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January 21, 2008
Revenge is a Dish Served Very Cold
As a die-hard Dallas Cowboy fan, I collapsed in frustration when the New York Giants beat the Cowboys to go to the NFC championship game. I had been eagerly awaiting a Cowboy-Packer title game in the friendly confines of Texas Stadium, followed by a titanic Dallas-New England struggle in the Super Bowl. That won't happen.
But, the Giants' thrilling OT victory over the Packers in the Tundra Bowl yesterday proved deeply satisfying. Like many Texans, I've nursed an unquenchable boyhood grudge against Green Bay since the Packers beat the Cowboys in the Ice Bowl on December 31, 1967. Sure, the Cowboys went on to greatness under Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, but my horror as a 10 year watching the Cowboys go down in icy flames never really faded. (I grew up in Cowboy coach Tom Landry's home town, Mission, Texas, so the loss had severe civic reverberations.)
Until yesterday. While the Giants beat the Cowboys two Sundays ago, my 50-year old self doesn't view this as a world-shattering loss. That's the breaks. But yesterday's game, which had the Giants beat the Packers on a field goal in ovetime, now THAT was a victory to savour. Given the choice of Cowboy opponents, I'd much rather see the Giants win. And they did. Right there in the frozen heart of darkness, Lambeau Field, the Giants stuck it to the Packers the same way the Packers stuck it to Don Meredith and the Cowboys a little over 40 years ago.
Justice has been served.
Van | 01/21/08 at 09:57 PM | Categories: Life and how to live it
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Go G-men! Beat those Patriots.
Paul | January 22, 2008 09:12 AM
