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Denial. Projection. Deflection. Anything to avoid reflection.
The national media is in a tizzy, tilting dangerously toward a complete psychotic meltdown. It's sad to watch really. It looks desperate and hopeless in an "I-want-my-mommy" kind of way.
Has ever an official's call against a team leading a football game with nine minutes left ever been so cynically analyzed and questioned?
Has an owner's celebrity guest ever been so scrutinized?
Has a quarterback's tremendous play and results ever been so downplayed, qualified, and categorically diminished? Same for the entire season of an NFL defense, for that matter?
Sometimes you're just wrong. It happens. But don't hold your breath for that admission from the nerdy networks.
What's left is a frothing northeastern media in full-on attack mode against a team it unapologetically detests because of too many years of living amongst a throe of Cowboy fandom that has fracked its way into unlikely crevices across the nation.
Remember August, when the cackles and laughs at Cowboy expense were such joyful times for the clueless know-it-alls, who were giddy to gang up for a five-month daily bludgeoning of Dallas fans. We heard 7-9, then 6-10, then braver souls sticking their necks out at 5-11 and worse. It was going to be so gloriously awful.
But now this.....this just can't be right.
My favorite explanation lately is how Dallas has "benefitted from an easy schedule." Huh? I thought this gauntlet of a schedule was the reason Dallas had no chance at breaking through the 8-8 barrier in the first place. I thought there weren't eight winnable games on the schedule even if Dallas played to its potential?
What really gut-punched the media was the impossibly unexpected waltz through December, which Dallas had to - it appeared at the time - win out to get in the playoffs. Not a chance that Dallas catches Philly, they thought. And then, to make it hurt deeper, the Eagles faltered, and the damn Cowboys decided to go ahead and win out anyway. Stick that up your Twitter.
So much is at stake for the media right now. The validation of Tony Romo. Oh my God. The acknowledgement of Jason Garrett. I need to have a seat. The rise of THAT young team with a promising future. This just can't be happening. Wake me now, please.
The media has acted all week like a cornered animal, rabid to poo-poo everything at every turn. The refs cheated. Blandino in the party bus. Christie in the owners' box. Conspiracies abound. The list will grow long if Dallas keeps winning.
Now imagine if you will....successive wins at frozen Lambeau and a second triumph at that hornet's nest in Seattle. That's about as tough a road travelled to the Super Bowl as ever taken.
How could they possibly spin that? How to minimize it and explain it away?
They can't, and they know it. The blowhards are imploding. Let's watch.
The national media is in a tizzy, tilting dangerously toward a complete psychotic meltdown. It's sad to watch really. It looks desperate and hopeless in an "I-want-my-mommy" kind of way.
Has ever an official's call against a team leading a football game with nine minutes left ever been so cynically analyzed and questioned?
Has an owner's celebrity guest ever been so scrutinized?
Has a quarterback's tremendous play and results ever been so downplayed, qualified, and categorically diminished? Same for the entire season of an NFL defense, for that matter?
Sometimes you're just wrong. It happens. But don't hold your breath for that admission from the nerdy networks.
What's left is a frothing northeastern media in full-on attack mode against a team it unapologetically detests because of too many years of living amongst a throe of Cowboy fandom that has fracked its way into unlikely crevices across the nation.
Remember August, when the cackles and laughs at Cowboy expense were such joyful times for the clueless know-it-alls, who were giddy to gang up for a five-month daily bludgeoning of Dallas fans. We heard 7-9, then 6-10, then braver souls sticking their necks out at 5-11 and worse. It was going to be so gloriously awful.
But now this.....this just can't be right.
My favorite explanation lately is how Dallas has "benefitted from an easy schedule." Huh? I thought this gauntlet of a schedule was the reason Dallas had no chance at breaking through the 8-8 barrier in the first place. I thought there weren't eight winnable games on the schedule even if Dallas played to its potential?
What really gut-punched the media was the impossibly unexpected waltz through December, which Dallas had to - it appeared at the time - win out to get in the playoffs. Not a chance that Dallas catches Philly, they thought. And then, to make it hurt deeper, the Eagles faltered, and the damn Cowboys decided to go ahead and win out anyway. Stick that up your Twitter.
So much is at stake for the media right now. The validation of Tony Romo. Oh my God. The acknowledgement of Jason Garrett. I need to have a seat. The rise of THAT young team with a promising future. This just can't be happening. Wake me now, please.
The media has acted all week like a cornered animal, rabid to poo-poo everything at every turn. The refs cheated. Blandino in the party bus. Christie in the owners' box. Conspiracies abound. The list will grow long if Dallas keeps winning.
Now imagine if you will....successive wins at frozen Lambeau and a second triumph at that hornet's nest in Seattle. That's about as tough a road travelled to the Super Bowl as ever taken.
How could they possibly spin that? How to minimize it and explain it away?
They can't, and they know it. The blowhards are imploding. Let's watch.
