Is it Time for the Game Yet ??

man what a long week. I have read everything about this weeks game.
I know the 4 keys to the Cowboys winning, the 5 things to look for,
the 3 downs for success, the "key matchups", I know who has guaranteed
victory and who has said "take it one week at a time". I know where
both teams are ranked, offensively and defensively.
I even read some St Louis newspaper accounts to make sure I was getting
all the info, from more than one angle.
I read an article that said..."the Cowboys win because..." followed in the
same article by "the Rams win because"....with reasons following both statements.
Man what a job that guy did straddling the fence. I think if I was his editor
i would fire him and tell him make up your mind.
Its early Sunday morning and I am sick of all the guessing and predicting and
spouting off. I am dreading turning on espn and hearing guys scream at me to get
their point about the X receiver and the cover-2 defense across.
Kickoff time cannot get here quick enough.
So get the grills fired up, whatever you drink on ice , unplug the phone,
walk the dog, and try to keep your eye off the clock cuz its only 9:15 and
gametime is nearly 3 more stinking hours away. later Poke

For Your Eyes Only

shhhhhhh...listen close. The Rams have a ton of injuries.
Yep, it seems like the whole offensive line is either out,
or playing hurt or playing out of their regular position.
The stud running back (stephen jackson...who it seems a
lot of Boys fans wanted us to draft instead of Julius Jones)
is out. Gonna start a rookie in his place. Their qb, Bulger
has 2 broken ribs, and even though their coach says he is
getting better I'm not too sure broken ribs heal that fast.
Now the reason I'm whispering is because i dont want the
Cowboys to hear any of that CRAP !!
THIS IS THE NFL.... everybody on the Rams roster is a pro.
Any team can beat any other team, theres a reason the old saying
"on any given sunday" is an old saying...its a TRUTH.
Lucky for us I am 100% certain that none of the Good Guys read
my blog. The secret is safe unless one of them watches any TV,
reads any local papers, or bumps into the little old lady fan
at the drugstore.
My point ? the Boys cant let any of that affect how they play this
game. Games are now and always have been won on the field. Injury lists
and comparing stats and playing 673 games on Madden do not pre-determine
the outcome. Sunday the Blue Stars have to buckle up them chin straps and
beat the guys on the other side of them no matter who it is. So i am looking
forward to seeing our guys win this week, now all i have to do is try and find
a place to watch it while i am temporarily away from home. later Poke
p.s. if the crowd isnt loud enough, blame my son who will be enjoying our
tickets with a couple of friends, although i have a feeling they will be doing their
part.

Fun time for Cowboys Fans part DEUX

does it get any better than this ????????
offense, defense, special teams, winning on the road!
soldier field no less, daBears..
sooo....is it time to drink the kool-aid ?
go all in ?? start trying to save up for Super Bowl tickets?
i love being 3-0, but the wise old man in me says
take a deep breath, exhale, and just enjoy it for what it is
to this point. And what it is , is a great start. Thats all.
We still gotta line up and play 13 more games to get thru
the regular season. Lots of pitfalls and funny bounces
remain . So dont look so far ahead, lets just take care
of the RAMS FIRST. Hey i waited till late Monday night
to start worrying about who is next so you should to.
but hey...How Bout Them Cowboys ?????
later Poke

Fun time for Cowboys Fans

man its been a while. i know we still dont have a playoff
win in about a decade, the last super bowl was so long ago
there are lil kids in texas who werent born yet and now they are
almost to juinor high school. i also know its just 2 games.
but man what 2 games they were. ya like points ?? 45 in one,
37 the next time. Defense ?? how about 3 interceptions, 5 turnovers.
Special teams ?? punt returns and field goals and stopping #1 draft
choice kick returners. They did all that.
So maybe we aren't knocking on the door yet to the Super Bowl, ya gotta
start somewhere and 2-0 is a great start. BUT..........its more than that,
watching this team so far has just been fun...FUN!!! Players smiling and
laughing, the offense picking up the slack for the defense and vice versa.
The players dont look like they are afraid to PLAY. Our owner (like him or
hate him) is making some really funny commercials, the new stadium is rising
from the ground in Arlington.
We all tend to over analyze, predict, prognasticate and just generally worry
ourselves to death. Its meant to be enjoyed, savored and remembered. I'm
glad that feeling is back. Besides tomorrow is early enough to start worrying about
DA bears......later Poke
ps. yeah Flozell had some false starts but you know that guy playing opposite him
that didnt make any game changing plays ?? that guy was defensive player of the year
last year...good job Cowboys

Don't Count Your Dolphins Before They're Hatched

Hey Cowboys Nation...hold on a bit. Yeah I think the Boys
are better than Miami. So do the experts and the people
who set the betting lines. Visiting teams who are 3.5
point favorites are supposed to be better than the other team.
But...BUT things don't always work out like they are supposed to.
Thats why they make you actually play the games.
I'm still picking the Blue Stars to win but i ain't spouting off
about how sorry the Fins are or how bad the Boys are gonna whip em.
IF the team plays like they are capable of then this will turn out
good for us, but it still has to be done on the field.
We still have our starting CB out ( i dont think newman plays this week),
and we know our NT (ferguson ) is out. I am expecting Ratliff to play
very good though. Given a week to get ready I am looking for Wade
to come up with ways to maximize Ratliffs strengths and minimize his
lack of bulk. The offense needs to be consistent and while 45 points
would be super, remember this is the NFL so dont expect it.
So enjoy the game, be confident in the Good Guys, but its like your
parents always told you when you were kids:
Dont count your Dolphins before they are Hatched. ?? your parents never told
ya'll that ?? maybe i misunderstood what mine were saying..later Poke

Fan or Fanatic ??

I'm a FAN of the Dallas Cowboys...lot of us out there claim that, proudly too.
I'm not a FANATIC....or at least I try not to be.
Whats the difference you ask ? I'm sure a lot of ya'll have heard that "fan"
is just a short way to say "fanatic". I have been told that so I cracked open
the trusty old dictionary to see what Mr. Webster said about the 2 words.

fan: an ardent admirer or enthusiast (as of a celebrity or a pursuit) (science-fiction fans)

fanatic : marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion ex.(they're fanatic about politics)

Hmmm..okay according to Webster, maybe I'm more of a fanatic than I thought, I do
display exceesive enthusiasm and try hard not to be critical about The Boys.
Which brings me to my point in this well thought out, and professionally crafted
piece of blogalism.
For those of you who missed this weeks game and haven't heard the score yet, but
keep hearing on all the local radio talk shows and reading the message boards and fan
forums how poor the Cowboys defense played, here is a NEWS FLASH !!
THE DALLAS COWBOYS WON THE FOOTBALL GAME SUNDAY NIGHT !!

It was a great game to watch, fun from the first quarter to the last. Lots of points,
great plays, some good hits, enough nail biting flows of momentum to keep me happy.
Some bad things happened, players got hurt, balls were dropped, mistakes were made.
Hey its football, and there were 2 teams out there, each trying to make the other
do things they didn't want to do. And yeah, our Defense did give up a lot of points,
and too many big plays. BUT, the COWBOYS WON THE GAME.

So before you fall into the woe is me, life sucks, we don't have a chance this year
syndrome just take a deep breath, relax and chalk up a W in the win column.

I don't mind being a fan but after reading what Winston Churchill said about fanaticism I would rather not be called one, "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject".

So bring on the Dolphins, buckle up them chinstraps and maybe this week we win 3 to 0. of course i could be wrong.....later Poke

Gotta Deal With It

injuries........ya gotta hate em, worry about em, dread em
and wish they never happened. to anybody. our team, the other
team, any team. you would get a much better game to watch no
matter what sport or event you are looking at.
but hey, life happens and injuries are a part of it.
every year somebody gets hurt, on every team, in every sport.
so what do you do ?? quit ? cry ? wail and gnash your teeth ?
sure go ahead if any of that makes you feel better, doesn't
change anything but go right ahead.
The Boys dont have any choices, you dont cancel the season..
I promise you ol Jerruh aint giving no money back and I am not asking anyway.
Nows the time ...some lesser known and maybe even some almost unknowns
are going to have to step in there and show us what they got.
Hopefully its enough, I feel certain at least one good surprise will come out
of these injuries...I'm just not sure who its going to be.
I will say this, Im sure gonna miss Terry Glenn if he is out for the season,
and I am also gonna miss Greg Ellis. I know a lot of folks are down on him now
but I have always liked his ability and how he played.
Newman being out any at all is gonna hurt too, but hey if Reeves and Jones have what it takes nows their time to show us all.
I am still excited and Optimistic about this season, I'm just waiting for Sunday night...bring on them Giants...i gotta go get my tailgating stuff packed up.
later Poke

Looking Back while Looking ahead

okay so i was thinking about what to say about this years training camp and i
remembered thinking the same things i had thought before. so i went back, dug out this blog and figured that if you changed the dates, removed the parcells reference,
it applied to this year ( and pretty much every year). so i decided to re-post it.
aaron glenn getting cut definitely surprised me, newman being hurt fits in, everybody has their own surprise player that made the team and in the end none of it matters
because starting sept 9...........only the won-loss column matters. later Poke


Monday, August 01, 2005
Training Camp Predictions

ok here goes nothing. this year i predict : at least one player we are counting on will get hurt. at least one player will get released that surprises us. at least one player will make the team that didnt have much of a chance at the beginning. bill parcells will throw a fit at least once a day. jerry jones will get on TV at least once a day. the 4 networks and 2 newspapers from the DFW metroplex will barrage us with insights that aren't insightful . players will have ups and downs throughout camp and us fans will freak out or jump up and down when each event is reported. none of it will matter when the first play comes in the regular season because then it all boils down to each player whipping the opposite player on the other team . i keep telling myself this so i dont get too crazy waiting for 9-11.....when once again we get to watch football on TV . ( i dont count preseason games as "real " football. if this is helpful to your mental state make a donation to something in my honor. later Poke