Texans Fans Are Hard To Find, Even In NFL Commercials That Are Supposed To Feature Fans Of Every Team

by Tim on Feb 8, 2011 11:30 PM CST in News

Remember that cool commercial the NFL produced and then ran during the Super Bowl? The one where they showed clips from TV shows with characters retroactively outfitted in NFL team gear? According to people who actually break these things down, the commercial featured 31 of the 32 teams. I'll give you three guesses which NFL team was not featured, and the first two guesses don't count.

Here's a post from Avinash Kunnath (complete with the commercial in question) from SB Nation Bay Area with his breakdown. As Avinash aptly notes, ouch.

I mean, how hard would it have been to throw in a two-second shot of Vicki from "Small Wonder" rocking an Andre Johnson jersey? Your blade cuts deep, NFL.

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Best. Fans. Ever.

Except. In. Houston. Those. Guys. Can. Suck. It.

by BricAM on Feb 9, 2011 1:03 AM CST reply actions 6 recs

newb Rec

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by Hydroshock on Feb 9, 2011 9:43 AM CST up reply actions

I mean, how hard would it have been to throw in a two-second shot…

In a Super Bowl commercial? That would cost about $200,000.

We don't need 8 in the box. We have 52 in the box.

by these3words on Feb 9, 2011 2:40 AM CST reply actions

If it is by the NFL - whatever it costs topay the actors

They are free commercials for NFL they own the game

I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games

by Barryfromtexas on Feb 9, 2011 10:19 AM CST up reply actions

Fuck the NFL

Yea, I take it personally.

by LedTexan on Feb 9, 2011 7:24 AM CST reply actions

you know what?

I do too. Normally I would let this kinda thing go, but for some reason this one gets under my skin. I mean, 31 out of 32 teams?? Really??

We have the 2010 rushing champ and the BEST WR IN THE WORLD for fuck’s sake. You would think that would constitute not being overlooked for a stinking league commercial.

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by Hydroshock on Feb 9, 2011 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

Maybe it's just me and my color settings

but I could’ve swore Maude Flanders was in a red and blue jersey resembling the Texans battle red one.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Feb 9, 2011 7:24 AM CST reply actions

it looks that way but everybody knows she is with ned and they both wearing tampa bay.

beside it is number 27 i think which is blounts number, get it hahaha.

by southpaw70 on Feb 9, 2011 7:46 AM CST up reply actions

Looks way more blue than black to me

now that I’m watching on another computer.

Seeing as most of the families have different jerseys, makes sense too.

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by TexansDC on Feb 9, 2011 9:54 AM CST up reply actions

I thought the same thing.

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by LoneSpot on Feb 9, 2011 8:24 AM CST up reply actions

It definitely looks black on my screen. And as it was said earlier

she’s wearing blount’s 27

by Amivy on Feb 9, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions

It is definitely blue

couldn’t tell on my laptop screen so I hooked it up to a nice monitor and could definitely see the contrast between her and ned’s stripes. Guess she’s a Chris Taylor fan.

by was385 on Feb 9, 2011 10:30 PM CST up reply actions

may also be a 3 instead of a 7 I guess, god damn Milhouse screwing everything up

by was385 on Feb 9, 2011 10:31 PM CST up reply actions

Could be 23 - Foster.

Definitely is blue though.

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by TexansDC on Feb 9, 2011 11:43 PM CST up reply actions

It's definitely 27

I went back and watched it last night; (1) the color looks slightly lighter than Ned’s black striped buc jersey; and (2) she’s definitely wearing a 27, I paused it at the perfect time and the 7 is clear.

Honestly the conspiracy theorist in me thinks the NFL ad dept messed up in the commissioning of “jersey responsibilities” so in the 11th hour they got the Simpsons animators to “blue-up” Maude’s jersey stripes so that she could the token Texans rep. Why would 27 be the Texans rep number? Every other visible jersey number is of a star on that particular team (Polamalu, Fitz, MJD, Vick, etc…) but Chris Ogbonnaya for the Texans? I smell total bs on the NFL’s part. If the Texans were to be represented I would have thought deep steel blue would be the color of choice? (is that even a true color?).

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by benbiggles on Feb 10, 2011 8:53 AM CST up reply actions

Oh yeah

and with Blount having a good year for the Buc’s it just seems to me that Maude was originally intended to be a buc fan, same as her husband but the error was discovered late in the proverbial game and see above for the rest.

Also I find it amusing that if Maude was always intended to be the Texans fan rep, then that implies that the key demographic for Texans fandom is in fact the undead.

by benbiggles on Feb 10, 2011 8:57 AM CST up reply actions

You know what i think is sad is if w every win a superbowl there will be no hype for us on espn or anywhere.

Kinda like our NBA championships. anyways fuck the ppl who made this comerical and whoever else thought it was cool to snub the texans and it’s fans again.

by southpaw70 on Feb 9, 2011 7:48 AM CST reply actions

On ESPN after the draft they had a sidebar that was going pick by pick

and breaking down who that team chose and why and graded it from Kiper or something. I sat and waited with my girlfriend (who is from Arlington and moved here to be with me and root for the Texans! Suck it DALLAS!) to see how they saw the Texans pick.

They skipped it. They didnt go to a commercial, they didnt change the sidebar…..they just fucking skipped it. Straight up- heres what the Falcons did at 19 and now here is what the Bengals did at 21. I was blown away. I went nuts. I usually dont let the national media coverage, or lack thereof, for the Texans get to me, but I was furious. I cant wait til we make it to the Super Bowl and no cares but every soul from the Woodlands to Pearland and Beaumont to Katy. And if you were too young to experience the Oilers, you should know, this city will hold a winner HIGH.

by theSpaceCityKid on Feb 9, 2011 7:51 AM CST reply actions

no one* .. oops

by theSpaceCityKid on Feb 9, 2011 7:52 AM CST up reply actions

hey and don't forget us that left that great city only to be in a bullshit city for money.

I think i can recall that draft too, whats pissed me off is how they always seem to go to comerical before our pick, and when we do pick they go talk about a previous pick.

by southpaw70 on Feb 9, 2011 8:50 AM CST up reply actions

That's why

I watch the NFL Network coverage.At least they talk about our pick.ESPN just wants to jack off to every draft pick the Pats make.

by Ethan Matz on Feb 9, 2011 5:36 PM CST up reply actions

It may seem like childish bitching to the rest of the world, but

we should ratchet up the stink over this, if for nothing more than to kill some off season boredom. Everyone should make a post on every blog and/or message board you’re affiliated with, and it would be a great topic to bring up on local sports talk radio too. If we’re lucky, Pancakes or one of the other Comicle honks will pick up on it (because they’re always looking to steal material from the fan base) and give it some coverage.

Anyone know of a good email contact with the NFL? I would like to send them some unkind words about it.

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by Hydroshock on Feb 9, 2011 9:41 AM CST reply actions

Action figures

Have any of you noticed that the NFL figures from Mc Farland have never came out with an Andre Johnson figure, but comes out with every other loser in the NFL. I still have the David Carr one from years ago. He has not came out with another Texan player since then. You would think Andre would have had one a few years ago. No respect.

by TexanFanInCali on Feb 9, 2011 9:43 AM CST reply actions

I have a David Carr bobble-head

…in a box somewhere, not sure where

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by Rip Jersey on Feb 9, 2011 9:54 AM CST up reply actions

It's probably in the fetal position buried deep in your closet

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by The Night Owl on Feb 9, 2011 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs

hahaha

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by Hydroshock on Feb 9, 2011 10:19 AM CST up reply actions

I should pull it out and transform it ....give it a Schaubby haircut

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by Rip Jersey on Feb 9, 2011 10:40 AM CST up reply actions

There is one for Andre, he is in the battle red, looks awesome.

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by CFHTim on Feb 9, 2011 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

I think that's just a custom figure

Andre has still NEVER had an official release. We only have the Carr figure. …..fuckin mcfarlane……spawn sucks….

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by buckaroo_banzai on Feb 9, 2011 10:49 AM CST up reply actions

I would like to demand that the NFL make it up to Texans fans

….but the pessimist in me thinks they will only find another way to kick and slap us!

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by Rip Jersey on Feb 9, 2011 9:53 AM CST reply actions

no show is really based in houston or southern texas area

which is what that team seemed to focus on.

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by Ryan Perrio on Feb 9, 2011 10:39 AM CST reply actions

err

commercial rather

I think it woulda been funnier if they had cartmans mom with the denver broncos again.

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by Ryan Perrio on Feb 9, 2011 10:40 AM CST up reply actions

Dear NFL,

And NFL Department of ~~Propaganda~~ Marketing,

I know y’all are still bitter that we beat Los Angeles to get the team. I know y’all think that nobody lives here except for stray cattle and Katrina refugees. I also know that you think if you don’t live in New York or Los Angeles, the only televisions anyone has out here are the old black and whites and that there are maybe 6 of those in the entire state. And I know that y’all had hoped feverishly that if you gave us the 32nd franchise in the NFL that we would, somehow, someway magically turn into Los Angeles.

While we have the smog and the big city sprawl taken care of I want y’all to make one thing clear. We are not, will never be, and damned grateful not to be Los Angeles! Unlike those beach zombies, we actually wanted a team. How about a little friggin’ respect for your fans?

Until then, I will simply say “fuck yourselves with a toilet plunger” to you NFL, and get that damn CBA taken care of you spoiled, sniveling twits.

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by UprootedTexan on Feb 9, 2011 11:10 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

In retrospect...

There are worse things than being left out of a commercial:

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nfl/news/story?id=6057731

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by LoneSpot on Feb 9, 2011 12:57 PM CST up reply actions

You know what will cut deeper?

When we make a big stink about this, and they come back to say “We featured every team that has ever made the playoffs”

by Ivan A on Feb 9, 2011 11:17 AM CST reply actions

Hah.

So true. When our team is relevant for something other than building the confidence of shitty opposing QBs, I might gripe. But until then, they deserve every bit of the lack of recognition that they’ve received. I wouldn’t be the least bit offended if Goodell responded to complaints with a curt, “Suck less. -Your pal, Roger.”.

by Nashmeister on Feb 9, 2011 12:20 PM CST up reply actions

Ouch

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by Hydroshock on Feb 9, 2011 8:33 PM CST up reply actions

That or they say

we wanted the team to be in L.A. We gotta win it all soon just to piss everyone else the hell off

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by HoustonTransplant on Feb 10, 2011 12:28 AM CST up reply actions

I took action

Even though it might never be read, I sent the NFL an E-mail with my disgust.

I searched their Web site forever trying to find a “contact us” link. I expressed that I expect this from ESPN, but not the league itself.

It’s not only that 31 of 32 teams were represented, some WERE EVEN SHOWN TWICE. The Sopranos AND Friends like the Jets. Which is stupid…because no one likes the Jets.

I told them not to punish the fan base for the unforgivable play of Kareem Jackson.

I think I have developed an ulcer.

by arianbrotherhood on Feb 9, 2011 12:22 PM CST reply actions

I noticed this during the comercial

I was like where the eff are the Texans. It is sad that we get fucked once more.

When you bleed steel blue people look @ you like you have the hiv when you cut yourself to release frustration.

by Taco Joe on Feb 9, 2011 3:26 PM CST reply actions

Reminds me of pulp fiction

" only person that can fuck mr Wallace is mrs Wallace "

And I guess to most of the world the texans are a bitch. Hopefully not for long

by AllenOU on Feb 9, 2011 3:32 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Tacklin' fuel.

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by peytonsurdaddy on Feb 10, 2011 12:27 AM CST reply actions