Time for Dallas to "Cowboy Up", and impose their will

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There’s a palatable excitement in the air at Texas Stadium again.

Walking from the car on 11/19, for the match-up with the Colts, it was noticeable. During pregame warm-ups, it was noticeable in the amount of seats filled early. It was noticeable during the Color Guard presentation and singing of the National Anthem. The majority of the crowd remained standing, got loud, then louder. The stadium with the reputation for complacency, roared for the better part of 3 hours.

It was impossible to decipher on the drive home, what was the bigger contributor to the ringing in my ears, the crowd noise, or my buddy’s lips two inches from my earlobe, proclaiming in full yell, how he had to “go see a man about a horse,” and how he’d stop on the way back and “acquire supplies”.

Fast-forward four days, re-read the above paragraphs, and you pretty much have the synopsis of the game atmosphere on America’s national day of gluttony and poultry massacre. Something did happen on both those days, that hasn’t ever really been a regular occurrence, and certainly hasn't happened on back-to-back weeks since the mid 90’s.

Jerry made an appearance in The Corral about an hour or so post-game. And I don’t mean just a cursory walk-through surrounded by his security team. He got up on stage with the band, commandeered the mic from the lead singer, and whipped the already well-lubricated crowd into a blue and silver frenzy. He put on a gravely voiced male cheerleader routine that would have been the envy of even the most zealous Texas A&M Good Humor Man wannabe.

Now, this Sunday, we have the opportunity to go into yet another team’s home and impose our will in what I think is the biggest “statement game” since I can’t remember when. The Giants are ripe for implosion, and if the Cowboys can’t or simply don’t go in to the Meadowlands and punch them right square in the mouth to the tune of at least a 2-3 score win, I have zero confidence they’ll make it even into the playoffs, much less win even one game if they do.

A loss in this game means we then come back and face the Saints, needing to win all remaining. Sorry, but that just is not a conducive atmosphere for getting very deep into post-season play, if at all. If Dallas somehow goes into this game, one that holds so many similarities to last year's second Washington game, and falls flat again, go ahead and declare church.

Cowboys, it’s time to step-up, take care of business, and regain that swagger that’s made us one of the elite!

I can’t wait until Sunday night a week from now, when we get to again march into Texas Stadium 8-4, chests puffed out, in front of yet another national audience, and send the message to the rest of the NFL that, yes, THE COWBOYS ARE INDEED BACK!
 

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Taps, that was one of the best posts I've read in a long time. I couldn't agree more on your take on the significance of a win in this spot coming up. I've read several accounts stating that a loss is not the end of the world, and while in a literal sense that is true, I think you are right on about what kind of tone/environment will be set with a loss to the Giants.
 

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jcblanco22;1198767 said:
Taps, that was one of the best posts I've read in a long time. I couldn't agree more on your take on the significance of a win in this spot coming up. I've read several accounts stating that a loss is not the end of the world, and while in a literal sense that is true, I think you are right on about what kind of tone/environment will be set with a loss to the Giants.

Thks JC, here's to hoping we won't have to worry about the tone/environment of this team come monday morning.
 

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Excellent post. Win lose or draw on Sunday, we still make the playoffs. If we win we will go on to take the 2 seed. If we lose we will be a wildcard team.
 

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For a decade we've been the whipping post to the Giants and/or Eagles (sorry Skins) and now Judgement Day has come. The Skins somehow manage to pull off these fluke end-of-game heroics, but nobody really believes they're better than us. But the Eagles and Giants - they've had our number for lo these many years, until now...
This team under Romo will not give up nor back down from this challenge. We were down to the Panthers, we were down to the Bucs, we were down to Indy - we never lost our composure or got away from our game plan. We just played Cowboy football, and now we're reaping the rewards.
No chance in Hell do we lose to the Giants. We're just too damn good... I'll call it 34-17, but i'll be happy with 27-10.
 

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You are exactly right! The Boys are a a more talented team on both offense and defense. They need to step up and show it with consistency. Thats what separates the great teams from the good. We've had talent before and played to the level of the competition. If we truly have crossed that threshold, we win this game.
 

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sonnyboy;1199222 said:
Excellent post. Win lose or draw on Sunday, we still make the playoffs. If we win we will go on to take the 2 seed. If we lose we will be a wildcard team.

I have to disagree, if they lose sunday, I think NO then comes in and has more than a good chance of beating a demorilized team.

Besides, if they do a repeat performance of last season's late season fold, why would you want to get a playoff birth?
 

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Have to agree. If we cannot win this game - we do not deserve to make the playoffs or do well even if we do.
 
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