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Mike Tanier
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Week 9 NFL Rundown:
Cowboys at Eagles: If there is one thing that Philadelphia sports fans hate more than Eagles failure, it's Cowboys success. The subcutaneous loathing that most Eagles fans harbor toward the Cowboys was born of the glitzy success "America's Team" enjoyed in the early 1970s, a time when the Eagles were lucky to win five games per year.
Decades have passed, but Philadelphians have never stopped thinking of themselves as underdogs, and their resentment of the more glamorous, more successful Cowboys festered, even when the Cowboys weren't glamorous or successful.
This season has had a Tabasco-sauce-in-an-open-wound quality for Eagles fans. Their beloved team is stumbling along at 3-4, mixing unconvincing wins over bad opponents with frustrating losses to not-so-great ones. Meanwhile, the Cowboys are the toast of the conference, with their quarterback on magazine covers and Jerry Jones hamming his way through almost as many commercials as Peyton Manning. Terrell Owens hasn't even turned into Loki yet, so hopes of a T.O.-facilitated Cowboys implosion are starting to wane. Eagles fans usually talk tough in the week before the Cowboys' arrival. This week, they are doing more muttering and finger-crossing.
Last season, the Eagles swept the Cowboys. The first meeting took place in Philly one week after T.O.'s accidental overdose/possible suicide misadventure. The Green Legion still had bitter memories of Owens' 2005 betrayal, and they turned Lincoln Financial Field and its surroundings into a circus. The Eagles then won a carnival of a game in which both teams seemed swept up in the emotion of the crowd. Eagles fans will stomp and shout this year, but it won't be the same. T.O. is more forgotten than forgiven, but there's a sense of inevitability surrounding the matchup. The Cowboys look much better than they did last year. The Eagles look worse. Even if the lingering hamstring injury turns Tony Romo into Tony Slo-Mo, the Cowboys have plenty of offensive firepower. There's no way the red zone-challenged Eagles can keep up while scoring three points at a time. The Cowboys will win and cover.
Come Monday morning, an eerie hum will descend over the Delaware Valley, the sound of thousands of Philadelphians simultaneously grinding their teeth.
Thas right...we bad. Uh-huh!
FoxSports
Week 9 NFL Rundown:
Cowboys at Eagles: If there is one thing that Philadelphia sports fans hate more than Eagles failure, it's Cowboys success. The subcutaneous loathing that most Eagles fans harbor toward the Cowboys was born of the glitzy success "America's Team" enjoyed in the early 1970s, a time when the Eagles were lucky to win five games per year.
Decades have passed, but Philadelphians have never stopped thinking of themselves as underdogs, and their resentment of the more glamorous, more successful Cowboys festered, even when the Cowboys weren't glamorous or successful.
This season has had a Tabasco-sauce-in-an-open-wound quality for Eagles fans. Their beloved team is stumbling along at 3-4, mixing unconvincing wins over bad opponents with frustrating losses to not-so-great ones. Meanwhile, the Cowboys are the toast of the conference, with their quarterback on magazine covers and Jerry Jones hamming his way through almost as many commercials as Peyton Manning. Terrell Owens hasn't even turned into Loki yet, so hopes of a T.O.-facilitated Cowboys implosion are starting to wane. Eagles fans usually talk tough in the week before the Cowboys' arrival. This week, they are doing more muttering and finger-crossing.
Last season, the Eagles swept the Cowboys. The first meeting took place in Philly one week after T.O.'s accidental overdose/possible suicide misadventure. The Green Legion still had bitter memories of Owens' 2005 betrayal, and they turned Lincoln Financial Field and its surroundings into a circus. The Eagles then won a carnival of a game in which both teams seemed swept up in the emotion of the crowd. Eagles fans will stomp and shout this year, but it won't be the same. T.O. is more forgotten than forgiven, but there's a sense of inevitability surrounding the matchup. The Cowboys look much better than they did last year. The Eagles look worse. Even if the lingering hamstring injury turns Tony Romo into Tony Slo-Mo, the Cowboys have plenty of offensive firepower. There's no way the red zone-challenged Eagles can keep up while scoring three points at a time. The Cowboys will win and cover.
Come Monday morning, an eerie hum will descend over the Delaware Valley, the sound of thousands of Philadelphians simultaneously grinding their teeth.
Thas right...we bad. Uh-huh!
