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**trickblue** · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by cajuncowboy

I wonder if the rest of the NFL realizes how many things we have now becasue of the Cowboys? 20 yd line stipes, wide white sidleines. #'s on the sleeves or shoulders of the jerseys for TV, Wide end lines, I mean it goes on and on.

Add in the taller goalposts with the flags for wind direction... Tex was without a doubt the best executive the NFL has ever seen... Incredibly influential and always had the great Pete Rozelle's ear...

Texas Stadium has the hole (yes... for God to watch his favorite team) but also to shield the fans from the weather while letting the elements play a part of the game... as they should... another Tex idea...

Cajuncowboy · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by Juke99

Alot of that was Tex Schramm....

I will never forget, as a kid, in 1965, walking past the TV...the Cowboys were playing in the "Playoff Bowl" against the Colts...it was a runner up game, the two teams that lost the division finals...and I heard the announcer talking about Bob Hayes...the world's fastest human being...and then I saw the stars on the helmets...true love.

:p

Do any of you guys remember when Landry first used the shotgun? I know that Staubach had the team inside the 20 and he walked up to the line like he was going to take a regular snap. Then he just stood up and stepped backwards about 4 or 5 yards. Honestly my first thought was that the center had farted. Then they snapped the ball and the defense was caught lounging on the play. Also, if I remember the play went for a TD. I also think the team was either the Redskins or the Rams but I'm not sure.

Juke99 · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by cajuncowboy

God bless you Juke. HE was the man as far as I was concerned. Don't get me wrong, I know Lilly anchored that unit but Jordan was my fav. I played the same position and I just loved watching him play.

Until his head exploded, this guy was my fav...

Cajuncowboy · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by trickblue

Add in the taller goalposts with the flags for wind direction... Tex was without a doubt the best executive the NFL has ever seen... Incredibly influential and always had the great Pete Rozelle's ear...

Texas Stadium has the hole (yes... for God to watch his favorite team) but also to shield the fans from the weather while letting the elements play a part of the game... as they should... another Tex idea...

I've never been to Texas Stadium but I will get there before they tear it down. But I have a question. Why is that it seems that the Cowboys bench is in the sun and the visitors is in the shade? I remember looking at the games before and thinking, if it were my stadium, I would be taking the shade. Or am I confused?

Juke99 · 11-10-2004

Cajuncowboy · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by Juke99

Until his head exploded, this guy was my fav...

MAn, HH could play some ball couldn't he? I still can't get past the story of him having liquid cocain in his pants during Super Bowl 10 and spraying it up his nose during the game. I am so glad he got his life straightened out.

Juke99 · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by cajuncowboy

I've never been to Texas Stadium but I will get there before they tear it down. But I have a question. Why is that it seems that the Cowboys bench is in the sun and the visitors is in the shade? I remember looking at the games before and thinking, if it were my stadium, I would be taking the shade. Or am I confused?

I went there a few years ago for the first time...I called my ticket broker in NY and said

"Hey, I want to go to a Cowboy game"

"OK, let me take a look at the Giant schedule"

"I want to go to a game in Texas"

silence...crickets chirping...

three hours later he called back...35 yard line, field level, row 19, two tickets...

Paradise....

Against the Redskins...

You walk into the stadium, look up...see the hole in the roof...and it just blows your mind...

Juke99 · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by trickblue

Add in the taller goalposts with the flags for wind direction... Tex was without a doubt the best executive the NFL has ever seen... Incredibly influential and always had the great Pete Rozelle's ear...

Texas Stadium has the hole (yes... for God to watch his favorite team) but also to shield the fans from the weather while letting the elements play a part of the game... as they should... another Tex idea...

It's not that we are partial just because we are fans...but this franchise is the most innovative in the history of the game...Texas Stadium, looks like a bit of a dump from the outside...but.....when you get inside, yowza...history galore...

Although, I am old enough to go back to the Cotton Bowl days....

Juke99 · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by cajuncowboy

MAn, HH could play some ball couldn't he? I still can't get past the story of him having liquid cocain in his pants during Super Bowl 10 and spraying it up his nose during the game. I am so glad he got his life straightened out.

I heard him interviewed a few weeks ago...well spoken...very likeable...he even talked about apologizing to Terry Bradshaw for the "cat" comment...

Giant fans don't want to hear this but before there was LT, there was Hollywood...

Name another linebacker who returned a kick off for a TD? There aren't any...the guy was a special athlete...

**trickblue** · 11-10-2004

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Originally Posted by cajuncowboy

MAn, HH could play some ball couldn't he? I still can't get past the story of him having liquid cocain in his pants during Super Bowl 10 and spraying it up his nose during the game. I am so glad he got his life straightened out.

People don't remember how good this guy was... he came in the era before using drugs was acceptable (ala Lawrence Taylor)...

This was a LB in the NFL that returned KICKS... a LB returning kicks... that is unheard of...

For those that don't know... Henderson won the Texas Lottery a few years back... he lives in Austin (his home town)... his high school was torn down a few years back... he took the money he won and built a youth center for the kids in that area...

It is a shame he "got it" a few years too late... he was an amazing talent and would have been in the HOF had he kept his nose clean (no pun intended)...

CowboyPrincess · 11-19-2004

Reading y'alls posts about the old days is making me misty for those days....

There was sooo much pride in being a Cowboys player and fan back then... The players were bigger than life. They use to run out on the field so tall and mean. The Doomsday was feared, teams would shake when they took the field.

When Trick took me to that Eagles game last year, it was a dream come true. When you go into the stadium for the first time, it takes your breath. Looking up at the open dome, I could imagine God watching over our home. In my minds eye I could see and hear Landry, Staubach, Pearson, Hill, Lilly, Harris, White, Henderson, Dorsett and my other favorites. It gave me chills. I was soo in awe of what I was seeing that I had a hard time not tripping over my own boots. And then to meet a few of my favorite Cowboys of all time, talk to them, get their autographs and blush as they signed my chest... And to be there when Tex was put into the ROH... made me cry...A day that can never be matched.

It would be sooo cool and a dream come true to see those legends together again and play a short scrimmage against their opponents from that time. But it just wouldn't be the same without Tom and Tex.

God I miss the old school team... I think I'm gonna go cry now

Juke99 · 11-19-2004

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Originally Posted by CowboysPrincess

Reading y'alls posts about the old days is making me misty for those days....

There was sooo much pride in being a Cowboys player and fan back then... The players were bigger than life. They use to run out on the field so tall and mean. The Doomsday was feared, teams would shake when they took the field.

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I was at Texas Stadium for the first time five years ago....I had the same feeling as the first time I walked into Yankee stadium as a kid...awestruck...

Having seen the Cowboys at the Meadowlands, for year, paled in comparison...I have a few pictures I should scan and post of my first trip to Texas Stadium...

I am glad that you had a chance to share the experience...although it must have been a real inconvenience to bring a chest with you...next time, you should just have them sign a football...it's a lot smaller and easier to transport than a chest.

**trickblue** · 11-19-2004

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Originally Posted by Juke99

I was at Texas Stadium for the first time a five years ago....I had the same feeling as the first time I walked into Yankee stadium as a kid...awestruck...

Having seen the Cowboys at the Meadowlands, for years, paled in comparison...I have a few pictures I should scan and post of my first trip to Texas Stadium...

I am glad that you had a chance to share the experience...although it must have been a real inconvenience to bring a chest with you...next time, you should just have them sign a football...it's a lot smaller and easier to transport than a chest.

She carries a chest well... trust me...

That WAS a great day... beat the Iggles... great seats... everyone in a good mood... former players hobnobbing in the Corral with the likes of us...

One of the best days I ever had at the Temple of Football...

CowboyPrincess · 11-20-2004

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Originally Posted by trickblue

She carries a chest well... trust me...

That WAS a great day... beat the Iggles... great seats... everyone in a good mood... former players hobnobbing in the Corral with the likes of us...

One of the best days I ever had at the Temple of Football...

It was a great day..... I don't think I'll ever get rid of the cell phone that Drew Pearson talked to my dad on. It's in a box w/ the ticket stub w/ the Tex ROH pic, the plastic Cowboys cups we brought back for the kids (minus the tequilla sunrises that were in them).

The whole day was in sync. The TD on the kickoff, the Cowboys domination of the Eagles, your calling the plays before they happened and being right EVERYTIME, the hobnobbing w/ the likes of Drew Pearson, Eugene Lockhardt, The Babe, Stephen Jones...

Still can't get over listening to that conversation w/ Stephen Jones that you had and his asking my name. Every conversation we had, they looked us in the eyes and responded to us personally. Like when Drew Pearson said I didn't look old enough to remember him playing... when I told him how big a fan I was and about my watching him when I was younger (he was fibbing but it was sweet). Eugene insisting that he get to sign the other side of my chest cuz Pearson signed there. It was funny when I told Eugene that I only wanted the legends to sign my shirt and he said "what else is there?"...Your reaction to the way they signed my chest...My reaction to the way they did it.. Even the hotdogs were great. And having the feeling that when the motorcade of past stars and legends drove by waving, they were waving right at you...It was a perfect day for a Cowboys fans first experience.

Everyone should get a chance to step back into their childhood and experience the Cowboys of that time...

Thanx Chad

Juke99 · 11-20-2004