Houston 23, New Orleans 10

by Tim on Nov 18, 2007 7:07 PM CST in News Comment 11 comments

And with that, your Houston Texans vanquished the Hype Machine and a season was born anew. Much more on today's epic victory later. The final box score is here.

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Bush league

Well last night at midnight I got home, after having a motorcycle running into my left rear quarter panel on my way home to watch the game. I missed Mario's 2 solo tackles on Bust, uh, typo, Bush, his sack, and his forced fumble....not to mention the verbal antics of you assholes on this blog. But Mario came through, I didn't have to rend my clothing or pour ashes on my head, and lucky for me, no vaseline was required at the police station. But I did get to see a guy on a crotch rocket, sitting on a 30lb bag of rice, go superman over my car. But that was not worth the price of seeing our revamped secondary (sans Petey) contain Brees and Bush league. Way to go Texans!
P.S. the guy was ok, and able to walk out, after minor repairs in the hospital.

1Texan

by 1Texan on Nov 19, 2007 12:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

wow

jeez, dude, are you in the country? Or down south?

by bigfatdrunk on Nov 19, 2007 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I am down south

got taken to police "head" quarters in Ahuahapan on the Guatemalan border. Normally with an injury case they jail you for 72 hours until fault is determined, here. But they figured out that I got hit in the rear, and am the only one in the country with lights and blinkers, so they let me go. The guy really had a huge bag of rice tied to his seat, and he hit me at about 55 mph.

1Texan

by 1Texan on Nov 19, 2007 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Man.. sucks about the rice burner

Sorry you had to miss a good game - but, if it will help you imagine - picture Reggie waking up in a cold sweat because he had a dream that he was playing the game naked. Then picture Mario stepping from a shadowy corner with a jar of vasoline... with one thing on his mind.

It was kinda like that.

Shakin 'em off one win at a time...

by SOLIS on Nov 19, 2007 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

I just don't think the vasoline fits into this metaphor.

But otherwise, yeah...it was pretty much like that.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Nov 19, 2007 1:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

that's what I was gonna say

And that's unless you are mcclain/justice. If you are one of those guys, bush ran amok all over the texans D and Mario was invisible.

by bigfatdrunk on Nov 19, 2007 1:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In fact...

Mario actually tried to throw a block FOR Reggie, but somehow fucked that up, too.

I seriously despise Richard Justice. I would like to kick him in the face.

by MDC on Nov 19, 2007 8:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Revision

How bout: "...Mario stepping from a shadowy corner with 60 grit sandpaper wrapped around his schlong... with one thing on his mind." ?

Shakin 'em off one win at a time...

by SOLIS on Nov 19, 2007 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Perfect

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Nov 19, 2007 2:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's great to hear he had game

But how about that secondary...I haven't heard much but they must have had a hell of a time back there, being a new starting unit more or less. The whole team sounds like they needed the weeks rest and were ready to go after the bye. I'll be back in H-town on the 24th and my neighbor keeps the games recorded for me. Amazing how Mario did so much being invisible and all...

1Texan

by 1Texan on Nov 19, 2007 3:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Respectable

The secondary was very 'bend but don't break'... but what made them 'respectable' instead of just 'serviceable' was them making the plays when they absolutely needed to. A few examples:

C.C. Brown's forced fumble and recovery as Bush was trying to sneak into the endzone was a key play early in the game. Most likely a 6 point swing.
Von's pick came as they were driving into the red zone. Easily 3 pts - maybe more they way Brees and Colston were hooking up.
But the secondary play of the game was Bennett's disruption of a sure completion as NO went for it on a 4th and 2. They were desperately trying to get back in it, but when he broke up that pass, he effectively broke their will.

Demps and Brown played well from their safety spots (combined for 11 tkls) --- And although not members of the secondary, the LB's did well in coverage also. DeMeco had a hand in keeping NO from converting a 4-10 from our 35 and Morlon Greenwood had a pick that set the tone for the 4th quarter.

So yeah - for a bunch of young fill ins - they a fine job keeping Brees and his boys in check.

Shakin 'em off one win at a time...

by SOLIS on Nov 19, 2007 4:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs