FML, EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY EXCEPT ME IS A COWGIRL FAN

it might not have been a convincing win…but they bested us. Let’s stop talking and look forward to week 17…I can’t bear the thought of their cocky voices if they sweep us…so let’s not let it happen

which would prove the point that Cowboy fans are only fans because they (at one time) were very good. Thats the point. Cowboy fans from other areas other than TX are fans because they were the teaming winning at the time they decided to choose a team… and thats how it all began. Same with Yankee fans and whatever else. This article is the epitomy of that.. especially with the comment:

Granted, there were times when your team beat my team, but those were lucky flukes.

Its not a lucky fluke when a team better than you beats you. Which has happened more often than ANY cowboys fan would like to admit.

IRVING, TEXAS—In an attempt to cut the franchise’s losses and “move forward in a positive direction,” the Dallas Cowboys severed ties with controversial owner Jerry Jones Monday, ending their tumultuous 20-year relationship with the divisive figure.

According to sources within the Cowboys organization, the decision to release Jones was influenced by the lack of any playoff victories in more than 12 years, the owner’s distracting sideline antics, and his selfish, “me first” attitude, which many said was having a cancerous effect on the clubhouse.

“We value Jerry’s contributions to the Cowboys over the past two decades, but it has become painfully clear that we just don’t share the same priorities,” Cowboys public relations director Richard Dalrymple said. “This wasn’t an easy choice to make, but we’re confident it is a decision that can only make our team better.”

“Losing to our NFC East rivals the Giants in our brand-new stadium was really the last straw,” added Dalrymple, who said Jones “insisted” that the $1.2 billion facility would solve all of the team’s problems. “The Cowboys need to focus on winning, and we can’t do that with Jerry’s incessant ego-boosting publicity stunts, or this opulent sports venue that’s devoted more to himself than achieving postseason success.”

Cowboys officials called Jones Sunday night to inform him he was being cut from the team, ordering the 66-year-old owner to clean out his luxury box and remove his personal belongings from the premises immediately. Jones, who was reportedly stunned to be removed from his ownership duties, issued a statement on his website thanking himself for all his hard work and years of service.

“Well, damn, looks like the ‘Boys couldn’t handle Double J anymore,” the blog post read in part. “I’ll never forget my time in the Big D, and how I single-handedly won three Super Bowls. Don’t worry, Jerry Jones will land on his feet somewhere, and when he does, Dallas better watch out.”

Jones’ questionable conduct on and off the field almost certainly played a role in sealing the troubled owner’s fate. Although some members of the Cowboys’ management have reportedly contemplated Jones’ termination for the past several years, sources said his recent association with known criminals as well as a perceived lack of character and poor leadership qualities provided ample reasons for his release.

Ultimately, team officials said that Jones had become an embarrassment to the storied franchise.

“Between the opportunistic condemnations of game plans, the uninformed evaluations of draftees, and the paranoid delusions that players and coordinators were scheming against him, it’s no wonder the Cowboys have had enough,” NFL Today commentator Boomer Esiason said. “Maybe his absence will finally give the team a chance to start living up to its full potential.”

“Just watching the Cowboys practice without Jones leering at them, you can tell that morale has already greatly improved,” Esiason continued. “They seem so loose and relaxed and their faces are just lighting up with smiles. This is the first time Tony Romo has had fun since he put on the Cowboys uniform.”

Former Cowboys head coach and Fox Sports analyst Jimmy Johnson speculated that the team’s real motivation for cutting Jones was that the aging owner, who turns 67 in October, is well past his prime and would have continued to cost the ball club too much money.

“His skills have really diminished the past few years, and he just can’t make the moves that he used to,” said Johnson, adding that the rest of the NFL was passing Jones by every day. “When you get older you start to slow down, and as you try to compensate, you wind up making poor decisions.”

“He had to eat more than $9 million dollars of salary cap just to get rid of Terrell Owens,” Johnson added. “In this economy? What was he thinking?”

Though his publicist would not say whether the former Cowboys owner was entertaining offers from any other teams, an anonymous NFL source told reporters that, immediately after Jones cleared waivers Tuesday, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis offered him a record-setting three-year $120 million deal.

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why does politics always get brought up. I really don’t want to have that conversation. Lets keep the Obama references off this blog.

Austin has 824 yards, yes, but 566 of those come in three games. that means the other 8 games he has 258 yards (32/game). In addition, his three crazy games were against 29, 27. and 20th passing defenses. I’m not saying I think he’s bad, but I think at this point he’s overrated. He did make Sheldon look silly jumping on that route against the eagles, and that’s impressive. However, I would rather have a receiver like jackson that has an impact most games over a receiver like austin that has taken over games, but disappeared quite a bit as well (outside of those three games, he’s eclipsed 50 yards just once).