bplld
01-10-2006, 07:16 PM
3. Houston Oilers/Texans
Years after the team left town, the misery still remains in the memory, not unlike that "We're the Houston Oilers …" jingle we can't get out of our heads. They lost twice in the AFC championship game. They've had 21 nonwinning seasons in the last 34 years. They humiliated themselves by blowing a 35-3 halftime lead to the Bills -- yes, the Bills! -- in the biggest choke in playoff history. After Elvis repeatedly failed to pick up the tickets Jerry Glanville left him each week in Houston, the team tried to better accommodate the King by moving closer to Graceland in 1997.
Worst of all, now Houston has to watch the Texans.
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/060110_nfl)
Our misery scale is 45.5 and we are only better than the browns and saints.
Worst moments
7. Oilers blow 35-3 lead, lose playoff game to Bills in OT. What made this one even more painful for Oilers fans is that after Buffalo had rallied from 32 down in the third quarter to take the lead, Houston actually tied it up and then lost, 41-38. Which begs another question: Was Warren Moon a great quarterback? He won just three playoff games in his career, and all three were wild-card games. He made nine Pro Bowls and threw for nearly 50,000 yards (not counting the CFL!) but never took his team to a conference title game. He's up for the Hall of Fame in a few weeks. Does he go in on the first ballot?
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/060110)
Past 25 years we are the 26th worse team, with 436 win %, 9 playoff appearances, etc.
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=060110/nflstandings)
Years after the team left town, the misery still remains in the memory, not unlike that "We're the Houston Oilers …" jingle we can't get out of our heads. They lost twice in the AFC championship game. They've had 21 nonwinning seasons in the last 34 years. They humiliated themselves by blowing a 35-3 halftime lead to the Bills -- yes, the Bills! -- in the biggest choke in playoff history. After Elvis repeatedly failed to pick up the tickets Jerry Glanville left him each week in Houston, the team tried to better accommodate the King by moving closer to Graceland in 1997.
Worst of all, now Houston has to watch the Texans.
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/060110_nfl)
Our misery scale is 45.5 and we are only better than the browns and saints.
Worst moments
7. Oilers blow 35-3 lead, lose playoff game to Bills in OT. What made this one even more painful for Oilers fans is that after Buffalo had rallied from 32 down in the third quarter to take the lead, Houston actually tied it up and then lost, 41-38. Which begs another question: Was Warren Moon a great quarterback? He won just three playoff games in his career, and all three were wild-card games. He made nine Pro Bowls and threw for nearly 50,000 yards (not counting the CFL!) but never took his team to a conference title game. He's up for the Hall of Fame in a few weeks. Does he go in on the first ballot?
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/060110)
Past 25 years we are the 26th worse team, with 436 win %, 9 playoff appearances, etc.
link (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=060110/nflstandings)