The Sports Bizzo

By Toph…

Well, it’s December in Dallas, and we all know what that means, The Anti-Claus strikes again. Once again, we wake up on a Monday morning to find that the Cowboys have let us down in December. It’s really beginning to get old at this point. As Diabla and I headed back to the Metroplex, we readied ourselves for the Sunday showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Before the game, we attended Dibs’ niece’s soccer game. The Lady Kicks against the Purple People Eaters. Two of the top teams in the Fort Worth girl’s 9-11 year old indoor soccer league, the Kicks churned out 16 unanswered goals and blanked the Purple People Eaters. Sadly, no one paid much attention, as the entire crowd, dressed in Silver and Blue, discussed the game. Hell, even the scorekeeper stopped keeping score after 10 points (I kept racking them up in my head, leading me to believe I’ll be that kind of Dad).

After a while, we all joked that this would be a preview of the Cowboys game. Little did we know, we were completely right, only The Boys turned out to the be Purple People Eaters. I will say, watching those girls get demoralized was kind of sad, but what can you do when even the reserves scored 9 points in the 2nd half? Do you tell them to play dead? I mean, they don’t get to start and you’re supposed to tell them not to score? It doesn’t seem fair for anyone involved, and there should have been a 10-point mercy rule or something.

Sorry, back to the Cowboys – No one really felt good going into last night’s game, and maybe the most depressing loss since last year was a good thing. The week’s leading up to last night’s Spanklish all we heard from Jerry was that the Boys would make the playoffs, Wade’s job was safe and everything was OK at the Ranch. (Oh, this is a new word derived from a Cinemax porn Habla Spanklish, about Latin girls who liked to get, you guessed it, spanked. Also on at the time were Daddy Issues 1, Sex Games Cancun 8 and Never Too Big.) It wasn’t until late last night that Jerry finally said he’d be taking people behind the woodshed, which only further excites me and other fans of Spanklish. I can’t help but to think about Jerry telling Wade to go into his closet and pick out the belt.

After being declared the Super Champions in the preseason, and completely failing to live up to expectations, there’s no reason to think this coaching staff can come back, right? Wade has proven that he’s not the right man for the job, Brian Stewart lost control of the Defense, and it seems everyone has lost confidence in Jason Garrett. Makes you wonder what happened to Sean Peyton and Tony Sparano, doesn’t it? But, at this point, I believe we’ve invested too much into Garrett to not give him a shot at coaching this team. Hire an offensive coordinator, and demote Wade to the defense. Think that’s crazy? Then explain why our old Head Coach is now our secondary coach.

Things need to change back at the Ranch. Meltdowns of this magnitude are simply unacceptable.
And with that said… It’s good to be back from vacation. The Bizzo has been on hiatus for the holidays, but we fully expected to be covering Cowboys football in the playoffs. The Biz went through a lot of different things in 2008 – I mean, creation, podcasting, blogging, and from 2 writer’s to 8 writer’s and finally back down to 3. We brought friends and guests onto the podcast, and even tried streaming it. Also, we were invited to join the Yardbarker network, which has been good to us.

2009 should bring a lot more to the Biz. I’m not sure what, but, we’ll play it by ear.

Jon, Christian and I hope you all had a happy holiday and will have a happy New Year.

Late.