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Thank You, Arian Foster
Rivers' exquisitely crafted note of gratitude to Wade Phillips gave us an idea. For the next several days, we'll periodically be posting entries thanking various people who had a hand in making the Texans' 2011 season as enjoyable as it was. The season's over, which blows, but there's a lot to...
Pride: (Bleary-Eyed) Thoughts On A Playoff Win
I generally don't have a lot of use for pride as an emotion. At least not pride in my own accomplishments. All it does is get in the way of fulfilling your objectives. You let your head swell with pride and the next thing you know you're living on the faded glory of past achievement. And who...
Thoughts On The Playoffs
I first started posting on BRB in May 2008. The community was a lot smaller in those days, but the insight, wit and self-deprecation that have been hallmarks of this blog have remained intact despite the community continuing to grow. One of my favorite comments from the early days was the time that...
Thoughts on (Another) Loss, Gary Kubiak, and Officials
Pretend for a moment that you are a heavy smoker. You have tried to quit several times over the years but you just can't shake the habit. One day you go to the doctor and you get some bad news: you have lung cancer. The doctor tells you that they can save you, but they have to take out a lung. ...
BREAKING NEWS: Matt Schaub to IR, Texans Sign Kellen Clemens
Well, Texans fans, much like the news that the guy your girlfriend has been hanging out with all the time who she swears is "just a friend" is actually taking dirty liberties with her while you're at work, we now have confirmation that what we suspected regarding Matt Schaub all along is true. He...
Introduce (Read: Expose) Yourself To Battle Red Blog
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching your JUGGERNAUT play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with DilloTex. We talked quite a bit about how this crazy season feels. Some people, like DisplacedTexan, have been optimistic from the beginning. At best, I was what could be called "cautiously optimistic." ...
Hello, My Name Is tehGrindCrusher, And I Like To Do Drawrings! Your Contribution Wanted!
Football is a violent sport. But that doesn't mean that there is no art in football. Why, not so long ago, MDCelo provided us with a glimpse into his artistic abilities with this spot-on Dada-ist reimagination of ESPN talking head Stuart Scott. via assets.sbnation.com If Warhol taught us...
Football - Our Passion
We live in cynical times. We live in dangerous times. Normally we don’t talk about world events inside the bubble of BRB, and that suits me just fine. I don’t need to puncture that bubble because this summer, forces beyond our control punctured that bubble for us. In the past, no...
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