RustyBourneHorse
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You got it haha, though, I may need you to dm me cuz I can't do you it seems. And hey, it's all good. I have fun being a furry here, and I like going to cons haha.
Fans who would rather their team lose so they can trash the player they hate make me sad
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You got it haha, though, I may need you to dm me cuz I can't do you it seems. And hey, it's all good. I have fun being a furry here, and I like going to cons haha.
Kwyn
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People tend to be much more human in a chat as opposed to a forum post
RustyBourneHorse
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Exactly haha, plus, it's fun to just have playful banter and such.
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The year was 1988. Dallas was a terrible team. They posted a 3-13 season. Pelleur was the QB, and it was apparent to all he was not the answer.
I am not a big college football fan, but that year I began looking at the possible QB's coming out. Aikman was the best of the lot, so I began doing the math to see how Dallas could get the first over-all pick. The team was in the middle of a 10 losing streak. The job I had caused me to deal with all the major beer companies in town. I was a client of theirs. Budweiser gave me tickets. More on this later.
I had begun calling Randy Galloway's show and pimping Aikman. He found it to be funny and premature.
Dallas was playing the Minnesota Vikings at home on November 13th. It was a Sunday night game. I got six tickets for the game and took some friends and co-workers. I wore my Dallas Cowboy sweatshirt.
The Vikes beat the brakes off the Cowboys. 43-3. I was openly rooting for the Vikes. The people I was with were laughing as fans around us got angry. They started with stern looks and it progressed to things like, "Take that shirt off."
At halftime, I explained to the people sitting in the stands with us that I am a Cowboy fan, but I see the future and it's name is Troy Aikman.
Half way through the third there was a nice sized group of Cowboy fans rooting for the Vikes to win.
I have been a Cowboy fan since their first game. If you know the story, in 1988 it was Green Bay or Dallas vying for the first over-all pick. The last weekend of the season Green Bay played the Cardinals in Phoenix and brought Aikman to their game, just knowing they would lose and he would be their pick.
Dallas played the 9-6 Philadelphia Eagles. Green Bay won the early game, Dallas lost the late game, and Troy Aikman came to Dallas.
As a side note Troy was playing in the Cotton Bowl that year. I got tickets from Miller Brewing and sat on the fifty yard line. However, if you know much about the Cotton Bowl, there are seats under the above stands. They were held up by large pillars. That pillar blocked the view of most of the middle field. But it was bitter cold that day and there were plenty of empty seats so we moved.
Late in the third quarter, after UCLA had featured the running game all day, Aikman threw a pass down the hash mark. The pass was 35 yards to his tight end. It was a rope. My friend was a Vikes fan and he turned to me and said, "Man, that guy is going to be good."
The only time I have ever not rooted for Dallas to win was that season. It still hurt when they lost, and during the game I was still pulling for them.
But the long game was to get a stud QB to throw the ball to Irvin.
You know the rest of the story.
I am not a big college football fan, but that year I began looking at the possible QB's coming out. Aikman was the best of the lot, so I began doing the math to see how Dallas could get the first over-all pick. The team was in the middle of a 10 losing streak. The job I had caused me to deal with all the major beer companies in town. I was a client of theirs. Budweiser gave me tickets. More on this later.
I had begun calling Randy Galloway's show and pimping Aikman. He found it to be funny and premature.
Dallas was playing the Minnesota Vikings at home on November 13th. It was a Sunday night game. I got six tickets for the game and took some friends and co-workers. I wore my Dallas Cowboy sweatshirt.
The Vikes beat the brakes off the Cowboys. 43-3. I was openly rooting for the Vikes. The people I was with were laughing as fans around us got angry. They started with stern looks and it progressed to things like, "Take that shirt off."
At halftime, I explained to the people sitting in the stands with us that I am a Cowboy fan, but I see the future and it's name is Troy Aikman.
Half way through the third there was a nice sized group of Cowboy fans rooting for the Vikes to win.
I have been a Cowboy fan since their first game. If you know the story, in 1988 it was Green Bay or Dallas vying for the first over-all pick. The last weekend of the season Green Bay played the Cardinals in Phoenix and brought Aikman to their game, just knowing they would lose and he would be their pick.
Dallas played the 9-6 Philadelphia Eagles. Green Bay won the early game, Dallas lost the late game, and Troy Aikman came to Dallas.
As a side note Troy was playing in the Cotton Bowl that year. I got tickets from Miller Brewing and sat on the fifty yard line. However, if you know much about the Cotton Bowl, there are seats under the above stands. They were held up by large pillars. That pillar blocked the view of most of the middle field. But it was bitter cold that day and there were plenty of empty seats so we moved.
Late in the third quarter, after UCLA had featured the running game all day, Aikman threw a pass down the hash mark. The pass was 35 yards to his tight end. It was a rope. My friend was a Vikes fan and he turned to me and said, "Man, that guy is going to be good."
The only time I have ever not rooted for Dallas to win was that season. It still hurt when they lost, and during the game I was still pulling for them.
But the long game was to get a stud QB to throw the ball to Irvin.
You know the rest of the story.
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That's a two way street Shabazz.
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I'm curious what may have happened if Green Bay had gotten him. Would we have ended up with Favre?
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I just thought of that a second ago when i hit post. We definitely got the better end. But Favre went through the Falcons before going to Green Bay.
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True, and I'm not sure Jimmy would've been thrilled with his playing style lol
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When Aikman gave his retirement speech, the media went to Jimmy and ask him about Aikman and perhaps some memories.
Jimmy said Aikman played within the game plan and didn't think about any personal goals but winning the Super Bowl. Per Jimmy, Troy could have thrown for Marino numbers, but that was not what the team needed.
In one of the books about that era Cowboys, the story about Jimmy and Troy came out. Troy didn't like Jimmy because of Steve Walsh. There was a bit of controversy like with Morton and Staubach.
After the season ended, Jimmy threw a party at his house. Aikman showed up and Jimmy told Troy to toss his jacket on the bed where the other people put theirs.
Jimmy went in and took Troy's car keys. Troy tried to leave several times but Jimmy stopped him. Then at the end of the party, as people were going Troy found he was missing his car keys. Jimmy told him to be patient and Jimmy would help him find them after everyone left.
When they were alone Jimmy made Troy have a beer with him. They talked for a while and Jimmy revealed Troy was his guy. Jimmy patched the rift between them. Then he pulled Troy's keys out of his pocket.
Jimmy understood people, maybe better than anyone I have seen.
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I'm not a Dak fan, still believe he's not the answer. But to say that we celebrate his failures and want to see the team lose just to prove a point is bonkers.
I can give two craps if Dak plays well or bad as long as the team wins. If by some miracle the Dallas wins a Superbowl with Dak being his intermittent self nobody is going to complain. The problem is when he plays poorly and hurts the team like he did against the niners, cards and he's going to hear it
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A psychology major can have that capability, lol. Per the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
Appropriate for Jimmy, whose college major at the University of Arkansas and intended career path wasn’t to sit in a coach’s office, but rather an industrial psychologist’s office.
https://www.profootballhof.com/news...light-jimmy-johnson,-a-football-psychologist/
Johnson knew how everyone ticked around him, even those who were old friends.
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That's an amazing bit of psychology by Jimmy. I suppose I can understand both sides, but I'm glad they were able to patch the rift. Quite the clever way for Jimmy to have repaired the rift.
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Yup, him included along with Vinny Testaverde. Basically, all the QBs from Aikman to Romo (who we lucked into)
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Literally nobody wants their team to lose so they can talk trash. The fans that are worried about what strangers on the interwebz say are the most pathetic, e.g. YOU.
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You know what I watched the whole game today and when Coop came in I rooted harder for a TD Drive than at any part of the game. I wanted My team to score. I don't understand how someone could call themselves a Cowboys fan and yet Hate on Romo. I didn't get it then, I don't get it Now.
I would be lying if I said that. I know why people hate Dak Prescott, but I never understood the Romo hate. He was a good QB. He had his warts but Romo was
the Man ! And could someone please explain what "Going Hollywood" is? Because Jason Witten went every where and every thing Tony Rom did. Why wasn't he dubbed Hollywood ?
I would be lying if I said that. I know why people hate Dak Prescott, but I never understood the Romo hate. He was a good QB. He had his warts but Romo was
the Man ! And could someone please explain what "Going Hollywood" is? Because Jason Witten went every where and every thing Tony Rom did. Why wasn't he dubbed Hollywood ?
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I remember early in Romo's career Jerry saying we don't need to improve the OLine, Tony will run around and make it happen.
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I hope Jerry gets an olineman early in this next draft, or Dak's going to be in that same boat.