Last week, the Houston Texans had an epic meltdown with Quarterback Sage Rosenfels fumbling twice at the end of the 4th Quarter to allow the Colts to come back from 17 points down and win 31-27. The Texans are now 0-4. After watching the end of the game, I checked out Battle Red Blog, a Texans blog, to see if anyone was calling for coach Gary Kubiak’s job yet. I stumbled across the Open Game Day Thread, which gave a pretty good summary of the Texans fans’ emotional ride last Sunday afternoon:
Eerie Foreshadowing – 1:07PM CDT
Once again, this game is going to come down to our butter-soft end of game defense. The Colts look very beatable of course, but how will our guys respond late in the 4th?
Swagger – 2:17PM CDT
Agressive – even with a ten point lead in the fourth. LOVE it.
Counting Chickens Before They’ve Hatched – 2:27PM CDT
We’re going to win this game.
Hubris – 2:41PM CDT
We are gonna have to get a first down!!!! Stop playing like we are running the clock out with 20 secs left
Within a minute of that last comment being posted, Rosenfels kept the ball and tried to run for a first down. But instead of sliding, tried to leap over several defenders. Predictably, he fumbled, the Colts recovered and ran it back for a touchdown to close the lead to 3. Dumbest play I’ve seen all year (other than DeSean Jackson dropping the ball right before he scored a touchdown for the Eagles).
The thread continued:
Bewilderment – 2:41PM CDT
The Colts then kicked off to the Texans again, where they ran the ball for one yard on first down, taking 40 seconds off the clock.
Not Learning From Earlier Mistakes – 2:45PM CDT
they have got to fucking get a first down. 2 yards a clip won’t cut it
With 2nd and 9 from Houston’s 21, the Texans call two pass plays in a row. Why!?! Run out the fucking clock, dummies. Karma delivered on 3rd and 9 as the Colts stripped the ball from Rosenfels again, giving them the ball at the Houston 20 with 2:36 still left. Manning eventually threw the game-winning touchdown to Reggie Wayne.
Rage – 2:46PM CDT
Insanity – 2:50PM CDT
Defeat – 2:54PM CDT
I think sports may finally have broken me entirely.
Dude, I’ve been there.
I thought this was a political blog? And the only thing we kick around here is wingnut asses? Is HA diversifying into other forms of entertainment in anticipation of a world in which politics is boring because Democrats win all the elections and the only remaining conservatives are mannequins in wax museums exhibited alongside axe murderers and Adolf Hitler? Will sports replace politics as the opiate of the masses? Just wonderin’ …
At least Houston has a team that can actually still be in the game that late.
Rog, you gotta escape from the bleak future of cleaning up after the Republicans somehow.
Football is not it for me though. I’m so fucking fatigued after 8 years of the monkey administration and 30 years (since Raygun) of right wing bullshit, I don’t think even an Obama landslide will lift me up.
@3 “Rog, you gotta escape from the bleak future of cleaning up after the Republicans somehow.”
Won’t take more than 5 minutes if we use nukes — drop ’em on the red states and you’e done, problem solved, mess cleaned up.*
* Hey just kidding! Wingnut humor! But did you know that Vogler guy who started the Alaska Independence Party wanted to nuke Alaska’s glaciers to get at the gold he said was under them? Vogler was a gold miner, and I think he was serious. That’s the kind of people the Palins pal around with.
Houston has a football team? Who knew?
Anybody else been watching Australian Rules Football on 28-4 (Tacoma’s KBTC digital – Mhz’s Worldview)? Monday night.
What a great game, combines the best of all the big sports…speed of basketball/hockey, passing of our football, kicking of soccer, and fights of hockey. All played on a field so big, you won’t believe it’s possible.
Lee,
Step back from the edge, Houston has had their last second comefrombehindwin.
Have a beer and rejoice in how sports renews with the next game, the next season.
Now, Go Dodgers!!
(I am not waiting until next year)
@7
The end of that Houston game today was amazing. And I had to go back to the same Texans blog to check out the rejoicing.
6:
http://www.seattlefooty.com – Home of Seattle Grizzlies, USAFL Div. 2 Champions.
Hey, at least someone from Seattle is winning something.
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