HOLY HELL THAT WAS A GOOD GAME
10.09.07Here's the final twenty seconds of last night's Cowboys-Bills Monday Night Football game. Somehow, it takes twenty minutes. Nevertheless, it's worth watching in case you went to bed or happened to not care.
I always root for the underdog. I despise the Cowboys, and I'm not all that enamored with Dallas as a city. But last night, I found myself hoping the Cowboys would pull it out. I can't explain it. Maybe I just wanted some good drama. Maybe I wanted next week's Pats-Cowboys game to be between two undefeated teams. Maybe I don't like the timeout-before-the-field-goal thing. Maybe Tony Romo's six turnovers made him the underdog… or maybe I'm just a sucker for a man with dimples.
Whatever the case, it was the most entertaining MNF game since Arizona's collapse against the Bears last year. And last night might have been better, if only because Ron Jaworski provided the analysis, while Joe Theismann is now panhandling under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
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Romo is who we thought he was.
By the way, as a Cowboys fan, the first 58 minutes had me writing a loving and eloquent "Baby I'm sorry, please come back" letter to Drew Bledsoe. And Vinny Testeverde. And Quincy Carter. And Anthony Wright. And Ryan Leaf. And Randall Cunningham.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
What are the odds that Romo begins to struggle like Rex did?
Kicked ass September, struggled in a Monday night game, and it was alll downhill from there. Maybe the Cowboys will lose the Superbowl this year, too
Who am I kidding, I just miss the Sex Cannon :(
I'll just say this. The whole thing with the Owens catch being reviewed? Shouldn't have happened. The Cowboys got the spike in before the challenge came down. Not saying it was a conspiracy against the Cowboys or anything (fuck them in their cowholes) but the league has to be consistent. There was no way the booth could have reviewed that play in the 11 seconds before the ball was snapped.
As far as the calling timeout before the snap on a field goal. Fine, it's not against the rules. Coaches should be able to do that. This year. Next year, change the fucking rule.
Oh and to add some funny to my post so I don't violate rule #1: Owens dropped more balls last night than a room full of three-testicle mutant toddlers.
Jauron sealed his fate with the limp wristed timeout call on the kick. All coaches that pull that bullshit suck ass.
Last nights games was not good, it sucked.
/bitter Bills fan
My roommate, a Redskins fan, laughed and laughed after the overturn of the TO catch and subsequent spike of the ball in the last seconds, saying the ref's screwed Dallas over because Romo got another play off, thereby disallowing any sort of challenge. He laughed and laughed until Romo got within field goal range.
He stopped laughing.
UU- all of my fellow NJ Bills fans are in a state of shock this morning. I am going to the Ravens game and I was alternating between either being a nice drunk or blindly "don't remember the game" drunk. After last night, I think I will choose the latter for my viewing experience.
Speaking as a Bears fan who is familiar with his work, you can always count on Uncle Dick to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After that Owens catch was overturned, how the hell do you let the Cowboys complete a quick ten yard out pattern–right out of bounds–to set up the field goal? I would think you would just play a shell defense, allowing anything over the middle and nothing on the sidelines. The guy was wide open.
Fuck Dick Jauron.
@ HHY: Seconded
Also, for my only fantasy rant this week:
Romo can suck it. I lost by six, which unsurprisingly, is less than the twelve points he lost with all those neat little turnovers. Two INT's? Fine, I could have lived with that. Four? Well, you know that's pushing it.
The sad sad fact is the Cowboys still won.
Has anyone heard from 289 today? We may want to check on him.
@HHY, this is the second game this season that the Bills fell apart in during the last minute or so, see the Denver game. Fuck Dick Jauron in the mouth, he should have punted before halftime and not gone for the 54 yd fg that gave the Cowboys the ball on their 49 yd line with 41 seconds left.
@Blackcapricorn, I still can't believe the Bills lost. How many teams with a +5 turnover margin lose games ?
My favorite part of the game was when Wade Phillips was smiling like an idiot on the field and NOT ONE of his players came over to him. That was great. He must be a really good coach.
I was getting pissed with the constant cock-sucking of Trent Edwards' dick by Jaws when his offense only put up 3 points. He played a decent dink and dunk game, but Jaws made him sound like he was Jim Fucking Kelly.
I was getting pissed with the constant cock-sucking of Trent Edwards' dick by Jaws when his offense only put up 3 points. He played a decent dink and dunk game, but Jaws made him sound like he was Jim Fucking Kelly.
I'm so tired of hearing people say that they should change the rule so that you can't call a timeout before the kicker kicks. What to you guys propose? No timeouts inside of 10 seconds on the play clock during a FG? Well then the kicking team is going to start changing their formations inside of 10 seconds on the playclock into an obvious fake on less crucial FGs, the special teams are out of formation, but can't call a timeout.
If anything, there should just be a gentleman's agreement (which would obviously exclude Belichick) between the coaches not to do it, I agree it's anti-climatic, but let's not make a rule just for the sake of making a rule. k? thnx.
As far as calling a timeout right before the snap on a last minute field goal, it may not be against the rules, but it's such a pussy move that any coach who lowers himself to do it should be forced to wear a frilly dress – on the sidelines and in public – for the next two months.
Five picks and a lost fumble? Did someone replace Tony Romo with Rex Grossman? How sucky does a team have to be to lose at home to a team whose QB does that? Let's not put the Boys in the same class as the Pats and the Colts just yet.
I think 289 might be photo shopping a dick in Nick Folk's ear.
@UU- The simple answer is we do.
Into the Wild is a GREAT MOVIE. Wade Phillips I hear is not allowed to shit… Fatty.
YEEEEEHHHAAAAWWWW!
On the plus side, the Pats’ advance scouts don’t know what the hell to make of Romo after last night. He’s either Brett Favre circa 1997, or he’… Brett Favre, circa 2006.
The Bills on their best night lost to the Cowboys on their worst night.
@UU: I really couldn't believe Jauron got another head coaching job. I know he coached the 2001 Bears, who went 13-3 and he got coach of the year; but anyone who watched that team knew they got more lucky bounces than any team in recent history. They showed they werent that good by getting blasted at home by 14 to Philly in the playoffs.
He might be a solid defensive coordinator, but he's not a head coach.
I love Tony Romo, but did anyone else think he sounded like Rube Baker from the Major League movies in that interview after the game? He said words like "shoot" and "gosh". I was expecting him to say that he was upset about the interceptions, but after Jason Garrett kicked him in the nuts he didn't care about the interceptions no more. And it doesn't matter, but there was some PI on the 2 point conversion that TO "dropped".
For the record, Tony Romo is a pud whacking, gay fratboy, chooch who is as mexican as vincente fox.
SOmeOne had to say it. Sig Pi! He's our guy! In the Eye!
If I were a kicker (instead of the greatest male model this world has ever not laid eyes on), I would love the chance to get a warm-up shot from that deep and a nice look at the defense before going through with the real deal.
In essence, this is what Urban Meyer allowed before he pulled that gay shit against Auburn, and Dick Jauron didn't accomplish anything either.
@swany, are you a Sigma Pi brother ? How else would you know Romo is ?
Someone tell me how Romo laughs and smiles during the post game interview last night. That Rex Grossman wannabe nearly single handedly cost his team that game and he's laughing and joking like he just won the Super Bowl? What a dumbass.
@UU
I know things. You know, like, things… I know them. Tony Romo is a douche. I know this. This you must trust, knowing that things like this are what I know. I attended EIU for the first phase of my upper level education. He's kinda a douche. This I know.
Romo is no Grossman. Grossman can't scramble, he stands on the sidelines by himself and pouts when he makes bad decisions. Romo had a piss poor game, but just like any good player he puts the bad plays behind him. He doesn't stand on the sidelines acting like a spoiled brat demanding that no one talk to him.
@biggas17,
Agreed on the 2pt conversion, the db never turned around, should have been an automatic flag.
@swany, I'll take your word for it.
I should know better than to watch Sportscenter, but I noticed they praised romo after the game. What the hell man? The dude threw 5 INT's and fumbled once and they were praising him for his comeback drive? I mean god damn, even the comeback drive fell short when he didn't complete the 2-point conversion. I am so tired of hearing about Tony Romo. He is not the next Brett Favre. He hasn't proved anything yet. When he wins his first Super Bowl, then come talk to me.
Tony Romo makes Brady Quinn look like John Wayne.
Does the kicker get rewarded with a (female) country music star so he can hook up?
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". . . star (for a) hook up?"
Taxidermist et al,
It's going to get more ridiculous for the rest of the season.
The national media continues its hard-on for Romo.