News: PFT: Kyle Shanahan says today's players don't know about the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry

[stiletto]

I can barely remember yesterday and I was well alive at the time the Cowboys/Niners faced off.... means NOTHING AT ALL....just like my hangover tomorrow.

 

[plasticman]

Cowboys players know this rivalry. They know who Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, and Everson Walls are so they know this rivalry. I believe they get a first class education in Cowboys history during their orientation and consistently from the Cowboys fans.

I think Cowboys players are familiar with the roots of the Cowboys legacy and any discussion of playoff successes must include the 49ers going back to 1970.

Not only were the Cowboys and 49ers in three straight NFC championship games in the early 90's, they were in three straight playoffs including two NFC championship in the early 70's and the Cowboys won all three.

 

[Jake]

I remember every rivalry we had since Montana, Clark and the catch.

Go back another decade and that's why I hate the Steelers. Well, that and growing up an hour from Pittsburgh at the time.

I took a lot of abuse in school for those 70s Super Bowls.

 

[shabazz]

Yeah he's probably right as neither team seems to be relevant at the same time the last decade or so.

….I’d settle for just the Cowboys being relevant in the last quarter century

 

[shabazz]

Go back another decade and that's why I hate the Steelers. Well, that and growing up an hour from Pittsburgh at the time.

I took a lot of abuse in school for those 70s Super Bowls.

……that was the golden age of football for many

 

[RaZon]

You know you are old when....

You saw....

Cassius Clay box
Jim Brown at Syracuse
Gorgeous George rassle
Bob Hayes run while at Florida A&M
There was no Dallas Cowboys to watch
All white football teams in the SEC and SWC
Mel Renfro was a running back at Oregon
Don Meredith QBing SMU
Jack Parr on the Tonight Show
Amos & Andy
Flash Gordon

Who can forget.....

 

[AsthmaField]

Watch the first 3:00 of this. Top 10 rivalries in football.

 

[Texasfootball21]

I still have the VHS tape recordings of those great games. Man those were the days! Went to candlestick park for one of them, we were on top of the world then!

 

[MS17]

Some of us are old enough to remember 1972, Staubach leading Cowboys stirring 15 pt comeback win over the 49ers in the divisional playoffs. Called him 'Captain Comeback' later. It's worth checking out on Youtube. With Charlie Waters and Bob Lilly commentary.
Good grief, 50 years ago. Time for a nap.

 

[offlimits]

And it’s not like Kyle Shanahan is old either.. man, we old…

Yup... but with age comes wisdom. My family had season tickets at Texas Stadium for 30! years! When people post about the "old days" man, I was there.

 

[offlimits]

I can barely remember yesterday and I was well alive at the time the Cowboys/Niners faced off.... means NOTHING AT ALL....just like my hangover tomorrow.

 

[lqmac1]

I understand that it might be nostalgic for some of the older audience, but it was like 30 years ago. Time to let go!

 

[pancakeman]

Yeah, I barely remember The Catch and I'm old as s***.

 

[JoeKing]

Why should they, it was thirty years ago. I don't consider SF a rival at all.

Not being a student of history, you are doomed to repeat it. So here we are. The team that learned the lessons of the past will be more prepared for the future.

 

[Reality]

I understand that it might be nostalgic for some of the older audience, but it was like 30 years ago. Time to let go!

It was a fun rival for that time, but I agree they are nothing more than another team that is standing in the way this week.

 

[DandyDon1722]

You know you are old when....

You saw....

Cassius Clay box
Jim Brown at Syracuse
Gorgeous George rassle
Bob Hayes run while at Florida A&M
There was no Dallas Cowboys to watch
All white football teams in the SEC and SWC
Mel Renfro was a running back at Oregon
Don Meredith QBing SMU
Jack Parr on the Tonight Show
Amos & Andy
Flash Gordon

Who can forget.....

George Reeves - absolute best Superman ever!

 

[RaZon]

George Reeves - absolute best Superman ever!

Yep but it ruined his career, he couldn't play anything else, no matter what he's Superman.

Did ya know before Superman he was in Gone With the Wind?

 

[ICP]

He's right, the only ones that do remember are the fans that have been sitting around waiting for 25 or so years for Dallas to make some noise again

 

[lukin2006]

I bet they’ve all seen the “catch”…so what was that Shannahan?

 

[DandyDon1722]

Yep but it ruined his career, he couldn't play anything else, no matter what he's Superman.

Did ya know before Superman he was in Gone With the Wind?

I did not know that! Very interesting. Thanks.