The Tennessee Titans have a fascinating name, based on the ancient Greek gods. Besides their name, there are several fascinating facts about the Titans. The Titans were huge and powerful.
When do historical figures become immortal? Arguably, that happens when they creep into our day-to-day lives. For instance, consider the Titans. In Greek mythology, the Titans included the twelve children of the gods Ge (Earth), and Uranus (Heaven). The Titans were huge and powerful. Thus, the Titanic ship was named as such. Today we say that “Jane is a business Titan,” or that “Shakespeare was a titan of Renaissance literature.” Here are some interesting facts about some other titans, the Tennessee Titans:
1. The origins of the “Titans” are Greece and Memphis
The Tennessee Titans were formerly the Houston Oilers, where they played from 1960-1996. After relocating to Nashville, Tennessee in 1997, the team played two NFL seasons as the Tennessee Oilers. The team’s owner, Bud Adams, then decided to change the team’s nickname. It is common knowledge that the Titans were powerful gods from Greek mythology. However, did you know that people often refer to Nashville as the “Athens of the South”?
2. The Titans have earned playoff spots in nearly half of their seasons
Since moving to Tennessee, the Titans played 11 seasons from 1997-2007. Within that timeframe, the Titans have qualified for the playoffs during five seasons (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007), or nearly half of their tenure in Tennessee. Additionally, they have been division champions twice (2000, 2002), have played in two AFC championship games (1999, 2002), and have made one Super Bowl appearance (1999). Indeed, the Titans have been titans in the NFL.
3. Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans players have earned NFL records
Throughout their history, various Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans players have ended the regular season as leaders in multiple categories, including:
?Interceptions: Mike Reinfeldt: 12 (1979)
?Kickoff Returns: Bobby Jancik (1962: 30.3; 1963: 29.3)
?Passer Rating: Steve McNair: 100.4 (2003)
?Passing Touchdowns: Warren Moon: 33 (1990)
?Punting: Craig Hentrich: 47.2 (1998)
?Punt Returns: Pacman Jones: 12.9 (2006)
?Rushing: Earl Campbell (1978, 1979, 1980)
?Touchdowns: Earl Bambell: 19 (19 rushing) (1979)
4. Since 1997, the Titans have played in three stadiums
After moving to Tennessee from Texas, the Titans’ temporary home was Memphis’ Liberty Bowl. The Oilers played their first game in Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl, defeating the Oakland Raiders in overtime, by 24-21.
After one season in Memphis, the Titans’ big brass decided that the team should move to Nashville. Thus, they signed a one-year contract to play at Vanderbilt University’s stadium.
By the year 1999, the Oilers became the Titans, and had a new stadium to play in: Adelphia Coliseum. Interestingly, the stadium itself also underwent two name changes. It was The Coliseum from 2002-2005; and since 2006, has been LP Field.
Since moving from Texas to Tennessee, that Titans have created a fascinating franchise history. That began with their new nickname. After finishing in second place in the entire league, the team hopes to take the next giant step: an NFL championship. Cheer on the Tennessee Titans to victory, using quality NFL merchandise!
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4 Larger-Than-Life Facts About the Tennessee Titans
09.07
Magic Carpet Days By Ocean Colour Scene
09.05
glad to hear that Ocean Colour Scene did not break up. where most of 90′s britpop bands goin on hiatus, disband, or vacuum, Ocean colour scene released their new album. it would be a good boost for the britpop fans.
today, i listen to radio, and glad to find they’re playin OCS new single. it’s called “magic carpet day”. i like their tunes in this new singles. it’s really cheerin me up. playing on tunes that would bring me to good memories of the 90′s.
Ocean Colour Scene is still great. seems like with this cheerful anthem will put em in good position in music charts. i hope so. i love OCS so much. and i like this new singles too. OCS never let me down. they are really good at making good music.
OCS is a notable britpop band from 90′s. had a moderate succes with the singles like ‘profit in peace’, and ‘The day we caught the train’, may be you remember those songs. or you don’t?
some says ocs is a good band but they live in a wrong times. they live at the same time with oasis and blur, wich is too hard to refused that these two names is the king for britpop music. The battle of britpop is always about oasis vs blur. and some other notable such as pulp, the verve, catatonia are have a great succes abroad too.
but there are others minor succeed bands, such as Dodgy, Boo radley, Cast, and of course OCS.
may be you don’t remember them all. but for sure, they have a great music too.
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09.03
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Daybreakers is an upcoming 2010 vampire film written and directed by Peter and Michael Spierig. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. Filming took place in Australia from July to September 2007. Daybreakers is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2010 and in North America on January 8, 2010.
In 2019, a plague transforms a majority of the world’s population into vampires. With only a handful of humans left to provide blood, starvation is a very real risk for their new species. In response, the vampires seek to farm the remaining humans for their blood and to find a way to continue their existence.[2] A secret team of vampires uncovers a way that would rescue the human race.[3] At the same time, a group of surviving humans wishes to repopulate the species and survive.
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* Don Cheadle as Lt. Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine: Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard from the original film. Howard said, “There was no reason, apparently the contracts that we write and sign aren’t as good as the paper that they’re printed on, now and then. Deals aren’t kept, and good faith discussions aren’t always held up.” Entertainment Weekly stated Favreau did not like operating with Howard, often reshooting and cutting his scenes; Howard’s publicist stated he had aexcellent time playing the role, while Marvel chose not to comment. As Favreau and Theroux decided to lessen the role, Marvel came to Howard to discuss reducing his wages – Howard was the first artist hired in Iron Man and earned the biggest salary of the cast. The publicationcommented they were unsure whether Howard’s council left the project first or if Marvel chose to stop negotiating. Theroux denied the part of the report stating “the role of War Machine was scaled back and then pumped up”. Cheadle just had a few hours toaccept the part and were not aware which storyline Rhodes would undergo.He stated he is a comic book fan, but felt there are not enough black superheroes.
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Jake has inadvertently been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake will be able to walk again. Sent deep into Pandora’s jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora’s beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Na’vi female, Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña).
Over time, Jake integrates himself into the Na’vi clan, and starts to fall in love with Neytiri. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth and the Na’vi, making him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.
Avatar is without a doubt the biggest movie of the year. Award winning James Cameron has been working on this movie since the release of his last huge blockbuster Titanic. A lot of movies these days get a lot of hype and do not live up to it’ but I guarantee Avatar is going to deliver in a big way.
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