Life is short, but Jerry Jones makes being a Dallas Cowboys fan feel endless
Roger Staubach.That is the answer to the question: "Why do you pull for the Dallas Cowboys? Yes, Mr.
Staubach won the Heisman Trophy before I was born.It is true I never watched him play a down of college football except in highlight films.If you don’t remember his first four years out of college playing professional football, do not feel badly.
No one else does either, because he did not play professional football upon graduation from the Naval Academy.He served his country in uniform.
We are now in an era where great baseball players skip college altogether, great basketball players are one and done, great football players leave for the draft as soon as they are eligible.Mr.
Staubach was drafted in a different kind of way, and he opted for Vietnam when he may well have been able to stay stateside had he chosen to do so.First, it was Mr.
Staubach and then Tom Landry, Jethro Pugh, Mel Renfro, Bob Lilly and Cliff Harris.I could name all the Cowboy players as a kid.I can still tell you where I was when Mr.
Staubach threw that famous touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to beat the Minnesota Vikings.Yes, it is possible Drew Pearson pushed the defender down before he caught the ball, but let’s don’t get caught up in technicalities.COWBOYS LEGEND DIGS DEEP INTO THE TEAM'S MISSING 'FIBER' THAT'S RESULTED IN SUPER BOWL DROUGHTDallas is the only professional football team I have ever pulled for.
Lately I have been wondering if life is too long to be a Cowboys fan.Our daughter loves the Cowboys so much she named her dog "Dallas." Other family members gave up on Dallas when Jerry Jones bought the team and unceremoniously fired Tom Landry.Yes, it was an egregious way to treat a legend, but perhaps not as egregious as his continued ownership of the franchise.
That daughter who pulls so hard for Dallas has never seen them play in a Super Bowl.Not because she was doing something else or otherwise engaged on Super Bowl Sunday, but because Jerry Jones has managed something...