SPORTS-(BRONCOS)

11/24/05 vs. Dallas Cowboys (W 24-21)
In the past 12 days, the Donkies have gone 3-0. In baseball, if a pitcher goes 3-0 in 12 days, he quickly jumps to the top of the Cy Young contenders. Well, assuming he doesn't have 10 losses by that point. Now standing at 9-2 and beating the Cowboys in front of a national audience...it's entirely possible that people will start noticing the Broncos for more than Renee Herlocker.

CBS was doing their best to kill both teams' momentum. The game started at 2pm MST, and regulation didn't conclude until 5:45 pm MST. John Lynch and the other Bronco captains made the correct call on the overtime conflip and benignantly the game ended three plays later. Charlie Adams made one catch on a slant route giving the Broncos 2nd and 3. Next play, Ron Dayne ran 55 yards to set up Jason Elam's game winning chip-shot field goal. The Old Coaching Cliche' is "Special Teams should win you at least 1 game a year". 11 weeks into the season, special teams have now won 2 games for Denver. Officially, it may have been a special teams win, but Dayne stole the spotlight and helped win a game for the second time this year. Maybe the new cliche is "Ron Dayne should help you win at least 1 game a year".

Dayne had been inactive for a few games and was only pushed into action due to Tatum Bell's chest injury. The rotund Dayne looked like a mini-Jerome Bettis, rumbling through Texas Stadium like a mini-bus. Dayne scored on a 15 yard run in the second quarter, but was held in check by the Cowboys defense most of the day. The Cowboys performed better than expected and even ended Jake Plummer's franchise-record interception-less streak. I wish I could tell you some names on the Cowboys, aside from Terence Newman, but CBS made it an effort to toss in several station breaks, commercials and hype about announcer Phil Simms' worthless "Iron" award. Dayne was selected the winner and I'm sure he can compare his illustrious award to Mike Anderson's 2001 award.... if Anderson kept it, that is.

It was probably the most entertaining Bronco game this year. It had turnovers, big plays, a tight score and pretty colors. one play after being flagged for a questionable holding call, Champ Bailey broke on a Drew Bledsoe pass and ran 65 yards into the endzone. Nick Ferguson managed his own pick later in the game, setting carerr high with 3 on the season. Ferguson previously had "1" as his "career high", so that mark is dubious at best.

A little luck didn't hurt, either. Cowboys kicker Billy Cundiff missed a relatively easy 34 yarder in the fourth, which would have put the Boys ahead 24-21. All game long, CBS' Jim Nantz had been clamoring about Cundiff's recent 56-yarder. He worked in a little shot to the Broncos and Jason Elam saying "it'd be interesting to see him tee that up again...without altitude". You Fucking Dick! Look, the Broncos have in the league for 40 some years. Every year, they've had at least 7 home game. In all those years, NOBODY has ever made a 63 yard fieldgoal, so blaming Elam's record-tying 1998 kick on "altitude" is horseshit (no pun intended...but always appreciated). If it's so easy to kick at altitude, why is it that nobody ever sucessfully made a 63 yarder in all those years?! Why is it that nobody has made, let alone attempted, such a kick at altitude since Elam's 1998 kick?! It's not just bias from a Bronco-fan, either. In 2002 Mike VanderJagt made a 56-yarder, but critics brushed it off, since it was "at altitude". Nevermind that snow was blowing all over the stadium that night. If it's so easy, why hasn't it been done so often?!

Being Thanksgiving and all, CBS threw in a "special halftime performance" by Sheryl Crow and her white teeth. The broad needs to be a spokesperson for BriteSmile or one of the countless teeth whitening formulas. When the game was over, it was Ron Dayne who needed a teeth whitener, as he also received some lukewarm blackberry pie courtesy of Phil Simms. Rod Smith received a free pizza from Blackjack Pizza. Mike Shanahan recieved a laurel and hearty handshake from Pat Bowlen. Jake Plummer received a happy ending from Kollette Klassen. The team had much to be thanfkul for.

FINAL CUTS
...||...Golly. Watched that Fresno State vs. USC game last Saturday night. The last 6 minutes took almost 40 minutes of real-time. With such a plodding pace, it's no wonder Reggie Bush put up such astronomical numbers. You give any RB 34 minutes of rest and he'll be fresh, too.

...||...I think it's a Honda commercial.. two guys are drivng in a jungle with some musical natives in the back seat. I dig that song they do. "dooo-rah! dooo-rah!" That jingle alone has made it my New Most Favoritest Commercial for this week.

...||... The CSU Rams have been invited to the Poinsettia bowl. They'll play Navy. I guess the University of Southern Kentucky and Minnesota State were booked. But still, CSU gets to go to San Diego, while CU gets blindsided by Nebraska. HA! By the way, how many bowls are there, now? With so many, they should name some of the lesser games "saucers". They're not really as deep or as big as a bowl...just somewhat concave.

...||...Just so's ya' know. I'm thankful for: not living across the street from Aurora anymore. Ace. Danger Mouse on DVD. Dirt trails behind my house. Burgers at Bud's Bar in Sedalia. Pants.

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