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First episode. There were some nice moments surrounding Irvin, Aikman and Smith, and the creation of America's team via Staubach etc. I liked the way they wove "Lust for Gold" from the GB&U into the opening, but there was way too much time spent listening to and watching the smarmy Jones pontificate about himself. Calling Jones a "gambler" was probably a nice way of saying he got lucky. He got lucky hitting a gusher that made him a shitload of money. He got lucky that Bum Bright only saw dollar signs and didn't give a damn about the character of the people he was selling the Cowboys to. And finally, Jones got lucky when that number one pick (Aikman) fell into his lap. Lucky for us that picking Aikman was a no-brainer. Jones couldn't screw that up. (I'd go so far as to say that Jones (and we) got lucky when Schramm had the foresight to draft Staubach when he was facing several years of military service. Without Roger, America's team might never have happened. (I know, there was Dandy Don)) Speaking of luck, didn't Schramm also engineer the Herschel Walker trade? Thanks, Tex. Jones wisely hired Jimmy Johnson. That's about it. Everything else positive that happened for this franchise, maybe even the Jimmy Johnson hire, probably would have happened with a smarter, more professional, more likeable owner/management organization. Jones made a mess of the way he fired Landry and Schramm. What a fucking embarrassment. He coulda learned a thing or two from Schramm. My guess is Jimmy told him to pound sand after Jones didn't follow thru with some promises. (Just my guess, no proof of that. Johnson hasn't said squat all these years, probably on the advice of a lawyer.) Switzer was. in effect, Jimmy's buttboy. Robby the Robot coulda coached this team to another Super Bowl Trophy. Just about everything Jones did since has led this franchise in the general direction of becoming a second-tier team if not the worst team in the NFL. A long string of shitty coach hires stands as a testament to this. How may went on to be successful head coaches elsewhere? Even when Jimmy's teams were skyrocketing the Cowboys' reputation as America's team, Jones was a walking, talking, channel-changing embarrassment - and has been ever since those guys retired. Maybe they shoulda named this series "Man hires Jimmy Johnson." Looking forward to Episode Two and the Aikman years.
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We got lucky on that call. He slid too soon. Probably needed to go head first on that base
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I remember the callers to the talk shows who would say that with our #1 pick (gifted in a miracle from Green Bay on the last day of the previous season) we should take Tony Manderich over Aikman - that what you really needed was a good line. Anyone who saw any Aikman highlights knew he was something special. I mean after all, we had (or could draft) Steve Walsh (or was it Beurlein) - who I actually thought was a pretty decent QB. I also remember Aikman missing half a season over a shoulder injury, then coming back and in his first game scrambles for a head over heels spinning dive into the end zone, getting blasted by a couple of defenders. Everyone held their breath. What a gamer. Deserved everything he got.
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Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
Breitbart has picked up on the Manning Recruitment story (the alcoholism part). Alabama Used Steve Sarkisian's Battle with Alcoholism to Pry Arch Manning Away from Texas They had this: Golding – who now serves as the defensive coordinator at Ole Miss – was apoplectic when told of Arch’s decision to go to Texas. He immediately texted Stewart, asking for an explanation. Stewart told Golding the above reasons, in addition to the fact that, given Austin’s size, it was felt that Arch wouldn’t attract as much attention as he would in a place like Tuscaloosa. -
Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
I remember feeling pretty confident going into that USC game. We had some great playmakers and they made some great plays... yet there we were, a few minutes left with USC at our 35 or so and we needed to stop the repeat Nat'l Champs on 4th and 1. Fourth and fuckin' one! WTF. The Horns manned up, made some critical plays in that final drive and pulled it out. Greatest game ever! and the underdog Horns won it with the world watching! -
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Gonna give it a look. Here's an IMDB User Review of the new Netflix Series (the only one so far): " The Gambler and his Cowboys: A high-level sports storytelling masterpiece I'm through Episode 5 so far, and this documentary has it all. It dives deep into the backstory of the Cowboys, with incredible real locker room footage and game highlights from back in the day. Even though you know the final scores, the buildup to each matchup keeps the tension and excitement alive. I love these kinds of documentaries! This is a high-level sports documentary engaging, authentic, and really well put together. It feels very much in the style of Man in the Arena: Tom Brady, as well as the recent Receiver and Quarterback series. If you're a football fan (or just love great sports storytelling), this is an absolute must-watch.
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Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
Watched a video of Holmes' years at KC. He was a friggin' superstar. Stats, epic plays, you name it. -
Re the Babylon Bee joke, would hate to see fans throwing dildoes or vibrators onto the turf... They're big enough to be dangerous. OTOH, what about say, buttplugs.. No no. Would hate to see that, too. Imagine about 5,000 BPs littering the turf around the Dallas bench. It would be terrible. Definitely don't want to see that. Imagine if every time the TV camera did a closeup on Cowboy sideline discussion, a buttplug flies across the screen. That would be terrible. Forget I brought this up. Sir, step away from the buttplug. They're probably cost prohibitive. Someone on this board would surely know about that aspect - say bulk purchases. Fess up. Any BP experts out there?
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Terrible call - that squeeze
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Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
Wasn't Earl Campbell the backup for Rosie Leaks for a couple of games? Leaks was effing amazing until he got injured. Earl was a step up. That guy put on a show all thru college and for several years into the pros. One of the greatest running backs in history. -
Gonna venture a guess here that we may be seeing cutting edge technology. Seems Jones claimed it's all gone from his body. That sounds virtually impossible to me. In the past, if one cell survives, it possibly has some kind of immunity and then it begins to multiply. Next thing you know you have an even bigger problem. It occurs to me that maybe the new way of treating cancer will be to use this tech on you every time there's a recurrence. I just can't imagine anything that will get rid of every single cell. I say this because in the old chemo days, they nearly killed you (and your own immunity) to get rid of all the cancer - and your body is destroyed and it still didn't work. We've seen Jones now for the last year or two looking none the worse for wear, so maybe PD1 will become the new standard, and eventually available to everyone. A friend last year got a grim diagnosis, but other friends who know what they're talking about sound like the prognosis has turned around. So fingers crossed (not for Jones, mind you).
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Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
The ball's in Sark's court. He and his staff need to work their asses off. -
Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
Irish Wrist Watch replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
I think we're gonna find that Arch gets the ball out more quickly than Ewers did and that will give the Receivers and RBs extra time to make their moves and break free. This should be Sark's bread and butter. We'll see some quick throws turn into long gainers. Needless to say Manning will have a better feel for the pocket and will get us a few extra first downs with his legs. Seems like Ewers had a tendency to lower his head. Arch needs to get out of bounds after five or fifteen yards and stay healthy. If he can connect on the long balls look out. Combine good pocket movement with a couple of speedy receivers and all hell will break loose. Would like to see a couple of sixty point offensive blowouts. Add one or two fifty point efforts. It'll be pretty sweet. Back in the day the Horns used to beat the piss out of almost everybody. Remember Navy with Staubach. #1 vs. #2? Texas 28-6 or something like that. -
Strategy: Convince the Jones Boys that the Cowboys have gone to hell simply because the entire NFL is going to hell. There will never be a better time to sell this shit franchise - they're gonna lose a billion a year in mkt value every year going forward - maybe 2 bil some years. Sell now, move the fuck back to Arkansas. Get those long hoped-for banjo lessons.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Irish Wrist Watch replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I only got to see what I'm guessing were his last two plays and had to turn it off. My stomach is still queasy from the knowledge of what could have been... A magical miracle Natty season where a young QB comes off the bench and, riding on the shoulders of an amazing Defense, shocks the world. A story for the ages. Preventing that from happening will be Quinn's legacy here at UT - although Sark gets a healthy share of the blame. Quinn was a nice guy, but showed no improvement in his time here. Kept getting injured. Couldn't make the big play. Based on what I saw, we may never again see Quinn in a football uniform. He was lucky to spend his best days in football at UT. Very lucky. Time for everybody, including Quinn, to move on. -
Texas Rangers 2025: Pitching has been fire. Bats not so much.
Irish Wrist Watch replied to ztejas's topic in Baseball
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Sunglasses - Ray Ban or...
Irish Wrist Watch replied to Knoxtnhorn's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
I dropped $150 on a pair of Maui Jims about 25 yrs ago. They were great for the two weeks it took for a neighbor's kid to lift them when I wasn't looking. Lesson learned. Have managed to pick up a few pair of affordable sunglasses over the years which I've nursed along. The key to keeping plastic lenses clear is using a soft cloth and a good glass cleaner. (I recently discovered Pink Stuff (FWIW) on Amazon. Read the reviews. Superior to Windex in all respects. Now I've found it in Walmart). Anyway, I always keep my eyes peeled for a nice looking budget class sunglasses, and it's been a real desert out there. That said, in the last year I've run across a couple of pairs at HEB. Love 'em. The thing that really sets these apart, however is that they are POLARIZED. Wow. What a difference. -
What a talent! Amazing athlete. How many pitches did she end up throwing tonight. 125?
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Glad the SS got that last out. The prior error wasn't her fault. She had a bad bounce on a very hard hit ball
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