I have never been much of a football fan.

Not that I don’t get any enjoyment from watching it or attending in person, but normally there are other TV sporting events that I enjoy more.

The Indianapolis Colts, on the other hand, have been a passion from the time they arrived in Indy and then located here for their summer training camp. That is still the case. If I have to miss the game for some reason, it is always caught on the DVR and watched, hopefully, before the final result is known.

Last Sunday I was home and in the mood for something non-interactive after a very busy Saturday evening at the office.

In truth, I was feeling like a football game would hit the spot, but the Colts weren’t scheduled to play until later that night.

Neither of the scheduled games appealed to me too much.

But I had heard about a new NFL channel that was being offered by Comcast so I thought I’d check it out. It is NFL Red Zone.

The concept is ambitious. The network promises to show every touchdown from the collection of 1 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. games, either live or on tape delay. But actually the station offers much more.

Whenever a team is threatening to score or when a critical juncture in the game is reached, a live feed from that game is shown.

If there are two such instances happening at the same time, Red Zone uses a split screen with one game on the top and one on the bottom.

It turned out to be an entertaining and informative way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

I would highly recommend that NFL fans, especially Colt fans, try it out this week since Indianapolis has a bye week.

Of course there is a little matter of a painting job on the front porch that I have been told may take up a good portion of my Sunday, so I might miss it.

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Congrats of a huge variety go to Colin Proctor and Morgan Nadaline for being named Indiana Golf Association Players of the Year. Both are great representatives of this city and county.