From: johndoe@samadams.inmet (johndoe)
Subject: Re: Cowboy Bandwagon
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:30:04 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.145932.57431@watson.ibm.com> rrogers@watson.ibm.com (Ryan Rogers) writes:
In <1992Nov4.155402.39@kirk.msoe.edu> wesloskij@kirk.msoe.edu writes:
>       Is it just me or is everyone else sick of all these "fair-
>weather" fans jumping on the Cowboy bandwagon.  

i have been a cowboy fan for 20 years now; they used to be my favorite team
and only took a back seat to the broncos with dan reeves takeover there,
their subsequent rise in respectability, and landry's eventual firing.  (and
an eventual backseat to the pats, who are my local team, and who i've tried
to follow through thick and thin ... very thin, like now!)

i've followed and rooted for the cowboys whenever they've played anyone
besides the broncos -- only once in the past 12 years.  i have been posting
to this net for the past six years, and only recently have i found much to
comment on favorably in terms of the cowboys.  i maintained during landry's
last season at 3-13 that the cowboys were only 7 plays from 10-6 and a
division crown ... not 7 80 yard td strikes or 100 yd kickoff returns, but 7
plays that they executed and executed poorly.

>						Dallas has not dominated
>the NFC east by any means and they still have a long way to go.

dallas has indeed dominated the nfc east; they have beaten every other team
in the division this year, are currently 4-1 in the division, by far the
best record of any team in what is the toughest team in the division; by
contrast philly is 3-2, washington is 1-3, the one victory being over
philly, and the giants are 2-1.  dallas is one of two nfc east teams without
a loss outside the division.  dallas is the only nfc team to look fairly
consistently strong throughout the year.

and they only have three games to go - one against the worst team in the
division, and one at home against the second worst team in the division.
this seems to be the shortest way to go of any of the nfc east teams.
  
>								The way
>I see it, is that this trend is pretty much like our most current
>presidential election, everybody likes the favorite, but nobody really
>knows why.  "It's time for a change" in the NFL and it's not simply to
>become a Cowboy fan for no reason other than they're finally out of the
>basement.  

i couldn't agree less.  i like dallas as the favorite because, other than
the 49ers and perhaps the vikings, they are the only truly consistent team
in the league this year; these teams have handily beaten almost every team
they were supposed to handle, and have played tough and won most of the rest
of their games.  by contrast, the bills have had their 4 game rough stretch.
the broncos look anemic on the road.  the steelers, if they are indeed for
real, have lost to two teams they should not have lost to and looked bad
doing it.  the dolphins had a two game skid at an inopportune time (against
two weak nfc east opponents). the oilers seem to be falling apart.  the
redskins are up and down; it took them three games to score an offensive td
recently.  the eagles have been on the ropes lately, lucky to face the likes
of the raiders and packers to try to heal.  the saints have had an
unfortunate habit for much of the season of playing almost exactly to the
level of their competition, good or bad.

>		Let's face reality, they are very overrated and will choke
>come playoff time!!
>

they did not choke in chicago last year.  they played a good team in detroit
that knew how to exploit what was then a grave weakness on defense.  they
are not overrated.  they are currently one of the best teams in the league,
will almost certainly make the playoffs, and should go a long way with what
may be a complete home-field advantage through the playoffs.

>               Go Jim McMahon and the Eagles!!!
>
>--John--
>

jimmy mac is back on the bench, randall will be back in calling the signals
and looking for his pacifier and bottle in the cradle--er, i mean backfield
against the packers.  the pressure is on, because, should randall fail to
bring a victory back to philly, the eagles should probably turn to mc mahon,
as randall will be useless.

-johndoe

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