There have been helmet designs both from Riddell and Schutt that are safer, bigger, more cushioned and designed to absorb more impact. They are also bulkier and not as streamlined. I talked to players about wearing heavier helmets, but they joked that the bulkier helmets made them look like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones cartoons.So, in Te'o's words, "I knew that I even knew that it was crazy that I was with somebody that I didn't meet, and that alone people find out that this girl who died I was so invested in, and I didn't meet her as well. So I kind of tailored my stories to have people think that, yeah, he met her before she passed away. So people wouldn't think that I was some crazy dude.".

The last 40 years have been tough times for Astros fans. Since 1965, when the team changed its name from the Colt .45s to the Astros, the team has had 21 winning seasons, but most have been by differentials of five to 10 games at best. In 1998, the team managed 10