Monthly Archives: November 2009

Colt McCoy Says Goodbye Texas A&M Aggies; Hello Heisman

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Gene Strother

(Pardon me while I slip into Burnt Orange mode a moment.)
The Texas A&M Aggies played their “national championship” (of the Republic of Texas) yesterday. They played well. They fought valiantly. They left everything they had on the field.
And…they lost.
The … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving: The Perfect Time for Jason Garrett Heroics

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Gene Strother

Dateline Thanksgiving Day, 1994 – The Dallas Cowboys staggered into the holiday match-up with the Green Bay Packers – a team they had owned throughout the ’90s – battered and beaten.
A worried Cowboys nation nervously gnawed Turkey legs … Continue reading →

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Jerry Jones and Al Davis: Shriveled Peas In a Thanksgiving Pod

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Gene Strother

One is eighty and the other pushing seventy. One looks like the skeletal remains of an aged 1930s Chicago-land gangster and the other like a Michael Jackson starter kit with his recent face work and new teeth.
One built the … Continue reading →

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Cowboys Sneak Past Redskins: Lessons From a Close Call

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Gene Strother

Cowboys 7, Redskins 6.
One could almost stop there and declare, “Enough said.” But it isn’t enough to repeat the shocking score from the Redskins’ first ever visit to the new Jerry World (aka, Cowboys’ Stadium).
No, we need to dig a … Continue reading →

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Dallas Cowboys Versus Washington Redskins: A Rivalry for the Aged

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Gene Strother

There was a time when the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins comprised one of the NFL’s fiercest and most notable rivalries. All of the cliches about “throw the records out the window when these two hook up” really did apply.
There … Continue reading →

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