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Monday, October 6, 2008

Finding ways to lose

Posted on 9:28 AM by jackline
My father, who has spent many years watching crappy Houston sports teams, has a saying: losing teams find ways to lose. Yesterday's game between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts was simply proof: the Texans, up by seventeen points with just over four minutes to go, found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.Much of the blame has to be placed on backup quarterback Sage
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