Comments on: Life as a Rabid Dallas Cowboys’ Fan, Part Two

By: osnappp007

osnappp007 — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:42:32 +0000

I took a weekend bouncing gig at a bar in chicago for two years just so I could control a handful of the tvs and audio to play the cowboys game at my convenience. It was a nice set up to have free food and drink and your game on. All I had to give up were my friday and saturday nights.

By: Dallas3026

Dallas3026 — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:53:11 +0000

I once slapped my little brother in the face for pretending to cheer for the Redskins during a game. He cried, my Dad disciplined me, but he never cheered for the skins again.

By: Erasmus

Erasmus — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:47:18 +0000

@matt_barbour I would not miss a game even for an open bar. Seriously, more than 50% of marriages end in divorce, but the Cowboys are there for me year in and year out.

By: matt_barbour

matt_barbour — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:23:38 +0000

Anyone who schedules a fall wedding in Texas better be ready to flex those nuptials to another time slot if there is a conflict with the Cowboys or a top-10 NCAA matchup . Either that or have an unlimited open bar at the reception.

By: cjwright

cjwright — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:01:55 +0000

If only the Cowboy Nation had more fans like this!

By: Californy

Californy — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:03:39 +0000

I see the NFL season as a long race. let me give you some background to myself. When I was a kid I went to a new school, and on the first day they had us run a long race, a mile. I always consider myself a good athlete too, that day I finished 3 to the last. I was shock almost embarrassed. Over the course of that first year at the school, I was getting strong and faster everyday. I caught the next person in front of me the next week. I repeated this throught my first year at the school, until the last month of school, when the whole school was running the race. I fininshed 3rd in a school that had 2000 students. That next year I was part of a Mile relay team, and i was the lead runner, I felt that i ran the race alone, I never saw my competition, i was running against the clock. That year our team was the state in that event. I did this not in front of big crowd but on a practice and track field at our school. The hard work that is needed is all done in the background away from the public eye. The sweat and hard work is something that happen without the fan fair. It not where you start the race it where you finished. In order to be successful at anything you must have the drive to be the best, to do better everyday, to capture the next person or team ahead of you. You never lose the concept of your role about being a team member. This event I felt I ran alone, I felt the pressure to give them a big lead, I was racing against myself and for the team. I expected the same out of my team. This event is consider a sprint, you start off hard and you finsished hard. there is no let down in the middle. You have to give it your all, and must be focus at what you are doing at all time. This is how I see the Cowboys. They were a 8-8 team, they are in the middle of the back, they must start off hard and leave the pack. They must never look back but look at the people infront of them. The problem with the boys they get distracted by the press, and lose their focus. In this sprint you must learn to tune everything out, because, every ounce of strenght is needed to be the best. The distraction, the blogs, the tash talk, is all for losers. the real talk is what you do and what is left on that football field. there is a saying that goes something like this, “Action speak louder than words”. This is so true about football and about life. This is how I try to live my life and this is what i expect out of the Dallas Cowboys. If I speak with a certain tone of voice is because I been at the top once, and I want to get back on there, because the hard work of the journey felt so good. It not being at the top that matter to me, it the relationship you build to get you there. These relationship are the relationship and memories I will cherish all the day of my life. Because for a brief moment in my life I can honestly say I was the best of what I did because of the opportunity and the hard work I paid to get me there. This is what i want for the boys not the bright light and the spot light but the hard work away from the public light.

By: Californy

Californy — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:12:10 +0000

I can relate to you way of thinking except to the drinking part. I to feel passionate about the boys. I may appear to be a heter at time, but it really my way of really showing my displeasure of the direction this team is going. There is really no short cuts to being the best. It first start out with making good business decision, chosing the right personnel to wrork with you, sellecting the right type of player, having the right system to develope these players, having the right people who can evaluate players to fit into your system. You can not cut short cuts to anythings. You have to have a time table and have the procedure to make it happen, the needed steps. This is a daily routinee which must be paid by the hard work, the sweat, the passion and the love for the game to be the very best. I love football almost like a religion. I go to church on Saturday as a result of Sunday football. I to also schedule things around the football schedule. I just want to make it clear I am not a fan of football, I am a fan of Dalaas Cowboy football. It sad that our season is over at the end of December. This is the first season in a while that I began to see other team play. If the boy are not on that weekend, I dont even turn on the TV. My passion for football is so high that, I dont even watch TV anymore. I have seen less than a half hour of tv since the Super Bowl, and I just got a new Satelite package. This dont mean a thing to me unless I can see the boys play on TV,.