Blue the Indianapolis Colts Mascot
Posted by Thomas on February 7, 2012
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 Colts jackets with a horseshoe on the front. On September 17, 2006, Blue was first introduced in the Colts’ first home regular season game against the Houston Texans at the RCA Dome, in which the Colts won 43-24. While entertaining the Colts fans, Blue is believed to have brought valuable good luck charm since joining the colts.
Blue was born in the town of Jockey, Indiana. Blue’s favorite hobby as a young growing horse on a large farm was to wear his favorite jackets watching the Indiana Colts, his favorite National Football League team play football every Sunday. Blue was originally training to be a race horse, but one day, he suddenly noticed a big blue spot on his fur. In the long run, he automatically turned blue. Blue was ridiculed by all the other horses on the farm for his appearance.
Blue couldn’t take any more insults, so he decided to run away. In Southern Indiana, he was able to make his way hiding in barns and eat corn to survive. While reading the newspaper one day, Blue found out that the Colts team were having a tryout. At the Colts Training Camp Complex, where he arrived, he realized he didn’t have a name while filling out the employment application.
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. The official mascot of the Colts named Blue was wholeheartedly hired. Valuable Blue is a member of the Colts family today . At the Colts new home in Indianapolis, Blue cheers along with the fans at every Colts home match, wears proudly one of his NFL jackets and entertains them at the Lucas Oil Stadium.
Blue and the Colts have the same struggles and experiences, thus Blue deserves to be the official mascot of the team. Blue remained strong and determined as a colt, like the Indianapolis Colts, he has experienced series of adjusments and changes.
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