Cheer up folks!

I have our 2006, 35-7 trouncing of Dallas on DVD. Every time we dip below .500 I pop it in to cheer myself up. Still brings a smile to my face for a good 2 hours every time I watch it.

What sad is you have to look at a game from a year ago to cheer yourself up, and all Cowboy fans have to do is look at last weekend, and look forward to this weekend.

What sad is you have to look at a game from a year ago to cheer yourself up, and all Cowboy fans have to do is look at last weekend, and look forward to this weekend.
I agree with you sandtrap this is a pretty sad bunch of fans. You won't be able to say that next week.

I agree with you sandtrap this is a pretty sad bunch of fans. You won't be able to say that next week.

There ya go! Thats the spirit! Have not seen much of a positive outlook on this site this week, and that is a breath of fresh air!

Most folks are all "gloom and doom" about the game, but this is Redskins/Cowboys week, if that alone does not get you blood moving, I don't know what will!

There ya go! Thats the spirit! Have not seen much of a positive outlook on this site this week, and that is a breath of fresh air!

Most folks are all "gloom and doom" about the game, but this is Redskins/Cowboys week, if that alone does not get you blood moving, I don't know what will!
Funny thing is you have had more positive things to say about this team than our own fans have. Its Dallas week and I always think of these games as throw out the records of both teams because it never seems to matter. On paper Dallas may look alott better but football is not played on paper. We have allot of talent on this team and players that are getting a chance to make a name for themself. So we will see and its always more fun to beat Dallas on their own field.

"What the hell was that for?" he said.

"Becuase yer wearing that stupid Blue and silver star here in Virginia" I told him

I had just smacked a friend and cashier upside the back of his head when I was getting some food earlier today.

THAT'S How you get ready for Redskins vs Cowpokers Weekend folks.

I fully expect my Skins to go down there and smack somebody in the damn mouth.

Hail Skins!!!!
mike

Funny thing is you have had more positive things to say about this team than our own fans have. Its Dallas week and I always think of these games as throw out the records of both teams because it never seems to matter. On paper Dallas may look alott better but football is not played on paper. We have allot of talent on this team and players that are getting a chance to make a name for themself. So we will see and its always more fun to beat Dallas on their own field.

Thanks man, I have good reason to NOT get too cocky about my teams good start. It is a little thing I like to call "History" read on to some facts and numbers I found and I hope it helps motivate those of you who feel "not-so-confident" about Sundays game:

Let's start in 1989. That was Jerry Jones' and Jimmy Johnson’s first year. The Cowboys already had been creamed at home by the Redskins, just one of their eight losses in that winless start to the season. The Redskins were 4-4, playing at rickety RFK on a Sunday night, on their way to a 10-6 finish.

But wouldn't you know it, the 1989 Cowboys, Jones and Johnson earned their first victory that night, inexplicably, 13-3, interrupting what would have become complete imperfection, finishing 1-15 that season.

Or how about that 1991 Cowboys-Redskins game at RFK? The Redskins were 11-0. Perfection was within their grasp. The Cowboys were 6-5, and had lost three of their past four and two straight. Sound familiar? Well, the Cowboys won that game, 24-21, and as it turned out, was the only legitimate loss for the eventual Super Bowl XXVI champion Redskins who finished 14-2 since they basically punted the meaningless final regular-season game - their only other loss.

The roles reversed the following season. The Cowboys came into Washington D.C. with an 11-2 record and a victory over the 8-5 Redskins away from clinching their first NFC East title since 1985. But this weird late end-zone fumble recovered for a touchdown gave the Redskins a 20-17 victory over the eventual Super Bowl XXVII champion Cowboys. Johnson was so mad on the flight home, he suspended dinner service.

Come with me to the 1993 season opener, the defending Super Bowl champions opening up at RFK against the dreaded Redskins, but without Emmitt Smith, in a contract dispute with Jones. The Redskins pounded some reality into the Cowboys, beating them, 35-16. OK, that was only the opener, but look what we were dealing with: The Cowboys went on to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles and the Redskins would win only three more games that year, finishing 4-12, the consequences of both finishes siphoning off Cowboys offensive coordinator Norv Turner to become Washington's next head coach.

Want to try 1995, the year the Cowboys finished 12-4 and the Redskins 6-10? Why, the Redskins beat the Cowboys twice that season, beating the 4-0 Cowboys and then the 10-2 Cowboys.

Or 2000 and 2001? The Cowboys would finish 5-11 both of those seasons. The Redskins would finish 8-8 both seasons. But guess what, the Cowboys swept the season series from the Redskins both seasons, accounting for 40 percent of their eventual victory totals those years.

And just for good measure, although this might seem as if piling on since the majority of this Cowboys roster remembers last year when the 2-5 Redskins arose from the defeated to beat the 4-3 Cowboys at FedEx Field, 22-19, kicking the winning field goal even after the clock had totally expired, a new one for sure in this 94-game series.

Go figure. All of it. They threw sense out the window when it comes to Cowboys-Redskins. The only common thing about these occurrences is their spooky regularity.

So here we go for the 95th time, and me, I'd beware of the Cowboys heralded as 10- or 11-point favorites.

There you go, now you know why I do not talk so much smack during this week....any given Sunday gentlemen. There are no records, there are no debilitating injuries, there is just their team and ours and 100 yards a real-estate in the middle.

LETS PLAY SOME BALL!

Thanks man, I have good reason to NOT get too cocky about my teams good start. It is a little thing I like to call "History" read on to some facts and numbers I found and I hope it helps motivate those of you who feel "not-so-confident" about Sundays game:

Let's start in 1989. That was Jerry Jones' and Jimmy Johnson’s first year. The Cowboys already had been creamed at home by the Redskins, just one of their eight losses in that winless start to the season. The Redskins were 4-4, playing at rickety RFK on a Sunday night, on their way to a 10-6 finish.

But wouldn't you know it, the 1989 Cowboys, Jones and Johnson earned their first victory that night, inexplicably, 13-3, interrupting what would have become complete imperfection, finishing 1-15 that season.

Or how about that 1991 Cowboys-Redskins game at RFK? The Redskins were 11-0. Perfection was within their grasp. The Cowboys were 6-5, and had lost three of their past four and two straight. Sound familiar? Well, the Cowboys won that game, 24-21, and as it turned out, was the only legitimate loss for the eventual Super Bowl XXVI champion Redskins who finished 14-2 since they basically punted the meaningless final regular-season game - their only other loss.

The roles reversed the following season. The Cowboys came into Washington D.C. with an 11-2 record and a victory over the 8-5 Redskins away from clinching their first NFC East title since 1985. But this weird late end-zone fumble recovered for a touchdown gave the Redskins a 20-17 victory over the eventual Super Bowl XXVII champion Cowboys. Johnson was so mad on the flight home, he suspended dinner service.

Come with me to the 1993 season opener, the defending Super Bowl champions opening up at RFK against the dreaded Redskins, but without Emmitt Smith, in a contract dispute with Jones. The Redskins pounded some reality into the Cowboys, beating them, 35-16. OK, that was only the opener, but look what we were dealing with: The Cowboys went on to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles and the Redskins would win only three more games that year, finishing 4-12, the consequences of both finishes siphoning off Cowboys offensive coordinator Norv Turner to become Washington's next head coach.

Want to try 1995, the year the Cowboys finished 12-4 and the Redskins 6-10? Why, the Redskins beat the Cowboys twice that season, beating the 4-0 Cowboys and then the 10-2 Cowboys.

Or 2000 and 2001? The Cowboys would finish 5-11 both of those seasons. The Redskins would finish 8-8 both seasons. But guess what, the Cowboys swept the season series from the Redskins both seasons, accounting for 40 percent of their eventual victory totals those years.

And just for good measure, although this might seem as if piling on since the majority of this Cowboys roster remembers last year when the 2-5 Redskins arose from the defeated to beat the 4-3 Cowboys at FedEx Field, 22-19, kicking the winning field goal even after the clock had totally expired, a new one for sure in this 94-game series.

Go figure. All of it. They threw sense out the window when it comes to Cowboys-Redskins. The only common thing about these occurrences is their spooky regularity.

So here we go for the 95th time, and me, I'd beware of the Cowboys heralded as 10- or 11-point favorites.

There you go, now you know why I do not talk so much smack during this week....any given Sunday gentlemen. There are no records, there are no debilitating injuries, there is just their team and ours and 100 yards a real-estate in the middle.

LETS PLAY SOME BALL!
Good post a many memories have come from some of those games. You left out, as most Dallas fans do the Moss/ Brunell Monday Night finish. As most Dallas fans were in bed falling to sleep thinking the game was well in hand Gibbs/Moss/Brunell were on the sidelines thinking of what to do. After Dallas dominated the first 55min. the skins only needed 5 to ruin their night. We all remamber the two long bombs and look of Dallas fans as the skin grasped a last minute victory. The funny part was all those Dallas fans which went to bed had to wake up to here of the news. I think I even heard a loud "WHAT" as ESPN announced the finally score that morning.

I think the article I found mainly concentrated on the RECORDS of the two teams leading up to the game.

If I remember correctly, the Monday night Moss Miracle, both teams were deeply embedded in mediocrity.

The article I found stresses the "11-0 Redskins" and the "10-2 Cowboys", basically pointing out the disparity between the two.

This Sunday certainly qualifies with an 8-1 vs a 5-4.

I think the article I found mainly concentrated on the RECORDS of the two teams leading up to the game.

If I remember correctly, the Monday night Moss Miracle, both teams were deeply embedded in mediocrity.

The article I found stresses the "11-0 Redskins" and the "10-2 Cowboys", basically pointing out the disparity between the two.

This Sunday certainly qualifies with an 8-1 vs a 5-4.
I know I just like rubbing that in when I get a chance.

And just so we don't get too friendly there sandtrapjack...
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Hail Skins!!!