From: skywalke@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Timothy B. Reynolds)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: Eagles Victory...
Date: 5 Jan 1993 15:45:02 GMT
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In article <1993Jan5.151650.22501@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes) writes:
>In article <3233@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch) writes:
>> In article <103612@netnews.upenn.edu> sajja@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Rajeev  Sajja) writes:
 >> >All you dallas fans must be sweating han!!!
 >> 
 >> Why would we be sweating?  This is the same quarterback who got benched for
 >> a game and a half the last time he stepped into Texas Stadium.  I'd much
 >>rather play the Eagles than the Saints (although, given my druthers, I would
 >> have taken the Vikings over either one).
 >
 >Of course you would.  Sounds like the confidence is getting a little low
 >down in Dallas.  Next you'll be telling us that you'd rather play the
 >Falcons and Bears again:-).
 
Confidence low  in Dallas ? naaa we're just enjoying our week off after
winning the NFC East title.:-)

 >
 >> The Saints managed 20 points before their offense gave out; and the Cowboys
 >> have a much better offense than they do.  This game is going to be similar
 >> to the last -- the Eagles are there for a while, but eventually just get
 >> pounded into submission.
 >
 >It's funny that you mention the last Eagles/Cowboys game.  Seems to me
 >the first half of that game was very similar to the NFC WildCard game
 >on Sunday.  The Eagles offense struggled for first downs which gave the
 >opponents the ball for almost the entire first half.  The Saints were
 >able to score 17-points, the much better Cowboys offense produced all of
 >three.  Oh, and there's one other thing you might want to note, the
 >GANG GREEN is much healthier now than the last Dallas game.
 
True the Eagle D's health has improved, and Emmitt has plundered the NFL
for about 850 yards and 9 TD's since then also....

 >> The Eagles have won five in a row, but the Cowboys have had two dominating
 >> wins in a row, too, over the Falcons and the Bears.
 >
 >Oooooh, I'm impressed!
 
Good teams beat the teams they are supposed to beat.

 >> Add to that the two weeks of rest, the Eagles' lack of road success this year,
 >> and 72,000 fans, and you have the Eagles' playoff run ending next week.
 >
 >The Eagles played in front of more than 72,000 hostile fans this past
 >weekend and they did so while playing catch-up.  It didn't effect them
 >at all.  Eagles' lack of road success?  They've won two in a row and
 >three of their last four on the road.  The lone loss?  At San Francisco
 >by an inch.  The Eagles are very capable of winning on the road and are
 >playing as well as they did in the beginning of the season.

Ask the Skins about the Dallas crowd when they get fired up.

 >
 >I'll let you post about what happened when the two teams met in the
 >beginning of the season.  And while you're at it, can you tell us how
 >many playoff games Troy Aikman has won?

One less than St. Randall.   ooooh Im impressed.:-) Should be a hell of
a game. Let's get ready to rumblllllllllllle !!!!!

 >Gawd, it's fun on this newsgroup in January:-)!

Yes indeed :-) 
Cheers Joe'
Go COWBOYS !!!

 >
 >
 >E-A-G-L-E-S
 >
 >Joe Dakes
 


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