Do you have fun as a Cowboys fan, or a football fan in general?

[DogFace]

I can't watch more than 10-20 minutes of non-Cowboys football. I can't watch a single second of college football. I feel like I'm watching the same 5 plays over and over again. I've been a Cowboys mental patient my whole life. I was on the cheerleaders squad in Jr. High.

Don't tell my wife, but I should've married you.

 

[DogFace]

The bad always "seems" to outweigh the good. However, if I really look at it honestly it brings me a lot of happiness.

 

[rwalters31]

I'm 51 and I am more a Cowboys fan than an NFL fan. If Cowboys aren't in SB I really don't care about the game. It used to bother me a lot when they lost but the last 20 years have calmed me a bit, but thats either due to maturity or the lack of team success. I have seen all the SBs The Boys have been in, and except for 92, have not enjoyed a season more than this one. So I still bleed blue and silver just don't get as stressed about it as I used to.

I'm 51 and I am more a Cowboys fan than an NFL fan. If Cowboys aren't in SB I really don't care about the game. It used to bother me a lot when they lost but the last 20 years have calmed me a bit, but thats either due to maturity or the lack of team success. I have seen all the SBs The Boys have been in, and except for 92, have not enjoyed a season more than this one. So I still bleed blue and silver just don't get as stressed about it as I used to.

I'm 67 and lived though all the seasons. The last 20 have been a downer but still watch the Cowboys. The last few like you have me little calmer and now have a SHOW ME attitude. Will watch the Cowboys and the sitting though playoffs to were the match ups will be. By the way, I like the addition of Ash as 1T for the play off as it adds something that the other teams have not seen from the Cowboys.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

I can't watch more than 10-20 minutes of non-Cowboys football. I can't watch a single second of college football. I feel like I'm watching the same 5 plays over and over again. I've been a Cowboys mental patient my whole life. I was on the cheerleaders squad in Jr. High.

You were a Junior DCC? How cool is that?

As far as fun, being a Cowboys fan is a big part of my life. I look forward to Dallas games even in the worst of times. That loyalty makes seasons like this that much better. Like some others I don't watch complete games that don't involve the Cowboys. I just flip thru the channels for live action or check the standings. Highlights tell me enough about the rest of the league. But I have to see every down of the Cowboys games and, he'll yeah, it is fun.

 

[Sarge]

Both.

 

[BermyStar]

I'm relatively young (34) but been a fan of the Cowboys since I was 4. I have been a non-wavering fan for 30 years and as such it is immensely fun. Dedicated fans basically go on a roller coaster ride having been through the bad seasons and the best of seasons with loyal hearts. I am also a huge fan of the game and the NFL in general so while I have no memories fonder than the ones I associate with the Cowboys i have enjoyed many a moment or season unrelated to the 'Boys as well. This "game" is good to us, it is our reprieve.

 

[BAZ]

Football is the best, I watch every week in the pub with friends surrounded by yank tourists. I enjoy fantasy football, gambling against the spread, memes, banter. And always attend a Super Bowl blowout party. Win or lose I can still enjoy a season despite how the Cowboys end up. But them being successful obviously helps. After the final, the empty void in my life feels all encompassing, trying to fill it with BS makes me contemplate my own mortality and question what is it really all about.

 

[DandyDon52]

Cowboys fan for long time, only sport for me is NFL, I do follow other teams, each year, they change, just whoever i happen
to like that year.
this year was the titans, but they missed the playoffs lost one game too many.
I liked the seahawks when they were up and coming thru the SB win.
Any up and coming team I might like, but not if they compete with cowboys.

Cowboys missed the playoffs so much, I liked being interested in a team that did make the playoffs.

This has been a great year for Cowboys and the fans, I was on the dak train as soon as I saw him play in PS game 1.
Just hope they can finish and make it a magic storybook year.

 

[Doomsday101]

Do you have fun as a Cowboys fan, or a football fan in general? Or, is it everything (good or bad) but fun?

There are so many reasons that I'm a die hard fan. I've been watching playing, or coaching since I was 2 years old. 41 years of football is a lot. But I asked myself today, is it fun anymore, or was it ever? I love it. I'm a Huge competitor. I bleed blue and silver. I've coached for 9 years. I am constantly playing with my boys, and yes that's a blast. But is being a fan and everything that comes with it, fun? Why? I have my answers but I want to see some of yours first.

I consider myself I Die Hard Cowboys fan but also a fan of the game in general. I love the game of football as long as I can remember. I enjoy and have as much passion for it today as when I was a kid. To this day I still look forward to watching the games with my dad it has always been the one common we had a true passion for the game and of course the Cowboys

 

[Parche]

If you live in Argentina, and everybody talks soccer, get together to watch boca Jrs and river plate, el superclasico, and you couldnt care less bout it, you just want to get home and watch Cowboys Game on tv (because, forget bout watching it on a pub or bar) you can call yourself a Cowboys Fan, I guess.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

wow. how could you not be having fun this year?

if this season isn't enjoyable, I wold definitely advise walking away

 

[DallasEast]

Good thread.

I've never coached football or any other sport. I have played various sports including football.

My first true football experience was watching a Cowboys game 40 years ago. So professional football became a passion before my love of high school and college football kicked in.

I'm still yelling and screaming at football games in my fifties like I did in my teens and twenties. I've gotten more respectful of others attending games, sit more often, and allow people behind me suffering from paralysis below the waist to see the game more often without me blocking their view.

My appreciation of players as people has increased as I've grown older. I cared about players as mostly contributors way back when. My appreciation was great as long as they were members of my favorite teams but I really started caring about players more as people than just entertainers starting in my late twenties forward. For me, empathy provides more awareness of what players bring or do not bring to the table in many aspects and deepens my appreciation for the sport they play.

Overall? I think I have just as much fun for Cowboys football as I do for my high school and favorite colleges ULM (alma mater) and LSU (I confess being a half-fan of my favorite college football teams ). I cheer my head off just as hard watching my high school football team play as I do watching Dallas play. My heart feels with pride regardless of which team wins and aches regardless of which team losses. To be honest though, I've shed many more tears for Cowboys wins or losses than I have ever done for any of my other favorite football teams.

 

[LittleLexodus]

Don't really feel anything watching other teams than the Cowboys. It's entertaining but it doesn't get my heart rate up.

I used to take the Dallas losses real hard but after losing to Atlanta in 2012 I tried to be less emotional.

 

[Garrettop]

The NFL has been slowly ruining the sport to the point that I rarely watch any football outside of Cowboys games. College has been garbage for years. The years of futility have blunted my responses to wins and losses, at least marginally.

 

[MileyDancer]

Don't tell my wife, but I should've married you.

I'm 350 lbs with a mustache, and I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

 

[romothesavior]

Something changed for me in recent years: I'm taking it less seriously than I used to. Still a huge fan--probably a bigger fan than ever before--but I don't let it ruin other aspects of my life. That's made it a lot more fun for me.

 

[Thefeelofcotton]

Do you have fun as a Cowboys fan, or a football fan in general? Or, is it everything (good or bad) but fun?

There are so many reasons that I'm a die hard fan. I've been watching playing, or coaching since I was 2 years old. 41 years of football is a lot. But I asked myself today, is it fun anymore, or was it ever? I love it. I'm a Huge competitor. I bleed blue and silver. I've coached for 9 years. I am constantly playing with my boys, and yes that's a blast. But is being a fan and everything that comes with it, fun? Why? I have my answers but I want to see some of yours first.

I've played, watched, or coached football in some capacity since I was in 8th grade. When I was just a fan, I loved watching the underdog upset the traditional power. I loved watching great offenses throw the ball up and down the field.

As a coach, I love watching, and coaching, a great defensive game. Defensive games mean that the teams are very evenly matched and then it comes down to scheme and coaching on who wins.

 

[SlammedZero]

I love me some Dallas Cowboys football. I don't miss a game, ever, if I can help it. In fact, it is so well known throughout my family that they will schedule BBQs, family dinners, etc around Cowboys games. Haha! Hey, I only usually get 16 games a year. I'm not a fair weather fan. I will sport my Dallas gear if the team is 13-2 or 2-13. Doesn't matter to me. Still my team.

I yell and clap at the tv during games. My wife thinks I am a nut. I used to let the losing outcome of games work me up but I have been getting a ton better about it. Just have to enjoy being alive and getting the experience to watch the games! It's not going to last forever so why drag it down with negative energy? Win, lose, or draw, just enjoy the moment.

 

[BAZ]

I'm 350 lbs with a mustache, and I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

Still an improvement over his current situation.

 

[Jinxx13x]

See there's the difference I'm just a youngster..49. I look forward to becoming a mature adult next year!

Lmao