A Fan's Perspective on all things Texans football
This the extremely slow part of the season. A such, I bring an abbreviated form of the Houston Texans Bull Site newsletter.
I see no sense in rehashing all the stuff going on in the Texans online blogosphere and message boards. Google "Texans" or follow the links on the right of this column and find out what the fans are saying.
You might find in reading some of the blogs you might need a little help. Thus I bring you the first ever glossary of Texans terms.
Houston Texans Blogosphere Glossary
The Texans are the only sports team I follow extensively on the internet. So I don’t know if similar terms, nicknames and descriptions emerge on blogs and message boards of other teams. My guess is that they do. It took me some time to figure out some of the definitions while others were obvious.
Mothership – The Texans headquarters or official website. Many blogs refer to a press release or any information from official channels as word from the mothership. I’ve see Stephanie Stradley’s blog, the DGDB&D and IntheBullseye.com use the reference.
Smithiak – The Texans Godhead of general manager Rick Smith and head coach Gary Kubiak. Battle Red Blog’s slogan is “In Smithiak We Trust.” The term is widely used by Texans bloggers and message board posters.
Frenchy – Cornerback Jacques Reeves due to the “french” pronounciation of his name.
Pancakes – Houston Chronicle’s Texans beat writer John McClain. The earliest reference I can find is at Battle Red Blog at this post http://www.battleredblog.com/comments/2007/11/19/215332/74/13 by none other than Big Fat Drunk of the DGDB&D.
Chicken Legs – 2009 Texans first round draft pick Brian Cushing due to his huge upper body but skinny legs. Again credit goes to someone at DGDB&D.
TexansChick – Stephanie Stradley’s blog handle. She’s a huge Texans fan that writes a fan blog for the Houston Chronicle website and for AOL’s Funhouse. She is a prominent and respected Texans blogger.
Mr. Mittens – Former quarterback David Carr for his use of white gloves. It’s best we forget he was a Texan player.
DGDB&D – Originally titled DaGood,DaBad & DeMeco after linebacker Demeco Ryans. After a polite request and a donation to the blog’s favorite charity, the title was reduced to its current form.
David Rosenschaub – My three headed monster of the Texan quarterback. I came up with it after the shakey quarterback play of Matt Schaub and Sage Rosenfails at the start of the 2008 season. I had to throw in David Carr for good measure.
Sage Rosencopter – Back up quarterback Sage Rosenfels cemented his legacy in Houston sports lore with his epic meltdown against the Colts. Leading late in the game, Rosencopter tried to fly for a first down. Instead he was hit mid flight, spun like a helicopter, fumbled and it was returned for a TD and the Colts came from behind to avoid the upset.
Super Mario – Obviously defensive end Mario Williams and refering to the video game character.
‘dre – All Universe WR Andre Johnson
Little Dickie Justice – Chronicle columnist and hack. He hates most things Texans and GM Smith.
BE-SF - Again credit goes to the DGDB&D blog for this entry. It took me some digging to figure out it referred to the Tennessee Titans. Baby Eating - Sister Fuckers.
That does it for this tiny version of the newsletter. Things will pick up once camps open. I hope.
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