Experience the Holiday Joy of Victory with Colts Cheerleader Erin C.

During the season’s eighth home game, the Colts gave their fans, a last minute drive to win the game….

And if you don’t think pro cheerleaders are fans, as in fanatical, of their teams, watch Colts Cheerleader Erin C during the last minute of the Colts game last Thursday night against Houston. The Texans were expected to win easily as the Colts had only won one game all season, their previous home game against Tennessee. The Colts were hanging around all game, but they could not cross the goal line, settling for four field goals. As the Texans hit a field goal with 1:56 to go to take a 16-12 lead, certainly Houston fans could feel confident, as the Colts would need a two-minute drive that actually reached the end zone to win.

So let’s watch Erin, a rookie Colts Cheerleader in her last minute of her last game of her first season, react to the drama as the game reached its zenith.

A key play was the Colts had the ball on their own 46, and Colts QB Dan Orlovsky hit Reggie Wayne for a 34 yard pass play. Colts on the Houston 20!

The Colts were closing in on the goal line, but the clock was ticking and they were out of time outs. Erin smiles as the pressure builds…

Pass interference on the Texans put the ball on the one yard line. Orlovsky in the shotgun, looks left, throws to the end zone, with 19 seconds to go, Reggie Wayne comes down with the ball, TOUCHDOWN!

With all this excitement, have to get the Santa hat back in place!

The teams line up for the extra point….

Extra point is good, Colts lead 19-16 with 19 seconds to go!

Time for the Colts Cheerleaders to do their post-Touchdown routines….

The Texans never came close to field goal range, their second play was an incomplete pass, clock says 0:00, COLTS WIN! Erin and the Colts Cheerleaders celebrate!!

Colts fan cheered, and Texans fans wondered why they visited Indianapolis in December. Post hoc analysis is out there that potentially losing the number one draft pick was actually a bad thing for the Colts, but one couldn’t be at the game, to hear and see the reactions of Colts fans like Erin, and say that winning wasn’t a good thing on this night. It has been a tough season for Colts fans, and they hungered for a win, a little bit of something from the recent seasons, to make their holiday season bright. The Colts seem to have regained their focus for the tasks at hand once it was announced that Peyton Manning would not be returning this season. Unfortunately for rookie Erin and other the Colts Cheerleaders, the Colts will not continue into the post-season this year, but the smiles on the Colts Cheerleaders’ faces, the hugs with their teammates, and their jumps of joy, left them with a winning feeling as they left Lucas Oil’s sidelines for the last time in 2011.

“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!”