My Thanksgiving with the Cowboys

[Danny White]

What a great Thanksgiving watching the Cowboys dominate on an absolutely perfect day.

The game was awesome, the tailgate was delicious, the company was great, the crowd was good, and the roof was open. What more could you ask for?

Here are just a few of the many, many pictures we took at the game. I've put them all on a public Facebook page, in case anyone wants to look through all 200 or so. I also have an album there of my pics from the Redsk*ns game.

Raiders game: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42070&id=1110518340&page=8#/album.php?aid=42075&id=1110518340

Redsk*ns game: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42070&id=1110518340&page=8#/album.php?aid=42070&id=1110518340

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I'm about to eat my official Thanksgiving dinner now with the family, so I think that still counts.

Go Cowboys!

Tailgating with the "poke" family prior to the game.

Wonderful Texas hospitality shown towards us Virginians. Love of the Cowboys is what brings us all together!

Danny White, poke, and my little guy (with big Turkey Leg).

My contribution to the tailgate: a deep-fried turkey and some cajun stuffing... delicious!

The nice folks next to us had a pretty sweet TV setup to watch the Lions game on.

My son with "Darth Raider." Contrary to their reputation, all the Raider fans we met there were very nice and friendly.

I admit it, I dragged my son into this photo so I wouldn't look like a complete creep asking my wife to take a picture of me and a cheerleader.

The roof, the roof, the roof is open!

Felix leaps into the endzone!

The man, the myth, the leg.

The snap and the pass.

Jason Witten is ALWAYS open!

They play these cartoon videos on the big board after big plays by Witten, Barber, Ware, Romo, etc... kinda cheesy but they get the crowd pumped up.

Here's the Barber video from later in the game.

Replay of Witten's catch on the big board.

Oddly enough, this gets the crowd pumped up as well when they put it up on the big board.

You could make a pretty cool "Alien vs. Predator" poster/t-shirt using one of these pictures of Miles and a picture of Barber.

The crowd was NOT happy when this was overturned. Prior to the ruling, they showed a lot of Miles pumping up the crowd on the video board and everyone was really riled up.

My wife got a great shot here of the screen being set up for Miles' touchdown. You can see the ball in flight and the blocks being set up.

Behold the Turkey Heads.

I thought Daughtry did a solid job with the Half-time show. Pretty nice shot with the roof open.

More Witten. You can also see the big scar in the turf that Daughtry's stage created as it was moved off the field.

Another pretty cool photo taken by my wife.

Fact: The Cowboys are undefeated in games in which I've worn my "Cowboy Joe" hat to Cowboys Stadium.

In case you're wondering, this is a sign featuring the Cowboys feasting on the Raiders for Thanksgiving. It's a shame the CBS cameras weren't around.

My son and I in front of the Landry statue at night after the game.

Great shot my wife got of the Christmas tree outside of the stadium.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[cowboyjoe]

thanks for sharing that with us, glad you had a super time with your family too.

 

[Zman5]

Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, We all know you are a creep.

 

[tomson75]

Looks like a great time was had. Congrats, and thanks for sharing!

Psst.....next time, more cheerleader pics.

 

[Signals]

Very Kewl. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Great photos, looked like you guys have alot of fun!

 

[Chief]

Enjoyed the pictures. Great-looking family having a great time.

 

[poke]

great pics , i recognize some of those people !

i gotta tell ya'll Danny White and his family were a blast to hang out with.
the cajun dressing he brought was the best dressing i ever ate.

his son has the best hands i have seen on an 8 year old, i wasnt throwing
litle kid throws to him and he was catching everything !!!

i am ready to go again !

 

[Daudr]

Thanks for the pics. It looks like you had an awesome day with your family.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Great pics, Danny.

And I don't think the cartoon characters of the players are cheesy at all... I think they're pretty cool.

Got to love the one of Witten without his hat.

 

[theebs]

great pics man.

For the umpteenth time I must have walked right past you guys!!!!

I park right down the road from cici's in lot 15 and cross right in front of where you were!!

 

[Danny White]

I got this message from CowboyJoe, and I had meant to mention this, so I thought I'd do that now:

Heh, the Ticket guys were talking about that this morning... They said it's against NFL rules to put anything up like "Make Noise!" on the stadium screens during the game, so before the game starts they have something like Keith saying to get loud when we're on defense. Then during the game, they do the "Remember what I said" thing to get around the rule.

I was hoping someone at the game would tell us exactly what it was saying before the game, though.

I wish I had taken a video of the Brooking video, because it's very cool. Basically they have a video message of Keith saying: "Hey Cowboys fans, we need you to help us out today, be loud, make a lot of noise." Basically words to that effect.

Then, during key points in the game when we're on defense, they put Brooking's picture back on the screen with the message: "Remember what I told you."

Every time they did this, the crowd went nuts. It was great. I had no idea of that rule and that was why they were doing it, but it was a great idea because it really worked. IMO, it works better than it would if they just said "Make some noise" because everyone loves Brooking so much.

Also, Thursday was the first time I remember them putting up a "Quiet, Offense at Work" message on the board. That's a great idea, because it's very much needed. The crowd wasn't as bad as it's been in previous games when we're on offense, but during the Redsk*ns game, they were still way too loud when we have the ball.

 

[viman96]

Awesome pics! Good looking family and glad you got to enjoy a great day in Dallas!

 

[Danny White]

Looks like a great time was had. Congrats, and thanks for sharing!

Psst.....next time, more cheerleader pics.

There are a lot more pics of the Cheerleaders in my Facebook album.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

that cheerleader you were with looks like Avy Lee Roth

 

[arglebargle]

Great stuff!! Glad you all had a chance for the wonderful thanksgiving Cowboys experiance.

Loved the Austin/Barber Alien/Predator comparision. You are right.

They could use a bit better cartoon animation. I know folks who could do a better job on their home computer. Still, I think they are exploring uncharted territory on how they can use that video board. Loved the tales of 'Remember what Keith said'.

We all had a good time watching it here as well...then I got to do the dishes...

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Great stuff!! Glad you all had a chance for the wonderful thanksgiving Cowboys experiance.

Loved the Austin/Barber Alien/Predator comparision. You are right.

They could use a bit better cartoon animation. I know folks who could do a better job on their home computer. Still, I think they are exploring uncharted territory on how they can use that video board. Loved the tales of 'Remember what Keith said'.

We all had a good time watching it here as well...then I got to do the dishes...

 

[LeonDixson]

I never thought about making a cajun dressing. That's a great idea. Would you mind sending me the recipe via PM, Danny White?

I glad everyone had a great time at the game. I was there for the Giants game and the crowd was in rare form. We were noisy on defense and quite on offense and they didn't have the reminders showing on the screen at that time. I like what they're doing with that.

 

[poke]

great pics man.

For the umpteenth time I must have walked right past you guys!!!!

I park right down the road from cici's in lot 15 and cross right in front of where you were!!

we were a little bit south of where we normally are theebs. one of these days you really do need to stop and visit with us. i really enjoyed meeting Danny White and family.

 

[Coast2Coast27]

you look like a younger sean payton.