I hate the Dallas Cowboys.

[Erin Elizabeth]

I mean, really hate them. What's the problem? I was born in Dallas and I live in Dallas. So to say that aloud is to risk mass outrage.

So why do I hate them? O let me count the ways:

1. They're constantly shoved down your throat around here. Total strangers in line at the store will ask you with a maniacal grin on their face if you "SAW THE BOYS LAST NIGHT? DIDJA SEE 'EM??? MAN IT WAS GOOD!! YOU DIDN'T SEE THE GAME?????????? REALLY???????" Yeah, like you're a freak because you didn't watch it. Which is why I love it when they lose: people shut the fuck up about them.

2. This isn't their fault, but my stepfather was obsessed with them when I was growing up. And if they lost, we were beaten. (He drank, too.) For their field-goal loss in the Superbowl playoffs to the Redskins in 1979, I got my left arm broken and my mother got a black eye. I hate any GAME that people take so seriously they let it rule their life, booze or not.

3. The vulgar obscene monstrosity of a stadium they are building in Arlington. I'm just glad I don't live in that God-forsaken city because thanks to a slim majority of taxpayers, they are PAYING for that stupid thing. It's huge, it's ugly, and it's a mess.

4. This is probably related to #1, but did you know you can get your entire car, or more likely SUV, detailed in Cowboys blue and silver, even down to a custom paint job? You wouldn't think many people would be THAT insane, but you'd be wrong. Did you know perfectly normal looking women are insane about the Cowboys? And that it's social suicide to admit you don't like them? Just imagine if I said I HATED them.

5. Cowboys shit everywhere--shirts, caps, bumper stickers, sweatpants, sweatshirts, flags, foam fingers, MAILBOX EMBLEMS, DOG SWEATERS, TODDLER GIRL'S BATHING SUITS.

I always pray for them to lose. I send them bad losing juju every time they play. I caused them to lose in the Superbowl playoffs last year. I celebrated when the Giants won.

I can only admit it here.

[mykpart]

1. Lots of Dallasites hate the Cowboys.

Just you experience with your stepfather justifies your attitude. I think the reason Cowboys fans are loyal is that the team has been loyal to Dallas. They started out in Dallas and will probably never move to another city. Lots of teams in the NFL can't make that claim.

[Giant Robot]

2. I can't say I hate them

And I can certainly see you have a lot more personal reasons than I do for any team to hate the Cowboys.

But I do want to see them lose. Badly. All the time. Especially to the Eagles. Is that so wrong?

[Erin Elizabeth]

3. Not wrong at all. Let's get our LOSE COWBOYS! bad juju together

to make it more powerful!

I want them to lose to the Redskins, really badly. Anytime they play them. Because that pisses off Cowboys fans more than normal losses.

[ElboRuum]

4. My issue with the Dallas Cowboys...

This "America's Team" shit... (Who says? Some media sportscaster commentator asshat back in the '80s?)

They're like the Yankees, they try to buy Super Bowl rings by hiring up the most expensive "talent", with predictably fail results. The goof-du-jour? Terrell "Waahhh, somebody throw me the ball, or I'll get on TV and make a stink" Owens. As an Eagles fan, I was glad to see him go. When the Cowboys picked him up I said, "I wonder how long it's going to take for him to start whining about how he's carrying the team and he should get the ball every other play?" 2 seasons. I'm surprised it took so long.

[TieDyedDad]

5. Ill add my hatred..

Cowboys Suck.... GO GIANTS!

[driver8]

59. I agree with you -- I hate the Yankees, too!

Terrell is a crybaby -- I can't stand that guy.

My favorite NFL teams are the Buffalo Bills and any team playing the Cowboys.

[nytemare]

6. There is only one solution to your dilemma

become a Redskins fan, and just deal with the dilemma of heart troubles due to their suckitude at times when suckitude is truly unwarranted.

:D

On a serious note, I am truly sorry about what happened to you when the Cowboys lost. No child should have to go through that.

[Giant Robot]

8. Or, and just hear me out on this,

you both could become Eagles fans. At least they are consistantly average and get your hopes up that they may make something of themselves every year. And Cowboys fans like the Eagles just slightly more than they like the Redskins. Another bonus.

Just sayin.

[nytemare]

13. I am a loyal fan.

The only time I can root for the Eagles is when they play the Cowboys.

:D

[Giant Robot]

22. Come on give in

Join us! The Eagles will finish your education and together we will rule the galaxy!

[nytemare]

38. Eagles fans threw snowballs at Santa and broke Chief Zee's leg

I am a Redskins fan. Like my father before me.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Those are pretty much the reasons most of the planet hates 'em

Except for the stepfather part. :hug:



I don't recall voting for "America's team." Fuck 'em.

[Va Lefty]

9. Try growing up in Northern Va in the early 80's

Then see who you hate

[Erin Elizabeth]

11. I give up.

Who? I'm totally clueless here. Oh wait, the Redskins?

[TK421]

10. In Philly we are taught to hate the Cowboys at a very early age

just...punch anything that resembles a blue star with a silver background, pretty much. The hatred for Dallas really DOES go that far here...they are mortal enemies.
I'm really not into sports all that much, and personally think the Eagles are not going anywhere this season, but still whenever the Cowboys lose we celebrate.

[Erin Elizabeth]

12. I'd fit in so well there!

I even love your cheesesteakie thingies.

[TK421]

14. Where have you had them? We are raised on them here

hey..if you ever find yourself in the area message me....we will gorge ourselves on them! :toast:

[TK421]

17. Oohhhh....no,no,no..if you ever call them "cheesesteakie thingies"

you will be drawn and quartered...even with young children watching....clapping.

You order them "wit" or "wit-out" any particular topping or choice of cheese

[mykpart]

31. I thank God every day

that I don't live in a town whose citizens call it "Philly" and that I don't have to root for the Eagles! Really, I would be ashamed to admit it if I lived in "Philly" and was an Eagles fan! I will pray for you.

[TK421]

50. I thank God every day that I don't believe in prayer as much as you, quite obviously do

just as much as I thank God every day...whoops! How about that, it's all in the subject line!

[hobbit709]

15. Nothing makes me happier than when they lose.

I consider it a GOOD Cowboy game when they lose.
A WONDERFUL Cowboy game when they lose by more than 10 points
And a GREAT Cowboy game when they get stomped big time.
I still have the 1985 game with the Bears on tape. Bears 44-Clownboys 0

[Erin Elizabeth]

16. Is it ok if I love you?

[TK421]

20. TWO people from Texas against the Cowpies? This is kind of weird

then again, I think the Eagles suck this year but anyway...have YOU ever had a cheesesteak?

[crimsonblue]

18. you should become an Eagles fan.

Get your car decked out in custom Eagles paint.

[Erin Elizabeth]

25. Yes, if I would like it to be destroyed.

:rofl:

[Shakespeare]

19. I'm a Dallas native living far away (CA), and I miss my Cowboys.

And you make me sad. :cry:






Oh, okay....just a little sad. ;-)

[redqueen]

21. You do know all that stuff is true for other big teams too, right?

Lots of people in Dallas hate the Boys and say so all the time, around sports fans, to rile them... good naturedly.

Taking this shit too seriously is the problem. That goes for both ends of the spectrum.

[Erin Elizabeth]

26. Oh I said my hatred is irrational.

And it is.

[TieDyedDad]

28. Hey RQ

are you the Arsenal fan?

[redqueen]

29. Er... yeah?

That is a very odd question.


And if you're going to ask, yes I hate Utd as much as most here hate the Boys. :)

[TieDyedDad]

30. LOL

I was poking around the football/soccer thread. Im a Villan....I hate Brum City and Utd 2...

[redqueen]

32. Aha...

I like Villa. MON is a great manager. I really like him. You must have LOVED last week's dramatic ending. :)

Some are speculating that they have a chance to break into the top four this year. What do you think?

[TieDyedDad]

33. Ashley Young

is really turning it on. Bolton makes me nervous, cause we always play down to the level of the opponent, then we have West Ham away, the you at home...I want two out of three...I think we can finish in the top four, if we dont have another late season swoon. When do you get yr injured guys back?

[redqueen]

36. Cesc, Van Persie, Adebayor and Clichy are good

the others are still out.

Agbonlahor is my favorite player there.

[TieDyedDad]

39. I like Robin

on yr squad. Freidel is my guy, not so much because he's an american, but a Keeper. Who's your national team?

[redqueen]

40. Dude c'mon...

US.

But if you mean out of all the others, Spain.

[TieDyedDad]

41. I didnt know

if you were an american or an expat.. US then england..

[redqueen]

42. Native Dallasite.

Where are you from?

BTW - nice to meet you. Welcome to DU. :hi:

[TieDyedDad]

43. Jesus another one LOL

Native New Yorker here. Thanks, Nice to meet you too. I live in the Bronx. If you ever get to New York, you have to go to nevada smith's to watch the matches..

http://www.nevadasmiths.net/

[Erin Elizabeth]

44. NO! SLEEP! TILL--

Whoops, that's Brooklyn. Sorry. I'm always getting those boroughs mixed up.

[TieDyedDad]

46. My dad was from Brooklyn

we are known as the "Boogie Down"

[redqueen]

47. Hehehehe...

well you can get ready to start gloating soon cause this is the time of year when Romo chokes.

[TieDyedDad]

48. Im thinking of buying him and jess

round trip tix to cabo..

[HERVEPA]

23. My hatred of them goes back to Tom Landry,

the sanctimonious SOB, and Roger Staubach., and as an Eagle fan, of course the hatred continues to this day.
Only one Cowboy I liked. Bob Hayes.

[MilesColtrane]

57. Bradshaw isn't exactly a Cowboys booster, yet even he thought Eagles fans were shitheels when they..

...moronic thugs back in '89.

[gemdem]

24. It's getting to be that bad in Indianapolis with the Colts

Everybody and his brother, mother, aunts, uncles, kith and kin from near and far is in Colts blue around here since they won the Super Bowl the other year. It wasn't like this 10 years ago. The barely paid the team any attention. Now you'd think Peyton Manning is the second coming. (I think some of the Fundies in town do think he's Christ Incarnate. Others think he's Gomer Pyle with a big paycheck.)

It's bad enough that my Browns suck, but at least when I lived in Ohio the damned Bengals fans could only be obnoxious about their team having been to a Super Bowl. I could still fall back on the NFL championships the Browns had when I was little. Plus, these days the Bengals suck almost as bad as the Lions so I don't hear much from the Cincy fans which is fine by me.

But the Colts fans? Irritating right now, but they're working on obnoxious. (Here's hoping the Browns are good again sometime soon. Yeah, right.)

[madinmaryland]

27. You really need to get a life kiddoe (or shall I say LOSER!)

[Erin Elizabeth]

37. You live in Maryland?

And to everyone else....you see what I have to put up with, right?

[madinmaryland]

64. Yes I do. Since you went on a wild rant in your OP, I had to rub it in a little.

If you live in the Dallas area, wtf do you expect. It's all Deadskins here. When I lived in CT it was all Giants and Skankees.

Get over yourself.

[TK421]

45. How about that? Well...this monitor was going to be replaced soon anyway

and no blood from the broken glass, so hey....no harm!

[TK421]

51. Can Maryland please add itself to the secession list...please?

Oh, you can DEFINITELY have Florida....and most of the southern states as well ( except for Virginia and North Carolina ).

No....I don't care if Florida went blue this year

[Tommy_Carcetti]

68. Maryland and Florida shall secede together as one country.....

....and call itself Awesomeland.

The rest of the former United States shall be renamed Loserland.

[TK421]

73. Not Maryland...but Florida can float off into the Atlantic for all I care

what a fucked-up state that is!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

76. If your definition of "fucked up" means....

....totally awesome state which is better than all the other 49 states combined--wait, strike that, Hawaii seems pretty cool--48 states combined, I agree!

[yellowdogintexas]

34. I don't like football at all, and pretty much ignore the Cowboys. nt

[Schema Thing]

35. I'm a Dallas native

and I have no interest in the Cowboys. But then again, I have no interest in any football team really. I seem to have had the "team fan" gene turned off at birth. I can be a fan of individual athletes, if they are exceptional people both on and off field.

I'll never understand how anyone can be a fan of a sports team simply because of the town or the name.


Several years ago, 7 of my associates (all male, myself included) were sitting around a table at lunch a few days before the super-bowl. We realized that none of us knew what two teams would be in the SuperBowl. Must be something about photography and film people.

[TK421]

49. heh...yeah

:thumbsup: I hear you loud and clear

[BlueJazz]

52. You know...if It's Raining hard...I just lost my Job....I'm Broke.....

..My car was smashed....my house burned down...all my musical Instruments were stolen and I was about to have a Heart attack, I would STILL be on "Clouds of Joy" if on that day ...the Cowboys Lost. :)

[Ishoutandscream2]

56. How incredibly sad

[alarimer]

53. I hate the Cowboys too but my boyfriend is a big fan.

Although he doesn't get too upset when they lose. I have to hide my hatred and watch these games with him.

To be fair, though, he watches the Vikings with me when (more like IF) they are on here. The funny thing will be those teams meet. I am not sure what will happen then.

[Ishoutandscream2]

54. Get help! Jesus Christ, you are in Dallas

What do you expect? What if you lived in Green Bay? You won't find a more obsessed fan. That's the only team in town, and they rightfully love them. Would you feel the same way?

You're right - every Dallasite needs to not be a fan of the Cowboys. We'll work on that.

And by the way, we have to be very accepting of fans from other regions. They move down here by the busload. 6 years ago, I had a Packer fan across the street from me, a Bears fan caddie corner, and next door an Arkansas Razorback fan. Three homes occupied by people from 3 different states. We're used to that in the Dallas area. The Packer fan flew his flag on gameday. Do you think I could fly a Cowboy flag on gameday in the New York area without getting crap for it? Doubt it.

[TK421]

55. Without getting crap for it? Shit, you're likely to get stabbed for it in New York

at least, you would in Philly ( ooohhhh...that word again )

[redqueen]

66. Precisely correct... Dallas fans aren't nearly as rabid as many other teams' fans.

But... our team is better, so we get more hate.

[Skittles]

72. aw heck, that's nothing

I'm an Illinois native, a Bears fan....my brother Terry, 11 months younger than me, is a Wisconsin native and a cheesehead - my brother Glenn was 10 months older than me, a native of England who adopted my dad's home team, the Vikings

[bluesbassman]

58. You forgot #6 - Terrell Owens

No, wait... He hates the Cowboys now too. SURPRISE!! Never saw that coming!:rofl:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner;_ylt=AtpXv1MGppp3k82HP_NjGz5DubYF

[RFKHumphreyObama]

60. No, actually, if I'd grown up with #2 I'd hate them too

I'd hardly say that was irrational

[Robeson]

61. Me too!

[old mark]

62. I'm an Eagles fan. Back in the Jawarski days, it was considered

a passable year if the Eagles beat Dallas in Philly, no matter what the rest of the year looked like.

This year the game will be on Dec.28th.

Might be the meanest game of the year.

mark}(

[BlueCollar]

63. I feel for you but I find it helps to remind Cowboys fans

at every opportunity of:









wait for it...










wait for it....









wait for it....












:rofl:
:rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[lost-in-nj]

65. GO GIANTS!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:


:hi:



lost

[SoxFan]

67. 40 year old bandwagon fans

The Cowboys, like the Steelers, have a huge number of guys in their late thirties to mid forties as fans. These knobs jumped on with the Cowboys because they were the hot team circa 1978. For years I heard them snark about the Patriots. They've been strangely quiet for the last seven years, though.

[deucemagnet]

69. Wow. My thoughts exactly.

I was just about to post that the main reason I hate the Cowboys is because of all the weenies who jumped on the bandwagon when I was a kid (I'm 43). I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that. :)

[JVS]

74. With the Steelers that isn't a bandwagon, it's a local civic religion undergoing diaspora

The reason there are steeler fans everywhere in the country is that 24 years ago when the mills started closing, young people left because the jobs were elsewhere. For many of them the football games on TV are one of the few frequent connections to home.

[KamaAina]

70. I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!

I, too, hate the Dallas Cowpies. This is a matter of public record. Thing is, I've never, ever, not ever lived in Dallas, nor shall I. The closest approach I have yet made is New Orleans.

It is well known that there are R*dsk*ns haters in and around DC, but this? All I can say is: :yourock: !!

[Skittles]

71. I am with you there

I find them pompous, arrogant assholes and their purty pastel uniforms suck

[keroro gunsou]

75. reason #6

that fucking asshat jerry jones.

[littlebit]

77. You live in Dallas what did you expect?

It's kind of like me bitching because everyone around me is a Panthers fan. Of course I wouldn't bitch about that because I happen to like the Panthers. Even when they were a shitty team.

[Lindsey]

78. How sad about your father reacting so horribly because of

football. I've heard that there's more domestic violence on the Super Bowl than any other day.