Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowl XLII

Dallas Cowboys win Super bowl XLII over the New England Patriots on a last second Nick Folk field goal.   You heard it hear first "Folks"!  For those non Dallas Cowboys fans out there, you've likely never heard of Nick Folk, the rookie kicker for the 2007-2008 Dallas Cowboys.   Former cowboys great Nate Newton refers to Folk as "Ice water".  You can't phase him.  He has the uncanny ability to block everything out and take one kick at a time as all the great ones do.

Okay, Okay.  I realize that it's only September 24, 2007 and only the third week into the young NFL season.  Perhaps, its a tad early to "crown" the Cowboys as Super Bowl champions, but as a die-hard Cowboys fan, you just can't help but feel excited about this 2007 Dallas Cowboys football team.   Tony Romo has certainly silenced a lot of critics who said he hasn't faced any top notch NFL defenses.   Well; how about putting up 34 points on the NFL's best defence in the Chicago Bears.   31 of those points came in the second half, where Tono Romo and Terrell Owens put on a "Pitch and Catch" passing clinic.   Although T.O. was kept out of the end zone, his 185 yards receiving and key third and fourth down grabs really helped the Cowboys maintain momentum and win the game.

You have to give a ton of credit to Jason Garrett, the rookie offensive coordinator who put T.O. in motion out of the backfield to allow Tony Romo to get some very important pre-snap reads of the Bears top ranked Defense.   Chicago's D certainly shut down the Cowboys running game of Marion "The Barbarian" Barber and Julius Jones for the first three quarters until the oversized, underappreciated Dallas offensive line wore down the Bears defense allowing Barber to break off a long run that led to yet another Barber touchdown.

The Cowboys Defense also showed more life with the return of "should of have been a pro-bowler" Terrance Newman.  Although Newman only played on nickel and dime downs, his presence certainly seemed to give the rest of the Dallas D some much needed confidence.   Key interceptions and a key strip of the ball by rookie nose tackle Remi Ayodele (brother of Akin) really kept the momemtum with Dallas and Henry's nice pick-6 pretty much sealed the deal and sent many a grizzly bear fan into hibernation.  

What is really exciting about this Dallas team is their ability to overcome adversity.  Playing away from home in hostile enviroments, heat, injuries, penalties, end zone celebrations, big plays; it seems that nothing can get these guys down.   Cowboys fans are also excited about the potential of Greg Ellis coming back on the field as well as speedy wideout Terry Glen and newly acquired Tank Johnson by mid season.   These key players will just add more depth to an already dangerous Cowboys team.  

I could go on and on, but I think you get my point that the headline of this article could very well turn out to be a reality come February 3, 2008 in Arizona.  For more information on the upcoming superbowl, check out http://www.nfl.com/superbowl . 

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