The turkey. The dressing. The relatives and the heartburn, neither of which will leave. The red kettle. The grandiose halftime show, this year featuring Daughtry. The – usually anyway – Cowboys’ victory. Ah, Thanksgiving. The elements are similar, but tomorrow will be the first Thanksgiving Day game in Cowboys Stadium. Should…
Well, the former Dallas Cowboys head coach and current Fox NFL analyst didn’t say exactly that this morning with Newy Scruggs and me on 105.3 The Fan. But he did – once and for all, 12th verse – emphatically deny that he’d ever consider returning to the Cowboys. “No, I love…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
Jason Garrett is clueless. Roy Williams is a bust. Martellus Bennett is a non-factor. Felix Jones has lost a step. Nick Folk has the yips. Marc Colombo is hurt. Ken Hamlin can’t tackle. Anthony Spencer doesn’t have a sack. Dave Campo and Terence Newman had to be seperated on the sidelines. And Bobby Carpenter gets…
Sunday was the 46th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas. A couple questions …..
The Washington Redskins suck. Furthermore, they were playing without running back Clinton Portis, tight end Chris Cooley, two starting offensive linemen and stud defensive playmaker Albert Haynesworth. That’s what makes yesterday’s 7-6 escape by the Dallas Cowboys so damn fugly. A couple missed field goals by Shaun Suisham. A vintageTony Romo escape-n-create…
10. Fine, I’ll say it: Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is too quick to abandon the pass. I’ll say it, of course, with tongue firmly planted in cheek. After only 11 handoffs to running backs in Green Bay, Dallas was committed to the running game today. The good: 33 rushes for 153…
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is fond of saying – when asked about his team’s 13-year playoff-less drought – um, “did you like those three Super Bowls?!” Our answer, of course, is yes. But, according to Jones during his weekly visit on 105.3 The Fan with myself and Newy Scruggs this morning,…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *Screw me. I’ve been inside Cowboys Stadium a dozen times now and never noticed there wasn’t an American flag hanging somewhere. JumboJerry will do that for you. When during the National…
As I write in this week’s Dallas Observer column, SMU picked a bad year to have a good year. And now – on the verge of his school’s first bowl bid in 25 years – Mustangs’ head coach June Jones is picking a strange time to get homesick. Behind freshman quarterback…
The good news: Your Texas Rangers may be led next season and beyond by an ownership group that includes Nolan Ryan as a front man and Roger Staubach as an investor. The bad news … …
Let’s face it, SMU picked a bad year to have a good year. Coming off consecutive 1-11 seasons and without a bowl game since flight attendants were stewardesses, Danny White quarterbacked the Dallas Cowboys and the NCAA handed out its one and only death penalty, the Mustangs quietly earned their…
Wade Phillips wants more balance. Jason Witten wants to get back to the “brand.” Felix Jones and Tahsard Choice want more touches. You, the Dallas Cowboys fan, just want to win. I think Tony Romo is an elite quarterback and in the NFL you control the clock on the ground…
I like the football played by Dallas Cowboys’ offensive linemen Leonard Davis and Marc Colombo. Even like their music, in the form of Free Reign. But will I like their food? Today – right about now as a matter of fact – a new Smashburger (owned by Davis and Colombo)…
I officially grew old yesterday afternoon. Once you’ve seen the rise and fall of a sports stadium, you’ve officially, um, been around the block. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I’d peer out the family Fury along I-35 and gaze in wonderment at The…
Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
Spent yesterday afternoon out at Cowboys Stadium, where about 30 mayors – from Southlake to Sunnyvale – convened for an update as to the goings-on about Super Bowl XLV. By the way, 445 days and counting … I was there hounding Roger Staubach about an upcoming Dallas Observer cover story…
Talked with a guy I really respect this morning. Peter King has been watching and writing about NFL football for years and years. First met him out at Valley Ranch in the early 1990s and have read his stuff at Sports Illustrated ever since and now watch him on NBC’s…
Sportatorium lifetime member Scott can be a dork. His “Roy Williams … this or that” rants are as legendary as they are ludicrous. But every once in a while he delivers. Like Sunday, when he was at Lambeau Field in Green Bay and snapped some pics of the Cowboys’ carnage…
10. I said on Sunday’s pre-game show on 105.3 The Fan that the only way the Dallas Cowboys could lose to the Green Bay Packers was to commit 3-plus turnovers. The Cowboys committed three turnovers. Add to that 10 penalties, dropped passes, a missed field goal and a couple injuries…
Fine, I’ll go first. Pride swallowed and head bowed, I enter the Cowboys Confessional. Inside this holy little booth—geez, Cowboys Stadium has everything—I take the Sacrament of Penance for Dallas’ football team, a squad I wholly underestimated. On bended knee I softly admit to my sins, my misgivings and my…
Whether you’re at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt’s End: *OK, so let it be known that my buddy and Ticket founding father Mike Rhyner has been/is calling for a Cowboys’ appearance in this year’s Super Bowl. This, after 14-plus years…
