Post by lucifer on Aug 14, 2011 9:57:40 GMT -5
Well, someone has to do it...
I have had an unhealthy obsession with the Dallas Cowboys since my dad (also afflicted with Cowboys-itis) first taught me who Roger Staubach was way back when I was but a wee lad. The ensuing years have been filled with the type of disappointing, shattering, soul crushing, devastating, most ridiculous types of losses that only a Cowboys (and maybe a Red Sox) fan can appreciate. The mere mention of the name Dwight Clark still brings a tear to my eye! 1-15 in 1989 is nothing compared to that one bad quarter against the 49ers that interrupted the "dynasty", or Tony Romo's muffed field goal debacle or that playoff loss to the Giants a few seasons ago, or...
Such is my obsession with this team that I burdened my son with the middle name of "Dallas", and he too now suffers from Cowboy-itis as well. Poor guy was born in 1996, and though he was born into a world where the Cowboys ruled, he only knows the words "dominant" and "World Champions" from the tales I've told...
I have had an unhealthy obsession with the Dallas Cowboys since my dad (also afflicted with Cowboys-itis) first taught me who Roger Staubach was way back when I was but a wee lad. The ensuing years have been filled with the type of disappointing, shattering, soul crushing, devastating, most ridiculous types of losses that only a Cowboys (and maybe a Red Sox) fan can appreciate. The mere mention of the name Dwight Clark still brings a tear to my eye! 1-15 in 1989 is nothing compared to that one bad quarter against the 49ers that interrupted the "dynasty", or Tony Romo's muffed field goal debacle or that playoff loss to the Giants a few seasons ago, or...
Such is my obsession with this team that I burdened my son with the middle name of "Dallas", and he too now suffers from Cowboy-itis as well. Poor guy was born in 1996, and though he was born into a world where the Cowboys ruled, he only knows the words "dominant" and "World Champions" from the tales I've told...
