I am old and watched the Cowboys when they wore leather helmets and no face masks and the cheerleaders were 6 old broads from the Polka Pub picking up some part time cash. They could also fill in on the OL in a pinch.
Happy Birthday, you young goat!
Been a fan since 60 when they came into the NFL and they were my co-favorite along with the Cardinals, which was the regional team for Little Rock. That existed for 5 years until the teams met and both were undefeated in 66 and I was in a dilemma, who do I pull for? I pulled for a tie and got it, how crazy was that?
The Cowboys began to inch above the Cards each year and then 1968 arrived and I began a heavy lean toward the Cowboys until the Ice Bowl, then I fell over and in love with a team that lost the big game, bridesmaids and chokers some said but I saw greatness on that frozen tundra that day. Most said they couldn't hang with a team built for those conditions but it took one great play for the Cowboys to lose that game. I just stood up and looked at those guys, their hands covered in frozen blood and mud and they were exhausted but I also looked at how the Packers players and fans took notice that day. They knew that finesse franchise, the bridesmaids and never a bride, had taken a huge step and they were arriving.
The game was different then, the players cared more and the rivalries mattered but that's because FA didn't exist. If it had, I do not think it would have been much different than today except the money wasn't big and the players needed off season jobs. Hell, most of the fans made more money than most of the players, those guys were just trying to extend their childhood longer when it was still a game more than a business.
