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(46 posts)and find impropriety and cancel Jerry Jone's contract with PA.....
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)My favorite team in the NFL
pangaia
(24,324 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)&maxh=400&maxw=667
Awww. someone's luck ran out. Ya gotta rub the belly for good luck.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)You have a evil imagination, sort of like Dark-side Disney.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)next week if they want to deal with the LEGION OF BOOM.
But I was glad to see christie have to eat a plateful of crow.
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)I remember the ICE BOWL in Green Bay...Packers always my favourite, especially when they beat "America's Team."
malaise
(269,157 posts)herding cats
(19,567 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)That's a rec.
PCIntern
(25,583 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)A 49ers fan has two favorite teams every week: the Niners and whoever happens to be playing the Dallas Cowboys.
villager
(26,001 posts)A rooting strategy I've had since the 70's, actually...
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)and expect your favorite team to beat the Packers.
Not gonna happen!
The Wizard
(12,547 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)OFFENSIVE LINE !!!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)balloon got popped! And I hope New Jersey football fans will greet him at the airport with some rude jeering...
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)Especially sweet given that Christie is a loser Cowboy fan in Giant country. BWAHAHAHA!!!!
C Moon
(12,221 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)I would love to see photographic evidence of these two people being sad
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... (rooting for GB) and I didn't see one photo of the luxury box party. As a matter of fact, I never gave Jones and Christie a thought until I saw this thread. Go Green Bay!
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)<snip>
Another break from previous weeks: Christie didn't dominate the television broadcast of Sunday's game, so nobody saw awkward hugs if they occurred. Fox director Rich Russo had warned the network was unlikely to feature antics of Christie and Jones because of camera access logistics in Green Bay and weather considerations.
"It may very well be impossible to see (what's happening in the owner's box),'' Russo told the New York Daily News.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... had Jones wanted to repeat last week. It would definitely have been a double fail tonight, since the Cowboys lost.
George II
(67,782 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,713 posts)HIGH FIVES!!!!
rpannier
(24,338 posts)It requires someone else footing his tab
George II
(67,782 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)And I don't care who is a fan of the cowboys! The are the team I Love to Hate!.
Not really hate, but it's a sports thang as you know.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)I am NO Paul Ryan fan-but in the spirit of the game--good comment from Ryan!
NPR News @nprnews 45m45 minutes ago
A brief sports report: RT @PRyan: .@GovChristie, do you need a hug now? #GoPackGo #WinninginWisco pic.twitter.com/lJy80ZEzB3
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)And for that I will give him a bit of respect.
New Jersey is loaded with fans of the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. Hell half the players of those teams probably live in New Jersey and yet Christie spits on them and their fans.
I understand that he is a lifelong Cowboys fan. Guess what I am a lifelong Cincinnati Reds fan but I still don't go spitting on the Philadelphia Phillies. I've learned to be fans of both and check my attitude when the two teams meet up. Of course the Phillies vs. Reds isn't anything like an Eagles/Cowboys or Giants/Cowboys game. But when Christie could have shown class and respect for the people of New Jersey instead he pissed on them. But he does that alot yet they vote for him. He should be grateful his elections were in off years.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)He wants to voucherize medicare. Among other things.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)which is more than I would ever give to Chris Christie.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Chris: You failed politics 101: Don't Piss Off local Sports Fans! Ha Ha!
calimary
(81,466 posts)Glad you're here! I know very nearly NOTHING about sports, but even I know enough to realize one ought to support ONE'S OWN LOCAL TEAMS. Or, in absence of one's own team, then at least root for your "next-door neighbor's" team. Doesn't he have Pennsylvania teams or New York City teams to cheer for? They're a lot closer to New Jersey than a team from DALLAS, forcryingoutloud. Especially if one aspires to win a lot of votes for a big job roughly two years from now. I wouldn't think one would DARE consider doing otherwise. Shouldn't he make sure he's seen and making a big deal about it - at, say, Princeton games or something? Or, hell, hold off and wait for basketball season.
Borchkins
(724 posts)Go Pack!
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)Christie. I hope that you aren't rooting against the Cowboys just because Christie is a fan. That seems pretty petty to me.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)So this is just fun.
The fact that like 90% of his state is either NY Giant fans or Philadelphia Eagles fans goes to show this guy will step on the people who counts to get what he wants.
He is an asshole.
And he wonders why Bruce Springsteen won't return his phone calls. Maybe because Bruce knows a phony when he sees one.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)his reasoning for not supporting the Giants was sort of odd. He said something like he didn't support his dad's favorite team (the Giants) at the time because he didn't want to be sitting around crying or something. Basically, he seemed to get into football by rooting for whoever that is a winner.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Then I turned 14.
Actually I was a Cowboys fan until the moment they fired Tom Landry. I realized Landry's time as the Cowboy's head coach was coming to an end. But Landry was such a longtime institution to the Cowboy's they should have done something else other than fire him - he deserved better respect than that. A classier owner would have bumped Landry upstairs or allowed Landry to 'retire' himself. But one thing Cowboy's Jerry Jones is not and that is classy.
At the time I had moved to the Philadelphia area and was dating someone from a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan (along with a family of huge Eagles fans) so it was just natural that I moved to supporting the Eagles. Before I had switched I had kinda downplayed to him and his family that I was even a Cowboy's fan. It was like how i was with the Reds and Phillies where I liked both teams but when no one was around I'd cheer on the outside team. (but then again no rivally against the Cincinnati Reds here in Philly).
Today I am still a huge Reds fan (I even survived Marge Schott who was a huge asshole but never ever as bad as Jerry Jones but pretty darn close) but I love the Phillies too. But I can't stand the Cowboys and honestly, it's due to Jerry Jones.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Jerry Jones treated Tom Landry like a dog...and I'm originally from Texas. My hate for the organization goes back a long way.
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)Plus Jerry Jones being one of the biggest assholes on the planet.
But I DO admire the players. They can't help that they are surrounded by jerkoffs.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I doubt any fan of the Cowboys including myself, who was a fan way back when, would argue that Jones should have kept Landry around. The team was doing poorly and Landry' glory days were long behind him. But Landry was a legend and deserved better than what Jones had done. A classy owner would have found a way to replace Landry without firing him but but moving him into a special 'upstairs managment position' or at least giving Landry the option to retire first.
I had no loyalties to the Cowboys and I was living in Philadelphia Eagles terratory surrounded by friends and family who were big fans. The switch was a no-brainer.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Nuthin' petty 'bout that. Pretty or otherwise...
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)What I was objecting to was hating the Cowboys because Christie happened to be a fan. I wish we could keep politics out of sports.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)but, that pass was a completed pass.
bad call.
otherwise
carry on.
George II
(67,782 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)it was pretty clear.
trumad
(41,692 posts)You have to have control when you hit the ground.
He did not.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)he maintained control all the way.
trumad
(41,692 posts)aggiesal
(8,923 posts)He had so much control that he switched hands to extend the ball,
trying to reach thd goal line.
That play was no different than a running back losing the ball extending
for the goal line, and saying the ground can't cause a fumble.
That was a horrible call, and I'm no Cowboys fan.
When he hit the ground he lost control. That's the rule.
aggiesal
(8,923 posts)He lost control being tackled after making the catch and extending
for the goal line. And yes, extending for the goal line is a football move.
It happens every game.
That call was so bad that I'll bet that the NFL will change the rule for next season.
It's a stupid rule, and a stupid process.
But nothing will change the call so enjoy your tainted victory.
And I'm no Cowboys fan. I just want to see a well played game with proper calls.
George II
(67,782 posts)....that it was no catch.
aggiesal
(8,923 posts)Coach Cower said it was incomplete, while
Tony Gonzalez said it was a bad call and that it was completed.
Pretty disingenuous.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)is a football move.
further. even hitting ground, the ball jolted and still he well had his hand on ball and bicep holding it in place. control in my book.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)H2O Man
(73,605 posts)I'm shocked that there are people here advocating that the Cowboys should not be subject to the rules of a civil society.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)The reason its not a catch is youve got to control the ball when you hit the ground. To the ground.
http://www.si.com/nfl/audibles/2013/09/09/calvin-johnson-still-doesnt-understand-the-calvin-johnson-rule-and-hes-not-alone
I would have been pissed if we were on the other side of that call. It may be a shitty rule, but it's the rule. And because it is a rule, it was a very good challenge and a good overturned call.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Thanks for posting.
Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)The zebras picked up an obvious flag against Dallas vs. Detroit last week, costing the Lions a win. So screw the Cowboys. GO PACK!
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,778 posts)Thanks Bluzmann, after last week this is just karma.
Now cowboy fans have to endure what we have here in Detroit.
trumad
(41,692 posts)He did not.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)He can go fuck himself.
I'm glad the Packers won
Initech
(100,102 posts)2naSalit
(86,776 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,476 posts)americannightmare
(322 posts)but this is now the only reason I need to root against the Cowboys!
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)a lot of haters did last week.
trumad
(41,692 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)You're whining.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)dembotoz
(16,832 posts)calimary
(81,466 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)While I am glad the Cowboys' season is over, it would have been LOTS of fun to see Richard Sherman pick-six Tony Romo and Kam Chancellor throw Terrance Williams like some kind of overpaid rag doll.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)It used to be my last bastion...
Fearless
(18,421 posts)pnwmom
(108,994 posts)I wanted Seattle to finish them off!
But congrats to the Packers on a job well done.
catbyte
(34,451 posts)I hated to see those NFL refs acting like SCOTUS, determining the outcome of the Lions game.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)catbyte
(34,451 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!? I was actually hoping in advance this would happen?
thanks Trumad
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)Remember last week? The Detroit Lions and their fans sure do.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)One was enough for any lifetime.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)posting juvenile pictures, and making fun of someone's weight. We look real mature
trumad
(41,692 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)pile on.
trumad
(41,692 posts)VA_Jill
(9,995 posts)We need to make fun of Chris Christie and in any way we can. He deserves EVERY kind of opprobrium.
Laxman
(2,419 posts)when the Dez Bryant catch was overturned.
And just for the record, none of this has anything to do with what team Christie roots for and everything to do about a sitting public official accepting a gift with a value of over $100,000-add to it a gift from someone who does business with an agency that public official exercises some degree of control over. Maybe that explains the look on his face.
kydo
(2,679 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Spirochete
(5,264 posts)I don't want that dipshit coming to my state next weekend, anyhow.