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Gotta give them their props... 5-1.

1 vs San Francisco L 28-17

2 Sun, Sep 14 @Tennessee W 26-10

3 Sun, Sep 21 @St. Louis W 34-31

4 Sun, Sep 28 vs New Orleans W 38-17

5 Sun, Oct 5 vs Houston W 20-17 OT

6 Sun, Oct 12 @Seattle W 30-23
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Season didn't look all that promising coming into it.
 
As a long suffering Cowboys fan, I had no clue to how this game would turn out and my biggest hope was that we wouldn't lay an egg on National TV against the Super Bowl champs. I was already impressed with our O'Line and Tony not having to run for his life on every snap, but our defense who was last in the league last year has been beyond all expectations. I hope that we can take this momentum into the next two games and make our presence known and felt in our division. But, at any rate, I am delighted at how we have stood up to tests that we would have failed as recently as last year.
 
Everyone said the cowboys sucked because we kept it close. Damn if we had a good QB we could be undefeated.....
 
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Gotta give them their props... 5-1.



Season didn't look all that promising coming into it.
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I would rather face a firing squad made up of Carlos Hathcock, Vasily Zaytsev and Annie Oakley before giving the beneficiaries of bladant offensive holding and offensive pass interference "no calls" any sort of due. They beat a QUARTERBACKLESS Houston, Texans via dumb luck and bad officiating (please tell me that J.J. Watt wasn't tackled AT LEAST 3 times during that game) and acted as if the 3 points by which they won in overtime was three touchdowns. Thus far (with help from officials) they've only beaten TWO quality teams the Texans and Seahawks. They are what the Texans were a couple of years ago, a DECENT team with a WEAK schedule who will look like a contender only to either miss the playoffs entirely OR have the dog ISHT beaten out of them in the first round of the playoffs when either their 'favor' with offciating crews or LUCK runs out.

Before anyone asks, YES I'm a hater in every sense of the word. Lest there be any doubt, I throw up in my own mouth a little each time their name is mentioned in polite company. I revile the Dallas Cowgirls with a white hot rancor which burns a million times hotter than all the suns in the universe both known and unknown combined. Mine is a scorching enmity which if placed in the earth's DEEPEST oceanic trench would break water molecules down into hydrogen and oxegen and use BOTH to burn to increase exponetially until it burned into the earths molten core where it would grow stronger still and would continue to do so until all matter in the universe became an enormous cloud of dust and hydrogen awaiting yet another big bang.
 
Dread-Head said:

I would rather face a firing squad made up of Carlos Hathcock, Vasily Zaytsev and Annie Oakley before giving the beneficiaries of bladant offensive holding and offensive pass interference "no calls" any sort of due. They beat a QUARTERBACKLESS Houston, Texans via dumb luck and bad officiating (please tell me that J.J. Watt wasn't tackled AT LEAST 3 times during that game) and acted as if the 3 points by which they won in overtime was three touchdowns. Thus far (with help from officials) they've only beaten TWO quality teams the Texans and Seahawks. They are what the Texans were a couple of years ago, a DECENT team with a WEAK schedule who will look like a contender only to either miss the playoffs entirely OR have the dog ISHT beaten out of them in the first round of the playoffs when either their 'favor' with offciating crews or LUCK runs out.

Before anyone asks, YES I'm a hater in every sense of the word. Lest there be any doubt, I throw up in my own mouth a little each time their name is mentioned in polite company. I revile the Dallas Cowgirls with a white hot rancor which burns a million times hotter than all the suns in the universe both known and unknown combined. Mine is a scorching enmity which if placed in the earth's DEEPEST oceanic trench would break water molecules down into hydrogen and oxegen and use BOTH to burn to increase exponetially until it burned into the earths molten core where it would grow stronger still and would continue to do so until all matter in the universe became an enormous cloud of dust and hydrogen awaiting yet another big bang.
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Wow Dread, I believe I have just found my long lost separated at birth brother. I had no idea someone else could hate the cowbitches as much as I do. We must be related. I am half black you know ---- from the waist down of course.... :clap:
 
Dread-Head said:

I would rather face a firing squad made up of Carlos Hathcock, Vasily Zaytsev and Annie Oakley before giving the beneficiaries of bladant offensive holding and offensive pass interference "no calls" any sort of due. They beat a QUARTERBACKLESS Houston, Texans via dumb luck and bad officiating (please tell me that J.J. Watt wasn't tackled AT LEAST 3 times during that game) and acted as if the 3 points by which they won in overtime was three touchdowns. Thus far (with help from officials) they've only beaten TWO quality teams the Texans and Seahawks. They are what the Texans were a couple of years ago, a DECENT team with a WEAK schedule who will look like a contender only to either miss the playoffs entirely OR have the dog ISHT beaten out of them in the first round of the playoffs when either their 'favor' with offciating crews or LUCK runs out.

Before anyone asks, YES I'm a hater in every sense of the word. Lest there be any doubt, I throw up in my own mouth a little each time their name is mentioned in polite company. I revile the Dallas Cowgirls with a white hot rancor which burns a million times hotter than all the suns in the universe both known and unknown combined. Mine is a scorching enmity which if placed in the earth's DEEPEST oceanic trench would break water molecules down into hydrogen and oxegen and use BOTH to burn to increase exponetially until it burned into the earths molten core where it would grow stronger still and would continue to do so until all matter in the universe became an enormous cloud of dust and hydrogen awaiting yet another big bang.
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Thanks for sharing. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw
 
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Gotta give them their props... 5-1.

1 vs San Francisco L 28-17

2 Sun, Sep 14 @Tennessee W 26-10

3 Sun, Sep 21 @St. Louis W 34-31

4 Sun, Sep 28 vs New Orleans W 38-17

5 Sun, Oct 5 vs Houston W 20-17 OT

6 Sun, Oct 12 @Seattle W 30-23
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Season didn't look all that promising coming into it.
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Only one quality win so-far...... but it's a good one.
 
Cowboys are looking really good right now. The Seahawks are tough at home, and Dallas owned them on Sunday. Still a lot of season to go, but they certainly have to be considered one of the better teams in the NFL right now.

I used to hate the Cowboys. But now, I guess I don't see the point. It's just a game.
 
Double Barrel said:
Cowboys are looking really good right now. The Seahawks are tough at home, and Dallas owned them on Sunday. Still a lot of season to go, but they certainly have to be considered one of the better teams in the NFL right now.

I used to hate the Cowboys. But now, I guess I don't see the point. It's just a game.
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Ironic you said that. Last night I was thinking about how much I have always hated the cowboys. I grew up hating them. When i moved to Belton as a teenager, everyone in that area loves the cowboys. Made me hate them more. But now the older, wiser me says what's the point? Most of my best friends in the world are huge cowboy fans. Hell I'd give Cak's left nut for the Texans to have the balls to make some of the moves Jerry Jones has over the years. They haven't always worked out for the best, but they have won Superbowls and they are at least entertaining year in year out. We as Texans fans stay mired in our misery that is known as mediocrity, with an owner who, while being a good man, is afraid of change and taking chances. Today, as I think on this and write this post, I find myself almost empty of cowboy hate. I just don't see the point anymore.
 
Double Barrel said:
Cowboys are looking really good right now. The Seahawks are tough at home, and Dallas owned them on Sunday. Still a lot of season to go, but they certainly have to be considered one of the better teams in the NFL right now.

I used to hate the Cowboys. But now, I guess I don't see the point. It's just a game.
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:headhurts: GAME?!?! JACKS is a GAME! Tiddly-winks is a GAME! Nude full contact hopscotch with strippers...well that's just a great deal of fun but...yer in TEXAS my friend. Football isn't just a GAME...it's a way of life...
 
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Aannnnnddd, just like that the Cowboys become the Cowboys again...

Clarence Hill @clarencehilljr
Yes, Randle was busted for stealing a bottle of cologne and underwear..

Per a source, Randle was busted by video surveillance

Randle was transported to the Frisco city jail and was released after posting bond.

Officer Chad Laprelle confirmed that Randle was arrested on a Class B misdemeanor for a theft between $50-$500.

Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested by Frisco police Monday night for shoplifting "a bottle of cologne", per a source.
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Double Barrel said:
Cowboys are looking really good right now. The Seahawks are tough at home, and Dallas owned them on Sunday. Still a lot of season to go, but they certainly have to be considered one of the better teams in the NFL right now.

I used to hate the Cowboys. But now, I guess I don't see the point. It's just a game.
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I've always been a Cowboys fan, my dad was a diehard Dallas fan.

It is just a game, but sometimes a game fueled by hate!

The rivalries that are the best are full of hate!

I direct most of mine toward the Possums.
 
Pollardized said:
Ironic you said that. Last night I was thinking about how much I have always hated the cowboys. I grew up hating them. When i moved to Belton as a teenager, everyone in that area loves the cowboys. Made me hate them more. But now the older, wiser me says what's the point? Most of my best friends in the world are huge cowboy fans. Hell I'd give Cak's left nut for the Texans to have the balls to make some of the moves Jerry Jones has over the years. They haven't always worked out for the best, but they have won Superbowls and they are at least entertaining year in year out. We as Texans fans stay mired in our misery that is known as mediocrity, with an owner who, while being a good man, is afraid of change and taking chances. Today, as I think on this and write this post, I find myself almost empty of cowboy hate. I just don't see the point anymore.
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I grew up being indoctrinated with Cowboys hatred, as well. Seeing my team - Luv Ya Blue Oilers - always come up short but my buddy's team - Landry's Cowboys - win championships was tough.

As a kid, part of me wanted to defect, but my folks would have no part of it. Heck, as a kid, I even looked like a little Roger Staubach, and one of my uncles would always call me that when we'd play catch. But, my folks refused to let me be a Cowboys liker, much less a fan.

Then came the early '90's, and history repeats itself. My team - the run & shoot Oilers - became the biggest choking team in NFL history. Warren Moon, for all his talent, was a choker. The Oilers had one of the most talented rosters on paper in NFL history. Yet, they could never get past the second round of the playoffs.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys rise again and win three Super Bowls in four years. My hatred was strong at this point, with obnoxious Cowboys fans permeating this city.

Then, we lost our team. There was nothing. A void.

They say hate is the opposite of love, but that's not true. The opposite of love is apathy. And with no team to love, I had no team to hate. I was empty and numb inside at that point.

So all that pent up hatred went toward one despicable man: Bud Adams. My hatred eclipsed anything I'd ever felt toward the Cowboys. Bud not only ripped out our team from its roots, but destroyed it by terminating the name itself. The Houston Oilers were gone, and the Oilers were dead.

Then a new entertainment corporation was formed. A huge market existed with untapped potential. Marketing executives got busy working and did all kinds of studies and opinion focus test groups, and *viola* from the ashes rose a new brand: the Houston Texans.

And with 19-10, the past was buried and a new era began.

But, I'm sorry, I just don't feel for this team what I felt for the Oilers. I cannot lie about it, not to you, and not to myself.

I dig this team, sat through every excruciating second at home games of the first 2-14 season, so my dedication cannot be questioned.

My emotional attachment, though, does not exist. And without deep love for a team, I am simply unable to have deep hatred for a team.

Maybe it's just being a grown man and not having roots as a kid with this team. Maybe my boys will feel for the Texans what I felt for the Oilers. I don't know. I see this team for what it is: an entertainment company providing a service. A corporate brand. A billion dollar enterprise that provides an excellent game day experience.

Perhaps they have to accomplish something significant for that connection to happen for me. Not sure. Time will tell.

I suppose I could put on a clown face and act like I hate the Cowboys, but that's all it would be for me, an act. In reality, I'm apathetic, and the truth is that my previous hatred had origins in envy and resentment because my team could never have that success. I guess I just don't want to have those feelings in me these days.

Dread-Head said:
GAME?!?! JACKS is a GAME! Tiddly-winks is a GAME! Nude full contact hopscotch with strippers...well that's just a great deal of fun but...yer in TEXAS my friend. Football isn't just a GAME...it's a way of life...
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yeah, man, just a game for us fans. If you were a player, your words would resonate.

Like Jerry Seinfeld said, "they win, and you watch."

You are obviously free to convince yourself otherwise, but I've got too many important things in my life that are much more meaningful to me than getting emotional about a spectator sport. 35-3 broke me of living vicariously through a sports team. I am a father 24/7, and letting my real world emotions become sour because of an entertainment medium is just not my thing anymore. My kids do not need to feel dread because their dad's team lost. I teach them perspective, and that there are much more important things in life than entertainment. JMO, not trying to change your mind.
 
THe Cowboys may have a nice record right now and they might even make the playoffs. However, they still have Garrett (ANother Kubiak type) as their HC and Romo as their starting QB which means they'll never win any SB's. Their successes will only be short term stints, and they'll never see the promised land so to me they are just wasting time the same way that the Texans were for 8 years under Kubiak.
 
Pollardized said:
Would you take my right one? I'm kinda partial to lefty. We've had some good times together.
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Conventional is left. No idea why. My first experience with it was about 12 years old when the guy teaching my to shoot skeet (with a 1000 straight pin with a .410 - WTF?) said it about a Winchester Pigeon grade shotgun. But we'll go with right if you want. Did you leave the right out on these times?
 
Percy Shelly said:
I met a traveller from an *antique land

Who said: *"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,

*Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`
*My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'

*Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away".
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*The Metroplex
*Five Lombardi trophys
* Jerruh
* I'm Jurruh Jones. How 'bout them Cowboys?
*The 90s were great unless you're the bonehead in Minnesota who trader Herschel Walker for AN ENTIRE TEAM, but the 90s are over, Jerry is your owner/GM, Romo is still your QB.


How good Did Wade's defense look when the Texans were on the best run they'd ever seen? How "Incredible" was that defense right before they rolled into New England to meet their Waterloo? If the Texans had a QB and Dallas' schedule their only losss MIGHT have been to Seattle. I concede NOTHING. The Cowgirls were given a soft schedule so that the NFL and media could revel in building them up so they could tear them down. They did it to us and it looks like they're doing it to Jerry now, and in my opinion it couldn't happen to a nicer ah-sole.
 
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How good Did Wade's defense look when the Texans were on the best run they'd ever seen? How "Incredible" was that defense right before they rolled into New England to meet their Waterloo? If the Texans had a QB and Dallas' schedule their only losss MIGHT have been to Seattle. I concede NOTHING. The Cowgirls were given a soft schedule so that the NFL and media could revel in building them up so they could tear them down. They did it to us and it looks like they're doing it to Jerry now, and in my opinion it couldn't happen to a nicer ah-sole.
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The schedules are set a decade in advance now. Nothing was given to them any more than we have a soft schedule. They won. We have no QB.
 
infantrycak said:
The schedules are set a decade in advance now. Nothing was given to them any more than we have a soft schedule. They won. We have no QB.
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Regardless my esteemed friend, I await their fall from hype/grace. The pundits who sing their praises now will turn into the Apostle Peter and turn on them as quickly as they praise them now. Also, I just wanted to have fun with that poem. :dread:
 
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Aannnnnddd, just like that the Cowboys become the Cowboys again...

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Yes, Randle was busted for stealing a bottle of cologne and underwear..

Per a source, Randle was busted by video surveillance

Randle was transported to the Frisco city jail and was released after posting bond.

Officer Chad Laprelle confirmed that Randle was arrested on a Class B misdemeanor for a theft between $50-$500.

Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested by Frisco police Monday night for shoplifting "a bottle of cologne", per a source.
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Clarence Hill @clarencehilljr
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:thinking: Hopefully he didn't put the cologne IN his underwear. That would have burned like a sum-***** had it leaked.
 
Double Barrel said:
yeah, man, just a game for us fans. If you were a player, your words would resonate.

Like Jerry Seinfeld said, "they win, and you watch."

You are obviously free to convince yourself otherwise, but I've got too many important things in my life that are much more meaningful to me than getting emotional about a spectator sport. 35-3 broke me of living vicariously through a sports team. I am a father 24/7, and letting my real world emotions become sour because of an entertainment medium is just not my thing anymore. My kids do not need to feel dread because their dad's team lost. I teach them perspective, and that there are much more important things in life than entertainment. JMO, not trying to change your mind.
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You DO know I was joking right? My loathing for the Cowboys is real, but at the end of the day I DO know it's an athletic competition in which I was NOT a participant and could not have effected its outcome.

I once heard a comic say something that put it into perspective after he watched a bunch of fans celebrating a championshp saying "We're number one." He said "No, THEY'RE number one...you just bought a t-shirt."
 
Dread-Head said:
You DO know I was joking right? My loathing for the Cowboys is real, but at the end of the day I DO know it's an athletic competition in which I was NOT a participant and could not have effected its outcome.

I once heard a comic say something that put it into perspective after he watched a bunch of fans celebrating a championship saying "We're number one." He said "No, THEY'RE number one...you just bought a t-shirt."
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That's cool, man. You never know when someone is joking when it comes to sports teams devotion. As you probably know, there's some real nutters out there.
 
The next three games are going to be tough, not that the Giants or Redskins are that great, but division wins are usually tougher. Then Arizona will certainly be tough. The problem I have is whether to stay here and see how the Eagles play, or take the trip to Dallas to see Arizona. The reason it is a difficult decision is due to the number of back-to-back home games and Arizona being only three days before leaving for London.
 
StarStruck said:
The next three games are going to be tough, not that the Giants or Redskins are that great, but division wins are usually tougher. Then Arizona will certainly be tough. The problem I have is whether to stay here and see how the Eagles play, or take the trip to Dallas to see Arizona. The reason it is a difficult decision is due to the number of back-to-back home games and Arizona being only three days before leaving for London.
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Aren't you playing the Giants IN Newyork? Streak's about to end.
 
Dread-Head said:
Aren't you playing the Giants IN Newyork? Streak's about to end.
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No, our home schedule is brutal for travelers this season. We played the Texans on the 28th, then after the road trip to Seattle, we are home three weeks straight. Sunday 19th NYG, Monday 27 Washington, Sunday 11/2 Arizona. After that game the next home game is Thanksgiving and only one home game in December.
 
Never understood why one had to hate Dallas to be accepted as a Houston fan.

I always loved Emmitt Smith growing up. And when the Oilers were taken away I rooted for the Cowboys until we got the Texans.

I think it's a jealousy thing to be honest. I can love the Texans just as much as anyone else without having to hate another team in return. But I have had my Texans fanhood questioned before (even on this site) because I dared to admit that I cheer for Dallas to win on occasion, depending on who they are playing.
 
bah007 said:
Never understood why one had to hate Dallas to be accepted as a Houston fan.
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I didn't care about football until Dallas won the Super Bowl. I was never a Dallas fan so much as a Jimmy Johnson fan (being that he came from Pt Arthur). Then when the Texans came around, I latched onto them, as I used to dream about living in Houston (pipe dream, never gonna happen).

I don't hate Dallas though... just like making fun of Cowboy fans.

What I don't understand is how someone can be a fan of Houston Football & be a Steelers fan. I know it was a long time ago, but that history is the kind that breeds generational hate.
 
thunderkyss said:
...I don't hate Dallas though... just like making fun of Cowboy fans.
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The easy part about making fun of Cowboy fans is that the majority of them will suddenly be "life long" fans of another team as soon as the Cowboys' season is over.

What I don't understand is how someone can be a fan of Houston Football & be a Steelers fan. I know it was a long time ago, but that history is the kind that breeds generational hate.
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That defies all logic. Might as well just root for Tennessee as well.
 
thunderkyss said:
I didn't care about football until Dallas won the Super Bowl. I was never a Dallas fan so much as a Jimmy Johnson fan (being that he came from Pt Arthur). Then when the Texans came around, I latched onto them, as I used to dream about living in Houston (pipe dream, never gonna happen).

I don't hate Dallas though... just like making fun of Cowboy fans.

What I don't understand is how someone can be a fan of Houston Football & be a Steelers fan. I know it was a long time ago, but that history is the kind that breeds generational hate.
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Well, I was never a fan of the Oilers. They left before I started watching football with any passion. I don't hate the Steelers but I'm not a fan of them either. There is just no rivalry between the Texans and Steelers/Cowboys for me to hate those teams. We play the Cowboys once every four years and it has been three since we've played Pittsburgh (week 4, 2011). In fact the Texans & Steelers have only played twice since 2006 and four times since the Texans entered the league with a 2-2 record between the teams.
 
bah007 said:
The easy part about making fun of Cowboy fans is that the majority of them will suddenly be "life long" fans of another team as soon as the Cowboys' season is over.
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Those are some that I am yet to meet, and they will probably possess a certain aura that will expose them. At the same time, hopefully we will be good hosts for the time they are with us.
 
JCTexan said:
Well, I was never a fan of the Oilers. They left before I started watching football with any passion. I don't hate the Steelers but I'm not a fan of them either. There is just no rivalry between the Texans and Steelers/Cowboys for me to hate those teams. We play the Cowboys once every four years and it has been three since we've played Pittsburgh (week 4, 2011). In fact the Texans & Steelers have only played twice since 2006 and four times since the Texans entered the league with a 2-2 record between the teams.
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Will this year be the fourth. If memory serves me correctly, the Texans won that game in their first season. It was cold that day, and even though the Steelers were a good team that year, they ended up losing to the Texans.
 
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Will this year be the fourth. If memory serves me correctly, the Texans won that game in their first season. It was cold that day, and even though the Steelers were a good team that year, they ended up losing to the Texans.
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It will be the fifth meeting between the two teams. They played in 2002, 2005, 2008 & 2011. And yeah, the Texans won the 2002 meeting 24-6 in Pittsburgh.
 
thunderkyss said:
What I don't understand is how someone can be a fan of Houston Football & be a Steelers fan. I know it was a long time ago, but that history is the kind that breeds generational hate.
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The easy part about making fun of Cowboy fans is that the majority of them will suddenly be "life long" fans of another team as soon as the Cowboys' season is over.
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As a life long Cowboys fan, this one gets me too. If we should be united in anything it is hatred of the Steelers.

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It will be the fifth meeting between the two teams. They played in 2002, 2005, 2008 & 2011. And yeah, the Texans won the 2002 meeting 24-6 in Pittsburgh.
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With 47 net yards of offense. An NFL record low in a win - one hard to imagine being broken. Aaron Glenn was an All Pro in that game.
 
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Aannnnnddd, just like that the Cowboys become the Cowboys again...

Clarence Hill @clarencehilljr
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I hope Randall really enjoys the cologne and underwear for a long long time, for that price tag of $29,117. :laughjump: If that isn't enough, I would love to have been able to sit in on his next trip to the locker room.
 
Double Barrel said:
I grew up being indoctrinated with Cowboys hatred, as well. Seeing my team - Luv Ya Blue Oilers - always come up short but my buddy's team - Landry's Cowboys - win championships was tough.

As a kid, part of me wanted to defect, but my folks would have no part of it. Heck, as a kid, I even looked like a little Roger Staubach, and one of my uncles would always call me that when we'd play catch. But, my folks refused to let me be a Cowboys liker, much less a fan.

Then came the early '90's, and history repeats itself. My team - the run & shoot Oilers - became the biggest choking team in NFL history. Warren Moon, for all his talent, was a choker. The Oilers had one of the most talented rosters on paper in NFL history. Yet, they could never get past the second round of the playoffs.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys rise again and win three Super Bowls in four years. My hatred was strong at this point, with obnoxious Cowboys fans permeating this city.

Then, we lost our team. There was nothing. A void.

They say hate is the opposite of love, but that's not true. The opposite of love is apathy. And with no team to love, I had no team to hate. I was empty and numb inside at that point.

So all that pent up hatred went toward one despicable man: Bud Adams. My hatred eclipsed anything I'd ever felt toward the Cowboys. Bud not only ripped out our team from its roots, but destroyed it by terminating the name itself. The Houston Oilers were gone, and the Oilers were dead.

Then a new entertainment corporation was formed. A huge market existed with untapped potential. Marketing executives got busy working and did all kinds of studies and opinion focus test groups, and *viola* from the ashes rose a new brand: the Houston Texans.

And with 19-10, the past was buried and a new era began.

But, I'm sorry, I just don't feel for this team what I felt for the Oilers. I cannot lie about it, not to you, and not to myself.

I dig this team, sat through every excruciating second at home games of the first 2-14 season, so my dedication cannot be questioned.

My emotional attachment, though, does not exist. And without deep love for a team, I am simply unable to have deep hatred for a team.

Maybe it's just being a grown man and not having roots as a kid with this team. Maybe my boys will feel for the Texans what I felt for the Oilers. I don't know. I see this team for what it is: an entertainment company providing a service. A corporate brand. A billion dollar enterprise that provides an excellent game day experience.

Perhaps they have to accomplish something significant for that connection to happen for me. Not sure. Time will tell.

I suppose I could put on a clown face and act like I hate the Cowboys, but that's all it would be for me, an act. In reality, I'm apathetic, and the truth is that my previous hatred had origins in envy and resentment because my team could never have that success. I guess I just don't want to have those feelings in me these days.



yeah, man, just a game for us fans. If you were a player, your words would resonate.

Like Jerry Seinfeld said, "they win, and you watch."

You are obviously free to convince yourself otherwise, but I've got too many important things in my life that are much more meaningful to me than getting emotional about a spectator sport. 35-3 broke me of living vicariously through a sports team. I am a father 24/7, and letting my real world emotions become sour because of an entertainment medium is just not my thing anymore. My kids do not need to feel dread because their dad's team lost. I teach them perspective, and that there are much more important things in life than entertainment. JMO, not trying to change your mind.
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The McNair's appreciate you and would like 70,000 thousand more just like you to continue to go to NRG (What a stupid name for a stadium) every Sunday. They truly enjoy laughing all of the way to the bank, while continiously putting a medicore product on the field at best. The gameday experience is great if you dont care if your favorite team loses.
 
steelbtexan said:
The McNair's appreciate you and would like 70,000 thousand more just like you to continue to go to NRG (What a stupid name for a stadium) every Sunday. They truly enjoy laughing all of the way to the bank, while continiously putting a medicore product on the field at best. The gameday experience is great if you dont care if your favorite team loses.
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I have not had season tickets in years, but even if I did, so ****ing what? Why do you concern yourself so much with what another man does? You act like a little biatch with this nonsense.

And yeah, the McNairs do appreciate us fans, unlike that sorry SOB we had for an owner before them. The Texans cater to fans throughout the day, including one of the best tailgating experiences around. With the Oilers, I almost got kicked out of the Astrodome parking lot before a game because me and a buddy were tossing a football.

As far as "don't care about a team losing", you project your bullshit with that goofy assumption. You are free to fill your obvious vapid existence with vicarious living through a sports team. The rest of your chump attitude is just the same old garbage that you've spewed for years now. Why do you even bother to watch this franchise when you have nothing good to say about them?
 
Double Barrel said:
I have not had season tickets in years, but even if I did, so ****ing what? Why do you concern yourself so much with what another man does? You act like a little biatch with this nonsense.

And yeah, the McNairs do appreciate us fans, unlike that sorry SOB we had for an owner before them. The Texans cater to fans throughout the day, including one of the best tailgating experiences around. With the Oilers, I almost got kicked out of the Astrodome parking lot before a game because me and a buddy were tossing a football.

As far as "don't care about a team losing", you project your bullshit with that goofy assumption. You are free to fill your obvious vapid existence with vicarious living through a sports team. The rest of your chump attitude is just the same old garbage that you've spewed for years now. Why do you even bother to watch this franchise when you have nothing good to say about them?
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Just because I disagree with the way the Texans are run doesn't mean I cant be a fan? I just differ with you in that I care more about the on the field product than I do the gameday experience. (Probably because I do have season tickets)

Don't let your hatred of Fud cloud your judgement on how the Texans are run. Other than allowing tailgating there isn't really that much difference in how the teams are run and now the Texans org has decided to put restrictions on tailgating. (Tailgate passes) Also just know that I don't live vicariously thru my favorite sports teams. I enjoy going to the games with my family, it develops treasured memories. Sports are entertainment for me too, we really aren't that much different. However when the Texans sat that they're doing everything they can to put the best product on the field as possible and Rick Smith is still employed I will call BS when I see it.

Yes I have plenty good to say about the Texans org. I think hiring BOB/RAC and drafting Clowney was the right move. I just love how when you disagree with how the org is run you get the, You're not really a fan, why do you even watch the Texans responses. These type fans make me LOL.
 
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Just because I disagree with the way the Texans are run doesn't mean I cant be a fan? I just differ with you in that I care more about the on the field product than I do the gameday experience. (Probably because I do have season tickets)

Don't let your hatred of Fud cloud your judgement on how the Texans are run. Other than allowing tailgating there isn't really that much difference in how the teams are run and now the Texans org has decided to put restrictions on tailgating. (Tailgate passes) Also just know that I don't live vicariously thru my favorite sports teams. I enjoy going to the games with my family, it develops treasured memories. Sports are entertainment for me too, we really aren't that much different. However when the Texans sat that they're doing everything they can to put the best product on the field as possible and Rick Smith is still employed I will call BS when I see it.
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I know it's not easy, but try to follow me... Greenbay, New Orleans, New York, even New England... All know how to run an NFL franchise right? All know what it takes to win a Super Bowl.... Heck, throw the Steelers in there.

None of them won it last year, the year before, or are likely to win it this year.

I think it's BS to call these people out when they don't do what we want them to do. It's not as easy as you make it sound. Mike Tomlin & his "ability" to coach a Super Bowl team was watching the playoffs just like we were last year & that's with one of the better QBs in the league.

You win some, you lose some. C'est la vie.... I bet McNair can tear apart the way you go about your business & the things you think are acceptable.
 
thunderkyss said:
I know it's not easy, but try to follow me... Greenbay, New Orleans, New York, even New England... All know how to run an NFL franchise right? All know what it takes to win a Super Bowl.... Heck, throw the Steelers in there.

None of them won it last year, the year before, or are likely to win it this year.

I think it's BS to call these people out when they don't do what we want them to do. It's not as easy as you make it sound. Mike Tomlin & his "ability" to coach a Super Bowl team was watching the playoffs just like we were last year & that's with one of the better QBs in the league.

You win some, you lose some. C'est la vie.... I bet McNair can tear apart the way you go about your business & the things you think are acceptable.
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It doesn't surprise me that you feel this way. I know it's not easy, All of these teams you mention have potential problem players and even though they didn't win last yr they were feared teams. Who really fears the Fitzmajic.

Why when the team finishes 2-14 do you think it's BS to call out the leadership of the Texans. You wouldn't be a true fan if you were happy with the results of this franchise.

You just keep on betting. Nobody pays off bets on this MB anyway. (Looking at you DM) You got off of your bet on a technicality.
 
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