Go Dallas Cowboys

I am happy to report that Dallas Cowbosy won their game against the Tennesse Titans on Friday night 30 to 10. Being that this is pre season that does not hold a lot of weight in the final season however it was good that they could win the first game in their innaugaral game in their brand new Texas Stadium in Arlington.

The stadium is probably one of the nicest stadiums and most high tech stadiums around for the whopping price of 1.4 billion dollars. The HUGE scoreboard in the stadium itself runs around 400,000 dollars or some astronomical figure. If you go to the game at the stadium and you are up high where you find it difficult to see the action you can just watch the jumbo screen right in front of you and not miss a thing. I am hoping to go visit this stadium this year or next. During pre game warm ups the punters had fun punting the ball into the bottom of the big screen.

I must say that while I can be very critical of how Dallas performs during the past several years I was fairly impressed by what I saw on the field Friday night. The team did make some sloppy mistakes with regards to the unsportsmanship penalties they got for no good reason. Why are we pushing people while they are already out of bounds and on the way to the ground under their own steam? Maybe the coaches will explain the rules of the game to the BOYS and let them know they can't beat up the opponents when they are out of bounds already.

Terrell Owens is gone and so is Tank Johnson which is good news to me. Tony Romo appeared to have his head in the game and did well moving the ball down the field. John Kitna with number 3 on his jersey played quarter back in the second half seemed to be very mobile in the pocket and managed to keep from being sacked and was able to make some difficult completions. There were several recievers that I have never heard of that appeared to do a good job as well. Then there is the work horse full back in Marion Barber who showed that he could pound the ball through the offensive line.

I have no doubt that Dallas will be a team to be watched and hopefully will be able to live up to the talent and depth that they have. I am hopeful that the strict training camp from Wade Phillips instilled some much needed discipline in the troops and they are ready to play some serious smash mouth football. I would love to see the Dallas Cowboys exhibit some class and integrity both on the field and off the field. In the last several years I have seen some very poor decisions with regards to hiring football players who were supposedly awesome on the field playing the game but horrible role models to our youth off the field. Do we really need people like Michael Vick (now on the Eagles roster) who has been convicted of animal abuse and spent time in prison being a role model to our youth? How many people on the Dallas Cowboy roster are known ex cons?

Should we sacrifice the integrity of the game and the over all team class by hiring thugs just because their being there can sell tickets on Sunday? If you have a player that is awesome on the field but can not get along with his fellow team mates and is being traded over and over again to other teams to get rid of them could that be a sign? In professional sports just as in real life it is not always about the one individual but it is about the team. What one person succeeds in or fails in can have immediate and lasting consequences for the team for days and years to come.

Dallas, make me proud to call you America's team even though most of America can not stand you because of your failure to live up to the team reputation of the 1980's and 1990's. Be all that you can be and quit trying to take shortcuts.

A fan of yours through good and bad since 1969!!!

James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
chiefpropellerhead@comcast.net

Pizza and Dallas Cowboys

This has been a very busy week and I am glad that it is over for now. I am sitting in my recliner waiitng on Pizza Hut to deliver a meat lovers pizza and a 2 liter of Pepsi just in time for the Dallas vs Titans game on Fox. I have been watching the Cowboys since 1969 and depsite their pathetic performance over the last couple of decades I am still a true blue fan. I am happy they got rid of Terrell Owens to the Buffaloe Bills and Tank Johnson is gone as well. I will be interested to see if my team can actually put together a game plan worth watching. I know this is only a pre season game but it will be nice to see if the Boys can show case some of their talent. For a team that has a lot of talent I do not understand why they can not seem to keep the drive alive all through the season and make it through the play offs. In the last couple of years they have come out like a house on fire for the first 7 or 8 games and then they fall apart at the end.

Starting next week I will be working two jobs. I will be doing my I.T. job during the day and studying my new classes in the evening hours. The text books suggest that for each class I will need to study between 4 to 6 hours per week so that means Monday through Friday will be booked solid. All I can do is take one day at a time and one subject at a time and just do the best I can. It will be good to be beyond the paperwork and preparation stage of going back to school and actually doing something productive like learning.

I am looking forward to the challenge and it will be nice to learn some new things and review some things that I already do know. I am hoping that my I.T. experience will help me to get through some of the computer courses without too much trouble. Only time will tell and I am sure that I will be bloggin about my experiences on the weekends. Now for some pizza and Dallas Cowboys.





James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
chiefpropellerhead@comcast.net

Dallas shuts down Chicago Bears

Dallas rolled into Chicago tonight and I thought that the game would be much closer and I also thought that the Chicgo defense would stop the Dallas offense. All eyes were on Tony Romo and the offensive machine of the Cowboys tonight as they rolled over Chicago 34-10.

You either love Dallas or you hate them. All the naysayers were saying that the first two games really were not that challenging and that tonight they would face the NFC champions of 2006 and they would not be good enough to win this match. I feel that the first half was a wash for both teams as both offensive units struggled to move the ball down the field. Both quarterbacks were plaqued by interceptions and recievers dropping the ball.

At half time the score was 3 to 3 when it should have been Dallas 10 and Chicago 3. The ballgame was tied and I thought to myself that if Dallas were going to win this game they had better rethink their offensive strategy against the Bears. Jason Garrett did just that as Tony Romo ran, ducked, bobbed and side stepped numerous attempts to bury him in the dirt and still managed to keep his compsure well enough to complete some key passes to move the chains down the field.

In the early third quarter Tony Romo took to the air and passed for 300+ yards. In the third and fourth quarter the Dallas Defense picked up that pace and began to read the Grossman pass calls and intercepted him several times. In the end the large Dallas front offensive line began to wear down the Bears and that allowed Dallas to maitain control of the ball and open up their running game more.

I know the season is nowhere near over but I can not remembe the last time Dallas was at 3-0 in the beginning of the season. I am proud to still be a Dallas Cowboys fan. Go Dallas Go!!!!!!





James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net

How about them Cowboys

I have been a Dallas Cowboys fan since 1969 thanks to my father getting me hooked at the age of 7. I remember living in Leesville Louisiana and watching the Cowboys on a 13 inch black an white television set in my parents living room. I remember my dad and I getting out the checker board every time Dallas would start to fall behind and somehow that checkerboard held some sort of magic because when we began to play checkers they would come from behind and win.
My dad is no longer around to play checkers and my kids could care less about the Dallas Cowboys. Nevertheless I still claim the BOYS as my favorite team and I watch them faithfully. The CARDIAC cowboys is one label that has been affixed to my favorite team because they can give you a heart attack when you watch them play. My 15 year old daughter tried to go to bed tonight and get some sleep but was unable to. I asked her if the stereo speakers were keeping he awake and she said no it was your screaming.
My wife came in and tried to get me to pipe down but she quickly realized that the only way that she was going to accomplish that during a Dallas Cowboys game was to give me a gunshot wound to the back of my head. Thankfully we dont own a gun and she just gave up on me and went back to the bedroom to watch one of her shows.
Dallas won the game by ten points tonight and what a spectacular game it was. Both teams came out fo the chute and the shoot out was on. At one point I thought Dallas was going to give the game away when they allowed Elly Manning to pull the Giants within one point 17-16 at the half time. During the first half Terrell Owens did not get to catch the ball but during the second half he was a shining star for the Dallas offense. Both teams turned over the ball serveral times during this game and it appeared that Giant Defense was out of shape and getting really tired and the Dallas corner back was unable to defend against the Giants passing game.
The Philladelphia Eagles were beaten by the Green Bay Packers by a field goal and I am not sure how the Redskins did against the Dolphins this afternoon. The NYG team suffered a lot of injuries tonight in Texas stadium which included a bruised shoulder for Elly Manning. The Giants are going to have a very tough year of it if they cant get the injuries under control.
Go Cowboys





James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net