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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

priorities

okay i loved the game sunday. it got my heart rate going enough i skipped
my usual 10 mile jog monday morning. yeah right like i ever jogged 10 miles
in my life. anyway i loved watching the Boys come back and win one after
falling behind away from home. takes a little of the sting away from last mondays
disaapointing loss.and as far as routine goes...this week about the only thing
i did that i usually do was to remember to go put on a cowboys jersey right
before the game started.
see...i was a little distracted. i had a house full of people. not just any people
but family . now my family knows me well enough to not bug me too much during
a cowboys game, they dont usually call, we live 5 hours apart so they cant just stop
by. but this week was a lot different.
a thing called Rita had decided to hit land really close to all their houses.
they all live in beaumont or just north of there. wednesday and thursday they had
wisely (as my old dad used to say ) " hooked up their hiney wagons " and blasted
off to my house. everybody made it without the well known "14 to 24 hour drive "
that usually only takes 5 or 5 1/2.
so instead of watching with only my wife and a few (very few) friends i had a
72 yr. old, a 5 yr. old, a couple of 20-somethings, (one of which is pregnant),
my older brother,( who often comments on this page ) and 3 dogs (one being a
beautiful 8 week old puppy ). man talk about a change in routine !!!!
and after last weeks blog about how it didnt really help i guess this just reinforced
that lesson.
and even as the Boys looked terrible, and the score got worse, and the 49'ers
looked totally unstoppable....i was gonna be okay with it. i really was, the people
i love and who loved me were all okay. they were safe, comfortable ( as much as that
diverse and large a group can be under one roof anyway ) and definitely alive.
when the Cowboys won this week it was just a bonus. we had already had our blessing.
later Poke

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

A REVELATION

well it has happened again. 2 games into the season and i am slammed with a revelation. i followed my game day routine perfectly. i wore only dallas cowboy
clothing all day long, roy williams jersey, cowboy socks,shorts and even the lucky
underwear deal. i got out my emmitt smith record setting game day cap and wore it knowing it would get sweat saoked. i thought about the game all day long. i had the perfect pre game snacks and drinks for the tailgate party picked out. i got to the
stadium early and parked in my traditional lucky section C. i set up the pop up shade and got the table set. it was heaven . Texas Stadium was rocking even early which isn't always the case. Our little group(4) of fans whooped, hollered, waved towels, stood up a lot, slapped high fives...we did it all. we gave it everything we had.

even when the deadskins scored late we stayed positive but not over confident.
we STAYED FOCUSED....except for a late run to get a lemon chill to keep from
overheating. My son and I even turned our caps around backwards, inside out,
upside down, sideways...every which way but loose. we were 110 per centers.
i can't even talk today im so hoarse, my hands hurt from clapping so hard,
and my head is still roaring from all the noise. WE NEVER GAVE UP !!!!!

BUT...here it is, my latest revelation, which happens at least once a year
but i always forget it from year to year, heck even from game to game.

WHAT I DO HAS NO EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME !!!!!!! AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHH
occasionally the crowd can really make a lot of noise and upset the other teams
offense, get your own team pumped up, but in the end the players have to make the plays, the coaches have to coach and you have to remember that the other guys in different colored jerseys are trying their best to upset what your team is trying to do.
It was still a blast being there, and yes i will do the same thing next time i get
a chance and the Cowboys are still my team. I may have to think about some new
underwear though........later Poke

Monday, September 19, 2005

Tribute to the Triplets

okay its 8 am monday morning, the Cowboys play at 8 pm. im ready for the game.
the car is loaded, my clothes are picked out, binoculars , camera, towels,
hats, ugly cowboy face mask, flags for the car windows...all sitting there
ready to go. this is a sickness...i only live 30-40 minutes from Texas Stadium.

But tonight is going to be something special. we play the redskins and its Monday
Night Football. and...the triplets are going into the Ring of Honor. I will tell
you right now that sometimes after a game I am not always in a good mood. things happen, bad things ..things i will not even allow myself to think about. soooo
i thought that before the game i would write something nice and level headed about
these guys. for one thing i loved watching them play together..they were beyond good.
you just expected them to come out and win and win handily. and they did, a lot.
3 Super Bowls in 4 years. you knew Irvin was going to make a great catch, Troy
was going to throw some great passes and Emmitt was going to give you every thing
he had running the ball. you just knew it. and i could go on and on about what they did and how they did it and just ramble but like they say " a picture is worth a
thousand words." so heres a picture. thanks to one of the many guys at
http://cowboyszone.com/forums/index.php? for this picture...i think it belongs to Jacs...if not sorry but it fit
my thought about them perfectly. 3 guys, 3 Super Bowls, 3 Rings.


i have done my piece on the triplets. now i can
concentrate on getting this years Cowboys to beat this years Deadskins. i feel better already. only 11 1/2 hours till gametime...gotta go .
oh by the way....Happy Birthday Big Brother !!! later Poke

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Lets Dont TCU

wow......what a game !!! i almost died 4 times at the end of the game.
thank you Coach Marty for not using LaDanian that close to the end zone.
its a good week when your biggest worry is how to improve your kickoff
coverage. well, that might not be the biggest worry.
last week i watched in awe as TCU went to Norman OK. and the pretty boys
in purple uniforms beat those big bad red clad brutes on their home field.
unreal, a Mountain West team whipping a Big 12 powerhouse. but it happened.
then this week TCU went east 20 miles to take on a team that hasn't been a
powerhouse since the early 80's when the NCAA dealt them the death penalty
for violating a few too many rules. yep the good old SMU Mustangs from that
super tough Conference-USA. and TCU lost..21-10 not even close . TCU holds
Oklahoma to 10 points and then gives up 21 to SMU ????? How ? Why ?

that's what I love about sports..its not scripted. if you dont show up ready
to play your hardest you may get surprised. TCU sure did.

and that may be my biggest worry this week..I'm sure Parcells has thought about it.
all the experts ( most anyway ) picked San Diego to beat the Cowboys.
didn't happen though. Now this week I imagine most of those same geniuses will
pick the Cowboys to beat the Redskins. I mean the redskins put on an offensive
show against the Bears.......3 field goals and won 9-7. So I'm just guessing
that since the game is in Dallas, on Monday night, with the triplets going into
the Ring Of Honor, after winning a tough road game that the Boys will be favored
to win. And since I am a TOTAL HOMER I'm picking them to win too.

but please, please just don't do a TCU on us..........later Poke

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

a total HOMER

i have watched the Cowboys all my life, so long that i dont even remember exactly
when i became a fan. just to make it easy im gonna say 40 years. so its just an estimate but i have watched 500 of their games i'm sure.
people who know me know how much i like them so they are always asking me if i think
they are going to beat " whoever ". i always try to act like i have a great analytical mind and i list all the reasons why i think they will or will not win
that particular game. it makes great conversation and it beats griping about how
much gas costs or how hot it is and stuff like that.
BUT...i have a confession to make. I am only telling you folks this so you dont
all run out and make outlandish bets and lose your rent and grocery money.
I HAVE NEVER STARTED WATCHING THE COWBOYS PLAY A GAME THINKING THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO ACTUALLY LOSE !!!!
no matter what i may have said during a conversation or on a message board
down deep in my heart i always think the Cowboys are going to win. always.
thats why i am not a gambler. when i was a kid at school and some kid started
spouting off and wanting to bet their team would beat the Boys i always took
my lunch money and bet on my team..the Dallas Cowboys. you cant tell by looking
at me now but i sure did have to skip lunch a lot in those days. so i learned
early on not to bet on them. but i never learned and i dont guess i ever will
that they probably arent going to win every time they play. i mean i know it..
but i never quit hoping, wishing.
anyway since the season starts thursday (cowboys play sunday )i just wanted
to let ya'll know not to take the brilliant, insightful and extremely informative
information i put forth here and take it to Vegas and try to make a killing.
if you do its your own fault now . having said all that and in spite of the lessons
i learned at an early age i now predict the COWBOYS RECORD WILL BE 9-7.
(i also just learned how to edit these posts so if you are gonna make me eat those
words you better figure out a way to save this page somewhere )
anyway im ready...bring on the chargers...later Poke

Monday, September 05, 2005

Better Buy a Program

yep you better get you a program..this ain't last years Dallas Cowboys.
by my best count there are 18 new names on the 53 man roster this year.
and i am pretty sure Parcells isn't through making moves yet. of the 18
10..count em..thats 10 (ten) are ROOKIES. add those to the free agents
(bledsoe, ferguson, henry , rivera ) and then the trades (fujita) and
the signing of players released by other teams ( cortez, pile, peerless price)
and its easy to see this is going to be a different team.
better ?? i dont know, on paper i think we are better but until they actually
play the games who knows ??
heck im not even sure i got all the new names listed and i try really hard to
keep up with what they are doing on a daily basis. i would feel bad but
on the cowboys official website they still have a guy listed on the depth chart
that got cut at least 10 days ago, so this is as good as i can do.
besides at about $10 for a program ole Jerry might make enough money to sign us
some more new players. we still need another safety and it wouldnt be a bad thing
to have another offensive tackle too. so get out there...........buy a program
you are gonna need it. later Poke