HOUSTON Oilers fans... how soon did you disown them after the relocation?

I disowned them immediately, and pretty much swore off the NFL.

Then, like a chump, I started to get sucked back in as the team we drafted/rooted for hit their stride in the late 90's.

I was at full "omg things have finally changed and I luv u blue again!" mode in the run up to the Superbowl... thinking this was finally going to be my moment to celebrate, even ostensibly, a football championship.

Then this happened:



I felt like the stupid girlfriend who took back her POS abusive boyfriend, only to be duped hardcore one last time.

That final kick in the balls cemented my everlasting hatred of that team, that city, and that liver-spotted yellow-toothed old coot they call an owner.

 

I just want to say that I hope Bud Adams lives long enough to see the Texans win the Superbowl. Have a reporter ask afterwards how does it feel and maybe he croaks on camera.

 

This.

Immediately for me. The second they announced they were leaving I was done.

 

That's what you get.

 

The Oilers were the first Houston team that I fell in love with. As a kid, that's an emotional connection that can never be replicated.

That being said, as soon as they ANNOUNCED the intention to move, I dissociated myself (also helped that the Rockets dominated everything at that time).

Even though they were in Houston for another year or so, and they drafted George and McNair,I refused to get caught up following them... because I knew this would no longer be a Houston team for much longer.

That early separation helped big-time. Didn't care that they were still called "Oilers" in Ten. Didn't want that name back when Houston was going for a new team (btw, even though the Browns kept their name/history... that's all they've really had to show for themselves since they re-started. Talk about "stuck in a rut").

It's still comical to see them honor Warren Moon and players who never even played there. Won't be long before they start chirping about how they can't make as much money in Hicksville as other teams make. In the end, them moving will ultimately be worse for THEM than it is for Houston.

No city with "-ville" in their name should ever have an NFL team.

 

Right around the time they started to play like a playoff caliber team... I probably would have stuck with them until the Texans came around if they sucked but when they started to be good... for that fanbase I couldn't forgive that insult.

 

I was young when they moved, like 7-8. So I really had no concept of them. At that age, I had already had an obsession with the rocket, I didn't even know who the oilers were. Until the texans came, I loosely followed New Orleans and Denver

 

Immediately upon the announcement. And, I pretty much left the NFL behind too. I tried to be a Saints fan for a little while (the closest team not called the Cowboys), then tried being a Steelers fan, but it never worked. At the same time, the Rockets were a great team, and I soon found this cool website called clutchcity, so football fell by the wayside. I'll watch a game now if it's convenient, but I don't follow anyone, not even the Texans.

 

I was still with the team for a couple of years since I already had an investment and attachment with the core players, i.e. McNair, George, Bishop, Matthews, etc. Regardless of the stink Bud put over everything, those were still my guys. The superbowl was pretty painful for me.

As those key guys started to leave/retire my emotional attachment faded in connection with the emergence of the Houston's own Texans.

 

F Bud Adams

 

And the way they lost.

 

I still love the Houston Oilers and always will. That color scheme will never be beat. The Titans are not the Oilers.

 

I was still enough of a fan to be peeved when they passed up Moss to get Dyson. Once they went to the Super Bowl on a freak clutch play, and almost won it by a foot; they just weren't the Oilers anymore.

 

Rooted for them until Fisher and VY left 2 years ago.

 

Hypothetically speaking, if Bud Adams or his estate decide to give the oilers name and history back to Houston, would you take it? I don't mean just keeping the Texans identity and adding the previous division titles, retired jerseys, etc. I'm talking about abandoning the Texans name and converting the franchise into the oilers...

Have the Texans surpassed the oilers in terms of Houston identity?

 

hell no.

Have the Texans surpassed the oilers in terms of Houston identity?[/QUOTE]

from the moment Houston was awarded an NFL franchise. how soon does your new wife surpass your ex in terms of Houston identity.

F the titans, and the oil derricks they rode out on.