Hello,
Dallas losing to Arizona really isn't a surprise to me. The Cowboys are a mediocre team that doesn't have a killer instinct. (How should a team preparing for the playoffs play? The way San Francisco did, they thrashed St. Louis 26-0. The 49ers are now 10-2, see what can happen when a team has a good coach?) Honestly Dallas should have beat up Arizona pretty good, Arizona is only now 5-7. They have the opposite record of Dallas. Jason Garrett's use of timeouts at the end of the game was terrible. He had two time outs and he didn't use one when Bryant caught the ball for a first down with 26 seconds left? Instead he had Tony Romo spike the ball with 7 seconds left? Why didn't he use one of those time outs with 26 seconds left and try to get closer than a 49 yard field goal attempt? Cowboys kicker Dan Bailey finally got the chance to kick a field goal and then Garrett decided to use a time out? Of course Bailey made that field goal. Because of Garrett's terrible time out usage the field goal didn't count. Then when Bailey kicked the ball again, this time he missed. The game went to overtime where the Cowboys lost.
As I was afraid of Jason Garrett is overmatched, he doesn't have what it takes to be a head coach. I'm not even sure he has what is needed to be an offensive coordinator. I expect about this time next year people will be calling for Garrett's head. Again the Cowboys have a ton of talent but they don't have the smartest people in the world running the team. These kind of losses and bad decisions go back to Jerry Jones. Jones still thinks he's a football genius. I'm guessing he hired Garrett as head coach because he put so much money into getting him as offensive coordinator. He was going to show how brilliant he was when Garrett became their head coach and the Cowboys won the Super Bowl. But so far the move has backfired and again we see emperor isn't wearing any clothes.
It's these kind of things that I can't even watch the Cowboys play any more.
These kind of things are going to continue to happen as long as Jones remains owner or at least is in charge. Yes, I know the Cowboys have won 3 Super Bowls under Jerry Jones, but those were a long time ago. I attribute those victories more to Jimmy Johnson than Jones. It's not a coincidence that Dallas hasn't fully recovered from Johnson quitting. That was one of the first instances of Jerry Jones ego getting in the way and it hurting the Cowboys.
Moving forward I see Dallas losing to the Giants on Sunday Night Football. The Giants have owned the Cowboys in the recent past and I don't see any reason why this year will be any different. After Dallas loses at home Sunday, they'll be tied with the Giants at 7-6. With only one team from the NFC East going to the playoffs, Dallas will be again watching the playoffs at home. Again the NFC East is frighteningly mediocre this season. All four NFC East teams lost this past week. It takes a mediocre division to do that. Hell the awful NFC West can't even do that.
After another terrible year, by Cowboys fans standards, Jones will stick with the status quo because he's such a "genius". And the Cowboys will have yet another mediocre season next year. There's a reason the Cowboys have only won 1 playoff game in the last 15 years.
Jerry it's time for you to fire yourself, of course it's been the time to do that for at least three years now.
Just when I think the BCS has run out of ways of screwing non-AQ teams, they find yet a new way. Although TCU is # 16 in the AP Poll, they remained at #18 in the BCS Rankings. Even after winning by more than 40 points the Horned Frogs didn't move up the BCS rankings. They met all the other requirements for a BCS Bowl invite but needed to get to #16 on the BCS rankings. So they got screwed again by the greedy BCS. Again the BCS sucks.
Here are some of the bowls that are of interest to me. Some of the bowl match ups are interesting, but a lot are ugly. I think the ugliest bowl game will be the Las Vegas Bowl. That will be the 11-1 and disrespected BSU team playing against a 6-6 Arizona St. team. The same team that choked and quit down the stretch and then fired their coach. They are nowhere in the same league as Boise St. BSU will do what it always does and destroy an overmatched team from a so called AQ league.
Then not only was TCU denied a BCS Bowl but then to add to that TCU has been relegated to the Poinsetia Bowl. For hell's sake they are playing a WAC team, a league that won't even be around in a couple of years. Look for TCU to take their BCS frustrations out on Karl Malone's alma mater. Other than if you are a sadist I would skip watching both those bowls.
Also how in the hell does a 6-7 UCLA team get a bowl bid? Are they going to "let" Rick Neuheisel coach that game as well, just like they "let" him coach the Pac 12 Championship Game?
Also the BCS makes sure of the best match ups, right? I mean who's with me and are clearing their schedule for the LSU-Auburn rematch on January 9th? Wait a second I think I have to cut out coupons that night. Dang I guess I won't be able to watch it then.
Sarcasm alert: I also can't wait until January 4th, 2011 for the Orange Bowl. How exciting will it be for these two 3 loss teams to battle it out? Awesome I can't wait to watch Clemson, who badly faded down the stretch and lost 3 of their last 5 games, to play. Oh yeah they are one of the elite teams in the nation! Then how about West Virginia? They also have 3 losses and losing to LSU is understandable. But losing by 26 points to 5-7 Syracuse? They also lost at home to the 7-5 Louisville Cardinals by 3 points. Oh thanks BCS for giving us this great match up. This game is also known as the BCS consolation bracket. I HATE THE BCS!
I promise I will write about something else tomorrow, the BCS annually pisses me off.
themusicaddict
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