Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Dallas Scoreboard

How is it that the Cowboys build a $1.2 billion stadium and don't test out the suitability of their scoreboard? Bill Polian tried to do the same thing in Lucas Oil but his punter easily hit a 90 foot high beam. Jerry Jones spends the GDP of Monaco and can't ask his punter for 30 minutes of his time?

Maybe Jerry saw the futility of the exercise - the Cowboys' punter, Mat McBriar was quoted as saying that their "game plan is to kick to the sidelines" and "it's not on my mind". Talk about building a stadium to generate a home field advantage.

I love the Jerry Jones continually defends the height of his boards, saying that he's comfortable with it and that they were built to league specifications. I suppose it's a ploy to get the league pay the $2 million to raise the boards, but not even admitting that a punt hitting the board is a problem is hilariously tragic.

1 comment:

Xavier Alexander said...

Why did more teams not want to pay up for Vick. This is a guy who made the probowl like 4 times. and is instant offense. With a number of crap quarterbacks in the league, i would think he would be worth stepping up for. The whole dog fighting thing is awful, but history. he can be the face of Peta if positioned right. and ultimately everyone wants a winner. I think Philly got a steal. And i think Vick got short end of stick, given that he won't have a chance of being a starter unless donovan goes down.