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How much hell did I catch for last week's entry? Well, PhotoBucket dropped the image from circulation (somebody's granny saw it and complained I suppose) but Blogger ran it with no problems. It was down for several hours before I reloaded. FreakingNews gave it a 'Gold Star'.

This week, I've things to do, so it's back to my own stuff..this one from the Titan's season opener last year, a win vs. Jacksonville (that strange game wherein Vince Young had his dubious collapse from sanity, and embraced disgrace..he'll not play again, I don't think. We should've taken Jay Cutler in that '06 draft like I wanted. Thanks, Bud Adams, you stubborn, revengeful old galoot.)

Oh, well. Water under the gams.

Heh. 'Terrible Towelgate'.

Here we go, locking down home-field playoff advantage. The path to the AFC Championship goes through LP Field. All we have to do is win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans wanted to head into the playoffs with a little momentum. Thanks to a dominating performance Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, they'll have much more than that.

Kerry Collins threw for one touchdown, and Chris Johnson and LenDale White each ran for a score as the Titans routed the Steelers 31-14 in a showdown of the AFC's best teams. Tennessee clinched the conference's No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Halftime stats were great! The score, that is.

Must be cold without a hat. That hair isn't helping much.

The Titans win this one 30-17; at 4-0, their best start for the franchise evah, going back to include all the Houston Oilers contests. And with the quarterback issues we've had--makes this an amazing run.

But it's like Keith Bulluck said.."We still have a chance to go 4-12."

Not likely. After all, there's Houston to play again. Those sad sacks lost to the Jags. The Colts had a bye week.

My favorite game stat--Titans, + 4 sacks. None for the hapless Vikes. Tennessee's defense is outstanding, just remarkable. Big Al Haynesworth sacked Gus Frerotte twice, and Nick Harper got a pick. On that same play Frerotte injured his hand and had to leave. No matter..Tarvaris Jackson, Frerotte's replacement, came in and got sacked as well.

I missed getting the photo of Chris Johnson's first TD. Some maroon jumped up right in front of my camera.

This is Lendale White's 2nd Quarter TD, coming off a 1-yd. run.

As usual, with Blogger, you have to click the pic to embiggen.

Cheerleaders..well, these are not the current active cheerleaders. During halftime, the Titans organization honored 10 years of cheerleaders. I can't be sure which years we have here...I'd say 2000 or so.


I think the current crop is lined up in the secondary in this shot.
You know, the skinny ones..


Somewhere in that mess is Gus Frerotte, burind under the Titan's defense. Kearse, Haynesworth and Vanden Bosh aren't far away. I think that's Keith Bulluck in there on top of Frerotte; I can't be sure though.


This is an interesting sequence leading up to Frerotte's injury, late in the 4th quarter. The Vikes are pinned on their 2-yard line, #12 is deep in his end zone..he had three chances to work his way out of trouble.


On this aborted pass, there's no gain or loss.


Frerotte takes the snap..


..gets his pass away. That ball on it's way to Nick Harper, for the interception. But...

...Frerotte is injured. No more plays for him.

Later, Chris Johnson runs in his second TD.

Oh, did I mention Tarvarious Jackson came in, and got sacked too? Kearse and Haynesworth shared the honors.

Great game.

The fans booed the refs, for a bogus call on Kyle Vanden Bosh (Frerotte is a skilled actor, and boo-hooed his way into a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty that riled Fisher and the fans. I love it when Fish gets worked up..)

I looked for Vince Young on the sidelines, pre-game. He was no where to be seen. The guy I saw last week, thought was VY? Nope. He never touched the field last week. He was suppoesed to be down there this week (hopefully holding a clipboard, and learning something from Kerry Collins) but, no, I don't think he was there.

Maybe he was working in the booth. Dunno. His not being there, not a good thing, really.

A high-scoring game, surprisingly easy to win. The Texans just couldn't get anything done in the red zone. The Titans, again, with a stifling defense.

The Titans are 3-0, and off to their best start since 1999. I took about 130 pics, of which only these I consider interesting. Click them for enlargement; some are pretty good sized.

Jeff Fisher with Kerry Collins, pre-game warmups. Jeff has a keeper in Kerry Collins. I think Jeff's gotten lucky. He'll have an outbreak of superstitions now. Remember the beard?


Vince Young? This might be him. I searched for Vince on the sideline, pregame, but he definitely didn't suit up. I can't tell from this angle. Probably not, given his height. But the posture...defensive, maybe? Psychoanalyze this.


Craig Hentrich and Rob Bironas hang out, pregame.


Michael Griffin, checking out the turf, pregame. #33 snagged two interceptions. Matt Schaub didn't have a very good outing...three picks, three sacks, no TD's. Houston's fan-driven naval-introspection is prolly well underway by now.


Plenty of VY #10 jerseys on show. I asked a vendor if she would take a VY jersey in on trade. I was joking, of course.


The Titans Cheerleaders! Here, with shadow. Escorting the players onto the field, just before the start.


Lendale White scores the first of 4 Titans TD's. This one in the 1st Quarter, after the Texans took a 3-0 lead (after Kerry Collins' first play from scrimmage was an interception. There were no boos. But, we won't speak of that again. We won't need to. )


This wasn't a TD, but it sure looks like one. Alge Crumpler almost caught a pass in the end zone. There was a penalty marker down too, but that wasn't the reason this was called back...an incomplete pass I think. Or maybe it was a penalty. There was a long, loud booing session later in the game, when the official(s) blew a call, allowing a Texan to step out of bounds and still keep going for massive yardage. Was that Ed Hochuli I wonder?


Bo Scaife gets a touch at the beginning of the 2nd Quarter.


Ummmm..the Titans Cheerleaders do their Daisy Duke impersonation(s).


I was enthralled. Click on this one for sure.


Lendale White gets his 2nd TD, about halfway through the 2nd Quarter. Right up the middle, downhill all the way.


Ahhh, the winning hairstyle of this game. And there were a couple good contenders.


Courtland Finnegan picks Matt Schaub and runs back 99 yards for the Titan's 4th TD. It was pretty much moot since it came at 1:17 left in the game, the Texans had pretty much already packed it in; but great for the stats. Icing on the cake.

But, we will miss Vince Young soon enough I think. Here's hoping he gets his head screwed on, and can lead this team.

Oh, my old tradition: a picture of a boat on the Cumberland river. A speedboat...gas not a problem, obviously. If he bought gas at the Commodore Yacht Club, he paid six bucks a gallon. At minimum.