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Nothing seems to come easy for the Houston Texans. Whether they win or lose, there always seems to be plenty of drama. They seem to always find a way to barely lose, or barely squeak by with a win.
Sunday was another example of a team that doesn’t quite have that killer instinct to put teams away when they have them on the ropes….to go for the jugular. The Texans had the Miami Dolphins down 27-0 in the second quarter and went into the locker room with a commanding 27-3 lead. Easy victory right? Wrong. They played just bad enough to let the Dolphins crawl back into the game and had to hang on for dear life and escape Florida with a 27-20 win.
Was it just me or was this looking eerily like the great playoff collapse in Buffalo?
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As a kid growing up in Houston I loved attending baseball games in
the Astrodome. Looking back, there are several
things that I remember looking forward to the most. One was seeing the
scoreboard light up when one of the Astro players hit a home run. I
couldn’t wait to see that dancing cowboy shoot his bounding bullets
and the steam-blowing bull get ready to charge.
Another
thing that is engrained into my memory is the distinctive sound of
Nolan Ryan’s grunts after he released each pitch. You
could actually hear his ‘’uuuughhh’ echo throughout the Dome.
I marveled at how much energy he put into each release of the ball. It
almost looked like his arm might fly off with his next pitch. I was in
awe of how hard he worked and I couldn't help but love his confidence,
which often appeared to lean a little more towards cockiness. But it
gave him a presence, like he was royalty as he stood on the mound.
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