• You hear mention of the word pancakes like in a Denny's commercial and IMMEDIATELY think of John McClain of the Houston Comicle.
• You find yourself watching BSPN and when they talk about momentum and force and velocity you immediately translate and calculate for "assmass" and "weightspeed"
• You're playing Star Wars The Old Republic and when you start to fight AstroMech Droids you think you read AstroMeth Droids. . .
• When you hear the name Bush you think of Frank instead of Reggie or George

I figured we might have fun adding to this thread =D . Those were just a few off the top of my head. I DO wish I wasn't so lazy that I could dig up Steph Stradley's link about the origin of "Pancakes" as a nickname. That story about "Pancakes, you bastard" always gets me chuckling.
I will leave an obvious one for some lucky poster to add just to keep it fun. Knowing this reader base -- this could be a very entertaining read.

Poll

How do you rate your consumption of BRB?

26%

I can never get enough BRB. I need MOAR!

17 votes

39%

I overdose on BRB regularly

25 votes

19%

I have a problem. I am addicted to BRB.

12 votes

6%

BRB is too dramatic I have to go away to clear my head

4 votes

4%

Rip Jersey's choice

3 votes

3%

Ham and/or Hampster

2 votes

63 votes | Poll has closed

Is because he didn't win DROY? =P That stinks to high heaven!!!

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/227457/von-miller-beats-out-aldon-smith-for-droy

Puh-LEESE! How did they not notice JJ Watt?

/storms off in disappointment.

What did Von Miller do that JJ Watt didn't do? other than be on Tebow's team? Was JJ Watt robbed? I think so. I don't even know or care if they play the same position. I seriously thought we had another DROY on our team this year.

pffft!

Poll

What do you think about Von Miller getting DROY over JJ Watt? Remember you can only pick one best answer =D.

18%

Oh Hell Yeahs! Von Miller is "teh awesome"! he DESERVES DROY

9 votes

16%

Von Miller Von Schmiller Aldon Smith shoulda won!

8 votes

40%

JJ "freakin'" Watt for DROY !! Nationwide panel of media members be damned!

20 votes

26%

ooooh! let's just curse the media out anyway they deserve it ;-)

13 votes

50 votes | Poll has closed

a hi five to Bromatic of the Daily Soccer fix for the link.

http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2011/07/Klinsmann-Named-Head-Coach-of-US-MNT.aspx

I heard about this on ESPN with Alexi Lalas reporting the breaking news. This just topped my sports week!

I never thought our TEXANS would make such bold moves in free agency and I never thought we'd get Jurgen Klinsmann as our head coach. LOL "never say never".

 I never thought the US Men's National Soccer team would step up to the level of the Women's National team but in this move, maybe Abby Wombach, Megan Rapinoe, and Alex Morgan don't have to come show the boys how the game is played ;-). 

Lalas said that Gulati, the president  US Soccer, gave Klinsmann the keys to the car. Klinsmann has the permission to go out and implement his dreams for improving US Soccer from the ground up.

Just knowing that we have Klinsmann as our head coach is awesome. Knowing that he got his terms met and has the authority to go fixing US Soccer from the ground up -- w00t! I'm so hyped!!

 

This has turned out to be a stellar week in sports for me! I hope it's going great for y'all too.

 

 

Now I'm not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes
 
You'll stumble in my footsteps
Keep the same appointments I kept
If you try walking in my shoes
If you try walking in my shoes

 

~Depeche Mode

"Walking In My Shoes"

 

As the 2010 Texans football season winds down, I think we need to remember that this was in fact the hardest schedule for all of the NFL. We had high hopes for our team. They came in early for training camp. They were all there for OTA's. We had no holdouts. We rocked the Colts. Even though we had lost Brian Cushing we still were prepared for the Colts. There wasn't a thing we did wrong in the off-season. There wasn't a thing we did wrong in the first game.

 

And then it was as if we had been preparing all off-season for one game instead of learning how to play the damn game.

 

 

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The Texans release substitute Soul Reaper, David Nixon

=( really? He steps in for us in our hour of need and we say "Sayonara" ?

 

I'm disappointed. I thought our front office had more loyalty than that. David Nixon bravely stepped in when our ferocious Soul Reaper, Demeco Ryans, fell to his Achilles injury.

/cry

I thought he did well or at least didn't detract from the whole "success" of the defense there in the winning 4th quarter.

Maybe I'm too sentimental ;-(. But that just seems wrong. He had  6 tackles in 2 quarters and change? And we dump him?

=( I'm not understanding that at all. I had been imagining how I'd write the story of David Nixon as our substitute Soul Reaper and his role in the upcoming trip to (Indianapolis) Waco Mundo. 

/sigh 

ah well there will be other tales to tell . . .

First of all I love this show, Texans Inside the Game. I never realized that the mothership was hosting the footage of these shows. Soo I'm really glad I found the online footage so that I can share this with y'all =). I ALWAYS tune in to watch Bob Allen and Spencer Tillman do Texans Inside The Game at 10:35pm on channel 13. While I might not ALWAYS get alot of info from Bob Allen, I always get good info from Spencer Tillman.Texans Inside the Game after Raiders Game 

Highlights that I wanted to underscore for y'all were

Derrick Ward's touchdown at about 2:40 min

Steve Slaton "improvising" according to Spencer Tillman at about 3 min into the reel. I wish they had time to talk about Slaton's magnetic one handed catch somewhere in the first quarter I think. That was an amazing catch.

Now at about 7:35 min Kubes is talking about giving them another day off? Is that productive during the season? On the one hand I know that they need to rest and recuperate. I was just wondering if they lose anything by getting that extra day off.

Derrick Ward at 8 min into the clip =D he looked so happy to get a chance to show off and do his job for us. I'm so happy for him. I love that he wants to contribute so much for us. I love that he wants to help the other running backs too.

the interview with Vonta Leach at about 14:14 min into the reel. I loved putting a face to our Human Coke Machine. I also loved how much fun Bob Allen was having talking to Vonta in general =D asking him about if he has fun blowing people up on the field. LOL Vonta said that's his job. Does that mean he's the demolition expert? LOL

And Tillman's Takes come up at about 16:50 min.

Any other bits of note, I didn't catch b/c I was just so happy I found the online footage. Some of y'all might not enjoy the show b/c Bob Allen and Spencer Tillman don't rag on the players as much as Battle Red Blog does but I still really enjoy the positive info that I get. And Spencer DOES call the team out on stuff especially in his takes.

I actually kind of wish this show lasted an hour which would give us about 40-45 min of show to watch but .. oh well. That's why I come to Battle Red Blog to get even MORE info on my Texans =).

I kind of think it's interesting how it sounds like they're calling Amobi Okoye, "Moby". Might become a fun name if Amobi keeps stepping up.

I was watching the feed from fox where they were interviewing Kubiak and heard them mention James Casey.

(on what type of injury TE James Casey is suffering from) “It’s a more-than-mild ankle sprain.”

I honestly didn't see him on the field . . . when did he get hurt? Does anyone know? 

 

 (TE) James (Casey) is a little bit more severe, but they both are going to be fine. It’s just James has a longer road back than Andre.”

So at least Thor is ok. Just sort of surprised that he was hurt. All this time and no one before this had mentioned Thor getting hurt. I thought maybe y'all saw when and why.

Ok I've been thinking of this for a while and while I had a whole clever story that I was going to set down about having a magic crystal ball and having someone cross my palm with Texans tickets ;-).

I just want to get this started while it's still timely. I might wish I had been all creative like tehGrindCrusher did with this epic article about Mario Williams' offseason . Or creative like this other article by tehGrindCrusher about Galacticus and tea leaves  But reading this welcome thread for the nomad Colts fans wore me out ;-) (curse you Jordann).  

And I'm not sure if pointing to two of his articles makes me a TGC fangirl but they are some of the most creative and memorable submissions to Battle Red Blog. I remember someone did a clever story about Thor trying to get the TE job from Owen Daniels? That was a good one too just can't remember what the title might have been.

Soo I'll post my prediction after the jump

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One of my favorite TV shows of all time is Babylon 5. I was watching Season One of the 5 season DVD set and in the episode called TKO and there on the wall of one of the bars that Garibaldi was frequenting with his friend, in clear colors was a ZIMA ad.

=) I just HAD to share that with y'all given the fondness for ZIMA that some of y'all have.

from the wikipedia

Zima is a clear, lightly-carbonated, alcoholic beverage, made and distributed by the Coors Brewing Company, ultimately MillerCoors. Introduced in 1993, it was marketed not as a beer, but as an alternative to beer, an early example of what is now often referred to as alcopop. Its domestic production ceased in October 2008, but it is still produced and marketed in Japan.

and also from wikipedia

 

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262. With its prominent use of planned story arcs, the series was often described as a "novel for television".[1][2]

The pilot film premiered on February 22, 1993. The regular series aired from January 26, 1994 and ran for five full seasons. The show spawned six television films and a spin-off series, Crusade, which aired in 1999 and ran for thirteen episodes. On July 31, 2007, a DVD was released containing two short films about selected characters from the series.

 

pretty interesting that the directors chose that as one of the beers to use as advertising on the station.

cheers!

 

haha! ok the wikepedia had also heard about this

Zima is referenced as an ad in an episode of Babylon 5 as being a drink still produced (or produced again) in the year 2258 in episode "TKO." The B5 creator has stated that the placement was a joke and the show received no remuneration[2][3], though was reported at the time as a product placement.

=)

Ok before you laugh too hard. Think about this for a moment. Bob McNair wanted to get the Texans more exposure. Dancing with the Stars gets HUGE coverage and it's NOT on pay per view or on any expensive station. It's on a station that you can theoretically get via the airwaves (not with my equipment but oh well).

Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals actually did ok on that show. More a testimony to Cheryl's choreography than anything else. I had worried that Ochocinco didn't have the focus to learn how to dance -- much less ACTUALLY dance. Any guy who had dropped as many passes as he has .. I don't have faith in his focus. And then he went and pulled a hamstring at OTAs (after all that training with Cheryl) -- what a flake!

I think we have some MUCH more focused players here with the Texans who could actually make a decent run for the  Mirror Ball Trophy.

It's ok you can vote and stay anonymous and never admit that you watch the show ;-).

But at the very least this poll might get you to laugh for a few seconds (I might be overestimating this).

Poll

Which Houston Texan from the 2009 season would you like to see on Dancing With The Stars? Assuming it would have minimal impact on OTAs and such.

6%

Andre Johnson

5 votes

4%

Matt Schaub

4 votes

4%

Mario Williams

4 votes

3%

Kris Brown

3 votes

41%

David Anderson

34 votes

20%

Bernard Pollard

17 votes

6%

Brian Cushing

5 votes

12%

WTF is DWTS? I never watch it. No going to start now. Go Away!

10 votes

82 votes | Poll has closed

I'm totally baffled. He's been with us for years. Is he even at these OTAs? Does he need to be invited to come? Did the Texans offer him a contract at all? I'm too lazy to research this atm. I hate to sound an alarm about Texans loyalty to players but . . . what is going on here?

Absent any real information -- The way it SEEMS like the Texans are treating Chester Pitts would SEEM to give players a reason to doubt the front office's loyalty to them when the chips are down.

However, I guess it's not the front office's job to guarantee anyone a job. But still . . .something doesn't feel right.

Jason Cole's June 1st article about Matt Schaub

 

I couldn't tell if anyone else had supplied a fan post about this. I noticed that TexansDC had made a link to this article in in this fan post but it got buried in the banter (in my opinion).

 

The back and forth between Schaub and Cole was great. I kept envisioning this interview and imagining Schaub's eyes getting wider as he restrained himself from slapping the shit out of Cole for constantly going on about Schaub being boring.

For any of you who are lazy like me, and don't like to click on links, this is the priceless back and forth between Cole and Schaub:

Jason Cole: People say you’re intentionally boring and that you actually work at it. Explain why.

Matt Schaub: It’s one of my traits. I don’t know why exactly.

Cole: But you’re not that way with your teammates from what I’m told:

Schaub: I wouldn’t say I’m boring.

Cole: Maybe you wouldn’t, but plenty of other people do.

Schaub: OK, I’m not one to say anything. When I’m asked questions about football and things of that nature, I’m not one to provide bulletin-board material or express a lot of myself through the media. I’m going to keep it low-key and go play the games.

Cole: Where does boring come from? Did a coach instill that? Were your parents like that?

Schaub: I think it comes from my parents and how I was brought up. Coaches have instilled some of that in me, but it’s just not my nature, not my personality.

Cole: Did you ever try to be more entertaining and it backfired?

Schaub: No, not yet. There was a comment last year by one of the local reporters that I needed to be more colorful. So at one of my press conferences on a Wednesday, I wore a colorful shirt and tried to be more energetic while answering.

Cole: So the answers were the same, but you tried to act excited.

Schaub: A little bit. I tweaked the answers a little bit, but for the most part tried to be more energetic and colorful with the shirt.

Cole: Did the reporters pick up on it?

Schaub: Well, I kind of hinted at it, kind of pointed at the shirt. I don’t know if they would have picked up on it if I hadn’t.

Cole: We’re reporters, we’re not terribly bright.

Schaub: I’m not saying that now.

Cole: It’s OK, you can throw us under the bus. . .

 

LOL

The man is subtle! I love Matt Schaub's humor -- and Jason Cole's humor for that matter.

Schaub: . . .I wore a colorful shirt and tried to be more energetic while answering.

hehehe something about this just strikes me as Python-esque.

And then thy go on to more detailed football talk. I thoroughly enjoyed the article so I thought I'd highlight it in case y'all missed it.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it. But Schaub just shot up my list of cool Texans players. Actually, the list is getting rather long =D.  I hope he has a great 2010 season!

I don't know much about football at all. I just tried looking at Wikepedia  to enlighten myself more about the offensive line and my eyes started to glaze over. I'll definitely have to revisit this stuff and digest it slowly.

But do y'all recall if Chris Myers' problems were ALL his fault? Or were they also partly other players on the line missing their respective assignments? Were these other players n00bs/rookies? Were they veterans?

What about this?

Houston Texans Shelley Smith OL 6’4 293 Colorado

and then this

Myers, Chris C 6-4 295 28

 

Is there a real possibility that Shelley Smith is a Chris Meyers backup? What does it mean to be OL vs being a C? I'd guess OL means offensive lineman and C means center? If this is the case, what is Chris Meyers doing wrong that Shelley Smith can do right? Is there another position on the OL that Shelley Smith should be doing for the Texans?

Sorry if these questions are too stupid to be published by an avid reader of Battle Red Blog. But I'm trying to learn and this stuff baffles me.

 

=)

Thanks in advance for your time.

I'll tell you after the NFL draft . . .

 

Yahoo Sports Texans Team Report

 

that seems to be the path that Smithiak  is taking

 

• Free agent guard Chester Pitts(notes), who is still recovering from knee surgery, had visits scheduled with the 49ers and Jets after the NFLPA meetings in Hawaii. Pitts is still the Texans’ player rep. He went to Twitter to lobby the Bengals to bring him in, too. Pitts says he expects to be healthy between May 1 and June 1.

so no apparent forward progress on Pitts and no mention of Demeco Ryans yet. . . .

I found this following quotation slightly alarming

The Texans don’t have as many needs this offseason as they have in the past. Their philosophy is to build through the draft and fill in with free agents. Expect them to sign more free agents after the draft than before.

?????

 

Have they not been faithfully reading Battle Red Blog ? Do they not see the gaping holes that we have cited?

*sigh*

 

I don't know who the author is for the Yahoo Texans Team report and the alleged "inside slant" but should I be worried that they are reported to not have as many needs? or is the operative term here "not as many" ?

Poll

What do you think of Smithiak's progress in the offseason so far?

20%

Someone unplugged the Smithiak and no one has bothered to replug or reboot them

8 votes

25%

Smithiak is "teh awesomeness" do not doubt their evaluation of talent oh Impatient One

10 votes

35%

Smithiak is going at a sane pace. We don't want to look like we're desperate or anything like that.

14 votes

17%

I don't care. Wake me up when the draft is here

7 votes

39 votes | Poll has closed