Eagles-Dallas Memories: A little bit of a fluff post before the storm

by BrianS on Sep 9, 2008 2:26 PM EDT

It's Dallas Week, fo' sho', but after looking forward to Eagles football for months, I've still got the happy feeling from a big opening week win.

So here's a not-so-serious fan post for my fellow Eagles fans, and even any visiting cock-a-roaches, here at BGN.

Almost every Eagles-Cowboys game ends up being memorable for some reason. Just off the top of my head, on our side we've got the Lito Sheppard Game, the James Willis game, McNabb's scramble, the Christmas game, 4th & 1 x2 (THEY STOPPED HIM AGAIN!), Westbrook's kneel down, and pickle juice.

And on the other side, I would assume the Roy Williams game, the Tommy Hutton game, the playoff loss to Dallas, and the not-so-successful onside kick are just as memorable to Dallas fans as they are painful to us.

What's your favorite?

Mine is probably one of the few that isn't that memorable: Because I was there, I'll always remember fondly the 36-10 beating put on the 'boys in December 2003 It was an important game -- one that had division title implications. There really weren't any highlights from it -- it was just an efficient, relentless West Cost Offense domination. Tied 10-10 at halftime, Sheldon Brown intercepted Quincy Carter in Dallas territory in the opening minutes of the 3rd quarter, and the rout was on.

Both of the games in 2006 were spectacular, too. I get chills when I watch highlights of Lito's interception, and the Christmas game exceeded all my expectations.

On the negative side, I was at the Roy Williams game in '05, and it's still incomprehensible that they lost that game. I am a McNabb fan and a Reid fan, but
one or both of them had their heads completely up their ass on that play.

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Easy one for me man. The Roy Williams Horse Collar of T.O. game; but for entirely different reasons. I had been with my girlfriend for around three years at the time; she was a big Cowboys fan. Ugh… Yeah go figure huh… Well, long story short, she dropped me earlier that week and of course I wasn’t too happy… Especially since Xmas was right around the corner. Earlier that Sunday, I got a text asking me if I could bring the rest of her stuff to her… Well, after the Eagles beat the Boys (wasn’t a particularly good game), I ran to the store and got an Eagles XMas card… Filled it out “Here’s your shit… Go Eagles!” put it in a ziplock baggie and put it in the paper bags with the rest of her stuff… Drove over to her house in the middle of the night and threw it all on her lawn…

Oh… I neglected to mention that according to the weather report earlier that day, we were supposed to get a bunch of snow that night… I guess I forgot about that when I threw all of her shit there… But at least i’m sure my card was okay!

by foos05 on Sep 9, 2008 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

1980 NFC Championship

I still remember the Sports Illustrated headlines the next week: “Eagles Ground Cowboys, 20-7”. After being their whipping boys all through the ’70’s we finally broke through!

My worst was a tie between the “Fog Bowl” (I holed up in a Philly Hotel all weekend and drank myself sick) and the 1980 Super Bowl (Wally F-in’ Henry!)

I bleed green and I piss silver and blue

by oldasquick on Sep 9, 2008 3:01 PM EDT reply actions

The Christmas Game

It was my first Christmas spent with my Girlfriends family who are … yep you guessed it Cowgirls fans. It was me and 4 of them and all the glory was mine, all mine. After which her father put in a tape of the 95 superbowl game, isn’t that funny … every time the girls get shown up they revert back to “we have 5 rings” … Taints!

by Whodie126 on Sep 9, 2008 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

The Christmas game was incredible for many reasons.

One because it was over before it even began.
Two because it gave the Eagles the division and their third straight road division win.
Three because it showed Tony Romo wasn’t all he was cracked up to be.
And four, and most importantly, we got to look at Carrie Underwood all day long. All I can say is, daaaaamn.

But I still love 4th and 1. Merrill Reese’s call still rings in my head over and over. Simply classic.

And the Lito Shepard game. T.O. alligator arming the one pass so he would get murdered by Michael Lewis. The crowd went nuts and if you listened closely enough, Mr. Cowboy himself Troy Aikman chuckled.

They give it to Smith, and they stop him again!!!! They stop him again!!! The Eagles take over on downs!!!

by rpalena on Sep 10, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions