It was like 95 degrees + that day.... and yes, it was a stupid decision to open it to try to gain an advantage due to "black uniforms". Its 73 degrees right now... probably will be 80 at kickoff. This game is going to be seen by the majority of the nation (pretty big deal for a noon game), with overhead blimp shots as well. Our "roof" being closed will be questioned on more than one occasion today. Honestly, as long as the Texans win, I don't care.... but it is a giant waste of money that is being paid for by taxpayers when it is going to rarely be used.
its not really built to be open except on cool days. if there is sun and its 85, all you're going to feel is sun. its closed from end to end and side to side allowing no breeze
They didn't kill tailgating. They just said you have to have a ticket for it. To be honest, I didn't know that many people actually went to stadium grounds to NOT go to the game. If I were a season ticket holder, I'd be kinda pissed about that... extra traffic, extra crowds, and extra chance for crime/muggings/altercations due to people that don't even have a ticket for the game.
Guarantee that they did not realize/plan for that when they sold the idea for it, took taxpayers money for it, and built it with the advertisement that Houston would finally have open air football. There are only 8 home games a year... and in a year like this one with no prime-time games, they are all going to be day games. Its going to be 80 degree weather till November. Basically only giving them one month for a chance to potentially open the roof... and that's only if there is close to 0% chance of rain. There's really no reason to have a retractable roof, under these stringent circumcstances, other than to say we have one... and like I said before, they survived an entire season of open-air football which featured days that were much worse than the ones such as today.
Yes, I know. I'm a season ticket holder. It never bothered me. The Dallas game was a mess because they were under prepared for it. So they overreacted and punished everyone because of it. Stupid.
Not really... he would have gotten beat as badly as Kareem did last week. If there is no pass rush again, the secondary will be exposed. Can't give them time to throw the deep ball... which will kill us every time.
The open air stadium was a waste of money. This is Houston, and there's a reason we got the first Dome, and it's because our weather, even in the Fall, is unbearably hot.
We get Greg and Dan again... over under on how many percieve they are "hating" on the Texans is at 10 minutes.
damn dierdoff with some high praise... "best wide reciever in the nfl for the last 6-7 years. No disputing that."
Three straight weeks of Gumbel and Dierdorf. Viewers ought to get combat pay for that. Don't know if someone from Houston ran over his cat, but Dierdorf is a bona fide shameless Houston trasher, dating back to the Oilers.
Its three out of 4 (they didn't do the Miami game)... and we are getting them more for the opponents we are playing (Indy, NO, Pitsburgh) than just for us. When we are finally successful enough to draw big-game announcers for just us, and they still seem biased against us, then complain away... as it is, I don't see as much of the hate for Houston from Dierdorff... he used to love the run and shoot O-line (Munchack/Matthews) along with Moon/Jeffires.
