Like the BCS, style points count. So do geeky, black-and-white stats such as touchdowns and quarterback rating. Wins and losses? Definitely. Leadership? Uh-huh. When it comes to my weekly NFL Quarterback Rankings – if I had one of those little encircled R’s to signify a trademarked idea, it’d go here – the…
Punter Mat McBriar (he’s forced a league-high 23 fair catches) seems a thorny omission and a case can be made for quarterback Tony Romo (five less touchdowns than Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, but 18 less sacks), but the Dallas Cowboys should be pleased to have landed six players on the…
Your Dallas Cowboys’ guaranteed trip to the NFL post-season prompts Bill Rhoden to visit with Jerry Jones in this sports pages of this morning’s New York Times. Much of the content feels reheated; most of the opinions, rehashed. (To wit: “Jerry Jones — owner, president and general manager — is…
The defense is excelling. The December Demons are exorcized. The Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs. But is head coach Wade Phillips back next season? I’m sticking to Phillips being a Dead Man Coaching, short of a trip to the Super Bowl, but it’s sounding more and more like owner…
While we’re trying to figure out Florida coach Urban Meyer (one day it’s his health; the next he just doesn’t want to cede control) and muster up interest in this afternoon’s Independence Bowl (Texas A&M and Georgia are a combined 13-11), let’s again daydream of a world void of the BCS and…
10. I’m not ready to pronounce it Doomsday III just yet, but that’s some impressive defense being played by your Dallas Cowboys. The team’s first shutout in six years on the heels of holding the San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints to a combined 37 points? Two games against…
The SMU contingent stationed in Waikiki this holiday week appears to be having a fine time, judging by director of media relations Robert Bobo’s ecstatic Aloha SMU blog. Tonight’s the big game: the Hawaii Bowl, kick-off 7 p.m. Maybe not big to most, but huge to some — say, SMU…
Next time I start to criticize your 2009 Dallas Cowboys, remind me that these are the dorks I used to root for. Jeff Rohrer … Danny White … Ron Fellows … Gordon Banks … Bill Bates … Everson Walls … Steve Pelluer … Mike Saxon … Steve DeOssie … Todd…
Let’s see, in the last week we’ve been blessed with a Dallas Mavericks victory sans Dirk Nowitzki over an elite NBA team (Cleveland Cavaliers), a passionate, purposeful Dallas Cowboys win over an elite NFL team (New Orleans Saints)—in December, no less—and a record snowstorm veering out of our way. Even…
After the jump you’ll find a video invite just posted to Vimeo in which you’re invited to the Fashion Industry Gallery on Ross Avenue February 13 for a shindig being billed as “Dallas Dynasty 2010: Flash to the Future,” which will be “hosted” by the Miami Heat guard. It’s but…
No kidding. The AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Jill Magnuson just sent word that on January 5 at 7:30 p.m., Roger Staubach, Mike Ditka, Bob Lilly, Randy White, Drew Pearson, and Tony Dorsett will take the stage at the Bill and Margot Winspear Opera House for the taping of a television…
Estephanie Aguilar will be spending at least part of this holiday season recovering from spinal surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Of course she’s looking forward to getting home soon, but she and her family found themselves in the right place Monday afternoon for a visit from a…
We just got the invite: Tomorrow at 4 p.m., there will be a press conference “to announce the return of the Dallas Depserados,” which, as you may (or may not) recall, canceled its 2009 season exactly one year ago along with the rest of Arena Football League. Probably the most…
Okay, I’m technically on vacation. But I know the drill. When a dude predicts the Cowboys will lose 45-10 and is flat dead ass wrong, he needs to show up to take his Season’s Beatings. Right? So here I am, take your best shot. FYI, I like my crow with…
I love me some journalism. But, God, do I hate me some English. Through and threw. Chord and chat. Axe and aks. And when they’re finished, somehow buildings aren’t builts. In America they’re trades; in England they’re transfer windows. Don’t get me started … or is too late? This Saturday…
He’s always been Captain America. These days Roger Staubach has evolved into a different kind of hero: Super Man. As in, he’s the face of Super Bowl XLV, coming to North Texas in 2011. Sat down with the former Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback a couple times recently to find answers to these…
Lots of positives on the sale of your Texas Rangers from Tom Hicks to Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg. *First and foremost, Hicks will be a minority voice, but one with zero say on trading, hiring, firing or signing players, coaches or employees. *Nolan Ryan remains the face of the…
I’m starting to think Dallas Cowboys’ receiver Roy Williams is just kind of kooky. The Hook ’em Horns sign after rare touchdowns. The game-day Michael Jackson outfits. The, um, contradictory quotes. Williams was at his nonsensical best yesterday at Valley Ranch, telling reporters in the same breath that the Cowboys had no…
With our alternative to the BCS offered up, nothing else to do than to let it play out. Food expert/football junkie Dave Faries, take it away … Given its record in other matters, it’s unlikely Congress can solve the BCS mess and put in place a viable playoff system. And…
Last night, Texas Rangers exec VP of communications John Blake sent the word since heard ’round the sports world: Tom Hicks has 30 days to get a deal done with Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan before asking MLB (and his myriad creditors) if it’s OK, pretty please,…
With his decision to sell the Texas Rangers to Pittsburgh sports attorney Chuck Greenberg, long-time owner Tom Hicks will willingly, yet grudgingly step into the shadows of Metroplex baseball. But how will he be perceived? While Greenberg, 48, and his group seek approval from Major League Baseball, Hicks might actually…
As I’ve said since since, oh, I dunno, last January, this Dallas Cowboys’ season was doomed the moment owner Jerry Jones decided to bring back head coach Wade Phillips. There were times when his promises to be tougher and hold players more accountable almost tricked me, but ultimately this Cowboys’ season -…
