What Would Have Happened If…”The Catch” Was Never Caught?

Mark Lane — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:00:59 +0000

Welcome again to “What Would Have Happen If…”, the five-part series that explores moments in Cowboys history and their more favorable effects would have impacted our current understanding of the Cowboys franchise. It was originally supposed to be a six-part series, but Dez Bryant and his mother had other plans. The series’ intention was to keep Cowboys fans from doing desperate things in between the weeks of mini-camp and training camp, like dehydrating and collecting their own expectoration or examining the phases of the moon and how that played into the Cowboys’ big plays in 2011.

“The Catch” is the singular moment that all Cowboys fans despise whether you were alive to see it or not. Even if you were born post 1981 as I was, as NFL Films inculcates the history of the game, you admire “The Catch” for Dwight Clark’s fingertip grab that catapulted the 49ers dynasty; just ask Pat Summerall. (more…)

TLH Cancels Chapter by Chapter Reviews of Boys Will Be Boys

thelandryhat — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:42:47 +0000

I will no longer review Boys will be Boys chapter by chapter. I just finished reading the second chapter, which is all about the firing of Tom Landry and the sale of the team to Jerry Jones. I can tell that thsi book is just going to be full of negative connotations against our favorite Dallas Cowboys era (I say that because it is an era in which most of us were old enough to enjoy it).

I certainly don’t want anyone to avoid my site because I am ruining the book. However, since I did read the second chapter, let me talk about it for a few minutes.

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What Would Have Happened If…”The Catch” Was Never Caught?

TLH Cancels Chapter by Chapter Reviews of Boys Will Be Boys