it is what it is........kinda

im guessing every week is going to be like that.
which o-line will show up, the one that had only given up 4 sacks in 3 games...or
the one that gave up 6 ( or 7? ) in one game. at times our offense looked great,
then at times they looked bad, really bad. the defense, well they too looked great
at times, then boom, gave up more big plays in one game since who knows when..(oh yeah since last years washington monday night game). special teams looked okay sometimes but the missed snap puts us in a hole and we have to play from behind to start the game...thats never a good thing. bledsoe..what can i say? thats 2 games where you have to feel that if he had even played halfway decent we should have won.
i know he was harassed, beaten down,and hurried all day long, i know he put in the effort, all you had to do was look at his uniform...BUT, you still dont expect your veteran, wise OLD QB to throw an interception in the end zone on 2nd down, or to float a pass that looked like it needed a fair catch. so if inconsistency was what we were shooting for we have reached that lofty goal. all you old guys out there just make sure you have plenty of blood pressure medicine, you young fiery guys
stay away from coffee tables that get in your way while watching the game. women and children....just slip out the back door during the pre-game warmups. it looks like
we are gonna be CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT this year. bring on the texans !!!
later Poke

an advertisement..sort of..

okay..so i got this email telling me about this site. there is a webisode
about Roy Williams and his cool place to live.
i dont normally do ads...but what the heck..i cant talk about a game i didnt see so this is what you get. roy williams

first in a long time

okay..now thats the way the Boys should play.
BUT...i gotta admit something, something so bad i hang my head in shame.
i didnt see todays game. not one frazzling play. i wanted to. i tried to.
but i didnt. i couldnt get out of doing something else so i checked the handy tv guide on my cable box...saw where the Boys played at noon, on Fox, set up the oh so modern dvr, and went off doing my thing. avoided the radio and any people who might mention the score and thought about hurrying home to watch the game . i wouldnt even answer my cellphone cause i knew somebody would call and ask or tell me something about the game(ask my son)... perfect plan...imperfect world. you see the dvr i set up was in louisiana...the channel guide said the Good Guys would be on...but it lied. nope when i got home i had a recording of the saints-panthers game. whhooppeee. hey i like the saints, heck about a third of their team is ex-Cowboys, but i sure didnt want to watch them instead of the beloved Boys in Blue. so i apologize to all of Cowboy Fandom...dock my paycheck..i deserve it. and then to complete this fouled up
day of sports , in baseball the Cardinals lost...but so did the Astros. too bad big brother, it would have been the greatest comeback ever. anyway since i didnt see any sports, i guess i cant say anything about them today either..see ya'll next week.
later Poke
ps. and for those of you who know me, NO i did not throw a fit and break stuff and holler and all those other childish things. D!%&*&^%($FEC(&&^$. i feel better now.

now thats more like it !

okay..no more over-reacting. from now on i am going to wait until i have had a chance to rationally think about the game the Heroes have played before i start
ranting about how good or bad we looked. so now its wedenesday, i have had plenty of time, so HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS !!! that was a good game to see at the Temple of the Blue Star. the rain coming down through the hole in the roof was cool to see.
the crowd was into the game early and the late game chants of Redskins Suck was
a joyous change from last years last 4 minute collapse and deafening silent exit.
i will say this, i haven't seen Cowboy receivers drop so many passes in a long long time,and that 100 yd kickoff return was something i wish i had never seen. i guess
once every 13 years for a kickoff returned for a touchdown isnt too bad but that hurt to watch. i am still not too thrilled about draw plays on 3rd and forever but
when the Boys win its a little easier to take.
it was very good to see that at the end of the game we were tackling brunnel instead of letting him scramble for 23 yards like last year. i dont like to complain about the refs but that penalty that took away bradie james interception sure didnt look like a penalty to me. so now we are 1-1, got a bye week coming, and then we play the titans. this is gonna be a boring week with no Cowboys to watch but maybe the time off will give Bill time to tweak his schemes. see, this rational thinking deal is really working, no slobbering screaming rants from me. all i gotta say now is
SUPER BOWL BABY !!!!!!!!!! later Poke

okay..im in off the ledge now

wheew that was close. i was outside, on the ledge, ready to jump. I had worked way too hard getting on that ledge, my fingers dug into the brick, my muscles straining to inch out ever closer to the edge of it.

what a sorry way to open the season. tease us with 1 quarter of vintage Super Bowl looking play, be up 10-0, almost 17 -0 if Bledsoe doesnt overthrow Owens, then BAM!. Crush us with bad plays, penalties, poor execution and a missed field goal.

but hey...that was last weeks game. gotta pick up and move on. dont look behind you.
this week its the redskins...okay the hated redskins. we dont have time to worry about last weeks problems. somehow the Boys need to get a new game plan going, Bledsoe needs to get his back problem ironed out ( i know nothing was officially said
about his back, but cmon ...something was hurting him. you dont go 6 of 10 passing and then 4 of 14. even i didnt age that fast.) the defense needs to play the way they did in the first quarter for the WHOLE game. and maybe our liquored up idiot kicker will suit up and make those field goals.
its just way too uncomfortable out here on this ledge and im not gonna jump off just yet...way to early in the season for that. so i am getting down, going in, start sorting thru the clothes to find that lucky jersey, get some more hot sauce made,
thaw out the zummos party time links and prepare myself for a redskin butt-kicking contest !! AWWW, much better off that ledge. good thing i live in a one story house and the tallest ledge i could find is only 7 inches off the ground. a guy could get hurt being a Cowboys fan if he fell off one of those things ! later Poke

well that wasnt what i expected

wow
who would have thought that
bill parcells is our worst coach since the jimmy johnson era ended ??

flozell adams would be our worst offensive lineman ?

drew bledsoe would be our worst quarterback ?

mike vanderjagt would be our worst kicker ( even though he didnt even suit up )?

terrence newman would be our worst cover corner ? ( even though i do still like him )

troy aikman would be one of the worst guys to broadcast Cowboys games ? ( not all games i just hate him doing Cowboy games )

the Cowboys run a weak draw play on 3rd and 14 ?

that roy williams agressive play would hurt us more than it helped ?

that all the money (EXCEPT the money spent on Owens) that Jerry spent would be wasted?

that i could be sooooo disgusted after just one stinking game ??

later Poke

THIS YEARS PICK EM GAME

HEY COWBOY AND COWBOYETTE FANS

the fine folks at CowboysZone have this years pick em game up and running !
all you have to do is register and make your picks, then sit back and watch the games hoping that you pick the winners better than your friends and enemies so you
can gloat and brag about how smart you are.

to register just go here : pick em

see how easy that was...good luck and remember you always have to pick the Boys to win or you are not a " real" fan. hmm maybe thats why my record isnt any better.
later Poke

is Sunday ever gonna get here ???

okay..its happening.
the excitement is just about to boil over here.
i have been holding back, keeping it contained, putting the brakes on...all that sort of stuff. I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER !!!!!!
with sunday still too many days away i am ready for some FOOTBALL .
all the pick em leagues and pick a winner games and even a pick the losers game have
got me primed and ready for some NFL excitement.
i am dying to see how the Boys do against a tough Jags team, on the road.
an opening day win should mean great things for this year, i know i know its just one game, but a win on the road against a team that is expected to be good starts
things off the right way.
and i gotta admit it.......i am dying to see TO take one to the house for us.
and Terry Glenn, and Jason Witten, and Julius Jones, Marion Barber. oh yeah
and Watkins or Williams or Greg Ellis or Newman. it would be wild to see our defense put some points on the board.
my daddy always used to say that if our defense scored points we would win.
we havent done near enough of that lately.
so get the hot sauce made ( not bought), get the recliner all polished up,
the TV tuned just right and pop up the popcorn cuz its time.
later..poke

self imposed exile

well i did it. i took off blogging here for exactly as long as i intended to.
amazing that through all the training camp events, the terrel owens no-shows,
the 3 good preseason games..( is there really such a thing ? ) i managed to avoid
getting on my soapbox and proclaiming my brilliance to the world.
truth is..i wasnt exiled, too busy, or any of that.
i just didnt have, or know, what to say about this years Good Guys.
so i didnt say anything...
but thats gotta change now. the season is HERE!!!!!!!! finally.
so pardon the typos..my fingers are rusty, here we go.
the final roster, what can i say ?? i never saw some of the moves coming.
no way i expected rob petitti to get cut. shame too cuz i liked him
same for terence copper. if the guys we kept are better than them, then i know it had to be done. still gonna miss watching them though.
greg ellis..did just what i thought he would do, learn the new job and keep being a football player.
terrell owens, really would have liked to see him hook up with his qbs but you know he is gonna be good. i am just keeping my fingers crossed hoping this works out good for us. sure i remember him on the star, but now he is wearing one so its a fresh start. what he does now is what i look at.
our o-line. what the heck do in know ?? i played o-line one year in high school
so dont lok for wisdom here. i just hope them big uglies open up some good holes and keep people off bledsoe so he can choose between glenn, witten or owens. if they do that then we ought to be hard to stop.
everybody is expecting big things from our defense. im waiting until i see it in action against first teamers, with a game plan in a game that means something.
time to put up or shut up i guess.
sunday cant get here quick enough. i am looking at 16-0 again like i always do at the start of a season. super bowl here we come. yada yada yada.

thank goodness the drafts over

okay ..we had the draft.
maybe some of these guys will help, maybe not.
who really really knows ??
i watched the draft ( first round anyway).
im glad there is a draft. ( not really i would like it better if we could just
buy up all the best players)
im glad the draft is over. YES YES YES ( now i wont have to read and listen
to all the experts say who the Cowboys should pick )
time to move on, rookie camps, mini camps, and then TRAINING CAMP !!!
first game that counts SEPT 10th.
i will say this, that Carpenter kid we got to play LB better be good, real good.
they gave him number 54 to wear. yeah, chuck howley, randy white good.
no pressure Bobby. good luck.
and no Bill Parcells hasnt contacted me and let me know what he really thinks
of the TO signing either. im surprised he hasnt called me yet.
later Poke