Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End:
*Back in August I predicted this to be an 8-8 Cowboys team. My expectations - unlike a lot of fans - don't wildly vacillate with each outcome from every weekend in an NFL founded in parity. The Cowboys are 5-5. They are in first place in the NFC East. They have displayed both the ability to take the undefeated Chiefs and 1-loss Broncos to the wire, and to be blown out on the road by the NFC's second-best team. The Saints were 7-point favorites. They are undefeated at home. If you expected the Cowboys to win last night or you thought they'd be 7-3 at the Bye, may I suggest you've been delusional all along? You're the guy who buys a Smart Car and gets pissed when it doesn't have the giddyup of a Porsche. Like it or not, the Cowboys are not underachieving. Sadly, they are right on track.
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Saints 49, Cowboys 17: My Top 10 Whitty Comments are over at NBC 5's Blue Star Blog.
*Happy Veterans Day to all those who protect this country and give dorks like me the freedom to spout individual opinions. I was reading Novak Djokovic's autobiography
Serve to Win over the weekend and it details growing up in Communist Yugoslavia. For the first 10 years of his life, he was told how to think, what to believe, when to eat and even what sport to play. His family's house was "allowed" electricity for only six hours a day, because the government didn't want its people getting too comfortable and uppity. Again, whine all you want. But don't forget to hug a veteran who provided you the freedom to do so.
*Enjoy today, it's going to be 70ish, sunny and gorgeous.
Tomorrow? First cold front of the season arrives. High Tuesday 48 and by Wednesday morning we'll be in the 20s. Gross. But, that is good pizza-eatin' weather, right? Hintyhinthint.
*Bad as you feel this morning about the Cowboys' "devastating" loss, take a second to consider what's going on in The Philippines. Their version of a hurricane - Typhoon Haiyan - has killed at least 10,000 people.
Ten thousand. Our biggest local weather killer are tornadoes. Deadliest tornado in Texas history killed 114.
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*So last night I'm crawling out of the recliner. I reach back with my foot and kick the foot rest back into place. But when I reach down to untangle my computer cord from the contraption - blammo! - the foot rest disengages and flies violently back out. Edge of it hits me square in the shin. I made up several cuss words. Bashing your shin into furniture is inevitable. Happens a couple times a year. And it's always a maddening combo of bruise and blood and 'barrassment. Not even my soft, oversized golf shoes could make the situation tolerable.
*You want some Rangers' off-season plans to distract you from the Cowboys' 32-point loss?
Let me direct you over to my buddy Rowdy, who breathes baseball 365 days a year.
*We all know Sean Lee is a badass. One of the best middle linebackers in the NFL. Without him last night the Cowboys' defense looked like a naked Monte Kiffin without his Viagra. But we've got to be a tad worried about his propensity for weird injuries. It was a dislocated wrist in '11, torn toe ligaments in '12 and now a hamstring that might keep him out a month. His last two injuries occurred in the open field, away from a violent collision. To be truly elite, he's got to stay on the field. Without him, the mediocre Cowboys have zero chance. Of anything.
*Exhilarating win Saturday night for Texas. McCoy-to-Shipley saves their ass on 4th down and they win 47-40 in overtime at West Virginia. But it came at a cost. Both defensive tackle Chris Whaley (knee) and running back Johnathan Gray (Achilles) suffered season-ending injuries. Ouch.
*Justin Bieber can do a pull-up. One.
Barely.
*In honoring our military on Veterans Day, customers with military IDs - active or retired - will receive one free pizza all day at Pizza Buzz.
*Today? Thinking of spending the night with old friends Mark Elfenbein, Jasmine Sadry and Gina Miller at the Verizon event down in Dallas' Omni Hotel. Oh yeah, DeMarco Murray will be there, too. Don't be a stranger.
