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gregsan wrote:I knew it was coming from someone!! :mrgreen:

Hey Greg, did you check out the 'boys when they were training in Oxnard??

niko2x wrote:good game yesterday btw. lot of sad folks here in DC today. funny you should mention favorite teams. i used to have one, just like any football fan would. but now that i've been doing fantasy football for the past 3 or 4 yrs, i only like who i have!

You know...the only Pro game I've been to was in Fedex field a few years back. I like the stadium you guys got there.

As far as favorite teams go...it kind of worked out like this:

Back in '77 for the SB, my Bro and I (both young lads) of course had to choose opposite teams to root for (since it's no fun if we're both rooting for the same team right). So, ever since I've been a COWBOYS fan and my Bro's been a Steelers fan. The only thing he could say for LOTS and LOTS of years while we were growing up was that his team was the only team to go undefeated through 4 SBs. Eventually the Whiners equalled that feat.

Ahhh...it was very enjoyable to break the Steelers unbeaten streak in SB XXX!!!

gregsan wrote:Eventually the Whiners equalled that feat.

Equalled and passed, neh?? :headscratch: :)

bmwracer wrote:
Hey Greg, did you check out the 'boys when they were training in Oxnard??

No. I was in Japan for part of that time.

I did however get to see them practice for SB XXVII when I was an undergrad at UCLA!! That was awesome (though a long time ago now). And...for a fan of a team that's in another state...it's hard to get to see my 'BOYS live, especially since there are NO teams in LA.

bmwracer wrote:
Equalled and passed, neh?? :headscratch: :)

Very true.

gregsan wrote:...it's hard to get to see my 'BOYS live, especially since there are NO teams in LA.

maybe you guys will get the raiders back (again) hahahahaha!

niko2x wrote:maybe you guys will get the raiders back (again) hahahahaha!

:bleh: :bleh: :bleh: NO!!!!!! :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

YES!!!

niko2x wrote:maybe you guys will get the raiders back (again) hahahahaha!

I hope not. I kind of like having no team in LA, though for me it doesn't really matter because I have NFL Sunday Ticket so I can see all of the Cowboy's games regardless of whether or not there's a team here. Before NFL Sunday Ticket though, it was better to not have a team here since more Cowboys games would be shown on TV.

The big advantage to having a team here in LA (for me) is of course that there's a chance the Cowboys might come to town to play the home team (and I could see them).

Geezer wrote:YES!!!

NO!!! :hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

gregsan wrote:

The big advantage to having a team here in LA (for me) is of course that there's a chance the Cowboys might come to town to play the home team (and I could see them).

Don't The 'Boys hold their summer training camp somewhere in the Greater LA Basin?
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Don't The 'Boys hold their summer training camp somewhere in the Greater LA Basin?
-PCM

Yep, I mentioned it to Greg earlier: Oxnard. :D

bmwracer wrote:
Yep, I mentioned it to Greg earlier: Oxnard. :D

They just started it up again this year (used to have it in So. Cal a LONG time ago). I can't remember where it was last year...but it was some place in Texas or neighboring state where it was REALLY hot. They decided to move it to Oxnard partly because of the cooler temperatures. They liked it enough in Oxnard this year that they re-signed to some multi-year training camp deal with Oxnard...

gregsan wrote:They just started it up again this year (used to have it in So. Cal a LONG time ago). I can't remember where it was last year...but it was some place in Texas or neighboring state where it was REALLY hot. They decided to move it to Oxnard partly because of the cooler temperatures. They liked it enough in Oxnard this year that they re-signed to some multi-year training camp deal with Oxnard...

Actually, Greg, I think the Plowboys have been in Oxnard the last couple of years.... I remember first time they started practicing there (2002?) and Jerry Jones said that since L.A. had no team, maybe they could root for the Plowboys... And my response was "No way in hell, bucko!!" :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Actually, Greg, I think the Plowboys have been in Oxnard the last couple of years.... I remember first time they started practicing there (2002?) and Jerry Jones said that since L.A. had no team, maybe they could root for the Plowboys... And my response was "No way in hell, bucko!!" :hehe:

No.. At least NOT last year (it was in San Antonio). I haven't found too much online to show where it was before...but this link mentions that in the last decade it's been in Austin, Wichita Falls and San Antonio. Last year NFL Films (or ESPN) did a special show over the course of training camp with the Cowboys in their indoor stadium practice center in San Antonio.

http://www.lifeadventures.com/cowboy_CA.htm

I found this website which states:

http://cowboys.theinsiders.com/2/286608.html

"Next season (2005) will mark the first time the Cowboys have trained back to back years outside of the state of Texas since they ended a 26-year stint in Thousands Oaks, California in 1989."

gregsan wrote:No.. At least NOT last year (it was in San Antonio). I haven't found too much online to show where it was before...but this link mentions that in the last decade it's been in Austin, Wichita Falls and San Antonio. Last year NFL Films (or ESPN) did a special show over the course of training camp with the Cowboys in their indoor stadium practice center in San Antonio.

http://www.lifeadventures.com/cowboy_CA.htm

Now my curiousity is piqued: I'll have to look into the Oxnard thing... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Now my curiousity is piqued: I'll have to look into the Oxnard thing... :sweat:

see my edit above...

Okay, now I found this Oxnard training camp thing with a buncha pics (but no date) and Emmitt Smith is in some of the pics... When did he leave Dallas? 2000? 2001?

http://www.santabarbara.com/oxnard/community/dallas_cowboys/

bmwracer wrote:Okay, now I found this Oxnard training camp thing with a buncha pics (but no date) and Emmitt Smith is in some of the pics... When did he leave Dallas? 2000? 2001?

http://www.santabarbara.com/oxnard/community/dallas_cowboys/

It turns out they did 1 year of training camp in Oxnard in 2001 (it was the first time the Cowboys returned to the LA area since they left Thousand Oaks in 1990:

http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/cowboys/stay0825.html

gregsan wrote:

It turns out they did 1 year of training camp in Oxnard in 2001 (it was the first time the Cowboys returned to the LA area since they left Thousand Oaks in 1990:

http://www.texnews.com/1998/2001/cowboys/stay0825.html

Ahh, okay. Thanks. Thought I was going nuts... The ol' memory is still workin'... :)