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Alan Burge, (or 'aj' as he’s known to his Texans family and friends) joined the Examiner team after three years of writing fan-tastic articles for houstontexans.com. Alan has been following pro football since Joe Willie's guarantee and has been a regular at Houston home games since Earl's rookie season.

Alan is a Texans season ticket holder who brings his readers a blend of thoughtful analysis, passionate and insightful commentary, and well-informed opinion -- from the fan perspective. Alan's work is widely recognized and he has been heard talking Texans football many times as a guest on sports talk radio stations across the country.

Alan is a long time resident of the Clear Lake/Friendswood, Texas area and is a graduate of the University of Houston. When not immersed in all things NFL, this football addict/part-time sportswriter/aerospace enthusiast also likes to spend time with his family, travel and enjoy the great outdoors. Send Alan an email.

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Daniels could force Texans hand in free agency if collective bargaining agreement is reached

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Mark Berman of Fox 26 reported on Friday that Owen Daniels has set November 17 as the date he will have surgery to repair the torn ACL he suffered...
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Texans have a chance to take 'happy fan' status to new heights

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

It's time for our weekly look at the AFC standings to see where the Texans stand relative to their most important competition. By taking care of...
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Reminder to Colts fans: Texans are down three starters on offense

Friday, November 6th, 2009 · 2 comments

The Colts were visited by the injury bug this week losing 3/4ths of their secondary and a starting outside linebacker. All I can say is welcome to the...
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Texans at Colts: what a difference a year makes

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 · 9 comments

Just for grins, I went back and took a look at the gamebook from the Texans 33-27 loss at Indy last season. I also dredged up my post-game writeup...
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Nading's promotion strictly a special teams move

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

The Texans made a few roster transactions yesterday, placing Owen Daniels on season ending injured reserve and promoting defensive end Jesse Nading...
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NFL tackling stats can be misleading

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 · 7 comments

Like many of you, I enjoy poring through stats after the weekend is complete to see where our team and players stand in various categories. I'm...
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Texans face short term crisis with injuries to Daniels and Casey

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

As if the news that Owen Daniels was lost for the season wasn't bad enough, Texans fans found out that James Casey will also miss time due to a knee...
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Texans becoming road warriors?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009 · 4 comments

The Texans win at Buffalo yesterday gave them a 3-1 road record so far in 2009. Often the measure of a good team is described by how well they play on...
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Texans - Bills game notes: fourth quarter, Daniels lost for season

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 · 1 comment

Game notes from the fourth quarter of the Texans - Bills: Great way to start the 4th with a nice slant from Schaub to Walter followed up by a...
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Texans - Bills game notes: third quarter

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Third quarter notes from the Bills - Texans: I caught some comments by Gary Kubiak on the radio broadcast coming out of the locker room and he said...
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