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From Chuck McPhilomy, assistant golf professional at the Courses of Clear Creek.

The right move for the right leg is no move at all

At the address position, your right knee should be slightly flexed inward, toward your left knee. On the back-swing, the right leg accepts the weight transfer but does not stiffen or straighten up to

do it. Maintain a flexed knee position on the backswing.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:“Being left-handed is a big advantage. No one

knows enough about your swing to mess you up with advice.” – Bob Charles

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BY SGT. JORDAN JOHNSONSentinel Assistant Editor

When I was growing up in Cen-tral Indiana, the Indianapolis Colts consistently churned out seasons that ranged from mediocre to comple t e l y awful. Out-side of the 1995 season, when Jim H a r b a u g h somehow led the Colts to the AFC Championship game, the Colts did not win a single postseason game in Indianapolis and rarely even made the playoffs during the first half of my life.

Then, the Colts were bad enough to earn the first pick in the 1998 draft and the team was left to make a decision between selecting Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf. Needless to

say, the Colts made the right choice and selected Archie Manning’s son.

Peyton went on to have a his-torically great run with the Colts and took Indianapolis to heights it had never reached before. While it certainly would have been nice for Manning to win more than one Super Bowl with the Colts, it was a pleasure to watch Peyton break sta-tistical records, repeatedly lead his team to the playoffs and take the Colts to two Super Bowls.

As a huge Manning supporter and diehard Colts fan, I couldn’t have asked for Manning’s departure to have played out any better.

Tough decisionFrom 2002-2010, Manning led

the Colts to nine-straight double-digit win seasons. In the last of those years, I vividly remember watching the Colts suffer a disap-pointing loss to the Jets at home in the playoffs and wondering if the Colts had reached the end of their road. The team had “struggled” to a 10-6 record (its worst since the streak of double-digit win sea-sons started), and following another bad playoff loss, I was just curious where the team was headed.

Little did I know I had just

witnessed Manning’s last game as a Colt.

Peyton went on to have a total of four neck surgeries, missed the entire 2011 campaign and the Colts faltered to a 2-14 season and again had the first pick in the draft. The team was left with a tough decision – hope Manning would one day be healthy enough to play quarterback in the NFL or select Andrew Luck with the first pick of the draft.

Theoretically, the Colts could have kept Manning and drafted Luck, but I never saw that as a viable option. If Manning was able to return to form (he was) and Luck turned out to be as good as adver-tised (he did), the Colts would have been in an even tougher position by having to decide who to play and likely dividing the locker room. Plus, how could the Colts have got-ten rid of Manning if had produced the season he had last year while in a Colts uniform? Indianapolis had too many holes on its roster to fill to draft Luck with the first pick and then let him sit on the bench for a few years.

Correct decisionI hated to see Manning go, but I

always felt that the Colts’ leadership

team made the correct decision. No one knew for sure if Peyton would even play again and Luck was con-sidered by many as the best quar-terback prospect since Manning himself. Manning has had a great year and a half in Denver, while Luck went 11-5 his rookie year and is 4-2 this season. Peyton is getting to spend his last few years with a legitimate Super Bowl contender, while Luck has turned a lot of folks into believers.

It’s not often such a huge person-nel decision works out so well for all parties involved, but I’m happy for both sides.

Game timeThe Colts blew a big opportunity

Monday night by losing to the San Diego Chargers, but I’m not mak-ing any excuses. The Chargers made the plays, and the Colts didn’t.

On the other hand, Denver had a very unimpressive win versus the Jacksonville Jaguars, which came a week after the Broncos allowed 48 points to the Cowboys.

If the Colts don’t have a case of the drops again, their offense can hang with Denver’s. My concern is the Colts defense. San Diego had five separate scoring drives in

Monday’s game, albeit four of them resulted in field goals. I’m betting Denver will be able to capitalize better in the red zone than the Chargers did, though.

With all that said, I’m sticking with my Colts to win a high-scor-ing shootout in front of a frenzied crowd.

Quick picksRunning out of room here, so let

me quickly pick the other games:Seattle socks Arizona, Falcons fly

past Tampa Bay, Detroit defends its home turf versus the Bengals, Houston has a problem in Kan-sas City as the Texans lose to the Chiefs, the Dolphins drop the Bills, the Patriots pad their AFC East lead by beating the Jets, Philly flies to first place by beating Dallas, the Redskins rally and knock off the Bears, Carolina crunches St. Louis, San Diego sails past the Jaguars, 49ers find a victory in a physical matchup versus the Titans, Baltimore beats its longtime rivals in Pittsburgh, the Packers produce enough points to claim a victory as the Browns roll into town, and Eli escapes his winless season as the Giants pick up a win against Min-nesota.

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