Kick to the Groin

Its been more than two weeks, and I am still trying to recover from watching the Dallas Cowboys bring their big jumbo bag of FAIL up to Philadelphia.

For those of you who have not been following the NFL this past year, the Dallas Cowboys were one of the teams favored to win the Superbowl at the beginning of season. But thanks to undisciplined play, poor coaching, and untimely injuries - the Cowboys found themselves in a situation where they must win their final game to advance to the playoffs.

Against Philadelphia.

In Philadelphia.

For those of us who followed the Cowboys throughout the years, knows that winning at Philadelphia is never easy. Over the last few decades, these two teams always played hard against each other; it didn't matter if the division lead was on the line, or if either or both teams were out of it - it has always been a war. Why? because these teams simply hate each other.

For this match up, there is an added bonus, the loser goes home for the winter. A one game playoff, a chance to stick it to the other team and finish their 2008 season. If memory serves correct, the last time these two teams faced off in a game like this was the 1980 NFC Championship game (which I watched in the T.V. department at Sears - that's another post for another day).

So with all that's at stake - one would reasonably believe that my beloved Cowboys would be prepared and ready to sock it to the Eagles.

Nope, not these guys.

A week after giving up the longest two TD runs by an opposing team in Texas Stadium history, in painfully obvious, even a 5 year old can see "run up the middle" situations; the Cowboys decides to top that stinker with a 44-6 no show effort.

Watching the game was painful. Knowing that stupid Philadelphia fans are happy made it even worse. Why do I not Philadelphia fans? Here are few reasons:

• They pelted Santa with snowballs.
• They behave so badly that prompted the city to build a court room and a jail right in the stadium.
• They support a team who was the subject of a MarkyMark movie.
• They support a team that shares the mascot name with an overrated college; who could not win the 2008 Lord of the Gays bowl, and can't beat Harvard in basketball.
  
• They kill puppies and use the corpse for bonfires at tailgate parties. * Citation needed.
  

As much fun it is to point out why the average Philadelphia sports fan is worst than Hitler and their women are all a bunch of gutter whores; I must place the blame for the Cowboys' debacle of a season squarely in the lap of the same Cowboys.

Dallas Morning News columnist Jean-Jaques Taylor accurately described in his write-up of the final game that the 2008 Dallas Cowboys is "the most gutless team in franchise history". He goes on to list the gory details of another 1-3 December finish, and questions the "get tough" pledge that Wade Phillips has promised for his continue employment in 2009.

How do I think it'll work out? Let take a look at the video from the Cowboys safety Keith Davis' birthday party, the day AFTER the lost at the Linc. Yes, you read that correctly, the very day after.

Tearful defense from T.O. for his coach? nope. Look at the smirks on the faces of the players 2:20 into the video when Taylor asked about Phillips' "get tough" promise. Yeah, that's how I think it'll work out too.

The Pain Continues

We now sit just days away from the Conference Championships - and the Eagles have managed to win two playoff games on the road; beating the top seeded Giants in the process. While their fans celebrate wildly, poking fun of the fallen Giants; I am laying all my hopes on Kurt Warner and Baby Jesus to smite the Philistines.