Cowboys Nostalgia Thread

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It's stuff like this that will never let me think that QBs in the last 20 years are "better" than QBs from the past. I don't give a damn about inflated passing stats. Yards, TDs, or whatever. QBs back in Aikman's day took an absolute beating. And the QBs before him had it even worse. From all the protections afforded QBs today, to how WRs are basically allowed to run unabated. And don't have to fear somebody like Ronnie Lott waiting for them over the middle. Today's inflated numbers for both QBs and WRs are fluff. A thousand yards for a WR actually meant something back then. So did 3k for a QB. Give somebody like Elway or Marino today's rules? Holy shit. Then you'd see some numbers.

As an aside, Aikman saw that hit coming, but stood in and delivered an absolute PERFECT pass. That's some warrior shit, right there.
 
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NoDak said:
As an aside, Aikman saw that hit coming, but stood in and delivered an absolute PERFECT pass. That's some warrior shit, right there.
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No flag on the play, either. That tells you how much the game has changed to the QB's benefit.
 
bbgun said:
No flag on the play, either. That tells you how much the game has changed to the QB's benefit.
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Imagine some defender having the nerve to deliver a shot like that to a protected QB like say Rodgers. They would kick them out of the league today.
 
boozeman said:
Imagine some defender having the nerve to deliver a shot like that to a protected QB like say Rodgers. They would kick them out of the league today.
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Or worse, Brady.
 
Since we are on the topic of QBs getting rocked, I don't think we have ever got the benefit from roughing up our passers. Staubach would get killed, Aikman too. Romo and Prescott a little too.
 
boozeman said:
Since we are on the topic of QBs getting rocked, I don't think we have ever got the benefit from roughing up our passers. Staubach would get killed, Aikman too. Romo and Prescott a little too.
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Staubach and Aikman were victims of the eras they played in. Romo broke his collar bone three times; not sure if the opponent was flagged on any of those.
 
One of my favorite nostalgic Cowboys memories was being 15 or 16 and watching us pull out that separated shoulder game vs the Giants in OT. Running full sprint a quarter mile to a friends house who swore the giants we’re gonna a kill Dallas just so I could rub it in.

I remember being so bummed when Aikman threw an interception vs Buffalo in the second SB because for some reason it was so important to me then that he match Montana’s record of four SBs without an int.

I remember faking a sickness during our 5-11 seasons just so I could stay home and watch us vs the 9ers (may have been the Teague hitting Owens game, in hindsight) instead of taking my then girlfriend out for her 21st bday.

I remember thinking Dave Fkn Campo would get us to a Super Bowl after we won the offseason, signing Kevin Hardy, Bryant Westbrook, and LaRoi Glover. Pretty sure we opened that season losing to the expansion Texans and Westbrook was cut immediately.

Or even more recent at the tail end of the Cowboys fandom - I remember being in disbelief as Dez kept falling to us, watching the draft at a buddy’s house and when we selected him just shooting my arms in the air and acting like we just won a game.

I remember how geeked I’d get for games. For 1pm games how if drive to church separate from the ex so I could leave immediately - grab some shitty Taco Bell on thr ride home - and rush to catch kick off.

How id have so much nervous energy. Pacing around the living room. Pausing thr TV before big plays and doing push ups or whatever. Yelling at the TV etc.

I used to love being a fan. But I just don’t get into anything like that anymore. I love college football and root for Tennessee but I don’t even get into them that seriously. Nothing about the nfl really interests me anymore
 
~takes talking stick from Middie~

After The Catch, a bunch of my friends called and razzed me about the crushing loss. My father took the phone off the hook.

~passes talking stick to Booze~
 
midswat said:
One of my favorite nostalgic Cowboys memories was being 15 or 16 and watching us pull out that separated shoulder game vs the Giants in OT. Running full sprint a quarter mile to a friends house who swore the giants we’re gonna a kill Dallas just so I could rub it in.

I remember being so bummed when Aikman threw an interception vs Buffalo in the second SB because for some reason it was so important to me then that he match Montana’s record of four SBs without an int.

I remember faking a sickness during our 5-11 seasons just so I could stay home and watch us vs the 9ers (may have been the Teague hitting Owens game, in hindsight) instead of taking my then girlfriend out for her 21st bday.

I remember thinking Dave Fkn Campo would get us to a Super Bowl after we won the offseason, signing Kevin Hardy, Bryant Westbrook, and LaRoi Glover. Pretty sure we opened that season losing to the expansion Texans and Westbrook was cut immediately.

Or even more recent at the tail end of the Cowboys fandom - I remember being in disbelief as Dez kept falling to us, watching the draft at a buddy’s house and when we selected him just shooting my arms in the air and acting like we just won a game.

I remember how geeked I’d get for games. For 1pm games how if drive to church separate from the ex so I could leave immediately - grab some shitty Taco Bell on thr ride home - and rush to catch kick off.

How id have so much nervous energy. Pacing around the living room. Pausing thr TV before big plays and doing push ups or whatever. Yelling at the TV etc.

I used to love being a fan. But I just don’t get into anything like that anymore. I love college football and root for Tennessee but I don’t even get into them that seriously. Nothing about the nfl really interests me anymore
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:words

You swear you’re special or something.
 


this marks the beginning of my experience as a Cowboys fan, 8 years old in 1971. The team was in it's ascendancy as a 70s dynasty alongside the Steelers. Texas Stadium had just opened, my dad bought season tickets. To look back at those teams and that consistent winning Landry model, it's sad to know I will never see anything close to that. To me, that era was better than the 90s era because of the sustained excellence that Jerry would never achieve. Thank God for that organization, otherwise Id have 5 years of Jimmy ball and an eternity of suckitude.
 
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