PRO FOOTBALL | COLTS NOTES

TERRE HAUTE | The Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts are drawing crowds even before football season begins.

Training camp is drawing record crowds to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. According to Matt Sinclair, Rose-Hulman's director of sports and athletic facilities, the Colts drew 1,700 for their first practice on Monday, up from 1,200 a year earlier. About 2,200 attended Friday morning's practice.

Sinclair said the crowds are the largest in the nine years Rose-Hulman has hosted the Colts' training camp. He said it's undoubtedly because of the team's Super Bowl title.

"I think the difference has been noticeable," Sinclair said.

The biggest jump has come in the afternoon practices. In the past, Sinclair said, people stayed away when the weather got hot. This year, fans are attending evening practices as often as morning practices, despite temperatures above 90 degrees.

Sinclair said he expects the total attendance to easily exceed last year's total of about 22,000 for three weeks.

DUNGY'S SISTER: Coach Tony Dungy has heard just about everything from shouting fans in three decades as an NFL player and coach, but a child surprised him on Friday morning.

The closest fans were about 10 yards from the sideline and could be easily heard. While Dungy watched practice, a young boy shouted "your sister delivered my brother."

Dungy's sister, Lauren, is a doctor who moved to Indianapolis months before Dungy became head coach in 2002.

Dungy watched the play end, then walked over and searched for the child who had spoken. Dungy asked how the boy's brother was doing.

"Fine," the child said.

"Good," Dungy said before returning to the sideline.

Dungy said it was a pleasant, but unexpected exchange in the middle of training camp.

"It is a little weird, but my sister's been here a while, so I've gotten a few of those lately," he said.

ATTENTION TO DETAIL: The Colts worked on late-game situations Friday morning.

"You can have a lot of energy and a lot of effort, but if you're not playing smart and able to be on top of the details in those critical situations, you can waste 58 or 59 minutes of great effort with one or two plays," Dungy said.

Dungy said it's important to focus on the mental as well as the physical during training camp.

"I know people that come out here are a little surprised that we do so much more in small groups than we do as an overall team," he said. "That's the way I learned it, and I think the fundamentals are important. That is what separates the good teams. It's something we put a lot of emphasis on."

SATURDAY SCRIMMAGE: The Colts also practiced Friday evening in final preparation for a scrimmage on Saturday.

Points will be awarded to the offense and defense for making big plays. He said the scrimmage would last for 50 to 55 plays. The first-team offense will go against the first-team defense, and the second teams will match up.

"What we want to do is work more situations," Dungy said. "Especially our young guys. Get them into situations where they've got to think. Coaches aren't out there, they can't remind them of the down and distance, their assignments."

INJURY REPORT: OT Gabe Hall will miss about two weeks with a sprained knee. Hall was picked up off waivers from the New York Giants in June. ... WR Devin Aromashodu will miss about two weeks with a pulled hamstring. The injury occurred during a passing drill on Wednesday night.