Earl, yes. Others, as a Houstonian, is sacrilegious.
Because it's Dallas. No jealousy whatsoever. Cowboys and cowboys fans always seemed to think they were "better" than us Houston fans.
I grew up in East Texas in this period, and our TV affiliates were all in Shreveport. All we got was Saints football - And that was some bad football! I spent many Sundays on the roof moving the antenna to pick up the Tyler station so we could get the Cowboys. There is one huge example of how the good old days weren't always so good - long live cable and DirecTV!
Me too. On our playground, Tony Hill was the favorite. Of course, before our game during recess, we would call out who we were. "I am Tony Hill" was always the 1st and probably Drew Pearson/Randy White/Too Tall/Harvey Martin would follow in no particular order. I don't know why but, Staubach or Dorsett weren't ones we would ever have to fight over.
Actually most of us that were little boys in Dallas back in the day were Dallas Texan fans. The Cowboys pulled up the chicken wire for field goals and extra points. If there wasn't enough scoring, the Texans would send a guy with a football to each end zone and punt it in so we could fight over it. I think the huddle club was $1. You got an end zone ticket, a t shirt, and a bunch of useless stuff. Wonder how much a tshirt and a bag would be worth today?
The games were blacked out because the Cotton Bowl wasn't sold out. So, Texas stadium was a little smaller.
I also lived in Shreveport for a year and half on a job transfer during the mid-70's and it was a town that seemed split on the Saints and Cowboys and what I hated that I had to get real close the radio to listen to any Longhorns games and little newspaper print on the Longhorns.I was able to get transferred back to Texas and I have not left .
I can't speak for anyone else but to me the Cowboys were just like the Yankees, Lakers & ..*GASP....Longhorns. You are either a diehard fan or hate them with a passion. All the money, media, all-star laden roster & pundit hype because they were who they were.
GF, no, the Cowboys fan base is not like aggy. The Cowboys, like the Longhorns, have skins on the wall. The Texans and aggy do not. The Texans and their fans = NFL aggy, which is a perfect name for them, and is what I've called them for years. They have a huge inferiority complex and obsess over the Cowboys just like aggy does over Texas. Neither have won a damn thing of significance in their existence, yet with the amount of trash they talk, you would think they were some kind of blueblood.
Dallas or Houston, there weren't near as many fans, nor did they spend near as much money as today.
I'm not exactly sure that was the case. I seem to remember getting pissed off when I turned into watch the Oilers, but it ended up being some other team I didn't care about, all because of "oilers" blackout. I don't think the NFL would have allowed "nothing" to be shown.
I will say that I really liked that Oiler team that inexplicably lost to the Bills in that AFC Championship game in the early 90's. That team had a lot of talent. Moon,Ernest Givens, Jeffries, Dishman. Rodney Thomas maybe?
Oh yeah, EVERY fanbase has.....those people. I dont care what anybody thinks or says about me but for some reason I get more embarrassed & pissed off at fans of my team acting a fool. Feeling guilty by association i guess.
GF, no, the Cowboys fan base is not like aggy. The Cowboys, like the Longhorns, have skins on the wall. The Texans and aggy do not. The Texans and their fans = NFL aggy, which is a perfect name for them, and is what I've called them for years. They have a huge inferiority complex and obsess over the Cowboys just like aggy does over Texas. Neither have won a damn thing of significance in their existence, yet with the amount of trash they talk, you would think they were some kind of blueblood.
