Eagle1855

I think the conference slate is a wash, as far as competition compared to last year. While I'm very concerned about our defensive line, I still think we'll go as far as our QB play takes us. I can see anywhere between 3 and 7 wins on the schedule. Still too early to tell...

Yeah, Tennessee must plan on winning a National Championship in 2014.

I attend a lot of UH games and work with many UH students and I'm glad to say almost everyone I interact with has a great deal of tact and class. It's too bad I can't say the same for you.

It's a trash heap. Literally.

The Cowboys won a lot of goodwill with fans with those FIVE Super Bowls... which was my point. Also, thanks for letting me know you didn't care enough to post by posting that you didn't care enough to post.

Great stuff. Also, I hear we may have an opening on defense. Just saying.

I've seen nothing on our current roster that would lead me to believe adding this guy - even for one year - wouldn't be worth our time. Of course you make that call. You make it yesterday. And if he has one good season, that's one more than we've had in almost a decade.

The list of "great" fanbases - in ANY sport - that got there without winning is very, very short.

This and this alone. It solves everything. We just haven't ever done it, so we don't have any way of proving it. But it works elsewhere...

This, except in reverse. No reason for Houston to be overly concerned with Dallas sports, nor vice-versa. Still pissed about the forced move to the AL. It's whatever. Can't bail on a team after 30+ years. Just sucks, woe is me. I don't care for baseball indoors, either, though there's a tradition of it in Houston. When the roof is open, it's a really great view of downtown, has a nice feel to it. But I'd never say I prefer MMP over any of the great historic parks. And nobody in Houston nor Dallas has any business bagging on anyone about "sterile environments" while a team is "down."There are only a couple parks in the nation that will draw consistently and maintain a great game atmosphere despite a poor product on the field- and none of them are in Texas. We're a football state. Even at their worst, Texans and Cowboys still sell out every single game. Which I think is a great source of pride.

Matthew 6:34 - the original YOLO.

Edited previous post, missed the part about food. Which I'm with you, 100%.

Second. It's also a lot less sterile when the team isn't garbage. And there used to be better food in that park, I'm sure of it. Whatever Jim Crane's crew is doing now just isn't cutting it (though the club level offers a lot more to eat and drink). The beer selection sucks, which seems easy to remedy, given Houston has several high-quality local breweries. Texans games are infinitely better experiences than the current Astros offering, which breaks my little blue and orange heart. And while I prefer open-air stadiums like The Ballpark (which I think is a great park), I'll enjoy my July and August baseball in the air-conditioning, not melting to the seats.

I did not, but I'll add that to the list next time I'm traveling through. Appreciate the recommendation. We spent three mornings in a row at the same table in the Peacock's Diner on the south side of town. Was a perfect way to start the day!

It's worth noting the 'sex' portion of a homosexual relationship is -- like that of their heterosexual counterparts -- only one component of being gay. Not sure I see much value obsessing over the mechanics of bedroom activities. But to each his own.

So that you know we mean business. Opponents can't just show up at Apogee and expect it to be sunshine and daisies. Nobody walks out of Denton alive.

Indeed. I don't know why so many people in the media and sports talk radio (you know, the apex of rational, informed debate) have endeavored to marginalize this proclamation by saying he's older, towards end of career, not a superstar, etc. To them I'd say: who cares? I imagine this matters a great deal to the 15 year-old kid who doesn't feel he could ever play sports because of his sexual orientation, because he won't be accepted. Where being homosexual is likened to being "less of a man" or "less tough." I've got a couple friends, one of which is a Houston Firefighter whose manhood I certainly wouldn't question. I'm with you: courageous first step.

Right, which is why I said that I couldn't say for sure. I don't know the statistics or probability in such a situation. I'm also not sure there has ever been a situation where someone pulled out a gun and a bunch of people carrying have beaten them to the draw and "eliminated the risk." And maybe that says something, too. Ha. I was in Stephenville last week and after noting the large percentage of cowboys, ranchers, and the like, remarked to my girlfriend that "I bet it's the last place on earth someone would try to shoot up a restaurant." A joke, but the underlying principle is one that I believe to be consistent with your point. I'm a fan of owning guns of all kinds and I personally enjoy shooting and using them responsibly. Also a fan of making sure all of that is done in an intelligent, rational and responsible manner. So if there are ways to improve that, I'm willing to listen.

You probably can't stop most massacres. You might be able to limit the damage. But people that are hell-bent on killing and causing destruction are usually able to do so. The problem isn't explicitly the guns, knives, or even pressure-cookers- it's the people using them. And until that's addressed, it won't stop. Call it mental disorder. Call it religious fanaticism. Call it a hard childhood. Call it whatever you want: there are underlying issues at play in every single one of these instances. Sure, you can say that "if someone had a gun" and cite and example or two where it was beneficial, but having guns wouldn't have done a damned thing for the people of Boston. That's the sad reality of the world in which we live. Besides that, a bunch of half-trained people firing off guns in the middle of chaos probably doesn't help the police as much as we'd like to think. But I can't say for sure. You can tighten up gun laws and require more extensive background checks and longer wait periods, you can limit magazine clips or even require certain skills tests for purchasing said firearms. These are worthwhile things to consider (no one is taking anyone's guns away). But you'll still have the aforementioned underlying issues that have to be addressed, else the people who want to kill (or feel it is their responsibility to do so) will continue to kill.

They could just schedule the us's of the world, right?

It seems in order to get drafted from a "smaller" program, you've either got to have incredible "measurables" or be a significant contributing factor on a team that did something noteworthy -- or both. And sometimes even that doesn't mean anything, right, Case Keenum? Also, we just haven't been very talented for a very long time. That's probably the most significant problem. I'll invite you to take a look at our who's who list of teams we've beaten in the last 20 years as evidence.

I was just wondering if he had declared this past year. He's not going to be a first-round pick (no RB's went in the first round this year and there were several that were better "gets" than Sims), but he's definitely a bad-ass. He looked like a man among boys that night NT played at UH. As an aside, the arrogant tone of your posts is quite irritating.

I think all the leagues should adopt such a rule.

Because we're never invited, so we're forced to rationalize why our present situation is "better anyhow,"