Pride: (Bleary-Eyed) Thoughts On A Playoff Win

The men in Kirby did not disappoint yesterday. I can’t wait until next Sunday and the game between the good guys and the ravens. Should be a good game and hoping for the same outcome as yesterday. Go Texans!!!!

I got home at 2 AM the night before, and had to be up again by 5. I had no sleep in the meantime. I was miserable between the hours of 5 AM and 3:29 PM.
But I’ll be damned if I wouldn’t do it again in a heartbeat.

And I cannot wait to return. Good read.

just say Wade interviewing at Tampa Bay…

so the dude standing next to me yesterday at the stadium yells out “Tom Hammond looks like pennywise!” and me in my drunken stupor had no idea what that meant.. until today when i googled it.
so dude in the demeco ryans jersey, i agree sir. Tom Hammond does in fact look like Pennywise.

I think it blows that you can’t Rec more than once.

The countless memories of pulling off my Houston Texans garb on countless Sundays to slip them in the dirty clothes hamper after countless heartbreaking losses have been cleansed.

Yesterday, I kept thinking about Bubba McDowell returning that interception from Frank Reich to go up by 32 points and how I’ve never really been football happy since. Bringing the NFL back to Houston made me excited and gave me hope. Billy Miller’s TD reception to beat the hated Cokeboys in the Texan’s first game momentarily filled me with joy. The years of sacks, bonehead plays, bizzare personnel moves, and heartbreaking losses have made it so hard to be the positive guy amongst so many naysayers.

I started to get a warm feeling inside while watching our boys hang 44 on the Colts in the first half of Week 1. I started thinking the impossible as I watched our defense evolve into the monsters that they have become. That feeling grew into bursting elation when TJ Yates brought us back to win the first Cincy game to win the AFC South.

Yesterday was pure bliss and awesomeness. Football happy is back and running free in my heart.

I AM enjoying the shit out of this. From here on I out, I cannot be disappointed as long as our boys continue to play their hearts out.

Thank you, Texans.

Someone made a comment about Dunta’s lunge that missed when Nicks ran through the Falcons secondary. On the replay, I noticed that Nicks was Dunta’s repsponsibility coming off the snap and when Nicks turned inside, Dunta let him go and he was wide, wide open! Ha! That’s when Dunta moved downfield and made like he was trying to tackle Nicks as he sped away, hahahahaha!

of all the teams that were left out in the AFC we were the most playoff worthy. we would have beaten the texans yesterday because of our veterans that have been there before, Hasselbeck, Washington, CJ and the OL. I agree that we could have done some damage, like the Jets the past 2 years just making it and then pulling off

Are they ALL on meth over there? So you beat our 2nd stringers by 1 point and you would won yesterday? Good God what a bunch of mental midgets…

When my plug has to be pulled, I want you to be the one to do it.

Great post,TGC.

By the way… if any of you are related to or are friends with bitter Steelers fans and they try to remind you about the awesome history of their storied franchise, remind them it took over 35 years for the Steelers to win their first playoff game. I would say the Texans are way ahead of that schedule.

Loved what happened to my team today! I’d like to think that a couple of you (my friends) were hoping with me!

My nephew had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor up in Dallas last night, so we packed up the kids and my mom and drove up there in time to watch kickoff. However, realizing the evil we were exposing ourselves to in the guise of the Silver and Blue Star, I stopped at Academy on 45N in Spring. I bought Texans stickers, window flags, and decals and went to town festooning my Suburban with our team’s emblems. It was awesome as we got closer to Minas Morgul (Jerry World) the number of folks who honked and gave us excited thumbs up. It is clear that Texans fans up there are members of an underground religion and they rally to those who sally forth bearing the symbols of Good and Light. Coming home it was even more apparent the excitement that is starting to build throughout the state.

The game was outstanding and it was really cool to see my nephew awarded his Eagle Scout badge content with the knowledge that Watt, Foster, Johnson, et. al. had destroyed the Bengals. I am loving life! GO TEXANS!!!!

Rec’d

I just wanted to help and point out, in your excitement about Houston sports, you forgot to mention a few important names:

Houston Dynamo: Two MLS Cups and a Western Conference Championship

Houston Aeros: Two AVCO Cups, A Turner Cup, a Calder Cup, and a Western Conference Championship

Houston Comets: Four WNBA Championships

I love the Texans, as a Houstonian and Season Ticket Holder, but it is high time for them to do their share.

I’ve been there myself, Left Coast, Right Coast even a little overseas stuff. If you’re a native Houstonian and a sports fan, your affinity for our pro football team never diminished regardless of your locale. I remember one year in college, I was in London for X-mas visiting family and made arrangements through a friend of one of my housemates to tape the game on a VCR, because being a poor student i did not have one. That game turned out to be the classic where the Oilers, sans Earl, Kenny and Dante invaded San Diego and defeated the Fouts led Chargers. I was able to watch the game before the next game, a crushing defeat at the hands of the Steelers, and enjoyed it as if I did not know the outcome. Good memories.
I was also lucky enough to have attended the ‘88 wildcard game vs Seattle at the Dome, the only other Houston pro football playoff game I’ve ever attended. Good memories.
The Bengals game, 20 years from now, will be right there with list of Good memories. You would have really enjoyed the atmosphere there on Saturday tgc. The one thing a live broadcast cannnot capture accurately is the electricity of the collective persona that is a rabid success-starved sellout crowd at a Houston pro football game. When JJ made his play just before halftime, the stadium literally erupted with gushing enthusiasm. Pandemonium. It was a magic moment. Wish you could have been there tgc. Good memories.
if the cards fall right we get more of them in 2 weeks.
GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!