That almost sounds like it could be the name of a band--Irsay and the Tweets; if it happens you heard it here first. Anyway...

If you got tired of following the owner of the Indianapolis Colts after he kept saying that a deal with Andrew Luck was close (for about a month) then your missing some real gems from the tweet master himself.

To make the long story short, on Thursday he gave fans a little something to get excited about by teasing us that the Colts are going to make some big trade for a veteran player soon. He later appeared to back off the talk only to get back on and then finally back away a little bit before calling it a night.

In the end it was kind of hard to tell whether the team was looking to make a trade, take a trade, walk the dog, or play pinochle. His intentions were not exactly clear, but that's the genius that is Jim Irsay, Tweet Master.

Today he stirred the pot a little more by once again making it seem like the team is actively seeking a trade. At the same time he talked about watching the waiver wire so what he really meant to say was that the team is looking to improve by any means necessary.

Or the team is looking for a trade.

Or it isn't going to do anything.

Or maybe he is just trying to do a little guerrilla marketing for his team by acting like a crafty, rich fox.

Or maybe he is just bored.

Or maybe he got hacked because he rarely goes more than a tweet or two without somekind of rock reference.Then again, he did tweet some sort of ridiculous contest after talking about the waiver wire/trades Friday. Maybe it is him...

The NFL lowered the ticket threshold teams had to meet in order to keep the game from being blacked out on local television. While the idea may appear to be a boon to the fans, it wasn't a smart business decision for the teams so guys like the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars declined to take the option.

This means that unless the team sells out every home game the home town fans not in the stands might not be able to watch their team play.

For Jacksonville the struggle is nothing new; its been one they've had to deal with the last few seasons. Should the team not get two thirds of its dynamic trio into camp soon they will likely be looking at having those issues again.

Without Maurice Jones-Drew in the lineup the team will not have a running game. Wide receiver Justin Blackmon is expected to give them a much needed threat at wide receiver. It's widely believed that someone like Blackmon is needed so the team can see if Blaine Gabbert is the QB of the future.

Jim Irsay should have seen this issue coming in Indianapolis. After years of selling out every game with ease and having a season ticket waiting list as long as Kenny Britt's rap sheet, the team has over 1600 season tickets still up for sale. With the team not expected to be much better than the one that took the field last year fans just aren't willing to pay the high cost of tickets.

The teams are trying to empower the fans by saying that they can't affect the game from home, but in this economy spending a couple hundred to sit in small seats rather than a comfy couch is not too appealing.

When the team cut Peyton Manning and just about every other recognizable veteran (besides Robert Mathis, Dwight Freeney, and Reggie Wayne) it was pretty clear that the team that fans would get in 2012 would be far different from the one they were accustomed to watching. 

The change is going to be much more than in personnel this season. The philosophy is going to be different as well; something that had to be expected when defense-minded Chuck Pagano was hired to take over as head coach. 

I could tell you what it's going to be, but I think it might come best from the head man (Pagano, not owner Jim Irsay) himself:

"[We will] See who will put their hat on people, strap the 'Riddell' on and see who's going to put the screws of that 'Riddell' on people and take people on. Guys that will come off and fire off the offensive line and we talked about we've got to be able to run the football and stop the run period. That's our mindset and that's the mindset we are trying to develop." 

Before anyone wants to cry foul and compare him to anyone that was once on the coaching staff of the New Orleans Saints, he is not promoting helmet-to-helmet hits or anything dangerous like that. What he's saying is he wants a team that is going to be aggressive and hard-hitting.

What football players are supposed to be like.

Sounds good to us Chuck; make it so.

Knowing how Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay tends to be a bit cryptic with his twitter posts from time to time I began to wonder recently if there was an unknown Springsteen song that talked about being close to signing. That's about the only way I could justify seeing Irsay tweet that for the last few weeks.

If it wasn't anything cryptic like that  he actually meant the team was going to sign Andrew Luck 'soon' than I have two explanations: the obvious one--he was wrong; Irsay sees time as a relative concept that is fluid and always in transit (or some other kind of new age nonsense).

Either way he's right now. 

In case you haven't heard, the team finally got Luck to sign on the dotted line. Financially, the terms are as expected, 4-years for $22.2 million. It has been reported that offset language and marketing rights were an issue. The team has not released the details of the deal so we can only assume that those issues have been sufficiently dealt with.

Fans will get their first chance to see Luck in action during the team's first preseason game, August 12 against the St. Louis Rams. 

If there is one thing that frustrates a football fan more than a losing team it is not being able to watch his team lose in the comfort of his own home so he can bad mouth them in peace with his friends or by himself wearing boxers and an old t-shirt. With the way things are going, the Indianapolis Colts might be robbing there fans of that option.

The NFL finally appears to be getting a clue. Going to games is expensive. Tickets are costly, parking isn't cheap, a single beer cost as much as  six-pack and you can get eight hot dogs and ten bus for the price of one at a game. It has simply become too expensive to go to a live game.

Even though you don't have the money to throw away at Lucas Stadium, it doesn't mean you dont want to watch and support the team. The NFL had eased the blackout restrictions on teams that may not sell enough tickets, but it appears to have been a choice teams could take. The Colts opted not to take it.

I understand that, but at the same time what he needs to be thinking is how to keep the fan base happy. The team once had a legendary waiting list for season tickets. That list has now been exhausted and there are still 2000 tickets left. That's not good.

People want to shell out the money not just for their team, but for games they think their team are at least going to be competitive in. Last season they were rarely competitive in any of them. I knew guys that won free tickets at work and still felt like they were robbed. 

The Colts may want to think twice about this before the fan base just revolts and starts backing the Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Bengals or something. Than again, maybe that is part of Jim Irsay's master plan. Alienate the fan base and then move to L.A. in the middle of the night...

When I was trying to figure out what to write for this post I found myself having a hard time coming up with a decent subject. Here we are, mini-camps are done, most of the draft picks are signed, and players are going on vacation as training camp is drawing near. 

There just isn't much to write about right about now.

As I scanned the web for the latest and greatest in the AFC South and the NFL it was really pretty quiet. The stupid bounty scandal is still eating up the headlines (lovin' that I bet NFC South, eh?). This weekend really belonged to a pair of running backs.

In case you haven't heard, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson decided to square off with a couple cops rather than just leave the night club like they said. Two of 'em had a hard time handling AP, but the third was able to help get him down.

His lawyer is the same guy that got Roger Clemens off the hook. This guy is hilarious! He's actually trying to say that AP was smiling like a drunk idiot in his mug shot because he knew he did nothing wrong. Hmmm...anyone who's ever been a drunk idiot before knows that's not the case (I have too much experience there).

As dumb as AP was (way to go NFC North!), the guys in the NFC East are having a good laugh over Eagles running back Dion Lewis and his escapades. 

Lewis and his brother were out on the town in Albany. When they went back to the hotel they couldn't get in. They banged on the lobby door for awhile (which was locked since it was after midnight), gave up, and pulled the fire alarm.

To make the long story short, the drunk Lewis boys were arrested on a felony charge of making a false fire report and a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment.

The biggest news out of the AFC South?

Jim Irsay has tweeted again that the Colts are close to signing Andrew Luck. Yea, Jim. We know. 

But if the choice is to have guys acting like drunken idiots or a draft pick not being signed yet, I think I'll take nice, safe, boring ole option B.