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The Dallas Cowboys recently pulled out all the stops and straightforwardly whipped the daylights out of the Colts...let me just say that again...the lately less than par Cowboys completely and fairly OUTMATCHED the leading NFL QB Payton Manning and his excellent posse of players. The facts are far from fiction: Cowboys 21 – Colts 14. Tony Romo led the Dallas offense on several impressive drives to take one heck of a fought for lead. DeMarcus Ware and the Cowboy’s defense shook, rattled, and rolled the 2006 NFL’s number 1 ranked QB Payton Manning as they had him slapping his leg out of anger, blasting out curse words in frustration, and ultimately tongue-twisted and bedazzled at his inability to perform like he has known how to do so well up to this point in his season, and career for that matter. All in all, the ‘boys flat-out turned the Colts into a “tail between the legs” offense and sent them right on back to the stalls in Indy, victory-less!

I sent a text message to a friend of mine who all out hates the Cowboys. Just before Thanksgiving break he was hassling me about my love for the Cowboys, AMERICA’S TEAM that is, and promptly stated how terrible they are and bla bla bla.... Naturally, after the Cowboys settled the Colts I sent him a text message which said “Cowboys?” That’s all it said. I didn’t have to say anything more for the bite to sink in. I enjoyed it, he didn’t so much. He responded by sending a multi-volume work berating the ‘boys and their well deserved win. “Don’t hold out for a Superbowl victory” he says. SUPERBOWL!?!?!?!? WHO EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT SUPERBOWL????

(Isn’t it so funny that he immediately jumped to the end to justify the here and now? Nowhere in my mind will you find dreams of a Superbowl victory, not this year at least. Our time is coming, as is every other team in the other NFL.)

Anyhow, as I look across some of the sports headlines (SI.com and Yahoo Sports for example) I don’t see what should be there! What I see is all this jargon about the Colts’ loss and NOT the Cowboys’ WIN!!!! “What’s the difference” you might ask? Well, let me tell ya. The Cowboys should be getting a pat on the back from every NFL player in the league. Lately, they have played crappy and completely not on the same page. BUT, Sunday at 3:15 in Irving, TX they played as well as any top five team in the NFL! Yet, the attention isn’t given to the COWBOYS’ WIN but the COLTS’ LOSS. It’s just a bit ridiculous, that’s all. It just goes to show that the general public is still TOO AROGANT to admit that the Cowboys are a great team, with struggles along the way, just like every other team in the league. Ever since the dynasty in the 90’s, it appears that almost all of the NFL lovers have slapped the boy’s in the face and sent them away, written off and crapped on! Oh well, all in a day’s work for the NFL.

Cowboys 21 – Colts 14 Enough said.

posted by Bryan Laramore @ 9:44 AM