Sports 4 Dorks

We’re going to cover quite a few bases in this blog, including the Texans’ victory over the Buccaneers, their nationally televised Thursday night game against the Broncos, the Luv Ya Blue reunion, current projects by two actor friends of mine…

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QUARTERBACKS: B+ Sage Rosenfels increased his record to 2-0 as a starter by throwing three touchdown passes without an interception. He lost two fumbles. RUNNING BACKS: C With Ron Dayne nursing an ankle injury, rookie Darius Walker had 16 carries…

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A monster play by outside linebacker Morlon Greenwood on second down resulted in his 8-yard sack that knocked the Bucs back to the Texans’ 41. Greenwood blitzed, and he was knocked down by two blockers as he blew up the…

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Tampa Bay quarterback Luke McCown wasn’t ready for the shotgun snap from center John Wade, and he lost a fumble that C.C. Brown picked up and returned to the Tampa Bay 17. With Ron Dayne on the sideline nursing an…

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I went down to the sideline early to interview Bum Phillips, Dan Pastorini, Elvin Bethea, Robert Brazile, Mike Barber, Kenny Burrough and Gregg Bingham for Chron.com. While I was gone, the Texans scored two touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead….

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Man, oh, man, this is a typical Texans game, huh? Defensive end Greg White, who was cut by eight teams and played in the Arena Football League, just beat left tackle Ephraim Salaam on back-to-back plays. On the second one,…

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Despite the excellent field position that gave them the ball at the Houston 47 after Micheal Spurlock’s 51-yard kickoff return, the Bucs went three-and-out against the Texans’ defense. A 5-yard false start penalty on right tackle Jeremy Trueblood hurt the…

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After the defense stopped the Buccaneers on fourth down, Sage Rosenfels led the offense on a 12-play, 66-yard touchdown drive. Rosenfels was 7-of-9 for 59 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson. It was Johnson’s sixth touchdown catch,…

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The defense just stopped the Bucs’ Earnest Graham on runs on third and fourth down at the Texans’ 34. Quarterback Luke McCown, starting his second game in place of the injured Jeff Garcia, took the Bucs from their 22 to…

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I’m not saying it’s going to happen, of course, but if the Texans beat the Buccaneers today, they’ll be 6-7. Then, Denver comes in for the Thursday night game. Like Tampa Bay, Denver is beatable. The Bucs have beaten one…

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