About 12 noon I noticed the tenor of the crowd began to change. It was then I decided to drive to Grand Prairie and take in the motorcycle parade from a distance. In trying to imagine what thousands of motorcycles look like converging in Grand Prairie from Ft. Worth and Dallas. Oh wow! A roar of engines and horns for over 25 minutes. Try standing in front of that for a moment. What a rush!
That game at 3:15 on Christmas Eve is anything but a guarantee for the Cowboys. Especially if Michael Vick is healthy. Having been at Texas Stadium on Christmas Day 2006 and again 12/16th 2007 when it was Tony and Jessica I recall how tough things got for the Cowboys to close out on Philadelphia.
In retrospect did it really matter? What if for that one moment of connectivity, being able to take pain and sadness away from a person was a nice feeling, a good moment, even a welcome change of pace in the daily grind of life? Well worth it, I would later come to discover. Santa means and symbolizes so many things to so many people. It wasn't my place to ask why. Only to understand and respect the dynamic of the moment...
What will probably happen is the following: Sam Hurd will face all kinds of charges and ample jail time...until he decides to start naming names as to who was wanting demand of his supply. Locally many fans and people are wondering how many current Cowboys might get mentioned or implicated. Some nervous people now hold their breath as to what will come of this arrest.
On a day when the Houston Texans celebrate their first playoff appearance in their history (Anyone miss Wade Phillips now?) Rob Ryan's defense got torched for over 500 yards! A 12 point lead with 5:41 left in a game with playoff implications vanished as Eli Manning, Ahmad Bradshaw, and Hakeem Nicks gave fits to the secondary. For a game of such importance there quite a few mea culpas on the defensive side of the ball. That Pierre-Paul gent for the G-men I had not seen nor heard of prior to last night. His last second block of a field goal as the game ended was exciting.
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 8:21AM