Anyone going to the game?

[Fla Cowpoke]

Glad you went. I'd had this marked on my calendar to go to this year b/c I have family in Orlando and a good friend in Miami and I love Miami.But 3 games into the losing streak I figured the 1K I'd need to go and also take my mom to Orlando was probably better spent later in the season or on the holidays.... I wish money was no object, sigh..... would love a miracle where I can spend that 1k on a playoff game

Well hopefully we can win out and host one the first week of the playoffs...are you in Houston still?

 

[HoustonSucks]

Well hopefully we can win out and host one the first week of the playoffs...are you in Houston still?

Yes, I am. But my family is in Orlando so I try to drive down to Miami every time I visit them.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Yes, I am. But my family is in Orlando so I try to drive down to Miami every time I visit them.

That is cool, Miami is a fun destination for sure . I will take Dallas, TX for a Cowboys playoff game over it any day of the year.

 

[HoustonSucks]

That is cool, Miami is a fun destination for sure . I will take Dallas, TX for a Cowboys playoff game over it any day of the year.

For sure lol! Let's cross fingers!

 

[tonyd219]

We were in corner endzone on the Cowboys side...our section was probably 50-50 Cowboys fans. Overall I would guess 25-30% Cowboy fans...last time we were there for regular season I would guess closer to 40% or more. As always, it's a great place to go to a Cowboys game....for the most part the Dolphin fans are as accomodating as there is. You hear so much crap about many other stadiums, but I would have no reservations about taking a young kid to a game there. Would almost certainly be a good experience. The Dolphin fans are a credit to the NFL.

Great National Anthem and lots of military recognition. Lots of people singing along with the Anthem and cheering military at different times. A Hall of Fame excellence presentation for Coach Shula so was cool to see. The rain forecast was about 40% rain at 1pm going up to 90% at 4pm. It was drizzling as we walked from the parking lot to the stadium. I had bought cheap rain ponchos and had a spare so as we were walking in I gave one to a guy in a Dolphins jersey. It was probably a half mile walk and as we got inside the stadium I was surprised to see him right next to me. There was a beer vendor there and the guy asked if he could buy me a beer for giving him the poncho. I said sure...I think he was a little shocked by the $9 price tag but karma won over. As we got into our seats, the rain started a little harder and at one point was a deluge....a good bit of folks ran for cover. About halfway through the first quarter, the rain blew through and that was the last we saw of clouds the rest of the day....even the weather cooperated in making this a bright day for the Cowboys.

Of course the start of the game it looked like we were following the Weeden and Cassel game plan. A lot of runs and very short passing. Tony and Dez were not anywhere near the same page. Last year a buddy of mine came to the preseason game and were sitting in the endzone right behind the goal posts. In that game, Matt Moore was playing QB and the Dolphins were backed up to the goal line and tried throwing a bubble screen to the outside that one of our corners jumped and ran in for the TD...can't remember which one it was. Literally before the snap where McClain make the pick six, I looked to my friend and said it's time for a repeat of what we saw last year. Sure enough, there's the pass and McClain steps in front. We just were in awe and laughing our butts off. The pick came right in front of our section. On the TD to Williams, it was different quarter so the Cowboys were coming towards the endzone we were sitting at but the throw was to the opposite side of the endzone. Still had a good view. I was sitting happy as a clam at that point. And then that stupid onside/squib kick. I was cussing Garrett, posted on my FB that we have the dumbest f'ing coach in the league and Princeton needs to launch an investigation into how the hell he got a degree. I honestly thought that was the turning point in the game and sure enough a quick TD and then another one and suddenly it's a tie game.

I felt the second half we did start to control things and did start to look like a different team....looking downfield more and taking better advantage of things. The only real negative were the interceptions...both were on plays where Tony should have just ate the ball and took the sack. After Miami tied it, we just took control and that was nice to see. The third TD to Dez was right in front of us...a thing of beauty.

From the corner endzone seats, it's not the best view really for seeing holes for the OL or even to tell what the pass rush is doing. Just my general observations:

-McClain looked 100% better than he did a few weeks back. The play where he was spying the QB and just got outrun for the first down a couple weeks ago was gone. He looked great from side to side today.

-Jones definitely was having more trouble with WR's than he does with TE's....I think more technique than anything. Needs more time playing corner.

-As a fan it seemed like the pass rush was non existent until the end of the game, just did not see guys winning individual matchups and that was disappointing because I don't think Miami's OL is very good at all.

-McFadden definitely looked like the groin was holding him back...multiple times it looked like big holes and they closed down before he could get to them. I thought Turbin was excellent in spelling him...hard to believe he was just picked up. I think he did give up the one sack by blowing his protection, but other than that I liked what I saw.

- Didn't really notice Beasley at all, and Tony didn't seem to look for Witten at all for a good part of the game. I thought there were more opportunities for Escobar, Williams and Dez. There were several times that there was single coverage on Dez and Williams and we really never even looked their way....that was more in the first half.

-I really wasn't sure about the challenge in the first half but it was clear on the review. Good move there. The onside/squib was just awful. It changed the tone of the game for the rest of the first half and the start of the second and really looked like trouble.

-Chris Jones did a nice job punting I thought and Bailey's kickoffs were good.

Overall, I think this was just what we needed. Kind of a meat and potatoes game and we were able to persevere. I thought Romo was the difference...even when he had the bad picks, it just felt like we were going to be alright. No panic seemed to set in. Add in the losses by Washington and Philly, and it really was just about a perfect day. If we can take out Carolina, then look out NFC East....the Cowboys are back in it.

great write up! Game was great in my opinion, and i always enjoy going to the MIA games since its usually a 60/40 spit in favor of our fans.

This game was exactly what our boys needed... it allowed Romo to knock some rust off before kicking some *** on Turkey Day!! The safety saving left handed flick was classic Romo and happened in the enzone we were sitting in. Romo and Dez seemed to be on different pages up until late in the game and then it seemed like they started clicking again.

We were in the front row in the endzone, right where Dez threw up the X after his TD! Crazy to see him no more than 10 ft away, doing his thing!

Got some great pics during the game ,have to figure out how to post some!

Funny story, when i got to my seat there was a guy about 17-20years old with a Cowboys jersey sitting in my seat, turns out he was in the 200 section and had come down during warm ups and decided to stay. There were a couple of open seats still next to my seat so because he was a cowboys fan i just told him to move over and if no one comes to hang out... turns out the guy whos seat he moved to never showed up so the kid got to hang out in the front row all game. Pretty cool!

Glad we got a W under our belt, now lets go get another one Thursday!!

Romo 3-0
Cowboys 0-7

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

great write up! Game was great in my opinion, and i always enjoy going to the MIA games since its usually a 60/40 spit in favor of our fans.

This game was exactly what our boys needed... it allowed Romo to knock some rust off before kicking some *** on Turkey Day!! The safety saving left handed flick was classic Romo and happened in the enzone we were sitting in. Romo and Dez seemed to be on different pages up until late in the game and then it seemed like they started clicking again.

We were in the front row in the endzone, right where Dez threw up the X after his TD! Crazy to see him no more than 10 ft away, doing his thing!

Got some great pics during the game ,have to figure out how to post some!

Funny story, when i got to my seat there was a guy about 17-20years old with a Cowboys jersey sitting in my seat, turns out he was in the 200 section and had come down during warm ups and decided to stay. There were a couple of open seats still next to my seat so because he was a cowboys fan i just told him to move over and if no one comes to hang out... turns out the guy whos seat he moved to never showed up so the kid got to hang out in the front row all game. Pretty cool!

Glad we got a W under our belt, now lets go get another one Thursday!!

Romo 3-0
Cowboys 0-7

Sounds a lot like what I felt in regard to the game. No doubt Cassel loses that game. Sounds like you were in the area we were for last year's preseason game. I was surprised how good the view was from there. Had some empty seats around us so got to stretch some. I imagine there were some pissed people because of the rain forecast...they were saying 90% chance of thunderstorms at 3-4 pm and it was sunny and 90 degrees!

 

[Jstopper]

We were in corner endzone on the Cowboys side...our section was probably 50-50 Cowboys fans. Overall I would guess 25-30% Cowboy fans...last time we were there for regular season I would guess closer to 40% or more. As always, it's a great place to go to a Cowboys game....for the most part the Dolphin fans are as accomodating as there is. You hear so much crap about many other stadiums, but I would have no reservations about taking a young kid to a game there. Would almost certainly be a good experience. The Dolphin fans are a credit to the NFL.

Great National Anthem and lots of military recognition. Lots of people singing along with the Anthem and cheering military at different times. A Hall of Fame excellence presentation for Coach Shula so was cool to see. The rain forecast was about 40% rain at 1pm going up to 90% at 4pm. It was drizzling as we walked from the parking lot to the stadium. I had bought cheap rain ponchos and had a spare so as we were walking in I gave one to a guy in a Dolphins jersey. It was probably a half mile walk and as we got inside the stadium I was surprised to see him right next to me. There was a beer vendor there and the guy asked if he could buy me a beer for giving him the poncho. I said sure...I think he was a little shocked by the $9 price tag but karma won over. As we got into our seats, the rain started a little harder and at one point was a deluge....a good bit of folks ran for cover. About halfway through the first quarter, the rain blew through and that was the last we saw of clouds the rest of the day....even the weather cooperated in making this a bright day for the Cowboys.

Of course the start of the game it looked like we were following the Weeden and Cassel game plan. A lot of runs and very short passing. Tony and Dez were not anywhere near the same page. Last year a buddy of mine came to the preseason game and were sitting in the endzone right behind the goal posts. In that game, Matt Moore was playing QB and the Dolphins were backed up to the goal line and tried throwing a bubble screen to the outside that one of our corners jumped and ran in for the TD...can't remember which one it was. Literally before the snap where McClain make the pick six, I looked to my friend and said it's time for a repeat of what we saw last year. Sure enough, there's the pass and McClain steps in front. We just were in awe and laughing our butts off. The pick came right in front of our section. On the TD to Williams, it was different quarter so the Cowboys were coming towards the endzone we were sitting at but the throw was to the opposite side of the endzone. Still had a good view. I was sitting happy as a clam at that point. And then that stupid onside/squib kick. I was cussing Garrett, posted on my FB that we have the dumbest f'ing coach in the league and Princeton needs to launch an investigation into how the hell he got a degree. I honestly thought that was the turning point in the game and sure enough a quick TD and then another one and suddenly it's a tie game.

I felt the second half we did start to control things and did start to look like a different team....looking downfield more and taking better advantage of things. The only real negative were the interceptions...both were on plays where Tony should have just ate the ball and took the sack. After Miami tied it, we just took control and that was nice to see. The third TD to Dez was right in front of us...a thing of beauty.

From the corner endzone seats, it's not the best view really for seeing holes for the OL or even to tell what the pass rush is doing. Just my general observations:

-McClain looked 100% better than he did a few weeks back. The play where he was spying the QB and just got outrun for the first down a couple weeks ago was gone. He looked great from side to side today.

-Jones definitely was having more trouble with WR's than he does with TE's....I think more technique than anything. Needs more time playing corner.

-As a fan it seemed like the pass rush was non existent until the end of the game, just did not see guys winning individual matchups and that was disappointing because I don't think Miami's OL is very good at all.

-McFadden definitely looked like the groin was holding him back...multiple times it looked like big holes and they closed down before he could get to them. I thought Turbin was excellent in spelling him...hard to believe he was just picked up. I think he did give up the one sack by blowing his protection, but other than that I liked what I saw.

- Didn't really notice Beasley at all, and Tony didn't seem to look for Witten at all for a good part of the game. I thought there were more opportunities for Escobar, Williams and Dez. There were several times that there was single coverage on Dez and Williams and we really never even looked their way....that was more in the first half.

-I really wasn't sure about the challenge in the first half but it was clear on the review. Good move there. The onside/squib was just awful. It changed the tone of the game for the rest of the first half and the start of the second and really looked like trouble.

-Chris Jones did a nice job punting I thought and Bailey's kickoffs were good.

Overall, I think this was just what we needed. Kind of a meat and potatoes game and we were able to persevere. I thought Romo was the difference...even when he had the bad picks, it just felt like we were going to be alright. No panic seemed to set in. Add in the losses by Washington and Philly, and it really was just about a perfect day. If we can take out Carolina, then look out NFC East....the Cowboys are back in it.

It was patmon who got the pick 6 last preseason