Loyalty and Pride are demonstrated not through ease or success, but through adversity and trial

[DallasCowboys2080]

Great post.

When I first became a Cowboys fan..it was because my Dad come home one day and announced he had bought 4 season tickets to the Cowboys playing in the Cotton Bowl.

This was 1965.

My Dad had been in the FBI and we lived in Washington where he had been a devote Commanders fan. He had enjoyed Sammy Baugh and Sam Huff and numerous others while we were in DC and when he retired to Dallas..

he missed the games and bought tickets.

I had never seen anything like a pro football game and we went every Sunday dragging portable seats for the benches and Mom would fix lunches and we would go. I was like 12.

1965 was the first year the team won and went 7-7 and we went to Miami for the Playoff Bowl and we lost to the Colts but I was hooked by then.

I would go out behind the house and throw a football up on the roof and watch the ball bounce crazily off the roof and try to run and catch it as it came of the roof pretending I was Frank Clark or Bob Hayes running under the pass and do this for hours.

The next year..we played the Packers in the 1966 Championship game in the Cotton Bowl. I had gone out for vanity basketball that year and tore up my knee and had an operation and was Ina wheel chair. My Dad got me into the end zone like down at field level to see the game.

I clearly remember seeing us drive down the field and had like 4th down on the 1 yd line when Meredith rolls out right and tries to hit Franke Clarke in the back of the end zone to win the game but it got intercepted and the game ended.

I could clearly see Meredith's eyes on the play and it destroyed me to see us lose.

But after that game..I was a Cowboys Fan for life.

Defeat is always part of the journey.

That's why this season means little to me.

Even in defeat this team has not given up on Garrett and that's what I need to know.

wow! love hearing stories like this. especially from folks who started their fanship In the 60s n 70s. that's awsome that you got to be up close and personal with the greats at this time. I wish I could have an experience like this. I admire folks like you. thank you for sharing this with us. and thanks for your faithful support of the Star. its an honor to dialogue with someone on your level good sir. I lived in D.C. during the yearly 80s and I proudly wore my Cowboys gear around. made me stronger.

 

[JoeKing]

There's not enough face palms in the world.

Please, don't leave me hanging, Are you speaking for everyone?

 

[visionary]

I've been ashamed by some of the fan reactions over the last two weeks.

Frankly, it's been quite embarrassing.

I see why you're saying this to try and distract to avoid the pain of having to face the reality

You should not be embarrassed by fans who tell it like it is and have NOTHING to do with the performance of the team

You should be embarrassed by the product that the Cowboys are putting on the field and by the people who are responsible for putting it there

Pretend GM jerry jones
Stephen jones
And pretend HC Jason Garrett

You should be embarrassed at yourself for your blindness. They expect you to lap up this garbage under the guise of being a "real fan" and you're more than happy to do it like the food little boy that you are

So please, spare us the chest pumping and finger pointing and pick up your pom pons

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I see why you're saying this to try and distract to avoid the pain of having to face the reality

You should not be embarrassed by fans who tell it like it is and have NOTHING to do with the performance of the team

You should be embarrassed by the product that the Cowboys are putting on the field and by the people who are responsible for putting it there

Pretend GM jerry jones
Stephen jones
And pretend HC Jason Garrett

You should be embarrassed at yourself for your blindness. They expect you to lap up this garbage under the guise of being a "real fan" and you're more than happy to do it like the food little boy that you are

So please, spare us the chest pumping and finger pointing and pick up your pom pons

Thank you for another timely example.