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If This Does Not Motivate You, Nothing Will (VIDEO)

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Texans Steeped in Denial

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In a not so surprise move, Gary Kubiak finally got canned after nearly a decade as the Houston Texans Head Coach. After years of frustration, tentative plays and botched draft picks, fans finally demanded Kubiak’s head. They got it.

Texan’s sweet-natured owner Bob McNair supposedly “did his homework” recruiting O’Brien who has been described as an “offensive coach.”  Pundits are counting on the fact that O’Brien has a gift for mentoring young quarterbacks. Even McGloin credits his making it to the NFL to O'Brien's help. Except that McGloin is barely in the NFL – he’s with the Raiders. It could be time for a Texans intervention. 

The problem? O’Brien is untested in the NFL in the only position that counts – Head Coach. O'Brien is  only 44 -years old and  worked for the New England Patriot’s  Bill Belichick, first as an assistant from 2007 to 2011 and later as the offensive coordinator when the Patriot’s  lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.

O’Brien left the Pats two years ago to take over at Penn State after the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Penn State was crippled with a bowl ban and emotional crisis after the loss of Joe Paterno and the horrendous headlines about Sandusky. O’Brien lead the Nittany Lions to a  ho-hum 15-9 record (10-6 in the slow -paced Big Ten). Heaven forbid the Texans get a college coach from the SEC that might be better prepared.

It is highly doubtful that O’Brien can take a lot of credit for the offensive successes of the New England Patriots. With a cagey, brilliant and iron-fisted Head Coach like Belichick plus a once-in-a-lifetime talented quarterback like Tom Brady, it seems less than likely that O’Brien was the talent behind the talent.

A local Houston sports analyst eager to jump on the O’Brien bandwagon claimed that O’Brien is ”tough” was not “not afraid” to “get in a quarterback’s face,” citing dressing down of Tom Brady on the sidelines one Sunday. Big deal.

John Harris, a writer for the Houston Chronicle and O’Brien’s  classmate at noted football university Brown (cough, cough) told an anecdote about O’Brien’s commitment to studying for one economics exam as proof that he will turn the Texans around. Frankly, Harris seems to be laying it on a bit thick.

Houstonians were weary with Kubiak’s “that’s on me” press conferences, moping around the sidelines and oddly shoe-blacked unmoving hair. He became a source of irritation for desperate Texan fans. But this fleshy,  Big 10 yankee who went to Brown hardly seems like the solution. 15 and 9...in the Big 10. Really? 

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College Bowl Schedule

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Texas will meet Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. (AP)

Rose Bowl
Pasadena, Calif. – 5 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
Michigan State vs. Stanford

Fiesta Bowl 
Glendale, Ariz. – 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
Baylor vs. Central Florida

Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, La. – 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 2 
Alabama vs. Oklahoma

Orange Bowl
Miami, Fla. – 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 3
Clemson vs. Ohio State

BCS title game 
Pasadena, Calif. – 8:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 6
Florida State vs. Auburn

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque, N.M. – 2 p.m. ET, Dec. 21
Washington State vs. Colorado State

Royal Purple Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nev. – 3:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 21
Fresno State vs. USC

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Boise, Idaho – 5:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 21
San Diego State vs. Buffalo

New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans, La. – 9 p.m. ET, Dec. 21 
Tulane vs. La.-Lafayette

Beef O'Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl
St. Petersburg, Fla. – 2 p.m. ET, Dec. 23
Ohio vs. East Carolina

Hawaii Bowl 
Honolulu, Hawaii – 8 p.m. ET, Dec. 24
Oregon State vs. Boise State

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Detroit, Mich. – 6 p.m. ET, Dec. 26
Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green

Poinsettia Bowl 
San Diego, Calif. – 9:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 26
Northern Illinois vs. Utah State

Military Bowl
Annapolis, Md. – 2:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 27
Maryland vs. Marshall

Texas Bowl
Houston, Texas – 6 p.m. ET, Dec. 27
Syracuse vs. Minnesota

Fight Hunger Bowl
San Francisco, Calif. – 9:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 27
Washington vs. BYU

Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, N.Y. – 12 p.m. ET, Dec. 28
Notre Dame vs. Rutgers

Belk Bowl
Charlotte, N.C. – 3:20 p.m. ET, Dec. 28
North Carolina vs. Cincinnati

Russell Athletic Bowl
Orlando, Fla. – 6:45 p.m. ET, Dec. 28
Miami vs. Louisville

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Tempe, Ariz. – 10:15 p.m. ET, Dec. 28
Kansas State vs. Michigan

Armed Forces Bowl
Fort Worth, Texas – 11:45 a.m. ET, Dec. 30
Navy vs. Middle Tennessee State

Music City Bowl 
Nashville, Tenn. – 3:15 p.m. ET, Dec. 30
Mississippi vs. Georgia Tech

Alamo Bowl 
San Antonio, Texas – 6:45 p.m. ET, Dec. 30
Texas vs. Oregon

Holiday Bowl
San Diego, Calif. – 10:15 p.m. ET, Dec. 30
Arizona State vs. Texas Tech

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Shreveport, La. – 12:30 p.m. ET, Dec. 31
Arizona vs. Boston College

Sun Bowl
El Paso, Texas – 2 p.m. ET, Dec. 31
Virginia Tech vs. UCLA

Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tenn. – 4 p.m. ET, Dec. 31
Mississippi State vs. Rice

Chick-fil-A Bowl 
Atlanta, Ga. – 8 p.m. ET, Dec. 31
Texas A&M vs. Duke

Gator Bowl 
Jacksonville, Fla. – 12 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
Georgia vs. Nebraska

Heart of Dallas Bowl
Dallas, Texas – 12 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
UNLV vs. North Texas

Capital One Bowl 
Orlando, Fla. – 1 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
South Carolina vs. Wisconsin

Outback Bowl 
Tampa, Fla. – 1 p.m. ET, Jan. 1
LSU vs. Iowa

Cotton Bowl 
Arlington, Texas – 7:30 p.m. ET, Jan. 3
Missouri vs. Oklahoma State

BBVA Compass Bowl 
Birmingham, Ala. – 1 p.m. ET, Jan. 4
Houston vs. Vanderbilt

GoDaddy Bowl 
Mobile, Ala. – 9 p.m. ET, Jan. 5
Ball State vs. Arkansas State

Houston Area 9-Year -Old Girl is Next Tiger Woods (VIDEO)

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Houston area 9 -year- old girl is next Tiger Woods. 

 

Hashtag Games: Bob Costas’ Halftime Lecture

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German Shepherd regular Piehole contributor and commenter extraordinaire makes it to Twitchy!

 

 

Can't wait to hear Bob Costas' opinion on Ukraine situation.

— German Shepherd (@GermanShepher10) December 9, 2013

 
Place your bets: #SNF viewers predict subject of Bob Costas’ halftime lecture.

And Now Back to the NFL...Kubiak Exits Stage Left

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Long-suffering Texans fans who have put up with Head Coach Gary Kubiak's constant mumbling, his "buck stops here" scripts, his crappy coaching, crappy recruiting, his bizarre love-fest with medicore quarterbacks David Carr and Matt Schaub,  his shoe-black dyed hair, losing attitude are FINALLY VINDICATED.

Owner McNair finally grew a pair and fired his lameness - Kubiak. Of course Kubiak leaves the Texans saddled with Schaub's contract and cap burden in 2014. Oh well. Good riddance.  

How about Bill Cowher? How about John Gruber? Tony Dungy? 

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IT WON’T STOP WITH THE REDSKINS

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Left-leaning dingleberries are in a bloody lather over the name of the Washington D.C. football team.  Bob Costas, Mike Francesa, some Native Americans, and (of course) the community organizer in chief, among others, are offended by the “Redskins” moniker.  And on their planet, giving offense is akin to a capital offense.  They have a natural right to go through life free of being offended.  If someone’s beliefs offend you, Muzzle him!  If someone’s body odor offends you, Off with his arms!  To be offended is to be entitled to make change without question.  Make no mistake, the effort to change the name of the Redskins is just the beginning.  No doubt, the Kansas City Chiefs are next, but the name of just about every NFL team is offensive to someone—either because it causes disgust or because it is not as “inclusive” as it should be.

The New England Patriots, for example, are defined by the logo on the side of their helmets as Revolutionary War soldiers; and when they score a touchdown, some dude in Revolutionary garb fires a musket.  But we are constantly told by the loony left that pacifists can be patriots every bit as much as violent people.  Thus, to be genuinely inclusive, the New England team should be re-named the Americans.

Even worse is the team in western New York, which is named for a racist white man known for the slaughter of hundreds, if not thousands or tens of thousands of animals unique to North America.  What a terrible message to send to our children, and to undo this damage we would do well to change the name to the Buffalo Buffaloes.  Likewise, the Wisconsin team no doubt gives offense to the folks from PETA and all vegetarians everywhere.  “Packers”—which conjures slabs of meat torn from innocent animals—could be changed to Green Bay Gardeners—both inoffensive and alliterative.

In Houston they call the team the “Texans,” but let’s face it: this name –which refers to white people—consciously excludes large segments of the population.  For example, there are all of those Mexicans—both legal and illegal—from whom Texas was stolen.  And in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there are the numerous Black Americans who relocated from New Orleans to Houston.  Thus, a sensitive renaming of the team would be the Houston Afro-Texicans or something like it.  (Thank goodness the Houston team is no longer called the “Oilers” — Can you imagine the screaming from the left for a team named for evil petroleum?)

No less offensive is the name of the team from San Francisco, which seems inoffensive but is far from it.  Anyone who has read Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast knows that the despoliation of California began before 1850 (largely because of the need for leather in the Northeast United States).  Cattle were free-grazed and slaughtered for their hides on vast tracts of land under the auspices of Mexicans held in thrall to immoral landowners.  More specifically, W.T. Sherman tells us in his Memoirs that the 49ers were so crazed with ripping gold and other minerals from the rich soil of California that they abandoned their ships in San Francisco Bay (there were hundreds of them).  Sherman himself was tempted to do the same. 

The 49ers lived in lawless camps and were notorious for abusing the Chinese and Native American populations.  They even used hydrological mining, which caused serious erosion.  In short, the 49ers were human locusts.  Given that the team is headquartered so far west, a better, more innocuous name for the team would be the San Francisco Sundowners.

Make no mistake: the attempt to change the name of the Redskins is just the beginning in an America where giving offense is a capital offense.  No doubt, some cogent left-wing objection will be found to the names for other teams.  Cleveland Browns (strange color reference); Miami Dolphins (victim of tuna fishing); New Orleans Saints (attempt to push Christianity); New York Giants (mocks little people); New York Jets (implement of war)?

And so it goes — Posca knows.

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From Embarrassment Of Riches To Pure Embarrassment: History of the Houston Texans

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I am writing this as a less-than-proud supporter of the Houston Texans since the NFL voted to accept McNair’s $700 million offer for the 32^nd NFL franchise in 1999.

The History of the Franchise

The birth of an NFL franchise. The year was 1999. Despite my reservations, the Texans hired Washington Redskins G.M. Charley Casserly to be the Executive Vice President & General Manager. I attended luncheons during which Casserly enthusiastically spoke about the new Reliant stadium and described his “roll up his sleeves” mentality as he prepared to get ready for the business of football (even though Casserly more closely resembled the main character of a J.K. Rowling novel who played quidditch). I stood by as they rolled out the name and logo bypassing suggestions like the “Apollos” (sounded like a 1950s Motown group), the Colt 45's, the Energy, the Roughnecks, Roughriders, Roustabouts most of which sounded like imprisoned hooligans or biker gangs.

I looked the other way when Dom Capers was hired as head coach. By 2002 Texans finished 4–12; and by 2005 they completed their worst in the league record of 2–14. Of course, at that time, the prudent decision would have been to fire everybody – EXCEPT Casserly? Go figure. Then even more questionable decisions were made – making Broncos offensive coordinator, Gary Kubiak the head coach. Nobody checked to see if Kubiak was responsible for the Broncos success or if Kubiak was working FOR Mike Shanahan.

The Texans went on to give pretty boy QB David Carr an $8 million bonus,  and instead of recruiting Reggie Bush or Vince Young, the Texan’s used their draft pick to snap up…Mario Williams. Whatever. By the end of 2006, Reggie Bush and the Saints played for the NFC Championship and Vince Young had won the Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. Casserly resigned in June.  Meanwhile Mario Williams finished with 4.5 sacks and 47 tackles while suffering from a really bad foot wart. Watching Mario wander around the field for an entire season was frustrating to say the least, causing a long-time Texan fan to comment, “Time to throw a tent over Mario’s circus.”

By 2007, Matt Schaub replaced Carr, and Mario started playing again, but the Texans finished last in their division. In 2008 Texans were 8-8 and acquired Andre Johnson.

Kubiak Under the Radar

A full four years after hiring Kubiak, the Texans finally had a 9-7 winning season in 2009 (the first in franchise history) and instead of firing him for his 4 -year lull and stupid play-calling, the Texans re-signed head coach Gary Kubiak to a contract extension through 2012. Why?

In 2010, the Texans finally made a good decision - hiring Wade Phillips. The addition of Wade Phillips made the Houston Texans the first NFL franchise in history to have a Defensive Coordinator who was a better head coach than the head coach in title only, Gary Kubiak. By 2011, under Phillips' recruiting ability and superior guidance (plus the additions of draft picks J.J. Watt, Brandon Harris, Roc Carmichael, Brooks Reed, and Shiloh Keo) the Texans defense rose from 30th to #2 in the league. Texans went 10-6 in 2011 and won the AFC South. In 2011, the Texans repeated their AFC South title with a 12-4 record.

While Schaub was on IR in 2011, his stats were good (both before and after his recovery) but Schaub lacked the leadership, brains and consistency to be classified as an “elite quarterback.” Sadly, the Texans seemed to believe if they paid him like an elite QB he would become one… so they inexplicably signed Matt Schaub to a  4-year, $62 million extension in September of 2012. One word: overpaid.

This Season & Schaub's  Future

So welcome to 2013. The Texans hardly look like a playoff team. We have a  Head Coach with a head full of hair colored with shoe black who acts more like an assistant offensive coordinator, and a quarterback who can’t call plays and holds the record for most consecutive pick 6’s. Sadly , we're only in the first half of the season.

Schaub’s contract has a “Sanchez clause” in 2013, in which the quarterback receives a fully-guaranteed base salary of $7.25 million.

According to Mike Florio at NBC getting rid of Schaub would “result in $14 million in dead money thanks to the unallocated portion of his $17.5 million signing bonus.”

Florio wrote, “Though the hit could be reduced to $3.5 million in 2013 with a post-June 1 designation for the release, the other $10.5 million would apply to the cap in 2014. Moreover, dumping Schaub would constitute an admission that the $22.4 million Schaub was paid in 2013 was a mistake.”

Needless to say, Kubiak probably wishes to avoid the appearance of yet another mistake since he has been skating by for 8 years.

So what happens in 2014 - will Kubiak continue to prowl the sidelines looking like the booger- eating moron that he is? Will the Texans pay Schaub another $10 million? Let’s hope not.  

 

 

 

 

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NFL Caves In - Will Meet with Indian Tribe over Redskins Team Name

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Obama continues to promote identity conflicts in order to divert attention away from his pathetic scandals, failed foreign policy, government shutdown and inability to negotiate with congress. The latest manufactured crisis is pretending that the name of an NFL football team is meant as a racial epithet.

So after Obama weighed in stating that if he were the team owner he would "think about changing"  the team's name,  the National Football League has dutifully cowed to the extortion of the  political correctness police and will meet next month with an American-Indian tribe. A random tribe of leaders with the Oneida Indians are apparently  pushing for the Washington Redskins to change the team name. Dan Snyder, the vociferous owner of the Redskins, has repeatedly said that they will keep the name. 

Of course, no one knows just who in the hell the "Oneida Indians" are and why they have an opinion about a Washington D.C.  football team name. One can only assume that they must worship some sort of flatware. 

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As If You Needed Another Reason to Hate Soccer

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"We were working on an empty stomach for 24 hours; 12 hours' work and then no food all night. When I complained, my manager assaulted me, kicked me out of the labor camp I lived in and refused to pay me anything. I had to beg for food from other workers," said Ram Kumar Mahara, 27.

 

From The Guardian:

The Guardian conducted an investigation into the deaths of Nepalese workers who were contracted to provide infrastructure to prepare Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup game. A rash of deaths (about 1 per day over the summer) was revealed - at least 44 workers died between June 4th and August 8 th (2013)  with more than half dying of heart attacks, heart failure or "workplace accidents."

• The investigation also reveals:
• Evidence of forced labour on a huge World Cup infrastructure project.
• Some Nepalese men have alleged that they have not been paid for months and have had their salaries retained to stop them running away.
• Some workers on other sites say employers routinely confiscate passports and refuse to issue ID cards, in effect reducing them to the status of illegal aliens.
• Some labourers say they have been denied access to free drinking water in the desert heat.
• About 30 Nepalese sought refuge at their embassy in Doha to escape the brutal conditions of their employment.

Bottom line – one of the richest nations on earth (Qatar)  is employing slave labor to build infrastructure for a soccer game.

Frankly, this is just one more reason for Americans to hate soccer. NFL football does NOT use slave labor to build its stadiums.

In developed countries, sports typically require a coordinated use of arms AND legs – American football, Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Cricket, Rugby, and Hockey. Soccer is a sport for toddlers and pre-pubescent girls and is less fun to play than its cousin, kickball.

In third world nations, soccer games are a reason to riot. When was the last time you remember a riot at a cricket game? In 2012 a riot at a soccer game in Egypt killed 73 people.

Soccer is for metrosexuals and children.  Of course, the fact that soccer players all look like the lead singer of Maroon 5 Adam Levine or a fashion model on the cover of GQ does not help buoy sport’s machismo factor.

Soccer requires no equipment other than shoes and a ball. Perfect for third world countries who can only afford one ball.

Soccer proves that most of the fans don’t know how to tell time. The clock counts up instead of down.

In soccer, if a player gets a bruised shin the player stops, falls down, screams, rolls around and cries for 15 minutes. Contrast that tantrum display to the NFL Cardinal's player Rashad Johnson who removed his glove AFTER the game and discovered that his finger had broken off.

The fans wear …..scarves? How gay is that? What about the Miley Cyrus foam finger? The terrible towel?

Scoring. Nothing happens for hours. It is mind-numbingly boring.  Nobody scores and it can end in a friggin tie. Why bother? Give everybody a participation trophy at the start of the match and skip the rest.

Soccer is a rejection of Western European values and American exceptionalism. In the State of Texas, where the Houston Dynamo soccer team has built a new stadium and achieved solid success, the  Houston Latino fans actually rooted for Mexico and carried Mexican flags to games.

READ MORE: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/revealed-qatars-world-cup-slaves

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