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				<title>Weather looking good for Texans - Titans on Monday Night Football</title>				
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				Texans tailgating should be in full force Monday afternoon and evening&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (photo: raginbulltailgaters.com)If you&apos;re planning your tailgates and worried about the weather, don&apos;t let today&apos;s cool and d...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:23:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bud Adams hosting Oilers &quot;Weekend of Champions&quot;</title>				
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				The Titans wore old Oilers throwbacks on several occasions this year&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Wade Payne)Terry McCormick of the Nashville City Paper is reporting that Titans owner Bud Adams is hosting something called &amp;quot;Oilers Weekend of...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Titans yapping about payback so it must be a rivalry</title>				
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				Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck (left) says he wants to destroy the Texans playoff hopes and aspirations&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Wade Payne)My, how things have changed.It wasn&apos;t all that long ago that Texans losses to the Titans were pretty much automa...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans have their work cut out to make playoff step</title>				
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				Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio&apos;s game ending strategy last week is what some call a &apos;risk trade&apos;&amp;nbsp;(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)With their Week 9 loss to the Colts and a Week 10&amp;nbsp;bye, the Texans have fallen back to the pack in the&amp;nbsp;AFC wild ca...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Will Arian Foster become the newest option at running back?</title>				
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				Arian Foster during training camp&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (photo: Andy Martin)Practice squad running back Arian Foster has seen an increased workload in practice according to a report today by Drew Daugherty of houstontexans.com.&amp;quot;We picked up Ar...
				
				
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				<category>Chris Brown</category>
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:09:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Jones&apos; injury status biggest concern as Texans return to action</title>				
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				Jacoby Jones (12) tries to escape from Colts cornerback Jacob Lacey (27) after a 45-yard pass reception during the third quarter of the Texans loss to the Colts in Week 9. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)The Texans returned to the practice field today after ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:21:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Report:  Titans owner Bud Adams flips off Buffalo sideline</title>				
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				Titans owner Bud Adams (right) earlier this year&amp;nbsp; (AP photo)In an apparent last act of defiance toward all things sane, the 86 year old owner of the Tennessee Titans&amp;nbsp;apparently went down to the sidelines during the closing minutes of the Ti...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:13:17 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans players took it to extremes during week off</title>				
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				Texans players will report back to Reliant tomorrow to begin a week of preparation for the Tennessee Titans on Monday Night Football.I&apos;m sure that most of the players welcomed the time off during bye week but I suspect&amp;nbsp;that some are ready to get...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:47:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>No reason to flex Texans vs. Colts in Week 12</title>				
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				Don&apos;t count on the Colts and Texans being moved to prime time in&amp;nbsp;Week 12&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)Mike Florio of profootballtalk.com posted an item Friday evening suggesting the possibility that the Texans matchup vs. the ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:23:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans one of many teams &apos;in the hunt&apos; in AFC wild card race</title>				
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				The Chargers have won three&amp;nbsp;straight behind QB Philip Rivers and&amp;nbsp;currently &amp;nbsp;hold the 6-seed in the AFC&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)Any way you look at it, the Texans will find t...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pereira explains Moats&apos; fumble, sort of</title>				
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				The play that&amp;nbsp;made Mike Pereira say &amp;quot;oh my!&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)One of my favorite few minutes of television every week is the &apos;Offic...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:09:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans at the break: a photo essay</title>				
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				There&apos;s an old saying that a picture speaks a&amp;nbsp;thousand words.&amp;nbsp; If that&apos;s the case, enjoy the next 20,000 words (that would be 20 pictures for the mathematically challenged) by scrolling through&amp;nbsp;this&amp;nbsp;brief slideshow of AP game phot...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:46:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bye week offers time to reflect on season to date</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp; Bernard Pollard (31) has been a key to the&amp;nbsp;turnaround&amp;nbsp;of the Texans defense since Week 3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Matt York)Finally, a break.It&apos;s going to be strange with no game this weekend but I think the team and fans will be...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:24 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Officials miss key point on Moats&apos; fumble call</title>				
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				One of the most controversial plays in yesterday&apos;s&amp;nbsp;Texans-Colts game was the&amp;nbsp;Ryan Moats fumble near the Colts goal line&amp;nbsp;just before the two-minute warning&amp;nbsp;in the first half.The Texans were down 13-0 but had driven to the Colts 10-...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:06:41 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mistakes galore as Texans self destruct at Indy</title>				
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				The Texans held Peyton Manning to 76 yards passing and no TDs in the second half&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)In the end I&apos;m not sure whether it was the&amp;nbsp;awful start, the three turnovers, the thirteen penalties, or the lack of...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:19:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Daniels could force Texans hand in free agency if collective bargaining agreement is reached</title>				
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				Daniels is scheduled for ACL surgery on November 17&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (NFLPA photo)Mark Berman of Fox 26 reported on Friday that Owen Daniels has set November 17 as the date he will have surgery to repair the torn ACL he suffered last Sunday at Buffalo.Acc...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:42:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans have a chance to take &apos;happy fan&apos; status to new heights</title>				
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				This is what it&apos;s like if you fall below the happy fan line&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;(AP Photo/David Duprey)It&apos;s time for our weekly look at the AFC standings to see where the Texans stand relative to their most important...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:41:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Reminder to Colts fans: Texans are down three starters on offense</title>				
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				Bob Sanders was lost for the season with a biceps injury&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Colts were visited by the injury bug this week&amp;nbsp;losing 3/4ths of their secondary&amp;nbsp;and a starting outside linebacker.All I can say is...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:40:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Texans at Colts:  what a difference a year makes</title>				
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				Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, left, talks with&amp;nbsp;Peyton Manning during the Colts win over the 49ers last week&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Just for grins, I went back and took a look&amp;nbsp;at the gamebook from the Texans&amp;nbsp;33-27 loss a...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:46 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nading&apos;s promotion strictly a special teams move</title>				
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				Brian Cushing won his second AFC Defensive Player of the Week award&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; (AP Photo/Dave Einsel)The Texans made a few roster transactions yesterday, placing Owen Daniels on season ending injured reserve and promoting de...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:26:16 -0700</pubDate>
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