Troy Aikman "Dallas sports fans are front runners"

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Tony Romo's five-pick night against the Chicago Bears in Week 4 was further soiled by another slap in the face at Cowboys Stadium: The steady sound of cheering for the Bears.

Chicago's faithful showed up in force and could be heard over the Dallas ticket-holders, especially on Jay Cutler's 31-yard touchdown strike to Brandon Marshall late in the game.

Troy Aikman, the Cowboys' legendary quarterback, blames the culture of Dallas sports.

"I've always said Dallas isn't so much a sports town as it is a winner's town," Aikman told KTCK-AM, via The Dallas Morning News. "And that's not that unique. Most towns are like that. There are very few towns like Chicago where you can go out there and go 4-12 and they're (still) selling out stadiums. That's pretty unique. But Dallas, they pull for their winners."

Aikman wasn't finished.

"I don't think Dallas has ever really had a great home-field advantage," he said. "... I think for a large part -- and the fans don't want to hear this -- a lot of the people that attend sports in this town, they're there because it's kind of just a place to be seen. I didn't know anybody who went to Rangers games, and then when they started winning and going to World Series, everybody's wearing Rangers hats and saying, 'Oh yeah, I'm a big Rangers fan.' "

Aikman's Cowboys enjoyed a run of success that few teams -- and few fan groups -- will ever know. For much of the 1990s, there was plenty to cheer about as the Cowboys sliced through opponents and played endless playoff games at home en route to three Super Bowl titles under owner Jerry Jones.

Even with all the success, Aikman pointed to the raucous environments in Philadelphia and New York as stadiums where the fans impacted the opponent. Dallas never came close. Lambeau Field, this is not.

Troy Aikman: Cowboys fans go to games 'to be seen' - NFL.com

 

[Non Sequitur]

TRUUUU

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

can't knock what he said

 

[Dat916nigga]

shots fired

 

[SafeForWork]

Duck Fallas

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Can it be ................time for the Troy Aikman show ? I think so

 

[DallasTxRep]

It's true

 

[Street Knowledge]

People who live there... Is that true?

 

[JoseLuisGotcha]

I actually have this shirt

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Sounds alot like Miami

 

[DallasTxRep]

People who live there... Is that true?

Pretty much....

 

[LastEmperor2k2]

Even Troy knows DallASS fans are losers.

I liked that guy ever since he got out of that stupid Star helmet. Good announcer and now proving his brilliance

 

[BrothaZay]

Its true in basketball I know that much. In 2011 it was Mavs gear EVERYWHERE in june, nikkas were all on FB talking about the Mavs. People who I went to school with so I know damn well they never followed the NBA. Come last season tho when the Mavs were trash again they were nowhere to be found, some of them even rooting for the heat now

 

[DallasTxRep]

Let me put it like this, there are many diehard fans here....but the majority that attend games are casual fans. Mexicans here LOVE the Cowboys

 

[BayArea Breez]

LOL @ The Rangers comment, that's pure comedy and 100% truth

Just look at the evolution of the Coli' ... the last 2 seasons birthed the TX Ranger season threads