What Was It Like? - Page 6 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Arkyvarminter · 10-06-2012

I just wanted to add that, yes, they were very good and it was great watching them win those Super Bowls. I have seen them win 4. The 90's team was really good but I just wanted you to know that the triplets were the main reason and if one of them went down the team didn't look the same and really struggled to do anything. It took all three of them for this team to win consistently. That tells you the level of competition was great at that time as well. The Niners were really good back them. I remember going to a Dallas vs Niners game in Dallas back then and before the game a shoving match broke out in one of the endzones. The Cowboys back then had alot of fire and emotion and nobody pushed them around like they do today...

Dodger12 · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by fgoodwin

Agreed -- but the problem is, you don't know you're "building towards being great" until it's over. I think the one exception was 1991. At that point, everyone KNEW we were gonna be winners, although I agree the 1992 Super Bowl probably came a year early.

While you're IN the "rebuilding period" you don't KNOW you're gonna be great, so the "feeling" you're talking about really comes after the fact. While you're IN it, it just feels stressful.

When I saw Romo his first year I felt like we were building something great. We'd found our QB and he had "it". I thought the same way even after the playoff loss in Seattle.

ConstantReboot · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by Cowboys&LakersFan

As most of you know I'm one of the younger Cowboys fans and I was just a baby the last time the Cowboys won a Super Bowl. I badly wanna witness one, but I've began to lose hope that'll happen for obvious reasons.

Anyways what was it like seeing the Cowboys who are most of ours favorite sports team win a Super Bowl championship? How did it feel to be able to brag and say we are the champions and the best team in football? I've watched plenty of old film including the numerous Super Bowl victories and it's cool don't get me wrong, but it's just nowhere near the same as having witnessed it live. I love my other sports team, but I would honestly give every single championship trophy they have just for one Cowboys Super Bowl victory. Dead serious. I cannot even put into words how badly I wanna see a Cowboys Super Bowl win.

I'm so sorry dude but we both have to get real. This Cowboys team will never smell the Superbowl so long Jerry is in charge. Jerry is all about the money and nothing else. Winning doesn't matter.

If he was bent on winning he would have brought in a real coach. He would cede some authority to that coach and make this an organization that is focused on winning. It can be done. Heck he can still be the superstar of the show. But he will need to step back a bit and let the team win.

KJJ · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by DandyDon1722

Man you just confirmed something I have always believed -- that a Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl with the Cowboys would be the greatest day ever. For my money it:s the most picturesque and compelling venue of all the Super Bowls. I wish the NFL would put it back in the rotation,.

What a great memory to have.

It's very picturesque around the Rose Bowl with homes surrounding it in the near by hills and the 2 golf courses beside it. There's a park across the street and although the Rose Bowl looks like the Colosseum in Romo compared to the modern NFL stadiums it has a lot of history. Super Sunday at the Rose Bowl feels exactly like New Years day. In the evening you can hear coyotes howling in the hills.

The day before SB XXVII they had the first NFL experience across from the Rose Bowl. They had tents set up and one was like a mini Hall of Fame with memorabilia brought in from Canton. They allowed fans to view inside the stadium to watch the final touches being made to the field. They had a helicopter hovering just a few feet over the field to help dry the paint on the mid field logo. I got major goose bumps seeing COWBOYS painted in one endzone and BILLS painted in the other.

I couldn't get over how immaculate the natural grass field was it was like a lush manicured carpet. Some lady beside me said she would die to have a lawn like that. The day of the game the weather couldn't have been more perfect. The temp was in the mid to upper 70's and not a cloud in the sky. I spent a couple of hours before the game just walking around the stadium soaking up the atmosphere. My entire life as a Cowboys fan passed before my very eyes that day.

Chocolate Lab · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by fgoodwin

Agreed -- but the problem is, you don't know you're "building towards being great" until it's over. I think the one exception was 1991. At that point, everyone KNEW we were gonna be winners, although I agree the 1992 Super Bowl probably came a year early.

While you're IN the "rebuilding period" you don't KNOW you're gonna be great, so the "feeling" you're talking about really comes after the fact. While you're IN it, it just feels stressful.

Well you're right that you don't know you're going to be all time kind of good like that group turned out to be. But you do, and did, know that you were building a top team that was going to contend for a while. Of course in those days it was easier to keep something in place once it was built.

SultanOfSix · 10-06-2012

The 90s was the first time I witnessed a SB for the Cowboys and it was all the more sweeter that first SB was a victory and the start of a dynasty. Everything just went right for the 'Boys as it turned into a blowout. Aikman's finger pointing to the sky after throwing a long TD is etched into my memory. The only slight negative thing about the SB was Leon Lett getting the ball knocked out of his hand at the last moment right before he was going to score a TD on a fumble recovery that would have broke the 49ers record for most points scored in a SB.

Randy White · 10-06-2012

I walked around as if I owned the world..

Diogenes · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Lab

Well you're right that you don't know you're going to be all time kind of good like that group turned out to be. But you do, and did, know that you were building a top team that was going to contend for a while. Of course in those days it was easier to keep something in place once it was built.

From very early on, right after the Walker trade but before any great strides were made on the field, I simply felt I was witnessing something special being assembled. At that juncture, I wasn't exactly sure of the final destination, but just knew great things were in store.

For the next couple of years they made steady progress. Then, in 1991 when we went into Washington and beat a dominant, 11-0 and eventual SB Champion Redskins team, I was confident it was just a matter of time before we would be hoisting another Lombardi.

November 24th, 1991. That was the day I knew.

LongSnapper · 10-06-2012

The first Superbowl "I" went to we paid 25 bucks a seat and it was in Miami not bad even though we lost. I have a whole childhood and all the way into my 20's knowing at the time that the Cowboys were always in the hunt. Mr Jones might be awful proud of them Super Bowls, it was gratifying but I tell ya what when Landry was coach you could count on having a winning team every year. I feel for ya kiddo its just not like it used to be. 20 years of pure greatness Landry won two Super Bowl titles (VI, XII), 5 NFC titles, 13 Divisional titles, and compiled a 270-178-6 record, the 3rd most wins of all time for an NFL coach. His 20 career playoff victories are the most of any coach in NFL history. He was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1966 and the NFC Coach of the Year in 1975. His most impressive professional accomplishment is his 20 consecutive winning seasons (1966–1985)

Diogenes · 10-06-2012

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Originally Posted by LongSnapper

The first Superbowl "I" went to we paid 25 bucks a seat and it was in Miami not bad even though we lost. I have a whole childhood and all the way into my 20's knowing at the time that the Cowboys were always in the hunt. Mr Jones might be awful proud of them Super Bowls, it was gratifying but I tell ya what when Landry was coach you could count on having a winning team every year. I feel for ya kiddo its just not like it used to be. 20 years of pure greatness Landry won two Super Bowl titles (VI, XII), 5 NFC titles, 13 Divisional titles, and compiled a 270-178-6 record, the 3rd most wins of all time for an NFL coach. His 20 career playoff victories are the most of any [View Full Quote]

And I'll just add that the Cowboys went to the playoffs in 18 out of those 20 years. Can you imagine what that would be like today? It was as if there were 3 things you could be sure of...death, taxes, and the Cowboys making the playoffs.

Good times indeed.

sonnyboy · 10-07-2012

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Originally Posted by Cowboys&LakersFan

As most of you know I'm one of the younger Cowboys fans and I was just a baby the last time the Cowboys won a Super Bowl. I badly wanna witness one, but I've began to lose hope that'll happen for obvious reasons.

Anyways what was it like seeing the Cowboys who are most of ours favorite sports team win a Super Bowl championship? How did it feel to be able to brag and say we are the champions and the best team in football? I've watched plenty of old film including the numerous Super Bowl victories and it's cool don't get me wrong, but it's just nowhere near the same as having witnessed it live. I love my other sports team, but I would honestly give every single championship trophy they have just for one Cowboys Super Bowl victory. Dead serious. I cannot even put into words how badly I wanna see a Cowboys Super Bowl win.

Plenty of good answers to your OP, so I'll offer some perspective on the time leading up to their last run that might give you some hope....... 1990, 1991 and well into 1992, very few thought we could or would ever win again.

Johnson's a college coach, Aikman's a statue, we can't rush the passer or stop run and shoot offense......blah, blah, blah.

They can't, they can't, they can't, they won't, they won't, they won't. And it didn't stop til we beat the Niners in Candlestick.

Dodger · 10-07-2012

What was it like?

Let me describe the feeling after SB XXVII. I had seen one SB victory before, SB XIII, but I was 13 years old. It was fun and all, but I don't think that I fully enjoyed it at the time.

But after the first one with Jimmy and his guys, just imagine the next morning, and many mornings after, walking up to a familiar crowd of Cowboys haters at college, wearing your Aikman jersey...all up in their faces...and they don't dare say a damn thing about it.

That's how sweet it is.

True story.

**big dog cowboy** · 10-07-2012

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Originally Posted by ConstantReboot

If he was bent on winning he would have brought in a real coach. He would cede some authority to that coach and make this an organization that is focused on winning.

He did. Results won't happen over night. Garrett just went thru his first entire off season. Some act like he has been the HC for years and years.