Badmike wrote:
The Vikings? Don't bring that weak sauce in here. That is one huge joke of a franchise that will continue to be a joke until they win a big game someday (much like the sad sack Eagles). They had two years to get a QB to pair with their HOF RB and finally decided on a 39 year old has been who is going to sink that ship by November.  The Vikings will continue to be irrelevant.

aw, come on Mike, my love for the Vikings can't be swayed by your facts and considerable knowledge on the subect!  

I just loved them as a kid and I know they were typically division runners up against the Bears (mid-80's?? IIRC) but when Moon was throwing for them a few years back they were doing ok, weren't they?  

Anyway, might be a European thing, but they have the best helmets!  

Gnat the Beggar wrote:
You have a clouded view of Football Sports History.
One play?
C.mon...

  Hey Gnat, you must    have heard of John Barnes, that famous English footballer, who dined out for years on one moment of brilliance!    

Screwed up last post, fixed numbers from Forbes listings.

Agent Cooper wrote:
According to Forbes, The Giants Football team is worth 1.2 Billion.
The Cowboys are worth 1.7 Billion.  Not much more.

The Co-Owners of the NY Giants, Mr. Mara and Mr. Tisch, are worth about 3 billion dollars.

That sour faced coach and bunch of no names did pretty well against the Cowboys in that shiny new stadium.  That's not a good sign for a team that just spent a huge fortune on a 100,000 seat soccer pitch.  

Gonna be alot of empty, expensive seats in there if that's the best product Jerry can put out there.  Dallas is not Detroit.  Texans are not gonna keep buying tickets and jerseys if the team blows year in and year out.

Unless they start winning big in a hurry, I predict a fire sale, bankruptcy or pleas for big subsidies from the municipal authorities to keep the team in Dallas within 10 years.

Cmon guys I understand the partisan "Cowboy hatah" stuff, but use the head in your helmets.  #1, this stadium will sell out straight for 10 years no matter how bad the product is.  #2, it won't be that bad...this team should go 9-7, 10-6 for the next few years with Romo at QB. Don't over react to one bad game, Eli has had plenty...Brady just stunk up the room this weekend and no one is saying it's over for the Pats. You guys are starting to sound like Eagle's fans on Monday mornings, if you haven't ever done so it's hilarious, tune in online to the WHIP or whatever their hometonw station is after they lose. Every caller wants to fire the coach, trade McNabb, get rid of all the players, etc. Then when they beat the Cowboys, that team is going to the superbowl    Dumbest fans EVER. Don't fall into the trap.

The stadium is a spectacle in itself. You think Jerry is going to let games get blacked out so he can be sneered at on national TV? The stadium is already 90% sold out for every game in perpetuity due to seat liscenses...he only has to worry about the other 10% (or 10 thousand seats) for the other games.. Lowering the $100 tickets to $70, boom, he's sold them all. There's not a chance in hell this will lead to anything other than Mo money, mo money for Jerry and company.

(Plus, the dirty little secret of the stadium? The configuraton can be changed from 100,000 seats back to 80,000 seats given a few days notice....so even if it gets close, Jerry just has to drop the seat total back to 80k, and they are "sold out" on paper).

The stadium is a money bank. It's not all about the Cowboys...they have already hosted half a dozen sold out concerts (Paul McCartney, U2, some County b.s., etc). They are hosting some major college games in the next few years (Texas/OU, etc).  They have already hosted a soccer event that filled the stadium (damned if I know what it is, soccer isn't my bag).  They are hosting the NBA all star game, and then the superbowl.  Does that sound like Jerry is going to be begging in the streets any day now? Use your noggins.  

The trick will be for the NY football teams to follow suit. I'm predicting trouble, because you are dealing with two different owners, two different organizations, that have not always seen eye to eye.  Texas Stadium was one man's vision and he paid the extra millions to get it done when costs overran.  The new Yankee stadium..man that is the most successful franchise in sports history, how was that not going to get built?  Even then it took forever.  The Giants and Jets? First, neither are as beloved as the Yankees and Cowboys are to their areas, despite the Giants winning a SB. As I said before, no pizzazz with robot Eli, the sour faced coach, and a team of no names. The Jets might have gotten the pizzazz back with Sanchez, but he has to win something first.  Then you are dealing with the notorious roadbloack of entities up there in the NE (no union was in Jerry's way here). Don't forget 10 years after 9/11 they are still fighting up there for the rebuilding/memorial, its a mess to get anything done, which is why the stadium isn't as great as it should/could of been.

The new Meadowlands stadium will be the 3rd largest (not even able to hold 100,000 people), won't have a roof (so no indoor events like concerts, NBA, etc), no Final Four, and more importantly, no Superbowl.  All that means is it will never be worth more than the Texas Stadium that can host all those events. You guys will be staring up at Jerry's masterpiece even after that aluminum-siding monstrosity is finally built in the Jersey swamp.

Mike B.

Why for the love of God does the Superbowl have to be played in a domed stadium?

What happened to playing in winter in the snow?

Just ranting...

Greatest squad in NFL history....

I'll take either of the first two Cowboys Super Bowl squads from the 1990's.  I am confident of them beating any other all-time squad.

This is fun!

Let's talk trash about another team!  I suggest either the Steelers or Green Bay.   (New England is too easy.)

Anyone?

FormCritic,

I will take the 1972 Miami Dolphins.  Kick your Cowboys in the crotch.

Martin

just for fun, you guys should make up your own dream team from the past 20odd years...

My knowledge is a little (read: lot) sketchy, but I'd stick my neck out on a couple of the names I know...  

Mike,

I think your picks are the result of having actually witnessed those teams in action.  Of course we cannot compare them head to head anymore than we can compare the college teams of today against the college teams of yesterday.  The picks you made you "saw" with your own eyes rather than take someone's evaluations of a team you may have only seen highlights from.

I forgot about the 1985 Bears - I would put them up there with the '72 Dolphins.

Martin