The Unofficial Super Bowl XLV Guide to the Best Food in Dallas–Fort Worth

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Gene Strother


Gettin' Ready


Current estimates have the Dallas/Fort Worth population swelling by as many as 300,000 during Super Bowl week. That is a whole bunch of cheese heads and, um, whatever you call Steelers fans. Towel-Wavers? Steel-Toes?  I don’t know.

With many of our visitors coming in a few days early to take in the sights and sounds of the Metroplex (I am renting out my beach front property: call me), we will have tons of mouths to feed. And, since so many of you will be coming from so far away, I thought it good form for a native Texan and citizen of Arlington to share some ideas on the best places to eat. Continue reading →

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Future HoF Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten Named All-Pro Again

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Gene Strother


Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (R) looks to gain a first down while Arizona Cardinals Dominique Ridgers-Cromartie (L) looks to stop him in the first quarter of the Cardinals-Cowboys game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ December 25, 2010. UPI/Art Foxall

For the second time in his eight-year career, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has been named first-team All-Pro. Witten is a seven-time Pro-Bowl player.

The 28 year old Witten caught 94 passes for 1,002 yards, leading all tight ends in both categories. Only All-Pro wide receivers Roddy White of the Atlanta Falcons and Reggie Wayne of the Indianapolis Colts caught more than 94 passes in 2010. This was the third time Witten surpassed 1,000 yards receiving. He also scored a career high nine touchdowns. Continue reading →

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Super Bowl XLV: Packers, Steelers Open Old Wounds in Big D

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gene Strother

Ready for some Football?

The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex has waited 45 years to host its first Super Bowl. It only took a tenacious, aggressive megalomaniac owner and a billion bucks to get it here. And now that the attention of the world is turned to our little corner of it, some old-school Cowboys fans would just as soon the two teams coming to Dallas didn’t. They would be just as happy if their annoying fans stayed home, too. Continue reading →

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Super Bowl XLV: Steelers Versus Cowboys

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Gene Strother
Pittsburgh Steelers fan celebrates the Steelers 24-19 win over the New York Jets at the AFC Championship game at Heinz Field between the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 23, 2011. UPI/Archie Carpenter

Dateline: January 28, 1996 – Super Bowl XXX featured the two greatest NFL franchises of the Super Bowl era: the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was the third time the two organizations had collided in the championship game. The Steelers won the first two, Super Bowls X and XIII, claiming their place as the “team of the ’70.” The Cowboys got a measure of revenge in Super Bowl XXX, winning that one 27–17.

That clash of titans marked the Cowboys’ eighth trip to the big game and their fifth win. They were the kings of the hill. Continue reading →

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Dallas Cowboys Jason Garrett and Rob Ryan: The Odd Couple Just Might Work

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gene Strother

Rob "The Dude" Ryan

Don’t look now, Dallas, but your resident football genius and redheaded step-son, Cowboys’ head coach, Jason Garrett, has just hired “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski—aka, Rob Ryan— to whip your team’s defense into shape.

The Princeton scholar has hired a fellow who graduated from Clown College. Or was it Hamburger U? Continue reading →

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