Introduce (Read: Expose) Yourself To Battle Red Blog

and my name is really Barry.

I hang out way too much here for sure. I love the Texans. I was an Oilers fan from the times I watched them on Black and white TV until not so long after they moved. I hate the evil Satan Bud Adams for taking the team away, and I have never lived in Houston.

I too have started my own business, but a private investigations company – so far so good, but the best part is I love the work.

I make a rare post around here, just for the lulz. I do comment a lot. I start the season optimistic, and apparently I was very optimistic this year (I think I said 12-4 but I would have to find that pick em post someone made) – I am enjoying the ride this year for sure.

I recently found out about this board about a week ago. Why it took me so long to find something so awesomerific is absurd. I apologize for not finding out about it sooner, and I feel terrible for letting all of you down because of it (lol).

My handle, f22a4bandit, is something I commonly use for all things interwebz. I came up with it because of my first car, a 1992 Honda Accord which has the engine code f22a4. Bandit, well, that’s just cool :-p My real name is Josh, so feel free to call me by that name or some form of my handle.

Anyway, I’ve been a lifelong Houston fan. My father and grandfather raised me right, showing me the ropes of the Astros, Rockets, Oilers and Texans. I currently reside in Austin, so I rep the Longhorns, but I’m more into pro sports. I’m what you’d classify as a soccer lover, played it for about 12 years, and I’m crazy enough to actually enjoy watching the sport as well. My teams are the Houston Dynamo (naturally) and Tottenham Hotspur.

I enjoy long walks on the beach talking about anything you can think of (conversation is stimulating), sports, beer, fast cars and faithful women, paintball, more sports and laughing. I laugh loud and don’t hold back, so it takes people by surprise and make them crap their pants.

I have lurked here since like 2008 and started commenting a bit more in the past few months . I am a young one and was only an Oilers fan for like 2 seasons before they left. When they did it really hurt and I became an Elway fan. Spent my entire life in Houston before I unfortunatley got into medical school and then had to spend the last 2 years in Fort Worth. Thankfully, I am now back in the houston area (Baytown) and I can actually watch the games.
I’m a huge fan of all Houston sports including my alma mater the Coogs. So far my homecoming has been great because the Coogs are 10-0 and the Texans 7-3 which means lots of happy weekends.
Anyways I love this community and I credit it for turning me from a Texans fan to a rabid Texans fan, been here on this Texans bandwagon since day one and I will continue to be here until I’m gone

(hi Dr. Nick!)
I’m Jon, I’m one of the resident double fans. I root for the Saints 24/7 and the Texans 24/7 except once every 4 years and in a Super Bowl if my nightmare occurs.

I lurked here for part of the 2009 season and some of the 2010 season. I used to be a blogger before life as a student about to graduate really took it’s toll on me. I have a job lined up as an auditor after graduation and have plans to go back to school (groan) for a graduate degree.

My turn ons are: Drew Brees, Andre Johnson, Barian Fostate, Marques Colston, and Pierre Thomas
Turnoffs are: People who think Drew Brees is in decline, 10 yard cushions off the receiver, Kareem Jackson in man coverage, Reggie Bush, running out of alcohol, and people who think Aaron Brooks is a good QB.

So I suppose I’ll reintroduce myself.

I am 25 years young, and live in Corpus Christi, TX. I have a lovely wife (whom I am often told is “out of my league”) of 3 years and an equally lovely two year old daughter. I am a history teacher by trade. I was raised an Oilers fan, but stopped watching after the Tennessee Incident. I didn’t start seriously following the Texans until 2005, which I regret.

Before joining this site in March, I lurked since 2009. Eventually, I decided I had a bit to humbly contribute to discussions here and there, so I signed up. Great blog, guys. I will always remain an avid reader and occasional participant.

You may call me TDC, blogging Texans for BRB for the 2nd year (And I guess still SBNH?)

Current Likes: That I can wear 49ers or Texans paraphernalia with pride as opposed to sadness, Wade Phillips, Johnathan Joseph, J.J. Watt, The Jucy Lucy, Sushi, Arrogance, Cut blocks, Brooklyn Brewery beers, and getting back to being a gym rat.

Current Dislikes: The "Media Hates Texans" meme, Terrence Knighton, Cam Newton, Jason Babin (this will likely earn a shadow rec from DHC), lazy sportswriters, bad broadcasters, people who go overboard on garlic, the ice on the roads that awaits me in the near future, and the Dallas Cowboys.

..oops, sorry, wrong intro. I hate intros but I’ll do one anyways….cuz we are 7-3 and in first, freak’n place..and I’m i a good mood.
I was born in 1976 on a cool Houston morning. I love football, beer and boobs. Like BFD, I hate Dallas. I went to UT and graduated in 2001. I recently completed my first year of a life sentence (marriage)…lol j/k….no I’m not.
Anyways, one of my terms of marriage was: I love football and my wife; but I can’t divorce football. So I get to watch football in peace on Sundays, and she gets to go shopping and spend my money.
Damn worth it.

is a handle for my last name, Swik. I grew up in Clear Lake (half way between Houston and Galveston) and have always been loyal to my Houston teams. I get a lot of flack from friends and coworkers for being a Packers fan as well. My family is from Wisconsin and my grandparents lived near Green Bay. We’d go to football games and tailgate and everything in 20 degree wheather, even when I was 9 or 10 years old! So I am no bandwaggoneer! However, the Texans have my heart. Since the beginning of their frachise, I’ve lost my fevered obsession for the Pack. Even last year, when they won the SB, It was bittersweet because I was so butt hurt over the Texans turrible season.

Anywho, here’s some of what turns me on (in no particular order): Texans, the Zone Read, Wade, A-Rod (from GB, NOT NY!), Brautwursts, hamburgers, girls (hot), All my Houston teams, tacos, zone blitzes, Cushing, Foster, and the Texans.

Some things I despise: Titans, Vikings, Bears, Cutler, Finnegan, Favre, Frank Bush, band waggoners, people who don’t like the Texans, everything in or around the Dallas area, foods that are healthy, bud or miller or Coors lite, and horrible music (like Nickelback).

On a sidenote, I’m an artist and designer, and am about to do some Texan-inspired artwork! I’ll be uploading pics when I have something ready…

I de-lurked on Sunday after lurking since april. I’ve been a Houston fan since the mid sixtys (guess that makes me older than you, LOL) I currently live in the Waco area, but I grew up in the Houston area (sure miss those piney forests). Lets drink to our team finally making the SB. lets take the whole thing.

From Houston originally. So there was this F5 tornado (a.k.a. my wife) that swept me off to san antonio (a.k.a. occupied dallas south). I’m 31. Fan of everything htownish. I hate I-45 because it goes THROUGH dallas. I discovered sb nation about a year ago and started posting about 3the months ago. My wife has fakebook, I have sb nation. You’ll see me post regularly on all the houston teams and Iamthe12thman.

Name speaks for itself really. Most call me HT. Was born and raised in the Houston area, and lived in Texas up until eight years ago when I moved to VA. I’ve been the only one in the bars around where I live in Texans gear. Once my Andre jersey was mistaken for a Bills one. I set her straight, don’t you worry about that.

Some turn on’s: Texans defense, football, baseball, tall women, short women, women, Shiner, Guinness, Stoli, game day, game day Coors Lights, Texas Tech

Some turn offs: Stillers fans, cowturd fans, cowturd fans who have never set foot in TX, hypocrites, BESF’s, miller lite

I am an Army Officer live in Leander (North Austin spent time as an Austin Police Officer) but I am stationed in SA. Ive been a Houston Texans fan since the days of David Carr and still think he might have done a helluva job if our front 5 were worth a darn back then and not given up 11billion sacks. My wife (8 years) is a Texans fan as well, but shes only been watching football for 3 years, she is a Librarian for the city of Austin. I pop up ask questions and go away for awhile. I do check the blog every day during lunch. It feels odd having a winning team, especially after so many years of disappointment.

I was a 49s fan before the Texans came into being. The Wife and I watched the game in leander at a small sports bar this weekend. Ran into another Texans fan. He was just as shocked as I was that 1) there was another Texan fan and 2) we were doing well.

I am 20, started following the Texans since the Carr/ dominck davis days, I grew up & currently reside in Alief, TX, I’m studying to hopefully complete my dental {maybe do some charity dental work for BESF fans ;)} & I work at a pain management clinic, I don’t comment much but I love reading all the writeups, comments on here & the debates, I have a muncrush on Arian Foster /wipes sweat

Likes- Benarian Fostate, a bloody Cushing stuffing plays, JO-JO layin fools out like carpet in a new house, wade phillips, matt schaub’s play action, Andre the Giant dragging defenders into the endzone, Duane Brown playing “dirty” ;), Breyers double churned choco caramel brownie icecream, & last but not least Texans cheerleaders

Dislikes- BESF’s/fans,Cowturds/ fans, jets/fans, boring documentaries, Doucebag media analysts that still judge Texans from their play last yr & automatically assume we will never be contenders, & E-thugs

I’ve been a reader for awhile now so I suppose it’s about time I introduced myself: I’m an MBA student in San Marcos because I have had zero luck finding a job since I finished my BBA. I’m 23, originally from Houston, and I like to party ‘cuz I’m chucky dawg y’all.

I found BRB earlier this year and love this place. I really thought I was the only one this consumed with the Texans. Just like every other young man in southeast Texas, I played ball in school and consider myself a fairly knowledgeable fan when I can see through the haze that is my blinding loyalty to all things Houston. I was an avid Oiler fan. I believe the last time I cried, I was 16 years old and watching Steve Christie kick a field goal to polish off ‘that game’.

When the Oilers left, they took my heart with them to Tennesse and as much as it shames me to admit, I routed for….I can’t even say it. It was a dark and confusing time…I did meet my wife during this time and she is from Colorado, so I had the Broncos to help ease the pain.

And then came Bob McNair to lift me out of my horrible fandom. I have loved my Texans from day one, even when they had the white helmets. I arrange my days off at work so that I can either watch or attend games. I have shitty season tickets (625) but am looking to upgrade if anyone is looking to deal. I coach both lines on my kids’ youth league team, so my turn-ons are the power sweep, pulling guards, trap plays, cut-blocks, and the occassional crackback on a mouthy DT. My turn-offs are Cowboy fan, residual Oiler/Vince Young/BESF fan, and all the waggoners that I will have to compete with the upgrade my seats for the playoffs.

So I found, and joined, BRB this past offseason. Unfortunately I was being lazy at the time and didn’t create my own account, and instead linked it to my largely unused FB account. Unfortunately, SBN doesn’t seem to let you change your posting handle if you use FB, so, eh. I live with it.

Anyway, I was subjected to raised in Dallas, and grew up as a Cowboys fan. Fortunately, I chose UH for college where I studiedmajored, and somehow got the degree, in geophysics, and moved here permanently after graduation, and got married at the same time. By that time I was already getting past the Cowboys, but still considered myself a fan (the Oilers left while I was in school and the Texans were still a couple of years off).

I was ecstatic when we received the franchise. I still remember sitting in the Bennigan’s in the Galleria, watching the TVs across the restaurant at the bar when the mascot was revealed. I was thrilled to watch my new team beat my old team, and I think it was at that point that I truly entered recovery from being a cowboy’s fan. That process is now pretty much complete. And I have been with the Texans the whole way, I’ve been through the anger, the disgust, the letdowns, and now I get to enjoy the fruits of all of that. That my Coogs are also doing great (I was here for the Kim Helton years…) is even better.

and have been killing bandwidth here for two seasons. I enjoy so many of the articles from our BRB writers and all the great posts in the trenches with all of you. Please enjoy my usage of pictures to emphasize various points each week, and my sense of humor that references back a few decades. That’s how I came up with my handle from the infamous Blazing Saddles. Truth be told, I’d just as well have used my real name after getting to know so many of you!

greatly enoy the commentary, film (and psycho) analysis on this site, have been lurking all season, hopeless homer from Ms during Archie Manning/Saints days, adopted oilers the instant i moved to Houston and embraced the luv ya blue, kick down the door (not) days, even cared about the titans while we were empty handed here – i know i know not cool, but most of ya probably did too lol.

really enjoying the silent assasination the texans are pulling off, dont see us getting any respect until maybe running off 2-3 more wins which is fine by me.

my most unhappy moments with texans was the late seasons wins that knocked us out of the running for Peterson (or so we thought) and then not trading up to claim him with 5 or 6 pick, opting instead for Gb castoff green

really having fun rooting for Foster/Tate to punch out 100’s was pissed on that late holding call that took back foster’s 2nd 100/100 game, what a diff a year makes to be worrying about sheet like that!

need to learn the sarcasm fonts to hang with you regs and will not yield to any grammar natzis but fire away i can take the heat

oh, and love the pics need to learn how to post those too one of these days…

So here is an abridged version of the usual spiel. I have been a Texans fan since the beginning, I voted for the Apollos, but have bled red white and blue since the were named. I have lived a total of 1 yr in Houston since the Texans became a team. and not consecutive and never during the season. Now I am living in AZ, I am so active on this site YOU WILL FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER! I have plenty claim to fame here, but I refuse to write seriously for any blog because I am of independent mind, artistic views, and Tim pays in zima and that shit sucks. if you want to know more, just ask, because I am a hipster I did this before it was cool.
Also High priest of Texans Cthulhu!

And my real Name is Carter Liles.

    I am 18 and a self proclaimed draft expert, and have been following the Texans since 2002. I love of all Houston sports (even the Astros!!), and My love of football was born with The Texans, and I have seen every game. (on tv no games in person yet unfortunately.) I was born in Houston, grew up in Liberty, and reside in San Marcos as a Texas State Bobcat. I grew up in cowboy country, and thus hate all things Dallas, and for some reason, I hated Tennessee before I even knew about the Oilers fiasco. Thats it!

but I’ve been here since the end of the lockout and I’ve been lurking since 2009 when I was too short to play running back in my high school football team.

I love the Texans, all things Filipino, videogames, and the faint hope of getting back together with that ex-girlfriend of mine I just can’t shake off. My endless hope probably comes easier with my undying love for the roller coaster ride that is the Texans.

Hopefully this year will be the year for all us Texans fans and especially for those that have stuck through all the hard times.

Go Texans!!!

James Bond. Errr. I mean Jordan(n).

Victin/Beneficiary of the DGDB&D-BRB merger. Honestly, I hated BRB way back when. Not because of the content or the contributors. But because I kept forgetting my password or username or a combination of both. When I figured out that I can just save my username and password, I slowly started warming up to the place. Which was pretty hard because there was only like 10+ people and not enough blankets to cover everybody up, so I had to cuddle with BFD to stay warm.

Very bad idea.

Anyways. To keep it simple, here are the things that I like.

Boobs. Beer. Red-heads Video Games. Music . Texans fuck-stomping weaker teams like they should be. Our running game giving the opposing defense a Fostate Exam. The way Schaub executes the naked bootleg. And Wade Phillips’ legs in shorts.

Thing that I don’t like:

Dallass Cowfucks. Methopotamia BESF’s. There’s a lot more, but if I don’t stop now, I won’t ever stop.

21, Born and raised and currently reside in Houston. Love the city to death (have a 713 tattoo) Keep up with every Houston team (except soccer cause….its soccer) but my true calling in life came in 2009 when I lowered my fandom levels on the Rockets and cranked them sky high for the Texans. Coincidence or no that that moment coincided with my discovery of BRB? BRB, God only knows what I’d be without you.

P.S. Cowboys and Titans fans are NINNYHAMMERs who suffer from MICROPHALLUS and CRYPTORCHID. We all should rally and BESCUMBER them for they are all CORPULENT and COCCYDYNIA.

I found this wonderful site in August thanks to the lovely Ms.Stradley, and have been hooked ever since. I chose the name Mumford due to me being obsessed with the band at the time, and well..because I’m just not that creative honestly. In my defense, I am an accountant by trade and getting creative in my line of work usually leads to jail time. I am a Houston sports fan and a Houston sports fan ONLY, and I think most people here know the pain associated with that statement. I am almost always optimistic when it comes to the Texans, and think every year will be “the year”. I am glad that it seems they have finally proved me right this year!

currently holding down the bottom spot of the BRB writer’s totem pole.

I lived in Houston as a kid in the 80s and wherever life took me from there, I remained a fan of the Oilers. Until they moved to Tennessee at which point I gave them the finger (and even rooted for the Rams during that Super Bowl), and became an NFL orphan. I pretty much became a Bucs fan during that time, but when the Texans came along, I became a fan.

Being the only Texans fan in eastern Florida (that I know of) I started searching the internet for friends. When that failed, I went to DGDB&D. Somehow I ended up writing on there until one day, I went for a beer run, came back and everyone was gone.

Eventually, I found my way here, and, as proof that bad decisions to not necessarily lead to wisdom, I once again was invited to join the cast of characters. It’s been downhill ever since.

Grateful BRB denizen.
Frustrated lyricist.
Data Architect by profession (don’t ask… you really don’t care, trust me)
Kubiak-fanboy
Basset-hound-lover
Cat-newspaper-target
Dead-horse-wielder
Happy, Happy Houston Texans fan

found about this blog about 2 years ago and have been HOOKED…some great insight about the texans and some damn good football XOs. love all the metrics stuff although most times i dont understand it without your explanations…

LIKES: anything houston, triathlons, hummus, guacomole, and mexican beer with lime, gus johnson, W Phillips (give him the MVP meow).
DISLIKES: anything dallas (or sallad), national football media, country music, cheese (YEAH i said it…cheeeeeese!)

keep up the great work fellas….
BEST SITE EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Lurked for a year and have been adding nothing constructive to the conversation for about another year, I guess.

“Well, I believe in the soul, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.”

I will watch “The Godfather I and II, Tombstone, Pulp Fiction and Caddyshack” in their entirety no matter what time of day or night I might stumble across them. I love live music and “classic” rock…although in my day we just called it rock. I’m old enough to have been disappointed by most of my childhood heroes.

I was a Steeler fan during the Luv Ya Blue days because I wanted to grow up to be Lynn Swann. Converted at some point while attending games with my dad and Griffs Oiler Army. I still sing the old Oiler fight song in the shower. I was forever scarred by Frank Reich.

I believe in the Holy Trinity (Wade Phillips, Arian Foster, Andre Johnson) and that Brian Cushing is a harbinger of the end times (ending a decade long drought of disappointing pro football in Houston). I believe this team is good…and I believe that this team beieves they are good.

Couldn’t give a shit what the national media says…but do get annoyed that a line forms to suck Romo’s dick whenever he wins a game.

Love this BLOG…the writers…and your comments. Go Texans.

I’m not the American hero that my online handle/avatar would suggest. I’m a fraud. My real name is Kory… I’m 24, I run a college bookstore in Houston while I go to school for Social Sciences (anthropology.) I write a lot, game a lot, and cook a lot. And I have a 3 year old badass with a full mustache just like his pops… be jealous. I hail from Atlanta, but luckily (I guess?) I don’t have to worry about a match up between us and them in the playoffs this year… I guess they are still to embarrassed about the Packers/Falcons playoff game last year to focus… Texans are by far my #1 team, anyways. So I’m not butthurt about it.

I have been enjoying this site during the last off season.I luckily found it while trying to find anything Texans not written by Pancakes.I live in Illinois just 15 minutes from the City of St.louis.I have been a fan of these Houston Texans since I began watching football in 2007.Some of my likes are:

Houston Texans football,St.louis cardinals baseball,mario williams,and Jo Jo in a houston Texans uniform(He just looks right in it)

Dislikes:My ability to write the english language,The Indianapolis colts,The Tennessee titans,The Milwaukee brewers and the Cincinnati Reds (minus Joy Votto)

Hey everyone! 25 years young Houston native and Chicago resident. Proud to be a Texans fan and member of (easily) the best SB Nation blog considering both contributions an community. I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of y’all at the Colts game this coming December when I’ll be home for the holidays a short while.

Likes include: KillaWatt, shutdown corners, pictures of Brian Cushing raging with blood all over his face, Marvel Comics, music music music, alcohol of all kinds, food, running, Twin Peaks

Dislikes: BESFs, the shadiness that is the Colts organization, people who get offended all the time, mean people, that new show ‘The New Girl’

Hey guys, as you can see my name is Matt. (I wasnt very creative with my tag name). I was born and raised in Houston. I am 22 and currently in my last year of college in DC. My dad and I are season ticket holders but since I havent lived in Houston for the last 4 years I only get to catch majority of the preseason games and about 2 games at the end of the season.

My favorite college football team is the University of Tennessee so my boy has always been Arian Foster. Every Sunday though I go out in to the DC area always rockin my Battle Red Andre Johnson jersey. I have been a devout Texans fan since the team was announced but really found my love being at the inaugural game against the Cokeboys and watching the Texans kick their asses.

Turn ons- Arian Foster, Arian Foster’s td bow, Cushing head butting a guy without a helmet, the Autobot, David Anderson’s string td dance, Wade Phillips, and Netflix….oh and the DAYNE TRAIN

Turn offs – People chewing louldy, BE-SF’s, Frank Bush, Charley Casserly, also anything related to Dallas, University of Florida, Steve Spurrier, and Rex Ryan’s foot fetish.

My real name’s Matt and I’m 18, started watching the NFL about 2 and a half years ago, adopted the Texans cz I have relatives in Houston…. I’ve tried to read up a hell of a lot on the sport cz no point watching if I don’t know the history behind it and all of that, so although not around for the early Texans years I can appreciate the heartache…
Found this site when I was searching NFL.com for any news whatsoever that wasn’t lockout related this summer, so seems like something good came of that at least… It’s a really good site and I’m glad I found it, some really great writers in both the posts and the comments.
I’m currently at Uni in London so if anyone finds themselves coming to visit give me a shout and I’ll try and give you the tour haha, studying Sports Journalism and would really like to raise the profile of NFL over here, while recruiting some Texans fans ofc, given a bit of time
Also, for soccer fans out there, was born into a Chelsea family so am a die hard fan of theirs too, was a little up and down to begin with but we’re contenders nearly all the time now, something I hope the Texans can adopt starting this year
Sorry if that was too much to read haha, thanks for the blog people :)

As the login implies I’m from Texas; San Antonio to be exact and I’ve been living in Cali (San Diego right now) for about 16 years. I’m a Navy man; in for 20 years now and I found BRB after orginally siigning up for PTR (Pounding The Rock) home of the Spurs Fandom! I was a diehard Oilers fan growing up in a family that were all Cowboys fans, even most of the family I would visit and spend my summers in Houston with were Cowboys fans! So that sucked during some of the more woeful years. I instantly became a Texans fan in 2002 and was thrilled when we drafted David Carr, who I got to see play at Fresno St., while stationed at a Naval Air Station Lemoore near the area. Despite what many others say here I thought he could done well for us but he was shell shocked after taking the pounding he did the first few years. Damn You Dom Capers, Charlie Casserly and that piece of FOD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_object_damage you called an offensive line! Anyway I digress. I don’t post a lot, as I like to read the entertaining and sometimes idiotic thought provoking comments and posts. Thanks to all the Bloggers and fans (even bandwagoners) for the write-ups and comments keep ‘em coming and I’ll keep reading ’em! Hope that link works……Navy Pride, Hoooo-Yaaaah!

I love the Texans, when I was young I was able to attend an Oilers v. 49ers game in the Dome. The 9ers won that game late with a late fourth quarter comeback, after trailing the entire game, 10-9 was the outcome.

I enjoy trolling opposing teams blogs, It can be highly entertaining.

I currently live in Albuquerque, NM yet was born and raised south of Houston c/o 04 at Clear Brook. I’ve also lived in April Sound in Montgomery (Lake Conroe) for a couple years. Along with Boulder for a couple years.

Shaub Injury is like a water gun loaded with bleach to the eyes.

That’s what everyone calls me, so it’s my username. I grew up in the Clear Lake area, and depending on who you ask, I’m either an insufferable, self-deprecating asshole, or AMAZING. The ladies tend to choose the latter, especially (read: exclusively) when liquored up.
For the weirdo up there that insists that we provide A/S/L, mine is 17/M/Houston. I’ll be attending some college or another next fall (the tea leaves say U of H, but I’m holding out for A&M.)
I was too young to have developed any emotional attachment to the Oilers before they left. I’ve considered myself a Texans fan since their inception, but I didn’t really get into them until the ‘07 season. I raged when Kubiak wasn’t fired this offseason, and then again when Wade Phillips was hired. I am now eating my words.
I discovered THE Battle Red Blog right around the time the whole Nevin Shapiro scandal broke, when I decided that Yahoo! Sports was superior to ESPN, and my Yahoo! account led me here. I lurked until this past week, when I decided to make an account, and…lurked some more. I’ll probably be doing a lot more lurking. I guess the point of this post is to inform you that I’m watching you.

Was raised a Dallas fan until I was old enough to make my own decisions…which ironically enough coincided with the dismissal of Tom Landry. Floated around loving football but not having a team until I saw Dishman, Childress and Lathon playing D. Sadly he who must who must always be cursed moved my favorite team and I had the same dilema again. So when the Texans were founded I had a fresh slate(yay me). Being I live 30 minutes from where David Carr played his college ball (yeah sorry about that) I knew what we were getting and I still wore the gear anyhow. I found this site tonight when I was searching for news on the foot injury. Now having spent 4 hours and 94% of my phone battery I’m hooked.

I am Texans fan through and true. I live in the SF bay area. I was born and raised in Houston. It’s not easy being a Texans fan in this are. Everyone was thanking me for the Raider’s game. I enjoy reading the posts and commentary here. You folks are like Early Cuyler would say “outstandiner than hell”.

I’m txknight67 (aka tk, aka Whiplash, aka stud muffin, aka dirty old man). OK, all but the “stud muffin” is true. lulz

I’m from the Luv Ya Blue era and a huge fan of The Texas Rose; Earl Campbell, one of the most underrated RB’s of all time in my personal opinion…..Emmit Smith can’t hold a candle to him. I was not as emotionally involved when Beelzebub spirited the team off to meth land so followed “that team” during the dry years. (I know, but I liked Fisher as a head coach) As soon as I heard that Houston was getting the new team I was hooked…..searched hi and low for news on the voting for a team name and mascot. I think I was living in San Antonio at that time and it was ridiculous at how hard it was to find news. Then as the misery of the Casserly/Capers era unfolded and my life went seriously in the toilet I kind of lost interest in anything.

Fast forward to 6 years ago and things had started to fall into place in my life and I became “reinvigorated” and started hunting for any reliable source of Texans information (I am living in the Amarillo area which is by default cowturds or bronco’s country evidently). After much searching, I found BRB about 3 years ago during the offseason between the ’08 and the ’09 season. I delurked shortly there after and have been around since then. Was the leader of the pitchfork and torches crowd wanting Kubiaks head after last seasons debacle, but am willing to admit I was wrong. (/spits out black feathers “Damn crow tastes nasty!”)

Was able to watch every single Texans game last year, but have only been able to watch two games this year due to my life being in turmoil once again, but this time with a much better outcome. lulz

Likes: the small of a woman’s back, muscular woman’s legs, the ’11 version of Texans defense, my current gf (who loves to point out to me that she was born a week before I graduated high school), big screen plasma TV hooked up to a blu-ray player…..I could go on…..oh yeah, soccer…..but I shall cut this list short

Dis-likes: the ex, divorce laws that favor the SAHM even when she is a completely disengaged SAHM, the fact that divorces cost so damn much and that custody cases cost even more, most cowturd fans, bandwagon fans of any kind, the Q-tip, that Oiler playoff game that shall remain unnamed and undated (if you don’t know which one I’m talking about, consider yourself lucky)……and I see I need to cut this list short as well.

Or tehGrindCrusher. Occasionaly author, occasional poster, full time kicker of asses. Been a Texans fan since Day One. Was an Oilers fan before that, going back to the Luv Ya Blue era. I’m a fan of a lot of sports, but the only other team that is close to the Texans in my heart is Ajax Amsterdam, the greatest soccer club in this Galaxy and probably all the rest as well.

Got a wife, three kids. Live in the Middle East. Moving to Afghanistan in a few months. Work a lot. Other likes: BBQ, guitar, climbing, squash, poker. Dislikes: the usual stuff – Titans, Cowboys, Feyenoord, stupid announcers/media personalities.

I’m fairly optimistic about Leinart under center. I think we still make the playoffs and can make a run. Hell, if Chicago could get to the Super Bowl with Rex Grossman and Mark Sanchez keeps making it to the AFC Championship game, then we can do the same with Matt Leinart. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

For years, people have spent countless hours trying to figure out who is jstid911? Who is the man behind the keyboard? Those very people, these people who have devoted their lives to the study of jstid911….would have little information, and be very, very bored. Let me save some time and tell you:

I am a native Houstonian, residing in Humble area. I graduated from UH go coogs, transferring there after I threw one helluva party that lasted the duration of my freshman year at ATM. I have always loved Houston sports teams, through the good, the bad, and the Astros.

My love for the Texans started from day 1. I have been lurking, and ocassionally comment from time to time, but without regularity. I really enjoy this website, which is home to some of the best bloggers at SBN. Thanks to all of you who make this place the shit. Not literally, because that would not be fun. Steamy. Moist. Warm.

Anywho, enough of the poop jokes, but I am engaged to the most wonderful woman in the world (she often reads this blog too) and no kids, which I like to think is one of my biggest accomplishments in life so far. I am planning on heading out to 360 to watch the Texans game and look forward to meeting many of you!

I was reading the comments here yesterday when I heard about Schaub, so I never finished.

I am Chris, I was born in Houston on a cold January morning in 1968. My parents took me to my first game sometime around then, I have absolutely no recollection of that day, but it is my understanding that even though Joe Namath was on the sidelines wearing a pin-striped suit, the Oilers still lost. I have been a fan since then. I will wish fire and brimstone upon Beelzebud upon his death, which could not happen soon enough to please me. I have been a Texans fan since the day I heard the NFL was coming back to Houston.

These days I reside just south of San Antonio in a rural community dubbed Von Ormy, where I work in the construction industry, I have also written a horror novel that has yet to be published due to a lack of quality representation.

I found BRB on accident and to my wife’s dismay I became instantly addicted, so much so that I will even hang out in the basement with the Colts fans in exile from the blog that shall not be mentioned run by the guy who shall not be named.

This year I finally got to attend a Texans game and it was the best day ever, almost as great as the day my daughter was born.

I need moar Texans fans for friends on FB, Chris Sherrod, hit me up.

Sorry, I had to since I’m so late to do this. I had other obligations that prevented me from posting monday or tuesday.

I have been lurking for years since my younger brothers told me about this site. I have been reading regularly since around the ’11 Draft (second greatest ever, ’06 duh) and decided to introduce myself once another chance arose. Thanks BFD.

My handle comes from my college nickname (my name is Joel) and my birth month and day. I’m a native Houstonian and grew up in a suburb on the north side. I’m currently in Austin and BRB has helped me stay in the loop. I’ve been a Houston sports fan since birth thanks to my dad and his mother (They took me to Oilers and Astros games in the Dome and went to their games before the Dome was built. I also get my hatred of Sallad from Grandma).

I didn’t really follow pro football during the dark period between losing the Oilers and gaining the 32nd franchise (suck it LA). I was initially upset with the nickname Texans (I watched live on KTRK) but that’s what the name was so I deal with it. The color choices helped. I’m also on the bandwagon for red helmets and jerseys as our home colors. Maybe that’ll happen when Nike takes the on-field apparel contract from Reebok this offseason. I went to Indiana U for college and missed the first four years (except our 1st game cuz it was on sunday night football) but have consumed as much as possible since I came back to town after graduation.

A few likes – Texans, Rockets, Astros, Dynamo, Indiana Hoosiers, Texas Longhorns (family school), The Arsenal FC, US Men’s Soccer, beer, bbq, women, whiskey and rock n roll. Not in any particular order.

a few dislikes – any team from southern oklahoma, the be-sfs, the ponies, the glitter kitties, any team from a division called East, bi-coastal national media bias, lite beer, inattentive drivers and brussel sprouts.

Teh Schaub’s injury will hamper, a little, this year’s progress but I see this building and our Texans being good for years to come.

What is there to say about MDC, really? That he was born to rule? Of course. That he has flair and flamboyance, was politically amoral and ruthless, had an eidetic memory for faces and names, and a natural gift of command? Obviously. That he has the reputation of being a trencherman, a hard drinker, a Herculean lover, an epicure, a sybaritic fancier of luxuries and all good things in life? Without question. That he was originally born in Missouri, is a lawyer in Arkansas, was the creator and destroyer of DGDB&D, and now writes for BRB? Sure.

But these observations have no more insight to them than does a comment about the weather or the proliferation of meth usage in and around Nashville.

If you want to really understand MDC, you have to know what motivates him. The answer is vodka.

You also have to know what it is that he likes (in addition to vodka): the Houston Texans, University of Michigan football, Tottenham Hotspur, the Cleveland Indians, the Detroit Red Wings, Glasgow Rangers, and Ajax Amesterdam (a developing like, that one is); cheeseburgers of ridiculous size and tastiness; BBQ; good beer; Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Mario Williams, and James Casey; dogs, especially basset hounds; Pulp Fiction, Tombstone, and Christmas Vacation; rap music made prior to 2000, Texas Country, and Nashville country music made prior to 1980; redheads; boobs; redheads with large boobs; Alison Brie; himself (especially this).

Or maybe his dislikes tell you more about MDC: everything Dallas; the fact that the is forced to live in Arkansas; Ohio State, the Univ of Kansas, Arsenal, the Tennessee Titans, Peyton Manning, and Vince Young; the city of St. Louis; J.J. Abrams; and whiskey.

One of the longest-tenured members of BRB, I have led a busy life over the last year or so that was not very friendly to commenting. Finished grad school, got married, bought a house (still in Austin!! now way north in Wells Branch), and just started a new job on Monday. So while I’ve still been able to read, the time to comment just hasn’t been there.

In any case, hopefully things will be settling down and I can get back into the filthy groove of things. Carry on!