A Little Therapy

[Beast_from_East]

After the first pick, I though no big deal. Actually laughed with my brother that it was Barbie that ran it back.

After the second pick, I stopped laughing and started getting worried.

After the jump ball to Megatron, I felt we were in some serious trouble and if we didnt score next possession we were going to lose the game.

After the third pick, I knew it was over. Started going into shock that we blew a 24 point lead at home. I have never seen a team lose that big of a lead before at home, the only think I could think of that was similar was when the Oilers lost that big lead to Buffalo in Orchard Park back in the Warren Moon days.

I still cant belive it right now.

 

[WV Cowboy]

My wife and I were watching the game at Buffalo Wild Wings, .. and eating lunch. Everything was great.

I love to take her out to eat.

Dallas was cruising, for the first time in, .. I can't even remember. I was thinking of the momentum that we had from the SF and Wash games, and now we were handling the 3-0 Lions, .. and looked strong doing it. It felt so good, I began to feel really good about our season and what was happening in Dallas with Garrett and Ryan leading the way.

She was texting both of our sons, who would normally be there with us. They weren't getting to see the game so she was filling them in as the game went along. They were texting back, "Sweeeet", .. "Awesome!".

Life was good.

When Barbie got the pick 6, I hated it but was not worried. There was no need to worry yet, .. right? We had looked so good.

And then the next pick 6. We both agreed Romo will take a beating in the media this week.

In my gut I felt, this is not good. My only hope was that the "old Cowboys mindset" was gone, and the new mindset was not defeatist. We had battled against all odds to beat SF and Wash, .. right?

This group was different. This team would get through this adversity. The new Cowboys would weather this storm, learn from the mistakes that had just happened, enjoy the bye week to get healthy and prepare for the Patriots.

But when I could tell that the momentum had shifted to the Lions and our defense was actually struggling in stopping them, I got the same sick feeling that all of you got.

When Romo threw the 3rd pick, I was in total shock. I swear, .. I had no reaction, no emotion. I watched until the end and then got up and left. When I got home I took my dog for a long walk around our property, and then got on the CowboysZone and read. Couldn't turn the TV on at all.

I have been in mourning every since. Literally, in mourning.

The Dallas Cowboys hold a bigger place in my heart than they have earned. I wish it was not that way, but I know that it is. They have trashed my heart in so many different ways over the past several years, I can't believe I let them do it again and again. I wish I could step back for a while, but I know I won't. I don't need this aggrevation.

But I'll be checking NFL Maps next week to see if we are on.

 

[tupperware]

After the 1st INT I thought, man how do you throw a pick like that when we're up like this! I wanted a full on route of the Lions! Oh well, we're still up 27-10, we're good.

Second INT, Oh boy.. please don't tell me they're going to come alive with this. Then I thought to myself they probably had all kinds of momentum.

After the 3rd INT I pretty much figured they'd come back on us, but maybe we could hold them off with our defense, and it didn't happen.

 

[JohnsKey19]

After the 1st pick-6 I knew we were in for a dogfight at least. Detroit just has that magic right now and once they broke the ice i knew we were in trouble. Even up 17 points at that point, I felt the game woulod go down to the last possesion. Honestly i was just hoping the time would just run out. After the second pick-6, game over.

 

[Frozen700]

1st pick..i was like "wow!! whatever tho" and laughed

2nd pick...i had a blank look on my face, like seriously?

then after the 1st jump ball..i was like ok we need a score....

when romo threw the 3rd int...i froze up...i never experienced shock until that moment...i just wanted to sleep through this whole bye week, i didn't wanna work, talk, or go anywhere. It still huants me in my sleep

so what i do now is..since i pulled my groin sunday during a morning football game...i sit at home watch movies..hoping everyday goes by fast...I'm a sad wreck..NE game couldn't come any quicker

 

[bbgun]

If that is a Superbowl picture with Bradshaw the quarterback, then it is a picture of White. Howley retired after the 1973 season and we played Pittsburgh in the Superbowls following the 1975 (X) and 1978 (XIII) seasons.

Remember, White came out of Maryland in 1975 at about 250 lbs and Landry spent 1975 and 1976 trying to groom him to be our next great middle linebacker. He was not moved back to tackle until the 1977 season.

Monte

That pic is from a home game vs the Steelers in 1972. It's Howley because the pants are much darker compared to 1975, the black Puma shoes he's wearing, and the TV numbers are down near the sleeve stripes instead of on the shoulders.

 

[rcaldw]

That pic is from a home game vs the Steelers in 1972. It's Howley because the pants are much darker compared to 1975, the black Puma shoes he's wearing, and the TV numbers are down near the sleeve stripes instead of on the shoulders.

The shoes alone settle the issue. Look at the Cowboys 1975 team photo (White's first), and you will see that all the team wore white shoes by that time.

http://img521.*************/img521/8035/untitled6copypt2.jpg

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I wish we'd go back to the black shoes. I know we won't, but it would be a cool little throwback look without really changing our classic unis.

 

[rcaldw]

I wish we'd go back to the black shoes. I know we won't, but it would be a cool little throwback look without really changing our classic unis.

I agree. I also liked the color of the pants back then, and the old blue jerseys were just plain classic.

 

[bbgun]

The shoes alone settle the issue. Look at the Cowboys 1975 team photo (White's first), and you will see that all the team wore white shoes by that time.

http://img521.*************/img521/8035/untitled6copypt2.jpg

Roger still wore black, but everyone else transitioned to white.

 

[WV Cowboy]

I love Chuck Howley. I met him after a WVU game once.

He is the reason I am a Cowboys fan, and the reason I go by "WV Cowboy".

All of this time I thought that was a pic of Randy White.

I shook his hand after the 89 steelers game, .. enormous man.

 

[Fansince64]

That pic is from a home game vs the Steelers in 1972. It's Howley because the pants are much darker compared to 1975, the black Puma shoes he's wearing, and the TV numbers are down near the sleeve stripes instead of on the shoulders.

Good to know about the uniforms. I became a Cowboys fan in 1964 and lived and died with the team. Had a subscription to the Dallas Cowboys Weekly and everything. Took a 1 1/2 year hiatus after Jerry fired Landry when he bought the team. Understand, it was not because he fired Landry (I had decided by then that Landry needed to go) but the shabby way he did the firing - i.e. the way he let everyone in the media know 2+ weeks before the sale that Johnson would be the coach and then trying to backtrack at the press conference announcing his purchase and say he needed to talk to Landry before he named a coach. However, I could only stay away those 1 1/2 seasons then I was back full force.

BTW, Howley not being in the HOF is a complete travesty (along with 4-5 other Cowboy players over the years).

Monte