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  <title>Disrespecting the star</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2008-10-03T00:22:39-04:00</published-at>
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        <created-at>2008-10-04T05:13:34-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>He would knock 85, 5 yards down the field like TO</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-04T05:13:15-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>I wish George Teague was on the field</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T15:26:23-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Chad, won't score on us, not because of lack of ability but Fitzpartick can't get him the ball.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T15:23:25-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Sorry for the double post.  IE froze on me.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T15:19:43-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>All the T.O. bashing has got to stop.  T.o. is a better wide receiver than Moss.  One week the national media is praising him for his hustle in the Washington game.  He ran down someone 50 years after being low blocked.  Then when Felix Jones breaks out on a big run, who escorts him to the end zone, that is right T.O.  He is a great receiver and teammate.  Why does the media have such a problem with everything when all his teammates say they want their stars to say give me the ball.  I agree, when the second half started and they got T.O. more involved, the offense looked very good.  I think the problem was in the game plan that Jason Garrett called.  He took Barber out of the game, not by anything that the Redskins did.  I believe our offense is at its best when the defenses have to worry about Barber out the backfield.  It was a bump in the road and I am still extremely confident that we will still finish the year on top...  Go Boys!!!</body>
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          <created-at>2008-10-03T13:50:59-04:00</created-at>
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          <quoted-text>You must be smokin some of that dope that Henry is pushin up in Denver</quoted-text>
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          <body>So you think Newman and Henry could stop Johnson then? I think he's good enough to get one if the ball is thrown his way.

They looked pretty average against those smurfs from Washington.

And the drugs in Denver pale to our local product. BC Bud rules.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T13:56:08-04:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>So you think Newman and Henry could stop Johnson then? I think he's good enough to get one if the ball is thrown his way.They looked pretty average against those smurfs from Washington.And the drugs in Denver pale to our local product. BC Bud rules.</quoted-text>
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        <body>HA HA HA HA....I'm a true Cowboys fan, have been since I was a kid but I admit that Newman played horribly against da Skins. I think Chad is good enough to get 1 but since makin those types of comments I think da Boys have a lil game plan for him....it'll be interesting to see</body>
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          <created-at>2008-10-03T12:54:19-04:00</created-at>
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          <quoted-text>Who's gonna stop him getting 1? Newman? Henry? Not based on last week.Pokes will win easily but he could easily get 1 TD.</quoted-text>
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          <body>You must be smokin some of that dope that Henry is pushin up in Denver</body>
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        <quoted-text>You must be smokin some of that dope that Henry is pushin up in Denver</quoted-text>
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        <body>So you think Newman and Henry could stop Johnson then? I think he's good enough to get one if the ball is thrown his way.

They looked pretty average against those smurfs from Washington.

And the drugs in Denver pale to our local product. BC Bud rules.</body>
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          <created-at>2008-10-03T13:08:34-04:00</created-at>
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          <body>I want to pee on the star.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T13:14:37-04:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>I want to pee on the star..

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        <body>I'm sure you do...based on the stench in Newark looks like you did that all over town there.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T13:08:34-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>I want to pee on the star.</body>
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          <created-at>2008-10-03T12:10:13-04:00</created-at>
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          <quoted-text>haha, so true..</quoted-text>
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          <body>Who's gonna stop him getting 1? Newman? Henry? Not based on last week.

Pokes will win easily but he could easily get 1 TD.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-10-03T12:54:19-04:00</created-at>
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        <quoted-text>Who's gonna stop him getting 1? Newman? Henry? Not based on last week.Pokes will win easily but he could easily get 1 TD.</quoted-text>
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        <body>You must be smokin some of that dope that Henry is pushin up in Denver</body>
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  <body>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/ftr.star.icon.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ftr&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Emmitt Smith wants the Cowboys to protect the star.&lt;br /&gt;James D. Smith/IconSMI&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;Chad Johnson&lt;/strong&gt; loves Dallas, loves the Cowboys and loves &lt;strong&gt;Jerry Jones&lt;/strong&gt;. He loves them so much that if he scores a touchdown at Texas Stadium on Sunday he plans to get down on his hands and knees and kiss the Cowboys' star logo at midfield.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;If I score Sunday, I love Dallas so much, I'm going to take my helmet off, get a fine and kiss the star,&quot; Johnson said. &quot;To show my respect for Dallas and its owner Jerry Jones, I'm going to score and I'm going to kiss the star. I'm not being rude about anything. I'm going to kiss the star. I'm excited about going to Dallas.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If that sounds slightly familiar, it was eight years ago that &lt;strong&gt;Terrell Owens&lt;/strong&gt; first made an impression on Cowboys fans when as a brash, young receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, he stood on the Cowboys' star logo at midfield, held out his arms and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4HFfAgSM9A&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;looked up at the hole in the roof of Texas Stadium &lt;/a&gt;after a touchdown catch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The move didn't go over so well with &lt;strong&gt;Emmitt Smith&lt;/strong&gt;, who after scoring a touchdown soon after, slammed the ball on the star in front of the 49ers' bench. Later, Owens would get hit by Cowboys safety &lt;strong&gt;George Teague&lt;/strong&gt; after running towards the star again following another touchdown catch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smith has been retired for four years, but if he were still playing, he says he would have the same reaction to Johnson as he did to Owens and hopes that current Cowboys players protect the star on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;He doesn't need to kiss the star if he scores a touchdown,&quot; Smith told me Thursday. &quot;He can kiss it during pre-game. The star is not moving, so why does he have to score a touchdown to come to the middle of the field to kiss the star? The star isn't going anywhere. He can kiss the star anytime he wants, but not after scoring a touchdown. I have a problem with that.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Smith, who was on a media tour to announce his involvement with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mendedhearts.org/Gameplan/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mended Hearts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to raise awareness about heart disease risk factors, also had a problem with his former nemesis T.O., who after last week's loss to Washington complained about not getting the ball enough and lashed out at ESPN commentators who criticized him for his behavior.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;I thought he had turned the corner and matured,&quot; said Smith. &quot;I thought he did a great job transitioning from the Eagles to the Cowboys, but this is the most negative information that has come from T.O. in about two years and that's not good, especially with the way that it's come out and how he's handled it. At the end of the day, some of the guys in that locker room have heart, some of them have a lot of heart and some of them just don't. The important thing is getting everyone on the same page so they have some team heart because I don't know if they have that yet.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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  <intro>&lt;div class=&quot;photo_container image_right&quot;&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/ftr.star.icon.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ftr&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;photo_attributes&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Emmitt Smith wants the Cowboys to protect the star.&lt;br /&gt;James D. Smith/IconSMI&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;Chad Johnson&lt;/strong&gt; loves Dallas, loves the Cowboys and loves &lt;strong&gt;Jerry Jones&lt;/strong&gt;. He loves them so much that if he scores a touchdown at Texas Stadium on Sunday he plans to get down on his hands and knees and kiss the Cowboys' star logo at midfield.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;If I score Sunday, I love Dallas so much, I'm going to take my helmet off, get a fine and kiss the star,&quot; Johnson said. &quot;To show my respect for Dallas and its owner Jerry Jones, I'm going to score and I'm going to kiss the star. I'm not being rude about anything. I'm going to kiss the star. I'm excited about going to Dallas.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If that sounds slightly familiar, it was eight years ago that &lt;strong&gt;Terrell Owens&lt;/strong&gt; first made an impression on Cowboys fans when as a brash, young receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, he stood on the Cowboys' star logo at midfield, held out his arms and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4HFfAgSM9A&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;looked up at the hole in the roof of Texas Stadium &lt;/a&gt;after a touchdown catch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The move didn't go over so well with &lt;strong&gt;Emmitt Smith&lt;/strong&gt;, who after scoring a touchdown soon after, slammed the ball on the star in front of the 49ers' bench. Later, Owens would get hit by Cowboys safety &lt;strong&gt;George Teague&lt;/strong&gt; after running towards the star again following another touchdown catch.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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