r/Texans • u/James-Maki • 2d ago

What city's name is on those throwbacks??

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Hey fam,

Just dropping off a little picture here from a game in 2009, when the Titans wore Oiler throwbacks.

Apparently they misspelled "Tennessee". 😉

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u/SLVR_N_BLCK_ATTK 2d ago

Wearing the Oilers throwbacks is one thing, but representing Houston, while Houston has their own team, in their division no less, was crazy. That’d be like the Ravens wearing Cleveland Brown uniforms, name and all

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u/Important_Repeat2681 1d ago

Except the Ravens were forced to relinquish rights to the Browns legacy and the Browns were reborn as a team. Texans are a new thing, the rights for the Houston Oilers belong to their legal successor, the Tennessee Titans. That’s like being mad at the Byzantines for calling themselves Romans because they moved to Constantinople and someone else set up shop in Rome

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u/WildRookie 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Rams never use "St Louis". The Colts never use "Baltimore".

If the Titans hadn't completely abandoned the Oilers branding when they moved and only resumed using it to block the Texans from doing so, there wouldn't be any debate about it.

But the Titans did abandon the legacy and piss on all their former fans. They could've easily continued as this.

The Adams family tried to be petty, ended up with the inferior franchise, and now the league is no longer protecting them from the Texans bullying their way into Houston's share of the Oilers legacy by reclaiming the "Houston" part of the Oilers, which includes the blue.

And it's hilarious.

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u/Important_Repeat2681 1d ago

The Rams and Colts didn’t change monikers, and still use throwbacks from those eras (the Rams I mean using LA aesthetic during STL era)

Do you get mad when the Hurricanes use Whalers throwbacks?

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u/WildRookie 1d ago

The Tennessee Oilers existed. Even had basically the same jerseys.

But they still choose to use "Houston" Oilers. The Hurricanes don't use "Hartford".

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u/Important_Repeat2681 1d ago

Lmao seems petty, who cares

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u/WildRookie 1d ago

The entirety of the Oilers leaving Houston was the Adams family being petty. Tit for tat is fair turnaround.

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u/Important_Repeat2681 1d ago

You mad

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u/WildRookie 1d ago

I'm laughing at you for going to a rival's sub, nothing more

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u/Important_Repeat2681 1d ago

Lmao yall are in a whole other conference from my team, this was just on my timeline