Overall fan response not what I expected

[ItsMyFault]

Just wait till it's closer to playoff time. You'll see Houston rocking, the bandwagoners will be out in large numbers. Regular season really doesn't matter to me. We're a lock for the playoffs, probably a lock for a 1st round bye... those are the first two things that matter. After that you can wish for getting the #1 seed, but it's not a requirement IMO. If this team is healthy and stays healthy in the playoffs, the sky's the limit.

[TexansFanatic]

Originally Posted by ItsMyFault

Just wait till it's closer to playoff time. You'll see Houston rocking, the bandwagoners will be out in large numbers.

Bingo. Playoff season is always when the fans really start getting fired up. It will happen ---- no doubt about it.

[TexansLucky13]

I am thoroughly enjoying myself. Being a displaced Texans fan up here in Maryland has it's advantages.... assuming that we donkey stomp the Ravens (which we did!). I talk Texans and wear Texans apparel as often as humanly possible. Life is great!

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by Cjeremy635

That's BS! I commented to my wife how embarrasing it was that the stadium was half empty during the 4th quarter of the Bills game. We have a city full of fair weather fans. I could understand if we were getting blown out, but we were winning. I don't see the mass exodus from other stadiums when I see them on TV. It's quite strange IMHO.

I was a little surprised that the steady stream of Texans fans leaving at the beginning of the 4th quarter. This is FOOTBALL!! And we have a great team! You pay full price for a ticket to FOUR quarters of NFL football, why not enjoy it?!

Then again, I'm one of the folks who sat through every home game of the 2-14 season, never leaving our seats until the clock showed 0:00, so I might not be the best person to comment on these folks.

Originally Posted by Malloy

I still dont get why there were so many empty seats last week... are people having trouble getting into the stadium, are y'all dead drunk in the parking lot or are people just not showing up for the game?

At one point, the place was packed. I even mentioned to my buddy that I was surprised at how full the wine & cheese levels were packed. Those folks are usually inside enjoying the luxuries not afforded to rabble like myself, but they were mostly there in seats at one point in the game.

[Marcus]

For me, it's the feeling that we might indeed have the best team . . . in the AFC.

But when we play NFC teams, I'm wondering just how good we really are. Like someone else said, Green Bay tempered my enthusiasm.

Da Bears will tell me a lot about this team. Until then, I'm keeping it in check.

[gtexan02]

For me, its higher expectations.

I found the buffalo game boring because I expected to win so surely. Going 16-0 is meaningless if you don't take home the Lombardi trophy

[Double Barrel]

While I'm not going to say that I will celebrate a Super Bowl loss, I will certainly be as happy as a pig in mud if they just make it to the big game.

And honestly, this city will party so hard and hold those guys up as kings if they just make it to the Super Bowl. I could see the potential to lose focus because of all the hype and excitement of a city waiting many decades for the opportunity.

I think Stemp nailed the term, though: cautiously optimistic. We have been conditioned far too long to wait for the other shoe to drop. So let's see them clinch a playoff spot and win multiple playoff games before we assume anything.

[Norg]

its biz nas has usual we have done nothing yet we havent won the divison havent locked up the Number 1 seed havent won our div playoff game ....

so its still all hands on deck plusss i dont know about yall but im thinking long term i just dont wanna win this years SB i wanna be good from here on out like the steelers and the Pats i want the texans to be good all the way up to 2020

and with Matts and Andre age that worries me in 3 years they will be gone or retired ...so we are going to haveeeee to Hit strong on our draft picks

[ThaShark316]

The reason is simple:




Thanks to those **** faces, Houston will need to witness a Super Bowl win by the Texans to rid itself of pessimism.

[badboy]

Originally Posted by HJam72

I think the confidence in the idea that we are going to the playoffs has made the regular season start to feel a tad boring. Not saying it will be boring the whole rest of the season, but it just feels kind of "blah" in a relaxed and good way right now. We just beat somebody pretty handily without bringing our A game. I think we'll be up for the Bears, but it isn't game-day yet...

Presidential race might have something to do with it too. Most Texans ain't too happy right now.

Very well put and is some of my feelings also.

[Norg]

pluusss the PLayoff game last year it was NUTZZZ in terms of noise so i expect i to be 2X more epic this year

[Norg]

Originally Posted by Cjeremy635

That's BS! I commented to my wife how embarrasing it was that the stadium was half empty during the 4th quarter of the Bills game. We have a city full of fair weather fans. I could understand if we were getting blown out, but we were winning. I don't see the mass exodus from other stadiums when I see them on TV. It's quite strange IMHO.

People left the bills game in the 4th qtr Cause simply we didnt take the bills serious LOL ..if it was a closer game then yeah things would be different plus alot of people also like to hanf out in the bar areas or go back outside to thetailgate in the 4th

[badboy]

Originally Posted by TexanSam

Do any cities who have a dominant football team display chest thumping? Fact is, when a team is terrible everyone has their own opinion on how to fix things so it leads to a lot more discussion. When the Texans are rolling along, doing what they're supposed to do, what are as fans supposed to say? We all agree that they're doing great and that special teams sucks.

Sam you might not remember the craziness of Luv ya Blue but this city went berserk for two years. I mean strangers meeting by chance in an elevator or just anywhere immediately began talking Oilers. The only thing close to that was the Rockets 1994 and 1995. We may be a dominant thing but still baby new to it; so yeah chest thumping should be rampant. We are nowhere near Packer or Patriot fan expectations of an annual playoff appearance. Texans (people not the team) have always lived through sports from kiddie ball to majors. Having lost an NFL team and going through several losing and so so seasons with McNair's team, I just expect more at least for now.

[Norg]

Houston fans will always love the texans win or lose cause they are afriad of losing them like the oilers they dont want to Ever lose the texans

[badboy]

Originally Posted by ItsMyFault

Just wait till it's closer to playoff time. You'll see Houston rocking, the bandwagoners will be out in large numbers. Regular season really doesn't matter to me. We're a lock for the playoffs, probably a lock for a 1st round bye... those are the first two things that matter. After that you can wish for getting the #1 seed, but it's not a requirement IMO. If this team is healthy and stays healthy in the playoffs, the sky's the limit.

I can see the bolded if we were talking about basketball or baseball which goes on forever or Hockey that never stops but 16 games? The people I've watched football with go nuts. Yeah 3 adults sometime more yelling another Houston Texans first down. Yelling almost every play as if the players, coaches and referees could hear us or would care if they could. I also believe the Rocket fan is a different breed of cat than the Texan fan.

I don't read only the last chapter of a book and then say I had the experience the author was trying to give.

[ObsiWan]

These are the remaining games on the reg. season schedule. Eight games left and five of them on the road. Depending on which version of the Texans decide to show up we could win all of them or lose most of them.

11/11 - Bears (anyone else scared of the Bears special teams vs. ours?? ...or Brandon Marshall against a somewhat gimpy J-Jo??)
11/18 - Jags (meh)
11/22 - Lions (Matthew Stafford and Megatron; don't laugh, Stafford has more passing yds than Aaron Rodgers or Matt Ryan)
12/02 - Titans (meh)
12/10 - Pats (errr... Brady, Thomas... 'nuff said)
12/16 - Colts (a pretty damn good rookie and a team playing inspired ball for their seriously ill head coach)
12/23 - Vikings (Adrian Peterson)
12/30 - Colts (see above, but hopefully we'll be playing 2nd & 3rd stringers)

And it's not just the offense that concerns me; if the defense that got embarrassed by the Packers is the one that shows up for the Bears, Lions, Pats, or Vikings (hell, the way Luck is playing, even the Colts) we could go on a losing streak. All those teams have a stud or two that could torch our secondary or gash our run defense (see comments next to each game).

So when we get past that murderer's row of road games, maybe folks will let loose...
maybe....
even then there are still things to fret about...

For example, I know if we go to Brady's place with a 10-2 record, I'll be very worried. Because that game will be for home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

If we're 9-3 or worse when we go to Brady's place, we're playing for the second bye - or worse - because I don't see anyone on the Pats' schedule that can take them down before we play them.

All that to say, it's waaaaay too soon for chest thumping.

[rush2112mn]

I knew somebody was going to start a Luv Ya Blue fanbase is better than a Texans fanbase someday.....this is that thread.....lol
next......

[imatexan]

Originally Posted by Big Lou

I live in Vegas, and most Texas transplants are from the Southern Oklahoma city of Dallas, so lots of Stars on the cars. However in a 2 week period I saw 3 cars with some form of Texan advert, and one dude walk in to Wal Mart with a Texans Hat.

Used to be the only thing I saw was the occassional tourist with a Texans jersey or hat roaming the Casinos.

Not sure if the success is drawing them out, or maybe a couple of more folks moved he from H-Town.

Either way sure would be nice to get a "Texans Bar" so I could hang out with like minded people.

When we played the Broncos a few weeks back I was in Vegas at the Aria hotel/casino and we had more people with Texans gear on than any other team.

I think the support has been phenomenal and every home game has been packed, in years past when I enter the red lot 30 minutes before kickoff I could drive at least 10 empty rows before cars are parked. This year the entire parking lot if basically full when I enter(like I said around 30 min before kickoff).

It will continue to grow as we get closer to the playoffs and continue to win.
Specifically the support around JJ Watt has been incredible.

[CretorFrigg]

I live in Cowboys country, but I still see so many Texans gear. I don't remember ever seeing so many Texans merchandise. The response is great here.

Last year, if I wanted to watch a Texans game on the local channels, I wouldn't be able to. This year, I think they've broadcasted the Texans game every week here, except for 1 game.

[ItsMyFault]

Originally Posted by badboy

I can see the bolded if we were talking about basketball or baseball which goes on forever or Hockey that never stops but 16 games? The people I've watched football with go nuts. Yeah 3 adults sometime more yelling another Houston Texans first down. Yelling almost every play as if the players, coaches and referees could hear us or would care if they could. I also believe the Rocket fan is a different breed of cat than the Texan fan.

I don't read only the last chapter of a book and then say I had the experience the author was trying to give.

I didn't mean that in terms of fan response. I honestly don't know why I even included any of that in this thread.

What I meant by that is there's no reason to overreact over regular season games. We've seen the last two years where teams that have had injuries and average regular seasons still win super bowls. It's really how this team plays around week 14-17.

As far as fan response to the regular season goes, I definitely agree. Football's different, there's nothing that really comes close to it. I love Sundays.