I Am Jack's Sense Of The Moment
by Vega on Jan 4, 2012 4:18 PM CST
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PrintOn January 16, 1994, the Houston Oilers hosted the Joe Montana led Kansas City Chiefs for a divisional playoff game in the Astrodome. The Oilers went on to lose that game 28-20 and thus began a series of events that would lead to Bud Adams ripping the team from the city that had loved it for 36 years.
6,565 days later, the city of Houston will see its next playoff game as the Cincinnati Bengals visit Reliant Stadium in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
That's a long time to wait.
I was a freshman in high school when that last Oilers playoff game was played. A lot has happened in my life since then. I graduated high school, obtained an engineering degree, developed a love for beer, traveled the world, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, discovered some of the majestic secrets of the internet, swam with sharks in Australia, stared down a wild hippo in the Serengeti, obtained an MBA, went sky diving and bungee jumping in New Zealand (in the same day), learned to homebrew, walked along the great wall of China, was introduced to the world of blogging, hiked the Inca trail in Peru, gained weight, lost weight, got married, gained weight again, had a child, lost weight again, and did/saw a bunch of things that I can't quite mention here lest I ban myself.
Let's just hope that the time span between the next two playoff games played by a Houston team only includes recovering from a hangover and trying to look busy at work.
When the Texans and Bengals kick off this coming Saturday, it will represent a rebirth for the city of Houston into the world of playoff football.
The NFL doesn't recognize this as one of the longest droughts of all time because since the NFL has criminally allowed the Titans to retain the Oilers' history, the record books show only a six year drought for that franchise and a nine year drought for the Texans. The longest by the way is 25 years by the Washington Redskins (1946-1970) and Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals (1949-1973). The longest drought to start a franchise is 20 by the New Orleans Saints (1967-1986).
But, for those fans whose blood darkened from Columbia to Steel Blue, it's been nearly 18 long years since they've been able to tailgate at a playoff game or plan a playoff party that really meant something.
While I joked about my activities since the last playoff game, the drought has been of historic proportions.Children born immediately after that fateful game against Kansas City are nearly old enough to vote by now.
This week, I'm stricken with a sense of anxiety that will only increase as the weekend approaches. As I perform my daily duties, I cannot help but think about the approaching game. It's an anxiety I haven't felt since the Astros qualified for their first World Series in 2005.
Still, this is different. The baseball playoffs provide a multitude of opportunities for advancement and hold games every few days.
In football, it's one and done. In football, a single game defines history. In football, one has to wait an entire week in anticipation of a single moment that will either lead to the bliss of advancement or the sorrow of elimination.
That one week becomes a stage for columnists, bloggers, "experts", and commenters to provide previews and predictions for the impending clash. We talk about it with friends, think about it in private, and plan our lives around the moment. The build up is such that by the time the game actually starts, the anticipation has reached heights that are unequaled in any other sport (save, perhaps, soccer outside of North America).
Perhaps this all means that we take football too seriously. Maybe it's wrong to be overly preoccupied by a simple game, regardless of the perceived importance.
Then again, maybe not.
The whole reason we follow sports with such fervor and passion is because they provide a deliverance from the difficulties of every day life. Life is hard. We struggle through it because we know that occasionally we are rewarded with those moments that make all the exertion worthwhile. Those moments can come from family, friends, careers, and even sports.
Some may see it as silly to lump sports in with those other moments, but those people probably think too highly of themselves anyway, so screw them.
I, for one, am enjoying every moment of the build up. I cannot wait until kickoff on Saturday. It's the reason I've been following this team with such allegiance since 19-10.
I've longed for this anxiety for 18 years.
There's little question that I'll be an emotional wreck during and after the game, regardless of the outcome. If things go well, I'll be even more restless next week. If they go poorly, I'll likely over-analyze everything that went wrong and cry in a corner for a little while.
But that's why we watch: For the anticipation of something greater and the hope that the emotional scars we've born over the years will finally have meaning.
I'm sure I'm not alone.
A while back, somebody accused me of being a bandwagon fan of the Texans arguing, "How could you live in Florida and root for a team in Texas?" My response was that there is no such thing as a bandwagon Texans fan.
That may not be completely true today, but if you're reading this blog (and especially if you're commenting), you likely feel the same way. You were there for the Rosencopter and the Q-Tip. You know who I'm referring to when I talk about Mittens and Petey. If you met a random stranger in a bar whose name was Frank Bush or Richard Smith, you'd probably spit in his beer and feel justified. You would neither name your son Bud nor Adam.
You share the scars of which I speak. These are scars that fans of most other teams don't know. Even most casual Texans fans don't have them. These scars run deep and will never heal, but there is a silver lining.
Back in the days that internet forgot, I once got drunk and wrote a rambling post comparing the Texans plight to Fight Club. In Fight Club, the purpose is to reach rock bottom. As Tyler Durden puts it, only when you reach rock bottom can you truly let go.
In one scene, Durden threatens to kill a convenient store clerk unless he promises to pursue his life's dreams. He then turns to Edward Norton's character and says, "Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever tasted."
That's how I feel about a potential Texans playoff run and this weekend is the first breakfast.
Somebody will probably read this somewhere and think, "Wow, look how stupid Texans fans are. They get this excited about a simple playoff berth." Those people are idiots. They are the types of people who take even the simplest things for granted and are the types who deserve to have their team ripped from existence. They will never appreciate something as simple and irrelevant as a playoff game in the same manner as you will.
While a deep playoff run is still unlikely with a rookie quarterback leading the charge, it's absolutely impossible without a playoff berth.
So, regardless of the outcome of this weekend's game I ask you all to make it a point to enjoy the moment. As you read predictions and expectations on this site and others (but mostly this site), take a second or two to step back and appreciate the fact that once again, playoff football is in your immediate future.
Still, let me take you back in history one more time.
On December 16, 1996, the Houston Oilers played the last NFL game ever played in the Astrodome. I remember being a freshman at Northwestern University and thinking about how even though I couldn't follow this game live from Chicago, I would never see another game at the Astrodome. It was heartbreaking.
While the Oilers will never return, the Texans gave me hope for football again and this weekend will finally be the first step of what will hopefully be many playoff games.
The Oilers lost that game 21-13 and after one more away game, were swept away to Methopotamia.
The opponent at the Dome that day was the Cincinnati Bengals.
Wouldn't it be poetic to initiate the Texans' playoff lives with a victory over that same opponent?
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This explains how i feel exactly
except i wasnt around for the oilers so all i know are these Texans teams. So I have lived with the ups and mainly downs of this franchise
Right there with you brother
I’m sure I’m not alone.
Rec’d for the Fight Club reference and for an awesome read.
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
Joe Montana! Woo!
And I just had these thought earlier…how amazing it is to feel playoff football (for either the Texans and 49ers in my case). I LOVE having a horse in the race….so to speak.
"Lord, beer me strength."
No Vega no!!!
6,930 days later, the city of Houston will see it’s next playoff game as the Cincinnati Bengals visit Reliant Stadium in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
Exactly.
Right when I was getting all impressed by the engineering degree/MBA.
by Stalking_Horse on Jan 4, 2012 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
Pfft
He’s an engineer, not a writer guy. We’re just lucky he can spell as well as he does. His house-training still needs work, however.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
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Rec'd for the outstanding Fight Club reference.
I am Jack’s Long-Awaited Redemption as Beelzebud watches from home on Saturday….
"You mean, besides two chicks at the same time?"
sorry if this has already been posted.
but it’s actually pretty funny.
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Gob: It's not like envy, or even hungry...
by chrisd21 on Jan 4, 2012 5:17 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
lulz
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Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 4, 2012 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
On December 16, 1996, the Houston Oilers played the last NFL game ever played in the Astrodome
I was at that game with my dad. I remember how impressed he was with the physical specimen that was Eddie George.
I proudly pointed out to him “thats Eddie George, he won the Heisman last year at Ohio State.”
/wipes tear
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!" - George S. Patton
I was 3 1/2 with a Redskins fan for a father and a Cowboys fan for a mother.
By the time I was old enough to appreciate the Oilers, they were gone. My father has since converted to the Texans. I’ve been with this team for the beginning and distinctly remember the despair of the Reggie Bush Bowl.
Normally before a “big” Texans game, I’m anxious. I wonder what will happen and worry that the team lacks the mental and physical fortitude to win.
This week, I am only eager. I think on what this team has accomplished this season, read what the columnists write, and find no possible way that the Texans can lose this Saturday.
I am Jack's Sense of Motherfuckin' STOKE!
by WhiskeyR on Jan 4, 2012 5:42 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Motherfuckin' Word!
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Jan 4, 2012 6:15 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Thank heaven for a Saturday game!
It’ll be Sunday lunchtime here, I’ll be kicking back drinking beers and enjoying some football!
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by distant_texans_fan on Jan 4, 2012 5:43 PM CST reply actions
Thinks the noise will disturb their confidence
said TJ Yates has come up huge
Texans a resilient ball club, a “bunch of guys who just want to win”
Feels motivated that the team does not get the recognition they deserve
Winning a playoff game would mean everything to him and the team “owes it to this city”
"owes it to this city"
Means the City Owes it to the Team to be Super Loud. Not only Loud, But in the Seats Before Kickoff, and after Halftime.
Division Champion Houston Texans
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
by WreckNTexan on Jan 4, 2012 6:28 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
^^This.
Get yer motherfrikkin’ beers and be ready to fuckin’ yell, people!
/watching from Alabama & pissed off
Agreed.
The crowd HAS a chance to showcase itself and really give Houston fans an identity. They NEED to be loud when the team’s on defense, quiet when T.J.’s running the show, and raucous when big plays are made.
Get there early, be loud for 3+ hours, and make life hard for anyone in Bengal orange.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Jan 4, 2012 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Hopefully they have someone running the big screen that can help the crowd stfu...
while the offense is on the field. I can’t imagine this hasn’t been addressed by the coaching staff.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Coaching staff shouldn't have to worry about it
But the point is valid, a Quality (What ever a score board guy would be called) guy would help.
Division Champion Houston Texans
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
a "Smooth Operator"?
sade’d
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
by chuckiepoo on Jan 4, 2012 7:17 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Every offensive series
the board says to shut up, offense at work, etc. Some people just don’t understand.
No shit
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Jan 4, 2012 8:26 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
A MOTHERFUCKIN MEN to this^^^
If you’re going to the game (you’re a lucky motherfucker) YELL your fucking ass off EVERY. single. time. the opposing team takes the field. Beat the seat to death in back of you or in front of you. Dont fucking sit down. Dont quiet down if they have a lead, dont let them take you out of the game.
Lets set a motherfuckin decibal record.
And for God’s sake, lets have that stadium PACKED AT KICKOFF!!!!!!!!!!
by YohannDookeyblue on Jan 4, 2012 8:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Me and my 5 year old
will be screamin from Memphis.
Hope it helps.
TJ must throw 30 times for us to win.
I haven't been to Memphis in about a year.
I’d trade a kidney for a triple-triple with bacon from Dyer’s.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
Abso-fuckin-lutely.
Those fortunate enough to have playoff tickets need to have their asses in their seats early. Check that. Need to have their asses standing up in front of their seats early and be loud the entire game.
by USMC_JA on Jan 5, 2012 10:11 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
This is truley the best story I have read on this site.
Thank you.
My attitude is like a virgin......I dont give a fuck!
I was at that Oilers game.
The O line had been destroyed by injuries and I went to the Dome in a deep funk. Events confirmed my mood.
This Saturday’s game doesn’t fill me with that kind of foreboding. The Texans are a better team overall than that Oilers team, and I think they are going to kick butt.
It would be something to see this team make it a whole season with out injury to the key players
I sometimes think this is the most talent I’ve ever seen on the same team at the same time.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
by professortex on Jan 5, 2012 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Great post, Vega. Really hit home for me.
I was at that divisional playoff game on January 16, 1994 in the Astrodome. I’ll never forget the way I felt when David Williams went down in the first half (especially since I’ve experienced that feeling quite a few times this season.) I had entered the stadium full of confidence in the runnin’ ‘n shootin’ Oilers, but I knew losing Williams was going to make it a tough game and it was… in more ways than one.
In hindsight I know I was privileged to see one of Joe Montana’s last great comebacks, but at the time it was more painful than just losing a playoff game. The worst owner of all-time had pretty much told us he was going to tear the team apart if they didn’t make it to the Super Bowl that year. Sometimes I wish he would’ve just left in the middle of the night like the Irsays. Instead, he water-boarded the fans until we couldn’t take it anymore.
I truly hate that man for taking NFL football away from a city that loves football as much as anyone anywhere and for the way he did it (and especially for firing Bum.) This is definitely one of those cases where temporary suffering led to a much better situation though. We got rid of the trashiest owner in the NFL and gained one of the classiest owners and teams in the league… and a HUGE upgrade in uniforms. Win or lose this Saturday, I love this team and I’m so thankful I no longer have to root for Bud Adams’ train wreck.
by Still Blue on Jan 4, 2012 6:20 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
The worst owner of all-time had pretty much told us he was going to tear the team apart if they didn’t make it to the Super Bowl that year.
I’d forgotten that. Bud Adams is a miserable son of a bitch.
by FreedomRide on Jan 4, 2012 6:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
yes he is.
Sometimes I feel pity for TN being cursed with such a vile human being…. then I go over to MCM and read a little and it goes away.
I think he's been some form of evil undead for a few years now...
There’s no way someone could be that obese for that long and still be alive naturally.
He's living on the souls he sucked out of Houston.
Methville will be a city of the undead when he’s through.
lol
The last time I was there it looked like he’s ahead of schedule. Nashville isn’t my favorite town, but I like getting drunk on Beal Street in Memphis. I must say TN people seem awfully nice in general though… even the zombies.
Broadway in Nashville around the corner from the ol' Ryman Auditorium has the feel of 6th...
in Austin. Great talent along the stretch of pavement.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
I know I haven't given Nashville a fair chance
because I always end up stuck in that damn Gaylord Hotel with its cheesy, fake rainforest. Then again, I’ve only been there 3-4 times and the last time was over 3 yrs ago. Blues is my first musical love but Country swing, bluegrass and folk aren’t far behind, so I definitely need to check that out next time. Thanks:)
don't sweat it..plenty of blues along that stretch too.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
I Love Nashville
Great town. Horrible football team.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
Really?
What conference do they belong in then?
by TexasCommodore on Jan 4, 2012 11:42 PM CST up reply actions
ACC?
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 Jan 5, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
Sun Belt
Houston Texans fan, first and foremost.
College football teams: Army, Syracuse, Texas, Auburn.
Nashville?
Nashville just got electricity about 2 years ago. Indoor plumbing? Last summer. Only 16 cell phones in the whole state and those belong to visitors. They still have to climb a pole to talk on land lines.
Madame de Staël once said, "One must choose in life between boredom and suffering." De Staël is dead but there is always an alternative.
This is where the cool is.
by Antho10000 on Jan 4, 2012 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
hee, hee.
I was raised in the foothills of the Smokies, but that thar is funny!
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
I kind of miss the old Oiler uniforms sometimes
Other than that I completely agree
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
First time posts
I’ve been lurking in the shadows of this asylum since I found this site this last offseason and I’ve decided to join the party.
As a long suffering Houston sports victim and as a former Oilers and current Texans fan, this post summed up my feelings about the game exactly.
Win or lose I’ve rarely felt as good about a Houston team as this. There was always a black lining to our victories, justified or not. Two time champions but Jordan retired. Went to the world series but we got swept.
There is no “but” with this team. Its been a helluva year and regardless of the outcome, I’ve enjoyed this ride.
by TexInOrd on Jan 4, 2012 6:27 PM CST via mobile reply actions 9 recs
love that pale green...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Bienvenidos
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Welcome, and stuff.
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I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Jan 4, 2012 7:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
rec for "and stuff"
"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
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 4, 2012 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
And, of course, reply fail.
It’s what noobs do.
by FreedomRide on Jan 4, 2012 6:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll take what I can get!
I’m a man of very discerning, very low standards.
by TexInOrd on Jan 4, 2012 7:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Total Win
You would neither name your son Bud nor Adam
I throughly enjoyed the short version life experience, Great Post, I Wreck’d It
I was also at the Montana game, I was 11 so this really is the first time I’ve seen an NFL Houston franchise in the playoffs. I was upset about 09 when they did finish with a winning season, yet that team would of been like the Titans making it in this year, just not ready.
The time for Saturday is just inching snail pace slow.
Division Champion Houston Texans
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
I started college in San Antonio in 96
by Reddguitar on Jan 4, 2012 6:56 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Which school?
I graduated from college in San Antonio (Trinity) in ’95.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 12:36 AM CST up reply actions
Good god, you're old.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
I'd kick your ass
If my goiter weren’t acting up.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
I'd kick both ya'lls ass.....
if I could chase you down in my walker. lulz
Just my $.02
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wow
from a jet fan, great post, rec’d. i’ve seen my team go to playoff games, but i’d rather not talk about them. i’ll be rooting for you guys, i always liked teams that just can’t get over the hump, wheter it is playoff berths or super bowls. thanks for the great read.
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by rexthejet on Jan 4, 2012 6:58 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
Classy, you get a bonus archer quote
“Not once, not ever has he volunteered for a dangerous mission. Now all the sudden he is like, let me go on a night jump. In the Freezing ass cold, to kill a Finnish double agent. Please”
/waives hand "oh don’t go there girl friend " style
Division Champion Houston Texans
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
thanks
we need it
"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
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Thanks for the classy drop-in.
Best wishes to the team I’ve loved since they smoked the arrogant NFL in SB III.
Appreciate the post man
Sometimes I hate the media circus that the Jets/East Coast get, but I don’t dislike any of those teams. What do y’all need to do to get back in the playoffs? I know Sanchez is a problem, but he was there the last two seasons as well, was it just y’all getting too old or what?
it was a lot of stuff
old wasn’t a problem. it was more of the fact that our FO didn’t adress our real needs last offseason, and the fact that our OC sucks. our FO got rid of a lot of our locker room leaders, which led to the problems we have now. i wish our team didn’t get a lot of media attention, most of our attention is negetive. i know why fans from other cities don’t like the east coast bias, but i don’t think you’d want the jets position right now. we’re always 2nd fiddle here, even most of our own beat writers are giant fans. we’re always the little brother, and what i loved about rex was for that short period of time that we were the better team, it was great. i know you think we have east coast bias, but to me we don’t have bias, we just have more scrutiny. when we were 8-5 and close to the playoffs, a article on espn was titled “are they the same old jets” saying that we usualy choke this time of year. we just can’t escape this shadow of all the years of losing. i don’t hate the giants, but i hate the media covering them. to get back into the playoffs, we got to get rid of our OC, draft or sign a decent saftey, olb, wr and rt.
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"we the mets are an improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings"-casy stengel
i cant spell a nosebleed
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"we were always the little brother"
Sounds like you view the Giants the same way that we view the Cowboys. My condolences. Although, historically, you guys HAVE been the 3rd best team in New York (judging by number of Super Bowls competed in.)
ha!
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Seven eighths of a mile?? And ur complIning??? Lol jk
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In Texas, 7/8 of a mile is next door
And we still drive next door. Even if it is 7/8 of a yard away.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 12:38 AM CST up reply actions
what i ment
it’s a 7 or 8 hour drive. i guessit didn’t look like it
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I think we're just having fun
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
ah
couldn’t tell. probably should have known you know where buffalo is
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No Oilers, no Texans surrounded by Cowgirl fans. Rough times. It’s been a long time comin and I can’t wait!!
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You mean fans of the Arlington cokeboys I presume
because because being surrounded by cowgirls that are fans can’t be bad
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by professortex on Jan 5, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
I was turning 4 years old that March when the last oilers playoff game happened
As a kid, to be honest, I had no idea football existed. I was watching some guy named Michael Jordan dominate the sport of basketball. I always tend to pick a team I like before the playoffs begin and for the first time ever, its my team in there. And dammit it feels good.
Madame de Staël once said, "One must choose in life between boredom and suffering." De Staël is dead but there is always an alternative.
This is where the cool is.
by Antho10000 on Jan 4, 2012 6:58 PM CST via Android app reply actions 1 recs
OK, I have just been reminded how much I HATE K. S. "Bud" Adams, Jr.
I loathe you, you grotesque, obese, daddy’s boy POS.
You brought a pro football team to my town when I was a little kid and hooked me by lucking into two titles because your afterthought QB was a Hall-of-Famer.
Then you proceeded to fuck with my mind for the next 30+ years with a succession of ludicrous HC/GM combinations that produced some of the most sickening teams in NFL history.
When you blind-squirreled into a couple of winning regimes, you stuck your porky fingers into them and fucked THEM up.
You fired Bum Phillips.
You incredibly stupid, clueless dipshit, YOU FIRED BUM PHILLIPS!
Finally, you were such a stupid asshole you couldn’t get a stadium deal done in the NFL goldmine that is Houston, Texas. You had to take a deal in METHVILLE FUCKIN’ TENNESSEE of all places, and take away the team I’d loved since I was eleven years old.
I hate you, you useless prick. When you breathe your last, I hope it is in the bitter knowledge that your entire, 50+ year career as an NFL owner has been a TOTAL FAIL.
by FreedomRide on Jan 4, 2012 7:38 PM CST reply actions 17 recs
Good. Let the hate flow through you.
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Despite my better judgment, a manager at Battle Red Blog.
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I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
by UprootedTexan on Jan 4, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions 9 recs
/Palpatine'd
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 Jan 4, 2012 10:16 PM CST up reply actions
…i feel pretty, oh so pretty…
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
by chuckiepoo on Jan 4, 2012 7:49 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
#co-signed
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by bigfatdrunk on Jan 4, 2012 8:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Could not have said it any better
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are OVERDUE to get to the playoffs, much less the big big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Jan 4, 2012 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
I couldn't have said it better
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
by professortex on Jan 5, 2012 12:28 PM CST up reply actions
Phenomenal Post
One of the best we’ve ever had here.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Jan 4, 2012 8:02 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
Texans next win
When the Texans beat the Bengals who is their next opponent
by Rootie1 on Jan 4, 2012 8:20 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
Newb rec
Welcome!
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
aaaaand we have a pale green newb...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Am I the only one who LOL'd at Methopotamia?
Enraged last round pick of the Filipino Reccing Machines.
Sabotaging the competition est. 2011
by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 4, 2012 8:43 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
...Newb Rec.
If you think the “Methopotamia” thing is good, look up The Story of BE-SF. You won’t be disappointed.
fuck it, I'll give him the link
http://www.battleredblog.com/2011/6/14/2224542/the-story-of-besf
Enjoy, good sir.
Props to MDC
Methopotamia is all his doing.
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I thought it was Vega what came up with that.
Either way, DGDB&D will always remain in our hearts. Even if there is no trace of it on the interwebs.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 12:40 AM CST up reply actions
Funny you should mention that . . .
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 9:01 AM CST up reply actions
The return of Da good, Da bad and DeMeco?
by Tailgate Andy on Jan 5, 2012 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
Not exactly.
But BFD found a back-up file that should contain about 90% of what was written there, so I’m toying with putting the Greatest Hits back up if nothing else.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
It didn't get picked up by the Internet Archive?
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 Jan 5, 2012 9:31 AM CST up reply actions
Parts of it did.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 9:33 AM CST up reply actions
Probably for the best.
It’s easier for me when everything is on one site. After you, BFD and Vega moved over here, I changed my routine to just stopping here. The only downside is that I miss out on Houston Diehards (due solely to my laziness, and y’all enabling my laziness).
by Tailgate Andy on Jan 5, 2012 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
Please do this.
I love nostalgia like that.
Plus it will remind us how lucky we are right now to have the players, coaches and front office we have.
Personally
(And by this I mean the word “personally” literally) I am kind of hoping some of those posts don’t ever see the light of day. Or at least the comment sections.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Well, if I put it back up.
I’m pretty sure I’d just do the posts and disable commenting. Like I said, just a Greatest Hits album sort of thing.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 8:23 PM CST up reply actions
Nope
That is one is a Vega original that I stole.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 9:01 AM CST up reply actions
Good, I haven't gone senile yet
I thought that was a true Vega joint.
Bandwagon fan since Oct. 6, 1999.
LOL. Wonderful
Last round pick of the Filipino Reccing Machines=What I deserve for thinking Brock Lesnar would beat Alistair Overeem.
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by Sugel Mendoza on Jan 4, 2012 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
...and uh nutter...
above a link to the glossary at the front page.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
This is some of the best prose I have read in a long time
To be able to grasp the feelings and then put that into words where the reader can share those same feelings is a true talent. Yes, we are Texans fans and have those feelings too, but many of us would struggle to convey it so clearly.
"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
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
where have all the hats gone
I can’t find a Afc Division championship cap anywhere need it before Saturdays game
Couldn't have said it any better.
First time post, although like many I’ve been lurking for some time. I finally decided to come out of the shadows to say “Amen” for a spot on post. I’m a lifelong Oilers/Texans fan and have held season tickets for every year they’ve played pro football in Houston. I never felt so low as the day I shuffled out of the Dome having just witnessed arguably the best Oilers team in history (I suppose that isn’t saying much) lose to the Chefs. Little did I know then that it would be nearly 20 years before we would see another playoff game in Houston. We have more than our fair share of demons to exorcise and bad memories to erase. Let’s hope Saturday is the beginning of a winning playoff tradition.
by Stella Blue on Jan 4, 2012 9:02 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
Welcome and newb rec...
See the link above for the glossary..
’splains alot of the craziness around here…and should contain a link to the most of the mysteries of the faith around here.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Welcome
and newb rec
"The greatest danger in planning for tomorrow is using yesterdays logic."
Marc Kahlberg
"Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." - George Orwell
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 4, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
Welcome!
Meh, I still go with the ’79 version :-)
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
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Welcome, Stella
Glad you joined the party.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
by Tim on Jan 4, 2012 9:43 PM CST up reply actions
You say one and done
I say WON and done; then repeat 3 more times. I’m always in my seat at kickoff wondering why so many fans aren’t. This week IS the time to be in your seat before the game starts and be prepared to make it difficult for the Bengals to hear anything Andy D has to say. Also, follow TDC’s suggestion; be smart and try to contain your vocalization while TJ is calling signals. There’s plenty of time to cheer after Arian or Dre’ makes a great play. Get plenty of rest on Friday night and bring all of your properly channelled energy to Reliant for the next biggest game in franchise history.
GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are OVERDUE to get to the playoffs, much less the big big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Jan 4, 2012 9:02 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Im too young to really ever experience the Oiler days...
But my dad was a die hard Oiler fan and now a die hard BE-SF’s and Adams hater so I can imagine how long these years have been. Hell, 10 years has been way too long for me. This was just a great read and a straight history lesson for youngins like me. Here’s to our first playoff win this Saturday with many more to come. Oh and FUCK THE BESFS AND ADAMS.
by Dmo_Htx on Jan 4, 2012 9:10 PM CST via mobile reply actions 2 recs
You are a fine young man and I will gladly be your godfather!
Sadly, there’s no money in it for you.
you endeared yourself with that last sentence...
maybe we should be applying to you as godfathers!
;- )
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Well, first of all, "all these years" was bad but it was more an issue of the screwing we got
from Bud Adams so many times. Get our hopes up thinking “this is the year” and then we would lose in a playoff game. but before the oilers could get another chance to try again, here comes Bud Adams messing things up (like firing Bum Phillips— none of us can yet figure that one out).
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
by professortex on Jan 5, 2012 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
Nice Post Vega
Very nice.
I’m not greedy. I just want 1-0 this weekend. It’s all I can think of.
1-0, and unworried about the future.
On January 16, 1994, I was in my first month of gestation.
My brain had not yet began to form.
It would be another 8 months until I was born. Shit, for that matter, fertilization had only been achieved about a week prior. I doubt that my mother even knew that she was pregnant. She probably hadn’t even missed her period yet, according to Wikipedia. There was no way to know that I would ever be a thing, much less a Texans fan.
Let’s fast-forward a few seasons.
On December 16, 1996, I was two years old. There was absolutely no way that I could possibly have remembered that game. The only pro football memory I have from my early formative years is a plastic Oilers helmet that was about 5 sizes too big for my head. and a set of Oilers pajamas. I had no clue what football was, and given that my father refuses to care about college ball, I wouldn’t find out for almost 6 more years, at which point, I would be almost entirely apathetic.
On October 6, 1999, it was announced that Houston would get another football team. I was in kindergarten. I don’t even remember it, really. I must have been too busy eating glue or something.
On September 8, 2002, I was starting 3rd grade. While Billy Miller was scoring the first Touchdown in Texans history en route to a 19-10 win over the Chokeboys, I had just found out about a college called Harvard or something, and I was determined that I was going to be bound for Boston 9 years later. Yeah, I was a cocky little prick.
At the time of the 2006 NFL Draft, all I could remember football-wise was Vince Young’s game-winning TD to win the NCAA Just Winz Award. When I found out that we didn’t pick him, I was livid. I had no clue who the hell Mario Williams was, and I hadn’t wanted to find out. The 2006 football season was the last NFL season before I got into football.
On August 18, 2007, I received a copy of Madden NFL 08 for my 13th birthday. I remember that my contrarian nephew, who arbitrarily decided to be a Cowboy and Longhorn fan, had owned a copy of Madden 07, and I found it to be an enjoyable game. I never really expected it to lead me to get into real-life football, but I decided to watch a few pre-season games, and, whaddaya know, I was hooked on this little team in Battle Red with their fancy new QB.
I haven’t missed a game since. I’ve witnessed the Amobi Okoye era, the Rosencopter, and the Q-Tip My most vivid memory (read: emotional scar) is witnessing Rob Bironas become the first kicker to make 8 Field Goals in the same game. I will say that I was a little bit spoiled in my sports fandom, in that I didn’t have to lose my team. I didn’t have to witness 2-14. I didn’t have to see “The Comeback.” I didn’t see Vince Young beat us in overtime. I can’t even say that I share the same flavor of hate that you guys have for the Titans. I feel like Butt Adams has robbed me of my football heritage, but the team in his possession is just another team to me. I consider myself a part of the Texans generation.
I have never had an active rooting interest in an NFL Playoff game. This weekend, that changes. And I’m sure that my eyes will be waterfalls.
by T-Moar on Jan 4, 2012 9:35 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
rec'd for touching the hearts of the...all of us.
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
When I read back over this, I even touched myself.
by T-Moar on Jan 4, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
twss
"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
I think we will learn that the Bo$$man was right
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 4, 2012 10:30 PM CST up reply actions
On January 16, 1994
I was celebrating my 11th birthday
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 Jan 4, 2012 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
And I had already graduated college.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
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"Blind fandom is all I got left." - LoneSpot
Pretty much the same story for me, but my dad used to be a Cowboys fan, until Jerry fired Landry.
It was fantasy football that got me into football though.
My friend asked me to play in his league, so I joined and somehow auto-drafted like half the cowboys team. So I watched a cowboys game, and was thoroughly disappointed. I think it was actually Desean Jackson’s rookie season, that game where he threw the ball behind him before he even entered the endzone.
Anyways, I was disappointed and somehow ended up watching a Texans game. I could be wrong but i may have watched the game where the Texans played Green Bay when Matt Schaub came back from injury.
So ever since I have been hooked, don’t quite know how I became a Texans fan, but I did.
.................
Come sit on my knee young-un, and let me tell you the story of the time before you were born
There once was an evil fellow named Beelzebud, who owned an NFL team in Houston. when Beelzebud was younger, he used to get his kicks by offering cookies to young children. Then, just as the child was about to take the cookie, Beelzebud would snatch it away and laugh maniacally as the child began to cry.
Beelzebud had so much fun doing this that he bagan to use the same trick on the houston Oilers fans. The Oilers team would get to the playoffs 12 times over the 30 years between 1964 and 1994, only to collapse in the playoffs. But when the opportunity came to do even better the next year, Beelzebud would make some drastic change to the organization, that would cause the team to become mediocre at best, thus causeing the Houston fans to cry. Then Beelzebud would laugh maniacally again.
Finnally, the Houston fans figured out Beelzebud’s little scheme, and began to not attend the games (especially when Beelzebud threatened them that he would move if they didn’t give him a brand-new shiny stadium so that he could trick even more fans). Beelzebud became angry and said he would follow through on his threat to move the team. The fans, undaunted, said, “Dont let the door hit you in the ass!”
So. Beelzebud moved the Houston Oilers to Methopotamia, a place where he was certain that the fans, in their intoxicated state, would never figure out his horrible game, even though Houston fans warned them about it and still tell them all the time nowadays.
So, you see, this new team and owner has all the gratitude of the former Oilers fans, and we feel really good that we might have a long term commitment to winning.
If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan
Thanks for the story prof, but there's no way in hell I'm sitting on your knee...
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
All I want Ii a win
just one win this week and then the next week another one and the week after another one and so on etc etc. etc
Damn...
is the emotional tsunami begiining to build already?
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
it will build toward gametime...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Florida
Just out of curiosity Vega, where do you live in Florida? I’m in Orlando, and I sometimes feel like I’m the only Texans fan in the God-forsaken state. I need to find watch parties next year so I don’t have to watch games alone on my computer anymore. It’s creepy. Feels like I’m watching Texans porn.
by KWK on Jan 4, 2012 10:00 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
rec'd for ....errrrr....
yeah. the reference to bewbz…
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
no ticket to game
where can I go to watch with other die hard texan fans. I live in Spring
360 Sports Bar
And I’m sure any BBW, or Hooters will have Texans fans packed to the rafters.
Division Champion Houston Texans
Hi My name is Jack, why don't you help me off?
On January 16, 1994
the Oilers lost again in the playoffs and I didn’t feel a thing. Oh, maybe I felt a little twinge of sadness and disgust, but my heart and soul were damaged irreparably by the previous playoff loss on January 3, 1993. After suffering through so many playoff heartaches (starting with Pittsburgh in 1978) I just couldn’t take any more pain; I think I went into shock for the last few years of the Oilers’ existence.
When the Texans beat the Cowpokers 19-10 and then PITTSBURGH 24-6 in their first season I think it started the healing process for me. There have been a few setbacks, but even during bad years I felt that the Texans would get it right sooner rather than later because they didn’t have Bud “hole” Adams as the owner.
Now it’s time for the Texans to do my heart and soul a favor and beat the living shit out of the Bengals.
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.--Washington Irving
I think a playoff victory would help a lot of us to heal.....
"You mean, besides two chicks at the same time?"
by Ezekiel 25 17 on Jan 4, 2012 10:35 PM CST up reply actions
Why oh WHY didst thou have to bring back THAT fucking memory?!
previous playoff loss on January 3, 1993
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
go drink it away.
- 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 Jan 5, 2012 3:46 AM CST up reply actions
Channel 2 /andy dalton sick?
big health scare for bengal QB
get well, Andy
I fear for your safety if you’re weakened in any way trying to avoid our pass rush.
TJ must throw 30 times for us to win.
Texans playoff game this Saturday
and the ‘boys and BE-SFs are watching at home. I’m enjoying it tremendously.
My five year old is fired up about our first playoff game. He keeps asking why I don’t like the Titans like my in-laws and everyone around here (I live in Memphis). I told him they are traitors who left and deserve no support. If you are from Houston and support the BE-SFs in any way you should be ashamed.
I’ll be screamin, jumpin, cussin from 600 miles away, and I’ll try to keep it down when Weejay is callin audibles.
Go Texans!
TJ must throw 30 times for us to win.
by texanphil on Jan 4, 2012 10:23 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
^^This
If you are from Houston and support the BE-SFs in any way you should be ashamed.
I have never understood why anyone would want to continue to support a franchise and owner that shit all over them, never…
"Never underestimate the dumb with JJ" - Hugh Jarce
because Longhorn fans are goddamn stupid about VY
and I say this as a UT fan.
I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.
but he just winz gamez
- 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 Jan 5, 2012 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Last NFL playoff game in Houston
I was a few weeks short if turning 5 years old. Obviously I don’t have the memories you guys have. I do remember a few years after that having a Steve Mcnair poster hanging on my door. Football has been a part of my life ever since then. Win or lose, Saturday is setting up to be one of the most memorable moments of my life. Go Texans!
by UTBawse23 on Jan 4, 2012 11:08 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Jan 9th, 2010
Monday marks two years since the biggest win in Texans history.
No, the Texans didn’t play this late in the season. That day Wade Phillips guided the Dallas Cowboys to their first playoff win in 14 years, saving his job. If the hated Cowboys don’t get that win, Wade doesn’t survive the month of January, and becomes a very hot commodity on the DC market for the 2010 season.
The Texans just came off a stellar 9-7 season where DC Frank Bush lead a defense to a mediocre, but statistically decent ranking. He just hand picked the only two-time DROY Brian Cushing when everyone here was screaming for us to draft Clay Matthews. Whatever happened, Kubiak wasn’t gonna be moved off of Bush for the 2010 season.
And Wade would have been snatched up by someone other than your 2011 Houston Texans. I just want to say thanks, Cowboys.
TJ must throw 30 times for us to win.
On behalf of Texans fans
I hereby award Vega the internet.
Well played, sir.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 2:44 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I went to one Oilers game...
…well, if you can call it that. It was the day the refs didn’t allow the game to be played due to bad field conditions. I think that was 95 or so pretty quickly the Devil would be taking our team elsewhere. Right when I was beginning to love football . (I didn’t know who Bud Adams was at the time, all I knew was one year Houston had a football team then the next it didn’t.) I got to have some good times with the Rockets and Astros, but for the most part, and when I beginning to care about the greatest sport, my city, the fourth largest city in America, a football breeding ground, the biggest city in the state that might take football more seriously than any other- had no team.
For most of my childhood instead of seeing Houston football, I watched the Dolphins (ironically the first Texans game I ever went to was against the Fins. Yes, the one when Trent Green got ktfo). They’re my dad’s team cause he grew up in South Florida in their glory days. He never let me watch the be-sfs play (now I know why, he’s a great father). I’ve followed the Texans since their beginning through all the lows. Now our team is finally in the big dance, and I could not be more proud. The character of this team is sensational. I’d rather follow a classy team in tough times than garbage like the cowgirls or jets.
Here’s to the Texans and the return of the playoffs to Houston.
Go Texans!
by vanderwheels on Jan 5, 2012 3:10 AM CST via iPhone app reply actions
You have lived, by your own account, a rich full life Vega.
It is therefore fitting that we sacrifice you and use your blood to guarantee a Texan victory.
"Each in turn... volunteered his suggestions, his invaluable suggestions."
by Xiane on Jan 5, 2012 3:41 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
i second this motion.
wh3n is the sacrifice?
- 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 Jan 5, 2012 3:47 AM CST up reply actions
I'm down.
Let’s do it while he’s on vacation. Seems only fitting.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 7:54 AM CST up reply actions
Alright - it can be part of the most incredible tailgate party ever!
"Each in turn... volunteered his suggestions, his invaluable suggestions."
tasty murder...
'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert
Great story Vega
I was a couple months shy of 14 in Jan. 1994 and trying to wait out one of those surprise boners under the desk in school.
In December of 1996 I was a junior in high school splitting my time hating the Oilers with trying to find a practical use for that boner under the desk.
In 1999 I learned that football would return to Houston from a US Navy nuclear power school in South Carolina.
On March 2, 2000, when they announced that the team name search had been narrowed down to five choices: Bobcats, Stallions, Texans, Toros, and Apollos, I was on board a nuclear training submarine listening to my friends laugh at the stupid names they came up with. If I’m being honest the Apollos was the only one I liked at the time. Standing here today I can’t imagine calling them anything but the Texans.
On September the 8th of 2002, I read the headline of “19-10” from a website that took a full 3 minutes to load on a delayed internet connection from the crew library of the USS Harry S. Truman somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea.
I wouldn’t make it home to Houston for my first view of Reliant until October 5th of 2008 for a game against Indy. I will let you faithful think about what took place that day.
On Jan. the 7th, 2012, I will see the first playoff game ever held at Reliant Stadium from just a few rows back in section 116 of the north end zone. There will be 18 years worth of frustration pouring from my lungs.
P.S. Somewhere in the middle of that I found a practical use for those boners.
I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.
by DaGoaT on Jan 5, 2012 7:43 AM CST reply actions 5 recs
Rec'd for the "surprise boner".
I’m going to have one of those at 3:30 Saturday. It’s going to last over 4 hours and I’m not calling my doctor.
I had a dream. In that dream I saw a multitude of screaming people on Richmond. I saw Kubiak laughing. I saw Andre Johnson pouring champagne from a trophy on to Brian Cushings head. What does it mean?
by trutxfan on Jan 5, 2012 7:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for the same reason
God, those were are annoying.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 7:55 AM CST up reply actions
Dude, George Blanda is lookin' down and smiling on you!
Great post. I grew up with the Oilers and just loved the Astrodome. Luckily, I spent six of our non-football years near Oakland, so I personally had football, but nothing could take the sting out of losing Luv Ya Blue until the birth of the Texans. Saturday is just the beginning. This team has ARRIVED!
My best football memory
The music city miracle, after the oilers left I had unity thee team three looked like the oilers and this play stands out in my mindas the best play for me as a fan. Then billy miller caught a david carr pass against the cokeboys, cory bradford had an 85yrd td, someone blocked a field goal against the pats…. Alot of other good plays that led to tj to kevin with 2 second left. I haver always rooted for the under dog, and now I am a part of the biggest, meanest dawg in the fight. I’m so glad im old enuf to appreciate what we are about to witness. History and a costumer of mine has ab day party for his 2yr old grandson on saturday. This party was scheduled for sat because he its a big texan fan and sundays he does nothing. Well when he finally letd go of reality and makes the right choice to go yup the party I will be sitting in the endzone, cheering the texans. How sweet,i have never ben to a football game live, and to be honest if it want the 1st playoff game I would not go. I love sitting in the comfort of my home cheering/cursing the tv but this is the playoffs I will curse n cheer n cry,n laugh and live every minute of saturday. And no I’m not taking the wife, hell no its for true fans only she can go do her hair or whatever. Go Texans!!!!!
by Hstntxns on Jan 5, 2012 8:26 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Saturday is my baby girl's sixth birthday.
The sixth birthday we were not sure she would see when she was born. There was no football for me that January and February. My only memory of that year’s Super Bowl was catching a glimpse of it on a waiting room TV on the way out of the hospital after a visit.
Let’s do this.
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 Jan 5, 2012 8:40 AM CST reply actions 11 recs
Rec'd.
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 9:10 AM CST up reply actions
Rec'd.
Would it be too much to ask for you to show us a picture? I’m feeling a good luck charm vibe, here.
For a quick picture
This was her around 8-10 months old. I don’t remember the exact age. Emily
The interesting thing about that picture is that she was not supposed to be holding the rose, it was just supposed to help her smile. But she got a hold of it and wouldn’t let go, so we let her keep it. What makes that interesting is that, as the story goes, children with cystic fibrosis often have trouble saying the name their condition. So, they say 65 roses.
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 Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
She's beautiful.
I assume you are completely wrapped around her finger, just as I am with my daughter?
I have not yet begun to defile myself.
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by MDC on Jan 5, 2012 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
It's possible to be otherwise?
And I’ve got two of ’em.
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 Jan 5, 2012 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
What a cutie!
Here’s to her seeing many more Bdays…..and hopefully Texan’s playoff appearances.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Rec'd, rec'd, a thousand times rec'd.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 5, 2012 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Beautiful.
If the Oilers hadn’t made me an emotional cripple with that game aga
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by Synchysi on Jan 5, 2012 11:11 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Stupid phone.
I hate that the app won’t let you turn the keyboard longways.
Anyway, as I was saying… if the Pulses hadn’t made me an emotional cripple with that game against the Bills (I was 9 at the time), this post would have made me cry. Great stuff.
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by Synchysi on Jan 5, 2012 11:13 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
Completely ruined my post...
Pulses = Oilers
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by Synchysi on Jan 5, 2012 11:14 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
Beautiful.
Simply beautiful.
I am Sancho
by HoustonTransplant on Jan 5, 2012 10:44 PM CST reply actions
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