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Biggest stories in Houston sports in 2024
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That's a sweet spot. You know it. You know it. I feel real feelings when there's chemicals available. Yeah. Not that right, man. So the biggest sports story of 2024, Houston sports story in 2024, I didn't sit down somewhere and mull over this for three hours. I came up with a cocktail napkin. Cocktail napkin list, man. Yeah. So I jotted down six and I'm open to others on the text page. If you want to send it in, 7135724610. I'll count down my six. Okay. Number six, the rocket's resurgence under email adoka. And that's that may end up higher up the list the further we go. But for 2024, we're only a couple months into it, you know. Well, and I guess when I think of either stories, I kind of think of it almost as synonymous with moments or brief periods and time where that's been a nice, steady burn. Yeah. So it's maybe, maybe one of the best overall stories, but I don't think of it as like, oh, the big moment or the big, because it's just, it's been a gradual process over the course of a year and a half. Yep, no doubt. So that's number six for me. Number five, Andre Johnson going into the Hall of Fame, which was widely celebrated as the greatest singular accomplishment for the Texans as a franchise. Yeah. Andre going into the, like it got celebrated like a, without the parade and whatnot. Like it was, it was the most celebrated thing this franchise has ever had happened outside of a, of a football game, you know, outside of a win. Yeah. And that's another one that's at a game. You know, it happens over the course of multiple months. So it doesn't, it doesn't necessarily feel like as like, oh, that's the big story. No. So it's a really good story is a, maybe one of my favorite stories, but is it the big, big story? Is it the big, big story? Well, and, and you're right. And it's several pieces too, because the induction ceremony, you know, his speed, it was awesome. Like the whole thing is great. Um, number four, the Aziz al-Shire suspension was a huge story. Sometimes my gauge on stuff like this, Seth, is how much are they talking about this stuff on the national shows? Yeah. Aziz al-Shire suspension dominated the airwaves, not just here in Houston, but the national TV debate shows for two or three days. It was, it was the sports version of Hurricane Harvey. It was, okay, it's a big enough storm that this is on, on the nightly news nationally. There you go. Likewise with Aziz al-Shire, there was crossover there. It was a crossover hit. My big, my big barometer is whether my mom texts or emails me about it. There you go. And she did. She wanted, she wanted to have my mom who yesterday informed my brother that, that, that Peyton and Eli have a nephew who's a college football player. So she let him know that, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So she's, if she's talking about sports to either of us, it's a big, it's a big story. So she definitely saw something on like The Today Show or something about Archmanic. About Archmanic. That's great. Did you guys know? Um, number, number three. And she asked me about Aziz. Okay, good. Well, there's your litmus there. Number three, and this is again, this is in a singular moment. But this is just, you know, stories, you know, for me, how I define them is it can be something that's overarching. Bobby Slowick under fire. That's been a topic literally all season long. That's been, that's been the story with the Texans has been the regression of the, of the offense, not winning another division, not starting the year off six and two. Um, the end season story has been Bobby Slowick. That's a, it's been the end season story. Now this is, I might be able to have a little bit of a hypocrite here. I feel like that's also been a, a slow burn. There was questions, but, but over the course of the season, it's gone from, okay, he's promising, but he's got to be able to show that he can establish a run game. And then as everything is, and the offense has gotten worse and worse and worse as the season's gone along, they'll, I'll bend my own rule that I made up three minutes ago and say that, yeah, it, it feels poignant enough. It feels like a big enough deal that that's up there. That's number three for me. Number two, uh, the Astros ALCS streak ending at seven straight ALCS, uh, was sad, sad, but a big story. Yeah. Yeah. And I guess boy, I'm really being a fraud now. And maybe it's just evidence that those are bigger stories because that's been, uh, you know, that's been, it's, it feels like that overall story leads to something that every two or three weeks are like, oh, Astros haven't been in this position before. Oh, oh, Astros haven't been in this position before. Yeah. And then you've got L2, they just coming out and saying like demanding that they resign Bergman. Yeah. Yeah, there's been a lot of, I, I feel like that's provided enough poignant moments that that's, that's way up there. I thought about the Astros seven and 19 start putting that there, but you're right. Like it's the ALCS. Look, we're all human. We push, pull doors. We blow on ice cream to cool it down. And sometimes we forget to check our blind spots. That's why the 2025 Hyundai Tucson hybrid offers class leading advanced safety features like an available blind spot view monitor, which shows you a live video feed of your blind spots because the Tucson hybrid is made for humans who are just that human. Visit Hyundai USA.com or call 562-314-4603 for details. Ah, can't you see it, a glistening 100 megawatts solar field begging to be built? It's photovoltaic modules and balance of system, powering a renewable energy tomorrow that's squeaky clean? 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I thought was, that was kind of 2024 Astros microcosm right there, you know? Try to figure out what your number one is going to be now. Okay. Oh, I know what it is. Okay. You want to guess? The, it's got to be the digs trade. It's the digs trade, especially by my, I'm going to go back to the criteria that I had previously established six minutes ago. As far as poignancy, that was one where you, they made that trade and unanimously. Before we found out all the details of the trade, people thought, oh, they are not messing around. Right. Whether you loved it or hated it, that was in an indication that, oh man, they are, they are seizing the moment and they are going after it. And then, and then that created more and more like that was something to monitor the whole. It was the talk of all summer long and on into training camp. Yeah, that's it. That's the big one. Good job, Sean. Thanks, man. I appreciate that. Yeah. Based on my haphazard, there's a rapidly shifting criteria. It's okay. I would say that yes, you nailed it. It's our show. We can do whatever we want. The, the, I would say, you know, I talked about like, you know, how big a story was it nationally, that factors into how big a local story it is. The dig straight was huge. You're absolutely right. It shifted the entire rundown on the TV shows that are on here in the studio, you know, with the breaking news. I would say one of the other criteria, if a fellow host comes in and interrupts the show to tell you about breaking news, then it's pretty damn big. You know, is that how it happened? Yeah, it was, well, Lopez, Lopez poked his head in and did the old, like, point it, pointing it to his phone thing. And I looked down. And so then Lopez said, Lopez, come on in. Sit down. Let's, let's chat. It's a weird boy. I'll tell you what, my new criteria that I'm using in terms of biggest Texans stories of all time. Yeah. The DeAndre Hopkins trade must be way above the digs trade because I remember exactly where I was when I learned about the DeAndre Hopkins trade. Yep. Whereas with the, uh, yeah, I have no memory of Lopez or any of that. Oh, I know. Now I do. But yeah, I can't, I didn't, I couldn't bring it right up. Yeah. Yeah. It was quite a toss that day between it. Oh, between the two. Yeah, because that's part of the, yeah, like, oh, you guys get all the breaking news. And this is the biggest breaking news. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, because we had, yeah, the very abrupt departure. I remember it now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like it was yesterday. Yeah. Pain and pender gas with you. So yeah, what's your text in 7135724610. How did I do on my list? My top six rockets resurgence. Number six. Andre Johnson going into the hall of fame. Number five, Ziz al Shire suspension for Bobby Sloake under fire. Three. Astro's ALCS streak over two. Step on digs trade. Number one, man, that digs trade was huge. And that boy, it was so huge that day. And for it to end the way that it did with him just tearing his ACL on this benign, non-contact play in week eight, the third quarter against the Colts was just, that's a story that's going to go down in not the annals of history, but the annals of history. It will. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's not as fun to memory as I thought it was going to be. One in. Yeah. There's people texting in fire, Bobby, or running back one more year. What about the Kyle Tucker trade? Someone's asking, okay, where does the, should the Kyle Tucker trade? Does the Kyle Tucker trade crack that top six? Boy, oh, man. I wonder, point, that's a really, but it should have been in the top six. Yeah. Probably should have. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's, I guess by that point, it just felt like there was enough news that leaked out that it wasn't as big a, the digs trade was a complete surprise. There hadn't been rumors about it or anything. The Kyle Tucker, Tucker trade was all part of, I guess, your number two, the Astros ALCS streak being over was the, that was the, the Kyle Tucker trade was all a big part of that. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe we should have put, instead of Astros ALCS streak over, the number two story should have been the Kyle Tucker trade. Yeah, I would say, yeah, without knowing which one to move out of there, I would say, yeah, it feels like a top six story, right? So if I had to take one, if I had to take one thing that wraps up all of that, it would be the Kyle Tucker trade. Yep. It wasn't that you let them walk in free agency next year. It's like, all right, the writing's on the wall. Let's, let's pull the bandaid off. You're doing things that rebuilding teams do. Good job listener. Yep. That's good. Yeah. Keep sending them in. Seven, one, three, five, seven, two, four, six, ten. All right. Dana Holgerson, who's now the OC at Nebraska, story came out in the Chronicle. 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