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August 23rd, 2009 13 Comments

Dallas sucks.

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13 Responses to “Cowboys New Arena Punt Fail”

  1. Buzz Killington says:
    August 23, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    Bahaha, fail indeed!

  2. Andre says:
    August 23, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    Uh, uh! We’ve got the Redskins’ number this year. Gair-un-teed!

  3. Scott Ricketts says:
    August 23, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Wow. Did no one on the building committee bother to research how high the average punt is? How many millions of dollars is this going to cost Jerry Jones to fix?

  4. Repack Rider says:
    August 23, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    How many millions of dollars is this going to cost Jerry Jones to fix?

    However many millions won’t be enough.

  5. jr says:
    August 24, 2009 at 2:21 am

    if Jerry Jones didn’t spend so much money on plastic surgery they would have had the money to put the big screen in the right place

  6. texan says:
    August 24, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Are punts always that high?

  7. Buzz Killington says:
    August 24, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Averages aside, it’s stupid to have a scoreboard that could possibly be hit by a punt.

  8. Mr. Merle says:
    August 24, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Yes, how much will Metroplex taxpayers have to shell out? I’m surprised that Arligton residents aren’t mandated to buy season tickets and wear Cowboy gear 96% of the team to cement their utter economic fealty to the organization.

  9. liberalrob says:
    August 24, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Initial word is that the screens can be raised, though I haven’t heard if they can be raised high enough to get them out of the way.

    It may turn into some kind of home-field special rule thing, like the catwalks at Tropicana Field or the speakers in the Metrodome. Maybe an automatic touchback or something if you hit the screens?

    Anyway, it is pretty hilarious that they spent a billion dollars and nobody asked if the big honking screens were going to be in the way on punts. :)

  10. liberalrob says:
    August 24, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Oh, and they aren’t “scoreboards” Buzz, they are Jumbotrons. Ginormous TV screens so people up in the nosebleed seats (and smaller screens facing the endzones for people sitting there or standing outside) can see the action.

  11. Hairymadness says:
    August 25, 2009 at 12:16 am

    RAISE THE ROOF

  12. James B. Webb says:
    August 25, 2009 at 4:59 am

    Alright, ladies: The punt obviously failed. Visit me at the end of the regular season and we’ll talk…

  13. liberalrob says:
    August 26, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Jerry was on the teevee last night talking about the displays. Apparently they’re 5 feet over the NFL’s prescribed minimum height (obviously set back in the day, probably before Ray Guy). Jerry insisted he’s not going to raise them, instead mandating a re-kick if a punt hits the screens. I kind of wonder how that’s going to work, long-term…