BTB Bruthas -- What Is The Meaning Of This?
by kcbrett5 on Mar 1, 2008 12:24 PM CST
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As all of us continually exchange opinions and share Dallas Cowboys & football news/info on this site, I occassionally get curious about some things.
And what is it (you might ask)???
How did you come up with your username that you log in under here at bloggingtheboys.com... like for example, I came up with silverblue5 because:
a. My favorite NFL Football Team is the Dallas Cowboys and their colors are silver and blue.
and
b. 5 is the number of Super Bowls our beloved team has won.
I also would like to add, what made you choose the Cowboys as your favorite NFL Football Team... and what was the first game you ever watched them play on TV.
For me, it was one particular Thanksgiving Day where my Dad, Mom, self, sister, and brother went over to another family's house. It was an old high school friend of my Dad's -- and they both were in the Navy together at the time (mid-70s I think).
Well, my Dad's friend was a Redskins fan and my Dad was a Cowboys fan (and still is). This particular game was the one when Roger Staubach got injured and Clint Longley came in and threw that bomb to win the game against the George Allen-Billy Kilmer led Skins.
My Dad is a very quiet, laid back kind of guy who is reserved in public settings... or even settings where there are more than five people.
Surprising to me was when he stood up and cheered after Longley's famous TD pass... and of course, being about 8 or 9 at the time, I got excited, too.
That being said, I'll be eternally grateful to my Dad for indirectly leading me to become a Dallas Cowboys fan.
What's the meaning of your username here on BTB, what was the first Cowboys game you ever watched (on TV and/or live at a stadium), and how did you become a fan of America's Team?
I'm curious.
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My name doesn't have any particular meaning
Other than the fact that my name is John, that is.
by John Boy on Mar 1, 2008 12:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for asking sb5
Well,
CowboyBawler4 originates from 3 things:
- I'm a Cowboy fan to the grave.
- I can hold my own on a basketball court.
- My jersey number has always been 4.
Being only 18 years old, my Cowboy history does not range that far back. I can vaguely remember the first game that I watched. It was the 1992 NFC Championship Game. Being from Texas, my family, most inparticular my father, are huge Cowboys fans. We all gathered together to watch this game at our house. I wasn't exactly into the game, but one play will stick out in my mind forever. When Aikman hit Harper for that long gain that pretty much sealed the game, our house went hysterical. My dad told me that I would never see such an accurate throw in my life. The way Aikman hit Harper squarely between the numbers was the definition of hitting a receiver, "in stride" as he would always say.
I am eternally grateful for my family being Cowboys fans. It is how I was raised. I know no other team. It is for that reason that I became a fan of the greatest team in the world, The Dallas Cowboys.
by CowboyBawler4 on Mar 1, 2008 12:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good diary
well kingbillito is a joke from a long time ago. My name is bill, I am fluent in spanish so I added the billito (little bill) and the king is a joke from college. I sometimes fear that people may think I am an egomaniac who thinks I am a king but I can assure you I am a humble guy with a strong sense of humor.
I grew up in Jersey with relatives in texas. I spent the summer with them in 78 and my cousin was a huge cowboys fan. He got me into the history, cheerleaders, players etc. When I went home, the following football season my dad wanted to watch the Giants game and I proudly proclaimed "I'm a dallas cowboys fan!" And the rest is history...
by Billito on Mar 1, 2008 12:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good Subject
My user name is simple:
my first and last name put together (boring, I know)
I'm 23 and my 53 year old Dad has been a Cowboys fan his whole life. I can't remember not being a fan, but there is one memory that sticks out to me:
Training camp in Austin, TX (1993/the year after they won the 92 Super Bowl)
I was 9 and when we went to the morning session Michael Irvin was on the sideline and I was begging for his autograph. He looked me dead in the eye and asked if I was coming back for the afternoon session. I said yes and told me he would give me his autograph then.
So when we came back and the afternoon session was over for the day, he was talking to a reporter about to leave. I was yelling that "he promised he would give it to me". He said, "Are you lying to me?" and I said no. So in the middle of his interview he walked over and reached over the fence, where I was getting smashed by a pack of adults. I was the only autograph he gave that day. It made feel important and it is a memory that I will never forget. I'll be a Cowboy for life.
by calebsmith on Mar 1, 2008 1:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
My real name is Nelson
And since it's my first name, I correctly guessed no one else here was using it.
by Nelson on Mar 1, 2008 1:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Stupid story
I grew up in Dallas. When I was in elementary school, one of my older brother's idiot friends spraypainted "Grape Joos" on the side of my school (Skyview, if it's still there, in Richardson School Dist....). I have no idea what it meant, but it's kind of taken on a life of its own, and both my brother and I have used it for things ever since. I'm 27 now, so that's a pretty good run for a stupid inside joke.
As for the first game I watched on TV, it was sometime in the 1992 season, but I don't have a particularly clear memory of it. I do clearly remember the NFC championship game that year, and that was when I first started paying attention to sports. I do remember going with my family to a game against the Eagles a few years before, I think it might have been on Thanksgiving. It was rainy, miserable, the Boys were horrible, and I didn't care about sports at the time. To this day, that's the only Cowboys game I've been to at Texas Stadium.
by grapejoos on Mar 1, 2008 1:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
addendum
Forgot to add the family rooting history. I grew up in Texas, so I loved football, even before I cared about the NFL. I was the most disinterested, unathletic kid you could imagine, but I could throw a spiral just the same. Went to Lake Highlands HS football games on Friday nights and all that (and saw future NFL kicker Phil Dawson in action for LHS).
My family moved from Dallas to the DC suburbs shortly before our last Super Bowl win. I stuck with the Cowboys after the move and cheered them on to victory and have never wavered in my support. My family, however, decided to become Redskins fans since they were the local team. They never had my level of devotion to the Cowboys (they were something I had to believe in as a teenager, hard to undervalue that), they never liked Jerry much, and for some reason the Deion signing seemed to push them over the edge. They'll still root for Dallas casually, but this baffles me to this day. I have no other Dallas pro sports affiliations, so my love of the Cowboys is the way I carry my Texas pride with me to this day.
by grapejoos on Mar 1, 2008 5:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think...
there's something to that grapejoos. my family moved from texas to cali in '81 and I basically grew up in cali. went to high school there and returned their to go to grad school (which explains the lakers loyalty.)
but i'm extremely proud of my texas heritage. my parents are from texas and a large part of my family is as well. moving to cali was almost like a different world. had to carry something from home with me. my love for the cowboys was definitely the biggest thing i took.
i look at texas now and there aren't many things i have in common with it. but along with a taste for good music (strange fruit project, los lonely boys), the 'Boys will always be a part of me. i have the great state of texas to thank for that.
guess my point is, seems like i always run into texas expatriates or people with texas ties who carry that love for the 'Boys with them. I'm sure this phenomenon exists for other teams, but I have yet to see a team that has it quite like the Cowboys. Anybody that has gone to Cowboy training camps in Cali knows this.
by Tuna Helper on Mar 1, 2008 6:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I hear you
I've been back to Dallas several times since my family moved away, and though I still have very fond memories of it, it certainly seems more and more strange to me. Having lived in DC/Atlanta/New York since, it seems like (and is) a bizarre place. Seriously, for all of you folks in Dallas, your freeways are something to behold. Mix in some politics and things (and that's all I'll say about that), I don't have a lot in common with Texas anymore other than the Cowboys.
Well, that, and a craving for Mexican food and BBQ that keeps me up at night. God as my witness, there is no substitute for Texas BBQ or Mexican food in the southwest.
by grapejoos on Mar 1, 2008 7:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good idea for a diary
I'm not a very creative person, my sn is my name. I have been a Cowboys fan since 1990, mainly due to my cousin who moved in with us at that time who was a 'Boys fan. I'm almost 22 now, so this infatuation has been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember.
by ChrisRichey on Mar 1, 2008 1:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cool Question
I lived most my life in San Antonio, where 99.9% of the native population are Cowboys fans. Both my parents were huge fans from 1960 on. My mom, who turns 83 in a few weeks, is still a fan and watches every game.
First game I vaguely remember seeing: 1966 NFL Championship Game, when Don Meredith threw an interception against Green Bay at the end, ending the drive that could have tied the game.
First game I distinctly remember seeing: Start of the 1970 season, against the Eagles at the old Franklin Field.
As for my name, Kind of Blue is a classic jazz album by Miles Davis and is also a team color. Hence Kindablue. Dalailuke was the only person to figure that out.
by kindablue on Mar 1, 2008 1:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
very simple
when i started reading BTB, i had no idea how it would grow on me, or how much i would use it.
i have tons of sites i belong to (newspapers, services, etc) and it gets tough to recall all the individual names so i started using a combination of a numbers from my address that were so bizarre i could be certain that they are free on every site i have to register for.
as for how i was drafted into life as a cowboys fan, one of my earliest memories is sitting in my gradparents house watching a superbowl - i am not sure if it was 10 (meaning i was almost 2) or 13 meaning i was almost 5. i think i was about 2 but maybe thats crazy. what i do recall was that my grandfather (who was a 1939 annapolis grad) wasn't that big a sports fan except he LOVED Staubach b/c he went to annapolis as well - albeit a bit later. he told me "we are for the team with the stars on their helmets" and that was it. as i got old enough to understand the game on any real level, things were headed downhill.
my next clear football memories were the catch, betting a classmate that the bengals would beat the 49ers in the superbowl - i just hated them that much, and a string of dallas losses to the skins. by the time i was old enough to get fully invested we were losing. i recall watching dickerson run roughshod over us in the playoffs, wondering if we would be better off with hogenboom. the short steve pelluer era. drafting carl lewis. wondering if mike sherard would get healthy. my anger at the way tom landry was fired. back to back 1-16 seasons. one of my favorite memories was watching us finally beat the eagles on monday night in 1992 and showing we were for real.
things have gone full cylce and man is it nice to be on the upswing again.
by 325424 on Mar 1, 2008 1:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Way back when
December the 6th 1970 I attended my first pro football game in washington DC skins VS the boys. I'd always watched football when it was on but never really had a favorite team. Well it was me and my best friend and his dad and his dads drinking buddy. Well my friend and I knew one thing..we didn't like the redskins,so we decided to root for the cowboys just to get under his dads skin.
Well as luck would have it ...the boys triumphed 34-0 that day and I was hooked.I've been a hardcore ,live and die with silver and blue fan for the last 38 years! The boys went on to win 6 out of the last 7 games...only problem was they lost the last one....the super bowl to the colts 16-13.we'd make up for that the next year by winning our 1st super bowl by stomping the Miami dolphins in the Super bowl 24-3.
My friend wasn't as lucky...he turned out to be a rams fan...but still is to this day(I had to live with constant reminders of the greatest show on turf!)
I guess thats where my name on BTB came about "trueblue 24" I've always been True to my team never ever thought about not rooting my boys on! Not when Jerry Jones Unceremoniously fired the greatest coach ever..Tom Landry...Not then not ever...If theres a team playing on sunday with a STAR on the side of thier helmet...I'll be rooting them on!
The 24 comes from the most exciting running back we've had since Emmitt Smith....MBIII...I love this guy! He's got that "IT" factor,He brings a load and adds electricity every time he touches the ball.
Sorry guys...Didn't mean to get carried away...I could probably write about my memories of the great(and not so great) cowboys teams of the last four decades,and go on for days!
Great Diary by the way!
by TrueBlue24 on Mar 1, 2008 1:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Great Stories!
My username is lame, as you probably guessed that it comes from my residence.
I grew up the oldest of four in a non-football family, so I had no influence when I chose the Cowboys as my favorite football team. My parents, however, were huge fans of the Friday night show "Dallas", my favorite color was blue, and I was raised on a cattle farm (so I was kind of a young Cowboy!). Anyway, that all led to me being a Cowboys fan at the ripe age of 7 years old.
My first vivid memory of the Cowboys was the '82 NFC Championship. I remember shedding tears after "the catch". My mother could not understand why her 8 year old son would be crying over the outcome of a football game.
I usually try and attend a game or two every year. I had the opportunity to travel to Buffalo, NY last fall for Buffalo's first MNF game in over a decade. What I witnessed was easily the greatest live football game I have ever seen. What transpired during the last few minutes of that game was surreal.
by Fargo Cowboys on Mar 1, 2008 2:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
i woulda loved to have been there..
that game was insane! n i was only watchin on TV. you musta been losin it
by eMBe3 on Mar 1, 2008 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I use my real first name
I guess I didn't feel like creating a cool username.
Regarding the the genesis of my addiction to the Cowboys, it began during the Cowboys playoff run in 1975. Up until that time, I was a young boy and didn't really have a "favorite" team. I admired both the Dolphins and the Cowboys at the time because they were 2 of the best teams in the league at the time.
Anyway, the divisional playoff game against the Vikings was the first Cowboys game I can remember vividly where I became overcome with emotions for the Bpys. The hail mary pass from Staubach to Pearson was the play that did it for me, then the total destruction of the Rams in the NFC Championship game was the first game where I considered myself a total Cowboys nut.
2 weeks later, I can also recall taking a total tandrum when they lost to the Steelers in SB X. Since then, I was hooked for life, and 32 years later, and here I am.
by Terry on Mar 1, 2008 3:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I can totally relate to Terry..It began in 1975.
I can vaguely remember prior to 1975, but I had gone to the Orange Bowl to watch the Dolphins play the Jets in like '72-'73 while on vacation visiting my grandparents in Hollywood, FL..They were the champs and I really enjoyed it, and became fascinated with football in general.....I even still have a Miami Dolphin rain pancho cuz it rained that day.
But growing up in Connecticut, in the early '70's B.C (before cable) there was only ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS.....And my local teams were the Giants on CBS, or the Patriots on NBC. So most people in CT are either Pat's or Jint's fans....not me...
I remember how terrible the Giants and Pat's were in the mid '70's...and how I used to love it when the Cowboy's played on Thanksgiving Day, and the few games I got to watch when they played the Giants, or Redskins, or on ABC's monday night football with Howard Cossell, and Dandy Don Merideth. The "Dallas Cowboys" would be on TV playing and they had a certain aura to their game. They were like rock stars and movie stars...
I remember my mom buying me Cowboy's pajama's with the little booties attached to them, maybe she saw something coming, or she got a good deal on them while Christmas shopping....but since I put those on, I've been a Cowboy fanatic ever since........
It was also the Minnesota playoff game in '75 that's etched in my mind...I was the biggest Drew Pearson fan from that day on. I wore #88 jersey all through pee wee football and pony leagues while playing TE. Of course had to switch to Tony Dorsett's #33 when I got to high school and became a RB....but those were the days...1975...What a draft class that was..Randy White was a beast !! I sure wish we could get Gil Brandt to come run our scout team...he was the best. here:
http://www.dallas-cowboys-apparel.co...
As for my user name : Cowboy's Are Back 2007...pretty much explains itself...This past season has summed it up in a big way:...They ARE back....
I know I can speak for all that these past 11-12 seasons have been eating at me, especially these past two season, which I know if we has just beaten Seattle, and NYG's...and there is no doubt we should have. The odds were pretty good that we would have won the past two championships. but it's in the past...move on ...I hate it..but we must.
I live and die Cowboys football..It may sound pathetic...but I can't come up with anything that is more important to me and my life...I have had thoughts of moving to Dallas for a long time, just to be closer to my team, and be able to call them my home town team, and be able to see them live 8 -10 times a year. It still may happen...single and have options...lol..
And I know our best chance to finally get over the slump we've been in will come in these next two years..We MUST win this upcoming season. Like I've stated...This years offseason is so vital to sustaining this excellence we are about to encounter.
They will be dominant once again, and they will be the first team to win 6 Super Bowl victories....count on it.
by BoyzRback07 on Mar 1, 2008 5:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My whole life
people called me "dunk" for my last name, Duncan. So dunkman it was...
I grew up in Texas, so it was inevitable that I became a fan. My parents didn't care for football, but interestingly my grandmother - a farm wife, postmaster and all-around great lady - was a complete fanatic. Since we spent summers at holidays at the farm, I was indoctrinated early.
I watched everyone from Meredith through Romo, but my favorite game was Emmitt's single-handed defeat of the Giants, dinged shoulder and all...
by dunkman on Mar 1, 2008 3:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good stuff
my username comes from a fantasy football league my co-workers and I were involved in back in 2003. It was a last second thing and Parcells was about the best thing we had going for us that year. It sounded as lame then as it does now. For a while, I would use 2131 as my username in some leagues because Julius Jones and Roy Williams were my favorite players. Yeah. That didn't work out so well.
I'm only 31 so my history with the Cowboys doesn't go back that far. I can remember the talented teams of the '80s. My cognizance of the Cowboys started around the time the Roger Staubach era ended and the dreaded Danny White era began. I remember Billy Bob Bates and his hustle. Ed "Too Tall" Jones and how much Phil Simms feared him. Eugene Lockhart and his 200 tackle season. Kevin Sweeney. Paul Palmer. The 1-15 season.
I would say the 1992 Championship Game sticks out the most to me. I was in San Francisco at the time. I was this 15-year-old kid at a high school forensics tournament in a room full of rabid 49er fans. I had watched the development of Troy Aikman. Watched our playoff win in Chicago and loss in Detroit. Remembered when he drafted Irvin. I'd heard of the championship days and our glorious history. But that run in the '90s felt like my time. Like the championship belonged to my era. My generation.
Just my two cents.
by Tuna Helper on Mar 1, 2008 3:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty young
only 17. Although I have seen games from all eras with the help of ESPN classic and the like.
I grew up during a rough period of Cowboys football, I don't really remember most of their dynasty years of the 90's so I am stuck with having the late 90's and early 00's as my developing years. Harsh, but nobody can call me a fairweather fan. I do sort of remember their third super bowl of the 90's but not much around that.
The Cowboys were pretty much thrust upon me by my dad, he and his whole family are from the Fort Worth/Dallas area. I still can go back to my old clothes and see how many Cowboys gear I owned: Aikman baby jersey, Emmitt shirt, many hats. I always watched the games with him and still do. Actually I guess I developed my total love of sports from him as we love the same teams (St.Louis Cards, Longhorns, Boys'). I can't say thanks enough.
Going back to my age, I have seen a number of games of the past from NFL films and ESPN classic and I have seen the greatness of Staubach and Aikman, I have seen all the super bowls and seen or read about the great and not so great moments of their history, but I still grew up during a time when Aikman was aging and Quicy Carter was starting. Romo is the first great thing I can fully remember happening to the Cowboys and he truly encompasses everything great about the game I love. Him and Witten are easily my favorite players from my lifetime. The 9 is pretty obvious.
by Romo9 on Mar 1, 2008 3:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Looks like
you and I are the only HS kids on this site man. Glad to know I'm not alone. I too have suffered most of my Cowboy life. It's kind of hard to recall games from the early 90's. I also watch every game with my dad. I guess it's kind of the way we're brought up that determines to where our hearts belong. I'm just glad that we finally have an awesome team to cheer on in our era, and hopefully for years to come.
by CowboyBawler4 on Mar 2, 2008 12:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty Simple
As anyone can guess, I am a Cowboy fan in Boston. I have been following Dallas since the 1982 Championship Game...Everyone was rooting for the 49ers, so I had to be different..I was only 9..I have been a die hard since then...
by BostonCowboyFan on Mar 1, 2008 4:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Mine is easy
I love the Cowboys and Boston Red Sox.
My dad loved Tom Landry. The first game I remember watching was the Dallas vs. Denver Super Bowl. I actually don't remember much about the game, I just remember he and I had to go to our neighbors house to watch the game because our TV has broken that weekend.
He stopped rooting for Dallas when JJ fired Tom Landry.
by boysandbosox on Mar 1, 2008 4:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
1. emmitt smith was my favorite player as a kid..
- i lived in fort worth when i was young..
- my whole famiy is full of dallas fans so it was always just part of family life.. thanksgiving crowding around the TV n such..
- nate jones is my 3rd cousin (and gets no love btw). not really why im a dallas fan because i loved the boys before they drafted him.. it was just great for me when they did.
- it always felt right!
i got my username because MB3 is nasty n i gotta rep the players i love to watch!
great post silverblue5
by eMBe3 on Mar 1, 2008 4:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
My username is pretty self-explanatory
I'm from Delaware, and I figured there probably wouldn't be too many people from Delaware on this blog, so I decided to represent.
I'm only 21, so I was just becoming aware of football right when the 90's dynasty was getting started. The first game I remember watching was the '92 superbowl, and I've been a fan ever since that game. The funny thing is that I would probably have been a 'skins fan, since I live so close to D.C. and my Dad likes the skins, but that year the redskins had a horrible season, and my next door neighbor actually went around trying to sell his redskins starter jacket, and that scared me away from the redskins, and I still look back and am thankful that that occurred.
by delaware on Mar 1, 2008 4:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
DeRat
In 1982 I was exiled from the Texas gulf coast to the Sonoran Desert southwest of Phoenix (job change). DeRat is an abbreviation of Desert Rat. The first few years I hated it here, but it grows on you and I’ll never live anywhere other than a desert again.
Like many of you, my father was passionate about football; we use to go to High School games every Friday. Texas High School football is the best in the Nation. When the Cowboys came into existence, my dad became an instant fan (even though they stunk the first few years), so that’s where we spent Sunday afternoons (in front of the tube).
I grew up on a ranch outside Victoria, Texas. All my friends lived in town and had cable TV (no TV stations in town back then), they got the Houston Oiler games so they were Oiler fans (always sparked a lot of "friendly" discussions). Our only TV reception was via roof top antenna from San Antonio (85 miles as the crow flies), so most games looked as though we were watching through a snow storm.
Except for a few years in the early 70’s, when I spent time in Uncle Sam’s canoe club (Navy) cruising around UNDER the Pacific, I have followed the Cowboys. I have attended all of the Cowboy games played in Arizona. I was hoping to attend one this past month (!#%&*^#). It use to be easy to get tickets to the Cardinal games; Sun Devil stadium seats 76,000 and they seldom drew more than 30,000 before the new air conditioned stadium (University of Phoenix Stadium, UoPS , us locals pronounce it Oops, as in Oops the Cardinals snatch defeat from the jaws of victory again).
I have many wonderful memories of the Cowboys, but I’ll share one that Terry will enjoy. I was in attendance for the very first NFL game in which Tony Romo played. It was the first pre-season game of his rookie year. Early August in Arizona, think about that for a second. Kickoff was at 7:30 PM and it was 110 degrees in open air Sun Devil Stadium. The concrete stands were probably over 130 degrees. When the game ended after 10 PM it was still 104 degrees. Three hours of watching Quincy Carter and Chad Hutchinson ineptitude in that heat. I don’t think the Cowboys had a drive the entire game with more than 1 first down. And then, with 2 minutes left, Parcels puts the young rookie in, and like an old master he drives the Cowboys the length of the field. Of course he pulls a Favre at the goal line, but it was clear to both my son and I that he had "it". When I got home and peeled my sweat drenched cloths off, I had the waffle pattern of the aluminum bench branded on to my arse (sorry about that last mental image).
by DeRat on Mar 1, 2008 5:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Super diary, silverblue
My name is as far removed from timmy as you can think of, and if I'm posting on BTB, then I'm probably not doing a good "job." I just wanted a ridiculously long username, and this is a unique screen name among all variations of my internet identities.
I have no family relationship with the Cowboys or even football in general. I jumped on the bandwagon sometime during the Dave Campo era.
My first memory of watching the Cowboys is what got me hooked on them back then. It was a TE possum trick play that led to a touchdown. I can remember nothing else about that game except that, but it was enough.
Oh, I've only ever been to one Cowboys game so far. It was at Texas Stadium when they played the Patriots, and the Cowboys broke my heart like no woman ever has when they kicked the FG instead of going for the endzone on 4th down.
by goodjobtimmyheresabluestar on Mar 1, 2008 5:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dave Campo bandwagon...
Must have been a LOT of room.
by Brandon Worley on Mar 1, 2008 6:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hi my name is Brandon
And you guys know me.
Grew up in Texas, giant Cowboys fan by family and location.
First known memory of a Cowboys game was in 1990, and someone ran a kickoff back for a touchdown. Don't remember the player or who it was against.
I started to religiously follow the team that year. I was 7. Haven't stopped since.
by Brandon Worley on Mar 1, 2008 6:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
my name comes from
just adding cowboys before my birth year of 1978 or cowboy78. I am keeping the family tradition of rooting for all texas teams and especially the cowboys. I just like what the cowboys stand for and embrace the hate from other jealous fans/media who cannot stand dallas.
by cowboy78 on Mar 1, 2008 6:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Has DirecTV's NFL Ticket Changed Anyone's Life?
How many people outside of the DFW area went from watching a couple (during the rotten years) Cowboy games a year, to seeing EVERY game?
What a difference it makes in feeling connected to the team (as a fan) when you have witnessed every minute of every game (twice if you have a DVR!).
by Fargo Cowboys on Mar 1, 2008 8:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you on that!
The only reason I got direstv was for the NFL sunday ticket. being in the heart of redskins territory...It's a must!
I remember one sunday back in 1992 fox had the doubleheader....the skins were the one'o clock game.
instead of showing the cowboys at 4...the local channel showed "Honey I think I shrunk the kids"
OHHHH....Bitter!
Directv to the rescue...I LOVE IT!
by TrueBlue24 on Mar 1, 2008 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
couldn't live without the Ticket, no doubt
by Terry on Mar 2, 2008 2:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about DirecTV,
But I turned 21 just before the season started this year, so I went from only getting to see the nationally televised games to getting to go to a sports bar and watch every game. Just another good thing that comes with turning 21 I guess.
by delaware on Mar 1, 2008 8:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
My User Name
is a combination of my first name, Dave, and the first 5 letters of my last name.
I have been a Cowboys fan since 1975. I had no family connections that liked the Cowboys. I just started watching them play so many times, I just started liking them. There was always the cheerleaders that helped me like them too!
I always enjoyed watching football with my dad. We would always have quarter bets with each other. He would always double the bet when the Cowboys were playing! I always seem to be on the winning side!!
I look forward to watching the Cowboys winning their 6th Super Bowl in the near future!
by DaveTroll on Mar 2, 2008 7:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
No Cowboy Connection
My username has no Cowboy connection. Sean is my first name. The Rude part comes from when I used to have a radio show in college. I played a lot of reggae on it, and I was a huge Clash fan, so the show was called the Rude Boy Show.
I became a Cowboys fan when I was about 5 years old. I walked into the den one sunday afternoon. The Cowboys were on TV. They were down by 10 with about two minutes left. Roger Staubach took the field, and by the final whistle they were up by 4. The Cowboys went on to beat the Dolphins that year for their 1st Super Bowl win.
Growing up in NJ, I took a lot of crap from people for rooting for the Cowboys, and in the down years during the mid to late 80s, Giants and Eagles fans took special pleasure in busting the chops of any one who dared to admit rooting for the Cowboys. The Aikman-Smith era success was so sweet after the debacle of the late Landry years and Early JJ years
by Seanrude on Mar 2, 2008 1:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Rude-Y Can't Fail!
To quote Joe Strummer...or was it Mick Jones?
Odd piece of trivia: You can catch a glimpse of me in the "Rock the Casbah" video. They filmed it right before their show in Austin in 1982, and I happened to standing around when the camera swung my way.
by kindablue on Mar 2, 2008 3:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Joe (R.I.P.) wrote it, Mick sang it, I stole it
That is cool that you are in the video. I saw it recently and I remember thinking all of those young kids are approaching middle age, just like me.
by Seanrude on Mar 3, 2008 9:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Great diary Silverblue
Gotta a big blue star tattooed on my right shoulder, but it's also an obvious play on words...
Not exactly sure how I came to be a Cowboys fan...The Cowboys were on TV a lot in the late 70s, and my Dad (Bears fan) told me I really liked their helmets as a young kid, and it's stuck ever since. It's funny, ever so often I'll come across Polaroids of me when I was 5-6 years old, and they're I'll be, sporting some Cowboys pajamas with the plastic bottoms on the feet. I don't even remember being a Cowboys fan then! Makes me proud!
Didn't attend my first game until 2003, against the Cardinals (one of my good friends is a Cards fan......I know). Cowboys got two safeties that game, and I didn't regain my voice for a WEEK AND A HALF.
by Starred4Life on Mar 2, 2008 10:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol...same pajama's I had....
Dallas was top marketing dogs back then toooo...
Who didn't have a poster of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders back in the day ???...i sure did...brought me into puberty as well...lol..
by BoyzRback07 on Mar 2, 2008 11:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I was also at that game Starred
I remember it well. Thats when Quincy Carter actually looked like he might be our answer at QB. Rememeber the bomb he threw to Glenn for a TD. Roy Williams actually looked great in coverage.
Boy, lots has changed in 5 years, huh?
by Terry on Mar 3, 2008 7:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya, a lot HAS changed!
That bomb to Glenn was awesome...weren't there like two guys open on that play? I thought it was a fake-reverse or something like that, and ALL the Cards were caught flat-footed! If I remember right, QC had his choice between Glenn and Bryant or maybe someone else...
by Starred4Life on Mar 3, 2008 1:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, you're right
Hard to believe Carter actually looked pretty good back then, the pass to Richie Anderson was pretty sweet as well. That was an awesome game to actually be present at, we totally dominated the Cards that day.
by Terry on Mar 3, 2008 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Hayes fan
My first name is Bob and I have been a Dallas Cowboys fan since Tom Landry was named head coach. My dad grew up in New York and was a die hard Giants fan. We moved to Houston in 1961 and he adopted the Cowboys as his new team because of Coach Landry. We have been die hard Cowboys fans ever since.
My favorite Cowboy of all time is Bob Hayes and I chose my blog name to honor him.
I was first drawn to Bob Hayes during the Olympics.
At the 1964 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Hayes had his finest hour as a sprinter. First, he won the 100 m by tying the current World Record in the 100 m with a time of 10.0 seconds, even though he was running in lane 1 which had, the day before, been used for the 10km and this badly chewed up the cinder track. He also was running in borrowed spikes because one of his shoes had been kicked under the bed when he was playing with some friends and he didn't realize until he got there. This was followed by a second gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay, which also produced a new World Record (39.06 seconds).
Hayes ran the final leg like he was shot out of a cannon. His leg was the fastest ever (at 8.5 seconds) according to many critics. His come from behind win for the US team was one of the most memorable Olympic events. Jocelyn Delecour, France's last leg runner, famously said to Paul Drayton before the relay final that "you can't win, all you have is Bob Hayes." Drayton was able to reply, after the race "all you need is Bob Hayes..." The relay race was also Hayes' last race as a track and field athlete as he permanently switched to football after it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hayes
To those who had the great fortune to watch him run and play in the NFL you know he was often referred to as "Bullet Bob Hayes" back in the day.
When the Cowboys drafted him (7th round pick in 1964), I was elated. He proved the critics wrong who said the was just a runner and not a football player. Take some time and look at the Cowboy records he still holds... it will amaze you.
To me, it is the greatest injustice in NFL history that Bob Hayes is not in the Hall of Fame. How many other players changed the way the game is played? The zone defense was invented to help teams account for Hayes' blazing speed. No one in the league could cover him one on one.
I was saddened by the tribulations he went through when his playing days ended and wished he could have received the honors he deserved before he passed on.
by BulletBob on Mar 3, 2008 8:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Very True!
To me, it is the greatest injustice in NFL history that Bob Hayes is not in the Hall of Fame. How many other players changed the way the game is played? The zone defense was invented to help teams account for Hayes' blazing speed.
I agree 100% that bob hayes should be in the hall of fame.
No question!
by TrueBlue24 on Mar 3, 2008 9:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
there's one guy that should be in the HOF
by Terry on Mar 3, 2008 9:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Along with Cliff Harris and Chuck Howley
by Seanrude on Mar 3, 2008 10:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for your participation, Bros...
It's kinda cool to know where a lot of you got your usernames from and also how you got to be Cowboys fans. Not to mention the cool stories of your boyhood days as fans of Dallas.
Thanks again!!!
I'd still like to know how Grizz got his nickname.
by kcbrett5 on Mar 8, 2008 3:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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