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Tony, Candice, and Hawkins Romo
April 9, 2012
5:30pm
19 3/4″
8 lbs. 8 oz.
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Subject: To All You Romo Bashers, To All the Non-Believers
Rome,
I have to give you a pass for joining in the Tony Romo feeding frenzy since it is part of your job. I cannot, however, give a pass to my fellow Cowboys fans. Yeah, Cowboy fan, I see pieces of Tony Romo’s flesh stuck in your teeth… Cowboy fan with the #9 jersey, Cowboy fan who was whooping it up in the sports bar for the last 5 years, Cowboy fan who opted to attend baby showers on pre-Parcells, pre-Romo Sundays because the team wasn’t doing that well, because “they’re gonna lose today anyway.” Yeah, you! I tell you what… when the tide turns again (and it will), there will not be an open spot on my couch for you.
Hey, I’m loyal to a fault. I admit it. I was a Quincy Carter fan! I was a Vinny Testaverde fan — errr — Vinny Intercept-averde fan!! I was a Drew Bledsoe fan! I was furious when Parcells benched Bledsoe in the middle of that MNF game against the Giants and sent in this little punk kid named Tony freaking Romo. Didn’t take long for Romo to win me over. Michael Irvin is right – Romo IS our best chance! You’re not helping him, “Cowboy fan”… you’re hurting him and, in my book, you’re blocked.
Now, I’m done.
Trish in the 505
TRUE BELIEVER
BIG FAN – My Movie Review
Some people would have you believe that this is a sad movie about a sad, lonely man living a sad, lonely life with an unhealthy obsession with his favorite sports team. WRONG. This movie is real and funny and even heart-warming, especially if you know someone like Paul Aufiero. I do. I’ve known several. Dare I say, I see glimmers of MYSELF in Paul Aufiero! True sports junkies. None of us would categorize ourselves as “saaaad” or “loooonnnnely”. Please. We have full schedules and share a special connection with our fellow fans. They’re our friends, family, the guy you share a table with at a crowded sports bar or the couple whose season tickets are right next to yours. Sad? Only when your team loses! Lonely? Not at all.
Paul may not have much going on in his life. He lives with his mom, he has no girlfriend, he works as a parking garage attendant, but he’s not complaining. He’s got the G-Men! He’s got Sports Dog. He’s a local radio celebrity. He immerses himself in a world known only to the sports junkie. He’s just the guy at the far end of the fan spectrum and I love him for it.
While Paul is doing his best to make lemonade out of his life, enter our villain – that certain somebody who ruins it for everybody – and that would be Quantrell Bishop! We all know a Quantrell Bishop. Pick a player – any player, any athlete, NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA – with any brand of scandalous, even criminal behavior. THAT guy! We used to love him and now we hate him. We struggle to redefine our fan identity when confronted with a sickening reality. Quantrell Bishop and Paul Afiero capture our love-hate relationship with celebrity athletes and how they continuously manage to spoil the party and test our allegiance. Big Fan depicts a timely, honest and plausible layer of fan loyalty. Thought-provoking and entertaining.
The final scenes were tense, a bit upsetting for me … Stop. No spoilers! Check out the DVD extras. The Q & A with Patton and Robert Seigel, the writer/director, is pretty cool. Surprising to me, Patton Oswald is NOT a football fan – he’s not a sports fan at all! He’s comic book geek (another form of fan obsession) and that’s what he tapped into to play the role of Paul from Staten Island.
http://www.bigfanmovie.com/
I’m going.
My Game of the Week:
Falcons 21
Cowboys 37
Reason: For NOT embarrassing themselves. I better double check this, but I do believe that Flozell Adams went an entire game without one penalty!! Shocking. I had no hope going in. I sat down to watch out of obligation, right? Miles Austin proved he deserved his promotion to starting WR (2 TDs) and Patrick Crayton proved that he didn’t deserve his demotion from starting WR (2 TDs). Innnnn-ter-esting. Very interesting. Tony had a really impressive dodge-and-weave play at the goal line that resulted in a TD. Oooo, I should post that!
So, what else happened this week? Oooh yeah. 
The Vikings lost to the stupid Steelers with seconds left. Damn. That was a heartbreaker. Such a great game though. I would’ve made it My Game of the Week if the Packers (HOLY SH*T – do you see what I just typed?? I wrote “the Packers” instead of the “the Vikings”… old habits… ). It would’ve been my Game of the Week if the VIKINGS had pulled off the win. And by the way, that was NOT an INT that Favre threw at the end to lose the game. NO. It was tipped by his own receiver. Dude couldn’t pull it in. Well, maybe it’s best to get the first loss overwith and move on.
Was that the most BORING Monday Night game ever?? Eagles-Redskins. Ugh. Redskins suck, but I will make this prediction: The Redskins WILL BEAT the Dallas Cowboys. Yup. That’s usually how it works. The crappier of the two will always manage to muster up the performance, rally the troops and humiliate the other. You wait and see.
7 out of the 13 games played were lop-sided victories!
Honorable mentions:
Cardinals beat the Giants!! Good game, great finish.
Were you aware that the Bengals are 5-2 ??
My Game of the Week:
Well… um, it was supposed to be…
Giants-Saints
As soon as I saw this game on the schedule, I thought, “This is it. THE game to watch”. Two undefeated teams, two high-powered QBs, perfect match-up. Ehhh! Wrong. That game ended up being mundane and boring. It was 34-17 at the half. Final 48-27. Please. The Giants totally choked, but I stuck with it. I didn’t change the channel until the very end and what do I find on the AFC affilliate…? Brett Favre and the Vikings looking stone-faced and solemn. I see the Ravens kicker setting up for a game winner. TWO seconds on the clock! What…? 44 yarder… hmmm… interesting. Favre sits down. Arms folded. Here comes the kick… and it’s… NO GOOOOD! Favre jumps up, frantically looking around, grabs the nearest teammate and you can read his lips as the guy tells him, “yeah, he missed it”. Favre couldn’t even watch. I love that about him. Still gut-wrenching to lose after 17 years.
My Cowboys had the bye. THANK GOD. A misery-free Sunday fo’ me. Even better, all 3 NFC East teams LOSE.
Honorable Mentions:
Raiders win (?!), beat the Eagles – I think they even made ESPN’s highlight reel.
Chiefs finally win, beat the ‘Skins
Patriots 59 Titans 0 (wtf?)
Everybody is talking Broncos (yawn)
My Game of the Week:
NY Jets 27
Miami Dolphins 31
Great rivalry. Exciting finish. Dolphins have been down and out. Chad Pennington gone for the year. Even with Parcells, they only had one win going in. They needed this one. Bad.
Another team that really needed a win in a bad way would be my Dallas Cowboys. Seemed like it should’ve been an easy win against a winless Chief team, but the Cowboys needed OT to beat them! The entire first half was just sickening: 5 missed sacks, missed FG, penalties, 4 fumbles. At one point, I just started laughing. It was awful, so hard to watch, so unbelievably bad. I was very surprised by Miles Austin – 250 yards receiving!! (I had a chance to put him on my stupid fantasy team last week and didn’t do it.) The Cowboys squeaked out an ugly win. It felt good though. Never has beating an 0-4 team meant sooo much!! I can’t say it was a “season saver”. The patient is still in critical condition. You know your team sucks when you are happy for the bye week – guaranteed not to lose this weekend – whew!
I can’t remember any other games. It’s been a rough week for me.
Speaking of rough weeks, T.O. is sta-rugg-a-ling (Jim Rome reference) and that upsets me because he should be stacking up some mad stats in Dallas. I am still convinced that T.O. could’ve made an enormous difference in our games. A player of his caliber should not be suiting up for a 1-4 team. Damn it. It’s just not right.
MY GAME OF THE WEEK:
PACKERS 23
VIKINGS 30
What a GREAT game! It lived up to ALL the hype! Most watched show in cable TV history.
Opening drive was surreal. I knew I was watching NFL history but couldn’t shake the feeling that it was all part of a “weird dream” that goes something like this:
“Yeah – so – I had this weird dream – that I was watching a Monday night game – and Brett Favre was there – but he was wearing purple! – and he was a Viking – and they were playing the Packers. Oh man, it was soo weird.”
Once I got over that, there was never a dull moment. Brett Favre schooled ‘em. He didn’t take the safe route and keep handing the ball off to Adrian Peterson. He took us back to 1996. He threw with passion and intensity. He said he was nervous, but he displayed total confidence. He had a great supporting cast in place. His receivers were amazing and Jared Allen was a beast. Aaron Rodgers was sacked 8 times but somehow managed to rack up 384 yards and keep the Pack in the game.
My favorite stat – Favre has now beaten all 32 active NFL teams (did they count the Titans and Oilers as the same team?). Brett Favre beat the Green Bay Packers. Listen to that again. Brett Favre beat the Green Bay Packers. There’s that “weird dream” sensation again.
After my Cowboys lost to the Denver Broncos, I really latched onto this game. The Cowboys keep finding ways to lose in the final minutes, to beat themselves with penalties (it isn’t a Cowboy game until Flozell Adams is called for a penalty that costs them yardage, downs or points, right?). There’s something especially stinging about losing on a 4th down play after a spirited effort that puts hope back in your heart. Let’s face it. My team sucks and Brett Favre is all I got right now! Love ya, Brett!!