The Greatest Rivalry in the NFL...

[Sonny#9]

From the Cowboys "blackmailing" the Commanders to get into the league...
To the Skins going through Dallas the 1st time en route to the Super Bowl
To Clint ******* LongleyTo
To Harvey Martin's Funeral Wreath
To the Skins going through Dallas the 2nd time en route to the Super Bowl
To Theisman's Birthday Party
To the Skins Scabs beating most of the Cowboy's starters
To 1-15 1989 Dallas Cowboys...guess who the one win was?
To the snapping the Skins 11 game win streak
To the 6-10 Skins sweeping the eventual champion Cowboys behind Health Freakin' Shuler
To Matt "What's Play Action?" Stevens
To Who the **** is Patick Crayton?! (and the 10 games just ******* like it)
To The Monday Night Miracle and 35-7
To Nick ******* Novak
To The Death of Sean Taylor and what this site did for him.
To Zorn's complete ineptitude
To Tashard Choice fighting for that...one...extra...yard seconds before halftime and Alex Barron having no choice but to hold on for dear life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spIuA1GgfDE

 

[Califan007]

Here, here *nod*...I've lived damn near 40 years of experiencing this rivalry, and I can't think of another one that even comes close.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

your sig is too funny :laugh2:

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Here's hoping for a great game, excitement, and a Cowboys victory!!

:beer2:

 

[Sonny#9]

Here's hoping for a great game, excitement, and a Cowboys victory!!

:beer2:

And I hope for two out of those three!

 

[BAZ]

And I hope for two out of those three!

You never were one for excitement.

 

[Hostile]

I like that post. I like it a lot. So many things we could add to that list too.

 

[FloridaRob]

thought I was opening a thread about the Packers and the Bears. Now that is hate and respect at its best.

 

[trickblue]

thought I was opening a thread about the Packers and the Bears. Now that is hate and respect at its best.

God love ya, Rob... that is a great rivalry, but what is more time enduring than Cowboys vs. Indians...

Glad you're still around supporting your second favorite team, though!

 

[Risen Star]

It's not nearly like it used to be. All the losing the two teams have been doing for years has watered down the rivalry.

I'd love an epic Commanders/Cowboys NFC Championship game.

 

[Sonny#9]

It's not nearly like it used to be. All the losing the two teams have been doing for years has watered down the rivalry.

I'd love an epic Commanders/Cowboys NFC Championship game.

With Brian Orakpo and Barry Cofield playing the roles of Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant respectively

I do agree -- the level of hatred just isn't there. You'd never have Demarcus Ware busting into the Commanders locker room, throwing in a funeral wreath. Dexter Manley's hit on Danny White would be 15 yrd penalty and a $50K fine now.

Riggins would definitely be facing a year suspension for god knows what...

The rivalry is much more between the fans nowadays. Although Stephen Bowen was "exorcise" by Mike Sellers and Lorenzo Alexander when he signed with the Skins this offseason

 

[Sonny#9]

I like that post. I like it a lot. So many things we could add to that list too.

Yeah -- if I included all the crazy **** that happened in this rivalry, it would have taken me all day

Here's to another great chapter! God I am excited and nervous for Monday Night!

Injuries or not, in Dallas on Monday Night is NOT the Commanders forte...

 

[Sonny#9]

This says it all:

"I saw him and I thought 'Okay, here we go, right here at the airport..."

-Mark May, 1997, mentally preparing himself for a fistfight at the New Orleans Airport baggage claim, upon unexpectedly running into Randy White. White had made earlier comments to reporters that he couldn't stand May and would meet him anywhere to fight.

This was in 1997. Randy White had retired from the NFL in 1988, May last played for the Commanders in 1990. 9 years later, the bad blood still fueled...

 

[dwmyers]

To Clint ******* Longley

I was *at* that game. We took my grandfather to that game. That last touchdown, with Drew Pearson splitting a double team, was far better in the stadium than it ever will be on film (of course, the players looked as if they were 200 yards away, and binos were recommended then..).

D-

PS - Yes, a great rivalry!

 

[Sonny#9]

I was *at* that game. We took my grandfather to that game. That last touchdown, with Drew Pearson splitting a double team, was far better in the stadium than it ever will be on film (of course, the players looked as if they were 200 yards away, and binos were recommended then..).

D-

PS - Yes, a great rivalry!

It's games like this that make this so ****** great!

I was at the 22-19 Sean Taylor face mask game.

I can be extremely loud.

When Novak hit that field goal, I couldn't hear myself scream. It was the loudest I have ever heard FedEx (and that includes the lone playoff win over the Lions there...)

 

[Califan007]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/Commanders/longterm/1997/history/allart/dw1979b.htm

By Paul Attner
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 17, 1979; Page C1

Irving, Tex., Dec. 16 — The Commanders came within 140 seconds today of reaching their impossible drea. Then the brilliance of Dallas quarterback Roger Staubach turned the afternoon into a 35-34 nightmare that will haunt them the rest of the winter.

"The Lord giveth and He can take it away in a hurry; that's the only way to understand what took place here," said Coach Jack Pardee, still stunned by a Cowboy comeback that erased a 13-point Commander lead and knocked Washington out of the playoffs.

Until the final 140 seconds, the Commanders were on the verge of winning the NFC East title. Two Staubach touchdown passes, one with 2:20 to play, the last with 39 seconds left, brought the world crashing around their heads. It also allowed the Chicago Bears to gain a wild-card berth on the basis of a four-point edge in point differential.

Even a final desperate shot at pulling out this game ended in frustration and controversy. The Commanders, aided by an interference call at their 49 with nine seconds to go, got to the Dallas 42 on a nine-yard pass over the middle from Joe Theismann to Don Warren.

Theismann tried to call time, Clarence Harmon called time and Warren tried to stop the clock but the officials ruled it was all over before Mark Moseley could try a 59-yard field goal.

According to league rules, only captains designated before the game can call timeouts. Theismann is one of the Commander designated captains.

"I tried to call time as soon as I threw the ball," Theismann said. "I turned to him (referee Bob Frederic) and saw only one second but he made his decision. He told me to get out of his face."

I wanted to punch a moose after that game lol

I also remember that some congressman wanted to hold hearings into that point differential crap lol...he thought something shady might have been going on. Yeah, that game left a mark.

 

[Sonny#9]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/Commanders/longterm/1997/history/allart/dw1979b.htm



I wanted to punch a moose after that game lol

I also remember that some congressman wanted to hold hearings into that point differential crap lol...he thought something shady might have been going on. Yeah, that game left a mark.

I am too young to remember that game (I was 3 at the time). My 1st Skins Memories are some of the best though: "We Want Dallas," signs in the rearview windows of cars saying "Honk if you Hate Dallas" (and it sounding like someone parked perpendicular across three lanes of traffic and was stadning flipping people off) and John Riggins plowing over poor little Don McNeal enroute to the end zone.

However, I still hate that worthless turd Matt Stevens. That game was a microcosm for the entire Norv Turner Era.

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

As a 4th grader, that loss in DC, when the Commanders were 11-0 and had a chance to clinch the division that day, killed me.

How did that hail mary before the half work? Why did the Commanders offense take so long to wake up that day? How did that D let Emmit run all over them?

When Martin Mayhew picked Aikman off for a pick 6, I figured it would be business as usual that day.

Now, for some reason, 4 years later I had no doubt before both games in '95 the Commanders would win. Probably due to my utter lack of respect for Barry Switzer, the fact that even though the Cowboys were the best team in the NFL that season you could see the fissures that would lead to the debacle of the decade plus.

Whatever it was, the morning of both games I just knew the Commanders would win.

The losing streak to the Gailey/Campo led Cowboys disgusted me. The 2 worst coaches in the history of the Dallas Cowboys and the Commanders managed 1 win in 10 tries. That 1 win being the very last game of the Campo era.

Since the "Monday night miracle," which was sweet justice since it was the triplets night, its been a back and forth. 2005 was a blast, but equally the 2006 Monday night game was dissapointing. In fact I came here and predicted a win for the Cowboys.

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63875

Novak making the kick in the 2nd game was a nice celebration in the midst of a horrid season.

2007, another split. 2008, split again. 2009, 2 very terrible games (the teams combined to score 30 points that year, the Cowboys 24 of them)

Looking forward to this game on Monday very much. There is nothing like MNF, Commanders-Cowboys

 

[Sonny#9]

2007, another split. 2008, split again. 2009, 2 very terrible games (the teams combined to score 30 points that year, the Cowboys 24 of them)

Looking forward to this game on Monday very much. There is nothing like MNF, Commanders-Cowboys

2009 was the worst year in the existence of the Commanders -- we didn't win an NFC East Game all year that year -- and frankly, I didn't care. I was so sick of Cerrato, Snyder, Zorn and the whole mess this franchise had become, I wanted losses. I wanted embarrassment. Enought to bring about the greatest day in Commanders history since January 27, 1992. That would be December 17, 2009: The "Resignation" of Vinny Cerrato!

It feels good to have this team competitive and on the right track again. I haven't been this amped up for a Dallas game in a VERY long time.

 

[Doomsday101]

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