Aikman disses Cowboys Fans

[Rack Bauer]

Originally Posted by dallasfan4lizife

a loud crowd behind the home-team can do wonders. it gives the defense energy.

No, it doesn't. There is no mystical force coming from "Cheers" that act as a fuel source for the players.


Crowd noise does, however, make it difficult for the visiting team to run their offense.

[Smashin222]

Food for thought:

I grew up in Western Massachusetts, so I can take the inevitable Patriots fan heat from this. The Foxborough crowd is one of the worst -- and quietest in football. It's a fact. The fact it's true during one of the best runs the sport has ever seen is troubling. Boston also remains a baseball town, the last year notwithstanding. The city's emotion doesn't ebb and flow with the Patriots like it does with the Red Sox. There was always a sense of superiority from Red Sox fans in terms of their knowledge and passion about baseball compared to other fan bases. That's how true football towns feel about Boston. Football is not ingrained in the Massachusetts blood. There is some risk here of spoiled complacency after the Belichick era is over, not unlike what's happened in Dallas and San Francisco.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...content_stream

[fifaguy]

Originally Posted by maxdallasfan

10:40AM EDT October 12. 2012 - Hall of Famers don't have better hearing than us but the sound of silence hits them harder.

After the Bears won in Dallas on Monday Night, Chicago receiver Brandon Marshall said it felt like a home game.

Troy Aikman, who won a handful of Super Bowls wearing the star, knew what he was talking about.

[View Full Quote]"I don't think Dallas has ever really had a great home field advantage," Aikman said on KTCK-AM 1310 The Ticket. "What I've heard is that, 'Wow, they really lost home field advantage when they left Texas Stadium.' Texas Stadium really wasn't that different. Having played playoff games in Texas Stadium, that stadium was rocking, it was great. ... But when we would play in Philadelphia, New York and walk out of the tunnel, I would have to be yelling at the top of my lungs for guys to hear me. And you get on the plane for the flight home and your head would be pounding, you wouldn't have a voice, and that's just the way that it was. There was no way you could go down there near the goal line and use hard count in an opposing stadium. And yet in Texas Stadium, teams did it all the time."

Aikman added that for "a large part -- and the fans don't want to hear this -- a lot of of the people that attend sports in this town, they're there because it's of just a place to be seen" and that "I didn't know anybody who went to Rangers games, then when they started winning and going to World Series, everybody's wearing Rangers hats..."

spot on..

[cowboyeric8]

Originally Posted by Reality

Those loud stadiums like they have in Philadelphia, Kansas City and Cleveland have sure helped them win a lot of Super Bowls in recent years.

Sometimes .. I mean just sometimes .. it might have everything to do with the coaches and players ..

#reality

Breaking news there Reality Haha. I wish more people understood this. Granted a loud crown can make a difference, but the others still have to perform.

[Tass]

The South = Conservative. Conservative types tend to act, well...conservative.

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Originally Posted by Turf Toe

I've been to games at Texas Stadium and in San Fran and all I can say is, Califonia Cowboys fans > DFW Cowboys fans.. Sorry.

Cowboys fans outside of Texas > Cowboys fans in Texas.

[WV Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Tass

The South = Conservative. Conservative types tend to act, well...conservative.

Help me with the sig pic.

Is he dressed like a her, .. or does she look like a he?

[Future]

Originally Posted by Tass

The South = Conservative. Conservative types tend to act, well...conservative.

Yea, SEC games are real tame

Originally Posted by Rack Bauer

No, it doesn't. There is no mystical force coming from "Cheers" that act as a fuel source for the players.

Well, I couldn't disagree more. We can argue all day whether it should or should not have an impact on the players, but athletes DEFINITELY feed off the energy in the crowd. I mean, Dallas comes out flat at home every week, it shouldn't be a major surprise that they have some of the flattest fans in the country.

[jason54858]

Originally Posted by Zordon

what part of dallas are you from?

I'm from New York tbh. My family is from Dallas. Don't get me wrong, the DFW area overall is great. Looking to move out there eventually. That being said it seems the people out there are fair weather fans when it comes to their teams.

[SilverStarCowboy]

Originally Posted by jason54858

I'm from New York tbh. My family is from Dallas. Don't get me wrong, the DFW area overall is great. Looking to move out there eventually. That being said it seems the people out there are fair weather fans when it comes to their teams.

DFW blows chunks, looking to get out of here eventually, it's stale.

[Smashin222]

Originally Posted by Future

Yea, SEC games are real tame


Well, I couldn't disagree more. We can argue all day whether it should or should not have an impact on the players, but athletes DEFINITELY feed off the energy in the crowd. I mean, Dallas comes out flat at home every week, it shouldn't be a major surprise that they have some of the flattest fans in the country.

Is anyone going to respond to the fact that the patriots have one of the flattest crowds in football and won 3 superbowls?

[CowboyGil]

Troy and Jason are correct. DFW sports fans are some of the most wishy washy in the nation when it comes to EVERY sport. The only true fanatics are soccer fans from every other country on earth except here. Also known as 'Hooligans'. They have DIED for their teams and have killed players for blowing big games. I went a big rivalry soccer game in south America and the fans from each team were being funneled to the stadium by different routes to avoid brawls and had to go in diefferent entrances. Same after the game. Police in riot gear lined the streets.I was wearing one of the teams' jerseys and the person I was with told me to cover it up until we got inside. They make Philly fans look tame by comparison.

[SilverStarCowboy]

Originally Posted by CowboyGil

Troy and Jason are correct. DFW sports fans are some of the most wishy washy in the nation when it comes to EVERY sport. The only true fanatics are soccer fans from every other country on earth except here. Also known as 'Hooligans'. They have DIED for their teams and have killed players for blowing big games. I went a big rivalry soccer game in south America and the fans from each team were being funneled to the stadium by different routes to avoid brawls and had to go in diefferent entrances. Same after the game. Police in riot gear lined the streets.I was wearing one of the teams' jerseys and the person I was with told me to cover it up until we got inside. They make Philly fans look tame by comparison.

Soccer is stupid.

[CowboyGil]

Originally Posted by SilverStarCowboy

Soccer is stupid.

Most popular spectator sport in the world, though.

[Fletch]

Originally Posted by SilverStarCowboy

luvin' it!


Dallas people are snobish and boring, Texas people in general are judgemental and overly self indulged, go O.U.!

Jealous much? Sucks always being the little brother don't it? The only thing good that came from Oklahoma was my mom, Aikman, and I guess that lame musical "Oklahoma".