. So that

747
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 2: was the cue action. The Q is me asking you

748
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 2: about Bernard to get him in here. But Lucas you are,

749
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 2: the presence you have in Europe is so important to this,

750
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 2: this franchise, the Colts, and the way that you have

751
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 2: helped forge this community like we've been talking about, is

752
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 2: so it's not just important to the cults, it's important

753
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 2: to the growth of people around Europe who now have

754
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 2: a community to go to. And you know, we're so

755
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 2: thrilled to recognize you for everything that you do in

756
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 2: Europe to kind of bring our fans together there and

757
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 2: to forge these traditions that are authentic, that aren't forced

758
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 2: upon you guys.

759
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: You guys all create them yourselves. I guess, just to

760
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: wrap up this podcast, how does it feel to be

761
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: named our twenty five International Fan of the Year.

762
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 2: I didn't I didn't expect this because I'm always like

763
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 2: I try to reach the rules and everything and it's

764
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 2: set that you know, you guys broke the rules for me,

765
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: So thank you for that. I mean, I'll, yeah, I mean,

766
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,479
Speaker 2: thank you for having that will to break the rules.

767
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,399
Speaker 2: I really, I mean, that's that's pretty special. I don't

768
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 2: nominated you too, so well that's yeah, that's that's pretty nice. Yeah,

769
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean it's a lot I have to say.

770
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just uh, it's our speechers pretty much.

771
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 2: But I mean I would be doing it anyway, like

772
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 2: I would be like even without this, I would still

773
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 2: be doing that car Now's party just because I like

774
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 2: it and I like the Colts. So yeah, thank you,

775
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 2: thank you so much for this. And I mean I

776
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 2: truly have to thank you know, the people who enabled

777
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 2: me to do, just like our European Blue Crew. I

778
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 2: mean I hate calling names because we pretty much miss

779
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:43,280
Speaker 2: out on everybody like Christophe Marcel Andrea's George. He really

780
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 2: talked me into, you know, signing up for in our

781
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 2: national fan for the of the year. So thank you, George.

782
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 2: And I mean, for now it's somebody from the Netherlands,

783
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 2: but it future will be against somebody from Germany where

784
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 2: you can actually target it. So yeah, thank you.

785
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: But again the work you do and the presence you

786
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: have in just the care and passion you have for

787
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: the Colts. I appreciate it. The entire our entire organization

788
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 1: appreciates it. Yeah, that's gonna wrap up this podcast. That

789
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: is our twenty twenty five International Fan of the Year,

790
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: Lucas Lejune. Lucas, congratulations man.

791
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 2: Thank you very much.

792
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:20,440
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