INDIANAPOLIS -- A journey that started some 13 years ago as a volunteer assistant at an NCAA Division II school in North Carolina and included assistant coaching stops in Indianapolis, Arizona, San Diego and Philadelphia will come full circle on Sunday afternoon for new Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich.
Though quarterback Andrew Luck will rightfully have some jitters about playing his first regular-season game in 20 months, there also could be some sweaty palms, goosebumps and butterflies in Reich's stomach before the Colts open the season against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Reich, a 14-year NFL backup quarterback, will be working his first regular-season game as a head coach, and the person who gave him his first professional coaching opportunity -- former Colts general manager Bill Polian -- will be at Lucas Oil Stadium watching, too.