I miss the way things used to be with college and pro football. I miss the Tom Landry era Dallas Cowboys. I miss hearing Tommy Loy play the National Anthem on his trumpet at every home Dallas Cowboys game until the end of 1988. A lot of negative things happened to the Cowboys in 1989. I miss watching Cowboys games on TV, virtually every week. I was able to attend two games at Texas Stadium, I miss that place. (Not overly impressed with AT&T Stadium) I even miss Cowboys games played at The Cotton Bowl. I miss the Cotton Bowl Classic when it was actually being played at The Cotton Bowl Stadium, which is still standing strong. I have seen three college games there. One was the Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma. Now the PC police call it the Red River Rivalry (I don’t). I saw The Cotton Bowl Classic there twice. Now the Cotton Bowl Classic is played at AT & T Stadium. Thankfully, the Shootout is still at the real Cotton Bowl. I miss hating the Pittsburgh Steelers even though Terry Bradshaw is from my hometown. I miss hating the Redskins, the Giants and Eagles, for no other reason than they were the Steelers, Redskins, Giants and Eagles. Rivalries are great. I miss Monday Night Football when it was on ABC. I miss Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, Frank Gifford. On Sundays I miss Brent Musberger, Jimmy the Greek even though I don’t care for gambling. So many others who either have passed or no longer part of the action. I miss NFL players and coaches who had class and respect. Some still do, not too many I feel. I miss when college Bowl games were simple names, Rose, Cotton, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Gator, etc. Not something like the ‘Acme Clean and Super Bright.com Federal Shipping Sun Bowl.’ I miss when going to a bowl was an honor, and the requirements were more than just winning half of your games and your players have a pulse and not be in jail at game time. Pro and college football has changed, and I am afraid not for the better. I still love watching what remains of college football. Sadly, I am, for the foreseeable future, done with the NFL. Even if respect for the USA were restored, the game still isn’t the same for me. I have treasured memories of what the NFL and college ball once were, those can’t be lost.
Time On The Road..........by Donnie 