Remembering "Load Left"
Victory obscures Parcells' big blunder (Jim Reeves, FWST)
It was the worst call by a Cowboys' coach since "load left" in Philadelphia -- which takes in some territory, since Dave Campo wasn't exactly stellar in clock management -- but you expect that from Barry Switzer. You don't expect Parcells to make calls that can get you beat.
And you don't expect to have to mention him in the same breath as Switzer and Campo, either.
That fake punt was as bad as anything Campo or Switzer ever pulled and could well have cost the team a needed victory. I hope not to see many more calls like that this season.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/27/05 08:30 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati
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You think maybe they learned that when they wear their normal uniforms and not those sight pollutants they win?
Posted by John @ 10:51 on 09/27/05
Thank you. I'm really tired of the whole "throwback" phenomenon that's infecting all of sports. There's a long history of uniform anxiety with the Cowboys, by the way. I remember back in the 70s, a huge groan would go up in the room every time they came out in their blue uniforms. Roger Staubach in particular seemed to play poorly in them, as I recall.
Well, poorly for him, that is; that's still better than most anyone else.
Anyway, let's hope Parcells got that out of his system.
Posted by another precinct chair @ 15:04 on 09/27/05
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