I watched the '92-'93 NFC Championship tonight on NFL network. Boys and niners. My 11 year old son was beside himself actually watching Emmit Smith playing at the top of his game. Really awesome to watch. It was the game in which Jimmy Johnson coined his famous phrase, "How bout them Cowboys!" It was interesting watching that moment. Jerry Jones reaction was not jovial or happy even. I think he may have felt jilted not standing up there with Johnson. Just a weird observation filtered through the perspective of history. That is an odd tension that arises between men who share the same vision of success without the capacity to appreciate the role of others in that mission. Johnson was obviously arrogantly enthusiastic to the point of being contagious to the team. Which, was his whole intention. It was honest though. That was mixed with his own personal quest for greatness and legacy. Jones was just plain jealous I think. His tragic insecurity with his role in the building of the team was the only weakness to the franchise at that moment. Without the well known firing of Jimmy Johnson and the hiring of his Okie rival Switzer I am sure the Cowboys would have won 3 in a row and possibly 4. They were at that moment the greatest team the NFL has ever seen. Perhaps the recent Patriots are as good.
Monday, March 16, 2009
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oh my god, how many times do I have to hear your "3 in a row possibly 4 speech"? you've been saying it since 95. --eagles fan
It was the game in which Jimmy Johnson coined his famous phrase, "How 'bout them Cowboys!"
I don't know if he "coined" the phrase as much as stole it from Georgia fans who had been shouting "How 'bout them Dawgs!!" for the previous three decades. None the less, those were some great Cowboys teams.
Arggh...football withdrawal.
The Patriots can't touch that Dallas team (full disclosure: I actively root against the Cowboys as the Goliath of the NFL). With the exception of Brady over Aikman (even that's not a gimme) I wouldn't take one other offensive player from the Patriots. Emmit behind that line was one of the great unstoppable forces in the history of sports. And the Dallas D was as good or better than the Patriots as well. JJ+JJ+Herchel Steal+Pre extreme salary cap football=Lightning in a buttermilk jar and a team we're not likely to see the likes of again.
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