A dark day of football oblivion

You probably don't need Houstonist to tell you that the Texans got summarily drubbed by the Colts on Sunday, to the tune of 43-24. What you might've come here expecting, though, was an informative list of reasons that the Texans weren't so bad, or perhaps some witty banter on the subject of, well, why the loss was actually pretty darn funny. We spent all Monday trying to come up with just that, and unfortunately, have got nothing for you.

Move along, then, is this is what you're after, because there's nothing no kind of pleasant to say about this kind of massacre. For a second, it looked as if our hometown boys might cover the twenty-five point spread; the appearance of new arrival Samkon Gado also had some serious silver-lining potential. But in the end, all we got was Carr tossing three TD's once that game was well out-of-hand, showing just enough life that the Colts kept putting first-team points on the board until the fourth quarter's end.

We know that, in more hopeful times, we suggested that this city stay focused on what the Texans do right, rather than who wins the games. Unfortunately, there are some scenes so merciless, so complete in their carnage, that this kind of patient and sympathetic game-viewing is not a possibility. Here's hoping that anyone not stuck at Reliant saw fit to change the channel or take the family out for lunch, since there's no way this kind of humiliation does anything but errode this franchise's already shaky public confidence.

For what's it's worth, Vince marked his first NFL touchdown pass with an otherwise dismal quarter of action, and Reggie was more or less shut down by a marginal Greeb Bay defense looking to do just that to him. He also might lose his Heismann. Mario, on the other hand, seems to have the full support of most of the national media, and had a a play or two on which his monstrous potential was in full evidence.

And don't forget—no matter what happens, Oakland will end up with a more dismal record than us. That's a Houstonist guarantee.