Watching today’s wildcard game between the Colts and Broncos. After an Indianapolis touchdown, the camera got a shot of a section of the euphoric Indy crowd.

They caught a scene similar to the one in the picture above, with an important difference: Instead of brandishing the common “d-fence” prop sign, this one read “off-fence”. Which makes sense, because the Colts are known for their offense, which is disproportionately potent as compared to their rather average defense.

Now, I realize you can’t go for gramatical accuracy with these silly signs. But take note: The “off”, combined with a “fence”, reads “offfense”. Too many f’s.

Granted, the other version reads “dfense”, which is just as incorrect. But somehow, I can live with an inaccuracy borne of the reduction of letters, as opposed to the addition of them. The former at least suggests efficiency (similar to leetspeak and other abbreviated Nettalk); the latter of pointless padding.

I say, for the next go-round, lop off those extra f’s, and adopt the single-letter-plus-pickets model. It’ll look cooler.