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I get geographical proximity. I get rooting for a team whose former head coach had been a Horn, even if he seemed to go out of his way to not draft UT players (none selected between 1964 and 1986).

I don't get rooting for a team owned by a clown from Arkansas who seems to relish drafting Sooners, Razorbacks, and Aggies at visible positions (Jones, Murray, Bennett, McGee--though I will admit Murray was a great value at pick 71) and who insists on inviting teams from out of state to play in his stadium, giving them a recruiting footprint in Texas.

I had to upvote. I loathe the Cowboys and take joy in their suffering but I tried to hold my false impartiality, as not to start a thread offending Cowboy fans and creating a battlefield of cowboys and indians. I think the only thing that could turn me was if Jerry signs Vince after Tony Romo chokes again. "Oh no! We suck again!"

He would pull them out in the 4th quarter every time against the Redskins. At least it seemed so to my young, Redskin loving eyes. He was the anti Romo. Super clutch and as good as any qb, ever.

they will never win big again as long as jones is there,The dumbass has completely got away from the hard nose defenses and the grind it out offense,that they won so much with during landrys heyday and jimmy johnson. Its a shame that 1 person can destroy a franchise the way he has,i have always been a cowboys fan but cant hardly watch them anymore. they are pitiful.

You summed up a lot of my feelings better than I could. I never did understand why the cowboys never took a Horn for 20 plus years.

Cowboy fan ?

I'd rate 'em right up there with strep throat and bleeding ulcers.

Some might rate 49ers, Eagles and Redskins in the same genre...

I am disgusted with Jerry too but with that logic, DKR nor Mack Brown would have ever been allowed the reins in Austin...and no, I am not comparing Jerry to either DKR or Mack...

Being a fan of the Cowboys does not necessarily have anything to do with being a fan of the Longhorns...

Everyone loves a winner. The Cowboys have taught me that.

But I love the Horns through good and bad, and I can't say that for the Cowboys.

I grew up, like many of you, idolizing Staubach and Landry. I still remember not understanding why Staubach had to retire, and may dad trying to explain it to me.

I hated to Landry ousting, but came to love the Jimmy Johnson 'Boys. What a team.

And now, this. Jerry Johnson sucks, to put it mildly, and even many of the true die hard Cowboy fans don't deny it. They are a warning sign to Longhorn fans, IMO. Making more money than anyone else does not = fan happiness.

Only one thing can make a fan feel the same way they feel on their wedding day: Championships. This Cowboys organization doesn't get that or doesn't care. It's evident in the way they run things, from drafts down to the smallest things that makes pro teams great.

It sucks, but I find more to admire about the hated Steelers than the Cowboys these days. Free agency changed everything, true, but Jerry Jones is a blight on old school Cowboys fans. My God, the man hired Switzer.

First, when it comes to professional sports, it is usually geographical proximity that generates interest. As for the other things you mention, some of them have to do with luck and some of them have to do with the fact that professional sports are strictly business, and are not conducted with an eye toward "securing the borders" or being loyal to the local college teams.

Once a loyalty is firmly established, people generally continue to root for the team, even if they don't like the way the team is currently being run, or some of the player and coaching decisions. When free agency first hit the NFL, Troy Aikman (who had just signed one of the largest contracts in league history, no doubt skewing his viewpoint) wondered aloud, "What are the fans supposed to do? Root for the uniforms?" When it comes right down to it, that's exactly what we do.