[quote=Rambro Creed;605104] You arleady know this, but I'll say it anyway. Texan fans are nothing more than old Cowboy fans who either felt guilty for being a Cowboys fan while a local team was in town and switched over OR was simply bullied into becoming a Texan fan by Houston natives who simply hate the Cowboys. quote]
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Rambo, you are either very naive, you live in an extremely protected environment or you are sipping wayyy too much kool-aid! Many, if not most, Texans fans who were once die hard Luv ya Blue fans. Hell, I personally go all of the way back to being an Oiler fan during the old AFL/Jeppeson Stadium days. Perhaps that is well before your time! Back in the early 60's, the Oilers were my favorite AFL franchise and the Cowboys were my favorite NFL franchise. You might ask why? Because they were the closest team to my home in the two leagues! I was also a Colt 45/Astros fan. A Houston Cougar fan (check out my avatar) and I was soon to become a Houston Rockets fan. Do you get my drift?
There were many more who first became Texans fans when the Texans came into existence. I do not know of any Texans fans who falls in the category of being an old Cowboys fan that only became a Texans fans because they were made to feel guilty by Houston natives who simply hate the Cowboys. That is absolutely ludicrous. So much so that it is almost laughable!
Winning creates a broad fan base in professional sports. In simpler terms, it is easy to love a winner! The fact that there are not many Texans fans outside of Houston is an indication of their lack of success over the first 7 or 8 seasons of the teams existence. The Saints are a perfect example of the rags to riches environment that exists in the NFL. They have been around since the 60's and were viewed by NFL fans as a doormat for years. They are just now beginning to expand their natural fan base outside of S. Louisiana and Mississippi. In case you did not notice, the Saints won last years Super Bowl!
Once the Texans have a few winning seasons under their belt (and it will come with time) they will start to expand their fan base outside of the Houston area. It happens with every franchise. In fact, I still recall the first few years of the Cowboys existence. They were the NFL's first franchise in Texas. The Cowboys were winless in their first season.
Quite frankly, in the early going Cowboys fans outside of Texas and a few in Oklahoma were few and far between. The Cowboys did not begin to expand their fan base into other areas until they put together a few winning seasons.
The Texans are still a very young franchise. In fact they are the youngest franchise in the NFL. Trying to compare the Texans franchise to the Cowboys franchise at this point in time is about like trying to compare apples to oranges. Give the Texans a little time! I hate to be the bearer of bad news to the Cowboy faithful but the earth does not revolve around the Dallas Cowboys and the only owner stupid enough to fire Tom Landry! Never has and never will!