I grew up bleeding Columbia blue. I cried when the Oilers lost and rejoiced when they won. I worshipped at the feet of Warren Moon and even chose the name "Lorenzo" in my 9th grade Spanish class, in honor of Lorenzo White. When the Oilers moved to Tennessee, I continued to be a diehard fan. I followed the team's every move and lived and died by McNair and George. Needless to say the Kevin Dyson Super Bowl incident nearly killed me, and the Buffalo playoff win was one of the top moments of my life. Then the Texans came about and I just couldn't bring myself to become a fan. Part of this was because I lived in Austin and had no natural affiliation or constant exposure to Texans news. If I wanted to be a fan, I'd have to invest extra time to get news and information about the everyday goings of the franchise. Instead, I remained with the Titans. Then, I moved to Houston last year. I started getting inundated with Texans news and slowly started appreciating the team, as it became my second favorite football team behind my beloved Titans. Then a few months ago, I was hired by ESPN.com to cover the Houston Texans. I now had a professional obligation to know what was going on with the team on a daily basis. I followed this season's training camp, kept up with injuries, and wrote lots of articles. As a writer for another fantasy web site, I was also asked to cover the Texans. This meant less time to invest in keeping up with my Titans. Add to the fact that Eddie George turned Benedict Arnold and signed with the HATED Cowboys, and I felt like a piece of my soul had died and that my extreme love of the Titans had shrunk. Then came today's game. I expected to vigorously root for the Titans, despite my growing fondness for the Texans. However, every time the Titans scored, I found myself to be indifferent. I actually cheered when the Texans scored and their defense picked off my boy McNair. The only emotion I felt was sadness for how McNair was getting beaten up. The clock struck zero, the Texans won, and I wasn't upset. I wasn't jubilant like most Texans fans, but I was ok. Actually I was more than ok, I was feeling pretty decent. Has the dreaded moment finally happened? Have I transformed from a diehard Oilers/Titans fan to a Texans fan? Damn you ESPN.com! Damn you to hell! Go Texans? Go Titans? Color me confused.
It's ok, I feel like I'm being dragged along anyways! (like Marty McFly at the start of BTTF III in the old West)
yeah I don't like titans fans that are also texans fans.. BUT... someone had a texans cap on today and a old school earl cambell jersey.. and that was pretty sweet looking..
Ditto what codell said. In my mind, if you ever rooted for the Titans, especially after we were awarded the franchise that eventually became the Texans, then you'll never be a true Texans' fan. This is coming from a guy who's rooted for the Packers ever since the Oilers left and who is preparing to burn his cheesehead before the nationally televised game prepares to kickoff.
I don't understand either. It's like finding out your wife has been cheating on you and is leaving you....and then still telling her you love her and buying her jewelry on her birthday every year. The last game the Oilers played in Houston was the last time I gave a sweet rats ass about them. Today was the day I have been dreaming about since the very moment it was announced we were getting an expansion team. When I first heard the news, I thought to myself how great it would be when we finally beat the tittie-boys from Neckville. In a lot of ways this was sweeter than the Astros victory today. For me anyway. It's going to be even better when we beat them at home later this year.
agreed. the day the oilers left, i dropped 'em. They left Houston, and you still favored them over the Texans??? that's weak, man.
damn, i'm almost exactly the same as drapg in this regard. george, mcnair, fisher, those were the guys i had followed for several years at that point. sure, bud adams could go to hell, but i couldn't leave those guys. i didn't root for them like before, but they were still my team (along with the rams offense). i've never been enormously into the nfl (even with watching it every sunday) but i had to have someone to root for so i stuck with the titans (and the rams offense). the music city miracle was the greatest revenge i could've ever scripted against buffalo. even a bigger comeback wouldn't have been as good. it was so perfect. and yet, at the same time, watching them fall one yard short was perfect as well. not only did it tell me they were still the oilers, but the b*stard fans of nashville didn't get a super bowl without having to pay all the dues long time (way more long time than 22 year olds like me especially) oiler fans had. in a sense, that was the most perfect playoffs ever for me. the rams offense won, i got revenge against buffalo, and nashville fans were tortured. when we eventually got the texans, i couldn't get into them. i knew what was going on, even tuned into games, but never lived and died with anything them. they won, cool, they lost, cool. but as each season has gone by, they've grown on me a little more. i'm still not all the way there like i was during the oilers days, but i actually care what happens to them now. i pay attention to carr's stats to make sure he's still awesome. i actually watch the games to see how they're coming along. i'm mad when they lose and actually think about making the playoffs. and as this afternoon made me realize, i don't really care about the titans. i didn't even realize they were 2-4 until they said it on nfl primetime. i assumed they were doing fairly well like usual. so like drapg, i think i realized this afternoon that i'm actually a texans fan these days.
I'm as die-hard Texans fan as they come...but I have nothing against the Titans. I actually LIKE them and have rooted for them in the past and will probably root for them in the future (when they're not playing us). They're a good team...outside Bud Adams that is...but c'mon... just because they left means u have to hate the team?!...hate the owner fine...but what does it matter if you hate the team or not...it shouldn't and it doesn't.
Bandwagon by R.E.M. Come on aboard, I promise you you won't hurt the horse We treat him well, we feed him well There's lots of room for you on the bandwagon, The road may be rough, the weather may forget us But won't we all parade around and sing our songs, A magic kingdom, open-armed Greet us hello, bravo, name in lights Passing on the word to fellow passengers and players, passing in, Until you're tired looking at all the flags And all the banners waving This is some parade, yesiree Bob Could we have known? Yesiree Bob, could we have known? Look at all the flags and all the banners waving Open up our arms, a magic kingdom, open-armed and greet us all Come on aboard, I promise you you won't hurt the horse We treat him well, we feed him well There's lots of room for you on the bandwagon The road may be rough, the weather may forget us But won't we all parade around and sing our songs and wave our flags A magic kingdom, greet us all hello, greet us hello, greet us hello That being said, I'm not really a huge Texan or Astros fan yet. I've only lived in Houston for 6 years, and the Rockets are the only team I really love.
No, that's my point. Too many former Oilers are gone (especially Eddie) and I don't feel the same affection for the new guys as I did for the old Oilers, mainly because they're not the guys I followed on a day-to-day basis since they're so far away in Nashville, unlike the Texans who I know about b/c I live in this city.
Fairly clever. I'm not quite on the bandwagon yet. While I have respect for the Texans, I don't live and die by their losses, like I did with the Oilers and Titans (before the loss of Eddie George) and all Longhorns sports. Maybe I just don't have an NFL team to call my own anymore? 'Tis a sad day.
francis 4 prez put it best. McNair, George, Hopkins, Matthews... these guys did nothing to invoke my rage! I loved them in Houston and I saw no need to ditch my team b/c Bud Adams was an *******. But now only McNair remains from that team. And as great as Chris Brown is, I spent too much time hating him at Colorado to become a big fan. God I hate this. It really is eating me up inside, when you consider the fact that sports is my life.
