Best Football Movie

[CouchCoach]

•Brian's Song
•North Dallas 40
•Rudy
•All The Right Moves
•The Program

favorite football scene:the prison yard football game in Stallone's Lock-Up...excellent.

#1 stranded on Mars favorite...North Dallas 40.

Like ND40 a lot and since that was written by a former Cowboy, Pete Gent, the debate has always been about how much fact and experience he based that upon. You can see glimpses of what we think Landry, Meredith and Staubach were like according to what we knew about them at the time but how much of that was real?

Mac Davis and Nick Nolte did a great job, as did GD Spradlin as Landry, but my two favorite characters were played by Bo Svensen and John Matusak. The word is before there was Charles Haley, there was John Matusak and even his own Raider coaches wouldn't mess with him.

 

[cowboyec]

Like ND40 a lot and since that was written by a former Cowboy, Pete Gent, the debate has always been about how much fact and experience he based that upon. You can see glimpses of what we think Landry, Meredith and Staubach were like according to what we knew about them at the time but how much of that was real?

Mac Davis and Nick Nolte did a great job, as did GD Spradlin as Landry, but my two favorite characters were played by Bo Svensen and John Matusak. The word is before there was Charles Haley, there was John Matusak and even his own Raider coaches wouldn't mess with him.

I love Don Meredith's comment about Pete Gent after the success of both the book and movie..."if he was THAT good...I shoulda thrown to him more".

 

[G2]

Blue Mountain State

 

[staubach24]

Well Bubba, how does it feel to be corrected by the Forum poster boy for dementia?

I'm in good company. Mine was a smooth transition, how about yourself?

 

[CouchCoach]

I'm in good company. Mine was a smooth transition, how about yourself?

Hell, I never knew I got here. Only have the word of family and friends and I don't trust all of them, some are after my baseball cards.

 

[CouchCoach]

I love Don Meredith's comment about Pete Gent after the success of both the book and movie..."if he was THAT good...I shoulda thrown to him more".

I liked just about anything Dandy had to say and even watched his TV shows just because of him.

If there ever was a Dallas Cowboy that the fans should have taken into their hearts, it was Don Meredith but they sent him out of the game early. Local football hero at SMU, true Texan from Mt. Vernon and what we thought was the perfect personality to QB the Cowboys. That happy go lucky style of his wasn't enough to repel the boos and that hurt him a lot more than we ever knew. His teammates appreciated him a hell of a lot more than most of the fans.

Fan entitlement was born in Dallas. They thought they invented the game and should rule it. And I've never seen a fan base more clueless about football than some of the Cowboys fans. But this is a team that has fans that are not really fans of the game and it's been that way for a very long time. Not being critical, just factual.

 

[cowboyec]

I liked just about anything Dandy had to say and even watched his TV shows just because of him.

If there ever was a Dallas Cowboy that the fans should have taken into their hearts, it was Don Meredith but they sent him out of the game early. Local football hero at SMU, true Texan from Mt. Vernon and what we thought was the perfect personality to QB the Cowboys. That happy go lucky style of his wasn't enough to repel the boos and that hurt him a lot more than we ever knew. His teammates appreciated him a hell of a lot more than most of the fans.

Fan entitlement was born in Dallas. They thought they invented the game and should rule it. And I've never seen a fan base more clueless about football than some of the Cowboys fans. But this is a team that has fans that are not really fans of the game and it's been that way for a very long time. Not being critical, just factual.

I was born in '73 and never got to see him play...but he's my dad's favorite...and Ive always had NOTHING but admiration for #17...he gave his team EVERYTHING.
Its a shame he wasn't embraced til after his career was over.
MEREDITH FOREVER!!!!!!
now that was a cat who could TcB!!!!

 

[staubach24]

I liked just about anything Dandy had to say and even watched his TV shows just because of him.

If there ever was a Dallas Cowboy that the fans should have taken into their hearts, it was Don Meredith but they sent him out of the game early. Local football hero at SMU, true Texan from Mt. Vernon and what we thought was the perfect personality to QB the Cowboys. That happy go lucky style of his wasn't enough to repel the boos and that hurt him a lot more than we ever knew. His teammates appreciated him a hell of a lot more than most of the fans.

Fan entitlement was born in Dallas. They thought they invented the game and should rule it. And I've never seen a fan base more clueless about football than some of the Cowboys fans. But this is a team that has fans that are not really fans of the game and it's been that way for a very long time. Not being critical, just factual.

Amen. I'm 53, and was born while Dandy played, so I grew up watching him on MNF. One of the funniest guys ever, he and Howard going back and forth at each other made it worth watching even if the game was horrible. But watching the old NFL films of him made me respect him for a whole different reason. He took more flak in the press and in the city of Dallas than any player should have to. But to his credit, he never threw a teammate or a coach under the bus after a loss. I think it was Dan Reeves who told a story about him getting booed out of a Dallas restaurant on the same day he took one of the most brutal beatings he's ever seen a player take in a game. To be a QB in the NFL is alot of pressure for anyone. To be one for the Dallas Cowboys is something else entirely. RIP Dandy.

 

[staubach24]

Hell, I never knew I got here. Only have the word of family and friends and I don't trust all of them, some are after my baseball cards.

TAKING YOUR BASEBALL CARDS!!! ABSOLUTELY HEARTLESS!!!

 

[CouchCoach]

TAKING YOUR BASEBALL CARDS!!! ABSOLUTELY HEARTLESS!!!

Yes and they think I don't know. They keep telling me "you never had any baseball cards, you don't like baseball".

 

[staubach24]

Yes and they think I don't know. They keep telling me "you never had any baseball cards, you don't like baseball".

I need names. These people should be held accountable.

 

[CouchCoach]

Amen. I'm 53, and was born while Dandy played, so I grew up watching him on MNF. One of the funniest guys ever, he and Howard going back and forth at each other made it worth watching even if the game was horrible. But watching the old NFL films of him made me respect him for a whole different reason. He took more flak in the press and in the city of Dallas than any player should have to. But to his credit, he never threw a teammate or a coach under the bus after a loss. I think it was Dan Reeves who told a story about him getting booed out of a Dallas restaurant on the same day he took one of the most brutal beatings he's ever seen a player take in a game. To be a QB in the NFL is alot of pressure for anyone. To be one for the Dallas Cowboys is something else entirely. RIP Dandy.

That's why be was beloved by his teammates, he played the role of DC QB and kept them loose in the games with his sense of humor.

I do believe that position is the single hardest one to handle in all sports on all teams. The DC QB is bigger than life and part of that is what three of them have done after football. That kind of brings it's own pressure because they go on to being bigger celebrities than when they played. And Don started all of that.

I know some long time Cowboys haters that hated Meredith as the DC QB but they loved him in that booth. Cowboys hate started long before they had any real success and part of that stems from 1963 when a lot of people held a city responsible for an assassination and that team represented that city. They also held the city and team responsible for playing and it was not either's decision to play.