Have you forgotten T.O.'s star?
Mark Van Paasschen
KXII Sports
The crowd reception day in and day out at Dallas Cowboys training camp in San Antonio is just amazing. For any given practice you are likely to find 5-10 thousand fans in the stands cheering every interception, sack and touchdown catch. Especially when it's a Terrell Owens touchdown catch.
You could probably hear it in the background of some of our post-practice interviews with the various Cowboy players. Fans chanting, yelling, screaming for T.O. He spent about 15 minutes after practice one day just signing autographs for crazed fans, and he didn't even come close to getting to everybody that wanted one. It's obvious that Cowboys fans are nuts about T.O.
That's what bothers me. Remember this?
"The player" that droves of fans crowd the Alamodome railing hoping to get a signature is still the same player that offended an entire stadium full of Cowboys fans back in 2000 with his pose on the most sacred spot of the most sacred stadium in Cowboys lore.
He was despised and ridiculed. He outraged fans across the country. But just 6 short years later he was wearing the Cowboy silver and by the reaction of fans so far. Apparently all is forgotten.
I think that's a shame.
If you are a true Cowboy fan there is nothing more enraging then an opposing player demeaning the star. If you are a true Cowboy fan that would have been the most dispicable thing that you have ever witnessed. If you are a true Cowboy fan you will never be able to forgive T.O. for that no matter what color jersey he is wearing.
But apparently most of you already have.
KXII Sports
The crowd reception day in and day out at Dallas Cowboys training camp in San Antonio is just amazing. For any given practice you are likely to find 5-10 thousand fans in the stands cheering every interception, sack and touchdown catch. Especially when it's a Terrell Owens touchdown catch.
You could probably hear it in the background of some of our post-practice interviews with the various Cowboy players. Fans chanting, yelling, screaming for T.O. He spent about 15 minutes after practice one day just signing autographs for crazed fans, and he didn't even come close to getting to everybody that wanted one. It's obvious that Cowboys fans are nuts about T.O.
That's what bothers me. Remember this?
"The player" that droves of fans crowd the Alamodome railing hoping to get a signature is still the same player that offended an entire stadium full of Cowboys fans back in 2000 with his pose on the most sacred spot of the most sacred stadium in Cowboys lore.
He was despised and ridiculed. He outraged fans across the country. But just 6 short years later he was wearing the Cowboy silver and by the reaction of fans so far. Apparently all is forgotten.
I think that's a shame.
If you are a true Cowboy fan there is nothing more enraging then an opposing player demeaning the star. If you are a true Cowboy fan that would have been the most dispicable thing that you have ever witnessed. If you are a true Cowboy fan you will never be able to forgive T.O. for that no matter what color jersey he is wearing.
But apparently most of you already have.
posted by The Gryphon at 7:59 PM
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