Houston v. Tennessee--Open Game Day Thread, Part II

Is that our defense looked like shit at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. And when we were already down by 12, trading field-goals didn’t make much sense. If he had known we’d blank the Titans for the rest of the game, I’m sure he kicks the field goal. At the time though, I was in favor of going for it.

by Nashmeister on Sep 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

:?

this game is painful to watch.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

we may get to

see our onside?

oh wait, we’d have to score for that. nevermind

Healthy and Turnover free 2008-09, and we win 11!

by texanphil on Sep 21, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

they, Red from That 70's Show is in a new show!

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

that call

personifies the whole game

Healthy and Turnover free 2008-09, and we win 11!

by texanphil on Sep 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No time outs, hey! Let's run the ball!

by HoustonDiehards on Sep 21, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

AWESOME!!!!

by HoustonDiehards on Sep 21, 2008 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ok

so maybe CBS was just being realistic. This sucks.

by Tailgate Andy on Sep 21, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea....great

by 1Texan on Sep 21, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

NAIL!!!

…in the coffin!

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

gotta go puke

later dudes

Healthy and Turnover free 2008-09, and we win 11!

by texanphil on Sep 21, 2008 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like Schaub a lot more than Rosenfels or Carr

But the guy fumbles more often than any other QB I can remember.

by socctty on Sep 21, 2008 3:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

agreed.

….but he sucked today.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

by tehGrindCrusher on Sep 21, 2008 3:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Blame time!

I pin this entire game on Kubes. Allow me to chart them for you:
1) Challenging a clear Int… if we have that TO or that challenge… we could challenge the PI in the first half.
2) Above mentioned FG in the 3rd
3) Same situation in the 4th
4) Running it under 2 minutes – running keeps the clock ticking, hooray!

by DisplacedTexan on Sep 21, 2008 3:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agree

The only positive is Slaton, imo.

by tehGrindCrusher on Sep 21, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The decisions by matt schaub is hurting the texans

(per the commentator)

by 1Texan on Sep 21, 2008 3:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey Solis

How’s that Titans sweep working out for ya?

by BeansCarter on Sep 21, 2008 3:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

fuck your frijole

by 1Texan on Sep 21, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fuck my Mexican kidney bean?

I don’t get it. I’ve never been insulted in a foreign language before.

by BeansCarter on Sep 21, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey there!

Aren’t you that dumb yokel from last week? Your sister let you out of the bedroom long enough to post?

by DisplacedTexan on Sep 21, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yup, that's me

By the way I think the Texans coaching is letting the team down.

Schaub should not be the starting QB, esp. given that he’s afraid to play the Titans, and Kubiak is an idiot for not challenging the out of bounds reception in the first half.

by BeansCarter on Sep 21, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There was a reason for that.

Granted it was because he had screwed up a challenge earlier in the quarter. So small victories.

by DisplacedTexan on Sep 21, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come back!

If you’re gonna start tossing shit out you best stick around long enough to defend yourself. I’ll even give you extra time to look up words in the dictionary!

by DisplacedTexan on Sep 21, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Not even the cameraman can believe that Schaub handed the ball off.

by HoustonDiehards on Sep 21, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Shaubs poor technique is killing him. Sloppy.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Eh, I'm putting it on Schaub.

Just when I thought he couldn’t play any worse than last week, he comes out and proves me wrong. Truly a horrendous passing performance. For a moment, I thought Slaton and the defense were going to pull that one out and Schaub would know what it was like to be VY for a day; play like crap and still somehow win. But he managed to not only not make any plays; he even took opportunities away from the running game by taking sacks and throwing for negative yardage on X and 1 situations.

Way to regress.

by Nashmeister on Sep 21, 2008 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You know, I agree

I always thought he looked like a retard
now he’s playing like one……what do we
do?

by 1Texan on Sep 21, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

here’s the problem: The coaching staff will never sit Shaub cause it’ll make the coaches look like they don’t know what they’re doing. This season looks bad, bad, bad.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't get the shovels ready

But Schaub is definitely on notice. It’s worth noting that Carson Palmer has started the year looking like trash, too. I think we as Texans fans are forever burned by the excess of “patience” provided to David Carr, so we’re on loaded springs when it comes to QB performance. We see the 8-8 record last year and get in to the mentality of “if only we had a good QB…” Does anyone really think Rosenfels is the answer to our prayers?

The fact is that Rosenfels had about 2 quarters of good football last year against prevent defenses, mixed in with a bunch of bad quarters. Schaub is still the better QB, and it’s still only two games and a historic hurricane into the season. Let’s not start hyperventilating here.

by socctty on Sep 21, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bud Adams is a happy man today.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Except

for that whole Vince Young thing.

by socctty on Sep 21, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

....true.

by tapeworm on Sep 21, 2008 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe it's just me

But I’m not giving up on this season yet. I wasn’t predicting the playoffs this year anyway, but I did predict 9-7. I might want to lower that to 8-8, which I would be happy to come away with.

Did we really expect these games to go any differently? Well I take that back. I didn’t expect the kind of beating they took in Pittsburgh, but let’s keep in mind that Pitt is one of the elite teams in the AFC. They have arguably the best defense in the league and one of the best offenses. They were playing on the road and looked outmatched. I didn’t expect to lose that way, but I wasn’t expecting a win either.

As for the Titans, I didn’t expect a win on this one. But, I thought they would come close. Even though they got terrible play from Schaub, their defense kept them in the game. Kubiak made some boneheaded decisions and they were still in it until the last 4 minutes or so.

Don’t take this as me saying they are playoff contenders. Yeah right. Far, far, far from that. They have holes on the defense, apparently no passing attack, and the worst challenge calling coach in the league (but a good one overall). This isn’t the year.

That being said, I don’t think it’s time to jump ship just yet. I already see comments on the chron calling for Kubiak’s head. In two years, this guy has completely rebuilt the franchise. Give the guy a chance.

It’s the first two games of a new season. Yes, they’ve played awful for most of those 8 quarters, but there is still time for improvement. There is still time to show that with each year more steps are being taken towards the playoffs.

Dre all day

by Drecoby8012 on Sep 21, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh and not to mention

Ike. Definitely not using that bad boy as an excuse, but he certainly was on the minds of the team. How could it not be?

Dre all day

by Drecoby8012 on Sep 21, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ignore the ones who call for firings

Those are just reactionary fans. They can go become Cowboy fans for all I care.

Ultimately, 0-2 is not surprising… but the problem is, we haven’t even competed yet. We’re not talking about two hard-fought losses. We’re talking about two straight-up ass kickings in which not only did we get slapped around like children – but we came off like pussies. That’s the problem.

I had them at 9-7 and missing the playoffs this year. Right now, I see no reason to change that. The second-half schedule is easier than the first half.

by HoustonDiehards on Sep 21, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs