Official Texans vs. Colts Game Thread, 12/16/2012

[Arky]

Foster for 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Pass to Posay goes for 8. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Foster gets 3 and the 1st down.

Foster goes all the way for the TD but flag on W Smith for holding brings it back...... 1st and 20, now...

Swing pass to OD goes for 7. 2nd and 13 coming up.

Deep pass to AJ goes inc. 3rd and 13 coming up.

Pass to Foster only gets 1. Texans to go for the FG.

Graham's 46-yarder is good.

Texans 26, Colts 17

8:30 left in the game.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone, touchback. Colts ball at their 20.

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Luck scrambles for 3.

Ballard for 6. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Allen gets 2 and the 1st down.

Luck sacked by several Texans..... loss of 4.

Pass to Allen goes for 15 and the 1st down.

Ballard for about 1. 2nd and 9 coming up.

Luck pressured by A Smith gets the intentional grounding call. Makes it 3rd and 20.

Pass to Wayne off his hands, inc. Colts to punt.

Martin brings the punt back to the Texan 25 but flags are down......holding on Texans places the ball at the Texan 8. Texans ball. 4:45 left in the game.

[Arky]

Pass to AJ gets 9.

Foster gets 2 and the 1st down.

Foster for big gainer. About 26 yards.

Foster for 9. Timeout Colts with 2:18 left in the game.

On 2nd and 1, Foster goes all the way to the Colts 20. Timeout Colts at the 2:05 mark.

Flags presnap..... False start on G Graham -5. 1st and 15 coming up.

Foster for 3.

Colts call timeout at 2:02

Foster for 2.

2 minute warning.

[Arky]

On 3rd and 11, Foster gets 8. C'mon Kubes, kick the FG and cover the spread.... Texans are going for the FG.

Graham's 33-yarder is good. Whew, almost missed it.

Texans 29, Colts 17

1:05 left in the game.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone. Colts ball at their 20.

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Barwin with the sack! Clock ticking down.....

On 2nd and 17, penalty on Colts for "wounded" player. 10 second runoff. 18 seconds left in the game.

Pass to Fleener gets 19.

Luck spikes it with 1 second left.

Pass to Wayne good for about 6 or 7. Time runs out.

Final Score:

Texans 29, Colts 17

Sloppy but congrats to the Texans for winning the AFC South!

[Nconroe]

And good guys win and clinch division. Foster had some nice runs second half.

[popanot]

That game did nothing to make me feel any better about how this team is playing going into the playoffs. Save for the last 2 drives, the offense is sputtering and looks slow, the D looked a bit better but still has issues beyond anything named Watt, and the special teams are a wreck. They can't field a punt or kickoff without a penalty and putting this already sputtering offense in a bigger hole.

[HPF Bob]

Not a great day for the offense but good teams find ways to win. We really needed this game and if we came out of it without any serious injuries, I'm satisfied. Nice win. Next up: some desperate Vikings.

[cadams]

Originally Posted by popanot

That game did nothing to make me feel any better about how this team is playing going into the playoffs. Save for the last 2 drives, the offense is sputtering and looks slow, the D looked a bit better but still has issues beyond anything named Watt, and the special teams are a wreck. They can't field a punt or kickoff without a penalty and putting this already sputtering offense in a bigger hole.

man there is still a lot of pessimism around here. are the texans a perfect team? no. and they may not be the best team in the afc, but all teams have bad weeks, and that is what last week was. the 49ers got destroyed by the giants earlier this year. the giants just got destroyed by atl, who lost to carolina last week. the pats lost to the cards at home earlier this year, and the colts beat green bay in week 4.

there is no team in the league that doesn't have a weakness. the texans' defense is definitly not as good as it was last year, and the running game is not as explosive, but they are sitting pretty for home field throughout the playoffs, and i will take that. they may not win the super bowl, or even make it there, but if they can win one of these last two games it will make things much easier.

if the seeds work out like they are expected to, the texas would only have to play denver or the pats (if they make it to the afc champ game) and not both. additionally, it looks like the texans would be slated to play the winner of the indy/balt playoff game in the divisional round.

things could go bad for the team, and they could lose the divisional round game, but things are set up for them pretty darn well right now.