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In reply to the discussion: Chris Christie's favorite team just lost. [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Then I turned 14.
Actually I was a Cowboys fan until the moment they fired Tom Landry. I realized Landry's time as the Cowboy's head coach was coming to an end. But Landry was such a longtime institution to the Cowboy's they should have done something else other than fire him - he deserved better respect than that. A classier owner would have bumped Landry upstairs or allowed Landry to 'retire' himself. But one thing Cowboy's Jerry Jones is not and that is classy.
At the time I had moved to the Philadelphia area and was dating someone from a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan (along with a family of huge Eagles fans) so it was just natural that I moved to supporting the Eagles. Before I had switched I had kinda downplayed to him and his family that I was even a Cowboy's fan. It was like how i was with the Reds and Phillies where I liked both teams but when no one was around I'd cheer on the outside team. (but then again no rivally against the Cincinnati Reds here in Philly).
Today I am still a huge Reds fan (I even survived Marge Schott who was a huge asshole but never ever as bad as Jerry Jones but pretty darn close) but I love the Phillies too. But I can't stand the Cowboys and honestly, it's due to Jerry Jones.