Everything's Bigger In Texas, Except The Beers

It's a dark day for fans of the Houston Texans; you're now getting your beer in smaller cups, because you pansies have proven you can't hold your alcohol. Domestic drafts at Reliant Stadium are now served in minuscule 20-ounce cups, instead of the 24-ouncers from last season. One observant fan realized he wasn't as drunk as he should be and did the math, which in all honesty is a better way to spend his time than actually watching preseason football: We took an empty $7.75 beer cup home Saturday. It was $7.50 last year and when I filled it with water and poured that into one of last year's cups it came up 4 oz. short. After all that publicity about "specials" for the 'down economy' they've pulled a "bait and switch". While the move is partially due to the NFL's new crackdown on binge drinking, it's also a tricky way for the team to boast they're not raising concessions prices during the recession. If we'd served ...