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I have had a couple of people ask me 'who
do you like in the Super Bowl?'...and my reply
is always 'neither one.' I don't like the Green
Bay Packers ...and I don't like the Pittsburgh
Steelers! The reasoning behind this is...first
and foremost,..I am a Dallas Cowboy fan!
I can see some of you laughing and hoo-hawing
over the dismal season the Cowboys just
completed...but they were 6-10 this year. I
loved the Cowboys when they went 0-11-1 in
1960.. Fans on each coast just don't get the
loyalty of Cowboy fans. The media is always
hyping the teams on the east and west coast.
Green Bay and Chicago have done their share
of sticking it to the coastal teams, but Dallas is
the one that New Yorkers, Bostonians, and those
freaks from the left coast, love to hate. Dallas
represents everything new and good...from those
shiny silver helmets with the Lone Star on the
sides,..to always wearing those white jerseys ( In
the NFL the home team usually wears their colored
uniforms and the visitors wears white, but Dallas
requests the white at home forcing the visitors to
wear their colored uniform, thus they wear their white
jerseys 90% of the time.)...BUT the real reason I
don't like this years Super Bowl teams is...they have
beaten my Cowboys in Championship Games in the
past. I was at the Cotton Bowl when Dallas had a
chance to beat Green Bay when Jim Bocky jumped
offside at the three yard line with seconds to go.. and
then the next year in the 'ice bowl' at Green Bay when
Bart Starr sneaked into the end zone to ice the victory.
..And I watched in disbelief when Bradshaw to Swain
made my Cowboys second-best, not once but twice.
Both of this years participants have known what is like
to lose..and to win. So while I can't really 'pull' for
either one of these teams, I can issue a warning. Be
ready in August of 2011.. the Dallas Cowboys will be
back and hungry to make amends for this past season.
Good Luck to both the Packers and the Steelers!!
I knew the old homestead was a top
achiever in many fields, BUT this was a
new one on me..
Denison, Texas was always a pioneer
when it came to advances in Texas.. The
first city in Texas to have free mail delivery
to individual homes.. the first ice factory in
Texas..the tallest building in the state in 1875
was the 'Security Exchange' located on the
corner of Main & Burnett... Denison was the
first city in Texas with free public schools...
the very first interurban electric transportation
line between Denison & Sherman was a
first in the state when completed in 1896..
and of course, the first place the railroads
came to Texas. The Missouri-Kansas-Texas
(later to be named the Katy Railroad) line
liked Denison so much they made it their
statewide headquarters.. It was the presence
of so many railroad workers that brought
Denison another milestone. From 1840-1865
the city of San Antonio had always been the
top spot in Texas when it came to prostitution.
I guess the cowboys had a thing for all the
senoritas there. When the railroad and all of its
construction crews congested in North Texas
the ladies migrated also. Denison became #1
in Texas from 1870-1890 when it came to
prostitution. Girls as young as twelve worked
the streets (and hotels) of Denison, plying
their trade for as little as twenty-five cents
per encounter. That brings me to the photos
in this posting. I have always been interested
in the building at the corner of Rusk & Burnett
in Denison. Rumor has it, it was a former (brothel)
house of prostitution back in the 1800's..and
the architecture of the building would seem to
back that up. There are obvious likeness's of
the male penis all around the top of the building.
If you disagree, tell me what else it could be..
It was truly a great game for the NCAA
National Championship last night in Phoenix.
The game fittingly came down to the number
one and number two teams in the polls. Last
year's game was a disappointment as the
injury to Colt McCoy put Texas out of the game
against Alabama and made it a one-sided affair.
Last nights game was a match of Auburn's defense
against the highly acclaimed offense of Oregon.
The Ducks of Oregon came into the game averaging
forty points per game, but Auburn seemed to have
the answer to their every play. This game was about
as even as they come, as Oregon scored to tie the
game at 19 with two minutes to play. The Auburn
offense is built around quarterback Cam Newton,
but despite running for 65 yards, and passing for
267 yards and two touchdowns, the Heisman Award
winner was overshadowed by his freshman running
back Mark Dyer. He ran for over 120 yards and was
named the Offensive MVP of the game. On the final
drive, Dyer ran off tackle and was thought to be downed,
but his knee never hit the ground and coaches along
the sideline shouted for him to continue to run. Dyer
carried it down close and Auburn kicked a last-second
field goal to win the game 22-19. For Newton, it is his
3rd National Championship in a row. In 2008 he was a
freshman on the title team of Florida and Tim Tebow, in
2009 he played on the Blinn Junior College national
title team, and now with Auburn. Chances are he will be playing on Sunday next season.
Thursday Jason Garrett was introduced
as the newest Head Coach of the Dallas
Cowboys. He is the seventh coach hired
by Jerry Jones since he bought the team
22 years ago. Unlike his predecessors, the
Garrett family is linked with this team. Jason's
father is in the scouting department of the
Cowboys, and his two brothers work in the
Valley Ranch complex where the team trains
on a daily basis. Thursday Jerry Jones said
the team would be Garrett's responsibility. The
new coach will have total charge over who
plays for the team and who will be on his coaching
staff. It sounds good now, but Jones had that
biological itch to be part of the coaching staff and
that led to Jimmy Johnson's demise. With the college
draft just around the corner, you must remember
it is Jones who likes to dominate the spotlight on draft
day. When it comes down to making some important
choices for the 2011 season, here is my list of some of
the players that should NOT be on the team.
1. Roy Williams- A perfect example of a good college player
that never panned out in the pro game. Simply a wash-out that Detroit traded to Dallas.
2. Marion Barber- A running back whose time has passed. He does not perform like he did three years ago. Garrett's dress code has already gotten Barber in the doghouse.
3. Alex Barron- This offensive tackle was almost unheard of this year despite the Cowboys needing early season help on the offensive line.
4. Keith Brooking- A great fill-in linebacker but nobody outruns Father Time. Brooking played longer than expected but it is time to go.
5.Tashard Choice- Showed a lot of improvement over 2009 but needs to find a fresh start with another team. Might be a
back-up player but never a regular down player.
6. Alan Ball- To call this guy a pro safety is a gross misstatement. He was beaten more times than a snare drum.
7. Marc Colombo- Average offensive tackle but injuries are become more often and he has slowed down considerably.
8. Marcus Spears- The left side defensive end is compared with the right side and that is DeMarcus Ware. No comparison!
9. Igor Olshansky- Another defensive end that gets lost in the game, but looks good on the practice field.
10. Leonard Davis- A gigantic offensive guard that just does not play up to his size. Has a problem moving to the right snap count and often penalized.
11. The majority of the defensive secondary. They don't even look for the ball until the opponents receiver has it in their grasp.
Just some of the problems facing new coach Jason Garrett. He has a big task ahead of him, but I believe he is the man for the job. 2011 is a long way off for you and I, but 2011 begins today for Garrett. Get to work, Jason!
It finally came to an end today...the Dallas
Cowboys 2010 NFL season ended with the
Cowboys beating the Philadelphia Eagles
14-13. Although it sounds like a victory, there
is little to be cheered about by Cowboy fans.
Philadelphia is preparing for the playoffs and
held out most of their star players. Dallas had
its first string players in the game facing the
back-ups for Philly and trailed in the game until
the final minute. Steven McGee was starting his
very first game as a member of the Cowboys
and played well, but veteran teammates
Roy Williams, Martilis Bennett, and others failed
to play up to par. Dallas needs to take a look at
some of the players that turned 2010 into a dismal
6-10 season. This is the team that pre-season polls
picked to be in the Super Bowl. The Cowboys first
move should be to re-build the defensive secondary.
The current secondary has more holes in it than a
slice of Swiss cheese. Linebacker Keith Brooking has
given the Cowboys two good years, but it is time for
him to go also. I am not one of the Cowboy fans spoiled
by the successful years; I was a fan in 1960 when Dallas
went through the season 0-11-1. They sucked then but
they were still my team. The same goes for now, but I
just can't stand it when lesser teams have such success
against the Cowboys, and most of the time it is on big
plays involving the secondary. Interim Head Coach Jason
Garrett is not the worst pick to coach the Cowboys in 2011, but he too needs to show some improvement in play-calling when the team is on offense. 2010 is behind us, and now it is time to start looking forward to next year.
