Posted on 09/08/2014 3:37:26 PM PDT by 11th_VA
ARLINGTON, Texas – The swaths of red, San Francisco 49ers red, spread and leached through the stands at AT&T Stadium. It was all over the end zones. It dominated the third deck and standing room areas. It even scattered through the most expensive club seat sections.
Red here. Red there. Red everywhere.
It didn't just speak to the traveling might and national appeal of the Niners. It wasn't just about the power of a Super Bowl contender that would cruise to a 28-17 victory that was far more lopsided than the score suggests.
It also said plenty about the willingness of Dallas Cowboys fans to unload their tickets, or never bother to buy them, for the opener of a season that seems to carry so little promise.
Fifty-percent red? Sixty-percent red? Whatever it was, the number was big, shockingly big for the first game of the season when seemingly every team has hope and the excitement of a live game and a full tailgate is in full swing.
Jerry Jones said he didn't notice.
"Did you count," he asked of the number of Niners fans in attendance?
He owns the Cowboys and owns the building so he was getting paid no matter what. There were 91,174 here, so it was a good day for business.
He's also the team's general manager, so from his luxury box where he entertains friends and business contacts, he says he's watching like an actual football executive and that requires tunnel vision.
"I just pay attention to the field," he said.
Maybe it affects his hearing because in the first quarter as the Niners kept taking Dallas turnovers and scoring touchdowns, the roars for the visiting team were, you'd think, impossible to ignore – 7-0 just 54 seconds in … 14-3 with 5:54 to go in the first quarter … 21-3 not 90 seconds later … 28-3 just before the half …
"I didn't have my eye on the crowd," Jones said. "I had my eye on those turnovers … I don't have any knowledge or information about red shirts or anything."
What Jones can't seem to see or hear or fathom – that this Cowboys season appears bleak and long and hopeless – his fan base has apparently come to accept.
It isn't unusual for customers to bail on a loser and save money for an autumn, but Dallas hadn't lost a game yet when the fans decided to stay home or go fishing or just not care.
Of course, their lack of faith was rewarded by the dreadful start that saw a fumble returned for a touchdown followed by three Tony Romo interceptions, each seemingly worse than the last, that killed any fleeting hope.
Exactly.
Well now the Oilers are Tennessee’s team.
The Curse of Jerry Jones
Including the blaring loud music with nasty lyrics
True, but I don’t think the NFL is marketing itself to average Americans, or even families, anymore. No offense to anyone here, but I think their ideal demographic is an adolescent male in his mid-30s age group who has a lot of money and no family commitments.
Wrong. The NFL home team always wear the darker color, as it’s more “menacing.” The Cowboys haven’t worn their blue uniforms in ages, and to be honest I don’t even see them wear it on the road.
Owners get their money from their Corporate Suites. The common man means squat to the NFL.
Nah.. the 49ers are simply the new “America’s Team.” Cowboys Stadium is their little “home away from home.” The cheers for the Niners were louder than those for Dallas. It was truly a beautiful sight!
Bud Adams -- the owner of the team -- didn't think Phillips was taking his job seriously. Personally, I think an NFL coach who brings an ice cream truck onto the field in the middle of a hot day in training camp, and who invites his friends to play cards with his players in the locker room during training camp, sounds like a pretty cool dude. LOL.
Who is Josh Brent? Don’t recognize his name.
he drove drunk a couple years back and killed a fellow teammate
It goes back to their heyday in the 70s when they had a losing record in the blue uniforms, division rivals would force them to play in their blue uniforms on the road.
LSU does the same in college football, you rarely see them play in their purple jerseys, they always play with their white jerseys at home.
Cowboy player?
Hi.
I hate three out of 32 teams. I hate them in this order: The Jets, Raiders and Patriots. One day I may hate the Bills.
Someone may be able to guess my team...
5.56mm
Yes. Not a starter though.
JOsh Brent gets 180 days jail, probation
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/10345089/josh-brent-gets-180-days-jail-probation
“”DALLAS — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent avoided prison Friday and instead was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation for a drunken car crash that killed his friend and teammate, Jerry Brown.
Brent was convicted Wednesday of intoxication manslaughter for the December 2012 crash on a suburban Dallas highway that killed Brown, who was a passenger in Brent’s car. Brent could have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. He was also fined $10,000.””
I used to take my kid and my brother to See the Indians when they were in the run for the World series.
It was like $5 parking and $14 tickets, add airfare from Tx and that is still a deal compared to Jerrys gig.
The 49ers twitter feed retweeted some inane article about their not having to face Sam in this game. The response was mostly “Who cares?”. The article made no mention of any of the other Dallas practice squad players that they wouldn’t face.
Watch the Cowboys when they play a game against one of their regular NFC East opponents. The Giants used to force them to wear their dark jerseys all the time. If you look at any photo of Lawrence Taylor sacking a Dallas quarterback in the 1980s at Giants Stadium, I can guarantee you that that LT is wearing an "away" white jersey.
Dallas isn't the only team that prefers their white colors at home. I believe Tampa Bay and Miami play in white at home early in the season because the white jerseys don't absorb heat the way dark ones do. And I know the Washington Redskins have always played in white at home -- probably as a tradition more than anything else.
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