in my previous message.
Sorry it's messed up.
FAB
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 9 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 5, 1996 (08:27) * 5 lines
It looks ok to me. I agree with you on the Walker assessment. This is a
great move for Dallas. And Irvin will be coming back on the scene at an
opportune time after the first 5 games. If they're going to have
injuries, now is the time to get them out of the way, not around playoff
time. I guess tonight is the game in Monterey Mexico.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 10 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 5, 1996 (18:10) * 1 lines
... against the KC Chiefs.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 11 of 72: Kerry Myers (kerry) * Fri, Aug 23, 1996 (15:04) * 1 lines
So who has been cut so far?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 12 of 72: Fred Goodwin (fgoodwin) * Sat, Aug 24, 1996 (23:02) * 5 lines
Kerry:
Check out my Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Page for a current roster with cuts as of today (Aug. 24). The Cowboys must make several more cuts on Sunday (Aug 25).
GO COWBOYS!!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 13 of 72: Jim Johnson (oplion) * Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (00:42) * 9 lines
It's suprising how many people are convinced the 'boy's are going to the
"Bowl", with all the hits they have taken in the last six months. The
defense taken down by free agency,and Troy & Emmitt can't win the NFC East
by themselves.Show me another way they(Cowwboys) are going to win..
After Irvin comes on board (at least five weeks) watch Philly to
shut down the Boy's.They left with a win Dec.95.. 20-17 at the Vet...
jjftlaud
Dolphins showed a little "Smart's" against Tampa...NO HUDDLE..!!!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 14 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (08:19) * 6 lines
The Cowboys have always been carried on the backs of the "big three":
Aikman, Irvin and Emmitt. These guys score 75% of Dallas points. This
year, some of the secondary players are going to have to turn in great
years if the Cowboys are going places like the Superbowl. If Herschel
can defy the prognosticators and pump it up this year, that would be an
amazing story.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 15 of 72: Jim Johnson (oplion) * Tue, Aug 27, 1996 (19:15) * 12 lines
I've enjoyed watching Herschel through out the years,I would love to see
a resurgence of those power runs,the man has a lot of class and I
guess that is what I look for in pro players(as a lot of other people do).
Was watching a show NFL Today I think on ESPN,Aikman was questioned
about (drug and other offenses) problems with the 'boys.
The basic response he had (and I think he's right) to the question was
to say the 'boys are under a looking glass,and those problems exist
in every city,every team,every sport.I'm suprised he didn't include
the coaches.(Some of the dicisions coaches make,make me wonder)
jjftlaud
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 16 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Tue, Sep 3, 1996 (16:26) * 1 lines
Well so much for the first week, Guess Arnie is right, Stick a fork in them, the Cowboys are done. 9 & 7 best they can hope for. Next week they have the lowly Giants, Boys better pay attention to a defense that looked even better than Chicago. Only thing going for the Boys vs Giants is the Giants are one of the best at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!!!!!!!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 17 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Sep 3, 1996 (16:35) * 1 lines
Any word on Emmitt yet?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 18 of 72: Andre Andraos (Andre) * Tue, Sep 3, 1996 (17:36) * 5 lines
The Cowboys sure have a lot questions to answer after last night's pre-season game. I have few of my own
Was Deion the only receiver out on the field or what?
What the hell was Zampezie thinking or not?
Why didn't Emmitt get the ball more?
And why are the Cowboys 12 points favorites against the Giants?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 19 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Wed, Sep 4, 1996 (10:29) * 1 lines
Last I heard, Emmitt had some pain but was physically OK, nothing on Xray or MRI. He walked out of the hospital but didn't look real good, could have just been the normal after game tightness along with no sleep from all the medical stuff. Personally I think there is nothing wrong with him that a little attention did not cure. He will be back next week.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 20 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Tue, Sep 10, 1996 (14:21) * 1 lines
The boys looked real good, and New York looked like hell. As a matter of fact I have to give the boys credit, cause they actually looked like the super-bowl champions they are. What team will be at the game this week, the one that played the bear or the one that played the Giants??????????? And one other question was raised after the results of that game,,,, which NY team is the worst team in professional football?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 21 of 72: Jim Johnson (oplion) * Tue, Sep 10, 1996 (19:53) * 10 lines
TJ:
If you were to ask a Fin's fan that question ..There is no Good N.Y.
team,they think the same of us though.
The boys did show a marked improvement,but then again against a
no good team.
Terry;
Did you delete topic (11) and replace it with (19)?If so whats
the difference?
Are we starting over at game three..jjftlaud
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 22 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Sep 11, 1996 (09:51) * 2 lines
I didn't delete topic 11. It stays for general NFL football talk. Picks
only in the new item.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 23 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Wed, Sep 11, 1996 (10:01) * 1 lines
Yes Jim you are correct, but as you know, no matter how bad the Jets or Fins get during a particular season, or how good the other one is. They always seem to have the best games of their seasons against each other.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 24 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Wed, Sep 11, 1996 (10:05) * 1 lines
I apologize (to all of you but Jim) for taking up the cowpokes topic with talk of Fins and Jets. P.S. Jim, I think you'll have all the chance in the world to talk about the Fins on this Topic in about 3 more weeks, When the Pokes and Fins game gets closer. And I expect the Fins will have a better record to go with the better coach.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 25 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Mon, Sep 16, 1996 (14:04) * 8 lines
Colts stampede Pokes.....23-3
then 25-24
Best comeback since Buffalo - Houston
Says it all, Former Super Bowl Champs
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 26 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct 23, 1996 (18:06) * 5 lines
To all those who may have missed making picks while we were moving the servers last week, I apologize. But we're back up now and we have a pretty solid connection to UUNET.
And my picks:
Phil Wash Cinn Detr Pitts Balt SF GB Cowboys Denver AZ SDiego Pats & MN
Sorry Bears!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 27 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 18, 1996 (08:06) * 6 lines
Green Bay has three tough games left (@ Dallas, Denver, & @ Detroit).
Dallas has 4 (GB, Wash, @ Wash, & New England). The niners have 2
(@ Pittsburg & @ Wash)
The Packers will be either 13-3 or 12-4, SF at 12-4, and Dallas will
lose at least one of those games to finish 11-5.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 28 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 18, 1996 (21:00) * 8 lines
I had to laugh. Al Michael just said Green Bay is looking like a deer
frozen by headlights. And Reggie White has been infuriated all week by a
Green Bay sportscasters comment, "Reggie White, Betty White, it doesn't make
any difference, [the Dallas lineman] is going to take him out." It's way,
way too early in this game to start celebrating, it's only 6-0 but the
Cowboys have been dominating. It's upsetting to me that Dallas is only
getting field goals out of all this fire power so far. It just got to be
9-0 and it should be 21-0. Green Bay must take some heart in this.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 29 of 72: michael speer (mickey) * Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (09:53) * 3 lines
WITH DALLAS'S LOSS YESTERDAY, I AM WONDERING ABOUT THE PLAYOFFS. YOU KNOW
THEY ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. AND THEY ARE NOT NUMBER ONE IN THEIR
DIVISION. ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST PRAY THAT THEY KICK SOME BUTT NEXT WEEK.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 30 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 25, 1996 (12:15) * 2 lines
That's about the size of it. It's going to be a tough go for the Cowboys with two games against the
Redksins coming up, the first this Thanksgiving.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 31 of 72: keith (kkeith) * Sun, Dec 1, 1996 (22:27) * 1 lines
thanks for you help terry i will visit the site later GO cowboys , they are still in the thick of it, not as good as the last couple of years but they are the ones i am putting my money on , thanks again for the help catch you later , keith
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 32 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Dec 1, 1996 (22:30) * 2 lines
Good to meet up with you tonight Keith and give you a personal introduction to the sports conference via NetMeeting. Some introduction wouldn't you say?
The Cowboys are in pretty good shape with Emmitt's comeback.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 33 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Dec 3, 1996 (18:36) * 8 lines
Stupid Leon Lett! And this guys a nice guy! Why couln't he
just be addiated to barbecue and chicken or something safer
than drugs? His addiction really cuts the boys deep.
They've just gone from being a major contender to being a marginal team
with Leon Letts' susupension.
Bad news boys.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 34 of 72: Coach Lumpy (Mlydle) * Fri, Dec 6, 1996 (20:59) * 2 lines
There is still alot football to be played, and if Dallas and GB meet up again it might be in GB next time, and who knows what will happen then. GB needs some of their regular WR¹s back. I mean look what happened when Troy Boy lost Micheal and friends, they lost. Boy¹s defense sure is looking good, just need a consistent running game and they should be able to make another run at a Super Bowl. Doubt Dallas will be able to handle the Redskins in RFK. Teams would be stupid not to run up the middle over
and over, but then you have Stickland in the middle. Boys will have problems with teams like the Steelers and the Skins.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 35 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (13:14) * 10 lines
Emmitt's having a pro bowl kind of a day against the Pats.
6-3 Pats so far. The game's just getting underway.
Emitt has 12 rushes for 44 yards and he's being looked at on the bench.
Number 36 on the Pats just put a pretty good hit on him. Boniol's
trying for his 24th straight field goal. Good. 6-6.
2:06 left in the 2nd quarter.
Emmitts leaving the field with a pinched nerve.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 36 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Dec 28, 1996 (00:42) * 22 lines
Well, drifting back to the boys, this Vikings game is shaping up as
a battle between two of the most talented receivers in the game vs two
of the best cover cornerbacks.
Deion and Kevin Smith covering Cris Carter and Jake Reed.
Although, I'll have to say I've been more impressed with minimum wage
Herschel than I am with multimillion dollar Deion.
Brad Johnson is starting QB for the Vikes (a mistake, they should go
with Moon) and he was a team mate of Deion's at Florida State.
Gametime is 3 pm in Dallas tomorrow (Saturday). The Cowboys have
their 112th consecutive sellout while the other teams are still trying
to fill their stadiums.
Advice to Corey Fuller: keep your gross stuff at home, it doesn't belong
on the football field. What an uncool move that was in last weeks game.
Hook 'em Cowboys!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 37 of 72: Coach Lumpy (Mlydle) * Sun, Dec 29, 1996 (23:50) * 1 lines
Yes, the boys sure did look good. Running the ball to Emmit, passing the ball to Michael, and playing great defense. Next week's game vs. Carolina will be a real test for both teams. To see if the boys still have it, and see if the panthers really do have it. Say the line will be 3-4 points for the boys.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 38 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Dec 30, 1996 (00:59) * 11 lines
A much, much bigger test than the Vikings. I'm glad Herschel finally
got let loose as a fullback a little bit. This guy is in prime condition
and runs well. And he did an outstanding defensive play by causing a Minnesota
fumble. Herschel is the Cowboys secret weapon.
Give credit to Teague for thwarting what appeared to be a sure Viking td
at the one yard line. He popped that ball right out just as the Vking runner
was going to land in the endzone. Smart play.
The Cowboys are only part way there. No need to celebrate yet. They need
to stay focused.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 39 of 72: Mike Lydle (Mlydle) * Fri, Jan 10, 1997 (23:24) * 1 lines
People wonder why the boys are sitting home now for the cowboys, I think it comes down to lack of talent. Look at the Carolina game, Troy's man receiver at the end of the game is Billy Davis, Derik Frazier is the starting CB, and the offensive line is playing like they are out for the day from the old folks home. It is time to trim the fat, get rid of Novacek and Haley if they are not near 100%, and use the money to get some good lineman.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 40 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jan 11, 1997 (11:26) * 2 lines
Good assessment, that's about the size of it. And trade Irvin and Williams for
some younger talent.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 41 of 72: Donna (Donna) * Sun, Jan 26, 1997 (09:38) * 3 lines
Heres a joke I heard on Good Morning America the other day:
What do you call 30 Millionaires at home sitting around? The Dallas Cowboys!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 42 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jan 26, 1997 (16:16) * 1 lines
What do you call 40 guys sitting around reading Hustler and watching the Superbowl?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 43 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Tue, Jan 28, 1997 (09:11) * 9 lines
Prediction for 1997 Dallas Cowboys
13 - 3
Thirteen Arrests, Three Convictions
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 44 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Tue, Jan 28, 1997 (09:12) * 8 lines
Jerry Jones needs to have a meeting and make sure that all the players got
it right this season......
ITS NIKE AND PEPSI
NOT NOOKIE AND COKE
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 45 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 28, 1997 (21:44) * 3 lines
Answer: the Dallas Cowboys
Sorry I missed darts TJ.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 46 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (11:45) * 8 lines
The reason the cowboys didn't win that last playoff game is that Troy wasn't
well rested......he couldn't get any sleep.......at least not at home......
someone had painted a goal-line at the beginning of his driveway the week
before and
HE COULDN'T GET IN
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 47 of 72: David Shores (WEEZE) * Thu, Mar 13, 1997 (20:56) * 3 lines
The Cowboys are on the way down. They were built in the nineties by Jerry Jones
and are going to be destroyed by him. The Salary cap that he pushed as well as
the head coach they now have are more than enough to send them back down. Did you enjoy the ride while it lasted though? I did.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 48 of 72: Fred Goodwin (fgoodwin) * Fri, May 23, 1997 (00:01) * 11 lines
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Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 49 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (12:26) * 1 lines
What about Irvin's no show in camp? When does Austin camp break open?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 50 of 72: Fred Goodwin (fgoodwin) * Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (16:53) * 15 lines
The Cowboys will hold their 8th annual Training Camp on the campus of St. Edward's University, in Austin, TX from Friday, July 18 to Thursday, August
14, 1997.
I've heard nothing to indicate Irvin will hold out.
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Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 51 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (16:58) * 1 lines
Thanks Fred, for the update.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 52 of 72: T. J. Cellery (TJ) * Thu, Jun 12, 1997 (12:31) * 3 lines
Come on now guys, your dead in the water and yall know it.......
No championship this year, but then again as the good fans yall are
keep cheering..............GO 49er's
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 53 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jun 12, 1997 (16:20) * 1 lines
Ya mean the niners have a shot again? What happened last year?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 54 of 72: Ginger Coplan (ginger) * Sat, Jun 14, 1997 (20:55) * 1 lines
Who's going to Quarterback for the Niners? What's the latest on the Irvin situation?
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 55 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jun 15, 1997 (01:04) * 2 lines
Jones thinks he'll show.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 56 of 72: Ginger Coplan (ginger) * Sun, Jun 15, 1997 (22:19) * 1 lines
Hopefully so.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 57 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Aug 22, 1997 (21:45) * 8 lines
Hey, speaking of Deion... by the way what's Deion doing over in the NBA
topic, are y'all suggesting me might be a third sport athlete? Maybe that
baseball in the head knocked some sense in him, maybe not. He says he
*will* be healed for the season opener with the Cowboys and he's found
religion. Added to all the other comments, Deion could be a great wide-out
if he really put his mind to it.
Deion, he's back.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 58 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Feb 12, 1998 (22:41) * 11 lines
Cowboys new puppet, er, uh, coach:
Chan Gailey
Yeah, that's right, not George Siefert. So much
for my prediction. Give Siefert credit for not wanting
to work under a puppet regime.
Anyone hearda this guy? He ran the Packers offense,
I believe.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 59 of 72: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (03:26) * 1 lines
The cowboys are looking like the might have a shot at the superbowl, this year
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 60 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (07:12) * 1 lines
Amazing but true.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 61 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Dec 3, 1998 (06:46) * 7 lines
Larry Brown, remember him from Superbowl action 3 years ago?, signed up
with the BoyCows for $76k. Another Herschel Walker-like deal! Hey
whatever happened to Herschel? With Neon out and Kevin Smith sidelined,
he should start earning his extravagant salary right away. Hey, he knows
the system, he was MVP of that Superbowl, having picked off a bunch (2) of
Pittsburgh Neal O'Donnel passes (where's Slash when you need him?).
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 62 of 72: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Tue, Jan 5, 1999 (08:33) * 5 lines
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(shit)
(go falcons, i guess)
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 63 of 72: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Feb 7, 2036 (06:56) * 1 lines
hiya nick! sorry 'bout your boys!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 64 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Feb 7, 2036 (01:48) * 2 lines
Yep, down and *out*. Didn't figure in the way things were going. But
look what happened to Green Bay.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 65 of 72: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sun, Jan 10, 1999 (23:49) * 8 lines
at least the 49ers and packers are gone too...
makes it a little more easily digested...
pulling for broncos in afc...
falcons in nfc...
(that'd be sweet... danny reeves having
the opportunity to win it... and doing it
against denver)
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 66 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov 9, 1999 (07:14) * 6 lines
Last nights MNF was a tragedy. I turned it on and the Cowboys were up by
3, 20-17. Then we cut to a shot of Emmitt with a broken hand, Troy has a
concussion and the team is in a state of collapse. Then a MN player hits
one of the Dallas players in the balls and he collapses on the field. And
the tragedy just kept going on. Randy Moss makes a diving catch, and
Minnesota just kept scoring. The Cowboys limped off battered and bruised.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 67 of 72: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Nov 9, 1999 (11:06) * 1 lines
In the words of another immortal baseball guy, You was robbed! I normally do not particularly like the Cowboys, but my appreciation for things Texas is growing as my understanding grows. As in College Football this season, there is no dominant team in NFL football. It bodes ill for a good Superbowl, but what else is new?!
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 68 of 72: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Feb 12, 2000 (21:35) * 175 lines
Cowboys Coach Tom Landry Dies
By JAIME ARON
AP Sports Writer
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Tom Landry, the
Dallas Cowboys coach who led America's
Team to five Super Bowls and was famous
for pacing the sidelines for three decades
wearing a stone face, business suit and felt
hat, died Saturday. He was 75.
Landry had been undergoing treatment since
May for acute myelogenous leukemia.
Baylor University Medical Center called in
Landry's family earlier in the day. At 7:45 p.m.
CST, the hospital issued a release in behalf
of Landry's family:
``Coach Tom Landry passed away today ... at 6 p.m. He went peacefully
surrounded by his loving family. He will also be missed by his many friends and
fans, and he will never be forgotten by all of us whose lives he has touched so
deeply.''
Landry, who coached the Cowboys for their first 29 years, won two Super Bowls
with star quarterback Roger Staubach. His 270 victories are more than any NFL
coach except Don Shula and George Halas.
``Tom Landry's familiar presence on the Dallas Cowboys' sideline for three
decades represented the NFL at its best,'' NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue
said in a statement. ``He will always rank as one of the all-time great coaches
and as an architect of one of the most successful teams in sports history. He will
be remembered for many special reasons, including his record as a coach, the
innovations he brought to our game, and the personal integrity he displayed.''
Landry considered those innovations his greatest contribution to the game. His
legacy continued through the coaches he produced, including Atlanta's Dan
Reeves and former New Orleans coach Mike Ditka, who both went to the Super
Bowl.
``He shaped my philosophy on everything,'' Reeves said Saturday night. ``I
followed his philosophy on football and how he handled himself on and off the
field. He was a tremendous influence on me.
``He was something unique to the NFL. He was someone who had tremendous
knowledge of the NFL, but he was also a man of such integrity. He had a strong
Christian faith that was unusual at that time. And he didn't just talk it. He walked
it, too.''
In Landry's first season, 1960, the expansion Cowboys went 0-11-1. He didn't
have a winning season until his seventh. But that began a streak of 20
consecutive winning seasons, 13 division titles and five Super Bowl
appearances.
After three straight losing seasons, Landry was fired by Jerry Jones the day he
bought the team in February 1989.
``We will never be able to measure the complete significance of coach Landry's
contributions to the Dallas Cowboys. Simply stated, he is the single most
important figure in the history of this franchise,'' Jones said.
Landry's final record was 270-178-6, a .601 winning percentage. And when he
left, he was as much a symbol of the Cowboys as the star on their helmets.
``I think the whole Cowboys image came from him,'' said Staubach, who had the
honor of introducing Landry at his Hall of Fame enshrinement in 1990, just as
Landry had done for him in '85. ``I think Tom will always make the Dallas
Cowboys more than a football team.''
Landry was a college star at the University of Texas, then a defensive back for
the New York Giants in one of the innovative defenses of the early '50s — ``The
Umbrella,'' the first to put four backs deep to counter the passing game.
At 29, he became a player-coach in charge of the defense, a job now known as
the defensive coordinator. He changed the front seven of the Umbrella from a
5-2 to a 4-3, essentially creating the middle linebacker position for Sam Huff.
The system became such a success that Landry later had to devise the multiple
offense to counter it. Both alignments remain standards at all levels of football,
from Pee Wee to pros.
General manager Tex Schramm was still trying to get the NFL to award Dallas a
franchise when he introduced Landry as the team's first coach. Their agreement
was that Schramm would run the business side and Landry would be in charge
of football.
A dynasty was formed through the unlikely pairing of the strait-laced, religious
Landry and Schramm, the flashy showman whose promotional flair included
bringing scantily clad cheerleaders to the NFL.
``We were totally different,'' Schramm said. ``We were never close socially, but
we got along very well because he had his domain and we each knew where the
lines were. I respected him, he respected me and things worked perfectly.''
Landry's Xs and Os betrayed his bland persona. He thrived on doing things
differently, especially if he could mix in deception.
He created the ``Flex'' defense that placed one tackle a half-yard behind the
other and he used gadget plays on offense, notably the quarterback throwback
and the halfback pass.
His offensive line also had a gimmick — it would often crouch down, raise up
and then reset, a style often imitated by kids on playgrounds.
``I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to the game,'' Landry once
said. ``I enjoyed the challenge of that more than the actual game.''
Landry was emotionless on the sidelines and in the locker room, even in the
bitter cold of the ``Ice Bowl.'' He avoided becoming close to his players for fear
that friendship would interfere with personnel decisions. Instead, he ruled through
a stare known as The Look.
Former running back Walt Garrison summed it up best when he was asked if he
ever saw Landry smile.
``No,'' Garrison said, ``but I was only there nine years.''
Landry worked differently with his assistant coaches, many of whom became
NFL head coaches. The contrast was stunning for those who had played for
Landry.
``When you played for him, he's the boss,'' said Ditka, a tight end for four years
and an assistant under Landry for nine. ``When I coached for him he was the
boss, too, but when you played for him there was a fear in there.''
Ditka said Landry was one of the most influential people in his life.
``I love him very much,'' Ditka said. ``He was always the epitome of fairness,
honesty, integrity and all the virtues and values people talk about he had.
``Lately I've been trying to be more like him, but I'm an emotional person and I
can't be what I'm not. To be that stoic and that under control and that disciplined
is amazing.''
Landry began letting his guard down in the early '80s by doing a series of
commercials playing a gunslinger fending off the arch-rival Redskins. He
became a sympathetic figure following his ugly dismissal by Jones.
The city of Dallas held a ``Hats Off to Tom Landry Day,'' which included a parade
that drew 100,000 people. The guest of honor cried and called it the ``most
exciting and meaningful'' day in his life.
Landry spent his final years devoted to businesses endeavors, including being a
spokesman for a health insurance company, and Christian organizations.
He stayed away from football except for his 1990 Hall of Fame induction and his
1993 induction into the team's Ring of Honor at Texas Stadium. Instead of a
jersey number, a tiny hat hangs next to his name and the years 1960-88.
Seven of Landry's former players join him in the Ring of Honor. He's also joined
in Canton, Ohio, by Schramm, Staubach, Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro, Randy White and
Tony Dorsett.
``There was somewhat of a shyness about him, but he was always there when
you needed him,'' Staubach said. ``I don't know anyone who didn't have respect
for him as a person. As a human being, coach Landry is right there among the
very best. There was nothing phony about him.''
Thomas Wade Landry was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Mission, Texas, deep in the
Rio Grande Valley. After one semester of college, he joined the Army Air Corps
and spent two years as a bomber pilot in World War II. Although his older brother
Robert died flying a B-17, Tom flew 30 combat missions and survived one crash
landing.
War hardened Landry and the tough exterior was necessary in his early days in
Dallas. Public criticism was peaking after his fourth season, 1963. Landry had a
13-38-3 record and one year left on his original contract. Owner Clint Murchison
showed his support with a 10-year extension.
The Cowboys hosted a playoff game for the first time on Jan. 1, 1967. Green
Bay jumped ahead 14-0 before the Dallas offense took the field, but quarterback
Don Meredith rallied the Cowboys within 34-27. Dallas had a first down from the
Packers' 2-yard-line in the final minutes, but failed to score the game-tying
touchdown. Green Bay went on to win the first Super Bowl.
Landry's first postseason victory came the following season in Cleveland, setting
up a rematch against the Packers — only this time it would be in Green Bay.
Playing in a wind chill that dropped to 40 below, the Cowboys again trailed 14-0,
then led 17-14 in the game remembered as the ``Ice Bowl.'' Bart Starr's
touchdown on a quarterback sneak with 13 seconds left gave the Packers a
21-17 victory. Again, they went on to win the Super Bowl.
``I can't believe that call, the sneak,'' said Landry, who wore a long, fur-lined coat
and matching fur hunter's cap borrowed from one of the team's minority owners.
``It wasn't a good call. But now, it's a great call.''
Fans lashed out at Landry's inability to win big games, citing his lack of emotion
on the sidelines. They wanted him to be more like Packers coach Vince
Lombardi, whose bombastic style Landry had seen up-close on the Giants,
when Landry was the defensive assistant and Lombardi the offensive assistant.
Landry, who modeled himself after Paul Brown, couldn't be someone he wasn't.
Cleveland knocked Dallas out of the next two playoffs, then the Cowboys lost to
Baltimore in the January 1971 Super Bowl on a field goal by Jim O'Brien in the
final seconds.
Along the way, a Dallas-area writer tagged the Cowboys as ``Next Year's
Champions,'' a chiding reference to Landry's penchant for coming up short of a
title.
But the following year, with Staubach entrenched at quarterback, Dallas returned
to the Super Bowl and beat Miami 24-3. Players hoisted him onto their
shoulders in celebration and, finally, there were some cracks in the stone
facade.
``I still see that image of him being carried off the field,'' Staubach said. ``I think
that was a big deal to him, the best in his life. Seeing that smile on his face
showed how happy he was to finally get over that hump.''
After losing in the Super Bowl following the 1975 season with a team Landry
called his favorite, he reached the top again in 1977, Dorsett's rookie year. The
Cowboys beat Denver 27-10 in the Super Bowl.
Things would never be the same again. Dallas lost to Pittsburgh in the next
Super Bowl, then was beaten in NFC championship games in 1980, '81 and '82.
The '81 game is best remembered for San Francisco's Dwight Clark making
``The Catch.''
A playoff shutout at home in 1985 was followed by a losing season in '86,
Landry's first since 1964. Landry had vowed to remain the coach until things
turned around, but a combination of bad draft picks and poor personnel
decisions sunk the team. Dallas went 3-13 in his final season.
``People will forget me quick,'' Landry said at the time of his firing.
Landry is survived by Alicia Landry, his wife of 50 years; a son, Tom Landry Jr.;
and a daughter, Kitty Phillips. Another daughter, Lisa Childress, died in 1995
after a four-year battle with liver cancer.
Topic 2 of 71 [sports]: Cowboys
Response 69 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Apr 21, 2001 (02:45) * 1 lines
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Response 70 of 72: NittanyLion (MarciaH) * Sun, Apr 29, 2001 (10:16) * 1 lines
It works and the Cowboys are without Troy Aikman. How they gonna do it?
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Response 71 of 72: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 29, 2001 (18:19) * 1 lines
Nah gonna do it. (Dana Carvey impersonation)
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Response 72 of 72: NittanyLion (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 12, 2001 (21:44) * 1 lines
Cowboys and Indians on Monday night football. 0-4 ??!! Who could have imagined?!
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