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The Inkognegro — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:33:03 -0000

I am perpetually shocked at how difficult it is to tell who the home team is based on the crowd noise during DAL @ WAS once they moved out to PG.

and they call themselves a football town.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:16:47 -0000

Thanks man. That actually makes me feel a little better.

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rsn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:49:02 -0000

Actually, TNC, The cowboys didn't select Lafleur over Gonzalez (being a Cal alum, where Gonzalez played college ball, and being a cowboy fan, I was sure pulling for the cowboys to take TG). If I recall correctly, KC took Gonzalez at 15 or so, and Lafleur was taken at 22. The Cowboys didn't move up to take Gonzalez (although I don't know what it would have taken), but they never had the option of taking Gonzalez at 22.

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keith — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:29:01 -0000

Ahh yes, play-action, the antidote to Cover-2...

This was a pivotal game for them that year, they finished 8-8 and ended up getting throttled by the Vikings in the play-offs later on, thanks to this game. This was a year of doom for me, realizing that the great teams of my youth was rapididly coming to an end.

Not all doom, this was the first year of the rise of a true superstar in Dallas, the great Dirk Nowitzki. This year would mark the start of a great run(that still is ongoing) that would help me through my Cowboy doldrums, even to this day.

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sgwhiteinfla — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:24:26 -0000

For any coach watching this the worst part is the Skins were in Cover 2 which should have prevented just this kind of play. The Redskin coaches evidently expected the pass but they didn't clue the players in. Chan Gailey lol those were NOT the days in Big D. Imma have to send this clip to my cousin in DC. That cat is in deep deep Redskin denial and I love sticking the knife in.