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UTUSN

(70,719 posts)
2. I'm printing/laminating that pic to harass them this season. If there aren't any anywhere else
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

they're all around me. I'm no jock ("I was in the band" usually gets a laugh), but have had to delve -- no, "delve" is too deep; more like "scratch the surface" -- into NFL if I can be present at certain watering holes, certain days & times.

I mean, I know the (very) basic rules of scoring, although it's mindboggling how the rules extend to foot placement and other minutiae, so I'm constantly amused that the fanatics tend to assume I'm their equal in viewing and discussion until I finally give them the "band" line.

So one of my earliest impressions with my basic knowledge was that the Cowboys fans are the biggest jerks around, and I started to play at picking at them, being the only one in any room without some article of Cowboys paraphernalia and the only one not being so original (sarcasm) as to belch that the Cowboys are my reason for Being. So I started every game with, "I'm for ABC, Anybody But the Cowboys." For awhile, there was some fun competitiveness. But all too often I ran into real BRUTES who took it *very* personally and were inches from pounding my bones into the floor, so I've had to tone it down.

I'll use the graphic in the O.P. cautiously.

bluesbassman

(19,378 posts)
4. All the ones I know are saying how much better Arena football is than the NFL.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 07:57 PM
Sep 2012

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MrsBrady

(4,187 posts)
6. the joke around DFW
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 08:16 PM
Sep 2012

is...is that

If the Rangers are winning, the Cowboys will lose...
and vice versa.

Right now I'm in favor of the Rangers.
I'm a Cowboys fan, but not much of Jerry Jones.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
10. I really miss watching Rangers games with my dad
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 01:40 AM
Sep 2012

We used to go to Arlington Stadium pretty often and just get some cheap seats out in the bleachers and wait for Homers to come our way. I left Texas before they built that fancy Ballpark but I hope to get back to it some day. I've never been to games during winning seasons lol - but it's been fun watching them on TV these last few years.

And I can't help but laugh at all the haters - Cowboys are tied for most appearances in the Superbowl and one behind Pittsburgh in wins....I got no problem being a Cowboys fan.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
7. If they
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 08:37 PM
Sep 2012

beat the shit out of the Giants tomorrow and sack Eli Manning like 25 times, I'll be their biggest fan.

signed,

Bitter NE fan

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
8. Huh? Why do you think Michael Irvin scored so many touchdowns in the 90's!
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:09 PM
Sep 2012

What do you think they were sprinkling along the goal line!!



BTW, HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
9. What do you mean they are unlikely to encounter it again?
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:17 PM
Sep 2012

They might back into one.

I got a good laugh out of this, and I am a Cowboy fan. Anyone that takes sports seriously needs to be examined.

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