Raiders bring the kickoff back to their 21.

Dump off pass gets dropped. 2nd and 10.

DeMeco and Quin TFL on McFadden. 3rd and 13.

Pass to Murphy picks up the 1st down. Scratch that. Refs rule no catch.

Raiders to challenge....

Nice play by Bullman and Pollard for an incomplete pass.
2nd and 10 - Pitch wide to McFadden and he's hit by Ryans and Quinn for a TFL and Cushing was there in case the tackle was missed.
3rd down shotgun - Louis Murphy makes a catch against Dunta Robinson at the sideline. Challenge? Now saying no catch. Raiders will challenge.

Raiders got dicked.

Texans get a break. After review, play is upheld so Raiders to punt.

JJ brings the punt back to the Texan 32.

Announcer pleading that it was a catch. Nevertheless, Raiders punt and JJ get 13 on the return.

Moats for 11.

Moats for 3. Slaton benched?

Moats for about 9 more. Slaton back in.

Slaton for 12. Ball at the Raiders 32. 1st down.

Schaub can't find anyone open and throws it away. 2nd and 10.

Yeah, baby - Slaton runs it in from 32 yards out.

Texans 13, Raiders 3

All of a sudden the run game is working....

Ist down, pitch right to Moats to gain a first down.
Another run on 1st down to the right with Moats gains 3 yards.
2nd and 7 and Moats to the right for 9 yards and another 1st down.

Slaton comes in to give him a blow. Pitch left to SS and he gains a 1st down!

1st and ten, PA waggle Schaub gets rid of the ball instead of taking the sack.
2ns and ten, Two WR right single back, Slaton takes it to the Hizzy!!!!!!

Thats what I like seeing. Running out of a passing formation. ;)

Thank you, Steve.

Things could be better if our defense forces a turnover.

Raiders bring the kickoff back to their 28.

1st down pass is broken up by Barber.

2nd down pass is dropped. 3rd and 10 coming up.

3rd down pass inc. but flag on the play. Holding against the Raiders. Declined, Raiders to punt.

I hope Kubiak uses this running success as a way to set up the pass. If he gets run happy this game can get tied by half. Please Kubiak stay in the offense.

Barber breaks up a pass. The Defense looks better with Pollard in it. Dunta gets a hit on the WR after he dropped pass. 3rd and 10 - Mario was held, but Murphy drops pass. Flag on the play - hey they called the Hold!!!

The Silver and Black....Commitment to Excrement...Just Wince, Baby. :D

JJ makes a running catch on the punt and takes it to the Texan 39.

1st down pass to OD goes for 44 yards! Ball at the Raider 17.

Slaton for -2.

Slaton for 1.

Slaton on the screen goes for 6 points!

Texans 20, Raiders 3

Offense is-a-clickin'.

....that was beautiful.

I don't get why we don't use him in the pass offense more.

Raiders bring the kickoff back their 21.

Vargas for 1 but flag on the play. Holding ruled on AO - 5 yards and auto 1st down.

Vargas for 1. 2nd and 9.

Vargas for 2. 3rd an 7.

Flag on the play. Offsides Raiders -5. 3rd and 11.

Pass is good for the 1st down at the Raider 44.

Reverse goes for 20 and another 1st down.

Vargas for 1. Ball at the Texan 35.

On 2nd down, Russell chunks it away due to pressure. 3rd and 9.

3rd down pass is inc.

Raiders to go for it on 4th down.... but call a timeout..... 3:51 left in the half.

Pass is complete to Murphy at the Texan 16. 1st down.

1st down pass is inc.

How are you gonna let them convert a 4th and freakin 9? Esp. when they could score here and get the ball back for the third, giving them ample chance to get back into the game?

Argh.

On 2nd and 10, Vargas goes for 1. 3rd and 9.

Good pressure by A Smith causes Russell to chunk it out of the endzone.

Raiders to go for the FG.

33 yd attempt is good.

Texans 20, Raiders 6

2:05 left in the half.

LOL...Gus Johnson coveting JaMarcus' earring.

I like how we are not settling for a 20-6 score going into the half. The Texans pass on 1st down and make it clear that they want to score again.

Casey fields the squib kick at the Texan 28.

Pass to Dreesen over the middle good for about 17. Ball at the Texan 46.

Eww, Schaub almost picked off. 2nd down and 10.

Pass to DA complete for 14 and the 1st down. Flag on the play. Roughness/late hit on the Raiders. 15 yards, ball at the Raider 25.

Slaton for 5.

Schaub scrambles for 1. 3rd down and 4 coming up. Timeout Texans. 51 secs. left in the half.

Doh! Schaub throws an INT in the endzone. Raiders ball. Flag on Raiders for unsportsmanlike. Raiders ball at the their own 10.

Dom is the Defensive Coordinator for the Packers now.

44 seconds left in the half and the Texans make a big boo boo. INT by Chris Johnson while Schaub was going to Andre Johnson. Raiders get flagged for unsportsmanship, what else is new?

That's an awful, awful playcall on third and four with two timeouts left down deep in Oakland territory.

Dammit!

Dump to Vargas goes for 14.

False start Raiders. 1st and 15. 19 secs. left in the half.

1st down pass goes inc.

Vargas rushes for about 8. Clock runs dry. Halftime score:

Texans 20, Raiders 6

I didnt like AJs effort on that INT... at least interfere with the catch even if we get called for offensive interference.

Would ANYONE be surprised to see them break one for a deep/long TD here with 14 sec left?

They need to go for the endzone at some time if you want a TD. If you do it with 4 secs left on the clock, there is no element of surprise. Schaub just needed a little more air under the ball, the trajectory was too flat. Andre was expecting to cath the ball at the endzone and perhaps laying out for it. That's why he couldn't come back an interfere on the play. It perhaps cost the team 3 points. If it comes back to haunt us, I'll complain about it.

Overall, I'm happy with the team's performance for the first half.

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 8/16, 204 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: Slaton 12/54, Moats 4/28

Receiving: AJ 2/66, OD 2/48, Walter 1/41, Slaton 1/18

Tackles: Ryans 4, Okoye/Barber 3, many with 1-2.

3rd down conver: Texan 1/5, Raiders 1/8

Time of possession: Texans 14:17, Raiders 15:43

Wow, the Jags are smokin' the Titans 27-3.... :eek:

I would have gone for the first then go for the TD the very next play.

Oh well.

Raiders bring the kickoff back to their 33. Khari Campbell down on the play - looks like leg...but walks off...

Diles TFL -3 on McFadden. 2nd and 13.

Reverse sniffed out big time. -7 yards. 3rd and 20.

Pass goes for 10 on 3rd down so Raiders to punt.

JJ brings the punt back to the Texan 25.

Slaton for no gain. 2nd and 10.

Slaton is tackled for a 4 yard loss. 3rd and 14.

Slaton for 5 on the screen - 3 and out, Texans to punt.

Raiders fair catch at their own 35.

Fumble! Texans recover! DeMeco on the hit/Smith recovers.

Schaub sacked on 1st down. 2nd and 16. Ball at the Raiders 45.

2nd down pass almost picked. 3rd down and 16.

Pass complete to JJ but 10 yds. short of the 1st down.

Texans to punt.

AD downs the punt at the 1 yard line. Raiders ball.

Cushing TFL/Safety on 1st down! 2 pts Texans.

Texans 22, Raiders 6

Raiders to kick it back to the Texans...

A defense sighting! :p

No joke, have we EVER gotten a safety? I seriously can't remember.

Heh, I asked to you guys and CBS shows a graphic. First safety since December 15, 2002!

EDIT: As I'm typing, Jacoby takes the safety punt to the HOUSE!

JJ fields the "puntoff" back at the Texan 5 and takes it back all the way! 95 yards.

Texans 29, Raiders 6