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The Houston Texans-Tennessee Titans rivalry is flaming agleam aft nan latest excavation betwixt nan 2 enemies of nan AFC South.
For immoderate context, whether she was clueless aliases it was deliberately done, Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk saw her squad wearing "Columbia Blue" uniforms against nan Texans past season.
"Columbia Blue" is nan colour nan Houston Oilers wore earlier Bud Adams, Strunk’s father, moved nan squad from Houston to Tennessee.
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Tennessee Titans cornerback Elijah Molden, #24, celebrates scoring a touchdown connected an interception return during a crippled betwixt nan Tennessee Titans and Houston Texans connected Dec. 17, 2023 astatine Nissan Stadium successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Well, Hannah McNair, woman of proprietor Cal McNair and vice president of nan Texans Foundation, took it arsenic a flimsy and decided to respond during nan Texans’ azygous redesign.
The squad showed disconnected its colour unreserved uniform, which featured a caller color: "H-Town Blue." It is akin to "Columbia Blue," and though nan convention first signed disconnected connected them incorporating it much into nan uniform, blowback came erstwhile nan remainder of nan convention caught wind.
Though nan Oilers played successful Houston, nan Titans ain nan authorities to that color.
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"We heard that large and clear from our fans: They wanted H-Town Blue represented. They wanted Houston represented," Cal McNair told SportsRadio 610’s In nan Loop. "So, we worked pinch nan NFL, and location was immoderate push and shove, and we came to wherever we could get to pinch nan NFL, giving america a compromise, benignant of a definite percent successful nan uniform.
"I deliberation our fans would for illustration more, and we’re probably successful that aforesaid boat, but we’re working pinch nan powers that beryllium pinch nan convention and each that worldly to get to wherever we could get."
Houston Texans president and CEO Cal McNair and Hannah McNair be nan 13th yearly NFL Honors astatine Resorts World Theatre connected Feb. 8, 2024 successful Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
When SportsRadio 610 asked wherever location was pushback, Hannah McNair responded, "What do you think?" She was intelligibly referring to Strunk and nan Titans.
Hannah McNair, then, responded to those Titans fans calling her "salty" for their squad wearing nan "Columbia Blue" jerseys successful nan crippled they mislaid to nan Texans, 19-16, successful overtime.
"Who started it?" McNair said. "[The Titans did by] wearing it against us. And if anyone was astatine [last year’s crippled successful Tennessee], their in-house PA was instigating it. It was unbelievable but besides awesome because we vanished nan story, OK? So, I mean, who’s salty here?"
To put nan icing connected apical of her retort, Hannah McNair said "well, first they request to hit us" erstwhile nan power big said nan Titans are nan Texans’ apical rival.
Houston has won nan past 3 games they person played against nan Titans.
Hannah McNair, woman of Houston Texans president and CEO Cal McNair look connected earlier nan commencement of nan Texans and Baltimore Ravens crippled astatine M&T Bank Stadium connected Sept. 10, 2023 successful Baltimore. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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With these 2 teams playing each different doubly each year, this rivalry has surely been restored.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
