We’re about to get underway here at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Seahawks won the toss and elected to receive.

Hawks punt on opening possession

The Seahawks managed one first down thanks to a 14-yard pass to Deion Branch, but then had to punt. The Seahawks obviously want to establish a strong run game today, not only to help take pressure off of Wallace, but also to keep Peyton Manning and the Colts off the field. So far, however, they’ve gained one yard on three carries.

Colts don’t punt on their opening possession

Not a great start to the afternoon for Seattle, which finds itself down 7-0 with 6:09 left in the first quarter. Peyton Manning went 4 for 4 for 57 yards on the drive, and Donald Brown gave the Colts the early lead with a one-yard run.

John Ryan staying busy, Colts still lead 7-0

The good news for the Seahawks is that they forced a three-and-out on Indy’s last possession. The bad? Seattle has punted all three times it has had the ball (also, we’ve learned that if there was a contest for punting a ball and landing it right on the goal line, Ryan would dominate).

The Seahawks had a promising drive going, but a couple of penalties negated a pair of long pass plays. A hold on Ray Willis took away a long pass to John Carlson, and three plays later, Seneca Wallace hit T.J. Houshmandzadeh for what would have been a 27-yard pass to the Colts’ 7-yard line, but Wallace was past the line of scrimmage when he threw it.

Colts now lead 14-0

Unlike the Huskies yesterday, this Seattle-based underdog is not putting up a good fight so far during its trip to the Hoosier state.

After a three-and-out, The Colts offense got back on track on its last possession, driving 90 yards on nine plays for a touchdown. On that drive, Manning was 5 for 5 for 68 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne.

Seahawks are on the board

It’s now 14-3 after a 38-yard Olindo Mare field goal. You gotta think he’s feeling a bit of pressure kicking this week.

Colts lead 21-3, Peyton Manning apparently good at throwing a football

Following Seattle’s field goal, the Colts got the ball back with 1:22 left, which was just enough time for Manning to lead the Colts down the field for another touchdown. Manning finished the half 17 for 20 for 220 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Seneca Wallace had a pretty good half as well, completing 14 of 17 attempts for 107 yards. Problem is the Seahawks managed just 35 rushing yards on 15 carries. Well, that and the fact that they can’t stop Manning. That’s a problem too.

Manning human after all, throws a pick

It’s now 28-3 after the Colts scored on the opening drive of the half. The good news for Seattle is that it’s not 35-3—not yet anyway—because Manning, who already is over 300 yards, by the way, threw an interception to Ken Lucas. There appeared to be some sort of miscue between Manning and Reggie Wayne, because the ball wasn’t even close to the intended target.

Seahawks give it right back

Apparently touched by Manning’s kind gesture, the Seahawks decided to play nice and give the ball back to the host team.

After driving as far as the Indy 39-yard line, Seneca Wallace was sacked and fumbled. Any way you look at it this is just a bad, bad day for the Seahawks.

The third quarter is now over. Still 28-3 Colts.

And after the quarter, the Colts just put Edgerrin James on the video board with the message “Thanks for the memories. See you soon in the ring of honor.” James got a warm ovation from the fans, certainly a warmer welcome than the Seahawks have gotten from the Colts.

Seahawks now leads by negative 28

See, I’m trying to put a positive spin on things for you, Hawks fans. What’s that? It’s not working. Anyway, the Colts just added a field goal to make it 31-3 with 8:50 left in the game. Manning might have saved himself another pick by batting down a ball that was tipped at the line of scrimmage with a volleyball-like left a handed spike.

I’m guessing he might be done for the day, and if so his final stat line reads: 31 for 40, 353 yards, 2 touchdowns, one interception and one kill (it’s a volleyball joke, get it?) Ok, on that very unfunny note I’m gonna wrap this game thread up.

Oh, but before I do, one injury update. Patrick Kerney left the game with a groin injury and will not return. Just wouldn’t be a Seahawks game without an injury to a key player, would it?