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re: Houston Texans...I can’t seem to support the Texans and I can’t say why
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:44 am to Flyingtiger82
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:44 am to Flyingtiger82
When I first moved to Houston, my now wife and I were going meet some friends at Kirby Ice House to watch the divisional round against the Chiefs. I think kickoff was at like 2:30. She told me we were meeting them there right at 2:30. I remember telling her that was silly, it was going to be packed by that point and we would be standing squished somewhere. We walk in and the place is EMPTY. Got a nice table right in front of the TV right as they were kicking off. By the end of the first quarter the place was packed. I told my wife in Louisiana you would have had to been in that bar an hour or two before kickoff to get a table for a Saints playoff game.
Houston itself doesn't actually give a shite about the Texans.
Houston itself doesn't actually give a shite about the Texans.
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Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:17 am to msutiger
Houston itself doesn't actually give a shite about the Texans.
—Every home game a sell out since 2002
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:19 am to Flyingtiger82
I like them because they have several LSU players that all start
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:25 am to Flyingtiger82
The Texans just feel like the laziest branding in the league. The McNairs should've just paid whatever ransom was required to get the Oilers back.
It also doesn't help that they're still the newest team in the NFL (not counting relocations) so in a way they're still "the expansion team" in my eyes.
It also doesn't help that they're still the newest team in the NFL (not counting relocations) so in a way they're still "the expansion team" in my eyes.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:39 am to Stealth Matrix
The other potential name for Houston was the Apollos.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:50 am to bad93ex
quote:
The other potential name for Houston was the Apollos.
I get it fits the theme... but that's bad.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:15 am to LSUBoo
remember when vince young came in and beat the texans in ot. listen to the crowd. a very mixed crowd.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:41 am to Flyingtiger82
Miss the fricken OILERS!
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:53 am to Flyingtiger82
Just another MySpace blog
Posted on 1/13/26 at 9:43 am to Stealth Matrix
quote:
The Texans just feel like the laziest branding in the league.
Lazy? I say it’s just dumb. But Texas is always gonna be all about Texas. Let’s see how that would look around the rest of the league
AFC East
• Buffalo New Yorkers
• Miami Floridians
• New England New Englanders
• New York New Yorkers
AFC North
• Baltimore Marylanders
• Cincinnati Ohioans
• Cleveland Ohioans
• Pittsburgh Pennsylvanians
AFC South
• Houston Texans
• Indianapolis Hoosiers
• Jacksonville Floridians
• Tennessee Tennesseans
AFC West
• Denver Coloradans
• Kansas City Missourians
• Las Vegas Nevadans
• Los Angeles Californians
NFC East
• Dallas Texans
• New York New Yorkers
• Philadelphia Pennsylvanians
• Washington Washingtonians
NFC North
• Chicago Illinoisans
• Detroit Michiganders
• Green Bay Wisconsinites
• Minnesota Minnesotans
NFC South
• Atlanta Georgians
• Carolina Carolinians
• New Orleans Louisianans
• Tampa Floridians
NFC West
• Arizona Arizonans
• Los Angeles Californians
• San Francisco Californians
• Seattle Washingtonians
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:13 am to Flyingtiger82
The Texans are like a generic version of a real team.
Plus Texas is all about Dem Boys.
Plus Texas is all about Dem Boys.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:18 am to bad93ex
quote:
The other potential name for Houston was the Apollos.
Later used by the Orlando franchise in the short-lived AAF (due to its proximity to the Kennedy Space Center):
Steve Spurrier was the coach.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:19 am to Flyingtiger82
quote:
I don’t hate Houston, I just forget about them, and then I just don’t have any fondness for them.
I was telling someone this the other day. Close city. Loved the Bun Phillips, Earl Campbell Oilers. I want to be a fan but just feel nothing.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:49 am to TTB
quote:1. That name actually was a thing back in the ABA in the late 1960s:
AFC East
• Miami Floridians
Later started playing all over the state and changed their name to The Floridians, and changed their color scheme from blue and orange to magenta and orange:
The Miami Heat has worn throwback tribute version of that uniform:
2. "Texans" has a LOT of precedent. The NFL had a Dallas Texans franchise that only lasted ONE YEAR in 1952. And the AFL had the Dallas Texans from 1960-63:
Later moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs with just a change of the logo. Chiefs have worn Texans throwbacks in the past:
3. There was also a "Dallas Texans" franchise in the Arena Football in the early 1990s:
4. Also, the WFL in the mid-70s had TWO "state name" teams. One was, in fact, the Houston Texans:
They actually moved to Shreveport and became the "Shreveport Steamer"
The other WFL state name team was this one, based in Honolulu:
5. Finally, when the CFL added a few American teams in the 1990s, for one year there existed the San Antonio Texans:
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:52 am to Flyingtiger82
Worth noting, if both Houston and Buffalo manage to win this weekend, AFC Championship will be in Houston.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 10:58 am to Hester Carries
quote:
No team should be your 2nd favorite team
Sports is serious business!!!
People move and become part of other communities man. I basically like the saints and the jaguars the same as I’ve spent half of my life in each state.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:00 am to BRich
That Floridians logo
Reminds me of this wholesome moment
Reminds me of this wholesome moment
Posted on 1/13/26 at 11:11 am to St Augustine
I wholeheartedly agree with the Oiler fans above. I still get misty eyed when I remember the sesquicentennial opening of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when we in the crowd politely applauded the governor, and then Bum Phillips entered the stadium and the place erupted, every man woman and child stood up and cheered loudly for our favorite coach.
And Earl Campbell but not quite so loud.
So watching Pittsburg last night and kind of wanting the Steelers to win was a massive "how things have changed" moment. Why the Steelers? Because they weren't the Texans.
And Earl Campbell but not quite so loud.
So watching Pittsburg last night and kind of wanting the Steelers to win was a massive "how things have changed" moment. Why the Steelers? Because they weren't the Texans.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 12:16 pm to Flyingtiger82
Can't you just type this in your notes 
Posted on 1/13/26 at 12:31 pm to Flyingtiger82
Should've been the Houston Apollos instead of the Texans.
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