who knows ?

sometimes i start this blog knowing what im gonna say, sometimes i dont.
this is one of those times.
i hate playing the cardinals.
i never know how the Boys are gonna do against them.
historically the Boys have done good.
BUT....every time i let myself think "ok its the cards..we oughta win"
the Good Guys play like crap and the cards play lights out and a L shows
up in the W/L column.
throw in the fact that Newman is out, Adam Jones has been a bit distracted,
and Kurt Warner is the QB and i gotta tell you I am a bit worried.
The quick drops wont allow us to get much pressure and that scares me a bit.
i am looking for this to be a high scoring game.
im hoping the O can light it up early and give the D some room to work with.
its been a weird week everywhere, stock market troubles, politics, the pacman incident,
people on message boards griping about the Boys, Wade Phillips, it has me more than
a little worried.
after all this is Halloween month.
later Poke

my oh my

well good job to the Good Guys !
got yourselves a W, moved up to 4-1.
good start to a season i would say.
wasnt the prettiest game but then most of the time
they arent in the real world.
i know i know in Madden the Boys would have creamed the bungles.
there would have been no fumbles. no interceptions, nothing to mar the perfection
that is electronic football.
im not sure whats worse, Madden or Fantasy Football.
creates too many fans who dont seem to get what football is.
those 11 real human people on the other side really are trying to stop you.
they aint there just to add symmetry.
this interweb-net thing has given voice to some folks who think their team should
never give up any points.
and way too many folks think this is Oklahoma versus North Texas and the offense should " hang a half a hundred " every week. ( sorry Mean Green fans..nothing personal)
everybody is so intent on "not being a homer" they critique every lil thing.
ive read people griping about how the Cowboys players responded to post game interviews......gimme a break.
how would you like it if after a hard day at work, where you accomplished your goal
(winning the game is the goal by the way) some half baked writer who couldnt do your job started bad mouthing or downplaying your accomplishment ??
i know you guys...you folks of the chicken fried nation..you would tell that wimp
where to put his keyboard..heck you would even offer to put it there for him.
so everybody just take a deep breath, hey its cooling off here in Texas enjoy it,
chalk up the win and start thinking about the good things in life...like being 4-1.
later Poke

this ones important TOO !

i sure hope our Boys realize that this one counts just as much as
last weeks game and just as much as next weeks game too.
lotta hoopla this week about TO being mad or not, lotta talk
about poor coaching, bad tackling, poor coverage and no pressure
from last weeks game. ya gotta know...THAT WAS LAST WEEK !!
put all that outta your head, get your mind wrapped around the
Bengals. they actually pay their players too.
we got our second string safety hurt, ole Killa Davis is gonna have
to step up and play some D for us. The corners need to pick up their
game a bit to compensate.
its all too easy to get caught up in what we shudda done last week instead
of planning what we need to do THIS week.
im afraid i sense a way too casual attitude about playing the Bengals.
i know the fans dont seem to excited about the game because i have been watching
ticket prices fall all week. unreal, your team is 3-1 and people cant get excited ??
all i know is i am not taking the bungles for granted so dont blame me if things
go bad !
i expect our guys to come out and play hard, and i expect them to score A LOT. !
what im not so sure of is whether our D is gonna get off the field after 3 downs.
and i am really counting on that D to shut out Chad 85.
so local fans, scrape up your pennies, get on ebay and buy them cheap tickets.
i might gag if i see a lotta jungle stripes at the Tabernacle !
later Poke

well that was poor

okay so i am not gonna rip the Boys for that poor excuse
for a football game.
not gonna rip them for their lack of intensity
not gonna rip em for not establishing a running game.
not gonna rip them for not covering santana moss, after all they never
do when they play the redskins.
not gonna rip tony romo for throwing ahead, behind or over his receivers.
not gonna rip those receivers for dropping balls that hit their hands.
not gonna rip the coaches for planning a bad game plan cuz i dont think they
even planned one.
not gonna rip those big uglies up front for not opening holes to run through
since we didnt run much anyway.
not gonna rip newman for looking lost all day long.
nope just not my nature to rip a team when they are down and they ARE way down.
i am getting sick and tired of seeing these guys play this way AT HOME against
division rivals.
a person could say that was a gutless, uninspired, lackadaisical ( thank goodness for spell check ) excuse for a football game but i wont say that. i may think it,
i may type it here for you to read, But i wont say it.
bad news is thats a division loss, good news is that its still early and we can still split with the skins by beating them at home.
now we gotta figure out a way to get ready to play the bungles even though we couldnt figure out a way to get ready to play the redskins.
okay, time to look ahead...later Poke

Redskins week

ohh boy.
time for another one.
memories, ghosts, anticipation.
dust off the cliches.
throw out the records.
bring on the redskins !!!!
after that last great home game against the eagles can this be any better ??
im sure hopin so.
i DO NOT wanna see santana moss streakin down the field after a catch.
i DO NOT wanna see the redskins tight end making catch after catch.
all i wanna see is ellis and ware and spencer and ratliff and even henry banging
on their QB. oh yeah throw in some canty and tank just for fun.
time to see adam jones pick one off and newman do the same.
time for TO to shine.
time for Barber and Witten to do what they do.
and time for ROMO to put together a total game, one where he doesnt force a throw,
or fumble a ball.
basically i wanna see the Cowboys play their best game yet.
when that happens the redskins can go back to DC whipped.
and now that i have seen AND heard the Texas Stadium crowd make the noise they did
against the iggles I wanna see and hear that again for our # 1 rivals.
man im glad they actually play the games and dont let the experts just decide who
should beat who.
this ones gonna be fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just remembered that at the redskins last game their fans started chanting " we want Dallas " ( not very original but hey they're redskins fans).
sometime you should be very careful what you wish for....

later Poke

impressed yet ?

okay 3 games into the season...still too early to pencil anybody
into the playoffs, BUT
ya gotta like this Cowboys team.
everybody knows you are gonna have games where your QB might not
be at his best, your star WR is gonna get doubled/tripled in coverage,
some of your players are hurt, some of your players are just getting back from injuries
, you have to play on the road, after a short week following a very intense game,
in a place where historically you have not played well.
you show up to play the game anyway. this aint Madden or fantasy crap.
you have to actually suit up, sweat, hit, be hit.
you are playing against guys who get paid to play too.
you start, stop, hit, miss, make some plays, give up some plays.
its close, no runaway game. at least not yet.
then you look up, wow, the game is nearly over, you lead 27-9, it hits you that
The Boys have held GB to only 3 field goals and have put up 27 stinking points !!
its garbage time, you dont give up anything deep,cheap or very quick.
final score 27-16, you just beat another NFC team that was highly regarded at their
house, and you start thinking " how could can our team get ?"
this oughta be fun folks, like our smilin, irrepresible QB says......enjoy the journey.
later Poke

Its time for a WIN

December 31, 1967.
Its been over 40 years.
I was a kid, 11 years old.
The TV was in black and white.
The NFL was on CBS...always.
The field was frozen, so were the players, and the refs, even the marching band.
The Cowboys dug in, Jethro Pugh looked like a bull, pawing at the ground, trying to
dig a foothold so he can fight off the Packer lineman.
It didn't help.
Bart Starr scored.
I cried like a baby.
The Cowboys lost at Lambeau.
They have lost there since then but none stand out like that one.
I am sick of that memory.
I want to see the Boys leave their with a WIN.
Their first win at Lambeau, with a Wisconsin guy leading the way for the Boys.
That might not take away the pain from long ago, but it just might.
I have waited long enough. Just do it Cowboys !!!!!!
later....Poke

wow

been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
uh-huh, not at this game.
best game i ever saw at the Tabernacle of the Blue Star.
not most dominating, not most historic ( emmitt breaking the record ).
just the best, lead changes, kick off returns, long passes, big defensive plays
to seal the deal, this game had it all and then some.
LOUDEST CROWD EVER.
for this one you didnt need a seat cuz you werent gonna use it anyway.
didnt need a cell phone cuz nobody could hear what you were saying.
no camera required cuz who the heck wanted to take pictures when the next play
might be the most important play of the game.
did i mention LOUDEST CROWD EVER ?
my voice is just now sounding semi-normal. my ears finally quit ringing tuesday night.
i have watched it twice on my dvr already and i still cant get over it.
good thing i dont have to start getting ready to play green bay like our players
better be doing.
only negative....Texas Stadium ( ol Jerry himself) has got the tailgating all messed
up, only allowed on first and last rows in the blue lot, lotta event staff ridin
around in golf carts telling folks they cant have chairs set up behind their vehicles, dontcha dare let your stuff cross the yellow parking lines...gimme a break
Jerruh..im still gonna spend money when i get inside but dont mess with my plan of
getting there really early to beat the traffic.
heck for the first time ever i didnt even take a single picture of the Cheerleaders,
that oughta let you know how good the game was !!!!!
anyway now that my head has cleared a lil, guess it is time to think about the cheeseheads...time to finally win one at Lambeau.
later Poke

A good start

That was a good first game, the first step towards what is hoped to be
a good season.
of course when its the Boys a good season includes a trip to The Super Bowl.
way too early to tell if that happens.
but you gotta start with the first game. i am not too sure the Browns were
a good test of how good the Boys are but you gotta like the way the offense
moved the ball, and how the defense kept the Browns from scoring.
you also have to wonder if things would have been different if the Browns QB
wouldnt have missed on several of his throws.
and the always present penalties...gee whiz how many years have we been saying
you gotta cut down the penalties !!
the rookies looked good, Zach Thomas was okay, i didnt think he was spectacular
but i think he will be, Adam Jones needs to keep improving, Greg Ellis said on the post game show he felt like a cornerback he was in coverage so much but their plan
to chip Winslow worked pretty well.
all in all a good start...but thats all it was..a start.
so dont go handing out any trophies just yet, next game should be a much stronger
test.......a monday nighter versus the Iggles...im already ready to go to Texas Stadium and see that one...
dontcha just love football season ??????
later Poke

Finally...real football

okay the anger is nearly gone from the loss to the Giants.
the frustration nearly forgotten.
but the sense of lost chances remain in my head.
you dont get 13-3 very often.
you dont get first round byes very often.
you dont get playoff games at home very often.
Our Boys threw away a great possibility last year.
TIME to find out what kind of team we will have this year.


lets close out Texas Stadium the same way they opened it....with a Super Bowl win.