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  1. 8 hours ago, rvm96 said:

    I live in Austin, but I've been boycotting them since they stopped being an Astros farm team. Hopefully I'll get to go to a few this season. 

    The last Express game I attended was when OKC rolled through Round Rock shortly before George got the call to the bigs. There was a time when the Express tried to maintain an identity somewhat separate from their parent organization, but that wasn't 2014. The Dell Diamond was sickening that year, a gaudy display of Rangers shit everywhere. The previous RR administrations never gorgled Astros ballsacs like the Rangers bukkaking they had going those years. 

    Thank goodness all is right with the world again and the Express are back where they belong. 

  2. Tucker raked at every level throughout the minors after periods of adjusting to the higher caliber of opponent pitching-- I don't think there's any reason to believe he won't adjust and become an All-Star level hitter at the ML level. The kid can hit. He really hasn't had a sufficient opportunity to get into a groove and prove himself.

    I expect him to be a force in 2019.

  3. Earl Campbell was my childhood hero and forever shaped my life as a sports fan. Would I care about football or Houston pro sports if not for 34? I've never had a certain answer for that because there were some players and teams of impact in that era in Houston,  but I've always known that what Earl brought to my little kid life in the late 70s/early 80s was meaningful and transformative for my little Htown life. 

    Earl and the Bum Phillips Luv Ya Blue Oilers were everything to me. They were my first love and I will always cherish Earl for the memories he gave me as a little kid.

     

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  4. Lol at the roof being closed on a day like today. What a giant middle finger to taxpayers that paid for that expensive retractable roof. 
    Like any taxpayers give a shit specifically whether the roof is open or closed today.

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  5. 7 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

    Both games this year decided by a field goal. Adjust your expectations accordingly.

    Our unwillingness to cover TY Hilton despite him constantly beating us single-handedly is unsettling. But with Watson, I'm as optimistic for this team as I've ever been. We probably have more actual confidence on this team than I've ever seen (not to be confused with fake 'letter jacket confidence'). Sending Indy home would be sweet.

    All true indeed, but every wild card weekend has at least one big surprise outcome. I think that, given the pro-Indy groupthink we're hearing from every media yapper, this sets up to be that game that makes a lot of people look foolish. 

  6. Y'all best not forget how fucking awesome DW4 tends to be in big games.

    It's mind-boggling to me how the point spread and money line says "Houston" yet everyone here and in the media is pimping the Colts like their manifest destiny is the AFC divisional round. What. The. Fuck. 

    These two teams split the series and either game could have gone either way if a play or two had a different outcome. (see: Clowney offsides or Frank Reich's brainlock). How the hell is there such uniformity of opinion under these circumstances?

    Objectively and no-homer truth talk: the Houston Texans are being disrespected and overlooked and I think it will serve as extra motivation today for Watson, Hopkins, Watt, and Clowney. I think Andre Carter busts a TD on special teams too. 

    Fuck the haters. Texans in a blowout. 

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  7. 4 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

    This man knows his history. I was a freshman in college and that loss felt worse to me. I was so depressed I got food truck Chinese food across from my dorm.

    I got the score way wrong though. It was actually 28-20 but the thing I remember is the first half lead they blew. They allowed 21 4th quarter KC points. Claaaaaasic Oilers.

  8. 25 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    Reminds me of that time the Texans had the inside track to the #1 seed and lost all their remaining games and ended up hosting a wildcard game.

    Reminds me of that time the Oilers started the season 1-4 and everyone was pissed and the DC punched the OC on national TV and then they ran the table to finish 12-4 and earn the best playoff seeding in franchise/city history only to lose 14-6 to Joe Montana's KC Chiefs in the divisional round at the Astrodome.  

    I submit that was even more heartbreaking and maddening than the Buffalo debacle.

     

    Keith f'n Cash, man.

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  9. 1 hour ago, Machinator said:

    It's the product of playing a 4th place schedule with cross-division matchups against the NFC East and AFC East, for better and for worse.

    It's also about advanced metrics not making the case either way. 

    9-3 is still 9-3 so I could care less about the projected power rankings or the idea that they are only a function of an easy schedule. The Pats, as dynastic as they've been throughout the Bradychick era, have feasted on a weak ass division. I'm not going to apologize for the Texans finally benefiting from a cake schedule. 

  10. 5 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    No one gives two flying fucks about anyone's fantasy football teams. 

    I came here for the "pick up Spencer Ware" posts. But honestly every Hunt owner should already have him handcuffed with Ware.

  11. 4 minutes ago, Jacob McCandles said:

    I love the Texans as much as anyone, but do you really think they have a chance to finish ahead of two of the following: Chiefs, Steelers, Pats?

    I probably agree with you but it's worth noting that Pittsburgh and NE play each other week 15 and then Pittsburgh faces NO the following week.

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