Weigh In On My Drunken Wager

by Tim on Jul 24, 2008 10:36 PM CDT in News

So I'm throwing a few back with one of my buddies at the always awesome Kenneally's earlier tonight, and the subject of your Houston Texans comes up. My friend, an unapologetic fan of a certain professional football team based in Nashville, opined that Sage Rosenfels should be starting for the Texans. After I spit out my Bushmills, I respectfully disagreed. A wager was then negotiated.

The stakes? One hundred dollars American. The terms? If Sage Rosenfels starts three (3) or more games for your Houston Texans during the 2008 season, I pay him. If Sage doesn't, my buddy pays me. We also factored in the possibility of Sage starting a game late in the season that meant nothing, presumably because the Texans had already clinched a playoff spot; such a start would not count against me.

So what do you think, BRB? Am I a shrewd visionary? Or did I get taken for a ride on a train running on whiskey tracks? You know, if such a train actually existed?

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I will say this.

Your wallet and your balls sound like they’re bigger when intoxicated. LOL

by HoustonDiehards on Jul 24, 2008 10:52 PM CDT 0 recs

Re: I will say this

In all fairness, I’m an idiot of the highest order when I’m sober as well.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 25, 2008 8:53 AM CDT up 0 recs

@Tim

I have never made a bet intoxicated, that I remember.
You need to remember that! If I don’t remember it, it
didn’t happen…cept for my first kid…he looks too much like me.
But you better win this one, we’ll all be rooting for you.

by 1Texan on Jul 25, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

Bushmills

We have far more in common than I thought.

-Chris

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by River City Rage on Jul 25, 2008 12:28 AM CDT 0 recs

Re: Bushmills

Keep talking like that, and I just may wish for the Jags to go 4-2 in the division.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 25, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up 0 recs

Poor Sweet Nell is in trouble.

No, I’d say he tied you too the whiskey tracks the train is running down. There’s a reason the booze is dirt cheap in Las Vegas, and that guy is already pretty sure the Titans defensive players will take as many cheap shots at Matt Schuab as they can and probably on his recently stitched shoulder.

AH, Texas and sports, better than fried coke.

by Tomriffic on Jul 25, 2008 7:24 AM CDT 0 recs

Re: Poor Sweet Nell

Good point, Tom. I did forget that Bud Adams’ minions managed to knock The Schaub out of the game in Nashville last year and effectively ended his season. I probably should have covered myself a bit better, as I know my friend is not above attempting to organize some sort of bounty to win this wager.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 25, 2008 8:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

No Worries Dude

I have full confidence that, our texans will be the ones handing out pain this season. Schaub will be fine… he is on a mission to prove he can play.

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Jul 25, 2008 9:18 AM CDT 0 recs

Why didn't you include something about injuries?

If the argument is about quality (and how Kubiak sees it) then you’d win hands down. But if you didn’t include a clause about teh Schaub getting injured, then you could be out some buckos.

by tehGrindCrusher on Jul 25, 2008 9:28 AM CDT 0 recs

Re: Why?

I should have been more clear about this…my pal, while thinking Sage is the better QB, made the bet specifically because of Schaub’s injury history. In other words, I’m more or less betting that injuries won’t force Schaub to miss three (3) games this year, not so much that Sage will take his job from him.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 25, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up 0 recs

OK, that makes sense

I think you’ve probably got a slight edge but I wouldn’t want to put 100 bones on that myself. I’ll be rooting for you, though, because I think that, other things being equal, Schaub is a better qb than Sage.

by tehGrindCrusher on Jul 25, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

I like it.

In fact, I like it a lot. I still maintain that Schaub is not “injury prone,” but rather was the victim of two hits that would have injured ANY QB. Thus, I think you are safe.

Then again, I could just be saying that because I am assuming it is the same Titans-fan friend that I met and I don’t want him to have anything else to gloat about.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 25, 2008 10:27 AM CDT 0 recs

Re: I like it

It is in fact the same buddy of mine who accompanied us to the Texans-Titans game at Reliant last year. Good guy; just misguided about which team to root for in the NFL. I think it’s probably because he’s from Kentucky. He never had a chance.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 25, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up 0 recs

From Kentucky?

Is he secretly Scott?

Nah, he was a nice dude, no doubt. But after that last second win, I can’t have him feeling any better about life based on the Texans.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 25, 2008 5:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

Man...

I had a similar discussion with the only other known Texans fan in my unit. He’s of the old school variety – so when he said,”Chingado bro, pinche Schaub can’t stay healthy… Esta medio pussy, I think he’s soft” – I defended the Schaub. I said,”Naw bro, he got cheapshoted in the SD game and had a defensive lineman fall on him in the Titans game… It was just bad luck.”

But then Gonzo made a point. “I’ve seen a lot of quarterbacks take shots like that and get up…”

Which in a way is true. I guess it cuts to the heart of Matt’s assertion that those hit would have sidelined any quarterback… but would they have? Would Brett Favre have missed a game… or Steve McNair…................... or David Carr? (you know that m’fer got hit hard every third play. Now don’t misconstrue that to mean that to mean Mittens > Schaub or anything… I’m just saying.)

As for the bet I think you’re friend is playing with house odds… meaning the probability is slightly in his favor.

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by SOLIS on Jul 25, 2008 10:56 AM CDT 0 recs

Those hits...

were not the garden variety QB hits for the most part. Haynesworth came completely unblocked and went helmet-to-ear hole on Schaub, basically using Schaub as a landing mat. Odom caught Schaub completely by surprise and sent the entire play through Schaub’s shoulder into the turf. Not making excuses for the guy, but there’s a chance those will be the two biggest hits he takes his entire career.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 25, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

Agreed - I understand SOLIS's point of view but....

those two memorable shots last year were not garden variety NFL hits. Nate Odom’s shot does not belong in the NFL. He was not punished nearly hard enough. A small fine and no suspension for potentially taking a star QB out of the league. The NFL should know better. Big Albert’s hit was not cheap or dirty but your description accurately captures the intensity of it. His entire body, moving forward at top speed piledrove Schaub into the ground. We cannot afford to let that happen again. That was another play that could have been a career ender. I am hoping that Gibbs will run a tighter ship this season.

Here’s hoping you are correct that those are the two biggest hits Schaub ever takes.

by oiler-texan diehard on Jul 25, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hits

What about the cheap shot he took from Drayton Florence? To me, that was the dirtiest hit he took all year.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 26, 2008 9:20 AM CDT up 0 recs

Definitely

If something like that happens this year, I hope Eric Winston murders the offender.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Jul 28, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up 0 recs

Bare-handed

If anyone looks like they’d be right at home ripping someone apart limb by limb… it would be Winston.

Contrastingly, Mario is would be the type to pick you up with one hand and throw you through the window of a 10 story building. He could kill you with his bare hands… but that’s far to unrefined for his estillo.

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by SOLIS on Jul 28, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up 0 recs

This is the kind of proposition that Vegas would refuse to place a line on

but if they did, 3 would be a reasonable starting number. The reason I say no line, is that there is simply not enough data to go on. Schaub has yet to play a full season at QB, so his ability to take, and come back from, the typical number of hits an NFL QB faces is still somewhat of a question. I like the fact that you are willing to face up to the Titan fan, because if you win your bet, that means in all likelihood the Texans have had a successful season and possible playoff berth. Betting with your heart is always more fun than trying to overanalyze things. Just one reason Vegas makes so much money. I was much more of a bettor and drinker in my younger days, and I could have seen myself making the same bet you made. Beer and Football, a heavenly combination. Good job Tim.

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!!

by oiler-texan diehard on Jul 25, 2008 1:42 PM CDT 0 recs

Haven't been around in a while but....

can’t wait for the season to start. As for the wager, I think you’re pretty safe. Both those hits (by the way, I thought the SD hit came from a guy named Florence?) were exceptionally unusual in that one was a sorry ass cheap shot and the other was 300+ pounds of raw-meat-on-the-hoof proving inertia on the Schaub.

The O-line should be pretty solid this year. Chester Pitts is still underrated IMO, and Duane Brown should shore up the line as well. I’m pumped about this season.

"...and if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know". SL

by Southern Lion on Jul 26, 2008 8:42 AM CDT 0 recs

SL

Great to see you back. And you’re right about Florence; I just commented on that further up the thread..

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Jul 26, 2008 9:20 AM CDT up 0 recs

SL from SA

Sup bud – ? Good to see another San Antonian bumping around these parts again. By the looks of things, we should be in for a real treat this season. Offense, defense, and special teams should among the best units this team has ever fielded.

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by SOLIS on Jul 28, 2008 10:55 AM CDT up 0 recs

Solis!!!!

A little late, but congrats on the BRB gig. Can’t wait for the season to start. By the way, why (this is for anybody) is there almost an entire stinking month between the last PS game and the first RS game?

"...and if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know". SL

by Southern Lion on Jul 30, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

There isn't a month...

But I’m pretty sure what led you to that conclusion (and no, I’m not going to say Aggie-math).

The real question is: “Why does the SBN Texans’ schedule show the Preseason games in reverse order?”

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stros!

by Shake on Jul 30, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

You guys

are THE ONLY ONES I let rag on me for being an Aggie. It comes with the territory, as BRB is nothing if not irreverent, which makes it that much more fun. Oh, and by the way, The Dallas Cowboys Suck Swamp Ass!

"...and if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know". SL

by Southern Lion on Jul 31, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

OK Shake

I’ll say it myself. Aggie math. Just went back to the schedule link, and sure enough, the PS is in reverse order. This is taking advantage of the mathmatically challenged (me, not the typical A&M grad, or their faithful fans).

(Standing before the room) “My name is Southern Lion, and I’m a retardiot”.

"...and if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don't know". SL

by Southern Lion on Jul 31, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hi, I'm Shake. And I'm a retardiot.

{audience: “Hi Shake”}

Anyway, I knew what had screwed you up because I made a mistake at the other end of the spectrum when I first looked at the SBN schedule. My response was along the lines of “No shit, we have to wait until the end of August for the 1st PS game? Wait, I thought we played Tampa last. Oh Son of a…, our PS schedule is written for the dyslexic.”

{Looks at Tim, waiting for schedule to be fixed.}

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stros!

by Shake on Jul 31, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up 0 recs