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Open thread for the new show.

 

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Anybody here?

I’m looking forward to the show!

You'll never get in a traffic jam,while going the extra mile. -Roger staubach

by TrueBlue24 on Aug 20, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Brian stewart

He’s got alot of passion!

You'll never get in a traffic jam,while going the extra mile. -Roger staubach

by TrueBlue24 on Aug 20, 2008 9:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That whole tirade sounded a little fake.

He was really reaching for words, thats the kind of speech where the players try to hold in their laughter.

I still like Stewart though. I just think he sounded a little aware of the camera.

by Carl Shelton (GloryDayz88) on Aug 20, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that was my take as well Glory....

A true diehard Cowboys fan since 1975.

"If you don’t take him off the field as a coach, he will just about die out there," Jerry Jones said. "That impacted my decision. It’s a Michael Irvin-type work ethic. That’s what we are talking about with Felix Jones."
- Owner/G.M of the Dallas Cowboys , Jerry Jones

by BoyzRback on Aug 21, 2008 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like they're too late to feature Spencer.

According to DMN he’s out 2-4 weeks with a knee injury now.

by FinChase on Aug 20, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yea that sucks

Hope it doesn’t get any worse.. bleh

by sublimezg on Aug 20, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It just looks like Felix

is faster than everybody else – and with his body control

dam love the pick

by GimmyJ on Aug 20, 2008 10:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

NOOO CAMPOOO!!!

Please tell me you didnt decide to go swimming again on HK…. OK I know it was a hot tub but I kept waiting for the dolphin to swim up

by Impatient on Aug 20, 2008 10:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Well after this episode we know why Romo was overthrowing his passes

and why Brad Johnson could throw more than a check down last game. It was because of the thin air.

by quincyyyyy on Aug 20, 2008 11:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Impressions

Here’s some thoughts on watching it (twice)…

I’m glad that Romo has been a relatively minor part of the show so far, but I like the face time he got in this episode. I just like the guy’s personality and attitude, having fun at the game yet being a total professional. I think he’s the perfect guy for this job, which is actually the highest profile job in professional sports. I have huge confidence in Romo at the helm of this team. He is going to seriously light it up this year.

Quotables:

“Guy’s been a bum the whole camp.” – Reggie Herring (There’s only 2 or 3 LBs he could be talking about.)

“I’ll run right by your crazy ass.” – Miles

“Now what the f*** did you do?” – Pacman imitating what his mama would say to him about his performance in San Diego

“I didn’t really have an opportunity to have any good kill shots, but if I have one I’m going to go ahead and take it. I want to decleat somebody.” — Roy (the attitude we love to hear)

“I hope some of you all took your all anger management classes this morning.” — TO

Scenes we’ve read about that we get a closer look at:
- Pacman letter – sounded well written, sure hope it works
- Adams swinging a Broncos helmet – that was a pretty good scrum
- Ellis pep talk – “Lock into what you supposed to do, don’t worry about nothing else.”
- Miles MRI – they said grade 3 sprain, even worse than we thought – could be more on the 6 end of 4-6 weeks

Things I love to see:
- Ware as a father
- TO being a mentor to the younger receivers
- Sam Hurd’s focus and work ethic
- Wade being tough and demanding
- Lowber’s technique and confidence improving
- Isolation and mic on Tellus – “I just made a tackle!” And broke one, and made some good blocks
- All the different angles in the game on the players whose stories they’re following

Some funny things:
- Roy and TO’s sunglasses
- Roy sneaking into TO’s room again (unsuccessfully)
- Roy’s reaction to not being able to hit in practice
- Pacman’s imagined phone call from his mother

Storylines that got nicely advanced in the Broncos game
- Miles – the best and the worst
- Tellus
- Danny
- Keon
- Todd

The whole Tellus story? I read Barry Horn at DMN and he describes Tellus as a “petulant child” for the shirt tucking scene, and mocks him for describing himself as “one of the best [college] players in the country.” I’m sure there’s going to be more Tellus bashing after this episode, but overall I just don’t see it as that big a deal. I mean, the biggest problem they could find to show is him not wanting to tuck his shirt in at practice? It seems like Garrett and he aren’t exactly on the same wavelength sometimes, but I think their relationship will grow as they get used to working with each other and Tellus continues to improve. And he’s a first day draft pick, that is kind of the definition of being considered one of the best players in the country, and he’s actually not saying it boastfully, right after than he acknowledges that he “struggle(s) a little bit” and what he needs to do to improve. And it shows. He’s earning praise. Ultimately it comes down to what he does on the field, and he did look pretty good in that game.

by scottmaui on Aug 21, 2008 6:55 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Best quote

Adam to Campo " Hey, the lineman say they wanna have a midget tossing contest to see how far they can throw you…."

by Impatient on Aug 21, 2008 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and I loved it when Campo

told Pacrat he should be included. That was funny.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Aug 21, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice summary Maui

That #38 sure should wrap up!

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 21, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Miles Austin

I was surprised at the end when they said it was a Grade III… that is a complete rupture… they usually let it scar down and that means no surgery… that sux!!

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Aug 21, 2008 5:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Who was running up the hill in Episode 3?

Anyone know for sure who it was running up the hill?

by Macksimus on Aug 21, 2008 7:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

on talkingcowboys this morning

Spags was saying Oxnard is flat and there are no hills around like that, so it must have been taken before training camp near one of their homes. It didn’t look like TO though.

by scottmaui on Aug 21, 2008 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that's what I thought too

And in the video I noticed numbers on the guys shoe, so I froze the video and the number is 91, it looked like it was written on a piece of tape and placed on the shoe.

I first thought it was crayton

by Deke on Aug 21, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

91 is Ladouceur

and it definitely wasn’t him!

by scottmaui on Aug 21, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember a couple years ago

Ladoucer was a godsend because Dallas couldn’t find a good enough snapper for Martin to hit that field goal against Oakland and Larry Allen got all pissed?

So glad LP is here. Maybe Romo oughta invite him on vacation like Aikman used to hang out with Hellastrae.

That #38 sure should wrap up!

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 21, 2008 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was definitely

Bradie James.

That #38 sure should wrap up!

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 21, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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