# Skins-Cowboys: I Pray To Thee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403 "2005-09-19T18:44:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Innuendo\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Innuendo\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innuendo_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/1 "2005-09-19T18:44:45Z")
The Cowboys have won 14 of the last 15 games in this series. :eek: It’s become too much. I know there is a “Football God” out there somewhere. I’ve done something to offend you, although I don’t know what it is. Whatever it was, I’m sorry. ::gets down on knees:: I promise to be a better fan. I promise to never again use your name in vain. I will worship at the altar of the Gridiron, diligently, from now until the day I die. Please, please, please, I’m begging you. Allow us to have this win! We’ve suffered enough these last few years. Let it be a hard hitting, injury free game, but let the Redskins win! PLEASE!!! In your honor, I will sing this song: \*Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-tor-y! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! Run or pass and score — we want a lot more! Beat 'em, Swamp 'em, Touchdown! — let the points soar! Fight on, fight on 'til you have won Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-tor-y! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.!\* ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/2 "2005-09-19T18:58:14Z")
I don’t care who wins in that game, but if New Orleans wins, then I want the total score between Washington and Dallas to be precisely 29; if New Orleans loses, I want the total score to be 36. I love this time of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/3 "2005-09-19T19:04:21Z")
I hope it’s a tie, because both teams suck and I don’t want either team to win. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/4 "2005-09-19T19:10:11Z")
> [@Innuendo Hunter](#): > > The Cowboys have won 14 of the last 15 games in this series. :eek: It’s become too much. I respectfully disagree, kind sir. I think 15 of 16, then 16 of 17, sounds pretty good for this season. Then repeat ad infinitum for ultimate pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/5 "2005-09-19T19:10:52Z")
I really don’t care who wins, I just want Moss to catch a TD or two. I really want to get over 100 points this week. Actually, seeing Dallas lose is always fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/6 "2005-09-19T19:11:55Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > I hope it’s a tie, because both teams suck and I don’t want either team to win. My friend Dave is a die-hard Giants fan. He roots, in his own words, " for the earth to open up and swallow both teams, along with 60,000 of their fans." ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/7 "2005-09-19T19:16:44Z")
I’m with you **Innuendo Hunter**. Sitting here, wearing my Redskins t-shirt (thank Og they’re finally making them in “women’s” cut instead of the big boxy man shirts we were forced to wear in previous years), I pray to the football gods who have not blessed us in many, many seasons. It’s Monday Night football AND they’re doing some stupid dedication ceremony for Aikman and the rest of the riff raff from the 90’s at halftime. What better time to come in with a Redskins victory? It HAS to happen at some point, right? Right? In Gibbs We Trust. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/8 "2005-09-19T19:27:38Z")
It’s the weirdest thing… something that’s just too good to ever hope for and here’s it’s been lovingly placed on our platter the last what… 14 or 15 games? Bwhaaa… we could lose until 2012 and they’d just tie it up. Lets play Indians & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys & Cowboys. Wooodogieeeee! Go Cowboys! I love it when the Cowboys win. It’s especially funny in the Super Bowl when you see Cowher over there on the other side pouting like a little girl with a busted Barbie. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/9 "2005-09-19T19:38:53Z")
> [@Innuendo Hunter](#): > > In your honor, I will sing this song: > > \*Hail to the Redskins! > Hail Vic-tor-y! > Braves on the Warpath! > Fight for old D.C.! > > Run or pass and score — we want a lot more! > Beat 'em, Swamp 'em, > Touchdown! — let the points soar! > Fight on, fight on 'til you have won > Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! > > Hail to the Redskins! > Hail Vic-tor-y! > Braves on the Warpath! > Fight for old D.C.!\* To play it safe, you might want to sing the original version, too: _Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-tor-y! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old Dixie! Run or pass and score — we want a lot more! Scalp 'em, swamp 'em — We will take 'em big score Read 'em, weep 'em, touchdown — we want heap more Fight on, Fight on — 'til you have won Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-tor-y! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old Dixie!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/10 "2005-09-19T20:11:01Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > I hope it’s a tie, because both teams suck and I don’t want either team to win. As a Giants fan, I heartily endorse this post. I wouldn’t be adverse to the idea **Enginerd** ’s buddy had either. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/11 "2005-09-19T20:11:37Z")
To the tune of the “Mickey Mouse Club” theme song: _We are rooting for a team that’s really out of luck, R-E-D, S-K-I, N-S-U-C-K! Yes, we know they’re going to lose, but we don’t give a fuck, R-E-D, S-K-I, N-S-U-C-K! Redskins suck, Redskins suck, the Redskins suck, they suck, they really blow-ho-ho-ho! Ya bet a dollar on this team, you’re sure to lose your buck…_ etcetera. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/12 "2005-09-20T01:38:52Z")
Ahem. Cough, cough. La, la, la,…mi, mi, mi. :sings: Hell to the Redskins! Hell no victory! Hell to the Redskins! Go back to old D.C.! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/13 "2005-09-20T01:45:46Z")
**innuendo hunter, winnie** - my people! Lifetime 'Skins fan. Very hard being born and living in Texas. BTW, the idea that all Texans love the Cowboys is bullshit. There’s as much hate in state as there is beyond. So far Brunell looks like a stiff and threw a horrible pick. And shouldn’t the vaunted 'Skins D be crushing Bledsoe by now? HAIL VICTORY! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/14 "2005-09-20T02:23:18Z")
Weird. Suddenly I find myself actually caring a little bit about this lame-ass game. Actually I’m still watching the Saints-Giants, but I’ll probably switch over when it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/15 "2005-09-20T02:52:21Z")
I’m so torn. I hate the Cowboys, but the Broncos get the Redskins first round draft pick next draft, so the worse the Redskins do the higher the pick. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/16 "2005-09-20T03:10:47Z")
> [@Innuendo Hunter](#): > > \*Hail to the Redskins! > Hail Vic-tor-y! > Braves on the Warpath! > Fight for old D.C.! > > Run or pass and score — we want a lot more! > Beat 'em, Swamp 'em, > Touchdown! — let the points soar! > Fight on, fight on 'til you have won > Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! > > Hail to the Redskins! > Hail Vic-tor-y! > Braves on the Warpath! > Fight for old D.C.!\* I think we need look no further than what you have done to offend the football gods. Demarcus Ware looks to be the real deal and then some. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/17 "2005-09-20T03:19:04Z")
And might I just note that the Giants are the only NFC East team sporting a 2-0 record? For the next 90 minutes or so, anyway… ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/18 "2005-09-20T03:32:10Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > And might I just note that the Giants are the only NFC East team sporting a 2-0 record? > > For the next 90 minutes or so, anyway… They’ve faced a really intimidating schedule so far. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/19 "2005-09-20T04:18:21Z")
Wow. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skins-cowboys-i-pray-to-thee/322403/20 "2005-09-20T04:18:27Z")
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