Found January 01, 2012 on Houston Diehards:
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AFC Playoffs Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans Saturday, January 7 3:30 PM Central (Date and time according to this article – it’s not yet official) Here are some paraphrased statements from Gary Kubiak regarding today’s game against the Titans from last week: “We are going to approach this game like any other game.” “We have to get a win to get some momentum going into the playoffs.” “We’re gonna go out there, battle, and try to get a win.” Also, I don’t recall him saying it this past week, but we might as well include “Kareem Jackson looked great in practice this week.” So, obviously none of the above were true. The Texans got some reps for their depth players on both sides of the ball, and in the end it took Gary Kubiak almost literally trying not to win the game for the sorry, no account, quitting, mouth-breathing, barefoot, musket-polishing, Sudafed-cooking, sister-humping, foothill-dwelling, coo...
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