# Fuck the Cowboys **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 27, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718 "2004-12-27T00:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/1 "2004-12-27T00:20:13Z")
[Redskins 10 Dallas 13](http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/playbyplay/NFL_20041226_WAS@DAL) No matter how utterly pathetic they are, they always find a way to beat Washington. Even up 10-6 with a buck forty five to go, the Redskins found a way to lose it. There is no god. Or even more frightening, maybe there is, and he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan. Now if you’ll pardon me, I have to go drink this bottle of wine I just opened. And then I am going to kill myself. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/2 "2004-12-27T00:45:53Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > There is no god. Or even more frightening, maybe there is, and he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan. > > Now if you’ll pardon me, I have to go drink this bottle of wine I just opened. And then I am going to kill myself. Does this violate the “Wishing death on someone…” rule? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/3 "2004-12-27T00:50:13Z")
I sympathize. After many, many seasons of PRD (Playoff-Related Depression), the sun has finally begun to shine–a _little bit_–for this Atlanta Falcons fan. There’s always next year. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/4 "2004-12-27T00:51:15Z")
> [@imthjckaz](#): > > Does this violate the “Wishing death on someone…” rule? Nah. It’s balanced out by his desire for somebody to get lucky with a Cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/5 "2004-12-27T04:51:27Z")
I live near Dallas, and let me tell you, for the last couple of weeks all the sports pundits and fans of the Cowboys have wondered what the hell Parcells is doing. Why doesn’t he play Romo or Hensen and at least START getting them ready for next season. I still don’t have a satisfactory answer, other than the Giant Tuna Ego. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/6 "2004-12-27T05:40:57Z")
Cowboys fan here. As far as Dallas always beating the Redskins, no matter how pathetic the Cowboys are, well I have just one thing to say about that… 1989 😃 As far as Parcells not changing up the QB’s, I think it’s that he wants to do better than 5-11 on the season. Dallas went 5-11 under head coach Dave Campo in 2000, 2001, and 2002 (each of the three years before Parcells came on board in 2003). If you write off the 10-6 record in 2003 as a “fluke,” and Parcells can’t beat 5-11 when he has more control over the roster, then he’s really no better than Campo. Can’t have that. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/7 "2004-12-27T06:15:53Z")
\ It … happened … again?! So close…the Redskins were _SO_ close. The fella sitting beside me at the local watering hole had just said “well looks like your Redskins got this one sewn up!” And then it happened… again… I’m just so…aw jeez…\…I just don’t have the words anymore. (shuffles away quietly humming “Hail to the Redskins” to himself.) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/8 "2004-12-27T09:50:29Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > \ > > It … happened … again?! > I’m just so… I’m all shook down. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/9 "2004-12-27T16:34:20Z")
Last night as I sat in front of my television in utter hopefulness, decked out in my #44 (Riggins) jersey, my burgundy and gold fleece blanket laid across my lap, and cold beer in front of me I knew just KNEW that had to be the Skins night. We were DUE for this, forchrissakes. Then, as that Dallas touchdown was run in with 30 seconds left in the 4th quarter I felt like the little kid on Christmas who eagerly stared at beautifully wrapped packages under the tree for weeks, imagining what treasures could be in there. Then, upon unwrapping each and every one, realizing I wasn’t getting an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle, and that every package contained socks and underwear. What a massive letdown. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/10 "2004-12-27T16:42:54Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > As far as Dallas always beating the Redskins, no matter how pathetic the Cowboys are, well I have just one thing to say about that… > > 1989 😃 You would bring that up, wouldn’t you? Asshole. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/11 "2004-12-27T17:43:34Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > There is no god. Or even more frightening, maybe there is, and he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan. That’s why they have the hole in the roof, so he can watch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/12 "2004-12-27T19:46:05Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > There is no god. Or even more frightening, maybe there is, and he’s a Dallas Cowboys fan. Well, as I’ve mentioned before, there _is_ only one NFL team that uses his initial as a logo and haven’t suffered too greatly over time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-cowboys/281718/13 "2004-12-27T23:40:52Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > So close…the Redskins were _SO_ close. > > The fella sitting beside me at the local watering hole had just said “well looks like your Redskins got this one sewn up!” > > And then it happened… > > again… We were watching at my mom’s place after our family gift exchange and the cowboys were down by four with less than two minutes remaining. My brother-in-law got up and sauntered off into the kitchen to snack on some leftovers after opining that the cowboys had blown another one and cursing Vinnie Testeverde. I mentioned that two times in the history of Monday night football there have been occasions where a team was down by over ten points in the fourth quarter and has come back to win. Both times it was Testeverde as the quarterback. Brother-in-law scoffed and offered to put money on the cowboys losing. I declined out of longstanding policy. I never, ever, put money on a Washington/Dallas game. Sure the cowboys beat the 'skins in the vast majority of their games, but it is not as predictable as the numbers would lead you to believe. When the 'skins are good the cowboys manage to beat them even if they’re sucking eggs. Vice versa applies as well. I remember a co-worker losing a couple hundred bucks betting on the cowboys back when they were winning superbowls decisively and had Smith, Aikman, Irvin, et al. The Dallas/Washington games are not to be predicited lightly. Enjoy, Steven