Fan Fiction
I was going to regale everyone with the reasoning behind my patronage of the Dallas Cowboys. But after some research, I realize that my whole reasoning is based on a lie.
My big brother Ron was the one who picked the Cowboys as his team. But it was always told to me or I remember it as he was first a Vikings fan, but they moved and became the Dallas Cowboys. But I just looked it up(from Wikipedia:
"The city of Dallas, Texas, was granted an NFL franchise on January 28, 1960. Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne were the team owners and they immediately hired Tex Schramm to be the general manager and Tom Landry to be the head coach."
No mention of the Vikings at all! So what's the story? The Vikings were a team in 1961 also as an expansion team.
Huh. So all of this is just poppycock. That's crazy. But anyway, for whatever reason, we Shelkey's, we were Cowboys fans. Not Steeler's fans. And not Redskins' fans. But Cowboys' fans. We suffered through the tough years in the 80's. But with those great fun players like Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Danny White, Tony Dorsett, Jay Novacek, Randy White. These were PLAYERS.
And those Redskins' teams were so easy to hate. John Riggins. Joe Theisman. They were evil! A word on Joe Theisman. Only true Redskins haters know that his real name is pronounced Joe THEEZ-mun. But after he won the Heisman, he started letting people call him THIGHS-mun. What a faker. (Although, that was a frightening game when Lawrence Taylor broke his leg. Do you remember that game? So insane. That hit was monster.)
The Hogs? Ugh. The Smurfs? So lame. We even had some stupid restaurant in Springfield that Mark Moseley owned. And that theme song? Hail to the Redskins? Our music teacher Mrs. Banks made us sing it in music class and it grates me to this day.
But, two people I always liked were Joe Gibbs and Darryl Green. Find me a person who doesn't like Darryl Green. It's like disliking Kirby Puckett. Back when Kirby's character flaws weren't revealed.
All the heartache paid off though, because we then had the dynasty in the 90's. But soon, as my big brother Ron said, the team turned into the Crackwagon. And the team was falling apart. It was almost more fun when they were just awful but had some players you could get behind. I miss those guys.
It's like the Bad News Bears. You kind of miss them when they're awful. Once they start to be able to play, well, part of the charm is lost.
(Sidenote: Upon further research, have found out the Redskins used to play in Fenway Park. How wild is that?)
My big brother Ron was the one who picked the Cowboys as his team. But it was always told to me or I remember it as he was first a Vikings fan, but they moved and became the Dallas Cowboys. But I just looked it up(from Wikipedia:
"The city of Dallas, Texas, was granted an NFL franchise on January 28, 1960. Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne were the team owners and they immediately hired Tex Schramm to be the general manager and Tom Landry to be the head coach."
No mention of the Vikings at all! So what's the story? The Vikings were a team in 1961 also as an expansion team.
Huh. So all of this is just poppycock. That's crazy. But anyway, for whatever reason, we Shelkey's, we were Cowboys fans. Not Steeler's fans. And not Redskins' fans. But Cowboys' fans. We suffered through the tough years in the 80's. But with those great fun players like Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Danny White, Tony Dorsett, Jay Novacek, Randy White. These were PLAYERS.
And those Redskins' teams were so easy to hate. John Riggins. Joe Theisman. They were evil! A word on Joe Theisman. Only true Redskins haters know that his real name is pronounced Joe THEEZ-mun. But after he won the Heisman, he started letting people call him THIGHS-mun. What a faker. (Although, that was a frightening game when Lawrence Taylor broke his leg. Do you remember that game? So insane. That hit was monster.)
The Hogs? Ugh. The Smurfs? So lame. We even had some stupid restaurant in Springfield that Mark Moseley owned. And that theme song? Hail to the Redskins? Our music teacher Mrs. Banks made us sing it in music class and it grates me to this day.
But, two people I always liked were Joe Gibbs and Darryl Green. Find me a person who doesn't like Darryl Green. It's like disliking Kirby Puckett. Back when Kirby's character flaws weren't revealed.
All the heartache paid off though, because we then had the dynasty in the 90's. But soon, as my big brother Ron said, the team turned into the Crackwagon. And the team was falling apart. It was almost more fun when they were just awful but had some players you could get behind. I miss those guys.
It's like the Bad News Bears. You kind of miss them when they're awful. Once they start to be able to play, well, part of the charm is lost.
(Sidenote: Upon further research, have found out the Redskins used to play in Fenway Park. How wild is that?)
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