42-7, winning more than a game

[Tabascocat]

I credit this whole season on my old, throwback Walker jersey that I have been wearing for a few weeks now. It is the missing piece and donned with luck. I should have ppl take holiday pictures in it at the mall!

 

[DogFace]

It's called maturing. We can't go punching walls and kicking puppies all our life over football games. I'm so used to losing that I've become numb to it.

You have a healthy attitude.

Sunshine and rainbows

 

[Richmond Cowboy]

You know what is funny about it.

In the past I would be up and shouting and fist pumping after a touchdown....and I would be cursing like a sailor if we gave up a score.

It started some last year but I have noticed it mostly this year that I have been even keel during the game. I might post something in the game thread but I have not jumped around at home or yelled out like I have in the past. It seemed this year it has been more of an expected feeling (good and bad) that I just don't get worked up about as much.

I get the feeling we can score on each drive on offense and a feeling that we can give up a scored on each drive on defense. So when the defense really plays well it is nice but I don't hoop and holler like in years past.

It is kind of bitter sweet that we are doing so well but kind of crappy that I don't get as pumped as before. I think part of it is worrying about jinxing it all. Getting too high in the early part of the game and seeing us lose it in the end in the past so when we were killing the eagles in the first I was thinking....well if we can play that good in the first and things go that good for us in the first half...it could turn around and be that good for the eagles in the second...and it almost won but we finished it out.
During the colts game and the way we were killing it in the first...I was positive that the second half they would mount a comeback and I would get all worried...they squashed that.

So I don't even want to jinx anything about the next game, or the playoffs or anything that could happen. I just want to sit back and hope it does but full of dread that the old cowboys might creep back. It is almost a sigh of relief when we when a game. It has been so long that it has been almost ingrained into some (including me) that we will find a way to screw it up instead of we will find a way to make it through. I am hopeful going forward, but verrrrry cautious in my enthusiasm as not to jinx it.

If any of that makes sense.

As a good friend of mine said in seasons past each time we gave up a late lead just to squander games, "it just builds more scar tissue". That mental scar tissue from all the wounds over the years is what keeps you at an even keel. It takes a sharper knife to get through scar tissue and similarly, it will take a bigger win to bring you out of that seat. Playoff wins will be the sharper knife that will bring out those old raw emotions. #finishthefight

 

[iceberg]

As a good friend of mine said in seasons past each time we gave up a late lead just to squander games, "it just builds more scar tissue". That mental scar tissue from all the wounds over the years is what keeps you at an even keel. It takes a sharper knife to get through scar tissue and similarly, it will take a bigger win to bring you out of that seat. Playoff wins will be the sharper knife that will bring out those old raw emotions. #finishthefight

emotional insurance.

 

[boysfanindc]

You know what is funny about it.

In the past I would be up and shouting and fist pumping after a touchdown....and I would be cursing like a sailor if we gave up a score.

It started some last year but I have noticed it mostly this year that I have been even keel during the game. I might post something in the game thread but I have not jumped around at home or yelled out like I have in the past. It seemed this year it has been more of an expected feeling (good and bad) that I just don't get worked up about as much.

I get the feeling we can score on each drive on offense and a feeling that we can give up a scored on each drive on defense. So when the defense really plays well it is nice but I don't hoop and holler like in years past.

It is kind of bitter sweet that we are doing so well but kind of crappy that I don't get as pumped as before. I think part of it is worrying about jinxing it all. Getting too high in the early part of the game and seeing us lose it in the end in the past so when we were killing the eagles in the first I was thinking....well if we can play that good in the first and things go that good for us in the first half...it could turn around and be that good for the eagles in the second...and it almost won but we finished it out.
During the colts game and the way we were killing it in the first...I was positive that the second half they would mount a comeback and I would get all worried...they squashed that.

So I don't even want to jinx anything about the next game, or the playoffs or anything that could happen. I just want to sit back and hope it does but full of dread that the old cowboys might creep back. It is almost a sigh of relief when we when a game. It has been so long that it has been almost ingrained into some (including me) that we will find a way to screw it up instead of we will find a way to make it through. I am hopeful going forward, but verrrrry cautious in my enthusiasm as not to jinx it.

If any of that makes sense.

I have taken the same approach, afraid to jinx it, keep a even keel.

I must admit, it was more fun when I had so much confidence in the team, I just spit into the face of the jinx man, it was also more fun to scream, rant and cheer at the TV (my family did not like it so much). The last 10 years though have made me gun shy.

Maybe some day soon, I can get back to telling the jinx man to go pound sand, can't mess with this team, but I am not there yet.

Maybe I should delete this post, sure hope the jinx man does not see it.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I have taken the same approach, afraid to jinx it, keep a even keel.

I must admit, it was more fun when I had some much confidence in the team, I just spit into the face of the jinx man, it was also more fun to scream, rant and cheer at the TV (my family did not like it so much). The last 10 years though have made me gun shy.

Maybe some day soon, I can get back to telling the jinx man to go pound sand, can't mess with this team, but I am not there yet.

Maybe I should delete this post, sure hope the jinx man does not see it.

You are officially on my watch list.

If we lose a game, you will me to a different list of mine...not a good one either.
<cue ominous music>

 

[boysfanindc]

You are officially on my watch list.

If we lose a game, you will me to a different list of mine...not a good one either.
<cue ominous music>

OK, since you are a moderator can you please delete my post ASAP. I have been nervous ever since I hit Post Reply.

Damn, I am not a smart man!

I am dead to myself.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

OK, since you are a moderator can you please delete my post ASAP. I have been nervous ever since I hit Post Reply.

Damn, I am not a smart man!

Nope...public record.

But for the sake of not worrying about the jinx in one area...

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Ice, that was a great post. It's really nice to see you write a post like that again. It's also nice that you are not trying to shove any one or any agenda down fans throats but accepting it all for what it is. I'm surprised at how well this season has turned out as any one. It is nice to see some respect finally from around the league and media, most of all our own fans.
No matter where the team goes from yesterday to the last game they play this season I am happy with the success they have had as a whole.
I'm still a bit skeptical of a few things but it's a whole lot less than the last few years. That alone feels better as a fan.

Again, nice write up my friend.

 

[iceberg]

Ice, that was a great post. It's really nice to see you write a post like that again. It's also nice that you are not trying to shove any one or any agenda down fans throats but accepting it all for what it is. I'm surprised at how well this season has turned out as any one. It is nice to see some respect finally from around the league and media, most of all our own fans.
No matter where the team goes from yesterday to the last game they play this season I am happy with the success they have had as a whole.
I'm still a bit skeptical of a few things but it's a whole lot less than the last few years. That alone feels better as a fan.

Again, nice write up my friend.

thanks man. I just had to bail on the day in and day out same old stuff and when something really cool happened, comment. I've written a few posts here and there and just deleted or didn't post them simply because I knew who would reply, what they'd say, and I'd not see most of it. I'm just trying to get back into the things I either love to do, or used to love to do. last couple of years have been almost MIA to me in many ways just sitting around burning oxygen. even that at times not very well. but when you hit the bottom you only have 2 choices. get up, or stay there.

been a little slow, but getting up again.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Oh, I agree and feel the exact same way. The most I do now is stand and nervously pace, but I'm not jumping around screaming like I used to. It's kind of like the battered pet syndrome where you see dogs shy away from being petted. Twenty years will do that to you but what gives me solace is that the players don't feel like that. They feel like we used to feel. They could care less what happened in 1999, or 06 or 09.

Don't kid yourself BP & Ice - we may be a bit older (or a lot older), but come playoff time, we'll be jumping around hootin' and hollerin' just like the old days and "the kids" hopefully will experience what that knot feels like in your stomach the morning of the NFC Championship game and it will carry over into next year as well. - because finally -- we expect to win, not hope to win.

Watching the Turkey day debacle at a friends house, it was shocking to them I wasn't losing my mind. That was probably the calmest I have ever been during a loss ever. I finally realized over recent years that it's a game. Now that doesn't mean I won't revert now that I expect to win with this team.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

thanks man. I just had to bail on the day in and day out same old stuff and when something really cool happened, comment. I've written a few posts here and there and just deleted or didn't post them simply because I knew who would reply, what they'd say, and I'd not see most of it. I'm just trying to get back into the things I either love to do, or used to love to do. last couple of years have been almost MIA to me in many ways just sitting around burning oxygen. even that at times not very well. but when you hit the bottom you only have 2 choices. get up, or stay there.

been a little slow, but getting up again.

I'm glad you made the right choice. One of these days I will make it back down there and we shall do our second lunch. It's a lot easier to want/enjoy the little things when the arrow is pointing up.

 

[iceberg]

I'm glad you made the right choice. One of these days I will make it back down there and we shall do our second lunch. It's a lot easier to want/enjoy the little things when the arrow is pointing up.

some were made for me recently. well, at least strongly advised. now just getting used to things. all i'll say is today is day 69 and counting.

you either know what that means or don't.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

I have taken the same approach, afraid to jinx it, keep a even keel.

I must admit, it was more fun when I had so much confidence in the team, I just spit into the face of the jinx man, it was also more fun to scream, rant and cheer at the TV (my family did not like it so much). The last 10 years though have made me gun shy.

Maybe some day soon, I can get back to telling the jinx man to go pound sand, can't mess with this team, but I am not there yet.

Maybe I should delete this post, sure hope the jinx man does not see it.

This team has seemed to tell the jinx man to pound sand themselves. That's all that matters.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

some were made for me recently. well, at least strongly advised. now just getting used to things. all i'll say is today is day 69 and counting.

you either know what that means or don't.

I do, just keep it rolling.

 

[iceberg]

I do, just keep it rolling.

one day at a time, even if it seems, especially if it seems, you're getting up for the first time.

 

[boysfanindc]

This team has seemed to tell the jinx man to pound sand themselves. That's all that matters.

As long as they keep kicking his butt, I will get there.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

You know what is funny about it.

In the past I would be up and shouting and fist pumping after a touchdown....and I would be cursing like a sailor if we gave up a score.

It started some last year but I have noticed it mostly this year that I have been even keel during the game. I might post something in the game thread but I have not jumped around at home or yelled out like I have in the past. It seemed this year it has been more of an expected feeling (good and bad) that I just don't get worked up about as much.

I get the feeling we can score on each drive on offense and a feeling that we can give up a scored on each drive on defense. So when the defense really plays well it is nice but I don't hoop and holler like in years past.

It is kind of bitter sweet that we are doing so well but kind of crappy that I don't get as pumped as before. I think part of it is worrying about jinxing it all. Getting too high in the early part of the game and seeing us lose it in the end in the past so when we were killing the eagles in the first I was thinking....well if we can play that good in the first and things go that good for us in the first half...it could turn around and be that good for the eagles in the second...and it almost won but we finished it out.
During the colts game and the way we were killing it in the first...I was positive that the second half they would mount a comeback and I would get all worried...they squashed that.

So I don't even want to jinx anything about the next game, or the playoffs or anything that could happen. I just want to sit back and hope it does but full of dread that the old cowboys might creep back. It is almost a sigh of relief when we when a game. It has been so long that it has been almost ingrained into some (including me) that we will find a way to screw it up instead of we will find a way to make it through. I am hopeful going forward, but verrrrry cautious in my enthusiasm as not to jinx it.

If any of that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense to me.

 

[Stash]

You know what is funny about it.

In the past I would be up and shouting and fist pumping after a touchdown....and I would be cursing like a sailor if we gave up a score.

It started some last year but I have noticed it mostly this year that I have been even keel during the game. I might post something in the game thread but I have not jumped around at home or yelled out like I have in the past. It seemed this year it has been more of an expected feeling (good and bad) that I just don't get worked up about as much.

I get the feeling we can score on each drive on offense and a feeling that we can give up a scored on each drive on defense. So when the defense really plays well it is nice but I don't hoop and holler like in years past.

It is kind of bitter sweet that we are doing so well but kind of crappy that I don't get as pumped as before. I think part of it is worrying about jinxing it all. Getting too high in the early part of the game and seeing us lose it in the end in the past so when we were killing the eagles in the first I was thinking....well if we can play that good in the first and things go that good for us in the first half...it could turn around and be that good for the eagles in the second...and it almost won but we finished it out.
During the colts game and the way we were killing it in the first...I was positive that the second half they would mount a comeback and I would get all worried...they squashed that.

So I don't even want to jinx anything about the next game, or the playoffs or anything that could happen. I just want to sit back and hope it does but full of dread that the old cowboys might creep back. It is almost a sigh of relief when we when a game. It has been so long that it has been almost ingrained into some (including me) that we will find a way to screw it up instead of we will find a way to make it through. I am hopeful going forward, but verrrrry cautious in my enthusiasm as not to jinx it.

If any of that makes sense.

I feel much the same way and have in fact taken the approach of anything better than 8-8 is great and simply enjoying the ride. Appreciating each and every accomplishment without fear of being disappointed.

They've already gone much further than I ever expected or hoped for, so it's all 'gravy' now. 'Icing on the cake'.

If that was the very last game they win this year, I'm thrilled with this season and excited for the future. And for that I'm very thankful.

I feel like I can't lose.