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Where are all these BANDWAGON Muff-huggas coming from?!

funny, I thought about this the other day. I have seen me and another guy where something Texans over the past few years in Kerrville, well this year, I have seen at least 20 people in this little town with some kind of hat or t-shirt ..(more than i have seen in 10 years total)

guy at a bar last week sat down and said"nice hat" and he had a red Texans hat. I said "thanks" and we chatted a bit but the first thing out of his mouth was about Carr .. I wanted to face palm. anyway we chatted some more about the previous weeks game and he said something about the white guy TE .... I said "yeah, Owen Daniels and Joel Driessen have picked up the slack in AJ's time away" .. he was kinda quiet after that.. and my sense is that he hadn't a clue. In all fairness the guy was nice but it was funny and I expect more and more people to comment to me..

I have no problem with bandwagoners as a long as they don't become arrogant because it gives the rest of us a bad name.

I have two ways to tell if someone is pretty much a bandwagon fan and doesn't know much about the Texans(and some feel free to add on)

1) they talk about the David Carr
2) the 2006 draft.
 
I've sat through every second of every game since I was able to get my season tickets in 2006.

Here is my litmus test.

I left my seat in 649, and went down to a vacated seat in THE BULL PEN to watch the end of this game. The game was such a blowout in the 3rd, that even the Bullpen faithful had left the stadium for the most part, and I was able to sit two rows from the field.

I even saw myself on Sports Center that night with my hands clutched over my head in dissapointment as Rob Bironas' field goal went through the uprights to win the game for the tacks.

Join me... let's go back:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200710210htx.htm
 
Anybody remember this as a possible logo?

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Ugh. I like the one we have, thank you.
 
michaelm said:
I've sat through every second of every game since I was able to get my season tickets in 2006.

Here is my litmus test.

I left my seat in 649, and went down to a vacated seat in THE BULL PEN to watch the end of this game. The game was such a blowout in the 3rd, that even the Bullpen faithful had left the stadium for the most part, and I was able to sit two rows from the field.

I even saw myself on Sports Center that night with my hands clutched over my head in dissapointment as Rob Bironas' field goal went through the uprights to win the game for the tacks.

Join me... let's go back:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200710210htx.htm
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ugh...I took my mom to her first game at Reliant, and this was the game. She was slowly turning into a Texans fan after clinging to her old Oiler ways. We had her...right there...until Bironas set the NFL record for FGs.

We still laugh at that game, because it was the first and only time that we (Texans Demolition Crew) were all hugging each other during that 29 point run in the 4th quarter.
 
michaelm said:
I've sat through every second of every game since I was able to get my season tickets in 2006.

Here is my litmus test.

I left my seat in 649, and went down to a vacated seat in THE BULL PEN to watch the end of this game. The game was such a blowout in the 3rd, that even the Bullpen faithful had left the stadium for the most part, and I was able to sit two rows from the field.

I even saw myself on Sports Center that night with my hands clutched over my head in dissapointment as Rob Bironas' field goal went through the uprights to win the game for the tacks.

Join me... let's go back:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200710210htx.htm
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I should negative rep. you for that trip down memory lane! :gun:

;)
 
eriadoc said:
My wife still hates Matt Schaub because of that statement. She makes no bones about it. Women are funny that way. She doesn't want him as our QB, she roots for the Texans to draft a QB, and she blasts Matt Schaub for every single mistake or incompletion. She hates him. Women can divest themselves of logic when they want.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa ...

I'd be mad ... but I do the same thing to Eric Winston ;)
 
Double Barrel said:
ugh...I took my mom to her first game at Reliant, and this was the game. She was slowly turning into a Texans fan after clinging to her old Oiler ways. We had her...right there...until Bironas set the NFL record for FGs.

We still laugh at that game, because it was the first and only time that we (Texans Demolition Crew) were all hugging each other during that 29 point run in the 4th quarter.
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How about this for something funny...
By the time the Texans started their come back, I was well inebriated. I mean, I was pretty freaking drunk, to be honest.
When the Texans took finally the lead, I was jumping up and down and shouting like crazy, which is not like me at all. I'm usually pretty low key.
Well, when they scored, I looked over at the lady next to me, and high fived her, and she said "are you crying?"... I just laughed and said "I dunno, maybe?"
 
TexansFanatic said:
I was a fan of the Texans before they even existed. I religiously followed the development of the Texans organization when it was just a gleam in Bob McNair's eye---before it was even known as "the Texans" organization.
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This was me. I got into football pretty late in life really, mid 20s. But I was more of an NFC guy following Dallas & New Orleans (mainly because of my home-boy Jimmy Johnson & the best RB evah Ricky Williams).

Houston didn't have a team. I went to a game in the Super Dome & said, you know, it'd be cool if we had a team closer to home (Port Arthur).

Next thing you know LA screwed up & Houston is awarded a franchise.

Short of buying a PSL or season tickets, I followed the Texans as much as anyone. I was the only guy at our watch party in Texans gear as my Cowboy friends cried over 19-10.

But 3 or 4 games into the 2004 season, my passion, enthusiasm, & expectations for this team waned. I was so disinterested in football at that time.... Cowboys weren't crap, Saints weren't crap....

I didn't regain that passion until they fired Dom Capers & I found out we were getting the OC from Denver.

Fairweather..... maybe I am. But I ain't goin nowhere (my PSL pretty much guarantees that)
 
b0ng said:
Texans fandom should be measured by regdates. Not post counts or rep points.
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Well that's not fair. I wasted - okay, maybe 'wasted' is too strong - I spent two years posting over at HT.com before I knew this site existed.
 
Texanmike said:
Not only that but I go back to Houstonprofootballtalk.com now that is way back.

Mike
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This. I've been around awhile and it's been interesting to see people come and go and the same threads pop up every season.

I was asked last week if I was ready for my bandwagon to start filling up. It's both good and bad I suppose, but at least it let's you know your team is on the upswing.

I've been putting up with this crap for quite some time, alone and unafraid. I've gotten used to it and anywhere I go I've become the "Texan guy" and I'm quite happy with it.

:fans:
 
badboy said:
A Texans fan is someone who will talk Texans with me and share a moment of emotion whether elation or depression. I could care less how long they have claimed to be a fan. I have been so disgusted I swore I'd never watch another game after last season. I have been so elated that many of you call me a dreamer.

Being a Texans fan is not about how much you spend on clothing or banners or foamy fingers, tickets, or how drunk you get at a tail gate event. It's not about whether you stand the entire game or just when the wave comes by. It isn't even about going to the game. Being a fan is what each individual decides for himself it is.
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That's very Zen of you.
Arian would be proud.
:fingergun:
 
ObsiWan said:
Well that's not fair. I wasted - okay, maybe 'wasted' is too strong - I spent two years posting over at HT.com before I knew this site existed.
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Agreed. When you got here says nothing about fandom. I simply was late getting on computers for one. The second thing was I heard nothing but bad things about Texans boards.

I signed up in December '06 (having been a Texan from the start) and realized on that very first day I must have heard all those bad things about the Texans board from people that didn't play well with others. I saw that day and still believe this board is one of the best in the country.
 
I have to admit I get kinda pissed at some of the newbies. For instance: I was chatting with a gal in my section Sunday and she was mouthy about how much she LOVED AJ, bragged about how much she spent on an autographed pic of him, how she can't wait to see us in the playoffs, etc, etc, a lot of fluffy BS! I wanted to ask her SOOOOOOO badly if she was such a great Texan fan WHY did she have on a brown tee shirt!? DUMBASS IMHO, and I detest fans like that. She wanted to brag, but, didn't have the smarts to wear a cheap Texan tee to a game when we played the friggin Browns!! I truly think she was clueless as to what team we were playing. I remained quiet, but, I can tell ya for sure I wanted to speak my mind.

Bandwagon fans stand out like a sore thumb. Just get into a simple conversation with one of them and I bet the only names they know are Andre Johnson and maybe Arian Foster. It's really kinda fun to lead them on, and show them what a true DIEHARD TEXAN fan is all about! We KNOW our team!! We have lived TEXAN football for 10 years, and some of us have been there since before Daddy Bob signed on the dotted line! This is our journey, and I really don't care who jumps on the damn wagon, just don't get in my way WHEN we reach the top and I'm standing there watching AJ and Meco holding up the Lombardi!! If all I get out of this journey is a flippin picture, then I will not be denied!!!:texan:
 
SheTexan said:
I have to admit I get kinda pissed at some of the newbies. For instance: I was chatting with a gal in my section Sunday and she was mouthy about how much she LOVED AJ, bragged about how much she spent on an autographed pic of him, how she can't wait to see us in the playoffs, etc, etc, a lot of fluffy BS! I wanted to ask her SOOOOOOO badly if she was such a great Texan fan WHY did she have on a brown tee shirt!? DUMBASS IMHO, and I detest fans like that. She wanted to brag, but, didn't have the smarts to wear a cheap Texan tee to a game when we played the friggin Browns!! I truly think she was clueless as to what team we were playing. I remained quiet, but, I can tell ya for sure I wanted to speak my mind.

Bandwagon fans stand out like a sore thumb. Just get into a simple conversation with one of them and I bet the only names they know are Andre Johnson and maybe Arian Foster. It's really kinda fun to lead them on, and show them what a true DIEHARD TEXAN fan is all about! We KNOW our team!! We have lived TEXAN football for 10 years, and some of us have been there since before Daddy Bob signed on the dotted line! This is our journey, and I really don't care who jumps on the damn wagon, just don't get in my way WHEN we reach the top and I'm standing there watching AJ and Meco holding up the Lombardi!! If all I get out of this journey is a flippin picture, then I will not be denied!!!:texan:
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Are you still pissed that the guy behind you stole the "launched t-shirt" out of your hands? :neener:

Yep, some of us have been here for the long haul. I didn't know Preston and Gma before the Canton game, but I sure saw them there. Good times and lousy weather that day!
 
SheTexan said:
I have to admit I get kinda pissed at some of the newbies. For instance: I was chatting with a gal in my section Sunday and she was mouthy about how much she LOVED AJ, bragged about how much she spent on an autographed pic of him, how she can't wait to see us in the playoffs, etc, etc, a lot of fluffy BS! I wanted to ask her SOOOOOOO badly if she was such a great Texan fan WHY did she have on a brown tee shirt!? DUMBASS IMHO, and I detest fans like that. She wanted to brag, but, didn't have the smarts to wear a cheap Texan tee to a game when we played the friggin Browns!! I truly think she was clueless as to what team we were playing. I remained quiet, but, I can tell ya for sure I wanted to speak my mind.

Bandwagon fans stand out like a sore thumb. Just get into a simple conversation with one of them and I bet the only names they know are Andre Johnson and maybe Arian Foster. It's really kinda fun to lead them on, and show them what a true DIEHARD TEXAN fan is all about! We KNOW our team!! We have lived TEXAN football for 10 years, and some of us have been there since before Daddy Bob signed on the dotted line! This is our journey, and I really don't care who jumps on the damn wagon, just don't get in my way WHEN we reach the top and I'm standing there watching AJ and Meco holding up the Lombardi!! If all I get out of this journey is a flippin picture, then I will not be denied!!!:texan:
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I have to get on the wagon because I keep falling off of it... Oh wait, different subject. :fingergun:
 
There are four classes of fans:

1. Die Hard Intellectuals
2. Die Hard homers(myself)
3. Late to the Party Fans
4. Band Wagon

Let me know if there should be a class added. A please, no class warfare.

I think its hard to gauge a person's fandom. For example, I trolled the origanal board for a long time, then finnaly joined this joined this board. So length of time on a board is hard to measure because some people just like to read what others say. Beside not all season ticket holders are members of this board.

On a side note, I have been a die hard homer since the Houston beat LA to get a franchise. Since then, I have been through the ups and downs and married into a Cowboys family/cult. The little kids think the Cowboys are going to the superbowl every year even though none of them were alive when they last won one. :foottap:
 
When the Texans had their 1st inagural season, months before a game was played once the schedule came out, Kroger had these different 8oz glass Coke bottle six packs with the Texans logo on different desings and the cardboard case was a picture of Reliant and had the schedule on it. There were 4 or 5 sets of these...........I bought them all.......and so my money began to bleed out for Texans gear.

As of now, if you could see my apartment..........I have wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much **** from gameday gear, to jerseys, lights, signs, clothes for me, kid and dogs, misc gear, signed ****. etc. Thousands of $ in gear I either bought or got as gifts.

Hell you should see my desk at work lol.

I know having gear doesn't "make you a fan", but I would think all the money I have blown on them helps my case :D

Also, I have watched and been a fan and taken my lumps and gone to every game I was fortunate enough to go to from start to finish, no showing up late or leaving early....and that includes the game against the Steelers in 2005 I believe it was when we all fried with the roof open that cause the 80-50 rule....and we were in the sun.

Losses piss me off and ruin my day and big wins get me high as a kite and I already locked my kid up as a future fan so yeah, I consider myself a diehard too lol.

:htown2atx:
 
I've been on the wrong wagon all these years. Too many grumpy blowhards onboard this one. Where's the bandwagon at? I'm jumping on! I wanna enjoy this while it lasts. GOOOOOO TEXANS!!!!

:fans::texan::fans:
 
Txn_in_ROK said:
This. I've been around awhile and it's been interesting to see people come and go and the same threads pop up every season.

I was asked last week if I was ready for my bandwagon to start filling up. It's both good and bad I suppose, but at least it let's you know your team is on the upswing.

I've been putting up with this crap for quite some time, alone and unafraid. I've gotten used to it and anywhere I go I've become the "Texan guy" and I'm quite happy with it.

:fans:
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In a lot of ways I have kind of become "Texanmike" outside of the board. Every message board (even my own) that I'm on, I am Texanmike. My jersey (that my loving girlfriend got for my birthday yesterday) says "texanmike" on the back as well as the hat she got me. People don't call me "texanmike" but if someone says "Mike? which one" it is always "Mike.. you know.. the Texans fan". "ooooohhhh yeah". LOL. Lovin' it.

Mike
 
I was really excited when I found out Houston was getting the NFL team instead of LA. I was holding out hope they would achieve the impossible, and as luck would have it, Bob McNair pulled off a major coup.

My father had been taking my brother and I to Oilers games since as long as I can remember. I was completely crushed when Bud announced they were moving my beloved team to a meth lab (edit: Nashville). I couldn't believe that after all those years of the Oilers being shitty, finally, Fisher had them going...and now that's all gone.

I was at school in Austin, and watched as many games as I could. Mr. Mittens kinda made it harder to watch the games and I haven't missed a game since Kubiak became HC.

I don't really like bandwagon fans, but there are a lot of positives that have already been listed about their existence.

Being a Texans fan since their inception is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. My emotional scars from the Oilers and Texans make me a nervous wreck when I watch games and as a result, have damaged several relationships over the years. Recently, I was able to discuss the 'Babin trade' without curling into a ball on the floor and I see that as progress.

After all of the Texans fan lows, I had an experience that lets me know that Texans fan can now see the daylight. I was in Austin at a music fest on Sunday after the game. I was wearing my Texans shirt and some dude gave me the old 'Go Texans!' yell and it startled me, yet upon catching my snaps, reciprocated. I say we welcome our bandwagon counterparts and teach them that it's NOT OKAY TO DO THE WAVE ON OFFENSE.

:kitten:
 
TexansBull said:
There are four classes of fans:

1. Die Hard Intellectuals
2. Die Hard homers(myself)
3. Late to the Party Fans
4. Band Wagon

Let me know if there should be a class added. A please, no class
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There are the intellectuals who wanted to be and were Die Hard Homers, but when the team kept killing their buzz, logic took over and they fell more into the Die Hard Intellectuals camp. They have since devolved into Die Hard Cynics wishing for fulfillment so they can go back to being Die Hard Homers.

I don't know anyone like that personally, of course.
 
disaacks3 said:
Are you still pissed that the guy behind you stole the "launched t-shirt" out of your hands? :neener:

Yep, some of us have been here for the long haul. I didn't know Preston and Gma before the Canton game, but I sure saw them there. Good times and lousy weather that day!
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Yea Dan, I should be pissed at him, BUT, he's a good Texan fan and fun to be around. He gave the shirt to a little girl.

The HOF game is one of my fondest memories being a Texan fan! I still remember the stares I got from Giants fans when I broke down and bawled when our team ran out on the field for the first time! I was one PROUD Texan fan that day, and have remained one everyday since. It's been a long ten years, but, I would not trade the memories for anything. I've never wavered in my belief that ONE day I would see my team become an elite team, and make it to the bigshow before I go on to football heaven.

I met Preston on the Internet long before the final decision was made that Houston would get a team. We have been good friends ever since. We went to the first "get together" of Texan fans at Jillians on I-10 before we ever played our first game. We went to the unveiling of the colors, name, an logo in downtown Houston, and every other event the Texans held that first year. My family and I met him and Pete (aka Great8fan) in Canton for the HOF game, and all of us are original members of this FANtastic website that Kevin has provided. My Blue Crew family got it's start the Summer of 2002 and we've been together ever since. I say this to make a point. Bandwagon fans will always be around, BUT, they will never have the 10-12 yrs of memories that us diehards have made while we travel this road to stardom. Let them hoot and hollar and brag about whatever, I really don't care. I have something they will NEVER have, and that is my Texan family!!
 
TexansBull said:
. Since then, I have been through the ups and downs and married into a Cowboys family/cult. The little kids think the Cowboys are going to the superbowl every year even though none of them were alive when they last won one. :foottap:
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I picture them looking like this....

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TOMORROW MORROW LAND!!!
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CAPTAIN WALKER!!!!


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MRS. WALKER!!!

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TejasTom said:
I think I know them. We probably all know "the Cowboys cult" family.
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My wife and I met several years ago in the early David Carr era. Its been hard to save her, but I got her to a point that she wants to root for both. If I can only get her to chose one...:evil:

SheTexan said:
I have to admit I get kinda pissed at some of the newbies...
Bandwagon fans stand out like a sore thumb...
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Newbies and bandwagoners are getting on my nerves too. A few are late to the party, but others are true bandwagoners. We need to develop an initiation right from this guy to share the pain and sacrifice we have been through:wild::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m_1hglRkPk

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Dread-Head said:
The same idiots who a couple of years ago would ask: "Who's your team?" then would reply "Man they SUCK!" when you said the Texans, are now walking around with jerseys and jackets on acting as if they've ALWAYS been here. :headhurts: Sorry I'd rather be around some straight up Texan HATERS than the fair weather fans who only love them because they're winning. The REAL fans are the ones who've been here since that first win against the Cowgirls. REAL fans remember holding on to hope in the David Carr, Dom Capers Charlie Casterly days, we remember the under 500 seasons and REMAINED and will no matter HOW the rest of this season turns out. The fair weather fans need to just keep their mouths shut, because if the Texans blow a playoff game they'll be the first ones going on channel 11, 13 and 2 and saying "I knew they weren't gonna win...".
In my opinion if you've ever sat next to Either Joe or Bill during a game...you can hold your head high and call yourself a true Texan fan.
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:fans: been here all along. Do we have a lot of "NEW" members on the board joining now our something ?
 
Been posting here since '03 when it was the old HoustonTexans.com board. Stuck around when the official site went with a new forum design and gave TexansTalk this one to use after their board went down.
 
Its gonna get way worse if this team is really who we are starting to think they are. I honestly think we have little idea of just how big our bandwagon is going to be...
 
Man!!!

I can't wait till we start winning. We'll show those Cowboy fans what it means to be arrogant. We'll show them Colt fans what it means to be smug. We'll show them Jag fans how to over react.
 
Personally I think the whole premise of this thread Is BS. It's nothing but a @&$! measuring contest. You want to know who the real fans are? Let them start sucking again and see who is still around afterwards. The "fans" in Indianapolis know this all too well. Meanwhile just enjoy the success while it lasts. Yes the bandwagon will fill up. Just deal with it.
 
Newbees or not, we need our fan base to grow which allow Texans to expose nationally and help expand more market area/s. Meaning, some of fans live outside of Houston may able to watch more Texans games instead of other game. We need to get used to things like media attention and new fans which comes with success. Yes success, this is an evidence of how other people seeing Texans now. Just wait until we get into the playoffs, there will be more Newbees joining Texans bandwagon.

Go Texans!!!
 
Dread-Head said:
Actually I've just been seeing a bunch of bandwagon types all around the city and at work. It's annoying.
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Simple way to find out if they've been a fan all along: Ask them questions like, Who scored the first TD in franchise history.... Who returned the first punt for a TD?

If they don't fire off Billy Miller and Avion Black in a second, you have your answer.
 
I look at fair weather fans as an oppurtunity to bring a new fan into the fold. This is someone who only knows about the team based on the recent news clips. Take to the time to educate some of them, there have been several people that stated they didn't become fans till someone took them to a game or introduced them to the Texans.

Granted you won't turn them all but if each of you try to get one more on board think of what that would do for our fan base. Just a thought.
 
thunderkyss said:
Fairweather..... maybe I am. But I ain't goin nowhere (my PSL pretty much guarantees that)
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That's funny, man, because you are far from a fairweather fan. These type of fans come and go. Come when they win, go when they lose.

But also funny because there is something very distinct that I vividly remember about you, and I know the exact date:

Most users ever online was 1,493, 04-28-2006 at 09:04 PM.

This stat is when the forum was at HT.com and is mentioned on the front page of the forum.

And this date is the night before the 2006 draft when they announced that Mario had been signed. This place was flooded with VY fanboys and Reggie Bush lovers.

But I remember you telling folks that Mario was a good pick, something we needed, and trying to convince people to let it play out.

No, man, you are definitely not fairweather when you're willing to go toe-to-toe against the tide of populist opinions, especially during that transition era.

Mad props to you. :texflag:
 
Double Barrel said:
No, man, you are definitely not fairweather when you're willing to go toe-to-toe against the tide of populist opinions, especially during that transition era.

Mad props to you. :texflag:
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Yeah. TK is under no definition a fair weather fan. We have banged heads on some football takes but there has never been a doubt he is a fan.
 
Double Barrel said:
That's funny, man, because you are far from a fairweather fan. These type of fans come and go. Come when they win, go when they lose.

But also funny because there is something very distinct that I vividly remember about you, and I know the exact date:

Most users ever online was 1,493, 04-28-2006 at 09:04 PM.

This stat is when the forum was at HT.com and is mentioned on the front page of the forum.

And this date is the night before the 2006 draft when they announced that Mario had been signed. This place was flooded with VY fanboys and Reggie Bush lovers.

But I remember you telling folks that Mario was a good pick, something we needed, and trying to convince people to let it play out.

No, man, you are definitely not fairweather when you're willing to go toe-to-toe against the tide of populist opinions, especially during that transition era.

Mad props to you. :texflag:
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That was when I first came to HT.com and joined the forum. I hadn't taken part in any Texans forums prior to that. I had just been a fan existing in the wilderness all alone.

I came to HT.com, not as a VY or RB fanboy, but because I wanted to see what the reaction was from other Texans fans. I'd been hoping to trade back with the Jets (who needed a replacement for Curtis Martin) and then pick up D'Brick. But I liked the Mario pick.

There was such a firestorm about how bad the pick was, I needed to see how other fans felt about it.

OTOH, I was dead STOKED about getting Demeco.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
That was when I first came to HT.com and joined the forum. I hadn't taken part in any Texans forums prior to that. I had just been a fan existing in the wilderness all alone.

I came to HT.com, not as a VY or RB fanboy, but because I wanted to see what the reaction was from other Texans fans. I'd been hoping to trade back with the Jets (who needed a replacement for Curtis Martin) and then pick up D'Brick. But I liked the Mario pick.

There was such a firestorm about how bad the pick was, I needed to see how other fans felt about it.

OTOH, I was dead STOKED about getting Demeco.
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yeah, after the debacle of 2-14 and the VY hoopla...looking back that was a crazy time for Texans fans.

I was a big D'Brick guy, too, and I also wanted AJ Hawk. But I was fine with the Mario pick, even the night that they announced the signing.

We were having a b-day party for my son that night, so I kept sneaking off to check the forum for updates. It was all a bit surreal. One of those events that you remember like yesterday but also feels like such a long time ago. Crazy that it was over 5 years ago.
 
Dread-Head said:
Actually I've just been seeing a bunch of bandwagon types all around the city and at work. It's annoying.
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Seriously? You seen a few new being converted when we're only 6-3? Stop being so sensitive. What are you gonna do when we actually make the playoffs? Or rather when make it to the Superbowl in the future and the whole city of Houston starts supporting them from non-footall fans to the radio and tv stations and hundred of thousands of new fans jump on the wagon?

We have yet to accomplish anything and if your annoyed now by a few new fans then you might as well do yourself a favor HANG YOURSELF NOW!!



It actually makes me smile and happy when I see new people becoming fans.

BTW I have had season tickets for a few yrs now, this season im sitting in the bullpen but it does not make me more of a fan than the people sitting in the nose bleeds or the people watching the games in the comfort of their homes.
 
Kgbmedic said:
I look at fair weather fans as an oppurtunity to bring a new fan into the fold. This is someone who only knows about the team based on the recent news clips. Take to the time to educate some of them, there have been several people that stated they didn't become fans till someone took them to a game or introduced them to the Texans.

Granted you won't turn them all but if each of you try to get one more on board think of what that would do for our fan base. Just a thought.
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Good post!! WELCOME to TexansTalk!!!
 
Back in my day Texans fans had to walk a mile to the forums barefoot in the snow to pin hand written letters on a wooden message board near Acres Homes.
 
Been on the Wagon since the inception, was thrilled to get a team back in Houston even though I moved for work in 1994, was an Oilers Fan from the Luv Ya Blue Days.

My first Texans Jersey was the first one you could buy the Deep Steel Blue with the number 32 and the name on the back was HOUSTON, wore that until we drafted HWSNBN. I remeber waiting to see the unveiling of the uniforms, I had to wait for it on the internet.
 
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