Slight tweak to what I originally proposed last week...the first quarter thread will publish 30 minutes, not an hour, before kickoff. The idea is to try to minimize the amount of comments in the first quarter thread before the game starts to the most reasonable extent possible, so we may adjust it again next week. Trial and error, you see.

"Countdown to Kickoff" hasn't changed after its debut, however, so let's get this show on the road.

This is where you can while away the hours as your Houston Texans get ready to welcome the San Francisco 49ers to Reliant Stadium in their second preseason contest of the 2012 NFL season. Have at it.