When did you realize you were a fanatic?

[Boyz981]

When I fell off a slide at age 7 got a concussion, was seeing stars. I said huh... Cowboys and the star. Have been a Cowboys fan ever since (40+ years)

 

[Bull Frog]

When I cut the pictures out of my grand parents Dallas Cowboys weekly and taped them to my wall. I used to write down the name of every player on the roster in a spiral notebook during pre-season and evaluate them. I also made it a point to know every player in the team picture starting around 1976ish through the 80's. We didn't have interwebs so the off-season was loooonngg.

 

[Carl23]

To go out onto the Internet, and look for a website, dedicated to the cowboys take a certain level of devotion. So, like the title says when did u realize were devoted more then the average fan.

For me, it was when I was in basic training. I had my mom print off articles from DC.com... Thats how I "watched" 2008... most ppl wanted letters from family, I wanted cowboy updates.

When I cried along with Danny White in the early 80's.

 

[ghosttown cowboy]

Been a fan for 39 years...but I believe I realized I was a fanatic at 12 when I cried uncontrollably after "The Catch"...

 

[Silver N Blue]

1978 as soon as the 77 superbowl ended. I was nearly 8 but I knew right then I was a cowboys fan.

 

[Boom]

My story as well, except I was 8.

10 year old me with tears rolling down his face began his lifelong hate of Joe Montana on that play.

 

[KJJ]

I always knew I was a fanatic but didn't realize the full scope of it until I moved to California in 1980. Not having nearly as much Cowboys news in this area I became starved for anything Cowboys related. There was a radio station that had a segment dedicated to the Cowboys during training camp but some days the signal was really poor. They broadcast an intersquad scrimmage one afternoon and the reception was so bad I got in my car and drove just over 130 miles towards Vegas before I got a clear signal. I pulled over at rest area in Death Valley and listened to the scrimmage in 118 degree heat.

 

[Section446]

When I thought it would be a good idea to spend thousands of dollars a year on season tickets, only to spend more when I upgraded!

 

[JoeBoBBY]

0.o I'm not sure that's a good thing lol

lol! ....sounds...painful.....may want to see a doctor about that.

Let me ask you, did you have thos glow in the dark stars taped to the ceiling and wall in your bedroom?

 

[JoeBoBBY]

I always knew I was a fanatic but didn't realize the full scope of it until I moved to California in 1980. Not having nearly as much Cowboys news in this area I became starved for anything Cowboys related. There was a radio station that had a segment dedicated to the Cowboys during training camp but some days the signal was really poor. They broadcast an intersquad scrimmage one afternoon and the reception was so bad I got in my car and drove just over 130 miles towards Vegas before I got a clear signal. I pulled over at rest area in Death Valley and listened to the scrimmage in 118 degree heat.

true blue 100% nutter right there.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Been watching and cheering for the Cowboys since 1965 or 66. But back then nobody else I knew even watched the NFL.
Sometimes I wouldn't find out if Dallas won or not until reading it in the Tuesday morning paper. (we didn't have a Monday paper back then)

It was not until the early 70's when the stoolers began to win and people started being stooler fans that I realized I was cheering for a different team than everybody else.

I too got the Dallas Cowboys weekly in the mail. Sometimes we would play the next weeks game before I got last weeks Cowboys weekly. I would still read every word from cover to cover.

I knew then that I was a Dallas Cowboys fanatic.

it was hard around those parts, to be a Cowboys Fan....... no one to celebrate with. Everybody giving you weird looks....

But it was Staubach for me. You know, that guy should be paid or something to this day!. He did more for Cowboys football then any other player...

I would watch football, old man a brownies fans, and most everybody else Steeler fans. There were some Bills fans in there, but they were really, really weird.

But watching football at that age, 8 9 10, when you are soooo impressionable and just getting started,,I just remember, hoping the Cowboys game would come on TV, so I could see Roger. My old man, although a Brownie, liked him too. Prior Navy service he would always mention to me,.,.,.

 

[Tabascocat]

Back in 1980 or so, me and the guys were out on the trails doing tricks on our 3-wheelers and dirt bikes. Well, a couple of weeks before that, my dad bought me a Dallas watch, nothing special, but I had to have one.

Anyways, one of my friends threw a rock at a bird, missed and hit my watch and broke the face. I cried like a little girl(was 9 at the time) and he started crying too, not sure why. We thought we were tough little guys back then. He knew what the watch meant to me and paid me $5 a week for a new one. He actually gave me his allowance for about 3 months and I never got a new watch What is funny is that Kennith(the guy who broke the watch) was the neighborhood bully and this instance was the only time I ever saw compassion from him.

To this day, every time I run into him, the watch is the first thing mentioned

I realized then that I was hooked on my Cowboys and never looked back. I still have a set of Cowboy cheerleader playing cards around somewhere from the late '70's.

 

[KJJ]

true blue 100% nutter right there.

When I think back to it that was pretty crazy and I probably would have driven all the way to Vegas to pick up that signal. Once I got past Barstow there was no stopping me.

 

[Tabascocat]

When I think back to it that was pretty crazy and I probably would have driven all the way to Vegas to pick up that signal. Once I got past Barstow there was no stopping me.

Lucky that you did not run out of gas or over-heat back then in Death Valley. If so, you would probably not be here today typing this

That place is hot! I can't imagine that there was a gas station or anything from there to Vegas, much less a lot of cars to help.

I got lost in Joshua Tree National Park last Summer, scared the crud out of me.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Back in 1980 or so, me and the guys were out on the trails doing tricks on our 3-wheelers and dirt bikes. Well, a couple of weeks before that, my dad bought me a Dallas watch, nothing special, but I had to have one.

Anyways, one of my friends threw a rock at a bird, missed and hit my watch and broke the face. I cried like a little girl(was 9 at the time) and he started crying too, not sure why. We thought we were tough little guys back then. He knew what the watch meant to me and paid me $5 a week for a new one. He actually gave me his allowance for about 3 months and I never got a new watch What is funny is that Kennith(the guy who broke the watch) was the neighborhood bully and this instance was the only time I ever saw compassion from him.

To this day, every time I run into him, the watch is the first thing mentioned

I realized then that I was hooked on my Cowboys and never looked back. I still have a set of Cowboy cheerleader playing cards around somewhere from the late '70's.

late 70s!!!!!!

ohh la la....

 

[JoeBoBBY]

When I think back to it that was pretty crazy and I probably would have driven all the way to Vegas to pick up that signal. Once I got past Barstow there was no stopping me.

Thats a great story. Well for at least for true blue 100 % nutters like the people on here...

everybody else might give a smile of politeness for conversation and maybe a look of pity....

 

[KJJ]

Lucky that you did not run out of gas or over-heat back then in Death Valley. If so, you would probably not be here today typing this

That place is hot! I can't imagine that there was a gas station or anything from there to Vegas, much less a lot of cars to help.

I got lost in Joshua Tree National Park last Summer, scared the crud out of me.

Even at that time they had plenty of gas stations heading towards Vegas on I 15 it's the most traveled route you just have to be prepared with some coolant. Today they have tow trucks trolling I 15 looking for cars on the side of the road it's not that hard getting roadside assistance out there.

 

[TwoDeep3]

My sister-on-law at the time was hosting Thanksgiving. I spoke with her about the game and when she planned on calling people to the table. She assured me the game would be over.

So, on the day we were watching the game and she parades in and turns off the TV in the middle of the second quarter and glares at me.

I got my coat, grabbed a burger on the way to the house, and watched the second half. I informed the entire family the game means more than eating with them, since I usually sported for at least one family meal a month.

Keep in mind that wife divorced me.

I never thought of this before really. The day I realized I probably needed an intervention.

 

[KJJ]

Thats a great story. Well for at least for true blue 100 % nutters like the people on here...

everybody else might give a smile of politeness for conversation and maybe a look of pity....

I never tell that story to anyone except people here it wouldn't sound as crazy to some of the diehards that flood this board. Some Cowboy fanatic posted a YouTube video of them tearing up their house after a Cowboys loss. I have a friend who's a diehard Raiders fan who ran towards his sliding glass door and leaped doing a Bruce Lee type of martial arts kick that shattered it after the tuck rule was called on Tom Brady. His wife and family forced him undergo a psychiatric evaluation. lol I heard years ago that a fan was so distraught after his teams loss that he hung himself. I may be a fanatic but I have my limits.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

My sister-on-law at the time was hosting Thanksgiving. I spoke with her about the game and when she planned on calling people to the table. She assured me the game would be over.

So, on the day we were watching the game and she parades in and turns off the TV in the middle of the second quarter and glares at me.

I got my coat, grabbed a burger on the way to the house, and watched the second half. I informed the entire family the game means more than eating with them, since I usually sported for at least one family meal a month.

Keep in mind that wife divorced me.

I never thought of this before really. The day I realized I probably needed an intervention.

lol. no way u didnt need intervention. Thats football,. Thats thanksgiving. you watch the game. By now, every female should know this...

I have left dates, girls that were actually interesting, "high and dry", as they were yapping....i mean, talking.... (before my current girl/wife) of course.