Steelers > Cowboys

This blog may be the most painful thing I have ever had to write in my life. With the 2011 Super Bowl less then two weeks away, and the 2010 NFL season damn near in the books, I have had to accept a cold hard fact as a Cowboys' fan. That fact is that The Pittsburgh Steelers are a better franchise then the Dallas Cowboys, right here and now. There is only one man to blame for this. Jerry this is all your fault! I’ll have more on the Jerry later.
Before the Texas Lynch Mob shows up at my doorstep with pitchforks and torches, please allow me to explain. As a die hard Cowboys fan, I had been taught at an early age, that the Cowboys are the best franchise in all of sports. Sorry Yankees' fans but it’s true, or at least it used to be true. The Cowboys are football. The Cowboys are America’s team. The Cowboys are a shell of their former selves and pathetic.
Growing up in Dallas, it was easy to see why the Cowboys were Football Gods. I got to watch Tom Landry have his last few good years, but then unfortunately, I had to watch a couple of bad ones. I was at just the right impressionable young age when the 90’s Cowboys made their Super Bowl runs. I got to watch Jimmy assemble the greatest football team ever, only to then suffer and watch that team crumble at the hands of a power hungry egotistical dick-tator (Yes I misspelled that on purpose)!
As The Steelers enter their third Super Bowl in six years, it is obvious they are the kings of the football world these days. Sorry Colts and Pats but your day is done. The Steelers are now what the Patriots were in early 2000s,what the Cowboys were in the 90’s,what the 49ers were in the 80s, and what the Steelers were in the 70’s. Wait...was one team on that list twice?
In the 70’s the Steelers were the franchise. They captured four of their six rings in that decade. Yeah that’s right, six rings! The Cowboys have five so that's a point for the Steelers. Even in their two head-to-head Super Bowl match ups in the 70’s, the Steelers were 2-0 vs The Cowboys. Look at the Scoreboard and you'll see it says 2-0 Steelers. Even though the Cowboys got a little redemption in the 90’s with their SB XXX win over Pitt, the overall Super Bowl record is at 2-1 Steelers.
Then there was the ring argument. For ten years the Cowboys could say they had more rings than any other franchise in the National Football League. The Boys had five while the Steelers and 49ers had four. Of course the Cowboys had the most! They were...well the Dallas Cowboys! From 1996-2006 the Cowboys had the rings, but in 2006 the Steelers tied them at five. Then in 2009 the Steelers got their unprecedented sixth! Scoreboard Steelers.

The one last argument a Cowboys fan had was that at least the Cowboys have been to more Super Bowls than any other franchise. Well as of 2011, not anymore. The Steelers come to Dallas' home turf to play in their eighth Super Bowl, and tie the Cowboys. It is a very sad day in Cowboy land.

With all the facts on the table it is easy to see the Steelers are the better franchise. Well at least the Cowboys Quarterback isn’t a serial rapist. Point Cowboys. Seriously Metroplex ladies load up on the mace. Big Ben is coming to town!

Breaking News Flash: Dallas also has hotter Women then Pittsburgh! Point Dallas;)Now back to the football blog.

Jerry Jones has single-handedly taken the Greatest NFL Franchise and ruined them. The Steelers have had three coaches in forty years; meanwhile the Cowboys have had three coaches in the last five years. The Steelers are setting an example for the rest of the NFL to follow. If something goes wrong the Steelers don’t fire everybody and start over, they talk to the folks they have in place and fix it. In 1998 Bill Cowher’s Pittsburgh team was 7-9 and in 1999 they were 6-10. Do you think a Dallas Cowboys coach would have gotten another season? Hell No!

Don't get me wrong, I still hate the Steelers, but this Cowboys fan has accepted reality. The reality being that the Pittsburgh Steelers are the greatest franchise in the NFL.

I hate them All!

After last week's NFL Action we are left with the Jets, Steelers, Packers, and Bears to watch this weekend. BOOOOO!!! I have to say I hate them all! There is nothing I like about any of these teams! If both games could end in 0-0 tie, I would be the happiest football fan in the Milky Way galaxy.

Now I have a good reason for hating all these teams. I'm not just hating to be a hater. After reading this blog I think you will find my feelings towards each of these 4 NFL franchises are just and founded. Where shall I start?


I know, let's start with the Bears of Chicago. My hatred of them started way back in the decade known as the 80's. As a kid, I remember how cocky and brash that '85 team was, lead by the not so great Jim McMahon. I also remember them beating Tom Landry 97-0 or some such, and then they had the nerve to talk trash about it. Not to mention Buddy Ryan was their DC!

That alone should be enough of a justified reason for my hatred towards the Bears but wait, like a late night infomercial, there is more. Let me tell you about the Jay Cutler incident. I'll take you back to the Year of our Lord in 2008. What a great year it was! Larry Stanley's Lone Star fantasy team of the RT Sports World was poised to win back to back championships. The keepers I had returning that year were mind blowing! I'm talking about AP, Steven Jackson, and Frank Gore. I just needed a Quarter man to lead us to the promise land once again; to take home the first place cash prize. My pick was a young Jay Cutler. He had a rocket arm, and from everything I read, he was ready to take his place among the NFL elite. Yet he did not! He stunk it up so bad he made me trade for Big Ben in week 6.


Big Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers, boy my hatred for you goes back a ways. Big Ben you are a D-Bag...enough said. As a Young Sports Daddy, I had this VHS tape with Super Bowls 1 through 25 on it. I remember cringing every time the two Dallas/Pittsburgh Super Bowls would come up, and I have never really gotten over that. Even though I wasn't born yet, watching that tape fueled my hatred. Many times while watching that tape, I would wish for a time traveling Delorean. I wanted to go back in time and show coach Landry that tape! Steelers and Big Ben...I hate you!


Now on to The New York Football Jets; here is another team I hate. For the Jets, my hatred started in 2008 when they inked Bret, and The Hard Knocks on HBO this season didn't help either. Not to mention I hate that whole New York attitude. Let put this in a way that a New Yorker would understand. Hey Yous Guys I hate the F'N Jets! They can suck on my big fat greasy meatballs! Forget about it.


Packers and Packers fans I'm going to let you in on a little secret...everyone who is not a Packers fan hates you. True Story! You also released old Bret Favre onto the world which you will never be forgiven for. Packers I hate you.


With all this hate going around, you might be asking yourself will I watch the games this weekend? The answer is of course. Much like the 2011 Cotton Bowl where I hated both the teams, I will just hope for a good game. If you see me out cheering for one of the above teams, you'll know who i bet on! ;)

Playoffs? Are you Talking About Playoffs?

Less then two days after Auburn was crowned College Football’s National Champion the playoff debate started. Then I read a long absurd facebook post from Mark Cuban yesterday about his way to fix College football and create a playoff system. I will spare you all the wild ass details. Let’s just say in typical Cuban fashion it was really tricked up and very unrealistic.


On the Sports Daddy Podcast heard on Bigbadsportsdaddy.com I present a way for NCAA to fix College football now without changing it all that much. The Larry Stanley System is real simple and most of all realistic. Are you ready for me to rock your sports brain? Have each conference create their own playoff system. OMG Larry Stanley you are a freaking genius! It’s no wonder you earned a nickname like Professor L-Train!

How simple is that? For instance this year in the Big 12 Nebraska and OU played for the Championship. However Texas A&M beat both those teams yet they didn’t get a chance to win the conference or to play for the title. So why not add OSU in the mix and have a 4 team single elimination round robin for the Big 12 Championship. Round 1 could look like this

1. OU vs 4. OSU
2. Nebraska vs 3. Texas A&M

Then the two winners play for the Big 12 Championship. Would there be any debate who is the best team in the Big 12 it is all said and done? Hell No!


You would need to get all the auto qualifiers on board which shouldn’t be a problem if you tell them they will make more cash money doing it this way, Imagine a playoff like tournament in the SEC,Pac 10,Big 10,Big 12, ACC, and the Big East. The greatest thing is there is already a blue print to go by. I’m going let you in on a little secret. It already works in College Basketball .

This scenario would keep the current BCS system in place. You know that system the NCAA seems to love so much but everyone else hates. It would also generate more revenue by adding another game to each conference. The Bowl System would stay exactly like it is. So why not do it? It makes way to much sense that’s why!

I know some of you are going to say what about the non automatic qualifiers? Well this is where it gets a little tricky. They could either create a conference playoff or join up and make a cross conference playoff. Let’s say Conference USA and the Mountain West want to combine forces to try to create a stronger contender they could take the top two or three teams from each conference and put them in a round robin. Look at that problem solve.


Another rebuttal against the Larry Stanley College Football solution maybe it adds a extra week to the season. Well fix that too eliminate a non conference week. OMG again I’m showing my genius..

I would like to see the NCAA show some balls and step and govern teams non conference schedule. I think you should be required to play one or two similar rank teams. You can base this on the final BCS standings of the year before. For instance Wisconsin you do get to play South East Canada State in week 3, you have to play Texas A&M. Hey Ohio State you don’t get to play Lake Erie University in week 4. No.No.No…..Buckeyes have you meet the TCU Horned Frogs? Here they are play them,.


This would require the NCAA to get off their asses an actually do something but for the most part it’s wishful reasonable thinking. What the hell do I know? I’m just one college football fan with not so radical ideas. ]




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