Don't Blame The Rib Man

I’ll review college football later, and the NFL tomorrow. This debacle in D.C. is too fresh not to address.

Tony Romo played a pretty good game. Terrell Owens cost the Rib Man a big play, though, in dropping a sure touchdown pass on what would have been a 70-yard bomb, and would have resulted in a 26-12 lead.

I’m really peeved at the Glorified Gym Teacher, or the New Jersey Con Man. That would be Bill Parcells. With a 6-5 lead in the second quarter (the most unstable of football scores), he decided to go for two, to create a three-point margin. Forget the “card”, or the tool that tells coaches to kick for one point or to go for a two-point conversion in certain situations, depending on the point spread. Don’t use the card in the first half! The Cowboys went for two, and missed. The Cowboys put themselves in a position where they were chasing those lost points for the rest of the game. Therefore, they were tied at the end of the game with a chance to win on a Mike Vanderjagt field goal. However, Vandy’s field goal was blocked by Sean Taylor, who promptly ran the ball back into Dallas territory. To add insult to injury, there was an incidental face mask penalty on the return, so Washington had an untimed down, and was in field goal range as a result of the return. Rookie kicker Nick Novak kicked a field goal, and the Redskins won the game.

This is the beginning of the end of the Big Bill era. Parcells has brought the Cowboys from the level of sucking to the level of mediocrity. However, the team does not appear to be ready to move to the level of greatness which Jerry Jones and Cowboy fans expect. I bet Jack Del Rio would leave Jacksonville to come back to the Cowboys. I wouldn’t mind seeing the return of Sean Payton, either, based on early returns from New Orleans. Heck, while talking about the Saints, let’s bring back Gary Gibbs. He can be the second ex-OU coach to be the head man in Dallas. This ship is in big trouble. Big Bill needs to go back to Jersey.