I have been watching this team since the very first season, I have been a Cowboy's fan since the first game. I used to buy two different papers in Dallas to read about them. Then took Skip Bayless' faxed sports page so I could get Spags articles. Listened to Randy Galloway religiously. Fisher, and even Bayless when he had a show.
I currently DVR the games and speed through the commercials. So I have to wait and stay away from any form of news in case they talk about the game.
What my experience has shown me is there are highs and lows. The Ice Bowl, I was a kid and cried after that game. 68 and 69 were difficult. Two straight losses to the Browns in conference championship games. Four straight losses considering twice to the Packers. 1970 was tough. Dallas beat the Colts but the refs made serious mistakes which cost Dallas the game. The 80's were tough after the three expulsions from the NFC Championship games 80, 81, 82. 81 was the worst loss I have ever experienced. I cried after that one. Then that embarrassment of a loss to the Rams in 83.
89 was the worst season I can remember as an adult. But still, nothing daunted me because Dallas was assembling a team to win.
This past two decades has not been easy. But there have been some times when this team was good. Somehow I was numb during the 2007 Giants loss. I went into that game thinking they were going to lose, even with a 13-3 record.
In all of this I have not given up on this team. Frustrating at times, yes. But this is the only team I have ever followed. This is my team.
So when I see threads like this I categorize the posts into two different lists.
Fans who became fans after 1997.
Fans who have been fans before 1992.
For the kids, and that is what you are to me, that have never seen a championship season, I understand your disillusionment. It seems this franchise has never fielded a team worth a damn. So when you say you are less thrilled as time goes by, it surely is fathomable. I get it. No harm, no foul.
But for the grey beards who have been around through the good times, I don't understand your position at all. If you've been following this team for thirty years or more and now don't care, then perhaps you were not a real fan at all. Maybe it would be best if you had a closet full of jerseys. One for every team. That way you can wear the logo of the team you are following that wins.
I consider that being a front runner. regardless of how long you have clung to this team in hopes.
This is the Dallas Cowboys. Five time world champs. Twenty years of a winning streak. This is my team. There are none like it.
And I am not going to lose interest, or bail, just because this team is in a dry spell. So have it your way. But if you posted something in this thread which says you just don't feel the same.
Then do not ever tell me about what real fans of the Dallas Cowboys think, say, or do. Because you have no idea.