Detroit 39 Dallas 31 December 31, 2006
Posted by lightourworld in Dallas Sucks, Football.add a comment
Is this season over yet? It is amazing to me that my team actually made it to the play offs with the type of pathetic performances they have shown me in the last three games. I actually paid 2 bucks to get in to watch the game at a local sports bar. I want my 2 dollars back. LOL…
There are several reasons why Dallas lost this game. The first reason was five turnovers by Dallas. How many turnovers? Lets count them. FIVE…. I think that Detroit capitalized on three of those turnovers by either scoring a touch down or a field goal. You can not win a football game by constantly giving it over to the opponent and then not playing defense.
The second reason Dallas lost is because their secondary keeps playing off of the opponents receivers by five yards or more. I saw three touch downs by Detroit where a Dallas defender was not any closer than 3 yards or more. You can not make a play on a ball being thrown to a receiver unless you are close enough to go after the ball.
The third reason Dallas lost is because they have a rookie quarterback in Tony Romo who is inexperienced and is trying to force plays that are not there. How many times did Tony Romo drop the ball today? I lost count and sadly enough he turned the ball over to the opponent several times when he did that. You can not fumble the ball , throw interceptions and run down the field holding the ball like it is a loaf of bread and hope to win the game. If you are going to run the ball tuck it in and hang on to it. It is ok to get sacked vs throwing an interception or having it knocked out of your hands.
The fourth reason Dallas lost the game is because Dallas defensive coordinators refuse to adapt their defense in order to stop their opponent. They are going to play the 4 (3) defense even if it means that they are going to lose the game anyway. If you are not willing to realize that there are teams out there that study game day films and figure out to overcome your defense then you will never get to the point where you are able to make some changes.
The fifth reason Dallas lost the game is because their heart was not in it. The score was 13 to ZERO in the first quarter. Dallas could not get one single first down. They were at a dead stand still. In the second quarter when Marion Barber ran in for a one yard touchdown is the first time we saw signs of life from Dallas. Marion Barber kicked and clawed his way into the endzone on an offensive play that showed some heart. In the third quarter Dallas came out of the locker room and ran a play action pass that had the full back throwing the ball back to Tony Romo as he completed a pass to Terry Glenn for about 35 yards or more. Dallas drove down to the red zone and then Tony coughs up the ball again. So much for momentum boys.
Dallas was beaten by a team that had a 2 win and 13 loss record… Say do what ? Dallas got their behinds kicked AGAIN in their own stadium. This is starting to get old cowgirls….. I think that if you had put your second string in that you might have had a better chance to win. I hope that Dallas puts Drew Bledsoe back in as quarterback against the Seattle Seahawks. Drew Bledsoe is a veteran quarterback and at least we will not have to worry about him dropping the ball every other down or trying to force a play that is not there. I also think that Dallas needs to come out playing aggressive offensive football. This next game will be there last if they lose again. So, this is for all the marbles kids. Time to quit being timid and giving the ball to Julius Jones for the umpteenth time so we can watch him get stopped at the line of scrimmage or the paltry 2 yards per play he might get.
All in all Dallas Cowboys are in the play offs and have one last chance to show the world that they are world champion material and deserve to be there. The good thing about all of this is that Dallas will not be playing at home. For some reason Dallas just absolutely sucks when they play at home. Maybe , just maybe Dallas can pull off another win and stay in the playoffs.
James Moffitt
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http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
New Look and New Feel for Blogger Blog December 21, 2006
Posted by lightourworld in blogger, Christmas, Football.1 comment so far
I can see that Blogger has been very busy in 2006. I have been using the blogger interface online now for several years and have not experienced the slightest problem with regards to posting to the blog or other people finding it. Several months ago I started a new blog for my Chief Propellerhead network and I chose to use the BETA version of Blogger. I liked what I saw then and I love what I see now. Big Kudos to Blogger for improving the look and functionality of Blogger. I feel like they gave us bloggers a Christmas present just in time.
One of the things that you will notice on the right side of my blog is my links section. I have put our church website, Low country Today and other sites of interest. Feel free to view them at your leisure. Gosh, I just remembered that I left out the Dallas Cowboys Website link. I would be remiss in leaving that out I suppose since I am such a HUGE Dallas Cowboys FAN.
I am happy to say that I am off until next Wednesday. That means six days of NO work. Whoopee. If I wanted to be I could be off from work until the 2Nd of January. I decided that my budget could not afford my being off that long without pay and managed to find something to do for Wed , Thursday and Friday of next week. That will equate to my paycheck not taking as much of a hit as it would have. I am still working as a temp at the college and until I become full time or find full time employment elsewhere when I don’t work I don’t get paid. So, if you are off for the holidays AND you are getting paid for it be so very thankful, not all of us are that fortunate.
It is five days until Christmas morning. I can not believe how fast 2006 flew past us. Where in the world did all of that time go? The year of 2006 has been pretty good to our family. Katy and I managed to stay gainfully employed this year and that has helped the budget tremendously. We are still suffering from some financial setbacks thanks to the 2001 – 2005 drought but hopefully in 2007 we will be able to see more daylight at the end of the debt tunnel.
We do not have any major plans for the holidays. We had wanted to go back to Texas to the Houston/Seguin area of the state to see family but we decided that we would be better off to just save what little funds we have and stay put this holiday season. We are talking about four days of driving just to get to Texas and back. That does not include all the driving we would be doing in the great state of Texas.
From our house to yours may you experience a blessed Christmas holiday and a prosperous New Year in 2007.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
