How did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan?

[nyc-cowboy]

Don't give up rusty !
You're young enough to see the Cowboys post
Jerry.
Maybe Stephen will hire a GM.

Not nice to give false hope to the young. ; )

 

[john van brocklin]

they will....its been 20 something years and there are hardcore fans that were born in the late 90's who've never seen anything other that 13, 12, 11,10 win seasons multiple times that end in the divisional round

Well, if that's their standard, I wish them nothing but the best.

 

[john van brocklin]

Well said!

Thanks Morat.
It's nice to know others feel the same way!

 

[john van brocklin]

Not nice to give false hope to the young. ; )

Trying to keep him on board!

 

[john van brocklin]

In other words, Risen has about 400 other user names he uses to pad his like total.

Shhhhh
It's our little secret

 

[john van brocklin]

You’re one of the few I agree with but we’ve had some differences. Lol

Yep, I think we tend to all have our favorite posters.
Then their are those who grind your gears.
I only have 3 on ignore but their are some candidate's that are trying real hard to make it 4.

 

[john van brocklin]

Well will admit in elementary school was a big skins fan, loved me some Larry Brown the RB. My uncle was the biggest Boys fan, it was the boys this and boys that till I became a fan.

Came over from the dark side.
I like it!

 

[KJJ]

Yep, I think we tend to all have our favorite posters.
Then their are those who grind your gears.
I only have 3 on ignore but their are some candidate's that are trying real hard to make it 4.

There’s several posters I no longer have discussions with. They either can’t keep discussions civil or they just enjoy stalking and attacking other posters to annoy them. If I see them breaking a rule I report them.

 

[john van brocklin]

There’s several posters I no longer have discussions with. They either can’t keep discussions civil or they just enjoy stalking and attacking other posters to annoy them. If I see them breaking a rule I report them.

I here ya, I enjoy most posters here. But not all.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

My son is 12. None of his friends are Cowboys fans. I don’t think they’re a popular team for under-20s. Shocker…

 

[75boyz]

Dad got a government job that required moving the family to Memphis, TN when I was only 7 yrs old.
Early 70's.
Memphis had no team. This is long before the existence of Nashville's Titans.

But they played the Cowboys game and the Steelers game on tv every Sunday in the 70s. Those were the 2 teams that were marketed to the Memphis area back then.

So you either went with toothless Terry and that hideous one sided emblem helmet of the Steelers or Roger the Dodger along with Landry's fedora and that captivating star.

Roger was and always will be my guy and the main reason for my fandom.

A large percentage of people who grew up in Memphis Tennessee in the 70s and 80s are still either Steelers or Cowboys fans.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Spite.

I went to college in Philadelphia and was surrounded by Eagles, Giants, and Commanders fans.

 

[MLB53]

Let's say you are a young enough Cowboys fan to where you weren't even old enough to remember the last Cowboys Super Bowl championship back in January 1996.

How in the hell did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan? Was it the Joneses and their wit and savvy?

Just curious.

You can always leave

 

[Scottishcowboy]

Here in the UK, the NFL started showing on TV in the mid 1980s. I however became a Cowboys fan because of a certain TV show from the 1970s in which the opening credits showed a helicopter shot over you know which stadium. Kind of ingrained in my brain over the years the TV show ran so when the NFL started showing in the 80s, I knew which team I had to follow.

It would be interesting how many other UK fans are like me and follow the Cowboys because of the Dallas TV show...........I can't be alone!

 

[noshame]

Bob Hayes torching my father's beloved giant's hooked me.
AND the coolest looking unis ever.

 

[DogFace]

Late 70’s they were, seemingly, the only team I saw on tv here in Kentucky. The uniform and NFL films cemented my fandom about the same time.

Tony Dorsett and Too Tall helped a lot. As a 5 year old I liked Ed simply for his name.

 

[glimmerman]

I saw the 70’s and beyond so I can’t answer. Maybe they like them because dad and or mom likes them and grow up watching them. My 2 cousins like the fins because there dad is die hard for them. One cousin like the Cowboys until he got to be a teen ager. That’s because he was young in the 90’s and was a bandwagon fan.

 

[Montanalo]

Genetics... as a kid, I would watch games with my father. He would, on occasion, tell me to bring him the phone so he could call Tom Landry to discuss a play... even when i knew better, it was still fun.

In our home, three people were spoken of with hushed tones of respect: Tom Landry, Darrell Royal and the pastor at our little church.

 

[Typhus]

Let's say you are a young enough Cowboys fan to where you weren't even old enough to remember the last Cowboys Super Bowl championship back in January 1996.

How in the hell did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan? Was it the Joneses and their wit and savvy?

Just curious.

I was born into it.
Grew up playing bare foot football on hot cement streets in Dallas, remember running to the grass yards on deep routes to cool the feet.
Selfish I guess.

 

[DuncanIso]

Let's say you are a young enough Cowboys fan to where you weren't even old enough to remember the last Cowboys Super Bowl championship back in January 1996.

How in the hell did you get roped into becoming a Cowboys fan? Was it the Joneses and their wit and savvy?

Just curious.

1977 Dallas Cowboys