WoodysGirl
09-21-2012, 08:28 PM
By Rainer Sabin / Reporter
rsabin@dallasnews.com
2:05 pm on September 21, 2012 | Permalink
IRVING – It’s undeniable that Cowboys Stadium is a tourist destination. But the question still exists about whether it provides an advantage to the NFL team that occupies it. Since the facility dubbed “Jerry World” opened in 2009, the Cowboys have played 25 regular-season and playoff games, prevailing three more times than they’ve lost.
The .560 winning percentage there is considerably worse than the one the Cowboys posted in Texas Stadium, where they won more than 68 percent of their games.
Last year, Marcus Spears said the crowd at the Cowboys’ old home was “way louder.”
Earlier this week, Jason Hatcher seemed to agree with that observation when asked if it was noisy inside owner Jerry Jones’ billion-dollar football Xanadu.
Read more: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2012/09/cowboys-are-still-looking-for-home-field-advantage-at-jerry-world.html/
rsabin@dallasnews.com
2:05 pm on September 21, 2012 | Permalink
IRVING – It’s undeniable that Cowboys Stadium is a tourist destination. But the question still exists about whether it provides an advantage to the NFL team that occupies it. Since the facility dubbed “Jerry World” opened in 2009, the Cowboys have played 25 regular-season and playoff games, prevailing three more times than they’ve lost.
The .560 winning percentage there is considerably worse than the one the Cowboys posted in Texas Stadium, where they won more than 68 percent of their games.
Last year, Marcus Spears said the crowd at the Cowboys’ old home was “way louder.”
Earlier this week, Jason Hatcher seemed to agree with that observation when asked if it was noisy inside owner Jerry Jones’ billion-dollar football Xanadu.
Read more: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2012/09/cowboys-are-still-looking-for-home-field-advantage-at-jerry-world.html/