Embarrassing: Lions fans take over Lucas Oil and Detroit hammers the Colts; other than that...

Quick: Somebody get me the Jim Mora "playoff" meme.

DETROIT – Oh, wait. You mean the game wasn’t at Ford Field Sunday? Does this mean no post-game stop at the Old Shillelagh?

Ja-red Goff! Ja-red Goff!, they screamed, clad in their Honolulu blue jerseys.

Let’s go Lions! Let’s go Lions!, they yelled, reveling in the late stages of Detroit’s 24-6 victory over the Colts at Lucas Oil.

I’ve been in this town 24 years, seen a lot of Colts games at the Dome and Lucas Oil, and I’ve never heard a visiting crowd so thoroughly drown out Colts fans, who, in fairness, didn’t have much to cheer about. But it was obvious even before the game started; the streets were teeming with Lions fans. Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Chicago, they all travel well, but I’ve never been part of a Colts game when it appeared roughly half the crowd was cheering for the visitor.

True, it’s a little tough to discern the difference between the Colts’ blue and the Lions’ blue, and we’re in the hermetically sealed in the press box, making it difficult to hear the fans, but by the fourth quarter, when hopelessness and despair sent Indy fans for the doors, it sounded like a Ford Field pep rally.

If I’m Jim Irsay, and who knows what he’s thinking these days, I’m concerned, really concerned. Because this city, one of the better football cities in the country, has checked out on the Colts. Ten years of failing to win the AFC South, just two playoff appearances and three playoff games since Chris Ballard took over, has created an anger that is slowly but surely turning to apathy. Seriously, if you have tickets to the game and you have a chance to make some Christmas money rather than watch a team that’s lost four of five games, what are you going to do? I accept Venmo, for the record.

The Colts will continue to sell out, but more and more, teams from the visiting cities are turning back the clock and turning Lucas Oil into the Dome in the mostly wretched 1990’s. Each passing week, it gets louder and stronger with interlopers, who happily seize the opportunity to purchase Colts tickets that have been made available on the secondary market.