stuff is cool

Pro teams:

• Houston Rockets W over defending NBA Champion Miami Heat on the road, 94-72
• Houston Texans W over Jacksonville Jaguars on the road (they were undefeated at home this season prior to this game and we were winless on the road for the past two years), 13-10
• Houston Dynamo W over New England Revolution in the MLS Cup in Frisco, TX to take the league championship in the club’s first year in Houston, 1-1 (4-3 PK)

College teams:

• University of Houston Cougars W over SMU in Dallas, 37-27
• Rice Owls W over Tulsa on the road, 41-38 in OT

Given the relatively small amount of overlap between the football and basketball seasons with the soccer season I imagine that was the first weekend that these teams all won simultaneously. What’s more, these wins were all on the road, though you could say that the crowd at the Dynamo game likely heavily favored “La Naranja”.

But, I’m excited for all of these teams. I’m glad to see the Rockets performing well in spite of McGrady having yet to really find his stroke (Yao Ming is the early-season MVP candidate if you ask me). I’m ecstatic that the Dynamo took the Cup and Meg and I absolutely need to go to several more games this coming season, and would love to go with friends and family if interested. The Texans have more wins already this season than they did all last season, and while I’d like to see them beat someone other than Jacksonville, at least they’re playing better especially on the defensive end. Sadly, the two Conference USA teams in town are only likely to get more attention locally because the Texas Longhorns lost to Kansas State this past weekend and effectively kissed their BCS Championship hopes goodbye. I think it’s crazy that Rice has a good shot at going to a bowl game this year after a one-win season last year, but of course crazy in a very good way

In sadder news, Trinity’s football team lost to Millsaps this weekend, meaning that Trinity will not be the SCAC champions this year, ending a 13-year streak; and Trinity men’s soccer lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs, handing them their only loss this year (they finished 19-1-1); and Trinity women’s soccer also lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs for their only loss of the year, finishing 16-1-2. Unfortunately, while it was a great weekend for Houston sports it was a notably bad weekend for Trinity sports.