Hey guys my name is Jordan, and I'm a long time reader of the site. I haven't posted in a long time, but this week has brought me out of my offseason hibernation.

Living in Dallas and rooting for the Cowboys is a great joy, and I often have the oppurtunity to throw caution to the wind and go tailgate for America's Team. With the double dose of an open practice and the first home game of the season, I was thrown back into the world of football, and I walked away with some amazing memories. I'll try to convey what this week was like to be there for all you guys that can't make it to Texas Stadium.

First of all, like in my previous posts, I won't be doing much actual analysis. You guys do a good enough job of that all ready.

Second, I know this is a hard read, I don't know how this new format works

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Yeah I know, you have no idea what this diary is about, but you're reading it anyways.  I expect nothing less from you guys.  Hungry...maybe even fiending like I do for more Cowboys info.  Sorry guys, it's my first diary in awhile, and I wanted to get you guys to read this no matter what.  

Selfish?

Maybe.

Read on and stroke my ego....

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Hey I'm trying to find the chart that Jimmy Johnson came up with for the point value assigned to draft picks.

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Currently there are 10 Cowboys leading the votes in the NFC.

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These are all the things I would like to see in the second half of the season.

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Espn just said Romo signed a 6 year 67.5 million dollar contract

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Promoted from the diaries by me.

BTB-regular Jordan found an article about the Cowboys uniforms throughout the years. This is perfect reading material for a bye week. If you got time to kill go click on all the links in this story. As Jordan says below, forget about the author's football analysis and hatred of Dallas, it's not worth the time. His annoyance factor ratings make the article feel like something the E channel would use to counter-program the Super Bowl broadcast. I imagined Joan Rivers making an appearance and asking Tony Romo what designer he was wearing. But the Cowboys definitely have had some quirks in their outfits...err...uniforms.

Here's Jordan's post.

I found this article on ESPN's website and found it pretty interesting.

Since I'm a young cowboys fan, I don't have extensive knowledge of uniforms worn in the past.  This turned out to be a pretty good read.  The writer, Paul Lukas, does a great job of spreading Cowboys hatred to the masses and generally hating on everything we love.  

He even uses and "annoyance factor" to rate the random parts of the uniform that he is looking at.

It's just downright unbelievable how the media hates us, and I'm always caught off guard when I here some pundit say something based on personal belief and not football.

But, like I said, I'm young.  I suppose I'll get used to it someday.

Ok, this is completly rumor, but Profootballtalk is reporting that the Chargers game on Sunday is most likely going to move.

profootballtalk.com

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Another game, another story.

It's a little different to post a diary like this after a loss, and just like last time I won't be doing too much analysis.

Like Terry said, this was a playoff atmosphere.  I met as many people from Texas as I did from Boston.  It was insane, within 5 miles of the stadium the atmosphere was electric.  It seemed as though even the scalpers had a pep in their step (and why not, what with the scalped seats going for $300 a pop?)  People were screaming from their cars, and trash talking was exchanged between all rival vehicles.

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My friends and I always go around before the game and give out score predictions.

Although I rarely remember what they pick, or even what I pick, it's always fun to see what everyone else is thinking.

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[Promoted from the diaries. An excellent write-up of attending the game on Sunday by BTB-regular Jordan.]

Jordan's post:

Man it feels good to be 4-0!

I attended my second game of the year on Sunday so I decided I would give you an idea of what it was like inside the stadium.  I really won't be doing too much analysis, whereas it is much easier to tell what's going on from an HDTV.  My goal here is to capture some of the excitement I experienced and transmit it via our wonderful blog.

Traffic is always terrible getting to Texas Stadium.  It takes me up to an hour sometimes and I live like 5 miles away.  

My buddies an I did it big this time, we went up there 12 deep and brought a keg.  Best Idea Ever.  

After many beers we began the stroll up to the stadium.  For anybody that has been to a home game and parked in the poor man's parking, you know about how long of a walk it is.  Unfortunately, there weren't very many people that were Ram's fans to heckle, but we made the most of it by heckling those always confusing fans wearing a jersey that have no affiliation with the game at hand besides the fact that the team it represents plays the sport of football.  The most interesting jerseys we saw were: Dan Marino, Jack Lambert, Matt Linert, Kevin Barlow (49ers edition), and get this, Ryan Leaf!! I was proudly wearing my new Marion Barber jersey. (side bar for Jersey aficionados: Mitchell and Ness has finally announced some Cowboys throwbacks.  I think old school Staubach and Dorsett along with 94 double star Aikman, Irvin and Emitt)

Our seats were in section 36 which is right behind the endzone.  When the heralded high snap play occurred, the ball was bouncing right to me and I felt my stomach churn as panic begin to take hold  You guys know the rest but oh my lord was it nerve-racking!  Sitting in the endzone is really cool because you get a perfect view of the holes and all of the offensive line play.  When Romo ran in the touchdown, I saw a ray of light right through the defense.  It was if I could see what he saw.  On the other hand it sucks because it always seems like the action is on the other side of the field.

Of all the games I have been to, I have never seen the home crowd in force like it was yesterday.  Almost every person was a Cowboy's fan.  There was a very knowledgeable Rams fan right behind me, so we were able to provide roster info to each other periodically through the game.

One of my goals as a diehard fan is to get the fans more involved in the game.  Places like Kansas City and Seattle are known for being hellacious places to go because of the crowd noise, so why not Dallas.  Granted, we haven't had the best few years recently and I know the crowd will come when the Super Bowls do, but I still find no reason to be sitting down silent during a third down while we are on defense.  The crowd can be such an asset.   I will say this though:  a guy in an authentic Keith Davis Jersey helped me get the crowd going on the down right before Bulger threw the pick to Hamlin.  Yep I'll take credit for that!

Some random thoughts on the Game:

I screamed out "McBriar for MVP" right before Dante Hall ran it back for the TD.

I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about the roster, but I admit: I didn't know Ellis was playing, and when he got a sack I was heard asking "who the hell is 98?"

Romo chants dominated the 3rd and 4th quarter.

I really think this defense is underrated.  I don't see the problems that people have labeled us to have.

Our D-line creates havoc.

Special teams seems to be our worst problem.  Like Grizz has noted, we sat through tons of special teams play in training camp.  We should be much better than we are.

Offensive points scored seem to hover in the mid 30's.

Defensive points allowed keep dwindling and dwindling.

Well that's all for this game.  I'll post another in-stadium recap after the Pats game.

You know, I had seen this video before.  This guy, TEK2000, makes phenominal video clips for the cowboys, and I've probably seen them all.  After exhausting all media outlets for new Cowboy's stories, I happened to come across this video again.  The last time I had seen it was prior to training camp.  But now, after this incredible start to the season, I have a new love for this video.  

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6_j52DziM...

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This could be one of the most pivotal matchups this Sunday.

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My name is Jordan Noble, and I have been a Cowboy fan since I fist attended a game in the early ninties against the 49ers.

My Dad made me a Cowboy fan whether I liked it or not.

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I never felt bad for Mike Vick, not once.

We've all talked about this, thought about this and heard about this over and over.  We know every detail, every angle, and everyone involved in the case.  But I didn't know what the fans thought.

I checked out the Falcons blog in SB Nation....

http://www.thefalcoholic.com/

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I had the pleasure of getting to see the August 6th and 7th practices.

This was my first training camp and it was a pretty good time.

While there, I met Grizz briefly before his ninja bodyguards sent me packing.

I know a lot of this has been said before, but I thought I would add a first person perspective

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I was thinking about taking a road trip down to training camp this year and I had a few questions for those that have gone before.

Do they sell tickets or is it a free event?

When would be the best time to go?

Do the fans have access to to the players at all?

Do the fans get to watch every aspect of the practice, or are we limited to certain parts?

Are any of you guys going?

Any answers would help me a lot.

I haven't posted many diaries, but I thought I would let you guys know of any relevent football topics that came to mind.

I attended the Desperados game tonight and it was my first time to be at any Arena game.

The main reason I chose to go was because of the current complete despairity of the Dallas sports world (Mavs ruining a great season, Rangers living up to expectations and being the worst team in Baseball, and the Stars early exit of the playoffs).

I was pleasantly surprised with the show that was put on.

Besides the very annoying announcer, the game was fascinating.  Most players I saw gave everything they had on every down.  Special teams play was unbelievable, with more viscous contact and unpredictability than I had expected.

To be concise: Arena Football scratched an itch that had been bothering me for a few months, but also got my mouth watering for another shot at the Super Bowl.

What do you guys think of the AFL?

First of all I want to say that I love this site and I'm so glad that I finally became a member.  You guys do such a good job of reporting anything and everything about the cowboys, and I check the site multiple times a day!

Anyways on to the meat of this diary:

One of my favorite things to do is buy a new cowboys jersey.  I'm constantly looking for the best possible one and I really love seeing the cool throwbacks that people have at the games.

This year I want to do something different, and I really have no idea how to do it.  Hopefully you guys can help me out.  A friend of mine and I decided we want to get really obscure jerseys that no one has (i.e. Mat McBriar or offensive linemen).  

Any ideas on how to get authentic jerseys like that? I've searched and came up with no results.