DiehardChris
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Probably when there's no conflict with Tennessee - but otherwise, goodbye TV coverage in Austin. Sigh.
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Probably when there's no conflict with Tennessee - but otherwise, goodbye TV coverage in Austin. Sigh.
I find it so amusing that the city of Austin would show the Titans over the Texans, even though I see more Cowboys stickers there then anything else.
Austin shows both. FOX covers the NFC and CBS covers the AFC. FOX shows every single Cowgirls game. Now CBS has to decide who the city of Austin likes in the AFC and I know that I see far more Titans stickers than Texans. It sucks to be a Texans fan. It sucks even more to be a Texans fan in Austin. I'm just glad I don't live in Dallas. I feel for THOSE Texans fans.
Fox will be showing the Titans in Austin this week!
Fox will be showing the Titans in Austin this week!
http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2009/12-FOX-L.html
As for KEYE, you Texans fans are in luck. Apparently the station got sold last year and now they have no influence over what games they broadcast. The people at CBS decide it, and not the local programming director, apparently.
That ad is only good for in town moves
I've come to decide that a huge part of the reason Austin roots for the Titans rather than just wanting Vince to succeed is because they don't like Houstonians. It's kind of like how Coloradans feel about Texans/Californians, or many Texans feel about Mexicans. I don't know the numbers but I would bet that Houston sends more people to Austin than any other city -- certainly in the top 3. Some "true" Austinites think Houston is a bad place and they have to denigrate anything from there.
No I don't buy that. When it comes to pro sports Austinites are just bandwagoners. If they all hated Houston the Astros wouldn't be the most popular MLB team in town. The typical Austin fan is a Cowboys, Spurs, Astros fan.
Think about it, if the Texans would have drafted VY they would all be talking about how much they love Houston and even have roots there. Austin would just be another Houston suburb and HWY 290 would be all roses and bluebonnets.
No I don't buy that. When it comes to pro sports Austinites are just bandwagoners. If they all hated Houston the Astros wouldn't be the most popular MLB team in town. The typical Austin fan is a Cowboys, Spurs, Astros fan.
Think about it, if the Texans would have drafted VY they would all be talking about how much they love Houston and even have roots there. Austin would just be another Houston suburb and HWY 290 would be all roses and bluebonnets.
I bet if the Texans drafted Young all we would hear from them is how it's everyone else but Vince's fault that the Texans keep losing, and that it's because Kubiak won't let Vince be Vince. Think David Carr apologists mixed with unreal's Slaton love. And they'd boycott until Vince went to a REAL team or Houston hired a new coach.
I do kind of wonder what's going to happen to the Stros base in Austin when the Rangers get Round Rock though.
I do kind of wonder what's going to happen to the Stros base in Austin when the Rangers get Round Rock though.
Serious question.
What would the people in Austin do if the Texans drafted Colt McCoy?
Serious question.
What would the people in Austin do if the Texans drafted Colt McCoy?
Serious question.
What would the people in Austin do if the Texans drafted Colt McCoy?
Yes, but at least they'd all be Texan fans.
I dont think you guys can comprehend the fact that some people would rather root for a person over a piece of clothing.
Thank god that most of Austin feel this way.
From another thread:
I really do understand preferring college football. I get only watching the NFL to see how guys you rooted for in college do in the pros. I did it myself when the NFL robbed us. The NFL is basically the mob. They extort cities for "protection" and if you don't pay, you lose your team. It's despicable, but not unusual. Think what you will about UT or A&M, they will always be in Austin and College Station.
What I don't understand is abandoning every other player on the 2005 Texas Longhorns team, save one. One man didn't win a national championship. 80 did. Some play in Tennessee, some in Houston, some in Cincy. Now, I want Ced Benson to do well. I like when former Longhorns succeed. Sue me. What I won't do however is buy a new jersey every time Benson switches teams. I won't petition my TV station to only show the games from teams he plays for.
What is Austin going to do if Colt wins the National Title and gets drafted by Washington? Are they going to petition Fox 7 to drop Dallas and only show Redskin games? Or does only one player in the history of a program that spans more than a century merit this type of hero worship?
I dont think you guys can comprehend the fact that some people would rather root for a person over a piece of clothing.
Thank god that most of Austin feel this way.
From another thread:What I don't understand is abandoning every other player on the 2005 Texas Longhorns team, save one. One man didn't win a national championship. 80 did. Some play in Tennessee, some in Houston, some in Cincy. Now, I want Ced Benson to do well. I like when former Longhorns succeed. Sue me. What I won't do however is buy a new jersey every time Benson switches teams. I won't petition my TV station to only show the games from teams he plays for.
Unless of course that piece of clothing is Vince Young's jock strap.
I dont get why Texans fans keep bringing this up. Did any of the other players in the NFL now have the same impact as Vince in the Rose Bowl? the 2005 season?
Vince changed the culture of Texas football. He made Mack start listening to 50 cent and ended the ass whippings by OU.
Before Vince, Texas was good, but not great. He truly took the program to the next level.
Austin is a college town, and as the ratings clearly show, prefers to watch Vince play. I dont know why you guys just dont accept this. Should a local station be forced to show a game that will draw much less ratings solely because a team from 150 miles away is playing?
I could definitely understand KEYE airing Texans games if they consistently outdrew the Vince games, but that is not the case.
A jock strap that's 4-0 vs Houston
I dont think you guys can comprehend the fact that some people would rather root for a person over a piece of clothing.
Thank god that most of Austin feel this way.
We can root on individuals all we want, but football is a team sport and the Texans are OUR team, how come guys like you can't comprehend THAT fact? The team comes before any one single individual, plain and simple.
I dont think you guys can comprehend the fact that some people would rather root for a person over a piece of clothing.
Thank god that most of Austin feel this way.
I absolutely comprehend that. The majority of people in the state of Texas and most of Austin feel the same way when rooting for the Cowboys.
It's the Texan fans that dont see the other side. Nobody would blame FOX7 if they showed the Cowboys over the Titans (which they do), because there are more people that would watch the Cowboys game.
Your loss
I really don't know so much about pro teams having more fans than college teams. There are some massive college stadiums and for the most part they are filled to the rafters every game. Michigan I think regularly has attendance close to 100K. Texas is what 80 or 90K per game? Tennessee has a huge stadium too.
College football IMO has the more rabid fan than pro ball does.
Try 101K.
You can hate on college ball all you want, and that's fine. Fact is that more people in Austin would watch a former star over the NFL team 150 miles away.
You can hate on college ball all you want, and that's fine. Fact is that more people in Austin would watch a former star over the NFL team 150 miles away.
I was the one DEFENDING college ball. Not sure I understand why you quoted my post...
Titan fan.
They haven't exactly shown their brain cells this last week. Did you know if it weren't for Tennessee volunteers we might have LOST at the Alamo??
Yea I think you're right.
Now that I've opened the subject it is kind of weird to me how the college stadiums can be so large and they're just jammed while the NFL stadiums are built so much smaller.
Yea I think you're right.
Now that I've opened the subject it is kind of weird to me how the college stadiums can be so large and they're just jammed while the NFL stadiums are built so much smaller.