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GO COWBOYS!!! Week 13 Matchup: Dallas Won!!!! We beat the Oakland Raiders!! 31-24 :)  Did you see the first play of the game. If you did, Terrance Williams ( replacement for Dwayne Harris who normally catches the ball on Special Teams ) dropped punt that lead to a touchdown for the Oakland Raiders. Wow. That had a  sucker-punch feeling to it after eating my Thanksgiving Meal! Not the best way to digest! Good thing is... it got better. Not prettier, but better, because we won.  ~ Dallas Defense. Man, we need Sean Lee back. He's the linebacker I told you was out last week and again this week with a hamstring injury. I'm not saying he's the best player ever, but the rest of the Defense clearly plays smarter when that kid is on the field. We had one interception by Brandon Carr; aside from that, it was not good. We play the Chicago Bears a week from this coming  Monday. This gives our Defense 11 days to read the play book, practice it and execute!  ~ Da...

GO COWBOYS!!! Week 13 Matchup: Oakland Raiders vs. Dallas Cowboys (at Dallas, since they're the second team listed) Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) 3:30 PM THU, NOV 28 TIME (CST) TV Oakland   at   Dallas 3:30 PM CBS Green Bay   at   Detroit 11:30 AM FOX Pittsburgh   at   Baltimore 7:30 PM NBC **HISTORY LESSON** This Thursday is Thanksgiving!!! There are two teams who have historically played on Thanksgiving, the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions. Dallas played it's first Thanksgiving Day game in 1952 when they were the Dallas Texans. They played their first game as the Dallas Cowboys in 1966 and beat the Cleveland Browns 26-14. They have played in almost every Thanksgiving Day game since, along with the Lions. For the Cowboys, this was the Era of Tom Landry , 1960-1988. ( Moment of silence please... ) Onto the game this week... do you even know who the Oakland Raiders are? Oakland i...

GO COWBOYS!!! Week 12 Matchup: Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants... We Won!!!! 24-21... Crazy!!!  If I can make it there... I'll make it anywhere... it's up to you, New York... New York... a little Frank Sinatra to set the mood...  listen while you read... Those Cowboys... dang. This looked like a 5A high school game in the first half, but then we started seeing some grown men bust out their B+ game!  They did it. They beat the Giants twice this year! My love for the Cowboys is the most confusing relationship in my life! Don't question it, they will always be my team. You take the good with the bad. That's life. That's sports.  ~ Tony Romo (our QB) - the kid held his own today! Not the impact player from the Broncos game, but definitely more of that guy than any other week! He had to be, they were going to shut down any hint of a run game... and they did. Murray and Dunbar rushed for a combined 107 yards, vs the Giants Running Backs who rushed for 202 yard...

GO COWBOYS!!! Week 12 Matchup: Dallas Cowboys vs New York Giants  ( in New York - since they're the 2nd team listed ) -  GAME TIME - Sunday, 3:25 PM CST New York... New York... oh how I miss New York! So, I've mentioned before that I lived there for a while... back in my mid 20's... gosh I sound old. Anyhow, it is a wonderful city!! Giants fans are better than Jets fans, but can still be annoying with the accents and chants. The worst is J-E-T-S, jets, jets, jets!  So we're playing the Giants this week... again. If you remember we played them the first week of the season and won! Big! ( Here's the  preview  from that week. ) Dallas is coming off a BYE week. ( The week where we don't play - we get a vacation... from losing ).  ~ The most annoying thing about the Giants right now is they have won 4 games in a row. And that Eli Manning is their QB ( this is Peyton Manning's little brother... remember... the dude I raved about from the Denver Broncos, f...

GO COWBOYS!!! Dallas has a BYE this week. They do not play this weekend.  Ladies ( since that's kinda who I started this blog for )... this is your one chance to get your husband/boyfriend out of the house until February. Unless he plays Fantasy Football, he will still sit in front of the TV this weekend. Sorry.  Maybe you could get him to run a few errands with you? Download the ScoreCenter App  on his phone! He will be fine, except for the Sunday Night and Monday Night games. Sorry, you can't pass up Denver vs. Kansas City and New England vs. Carolina. ( Peyton with only 1 loss trying to give KC their first loss and Brady coming off a Bye week to take on Carolina's All-Star Rookie Defense... Game On!! )  Christmas is only 6 weeks away... this may be your one shot to get the lights on the house, gifts purchased and the tree pulled out of the attic. Or, since Christmas is actually about Jesus being born and Family... you could start a puzzle thi...

GO COWBOYS!!! Dallas loses... 17-49!! New Orleans Saints Dominate... as everyone suspected! We are now 5-5  (Wins -Losses) ! Well, if your husband, boyfriend or dude you were near a TV with was watching the game... ( still watching the game after the 3rd quarter... ) you would know we lost to the Saints... BIG! You may want to give him some space today - let him vent - he'll rebound quickly! We're used to losing!  ~ Drew Brees is Drew Brees ( Saints QB )! I told y'all he is a Top 5 QB, and has many weapons on his Offense. ( "weapon" - receiving corps that he can throw to, WR's, RB's, TE's... ) He hit just about all of them, throwing for 392 yards and 4 TD's. (touchdowns) ~ Darren Sproles, Pierre Thomas and Mark Ingram ( RB's for the Saints ) - Well, I didn't know Sproles would play all night, or play as well as he played. Our Defense didn't have an answer for Brees, any of the WR's or TE Jimmy Graham and especially not for Sp...