From: rjk@dino.qci.bioch.bcm.tmc.edu (Raymond K)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Cowboys KILL Eagles
Date: 11 Jan 1993 14:48:00 GMT
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Quick joke:  What do you o when you have GANG GREEN?
Answer:  You amputate it!!   Ha ha ha!!

OK, enough of the jocularity.  On to football.....

What a game, what a game, what a game!!  Like the great United
States defeating Iraq, like the hero defeating the villain, like
good overcoming evil, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Philadelphia
Eagles on Sunday, 34-10.  Don't let the score fool you, it wasn't
even THAT close!!

Kudos to Jimmy Johnson, a great coach, a great preparer, a great
strategist, and a great motivator.  He had his team totally
prepared for this one.  Also praise to Dave Wannstedt, Norv
Turner, and Joe Avezzano for doing the same with each of their
respective units.  Great jobs gentlemen!!

Credit also the players, the guys who execute the gameplan,
and exectued it to perfection.  The plan going in seemed to
be conservatism on offense, not giving up turnovers which give
easy scoring chances to a team that can't seem to get them any
other way.  The coaches and the players had confidence that
even though such a gameplan might look flat, even boring, at 
first, it *will*, in the end, pan out.  But, in order to do so,
it also takes excellent execution by the defense, the NFL's
#1 ranked defense, to keep the hated opponents in check.  They,
too, did it to perfection.  After seeing that such conservatism
on offense, coupled with a dominating defense, could get a lead,
the throttle was opened and more offensive juice created a laugher
of a game.

Emmitt Smith:  Every Sunday I get down on my knees and am thankful
that the Jets took Blair Thomas as the first RB in the 1990 draft
and that JJ had the brilliance to trade up just enough to select
Emmitt.  I remember thinking how fantastic the move was then, and
I've only grown to like it more since then.  Every team knows the
'Boys are going to give the ball to Emmitt, yet the little guy
keeps giving superstar performances.  He's just unbelievable!!

Troy Aikman:  Lots of fans of the hated bEagles took knocks on
Troy, but us Cowboys fans have unwavering faith in our QB.  Early
in the game, when the announcers said he look tight, they forgot
to mention that he was keeping the game safe.  If he was being
rushed and he his receiver was covered, he didn't take the sack and
he didn't force the ball, he safely threw it where nobody could get
it.  Smart job Troy!!  Later, when the throttle was opened, Troy
showed a variety of passes that make him a superstar - the fade TD
to Derek Tennell, the bullet TD to Novacek, the long ball to Harper,
and several clutch throws to Irvin and Kmart.  The better QB was very
evident in this game!!

The defense:  The NFL's #1 ranked unit, what more can be said other
than they played like it!!  The front four pressured Ran-duh all
day, sacking him 5 times and making him look pathetic.  The secondary
provided tight coverage the entire game, showing that JJ has already
corrected a weakness of just a year ago.  The linebackers do everything,
run support, blitzing, and pass coverage.  Not many bEagle receivers
were open during the game.

Special Teams:  KMart has again proven his worth, running back a
kickoff into enemy territory and almost breaking it!  Lin Elliott
was perfect on FGs and did an excellent job of pinning his kickoffs
into the corner.  Kenny "Shark Dance" Gant keeps coming up BIG on
coverages, displaying Bill Bates-like enthusiasm and guts.  Darren
Woodson continues to improve and provide huge hits and forced fumbles.

The Eagles:  A pathetic end to a pathetic team.  Also, a fitting end
for this sorry bunch of phonies.  All week they, and their idiotic
fans, talked trash about what they "were GOING TO DO" to the Cowboys.
When, when, will this team and their sticking bunch of groupies
realize that it doesn't matter what you say *BEFORE* a game, it matters
what you *DO* on the field *DURING* a game.  Trying to use such CHEAP
tactics as Byron Evans and some others saying the Cowboys were afraid
of the Eagles, Andre "Dirty" Waters hollow revenge threats toward
Emmitt Smith, exploiting Jerome Brown by hauling his personal belongings
around the country, and Fred "Big Mouth, No Big Plays" Barnett's vendetta
against Jimmy Johnson for passing on him in favor of Ace Wright in the
1990 draft.  That shit might make good press clippings but it doesn't
cut it on the field.  Do something intelligent Eagles and Eagle fans
and realize this.  I guess that's too much to ask of such a group of
losers.  Maybe intimidation, cheap shots, and trash talk works on a
high school level, or against teams that are down, but not against
good teams, winning teams, or in playoff games.

Personally, living in the Philly area, I see quite a few Eagles' games.
Ever since Buddy Ryan put his putrid stain on this team, they've played
the game very shallowly.  Not only with the cheap shots and trash talk,
but also by plays that don't have much substance to them.  Their offense
has been a playground offense for years, relying on Ran-duh's improvising
too much.  Hey, Eagles, get a frickin' playbook!!  The defense, although
once stocked with good athletes live and die by the big play.  This 
team has won a handful of games every year on the freakiest, strangest,
luckiest plays anyone has ever seen.  These things *CANNOT* be drawn
up on a chalkboard, yet the Eagles seem to rely on them over and over
only to shake their heads and point their fingers when, in the end,
they come up empty.  Phonies, that's what they are.  By rights, they
should have been eliminated last week by the Saints, but were handed
a gift in the fourth quarter.  The Cowboys, however, were not so
generous.

So, now, for our heroes, it's on to San Francisco, against a great
team for the right to go to the Super Bowl.  Whatever the outcome,
the Cowboys will prepare and work hard all week, while they, and
the Cowboys' fans, will keep our mouths shut.  After all, you don't
win games, especially playoff games, by talking trash!!


Ray        GO COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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