Super Bowl XXX highlights - ESPN classic

[T-New41]

I just watched the highlights of Superbowl 30 and I am reminded of just how terribly coached we were at that point. Bill Cower outcoached Switzer at every corner, 2 lucky ints, and the immense amount of talent the team had carried us on that day.

If we still had Jimmy, we would have 4 maybe 5 superbowls in the 90's.

I know, dont dwell on the past, but it is slow time and I saw the highlights and in a way it was bittersweet. We won, but that was the last year that we were any kind of serious contender.

Here;s hopin for a return to glory!

[Nav22]

As crazy as it sounds, that was my favorite Super Bowl the Cowboys won. I've only been alive for the last 3. They had already won 2 Super Bowls, EVERYBODY hated their guts (at least in the Bay Area), and this was their last realistic chance at glory in the 90s.

I was 10 and had a bunch of friends over for a Super Bowl party, and I was the only Cowboys fan. After Deon Figures recovered the onside kick, the world was crashing down. My friends were deliriously happy, and you could just feel all the Cowboys-haters thinking, "YES! They finally get their come-uppance!" O'Donnell's INT and Emmitt's TD silenced everyone in my house, and we snuck away with #5.

And only 1 year after SF won their 5th, which people here WOULDN'T shut up about. Dallas snagged their 5th and shut everybody up one last time. Good times.

[Juke99]

Originally Posted by T-New41

I just watched the highlights of Superbowl 30 and I am reminded of just how terribly coached we were at that point. Bill Cower outcoached Switzer at every corner, 2 lucky ints, and the immense amount of talent the team had carried us on that day.

If we still had Jimmy, we would have 4 maybe 5 superbowls in the 90's.

I know, dont dwell on the past, but it is slow time and I saw the highlights and in a way it was bittersweet. We won, but that was the last year that we were any kind of serious contender.

Here;s hopin for a return to glory!

The other team that made it very clear that Switzer wasn't a very good coach, was SF.

The talent level of the two teams was very close. In the years before Switzer, Jimmy Johnson was the difference maker. You could actually feel his presence in those games.

When Switzer came on board, the reverse was true. You could feel Switzer's presence but in a negative way. Against inferior teams, Switzer had enough talent to pull through (just as when he was a college coach).

But when faced with an opponent like the 49ers, he was simply out coached.

And I agree, we'd have rung up at least an other two superbowl wins if Johnson had stayed.

[dbair1967]

Originally Posted by T-New41

I just watched the highlights of Superbowl 30 and I am reminded of just how terribly coached we were at that point. Bill Cower outcoached Switzer at every corner, 2 lucky ints, and the immense amount of talent the team had carried us on that day.

If we still had Jimmy, we would have 4 maybe 5 superbowls in the 90's.

I know, dont dwell on the past, but it is slow time and I saw the highlights and in a way it was bittersweet. We won, but that was the last year that we were any kind of serious contender.

Here;s hopin for a return to glory!

Switzer was a clown, no doubt...

but that game would have never been close had the officiating not been so poor...a couple that stood out were the Steelers scoring a td after having a ball spotted at least a yard and half past where it should have been (difference between a 4th down fg and a new set of downs) and Kevin Williams being tackled on a bomb that would have been an easy td, amazingly no flag thrown for PI

David

[jimmy40]

Originally Posted by dbair1967

Switzer was a clown, no doubt...

but that game would have never been close had the officiating not been so poor...a couple that stood out were the Steelers scoring a td after having a ball spotted at least a yard and half past where it should have been (difference between a 4th down fg and a new set of downs) and Kevin Williams being tackled on a bomb that would have been an easy td, amazingly no flag thrown for PI

David

Damnit here we go again, now we're going to blame the refs for a Super Bowl being close. Maybe if we would have actually played better than Pittsburg it wouldn't have been close.

[jimmy40]

Originally Posted by Juke99

The other team that made it very clear that Switzer wasn't a very good coach, was SF.

The talent level of the two teams was very close. In the years before Switzer, Jimmy Johnson was the difference maker. You could actually feel his presence in those games.

When Switzer came on board, the reverse was true. You could feel Switzer's presence but in a negative way. Against inferior teams, Switzer had enough talent to pull through (just as when he was a college coach).

But when faced with an opponent like the 49ers, he was simply out coached.

And I agree, we'd have rung up at least an other two superbowl wins if Johnson had stayed.

Jerry had to prove that 500 coach thing after he ran his mouth to Johnson and damned if he didn't do it with Switzer.

[T-New41]

Originally Posted by jimmy40

Jerry had to prove that 500 coach thing after he ran his mouth to Johnson and damned if he didn't do it with Switzer.

Yeah, I guess that why Switzer was up there after the win crying "we did it our way baby!"

Please. They showed the teams huddling up before the game giving motivational speeches. Bill Cowher was giving a great one to pitt, Emmit was the one trying to pump up the boys.

In fact didn't really hear much about switzer until the post game speech. If you guys watched the highlights from the Boys - Skins game (that a nice gentleman posted here a few days back) you see the type of plays that Jimmy was calling, only in SB30, its not the Cowboys coach, it was Bill Cowher making the ballsy decisions. After Pitt surprised Dallas with an early onside kick, Switzer was dumbfounded. We would unfortunately get to see that look again.

Campo - Eagles. You all remember, no need to salt the wounds. We scraped by in SB30 against a team that had a LOT less talent (in terms of pro bowl players) than we did and it took a last minute lame duck throw directly to Larry Brown to finish these guys off.

Pitt was moving and at worst could have tied the game, at best (or worst depending on point of view) taking a touchdown and gone up by 4.

Anyway, I just want BP to take us back to the promised land.

[Nav22]

After Pitt surprised Dallas with an early onside kick, Switzer was dumbfounded.

It wasn't early. It was the 4th quarter and the score was 20-10.

[T-New41]

Originally Posted by Nav22

It wasn't early. It was the 4th quarter and the score was 20-10.

I meant early by the fact that it wasn't the last second with less than a minute left. It was still early in the 4th quarter, when you would not expect an onside kick.

[Nav22]

I meant early by the fact that it wasn't the last second with less than a minute left.

Gotcha. That was the first part of the game where I thought, "Oh crap, we actually might LOSE this game." You're the man, Larry Brown.

[Billy Bullocks]

Originally Posted by Nav22

As crazy as it sounds, that was my favorite Super Bowl the Cowboys won. I've only been alive for the last 3. They had already won 2 Super Bowls, EVERYBODY hated their guts (at least in the Bay Area), and this was their last realistic chance at glory in the 90s.

I was 10 and had a bunch of friends over for a Super Bowl party, and I was the only Cowboys fan. After Deon Figures recovered the onside kick, the world was crashing down. My friends were deliriously happy, and you could just feel all the Cowboys-haters thinking, "YES! They finally get their come-uppance!" O'Donnell's INT and Emmitt's TD silenced everyone in my house, and we snuck away with #5.

And only 1 year after SF won their 5th, which people here WOULDN'T shut up about. Dallas snagged their 5th and shut everybody up one last time. Good times.

no doubt. I think i was like 10 or so at the time as well. Got into the cowboys after they won 27 against Buff...first game I ever saw, my mom was a big Cowboys fan from the 70's. Niners fans wouldn't shut up about their stupid team. I do miss the 9ers Cowboys rivalry days tho.

[Manster68]

Remember one thing about the 1995 Cowboys.

In the three years prior, the Cowboys lost about 30 players to free agency and expansion.

Yet despite all of those losses of personnel Dallas continued to be the best team in pro football.

I wonder how well the Packers, Steelers, or 49ers would have fared if they lost 30 players off of their teams before they reached the summit of their greatness?

[kojak]

O'dennel lost that game with them horrible passes. I thought he was actually throwing them passes to Brown. Maybe he had the "Mcnabb Syndrome" in clutch time.

Also remembering Irvin at the Sb presenation telling the world "to get off his s*** (swtizer)" on live tv. I loved it

[Nav22]

I do miss the 9ers Cowboys rivalry days tho.

I think I miss that rivalry more than anything else (except the SB wins) from the 90s. Especially being a diehard Dallas fan growing up in the Bay Area.

[dbair1967]

Originally Posted by jimmy40

Damnit here we go again, now we're going to blame the refs for a Super Bowl being close. Maybe if we would have actually played better than Pittsburg it wouldn't have been close.

not blaming them for anything, but the facts are there were some dreaful in game decisions by the refs...

I guess you think Lynn Swann really go interfered with in 1978 too huh? And you probably think it had no impact on the outcome?

David