You have passion on your side but I have history
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 20/01/2010 06:49:32 PM
Living in Dallas and being a fan I hear most of what the players say in their press conferences. I never heard any player say anything beyond the Vikings were a great team and probably the biggest challenge they had faced all year. What flexing did you hear?
Was at the game. I'm talking about actual flexing, posing, and taunting. It was done by quite a few Cowboy players... and was watched by a lot of the Vikings players, staff, and fans.
So in other words no you can't point any actual trash talk from the Cowboys you were generally offended because they do all of the typical things teams do to get pumped up for a game. I suspect you have more problems with the star on their helmet then the fact that they were pointing at it. Will you get offended when Saints fans and players say "Who Dat"?
I guess it is just another case of bitterness brought on by unrequited rivalry, we see a lot of that.
And running out the clock is not considered disrespectful in the NFL. 99% of the time teams run the ball once or twice and then take a knee to finish the game. It was second down with less then 2 min so there was zero threat. Vikings have the right to try for one more score but lets call a spade a spade, it was a snub. They had their panties in wad because the press had down what they always do, jump on the band wagon of which ever team seems hot at the moment. the way the Vikings have been chest thumping over this I you would think they had been the underdog instead of favorites.
Have you ever played? It always feels like disrespect when you're on the losing end. As mad as you feel at giving up more points, I never played to be disregarded even in losing.
I didn't play at the professional level and I doubt you have either so let’s just leave that silly argument out of it. If it had been the Cowboys doing it I would have called it petty but hey the Vikings and their fans can play it anyway they like, they won the game.
The Cowboys have kicked Farves ass most of his career and he wanted to a parting shot. That’s fine but he should at least have the balls to own up to it.
I went you one further. I claimed that this was a classic playoff matchup, going back a long way. The teams have bad blood. The last time they played in the playoffs, the Cowboys were accused of running up the score. The 1975 "Hail Mary" play. Countless tough and very physical games. The Hershel Walker trade. Real, imagined, hyped... even Favre's personal record sure. Bottom line is that it's the Defenses job to stop the other team, not the other team's offense.
I have been watching football since the early 70s and I don't recall a playoff game were a team up by 20 points felt the need to go all out to score with less then 2 min on the clock. Can you? The typical play is you run the ball then take a knee. I have no objection with the play since my team's season ended either way but I do object to revisionist history.
For the Record, I Think Terry Was Right, not Jimmy.
- 18/01/2010 12:52:27 AM
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There is no running up the score in pro sports.
- 18/01/2010 01:24:24 AM
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Sure there is.
- 18/01/2010 01:59:16 AM
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I find it difficult to feel bad for a team of millionaires...
- 18/01/2010 01:52:57 AM
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It's less that I feel bad for the Cowboys (and more their fans) than I'm disappointed in the Vikes
- 18/01/2010 02:56:11 AM
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Wade Phillips should be thanking his lucky stars that the Redskins were so bad this year....
- 18/01/2010 04:57:32 AM
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It was stupid but they have the right to score if they want
- 18/01/2010 02:24:39 AM
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Less time than I remembered, underscoring the point.
- 18/01/2010 02:32:00 AM
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Naw I hope the Saints kick the snot out of them
- 18/01/2010 03:54:55 AM
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Favre got his ass kicking in '97; I just wish I had it on tape.
- 18/01/2010 04:38:54 AM
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two reasons you are wrong
- 18/01/2010 06:02:40 AM
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So it's OK to humiliate a good team, just not a horrible one?
- 18/01/2010 06:34:24 AM
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eh?
- 18/01/2010 07:11:25 AM
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The Catch didn't make up 32 points, and The Comeback took more than the two minute warning.
- 18/01/2010 08:12:54 AM
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um, not to put words in your mouth, but....
- 18/01/2010 03:48:55 PM
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If you think they're still in it, ice it with the FG; if you don't, kneel down and go home.
- 18/01/2010 05:48:19 PM
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Hey, if a team can run up the score against you, you shouldn't be in the playoffs.
- 18/01/2010 01:32:30 PM
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great argument to bad it is based more on your emtions then reality
- 18/01/2010 02:09:13 PM
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pot meet kettle... *NM*
- 18/01/2010 04:05:47 PM
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hello kettle
- 18/01/2010 04:19:49 PM
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the problem being that you're criticizing someone for being emotional while doing the same
- 18/01/2010 04:42:09 PM
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speaking of sandy vaginas
- 18/01/2010 05:43:04 PM
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that was so incomprehensible i'm not sure how to respond....
- 18/01/2010 11:19:38 PM
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To be fair, some, though not all, of Dallas' critics take unconcealed glee in their misfortunes.
- 19/01/2010 12:49:35 AM
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I have no problem with the critisim
- 20/01/2010 06:56:38 PM
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When I'm criticizing Romo I'm really criticizing Jerry.
- 20/01/2010 11:51:50 PM
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For all of the boot Wade talk most people forget he is one of winning coaches in NFL
- 21/01/2010 05:10:50 AM
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His playoff record is wretched though, so every time he loses a playoff game someone will mention it
- 21/01/2010 02:10:58 PM
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You must think Barry Switzer is one the greatest coaches of all time then he is 5 of 7 post season
- 21/01/2010 04:28:29 PM
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Barry wasn't an NFL head coach, he was a placeholding yes man.
- 22/01/2010 06:56:43 AM
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No sorry either a coach is responsible for his teams record or he isn't
- 22/01/2010 04:39:09 PM
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I was saying stop winning because I call people out for stupid hate post
- 20/01/2010 02:38:46 PM
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Re: great argument to bad it is based more on your emtions then reality
- 18/01/2010 04:43:23 PM
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Re: great argument to bad it is based more on your emtions then reality
- 18/01/2010 06:57:47 PM
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They were within their rights, just as the Saints would be to do it to them.
- 18/01/2010 05:57:01 PM
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Re: They were within their rights, just as the Saints would be to do it to them.
- 18/01/2010 06:56:15 PM
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Re: Hey, if a team can run up the score against you, you shouldn't be in the playoffs.
- 18/01/2010 06:50:06 PM
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Re: Hey, if a team can run up the score against you, you shouldn't be in the playoffs.
- 18/01/2010 07:00:18 PM
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I had no problem with it.
- 19/01/2010 05:32:19 PM
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Seems it's just me, Brooking and Bradshaw on this one.
- 20/01/2010 09:28:03 AM
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What should happen...
- 20/01/2010 05:24:45 PM
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Wasn't Childress trying to bench Favre to protect him at the end fo the season...? 
- 21/01/2010 02:20:30 AM
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- 21/01/2010 02:20:30 AM
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Your glass are a little rose colored when you look at the Landry years
- 21/01/2010 03:16:48 PM
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Schramm marketed the hell out of them, yes, but Landry and the players made it credible.
- 22/01/2010 04:55:01 AM
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I think you confuse the press with the team
- 20/01/2010 02:55:53 PM
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Not hear... see.
- 20/01/2010 05:08:15 PM
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You have passion on your side but I have history
- 20/01/2010 06:49:32 PM
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It's not about "Can" or "Having the Right" or whether or not the Cowboys "should" stop them...
- 20/01/2010 04:43:36 PM
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"Character is who you are in the dark. "
- 20/01/2010 11:13:28 PM
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