It’s A Good Time To Be A Houston Sports Fan
I kinda ran out of Joe Buck Halloween ideas last season and nothing came to me this year, so no Halloween joke. Also due to a busy weekend my time was limited and I figured I’d give Houston some due love because the World Series may very well be over by Wednesday rendering this whole thing irrelevant. So no Joe Buck this year.
The Astros are the crazy story right now, putting on one of the best World Series’ in memory, somehow even more thrilling than last year. The comeback in game 5 was incredible. This is a great team and I’m pulling for them to pull it off. This team could win it all and has a bright future ahead of it. Of course, they may very well die a horrible screaming death.
The Texans, while flawed, seem to have found their franchise QB. DeShaun Watson is positively killing it, playing fearlessly and extremely impressively. The offense is working, and while I’ve been fairly skeptical of Watson so far (I try to keep my expectations in check, half a season doesn’t mean much) I can’t deny the kid has looked great. The Texans may still have issues but the big one might be sorted out. This team could potentially reach the playoffs and make some noise, they already took New England to the wire once. They could be a threat for the foreseeable future. Or, DeShaun could be a flash in the pan who dies a horrible screaming death.
The Rockets! The Rockets have one of the best players in the league, James “Mostly Beard” Harden. They have Chris Paul, or will have him at some point. They are actually trying to dethrone the Warriors instead of just sorta giving up till they go away, which is very commendable. This team is pretty freaking good! They have Hardy Boy locked up for mega bucks, what could this bright team do? Well it could die a horrible screaming death.
The city also has something called a Houston Dynamo, which is apparently a soccer team that has won a thing in the past decade, so that’s also…something? They are in the semi-finals right now I guess. Soccer can go die a horrible screaming death.
Of course, we secretly know the real reason Houston is playing good sports. Classic Tragedy Bump.
Anyway I just wanted to say Go Astros before the World Series potentially ended tonight. No, I won’t use your stupid hashtag. Stop it with the dumb rallying hashtags. Stop it. STOP IT. STOP FALLING FOR THIS MARKETING CRAP.
As a Houstonian, yes, this has been a crazy couple of weeks. Honestly, after Harvey, we needed this. Game 5 had everyone watching needing EMTs on standby. I’m hoping the Astros can close this series out in Game 6.
As for Watson, he’s definitely softening the blow of losing both Watt & Mercilus for the season. Seriously, he just took two teams that have won championships recently down to the wire. He put up 38 points on the Seahawks defense. I hope that he’s not flash in the pan, & nothing I’ve seen says that’s the case with him.
As for the Rockets, basketball is on my back burner until February, but I’ll be keeping an eye on them.
Umm…..
Don’t be jelly because the Giants can’t have a good hashtag. #theymightbegiants #eliTE #feefiefoefum #anybodygotapenut #werenotthejets
Considering Houston sports, no one should be shocked if they do break their fans’ hearts.
…and that Joe Buck pic is…curious.
30 some odd years ago, Mickey Hershkowitz of the Houston Post wrote a column lamenting the perpetual disappointment of Houston’s professional sports, a column that largely still holds up today unfortunately. Houston sports fans have rarely been loud enough or created enough of a diaspora to earn the city much traction nationally as a “lovable loser”, which probably suits most of us just fine.
I’m a Houstonian but not an Astros fan. However, I cannot deny that a World Series title would do great things for the morale of my water-logged city, and for that reason at the very least I would be happy to see the Astros win it all. That said, this is a football town. Houston has been waiting to absolutely explode for its football team for decades. I mean, fans packed the Astrodome parking lot to watch Bum Phillips’ AFC runner up squads get off of the team bus after their losses in Pittsburgh in the late 70s. That’s how excited people were to ALMOST get to a championship football game. A Super Bowl-contending Texans team would be the biggest thing to hit Houston since the Allen brothers.
Doesn’t the Aeros winning the 1974 and 1975 Avco World Cup count for anything?
About as much as an Arena Bowl
They counted for more when the Aeros (even the revived, minor league Aeros) were still in town, but were still ultimately a loud footnote. Same with the defunct WNBA Comets 4 championships and probably a bit below the Dynamo MLS Cup titles (as they are still in town).
The Rockets’ 2 championships are still a big deal and fondly remembered, but Houstonians desperately want an NFL accomplishment to hang their hat on. By the way, a good way to get under a Houston sports fan’s skin is to say that the Rockets’ championships should have an * because of Michael Jordan’s temporary retirement… or just mention the Dallas Cowboys.
Soccer can go die a horrible screaming death.
you can go die a horrible screaming death, #burn&die
speaking of horrible screaming deaths, what the FUCK is going on at the bottom of the page
Joe Buck Surprise!
He looks kind of dead inside.
Being a long time fan of Houston sports does that to you. Trust me.
It’s not being dead inside. That’s just the bleach wiping away his bad memories
Seahawks tore out the Texans heart and then took a piece with them back to Seattle.
Urinating Tree jinxed the Dodgers, so I think you’re fine.
Love his channel.
“Soccer can go die a horrible screaming death” agreed! and take its fans with it!
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Sir, you clearly know nothing of soccer. And therefore can go forth and shove yourself exactly where you said to put our fans.
Where’s the flood
I really hope the Joe Buck thing is permanent.
THEY DID IT DAVE
Deshaun Watson died for this
Well, looks like you cursed Watson.
This didn’t age well….
HOLY SHIT YOU KILLED DESHAUN DAVE, YOU KILLED HIM
You killed DeShaun! You bastard!
And now DeShaun Watson is dead.
Can we get something like the bottom panel for every team? I just watched the Panther-Falcons game and I may have yelled exactly that over and over again
DUDE I HAD TO LOOK UP WHEN YOU POSTED THIS TO SEE IF IT WAS BEFORE OR AFTER DESHAUN WATSON DIED
Well this aged poorly, lol.
I think you mean well…
The Astros are (somewhat wrongly) disgraced, the Rockets are awful, and the Texans are the laughingstock. Sounds about right. I guess soccer still exists. Apparently people like watching a game where 4 shots on goal happen all game if you’re lucky.