Texans Playoff Scenarios, Week 14: How Can The Texans Clinch The AFC South?
by TexansDC on Dec 5, 2011 11:13 AM CST
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For the first time in franchise history, your Houston Texans enter a game with the opportunity to clinch the division championship in the balance. I would have said playoff berth, but 2009's Week 17 technically could claim that distinction.
Take a moment to let that soak in and/or catch your breath. Good? Okay, let's get back to it.
Yes, your Houston Texans could be celebrating at 3:30 PM CT on Sunday December 11th, 2011 as AFC South Champions. It is a really simple scenario actually. Despite its simplicity, I will make you jump for it. What? It has been 10 years, so what more is a jump to you?
A win over the Cincinnati Bengals, combined with a win by the New Orleans Saints over the Tennessee Titans, will give the division to the Texans.
How? I am glad you asked.
Even if, after the above scenario, the Texans lose out to end the season at 10-6 and the Titans win out to tie them at 10-6, the Texans would own the deciding tiebreaker.
- The first tiebreaker between two tied teams within a division is head-to-head record. The Texans and Titans, under this scenario, would be 1-1.
- The second tiebreaker between two tied teams within a division is division record. The Texans and Titans would finish 4-2, per the scenario.
- The third tiebreaker between two tied teams within a division is record against common opponents. This is Indianapolis (x 2), Jacksonville (x 2), the four NFC South teams, and the four AFC North teams. The Texans would win by one game – Houston's 8-4 to Tennessee 7-5.
See? Simple scenario. A Houston win and a Tennessee loss is all you need to hope for this weekend to celebrate Houston’s first 10-win season and division championship.
Biggest game/week in franchise history? It finally seems appropriate to say so.
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Being FIRST in the division all year
has been amazing for the Texans after nine seasons of struggling behind the Colts.
Surely they can taste the division championship and will go grab it this week!
Well, technically the BE-SF's were first for like one week or something...
…it think. Anyways, Go Texans!!
Matt Schwab, Mary O' Williams, Adrian Foster, and Daniel Owens are my favorite Texans!
by MeSoLongHorny on Dec 5, 2011 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
being first in the AFC has been more rewarding
by LordGav1n on Dec 5, 2011 2:25 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
That is a recent development, yes?
If so, I think the injuries in our last three games has overshadowed it for a lot of us.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
I agree, and I mentioned my frustration when Andre went down this last Sunday.
It would be nice to enjoy a win without the drama of an injury, of which will be the dominating focus of the following week.
That being said…
The resiliency of this team is strongly becoming the story-line focus of our success, not the absence of Payton Manning. If everything was firing on all cylinders, most assuredly, all the talking heads would harp on the lack of five head, the easy schedule, etc. You know, the things we were most all thinking before the Parable of Job laid claim to our Texans.
There is something special about this team.
Someone said it on 610 yesterday, this years team will be a team that is remembered years to come.
by memyselfini on Dec 6, 2011 1:36 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
A road win in Cinci will be tough
But with the way the D is playing, they can definitely do it.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
We've done it twice (I think)
We’ll do it again.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
moot
The BESFs are not going to win 10 games.
by grungedave on Dec 5, 2011 11:24 AM CST reply actions 7 recs
I lol'd
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
Also moot because
They’re not going to beat us in the last week of the season, unless we have everything we need locked up and rest everybody
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
I was actually wondering about this earlier
But my head couldn’t compute the scenarios. Too busy dreading the thought of an eight hour work day in the cold.
Much appreciated!
I fully believe that this team will win against Cincinnati. No more room for cautious optimism. We will clinch this weekend and we’ll have our first play-off game in Reliant as AFC South champs. Bank on it.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
by Jordann on Dec 5, 2011 11:30 AM CST reply actions 7 recs
I just spent the last twenty minuets in the playoff machine
And I found that If we win out, and then lose to the Titans, as well as them only losing to the Saints we would receive a rematch the Wild card week at home. Talk about a playoff senario where we could be setting up the ole rope a dope.
The Texan Floater, you wanna flush it but you can't.
Wade Aid Is the Best Drink in the League.
Whitest, I mean Best Front Seven in Football.
Yup
the Titans would benefit greatly from a Cincy loss on Sunday since they’re very much alive in the wild card race.
"Lord, beer me strength."
They will play hard
They see an opening.
But it’s just a sarlacc pit.
by nelo on Dec 5, 2011 11:35 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 7 recs
Rec'd for Star Wars reference
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
If we end up going 12-4 or maybe even 11-5
Kubiak should be coach of the year, period. With the adversity this team has had to deal with, him being able to keep them focused and motivated has earned him that honor. I doubt it will happen with GB being undefeated, but it should.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
The voters have to consider what is more deserving for Coach of the Year....
1. Guiding last year’s SB champs through a season with a healthy roster
or
2. Elevating a basement team of nine seasons into their first division title after losing their best three players (one for the season, one for most of the season, the other for four games) and surviving with a third string rookie QB.
Or
3. Getting a good bunch of players to wake up.
…and coaching one of the NFL’s West Coast glamor franchises, not that it matters, of course.
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
Yeah, if anything, Jim Harbaugh has the lead on the Coach Of The Year race
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Dec 5, 2011 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Been reading BRB for a couple years
Finally joining you ridiculous bunch of degenerates.
The idea of openly discussing clinching the playoffs on the day after our 3rd stringer-led team beat a good team is giving me tingles.
Knowing that the BE-SF’s are coming here, with yesterday’s crowd at Reliant as a reference also gives me tingles.
So. Yeah. Tingles.
by nelo on Dec 5, 2011 11:32 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions 19 recs
Newbie rec'd
and a big “fuck you” to you, good sir!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
You should probably
Get that looked at. It sounds like a stroke. Humor aside, welcome!
Newb rec'd for you
Welcome to the madhouse.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Dec 5, 2011 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
glad to be here
Even more glad that the cowshits lost.
As I am surrounded by them.
And my battle red jersey frightens their feeble minds.
They’ve even tried to take credit for Wade; as in “Consider him a hand me down.. ;)”
by nelo on Dec 5, 2011 11:48 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
I'd just smile politely....
and say “Thank you kindly for that hand me down. I see where your organizations handing him down has gotten you.”
lulz
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Newbie rec!
Welcome!
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!
by RaY210 on Dec 5, 2011 11:40 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Welcome
our new degenerate battle red brother!
Matt Schwab, Mary O' Williams, Adrian Foster, and Daniel Owens are my favorite Texans!
by MeSoLongHorny on Dec 5, 2011 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
Welcome
Rec’d.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
The Two-Day Hangover @ Battle Red Blog (2011) & SBN Houston (2010) | Twitter | About MDC
Hmmmm... "ridiculous bunch of degenerates"...
I’m thinking T-SHIRT!!!
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
by DilloTex on Dec 5, 2011 1:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The shirt says,
“Battle Red Blog”
and underneath it says
“Ridiculous bunch of degenerates”
.................
Sold!
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
And, it's signed by all the writers
"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster
I'm still marvelling at the the 6 game winning streak . . .
/basks in the awesomeness
#Texans2011 — Where reality and dreams collide!
~~ Fuzion
/joins in basking
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Our Andre, who art from Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Canton.
Does this basking
include hot girls rubbing lotion on our backs?
hell
I’ll take a nerdy girl poking me with chopsticks right about now
by nelo on Dec 5, 2011 11:41 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Dec 5, 2011 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
i am so glad i became a member here
Not only for the insights on my favorite team, the homerism, and sarcasm, but the pix…haha. I need to come back to houston and meet some of you folks!
by skeezy12 on Dec 5, 2011 3:39 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
There happens to be a lot of out of towners
Best way to stay connected to fans of similar cloth.
New Mexico is full of wanna be Cokepokes, or Raiders, and Steeler fans.
The Texan Floater, you wanna flush it but you can't.
Wade Aid Is the Best Drink in the League.
Whitest, I mean Best Front Seven in Football.
Arizona too
weird there are only cards fans when they are winning lol
"Taco Joe - the beacon of optimism" TexansDC
THEREALALLENOU: "@Joeeatstacos... You're like the second testicle to my Tom green. I dont NEED you, but life is better when your around lol"
AllenOU is the Montgomery to my Patton
God blessed Texas, but he has forsaken the Texans
Follow @Joeeatstacos
BRF is woman!
So for her, no.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
shouldn't have told them
it was getting funny
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Our Andre, who art from Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Canton.
Sorry for killing it!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
LOL =)
Thanks Jordann =)
I was just going to pretend that I didn’t start that.
It just startled me how that morphed/transmorgified into it’s current form.
In retrospect, I shouldn’t be surprised knowing how you guys transform anything into thoughts about that one topic. LOL but y’all did startle me.
I guess it comes with the territory =). I still luv y’all even if BattleRed rapidly derails on a regular basis.
It’s part of the goofy charm here =).
#Texans2011 — Where reality and dreams collide!
~~ Fuzion
My already immense respect for you just went up a notch or two.
for recognizing you are in a male dominated blog and that most of us DO have that one topic on our minds allot. lulz
/a namaste bow for being such a good sport about it
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
and why not?
Why can’t two ladies enjoy “basking” together?
Matt Schwab, Mary O' Williams, Adrian Foster, and Daniel Owens are my favorite Texans!
by MeSoLongHorny on Dec 5, 2011 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
That's what I want to know!
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
The Two-Day Hangover @ Battle Red Blog (2011) & SBN Houston (2010) | Twitter | About MDC
Brown Chicken Brown Cow...
- per Jordann
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
/joins in basking
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
by DilloTex on Dec 5, 2011 1:46 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Shut up and scratch my belly!
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
Sorry, just realized that would have been funnier as Austin Powers/Fat Ba****d
“Scratch mah BELLEH!!!”
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
It feels good
Im a relocated Texan, wearing battle red in Baltimore Maryland. It feels good to arrive at my desk, with comments about Houstons great game versus comments from the past. First Post. Great job guys!
by MD.Texan on Dec 5, 2011 11:36 AM CST reply actions 22 recs
10 newbie recs already
people are on top of their game!
Welcome to our humble ablog!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
To the titans owner, Bud Adams for stealing the Oilers.
That is all!!!
With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????
Oh boy...
mann...
i failed epically…
With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????
Oh boy...
by Carter Liles on Dec 5, 2011 11:40 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
And the post started with so much promise.
As Andre Johnson would say after a minor fail…“REDO.”
Matt Schwab, Mary O' Williams, Adrian Foster, and Daniel Owens are my favorite Texans!
by MeSoLongHorny on Dec 5, 2011 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
Dre is the king of RE-DO
One thing is a certainty. If Andre Johnson drops a ball he makes up for it with a ridiculous highlight catch right after.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Use the preview button before firing pics...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Doesn't matter a lot of times
But it is best to check
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
by Barryfromtexas on Dec 5, 2011 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
Awesome
rec’d
Matt Schwab, Mary O' Williams, Adrian Foster, and Daniel Owens are my favorite Texans!
by MeSoLongHorny on Dec 5, 2011 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
Looks very reminiscent of Troy Polamalu
Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."
by The Night Owl on Dec 5, 2011 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
This needs to be made into a .gif right now. I’d do it myself, if I had any idea how.
"He walked 18."
"New league record!"
"Struck out 18."
"Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit."
Saw that a lot yesterday.
“I wave my dreads back and forth I wave my dreads back and forth…”
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
by Ethan Matz on Dec 5, 2011 12:32 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That deserves a bannin'.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Banned
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Our Andre, who art from Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Canton.
And he has already dismissed that writhing slug on the ground....
and is looking for his next victim. lulz
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Ill try this again. Dear Bud adams,
With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????
Oh boy...
well, 1 for 5 isn't terrible...
With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????
Oh boy...
by Carter Liles on Dec 5, 2011 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
From little acorns...
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
All this "winning the Division" talk is making me nervous.
Speaking as the Jonah who destroyed last season by buying a Texans Sideline Coaches Cuffed Knit Hat last year after they started 4-2, let me warn you all against jinxes.
Beware!
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
We've been talking about wining the division since week 1.
No jinx here.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
It's the smug assurance that's scaring me.
Perhaps more ethanol will help.
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
""Don’t say it," he said. "It’s like a no-hitter, don’t even talk about it. We’re not even going to talk about until it happens. Then you can douse me in Gatorade if you want."
-Eric Winston
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
I know I'm not smug
Cincinnati’s fighting for a playoff spot and won’t give an inch. Like everything else this season, a win (and the division) will have to be earned.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Small error, but...
Sunday is December 11th, not December 12th. It just might be important for this notable day in history that will be commemorated here on out with, um, drinking, probably.
Because you want it to last forever?
I understand.
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
by FreedomRide on Dec 5, 2011 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
for me its because I need to forget saturday
that was embarassing, even though I did bet right on the under
@THEREALALLENOU on twitter - "The man, the verb, the legend" OU'd
Bleargh. There was not enough methanol in the house for me to drown that memory.
It took me back to the Cotton Bowl game against ND.
And I did NOT want to go there.
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
TJ yates > Aaron Rodgers
thanks
@THEREALALLENOU on twitter - "The man, the verb, the legend" OU'd
by AllenOU on Dec 5, 2011 12:06 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
Ditto. Thank you, Texans!
And thank you, Cokeboys coaching staff!
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
It's December.
So yeah they’ll be choking all month long. What a great month. Texans keep winning Cowboys start choking.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
I've got that Holiday Spirit!
"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.
I said it in an earlier post
But its about Playoff Beard time.
by BricAM on Dec 5, 2011 12:31 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Should we go mustache instead?
Maybe beard for the rest of the regular season, then ironic mustache for the first playoff game.
Naw I still have nightmares of Leinart's mustache from time to time.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
What are you trying to become, a hipster?!
BANNED!
(Although I do love mustachios :-P)
My thoughts are like Brian Cushing on the field: Everywhere.
Of course not.
I’m just honoring my hero. I appreciate what Shaun Cody did, but Plummer pioneered the team-photo mustache.
Pulling off a mustache is tough
Most either look like a child molester or a 70s porn star…
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
Hmmm
As long as you do not drive a Pedo-mobile or wear Hawaiian shirts only half buttoned you do not look like a child molester.,
Like this guy?
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Dec 5, 2011 3:59 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
How can one not trust him
Hes at a park in a jogging suit, he must be there to run. And the sunglasses are so that the sun does not blind him, not so that he can look and not be obvious.
That's using the old noggin'.
Nice ocular patdown. Threat level is definitely low. And of course, the van is just a highly practical vehicle.
Of Course
The van is for transportation of his person and his sports gear that goes with his track suit and sports shoes. Hes a highly athletic person.
Anybody seen my van?
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
by DilloTex on Dec 5, 2011 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Is candy another word for meth in BESF land?
If not I don’t think you will be getting many visitors.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
Speaking of mustaches
Could anyone except Jordan pull off that Hitler stash he is sporting and NOT catch hell for it? I mean there is really no other description for it.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
You noticed that too?
What exactly was going through his mind on that shaving decision?
I haven't shaved in a while.
now i won’t shave until the playoffs
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Our Andre, who art from Heaven, hallowed by thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Canton.
the things one could do to this photo with photoshop hmmmmm
Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore
To be honest,
I think they DID photoshop it. They photoshopped in the bottle.
.................
by Schlauton on Dec 5, 2011 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Some cool things I found out from yesterday's game.
Falcons had 3 sacks and 2 QB hits. Conner Barwin alone had 4 QB hits and the team finish with 10 total QB hits. Don’t know about hurries but I’m pretty sure there were quite a few since Ryan had a defender in his face nearly every pass he threw.
The team finished with 12 passes defended. That’s a season high topping the 9 we had against the Jags.
Also:
Nick Scurfield
Winning formula RT @richardjustice: Texans lead AFC +12 turnover ratio (No. 3 in NFL). No. 1 in AFC in takeaways and have fewest giveaways
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
One of those sacks for ATL
Was that incomplete pass “fumble”
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
by Barryfromtexas on Dec 5, 2011 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
I saw something supposedly from Kubiak's presser yesterday
The the official’s explanation was not enough evidence to overturn. Whatever. How much more evidence was needed?
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
apparantly NFL Referee Bill Leavy could use....
1. corrective vision surgery or glasses to see more clearly in live games and film reviews
2. a short lesson in physics to understand kinetics, mass, energy
3. a solid ass beating (I really thought the fans at Reliant were about to rush the field)
He can only be one of two things at this point:
inept or corrupt
by MeMongo on Dec 5, 2011 2:20 PM CST up reply actions 9 recs
^this #3
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
by professortex on Dec 5, 2011 2:30 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The fact that it was his own call that would be over-turned...
(according to someone else around here), if true, and if he was such an arrogant jack-ass that he couldn’t admit he had screwed up, he needs to be removed from the rotation NOW… Not at the end of the year. That was game-changing total crap.
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
Does anyone know
If this is the same crew that had the Lions’ Thanksgiving game?
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
Indeed he did....
The first came in the second quarter of the Detroit Lions’ 23-16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Referee Bill Leavy called Lions defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, resulting in a first down after an incomplete third-down pass.
Vanden Bosch vehemently protested, pointing at the replay as it was shown at Ford Field. A review of the play shows that Vanden Bosch might not have initiated much helmet-to-helmet contact.
http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/tag/_/name/bill-leavy
This guy has “bad calls” a bunch, going back to the 2006 Superbowl where he had two huge calls incorrect (admitted as much later). http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/20856/sorting-through-referee-bill-leavys-apology
Time to filter this guy out of the NFL! I’m sure there are better refs available from the NCAA who would love the job.
NFL Referee Bill Leavy is either INEPT or CORRUPT. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d824b706a/Sanders-fumble-recovery
What. An. Ass.
Four years later?
Why does this jerk still have a job?
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
Naked pictures of the commish?
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
by TexansForever on Dec 6, 2011 1:04 AM CST up reply actions
random question
i been doing a essay, and one of the characters is called the reverend.
and that got me thinking. what happen to the reverend sharpton?
I don’t remember seeing him play lately, did he get IR’ed and i missed it?
He was IR's a few weeks back.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
rec’d for Shakespeare.
"He walked 18."
"New league record!"
"Struck out 18."
"Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit."
by Elephande on Dec 5, 2011 12:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone finally caught it. Rec for that.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
And of course, the circus of Favre continues with a source saying Favre will listen if the bears called...
No to TO, No to Moss, No to McNabb, and definitely No to Favre here in Htown. I’m so glad the Texans FO continues to stick with players with good character and with something to prove.
Well, shit
I’LL listen if the Bears call ME. Doesn’t me they’re picking up the phone though.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Some more complaints about the field from Texan players.
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/04/texans-players-say-field-not-up-to-par/
At least we aren’t the only ones complaining about it.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
HAHA
KSAT12 Sports (ABC) took a subtle shot at Fox sports on the noon news during Texans highlights he said and here is the play you DIDN’T get to see… I wish everyone would take a minute to send Fox a message so we don’t have to go through this again next time the situation is scheduled.
Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore
From what I'm reading
It was national Fox’s decision.
Every Cowboys secondary market switched over….contracts and territory rights and other various forms of bullshit.
"Lord, beer me strength."
I also read that San Antonio and Austin aren't Secondary markets.
Why you ask? Because they aren’t within 75 miles of Cowboys Stadium. Pretty big duck up on the part of Fox. They’re just trying to cover their asses.
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
~Muhammad Ali
Steph Stradley posted on our local Fox station's wall,
I am getting many angry comments from Houston Texans fans about you cutting off the Texans game at a crucial time of the game to go to Cowboys PREgame. That is not acceptable. You need to make a statement and apologize for your terrible judgment.
one commentor seems to know what’s going on:
The affiliates had to choose “mandatory pullout” at 3:10 ahead of time. That’s on the affiliates — they made a business decision to follow the Cowboys at kickoff over the Texans at the end of the game.
And to be fair to these local affiliates, there is a flaw with “NFL rules” — once you make that election, you can’t change your mind if the early game is compelling. You opt to switch over at 3:10, you can’t change your mind at 3:05 when it’s obvious that would be the right decision. And if you opt to stay with an early game, you can’t cut over to the late game at 3:10 if the early game is 45-7 halfway into the 4th.
While the affiliates should be held responsible for opting into the “mandatory pullout” — if they don’t do that, we see the last 8 seconds of the Texans game that was over before the Cowboys even kicked off — it would be a good thing if the NFL and the national network allowed flexibility to local stations all the way to the end of the early game so they can make last-minute decisions that are clearly in the best interest of most of the viewership.
Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore
"mandatory pullout"
That way she doesn’t get pregnant.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
Interesting
That’s different than what I was told by the local affiliate engineer. He said they didn’t have a choice because it was an automatic switch over. I suppose he could be lying to cover his ass, although that’s about the most unprofessional thing he could do.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Yeah...
I sure am glad no one does that where I work!
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
lol, you're right
But I would much rather him say, “Yeah I made the switch. It was my decision and I stick by it, so piss off. GO COWBOYS!!!”
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Question to MDC...
Sorry if this has been posed in some way or form in the game threads, but my phone was acting up during game time so I couldn’t get online (was visiting my mom’s), and then I get home to find out my charger is fucked (luckily I have an extra at work, but back on topic….), but since you have the means to rant, and I know you’d do it so much better than me in a fanpost, but are you/can you give FOX a big “Fuck you” in the 2DH for cutting off the last 8 seconds of the game here in San Antonio, and I know I heard in Austin as well (and probably a few other places as well).
With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg!
OT:
I see in my twitter feed that Justice has left the Comical to write for MLB.com
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 1:13 PM CST reply actions
Somewhere...
Ewoks are dancing.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Dec 5, 2011 1:20 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The only source I have found is a tweet by Mark Berman.
Fanshot up for this momentous news.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
Bengals fan here. I have no idea what is goint to happen next week
This new Bengals team, and yes we are new, has played very consistant ball all year. Yes, we have lost some games but until Sunday we always played everyone hard. Does this team have the resianancy to come back from such a horrible outing? I really don’t know. We have not been here before. Will we grow from the experience and come back stronger.? Will we just not be able to find out way back? I really have no idea. I will advise you that if we do, and I expect we will, don’t think this is a win you can take for granted. I have a feeling that we are going to come out with something to prove. Yu may be in trouble if Andre Johnson is still hobbled. I think yesterday was just one of those days that just about every team has at least once in the season. I get your excitement, but don’t put the division title in you hearts until you have it solidified. I am not saying we will win. I am saying you will have to work hard for it. I don’t think this team will lay down. But…like I said, I really don’t know as we hane not been here yet this season.
"If we always agree, one of us is not necessary"
Don't really know what will happen but one thing I can tell you: This Texans team will give you everything we've got.
We don’t let up and we want to win. Everyone says “Well without x player, we are screwed” but we’ve constantly proved people wrong. We take it one game at a time and our focus is not the division title but to win against Cincy, nothing more, nothing less.
It will be a good test for Yates playing away where it could be loud during his time on field
Thankfully Kubiak won’t have him calling many audibles, so noise won’t affect that aspect.
I’m sure the Bengals will be looking to bounce back next this week, but this year’s Texans team is really playing all four quarters with a vengeance and leaving everything on the field. It’s amazing they recover in time for the next game the way they seem to play so intense and attack each game like it is “do or die”.
Good luck! We look forward to the pre-game discussions coming up.
I get the "Yu (sic) may be in trouble if Andre Johnson is still hobbled" line but
The Texans are on a 6 game win streak and Dre has only played in 1 and half of them. No doubt in my mind though that next week will be extremely tough on the road in your place. They will have to earn it and I’m sure that after some doubt from the faithful this past Sunday, the Texans will have our full support.
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Once upon a time we'd have been treated to
Leon Hall vs. Andre Johnson….now we may get Jacoby Jones vs. Nate Clements.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Dear John
I think it is time you find another team to cheer for, as your current team will no longer be in your favor after next weekend.
Perhaps the Texans would be a more suitable object of your affections. Certainly we are very “J” friendly, and may I call you JJ? We have a number of fellow JJ’s on our team, including JJ Watt, Johnathan Joseph, and Jacoby Jones, not to mention the single J’s (for that possible love match) including James Casey, Joel Dreesen, Andre Johnson, Jason Allen, Tim Jamison, Jesse Nading, and even “bad boy” Kareem Jackson.
Sincerely,
BleachBum (BB)
That ain't gonna happen Bum. I am JungleJohn for God's sake
I bleed orange and black and have since I came back from my 3rd and last combat tour in Vietnam. I came homw and started a new life with a new team (grew up a Lombardi Packers fan). I love my team win or lose even though it has been tough at times, including last Sunday
As afr as I am concerned if you ain’t loyal you ain’t sh*t..
I really do understand and respect the enthusiasm you guys are showing for your team. I actually kind of root for you to win when you play other teams. The NFL needs new blood at the top. I am getting tired of the Pats, Steelers, Ravens, GB and Giants being the big teams in town.
I have seen your team a bit and I do get the impression that as far as attitude and spirit goes there are great similarities between your team and mine. Yea, we had a real stinker last Sunday. No doubt about it but every team has one of those, maybe two, in a season. We had the misfortune of haveing one against a team that is not only very good but a big rival as well. This is a new and very young Bengals team. There are no prima donnas – just a bunch of guys who want to win as a team. This is not our year IMO. Nobody gave us a chance to win more than 2-3 games this year. Next year with 5 picks in the first 3 rounds and a couple of big time players who we lost for the season being back, I think we will be a team to be reckoned with.
If nobody else starts a Q&A fanpost today I will start one. BTW, as we discuss things understand that I have a case of relapsing/remitting MS and though it is a mild case it does affect my eyes. Sometimes I have tyops that I can’t see well enough to correct. I beg your indulgence.
"If we always agree, one of us is not necessary"
by JUNGLEJOHN on Dec 6, 2011 7:43 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Here, here sir....let's get a decade filled with Houston, Cincinnati, and Buffalo fighting for the AFC crown.
I am getting tired of the Pats, Steelers, Ravens, GB and Giants being the big teams in town.
"Lord, beer me strength."
from one jungle to another, huh?
well Houston has a semi-tropical climate?? No sale, huh? Well I appreciate what you guys did in Vietnam. I might have joined you because I had a very low draft number, but 1972, when I turned 19, was the first year they didn’t call anyone up (as you probably remember). The reception you guys got returning home was a shame.
Young team, loaded with talent, injury problems, and just hasnt developed the confidence yet….sounds like us last year, except we had abyssmal coaching on defense to boot. I wish you luck, just not this week! I think your a dangerous team, and I hope we don’t get cocky or overconfident because then we will definitely be in trouble. But our team this year has come to believe in themselves and in what their coaches tell them. They have gelled as a unit, and are on a mission. I don’t think they will let off the gas until they clinch a playoff spot.
I expect a good game on Sunday. Crowd noise can definitely be a factor, especially with a young QB. One advantage we have is the running game which isnt effected so much by crowd noise. I hope it is a good game and no one on either team has any major injury.
Don't worry about the crowd noise. It probably won't be a sellout.
We have a bunch of very bummed out Bengals fans.
"If we always agree, one of us is not necessary"
awwwww well good luck to your team =)
I’ll still want our Texans to win this weekend but there’s no harm in wishing everyone well. I just think our team has finally got their act together. And I think that our team has finally figured out how to play THEIR best regardless of who is cited as better or “worser”.
And as far as fans go, they’ll come back =). Alot of Texans fans were very skeptical too.
Lot’s of people need their teams to “prove it” to them. That’s a fair request actually.
#Texans2011 — Where reality and dreams collide!
~~ Fuzion
Im not counting my eggs
before they hatch, but this Texans team has infused confidence within HOU fans like never before.. its not going to be an easy game by no stretch but we scratch and claw to the bitter end no matter who’s on the field.. the theme of this years team is “next man up” see you Sunday
I wana say hi to my haters, stay on your job ;) Go Houston sports!!
Brett Favre might be going to the Bears. lol. TJ Yates > Brett Favre
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
~Muhammad Ali
by steelblue on Dec 5, 2011 1:32 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
You guys won't clinch
We got it in the bag
Good game homie.....Please don't leave Dwight, and Otis don't trade JJ
lulz
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
by Barryfromtexas on Dec 5, 2011 2:03 PM CST up reply actions
8-8 wins the division
in some fuckin’ scenario
Good game homie.....Please don't leave Dwight, and Otis don't trade JJ
by tiquanunderwear on Dec 5, 2011 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
Provided that my calculations are correct (and they should be)
If the jags win tonight, we are back to number one seed. Pats currently beat us 43-41 on “strength of victory” . A Jags win tonight gives us 2 more points which would tie us. Next tiebreaker is strength of schedule, which we win. These calculations include the 2 wins the Pats have over the Jets as well as our 2 wins over the Jags. If you only count each team once, then we win Strength-of-victory outright.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
Im still working on calculations
for if all 4 teams end with 13-3 records
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
bahh, screw that
as sure as I finish those calculations, someone will lose….which is ok by me as long as it isn’t us.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
which 4 teams?
- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 5, 2011 2:08 PM CST up reply actions
Pats, Ravens, Steelers, and Texans
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
I didn't mean that the steelers were relevant, only that they were one or 4 with 13-3 record
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
yeah i know what you meant
the seedings would be as follows:
1) Ravens
2) Pats
3) Houston
4) Denver
5) Pittsburgh
6) Oakland
I picked all 4 wins for the teams you mentioned and picked home wins for everybody else in the league. that is what i got
- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 5, 2011 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
Strange, I got Ravens #1, Texans #2, Pats #3.
but I still think there are to many variables yet, I have to wait and see.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
the other 28 teams in the league can definitely affect the seeding
- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 5, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
dont know the ravens and pats remaining schedule
but hopefully they lose again and we run the table to get the #1 seed, its possible, stranger things has happened to the Texans this year
I wana say hi to my haters, stay on your job ;) Go Houston sports!!
both teams have 2 games I would say they could lose
denver could be very good to us, Go Tebow?
the Dolphins can help if they play like they have been as of late
and the Ravens can shoot themselves in the foot with another lackluster road performance.
Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore
whats the word
On dre day and the hit man?
by skeezy12 on Dec 5, 2011 2:11 PM CST via mobile reply actions
also
Did allen get a concusion or what? I need info…rawr!
by skeezy12 on Dec 5, 2011 2:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Did you just rawr?
That ranks up there as almost as annoying as Who dat.
Last I heard Allen should be fine…but the already mentioned presser should tell us more.
by the way
When ole dude head butted allen how was that not a penalty? Let a defensive player do that and the field will be covered in flags
by skeezy12 on Dec 5, 2011 2:27 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Bad officials are bad.
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
I was wondering what the hell that guy was screaming for, before finding out the ruling on the field was that it was a fumble.
Or as the Ref kept calling it, an interception.
sunday is my birthday
Having the Texans clinch their first ever division title on my birthday would be a notching birthday present
by TiEaB on Dec 5, 2011 3:08 PM CST via mobile reply actions
hartmann
torn acl….IR’d…confirmed at the presser!!
Here is how I see it,
If we win in Cincy, there is a good chance Houston could roll into the playoffs with a 13-3 record and vying for top slot in playoffs. Carolina could be a problem just because Cam Newton is better than any of us thought he would be. Indy should be no problem seriously even with Dan O leading the colts we should still rock em. and the only way we lose to BE-SFs at home is if whatever deity that hates us hits Reliant with a massive meteor!
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Our defense was nowhere near its present greatness against Collins...
Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.
"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.
by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 5, 2011 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
If it is all locked up by the BESF game...
…as injury prone as this team is… I could see [insert remaining 3rd string QB name here] starting.
"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim." - George Santayana
kareem jackson?
- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 5, 2011 11:37 PM CST up reply actions
Go Texans
Cannot wait to see the Texans blow up the Cincy.
by texan fan in cowboyland on Dec 5, 2011 11:42 PM CST via mobile reply actions
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