Yearly Archives: 2009
Colt McCoy Says Goodbye Texas A&M Aggies; Hello Heisman
(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
Thanksgiving: The Perfect Time for Jason Garrett Heroics
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
Posted in Coaches, Dallas Cowboys, Team History
Tagged Cowboys history, Green Bay Packers, Jason Garrett, Thanksgiving
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Jerry Jones and Al Davis: Shriveled Peas In a Thanksgiving Pod
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
Cowboys Sneak Past Redskins: Lessons From a Close Call
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
Posted in Dallas Cowboys, In(Gene)ious Insights, NFC East, Rivalry
Tagged Dallas Cowboys, Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones, Rivalry, Wade Phillips, Washington Redskins
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Dallas Cowboys Versus Washington Redskins: A Rivalry for the Aged
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
Posted in Dallas Cowboys, NFC East, Rivalry
Tagged George Allen, NFC East, Rivalry, Tex Schramm, Tom Landry, Washington Redskins
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