Kickoff – “Travis Johnson is like a dredlocked Buddha. Very wise.” Edition
Sep 17, 2008 2008 Season, H/T Eric, Ike, Kickoff, Super Mario, Travis Johnson explains things, Vince Young can't read this post
Lose, you did not. Reader Evan passes along this ESPN story talking about players dealing with home damage while also trying to prepare for a game. We kid about how it must be nice to play a kid’s game for millions of dollars, but it’s got to be a serious pain in the ass to have added spotlight and pressure on you and your performance while also dealing with a giant hole in your roof. Of course, the most shocking revelation in the whole article is Travisty going all touchy-feely on us. “I lost stuff. I lost a lot. But, you don’t lose anything when you’ve still got your family.”
The only explanation is that Jeff Zgonina reads Houston Diehards. Chris has a poll up on his blog, asking “Travis Johnson is hurting and may miss some time. Who do you think deserves to start in his place?” Now, almost as weird as the fact that Frank Okam is not running away with the voting despite (a) showing how much impact a real NT could have during his first team preseason reps and (b) being the only nose tackle we’ve had in six-plus years of existence, is the fact that Jeff effin’ Zgonina has SIX votes. (Also, while I like Bulman, he’d be better off in a rotation at DE/UT rather than a starting NT.)
“Sam in Houston” should die in a fire. Paul Kuharsky has an All-Vince mailbag on his ESPN blog. Nothing groundbreaking, but I post it because of this line: “Sam in Houston writes: Hi Paul – love the column. I’m one of those Texas Nashville Tennessean fans.” Sam, I think I speak for everyone when I say that I hope Ike messed your house up severely, you sell-out traitor.
Finally. Dear Kerry, Be afraid. Kissies, Mario.
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:42 am
“Dear Kerry, Be afriad. Kissies, Mario.”
ghost-written by Mr. Vince Young?
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am
@grungedave: I wish there was an emoticon that would flip you off.
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Reckon Big Ben got his clock rung? Guess that sprain shoulder my have a Mario tatoo on it!
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:05 am
hey, I’m just sayin’ – Vince has motive.
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September 17th, 2008 at 10:27 am
@Matt</I read the mailbag too and was hoping that he died of a heartattack immediately after writing but Kuharsky’s response was awesome
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September 17th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
@Matt: Mr. Collins is more worried about Demeco than Mario. Mario didn’t get anywhere near Kerry last time, and in fact he contributed a whopping four tackles which were probably a result of Lenwhale falling down in front of him.
I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be in Schaub’s shoes though.
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September 17th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
@Tman: Mario has been nothing short of dominant over his last 7 or 8 regular season games. If you are trying to pretend like the Mario you faced Oct. 21 last year was anywhere near as dominant as the Mario who is going to fuck up Kerry Sunday, maybe you’d like to place a side wager on whether Williams gets a sack or not?
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September 17th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
@Matt: Mmm….tempting. But I’ll pass. I can only steal so much booze-money from you before I start feeling guilty and feel the need to take pity on ye Texans fans.
The question is, will your offense do a little better than this-
http://bp2.blogger.com/_jePiFJPZE8Y/RxugyXbwWRI/AAAAAAAAAGA/2RQjHIOJggM/s1600-h/image-upload-769558.jpe
?
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September 17th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
@Tman: Don’t worry about the booze money. I can handle the losses. Or are you looking for a way to avoid a bet you know you will lose? Cuz that’s cool. I’m fine with that.
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Actually Matt, you are right. I do think Mario gets to Kerry at some point so I take that back. Kerry has a tendency to hold the ball for too long some times so I won’t be surprised if Mario strikes. And I do agree, Mario has been better since he has been getting healthier.
But I still think Demeco is the most worrisome aspect of the Texans defense. That kid is a beast.
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September 17th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
He is, but unfortunately playing linebacker for a horrible defensive coordinator means he rarely gets to blitz. That sack, FF, touchdown rumble against you guys last year was maybe one of the three plays I witnessed where he got to rush the QB. And as for Mario… One game down, one opposing QB’s shoulder separated.
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September 18th, 2008 at 9:09 am
@Tman: Not to take anything away from DeMeco, but if I were Vodka, I’d be much more worried about Mario than DeMeco.
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OTOH, if I were a Tits WR, I wouldn’t be worried about too much at all.
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September 18th, 2008 at 10:36 am
@WillFist4Food:
the Titans actually employ WRs? I call bullshit.
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September 18th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
@grungedave: The Tits’ WRs vs our DBs.
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I think it’s a wash.
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September 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
we employ DBs??
oh, that’s what they call Petey. Nevermind.
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September 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
@WillFist4Food: When did calling them “Tits” get deemed as derogatory. Tits are awesome, Titans and BE-SF are NOT awesome. Please, let’s stop calling them something I get pleasure from