Know Your Dallas Cowboys: The Blog

Kickholder likes to disagree with Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and this dates back to the latter’s days at the Dallas Morning News.  But something he said 10 seasons ago really seems to have continuing relevance to this franchise.
The year was 1996.  The Cowboys were coming off of their third Super Bowl title, […]

Grade: C
For the third year in a row, the Cowboys’ draft in 1963 produced one all-time great on defense, and nothing else.  Dallas selected Lee Roy Jordan from Alabama with its first pick, and his 14 year career led to his induction into the Cowboys Ring of Honor.  He is also considered one of college […]

The snap, the hold, and… a roundup of other thoughts around Cowboys blogland:
Mick Shots at Dallas Cowboys Fan Zone:
Not that you even get any regular-season brownie points for it, but the Cowboys will be gunning for the first 4-0 preseason since 1985. Only two other times have the Cowboys gone undefeated in preseason, 5-0 […]

We noticed yesterday that the fellow at ProBlogger.net was hacked, and his material was replaced by some political messages.  That is unfortunate, but (1) the guy obviously knows what he is doing with his blog, and (2) he (and IT administrators) got it up and running in the same day.
There are many more general reasons […]

Grade: D
The 1962 Cowboys’ draft was hampered before it began by a number of trades for players that included Don Meredith and Don Perkins. Their first two picks came during the second and third rounds (they traded one of their third round picks), when they selected quarterback 6?7, 230 lb. quarterback Sonny Gibbs and guard […]

Quick note on Greg Ellis, now starting left outside linebacker. It is good to see that he may not only survive this season as a Cowboy, but may also thrive. Ellis was the last of a string of ”nice guy” defensive draft picks in the late 1990s, which also included Randall Godfrey and Dexter Coakley. […]

Kickholder split time between the television broadcasters and the radio broadcasters on Saturday. Babe Laufenberg, who did the color commentary on the television broadcast, has always been acceptable, and sometimes better. Here’s to hoping that Charlie Waters gets better on the radio team. Forget the Pro Bowl years and all that. […]

The winner of the MOP Award for 1962 was actually a Pro Bowl player, but he was overshadowed by other defensive backs such as Mel Renfro. Mike Gaechter had 21 interceptions during his eight-year career that spaned from 1962 to 1969. But it was two factors that gave him enough of an edge to […]

Wow! Kickholder’s grandfather, a longtime farmer, would have loved this obscure little treasure.  Kickholder himself had to go back three times to make sure he spelled Peterbilt Tractor Trailer correctly.  But it was quite a find, indeed.

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A quick obscure note about T.O.  Kickholder was at the D/FW airport in July, and at the time he was checking in, none other than Terrell Owens was also checking in at first class (no, Kickholder has never flown first class).  He was with one other person (unidentified) and made no effort to circumvent security […]