Well, preseason has just begun and the drama is already in full swing. It’s like cleats in Hell’s Kitchen. So You Think You Can Dance with shoulder pads. Project Runway with balls.
How bout those Dallas Cowboys? They say everything’s bigger in Texas — and that’s true, if you’re accountin’ for the tall tales. But Cowboy Stadium is truly bigger. So big that fans in the nosebleed section need a 160 foot long big screen tv to see what’s happening on the field.
As the AP’s Jim Litke writes, the 1.2 million pound tv set is “the centerpiece of [Jerry] Jones’ $1.15-billion shrine to himself.” Amen. And why shouldn’t it be? He’s the owner of the Cowboys. OWN-ER.
Photo by Mahanga
So what if the Titans’ kickers kept kicking balls at it before last weekend’s game? And once during? So what if every team in the NFL is going to kick balls up there to keep the clock running when they need to manipulate the clock a little? So what if other teams have fun messing with it like Sean Flannery suggests?
The NFL previously ruled that objects must be 85 feet above the field, and that’s all Jones needs. That, and maybe a hardhat. He’s not gonna move the thing.
So, I’m looking forward to watching some Dallas games this season. Not on the big scoreboard, but on my own home tv set where TiVo will be happy to replay opposing teams’ chicanery over & over & over again for my private, relatively free, viewing.
One more thing:
ProFootballTalk.com posted an article titled, “Jeff Fisher on Cowboys’ video board: “No one’s to blame.”” A witty commenter to this article, Citizen Strange, put that sentiment to music:
You can build a stadium but you just can’t punt in it
Youre the richest owner but you just can win a playoff game
Some break the rules
And live to count the cost
The insecurity is the thing that won’t get lost
And you want her and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame.
Ah yes. Everything’s bigger in Texas. Even the laughs.
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