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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] By Mike Vandermause [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The media feeding frenzy began Thursday afternoon and will continue non-stop for a week.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No sooner had the Green Bay Packers beaten the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving when they were peppered with questions about the matchup against the Dallas Cowboys.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It doesn't get much bigger than Dallas vs. Green Bay, with NFC regular-season supremacy on the line in a Thursday night showdown at Texas Stadium. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Here are 10 reasons why the hype is justified:[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1. Anyone suggesting this is just one of 16 games on the schedule is a liar. The winning team will all but lock up home-field advantage throughout the playoffs by gaining a virtual two-game lead in the quest for the coveted No. 1 playoff seed.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2. The last time a pair of teams with 10-1 or better records squared off in the regular season was 1990, when Brett Favre was wearing a black and gold Southern Mississippi uniform and Tony Romo was in grade school.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3. Speaking of starting quarterbacks, this game pits two of the best in the business. Romo has been mentioned as a Favre clone and will face his boyhood idol for the first time. It gets even better, because Romo grew up in Burlington as an avid Packers fan.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]4. The Packers can erase some miserable memories. Who can forget the seven straight beat-downs suffered by the Packers from 1993 to 1996 in Dallas, including elimination from the playoffs three consecutive years? All seven losses came by double-digit margins, with the Cowboys averaging 33 points per game.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]5. Favre never has won in Dallas. Prior to this season, he never had won in Denver or Kansas City either, so here's another chance to add to his long list of achievements.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]6. The regular-season series is deadlocked at 10, although the Cowboys hold a 4-2 edge in postseason play and have won 13 of the last 17 meetings dating to 1978.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7. The Packers can take out their frustrations on the seemingly biased NFL schedule makers. This marks the ninth time in the last 11 meetings the game will be in Dallas. One way the Packers can reverse that trend is by winning and setting up a rematch on the Frozen Tundra, where the prospect of the shivering Cowboys playing at Lambeau Field in January is appealing. With the 40th anniversary of the Ice Bowl being celebrated this season, it would be fitting to stage Ice Bowl II.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8. Would there be anything more satisfying for the Packers than seeing cornerback Al Harris shut down and shut up receiver Terrell Owens? No one is happier than T.O. when he gets the ball. Other than a toddler who doesn't get his way, no one turns sour faster than T.O. when he isn't an integral part of the Cowboys' offense.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9. Besides keeping T.O. in his place, would there be anything more satisfying for the Packers than serving up a large slice of humble pie to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones? Jones was viewed as arrogant in the early 1990s when the Cowboys were winning three Super Bowls in a four-year span. He has been much more tolerable in the past decade when the Cowboys have failed to win a playoff game.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10. Who is America's Team? The Cowboys and their fans like to think it's them, but the underdog and youthful Packers have a chance to capture a lot of hearts with a victory.[/FONT][/FONT]
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"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10. Who is America's Team? The Cowboys and their fans like to think it's them, but the underdog and youthful Packers have a chance to capture a lot of hearts with a victory."


Yea right!!!! Everyone knows who "America's team" is and always will be.
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"[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]10. Who is America's Team? The Cowboys and their fans like to think it's them, but the underdog and youthful Packers have a chance to capture a lot of hearts with a victory."


Yea right!!!! Everyone knows who "America's team" is and always will be.
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When dallas beats the packers they will become Gang Green. Just like we are now Monsters of Midway, Purple People Eaters, Big Blue, The Hogs, The New York Sack Exchange, and the Greatest Show on Turf. Thats how it works, you get beat you lose your historic franchise nickname.

 

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When dallas beats the packers they will become Gang Green. Just like we are now Monsters of Midway, Purple People Eaters, Big Blue, The Hogs, The New York Sack Exchange, and the Greatest Show on Turf. Thats how it works, you get beat you lose your historic franchise nickname.

That may be true for any team other than the Cowboys........"America's Team" is synonymous w/ The Dallas Cowboys and will always remain so......Come Hell or High Water.

 

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That may be true for any team other than the Cowboys........"America's Team" is synonymous w/ The Dallas Cowboys and will always remain so......Come Hell or High Water.

The rest of the NFL teams are just lucky that the Dallas Cowboys LET THEM PLAY in America!!

 

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The rest of the NFL teams are just lucky that the Dallas Cowboys LET THEM PLAY in America!!

Exactly....:laugh2:

 

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7. The Packers can take out their frustrations on the seemingly biased NFL schedule makers. This marks the ninth time in the last 11 meetings the game will be in Dallas. One way the Packers can reverse that trend is by winning and setting up a rematch on the Frozen Tundra, where the prospect of the shivering Cowboys playing at Lambeau Field in January is appealing. With the 40th anniversary of the Ice Bowl being celebrated this season, it would be fitting to stage Ice Bowl II

Im really not too worried about going to Greenbay in the playoffs if they were able to win home field advantage. I think Dallas is more equipped to play on the Frozen Tundra in January then Greenbay is. Dallas is a bigger more physical team that is capable of moving the ball on the ground. Good luck running 5 wide and passing every down in Greenbay during January.

 

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]7. The Packers can take out their frustrations on the seemingly biased NFL schedule makers. This marks the ninth time in the last 11 meetings the game will be in Dallas. One way the Packers can reverse that trend is by winning and setting up a rematch on the Frozen Tundra, where the prospect of the shivering Cowboys playing at Lambeau Field in January is appealing. With the 40th anniversary of the Ice Bowl being celebrated this season, it would be fitting to stage Ice Bowl II.[/FONT][/FONT]
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Someone needs to educate Mr. Vandermause that the "biased" NFL schedule makers don't determine where the game is played, or even who the opponents are. The teams do based on how they finished the prior year in their division and which conference they play in.