Remember the good old days? Relive those great times tonight! Sit back and just enjoy the game.

Take a trip down memory lane as our new writer, Nathan Maxfield, puts tonight’s game into perspective. Enjoy! – SM

With the Cowboy’s season kicking off tonight, I can’t help but reminisce about my childhood and the days of watching the games with my father. I lived in a Cowboy’s household. My father lived and breathed with every Cowboy win and loss. Now, later in life, he doesn’t take things as seriously. But back then, on game-days my father’s mood could easily be determined by whether or not the Cowboys won or lost. With a win, you were guaranteed laughter and smiles.  With a loss however, you were better off just playing outside or up in your room. It was just better to avoid the foul mood that a Cowboy’s loss would instill into my dear old dad.

I am not sure I know anyone who takes the games so seriously these days. I don’t know if that is from exposure, free agency causing constant team turnover or perhaps even the popularity of fantasy football. That isn’t to say that people aren’t excited – one look at my Facebook and Twitter feed tells me otherwise. I just wonder if fans care a little less about their teams than those from 25 years ago. People tend to move on quicker, just watch the next game or get prepared for the following week. (more…)

Is Quarterback Mark Sanchez ready for the new Rob Ryan Defense? (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

One of the great things about working at The Landry Hat, and the Fansided Sports Network, is our access to different experts. Since our network has a site for every NFL team, I’d thought I’d get an insider’s take on the upcoming Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Jets match-up…from the other side.

Therefore, I  present ten questions with the Editor/Lead Writer of The Jet Press FanSided Blog, Marc A. Greenberg:

1. TLH – It will no doubt be an emotional game Sunday Night. With all the pre-game and halftime memorials planned, how do you think it will affect the Jets on-field play, if at all? Will it be a distraction at all?

MG – I don’t see the memorials being a distraction at all. I think the Jets, if anything, will be so motivated for New York, that their energy will be amped up a little. As sad and emotional as 9/11 was, I feel the people of New York, myself included, will find something, anything to rally around. For Jets fans Sunday night, the crowd will certainly be electric and the noise level will be unprecedented. (more…)