The Dallas Cryboys Anti-Fan Site

I hate the Cowboys. Why? The reason is because of the ego that they have to win simply because they're the Cowboys, and no other reason. The arrogance is amazing - "We're the Cowboys - We're America's Team". Horseshit!! You have to earn it. You don't deserve it just because you won a few Super Bowls in the past, You don't deserve it because of the legacy. Screw that. You have to earn it consistently and over time. The Yankees have the same big head when it comes to championships. The money issue aside with the Yankees, the Yankees also feel they should win all the time because of who they are. Sure, they've had an insane number of great players in the past, but the hell with that. You have to win because of the players you put on the field now, not because Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Aikman, Emmitt, or Staubach wore your uniform in the past. You have to earn it NOW. You have to not have an aura that you're automatically better than everyone else just because of the uniform you wear. THAT IS THE REASON I CAN'T STAND THE COWBOYS. I'm a fan of the sport, I have no special team allegiance, except as an anti-Cowboy fan. I could probably like the team if they got rid of five people (actually, three are gone now since I started this page (Barry Switzer, Deion $anders, & Michael Irvin - unfortunately Jerry Jones isn't going anywhere, and Bill Parcells came on after my original four were laid out). What a bunch of crybabies.

I also recently got some mail about "How come you don't put up pictures when the Cowboys win, candyass?" Well, my answer to that is this - I do have other things to do - I update this page when I feel like it. You'll also notice I don't have all their losses here, either. To those who would tell me "Hey, you're missing games, you really don't hate them".. There's lots of other things I can do with my time besides post pictures of the Cowboys. When I have time, I update this site. If I don't have time, it doesn't get updated. Unlike some sad sack football fans, one team (especially one I don't like) isn't my sole thrust in life.

Need a book to read? Check out this one. It's a rather funny book written by an Anti-Dallas Cowboys Fan. Most cool. I'm sure I'll get more hate mail from Cryboy fans about posting such a "sacrilegious book", but that would go to further prove my point. If you wish to read more about the book, or to order it - click on the cover here - you'll be taken to Amazon's page for this book.

Mama's Don't Let your Cowboys Grow Up to be Babies

This too is a great funny book. It's filled with inane quotes by all sorts of Cowboys folks, from players to management, to coaches and the like. A great read to catch up on all the Cowboys idiocy. Relive such moments as Barry Switzer and his gun at the airport!

If you wish to read more about the book, or to order it - click on the cover here - you'll be taken to Amazon's page for this book.

Sorry about no updates in awhile, been busy with that pesky thing called "Real life".
At some point in the off season I'll update the end of the last one.
It just hasn't been important enough to spend time on, really. Sorry Cryboy fans.

13-3.. DOWN THE DRAIN!
We didn't even need Jessica Simpson...

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Brian Westbrook had a tough choice: score the easy touchdown to give the Philadelphia Eagles a big, late lead over the Dallas Cowboys, or stop just short and secure a 4-point win.

He gladly took the victory.

Westbrook's maneuver with a little more than two minutes left seemed bizarre, but was brilliant strategy. With Dallas out of timeouts, all Donovan McNabb had to do was take a knee three straight times to give the Eagles a 10-6 victory Sunday.

Westbrook gained 24 yards, then stopped inside the 1. He wasn't rubbing it in, just running out the clock.

"It was brilliant," Philadelphia coach Andy Reid said. "He used that Villanova education and transferred it to the football field."

Westbrook's play was a fitting finish for a bizarre game that didn't have the excuse of bad weather so many others had Sunday. Other oddities included the Eagles' lone touchdown coming from a guy who a few minutes earlier found himself stuck inside a giant Salvation Army red kettle, and the Cowboys' first scoring drive going minus-1 yard, set up by the recovery of a fumbled interception return that started 8 yards deep in the end zone.

The bottom line is that Philadelphia (6-8) ended a three-game losing streak, kept alive hopes of snagging a wild-card playoff berth and avenged a nationally televised blowout loss to Dallas six weeks ago. The Eagles also ended the Cowboys' seven-game winning streak and prevented them from tying the franchise record for wins in a season.

As bad as it sounds for Dallas (12-2), the Cowboys knew before kickoff they'd secured a first-round bye -- and that they couldn't lock up home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. So the stakes were pretty low. And they played like it.

Dallas had its fewest yards of the season (240) and didn't score a touchdown for the first time since November 2004. It was the Cowboys' second straight lousy outing and they came away with a bunch of injuries, starting with the thumb area on Romo's throwing hand.

X-rays showed no break, but it's at least bruised. Romo had it wrapped and iced during his postgame news conference and insisted, "I'll be fine."

Dallas center Andre Gurode and defense end Chris Canty went out with left knee injuries. Gurode is having an MRI Monday, but is expected to be OK. Canty should be fine. Backup safety Pat Watkins sprained his left ankle and tight end Anthony Fasano sustained a mild concussion.

Then there's Terrell Owens, whose ego has to be smarting after waiting until the fourth quarter for his first catch against his former team. He had only two after having only three last week. Worse yet, three passes Romo threw to him were caught by Philadelphia, including what turned out to be Dallas' final offensive snap. T.O. slipped on the play, ending the locals' hopes of seeing the kind of last-minute rally Romo pulled off in Detroit last week and Buffalo in October.

"We came out flat. We just couldn't get anything going offensively," Owens said. "Maybe this is good for us -- a gut-check."

McNabb was 23-of-41 for 208 yards and a touchdown, which he celebrated with the kind of spread-armed, arched-back gesture Owens used when he played for the Eagles. He also ran nine times for a season-high 53 yards, with a season-best 28-yarder. He was hardly dominant, getting sacked four times and failing to convert on several third-and-shorts. Then again, he also overcame the first-quarter loss of tight end Matt Schobel (concussion) and right guard Shawn Andrews (knee).

McNabb denied borrowing a page from T.O.'s celebration manual.

"I've been through a lot this season, so I was just giving thanks to the man upstairs," McNabb said.

Philadelphia's defense was out to save face after giving up 38 points and 434 yards last time against Dallas. The Eagles proved their point right away, preventing the Cowboys from getting a first down in the first quarter. Romo started 0-for-6 after having only five incompletions last time.

"This is special," Philadelphia defensive coordinator Jim Johnson said.

Romo finished 13-of-36 for 214 yards, with a career-low rating of 22.2. It came in front of his parents and his newest A-list girlfriend -- Jessica Simpson, who tugged the front of her pink No. 9 jersey, then mouthed the word "Romo!" when cameras spotted her. For what it's worth, Romo's previous worst rating came last December against Philadelphia when then-girlfriend Carrie Underwood was here.

"If we go on and win the Super Bowl, the loss is a good thing," Romo said. "If we lose first round of the playoffs, the loss is not a good thing."

Westbrook gained 81 yards on 18 rushes and 63 yards on nine receptions.

Witten, coming off a team-record 15 receptions, caught eight passes for 113 yards, including a 53-yarder that made him the first Dallas tight end to go over 1,000 yards receiving in a season.

Reggie Brown had Philadelphia's touchdown and the venture into the kettle after an incompletion.

"I was running too fast to slow down," he said. "I about bowled over a cheerleader. There was a big red bowl there. I was happy there wasn't any presents in there. I didn't want to squish anyone's presents."

Notes

This was the first game Romo's father attended since undergoing prostate cancer surgery. His parents accepted the Bob Lilly Award on his behalf at halftime. ... Eagles kicker David Akers missed a 47-yarder in the first quarter. He had been 12-of-12 in seven career games at Texas Stadium. His 21-yarder in the fourth quarter made him the franchise scoring leader with 884 points.

IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Now the Dallas Cowboys know they're good enough to hang with the big boys in the AFC -- just not yet ready to beat them.

Especially not when Tom Brady plays like this.

Brady threw a career-high five touchdown passes, with Donte Stallworth taking the final one 69 yards to break open a tight game early in the fourth quarter, as the New England Patriots won 48-27 on Sunday in a rare battle of teams with 5-0 records.

"We wanted to be one of the elite teams," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. "Obviously we're not."

The Patriots (6-0) started strong and finished stronger, their sixth straight blowout win and their highest point total since scoring 50 against Indianapolis in 1984. Yet it wasn't as easy as the final score indicated.

New England gave up its most points of the season and trailed in the second half for the first time this year. Brady was sacked as many times (3) as he'd been all season.

Experience in big games had to be part of the difference. Consider what the Patriots did on their final five drives after the Cowboys went ahead 24-21 early in the third quarter: touchdown, field goal, touchdown, field goal, touchdown. The last one came with 19 seconds left, a 1-yard run by first-year running back Kyle Eckel that Brady celebrated with two huge fist pumps.

Brady went 31-of-46 for 388 yards and did much of his early damage on third downs. His five TDs tied a franchise record and gave him an NFL record with at least three in each of the first six games of the season -- he has an NFL-best 21 this year. The league record is 49 by Peyton Manning.

Having insisted all week this was just another regular season game for them, Bill Belichick's players can now start looking forward to facing Indianapolis, the only other unbeaten team, in three weeks.

Wes Welker caught 11 passes for a career-high 124 yards and two touchdowns, and Stallworth had 136 yards on seven catches. Moss turned six catches into 59 yards, his first a 6-yard touchdown. He also had a 43-yarder for a touchdown overturned on instant replay. Kyle Brady had the other TD grab.

The Cowboys (5-1) were off to their best start since 1983 and were eager to see how they stacked up against the league's elite. They allowed the most points since Philadelphia scored 49 on Nov. 15, 2004.

Tony Romo cleaned up the turnovers that nearly upended Dallas against Buffalo on Monday night, but was out of rallies. He was 18-of-29 for 199 yards and two touchdowns, with a late interception. The Cowboys were hurt by their continuing trend of slow starts and by racking up 12 penalties.

Terrell Owens caught six passes for 66 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown, but didn't live up to his vow to prove that he, not Moss, was the real No. 81.

Patrick Crayton had Dallas' go-ahead TD among his five catches for 46 yards. Marion Barber rushed for 47 yards, with several runs that helped bring alive the Cowboys in the second quarter. He also had a 2-yard gain in the third quarter that started at the Dallas 10 and nearly ended in a safety until he broke several tackles. He might have turned it into a touchdown if the last defender hadn't gotten him.

The Patriots led 14-0 before the Cowboys even had a first down. Brady already had thrown for 144 yards, with 114 of them -- and both touchdowns -- coming on third downs.

Dallas got back in it with a field goal and a 29-yard return of Brady's fumble for a touchdown by Jason Hatcher.

Welker's second TD extended New England's lead back to 21-10, then T.O. answered with a score just before halftime. After Dallas sacked Brady to snuff the Patriots' opening drive of the third quarter, Crayton gave the Cowboys the lead with his touchdown catch.

New England trailed for the first time since the second quarter of Week 3 and had two starting offensive players in the locker room with injuries. But the Patriots still had Brady.

Dallas' last, best chance to keep it a game came on the first play of the fourth quarter. Down by a touchdown, Phillips went for it on fourth-and-1 from the 47 and Barber converted -- only to have it wiped out by a penalty. The Cowboys punted, and never threatened again.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Brooks Bollinger had to feel the heat.

Two days after his shaky performance in Seattle, the Minnesota Vikings traded for veteran Kelly Holcomb, putting Bollinger's status as backup quarterback in jeopardy.

In the Vikings' preseason finale against Dallas on Thursday night, Bollinger made his case for the job.

Bollinger threw for 109 yards and a touchdown in just under two quarters of Minnesota's 23-14 victory over the Cowboys.

"You know at that position you're going to have some ups and downs," Vikings coach Brad Childress said. "The biggest thing in this deal was how he was going to bounce back. You get measured more by that than getting knocked down. It's how you get up. So I was happy for him that he had some success."

Cowboys quarterback Matt Moore was also impressive after fumbling the exchange on his second snap of the game. He completed nine of his first 10 passes and finished with 94 yards and a touchdown in a performance that may have won him the No. 3 job.

"With the time that I had in there, I think I made some plays," Moore said. "I made some mistakes, but they're things I can learn from."

The rookie from Oregon State lost two fumbles, but showed impressive poise and an accurate arm throughout, completing 14 of 19 passes. He entered the game leading the race for the final quarterback spot against Richard Bartel, who completed his first six passes, but lost a fumble and threw an interception in the final nine minutes of the fourth quarter.

"He's done a lot of good things and learned a lot here in training camp," said veteran Brad Johnson, who started the game for Dallas. "He's made a lot of plays, and it's good for those guys to get a chance to play."

Bollinger's status was, and probably still is, much more tenuous.

Last week against Seattle, he threw two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown, and had a quarterback rating of 27.7.

"I really felt in control and pretty similar both weeks," said Bollinger, who had a rating of 104.6 against the Cowboys. "This week I was just able to protect the ball better and score some touchdowns."

The Vikings brought in Holcomb on Monday to give them another veteran behind young starter Tarvaris Jackson. Holcomb went 5-for-8 for 59 yards and one interception in one quarter.

"It's been a crazy week. I was in Philadelphia on Monday and I'm playing a ballgame in Minnesota on Thursday with the Vikings," Holcomb said. "So it's been a little tough. A little sleep deprived, but hey, that's the way the game goes."

After Jackson played the first series, Bollinger came in and finished the first half. He helped turn two Dallas fumbles into touchdowns, including a 4-yard scoring pass to Sidney Rice that gave the Vikings a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.

Ryan Longwell kicked three field goals for the Vikings (2-2), who recovered four fumbles by the Cowboys (2-2) and finished with 14 takeaways in the preseason.

Moore's second pass of the game was nearly intercepted by safety Patrick Body. But Moore settled down and completed his next 12 passes, including a 6-yarder to Tony Curtis that tied the game late in the second quarter.

Jerheme Urban returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter for the Cowboys, who played very few starters, especially on offense in the final game before they open against the Giants on Sept. 9.

"You never want to be tackled by the punter," Urban said.

Romo, Terrell Owens, Marion Barber III, Terry Glenn and Julius Jones all sat out for Dallas, which committed five turnovers and looked sloppy for the second week in a row.

The Vikings played their starters sparingly, holding out defensive linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams, cornerback Antoine Winfield and linebacker E.J. Henderson. Running back Chester Taylor also sat this one out, while Jackson only played the first series.

Johnson returned to where he spent nine of his 15 seasons in the league. His second stint with the Vikings ended when he struggled last season and didn't see eye to eye with Childress.

Several Vikings fans wore purple No. 14 jerseys to the game, and Johnson was 5-of-7 for 44 yards before yielding to Moore.

"I spent nine years of my life here," Johnson said. "So it was great to come back and see a lot of people."

Notes

The Vikings deactivated WR Bobby Wade (ankle), S Mike Doss (calf), S Tank Williams and DE Darrion Scott (shoulder) all for precautionary purposes. ... Dallas K Martin Gramatica (hamstring) did not make the trip and is a candidate to be cut in favor of rookie Nick Folk.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Matt Schaub and the Houston Texans became the first team to score a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys' starters this preseason on Saturday night.

They didn't stop at just one.

Schaub connected with Andre Johnson early in the second quarter and found speedy rookie Jacoby Jones just before halftime to lead the Texans to a 28-16 win over the Cowboys.

"When you go out and execute the offense, what more can you ask for?" Johnson said. "We went out and did what we were supposed to do."

Schaub, in his first starting job after backing up Michael Vick for three seasons in Atlanta, looked sharp against a defense that flustered Denver last week.

"We're really comfortable in what we're doing and we're really comfortable in one another," he said. "Without a doubt, I think it was a great test for us."

Jones was the star of this one though, returning a punt 91 yards for a score early in the first quarter before leaping for the touchdown grab in the second quarter. It was the second week in a row that Jones, a third-round pick from Division II Lane College, returned a punt for a touchdown after returning one 80 yards last week.

On Saturday he busted through the pack and then outran his last defender and began holding out the ball in front of him at the 10-yard line before flipping into the end zone.

Jones said coach Gary Kubiak had a message for him about that when he got back to the sidelines: "He said 'Don't ever do that again,"' Jones said.

The Texans led 7-0 when Schaub delivered a nifty pass between two defenders to Johnson for a 6-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter. That play was set up by a 46-yard run by Ahman Green two plays earlier. Green finished with eight carries for 65 yards.

Johnson led the Texans with four receptions for 39 yards.

The second touchdown came when Jones, the former track star, got in front of his defender for the 19-yard reception which made it 21-6 at halftime.

Schaub was 12-of-16 for 109 yards in 2 1/2 quarters of play.

"They came out with a really quick game, and a lot of running and power, and they did that well," Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware said. "In trying to do what we've been working on this preseason, they really hurt us."

Tony Romo and the Cowboys offense were shaky at best. He threw two touchdown passes but also fumbled, threw an interception and bobbled a snap that it appeared he wasn't ready for.

"As a team I didn't see many good things on our part," Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said. "Offense, defense, we just didn't play well."

Phillips said he was worried about how his team would react in front of the Texans crowd.

"We've got a lot of work to do," he said. "It's the first time we've been in a hostile environment and we didn't react well."

On their second possession, the Cowboys had two straight offsides penalties, but dug out of it when Romo found Sam Hurd for 18-yard pass.

But Dallas was flagged for holding on the next play and three plays later Romo fumbled the snap and was drilled by 2006 No. 1 pick Mario Williams while chasing it down, forcing a punt.

After the hit, Williams jumped up and put a finger to his lips, as if to silence his many detractors who believe the Texans should have picked Vince Young or Reggie Bush instead of drafting him.

In the second quarter Romo engineered a 9-play, 74-yard drive that ended when Terrell Owens grabbed a short pass and wriggled away from three Texans defenders for a 35-yard touchdown. He sat the ball down just inside the end zone and jawed at Houston fans who responded with a loud chorus of boos. It was his only catch of the game.

He dropped a pass on third down on the next series, but it was negated by an offsides penalty on the Texans.

Martin Gramatica missed the extra point to bring the Cowboys within 14-6.

"We didn't come out and play like we wanted to in the first half," Owens said. "The offense still needs some work ... the chances were there, but the penalties really stopped us."

Romo's second touchdown pass was for 18 yards to Jason Witten and made it 21-13 in the third quarter.

Late in the third quarter against Houston's backups, Romo badly underthrew Owens and was picked off by rookie Fred Bennett. It was Romo's last play of the night and he finished 14-of-22 for 197 yards.

The Texans defensive line, led by Williams and featuring two other first-round picks, finally got the pass rush going. Houston sacked Romo twice and hurried him several other times.

"It looked like we did some better things," Kubiak said. "We were more disruptive making their quarterback move around a little bit."

Last year's Defensive Rookie of the Year, DeMeco Ryans, led the Texans with eight tackles and Williams, who entered the game with no tackles, had four and pressured Romo a couple of times.

"It was good, but we didn't do as much as we wanted to," Williams said. "There were some times that we -- that I -- missed some opportunities. But we will get better at it and keep going."

Williams said he did something different in this game, but wouldn't disclose what it was saying only it had to do with his approach. Whatever it was, he said it made him feel "a lot more comfortable."

Julius Jones and Marion Barber combined for 16 carries and 48 yards rushing for Dallas. Jones had a long run of 12 yards.

Nick Folk added a 23-yard field goal for Dallas in the fourth quarter. The Texans' last score came on a 17-yard pass from Sage Rosenfels to David Anderson with 2:57 to play.

Here is an Eagles fans view on the hiring of Wade Phillips. Seems to be completely accurate, too. Remember all the nice things said about everyone else that's been run out of town by the Cryboy fans the last few years. I'm sure you'll hear all the same stuff when they hire Phillips, too. Gotta laugh.