Damn, I hate waitin' for the game. What game? The Cowboys, of course! I am glad to be back on board waitin' each week to watch the game. It was a tradition when I was a tad to watch the game with my dad. Of course, those were the 20 odd years when the team was run by Tex Schramm and Tom Landry, and season after season, the Cowboys were competitive. Yes, they were truly America's Team. Landry had morals and believed his players were role models who had to keep their noses clean and show themselves to be the guys who were worthy of WEARIN' THE STAR. Ask Hollywood Henderson, ask Lance Rentzel, ask Rafael Septien. Your stats didn't mean anythin' if your morals were suspect.
I wasn't one of the people that ragged on Jerry Jones when he let Landry go. Heck, Jimmy Johnson built a team that won the Superbowl in just few years. Then the ego clash arose between him and Jerry Jones and the luster left the STAR. I watched as Jones and Barry Switzer claimed credit for the play of the team that Jimmy built. I watched debacle as Michael Irvin was followed by reporters as he was paraded through the courts dealin' with his drug problem. The flash of Deion didn't do anythin' except destroy the team as there was no room under the salary cap to sign offensive linemen. Irvin retired, Troy retired, Emmitt struggled behind a depleted offensive line. The team stunk as Jones put in one yes man, Chan Gailey followed by Dave Campo. I quit watchin' them as they fell into the crapper.
Finally, Jones got his head out of his ass and started to understand that his team was a worthless pile of crap. It seems he did really place his ego on hold when he sucked up and hired Tuna to coach the team. Now, I am eagerly awaitin' the games again. Oh, I am not expectin' the team to win the Superbowl. I probably will not be too disappointed if they don't even make the playoffs. But at least I am back to where I was when my dad and I used to share the TV every Sunday. I am always hopeful that they will find some way to pull a win out of every game. Go Cowboys!
Oh, just somethin' I wanted to say about somethin' I saw on this site:
Can you name the Dallas Cowboys player who was the key to make them the Super Bowl Team of the 90's? His name is ?????
The webmaster of that site claims it was Charles Haley, but he is very very wrong. The name of the player who was most responsible for the Cowboys dynasty in the 90's was Herschel Walker, the player that Dallas traded to Minnesota for seven players and five draft picks.
[UPDATE: Game time approaches ... gonna be busy cheerin' so feel free to scroll down if ya got nuthin' better to do. I am pretty proud of all of my crap, so can't tell ya which ones to look for --- ]
Posted by notGeorge at November 16, 2003 06:27 PM | TrackBack