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Do The Commanders Really Suck?
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Yes, but you don't need Wikipedia to answer that question.
CrazyCowboy
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For as long as I can remember--YES!
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My crystal ball says............yes!
YosemiteSam
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Man, I was just looking at their "Hall of Stars" (what an idiot name) I have no idea what they were thinking when they started adding players to it. They have Doug Williams in it. While he did win a SuperBowl with them, he played for the Commanders all of three years. Yes, thats deserving of the teams greatest honor. 
They also have Vince Lombardi whom coached only a single season with them and they were only 7-5-2 that season. Lombardi also changed their helmets to an "R" like those with a "G" of his beloved Packers. Was he home sick? I say yes. The Commanders say, "He didn't do anything good for our team that he didn't do for the league as a whole, but lets pretend he was a major part of our past and induct him in our Hall of Stars. (still a dumb name)
Just makes me want to scream SCHMUCKS!
They also have Vince Lombardi whom coached only a single season with them and they were only 7-5-2 that season. Lombardi also changed their helmets to an "R" like those with a "G" of his beloved Packers. Was he home sick? I say yes. The Commanders say, "He didn't do anything good for our team that he didn't do for the league as a whole, but lets pretend he was a major part of our past and induct him in our Hall of Stars. (still a dumb name)Just makes me want to scream SCHMUCKS!
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superpunk;1587722 said:
Classic.
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I actually learned something from this. At the bottom of the page there's a link to the Cowboys vs. Commanders rivalry which is entirely one sided in its reporting as far as interesting story lines. Except for this one.
The Cowboy Chicken Club
In December 1961, an unknown number of Cowboys fans snuck into D.C. Stadium, armed with bags of chicken feed. When Alaskan snow dogs were to drag Santa Claus onto the field during the halftime show, the pranksters would unleash dozens of hungry chickens onto the field - 75 white, one black. The significance of the black chicken was to symbolize how Marshall was the only owner in the league who would not recruit an African-American football player; Marshall boldly stating, "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites."
The chickens fit into two large crates, which were smuggled into the stadium the morning of the game. The chickens and the smugglers went unspotted until halftime, when a stadium usher noticed a man guarding the crates and heard the chickens. Though the guard tried to bribe the official with $100 dollars, he was quickly reported and arrested, and the chickens confiscated. As it turned out, the "official" was actually Commanders general manager Dick McCann.
The following year and the night before the 3rd Commanders-Cowboys matchup in less than a year, pranksters snuck into Marshall's hotel suite and dropped off a large turkey named "Eric" in the bathroom. When Marshall went into the bathroom, the turkey puffed up and gobbled at him, causing Marshall to flee his room. "Chickens are nice", Marshall said, "but a man shouldn't fool with a mad turkey."
Just minutes before kickoff, while "Hail to the Commanders" blared throughout the stadiums, four banners reading "CHICKENS" - one at each 50-yard line and one in each end zone center - were unfurled in the stadium's upper decks. Two acrobats, hired by Cowboys fans and Chicken Club founders Bob Thompson and Irv Davidson (along with the University of Maryland students with the banners) rushed onto the field dressed in chicken costumes and began to throw colored eggs. One was apprehended by a guard, but the other proved to be too elusive. By this time, the band was playing the National Anthem, therefore unable to move. The lone chicken-acrobat reached into this bag and released a chicken, then returned to his egg-throwing. Running to a sideline, he then attempted to leave the stadium by jumping over a bench, but slipped.
A group of security guards then apprehended him, but he was able to break free. He made it back to the 50-yard line, turned a cartwheel, then ran and flopped onto the 30-yard line. By this time, only aware that the National Anthem was over, the two teams rushed onto the field in the middle of the chaos. In the midst of the ruckus, the man made it off the field and into the stands. Although the real chicken was caught, the acrobat-chicken was never apprehended.
The next day, while reporting the 38-10 Cowboys victory, the Dallas News scoring summary ended with, Attendance-49,888 (and one chicken).
The Cowboy Chicken Club
In December 1961, an unknown number of Cowboys fans snuck into D.C. Stadium, armed with bags of chicken feed. When Alaskan snow dogs were to drag Santa Claus onto the field during the halftime show, the pranksters would unleash dozens of hungry chickens onto the field - 75 white, one black. The significance of the black chicken was to symbolize how Marshall was the only owner in the league who would not recruit an African-American football player; Marshall boldly stating, "We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites."
The chickens fit into two large crates, which were smuggled into the stadium the morning of the game. The chickens and the smugglers went unspotted until halftime, when a stadium usher noticed a man guarding the crates and heard the chickens. Though the guard tried to bribe the official with $100 dollars, he was quickly reported and arrested, and the chickens confiscated. As it turned out, the "official" was actually Commanders general manager Dick McCann.
The following year and the night before the 3rd Commanders-Cowboys matchup in less than a year, pranksters snuck into Marshall's hotel suite and dropped off a large turkey named "Eric" in the bathroom. When Marshall went into the bathroom, the turkey puffed up and gobbled at him, causing Marshall to flee his room. "Chickens are nice", Marshall said, "but a man shouldn't fool with a mad turkey."
Just minutes before kickoff, while "Hail to the Commanders" blared throughout the stadiums, four banners reading "CHICKENS" - one at each 50-yard line and one in each end zone center - were unfurled in the stadium's upper decks. Two acrobats, hired by Cowboys fans and Chicken Club founders Bob Thompson and Irv Davidson (along with the University of Maryland students with the banners) rushed onto the field dressed in chicken costumes and began to throw colored eggs. One was apprehended by a guard, but the other proved to be too elusive. By this time, the band was playing the National Anthem, therefore unable to move. The lone chicken-acrobat reached into this bag and released a chicken, then returned to his egg-throwing. Running to a sideline, he then attempted to leave the stadium by jumping over a bench, but slipped.
A group of security guards then apprehended him, but he was able to break free. He made it back to the 50-yard line, turned a cartwheel, then ran and flopped onto the 30-yard line. By this time, only aware that the National Anthem was over, the two teams rushed onto the field in the middle of the chaos. In the midst of the ruckus, the man made it off the field and into the stands. Although the real chicken was caught, the acrobat-chicken was never apprehended.
The next day, while reporting the 38-10 Cowboys victory, the Dallas News scoring summary ended with, Attendance-49,888 (and one chicken).
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:laugh2: at the attendance and one chicken line.
HighTechDave
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well I tried to explain to the Extremeskins guys that their team sucks, and well, they didn't like it.
maybe it was my "MonkeyBoy" statement about Snyder that did it. Knowing him, he was probably trolling the site.
oh well, don't care
maybe it was my "MonkeyBoy" statement about Snyder that did it. Knowing him, he was probably trolling the site.
oh well, don't care
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nyc;1587730 said:Man, I was just looking at their "Hall of Stars" (what an idiot name) I have no idea what they were thinking when they started adding players to it. They have Doug Williams in it. While he did win a SuperBowl with them, he played for the Commanders all of three years. Yes, thats deserving of the teams greatest honor.
Just makes me want to scream SCHMUCKS!
and Williams was an injury replacement that year too
is not on the helmet, they suck! Thats all I got to say about that.
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CliffnDallas
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Some where beyond the orbit of Pluto The Voyager space craft drifts in interstellar space. If they sucked any worse it would be pulled backwards.
