With Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season officially in the books, Man Mulligan’s book-smart nickname matchup prize goes to New Baltimore vs. Old (that’s Ravens vs. Colts to most people), and just as the Edgar Allan Poe-divined Ravens swooped into Indy and flew away with a win against their predecessor franchise, which was born as the Baltimore Colts to aptly reflect the city’s horse racing and breeding history, the Ravens bested the Colts in our Battle of B-more, 9 poets to 8 Black-eyed Susans.
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