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El Supremo

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Wed Jan 15, 2014, 06:08 PM Jan 2014

Stars of Cowboys' '90s reign can't believe team's playoff drought continues

Dumb story. I just wanted to remind MIM.

In the winter of 1996, the Cowboys were the kings of pro football. They had just finished off Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX, reestablishing their position at the top of NFL’s pecking order.

The league’s most popular franchise was also its most successful. At the time, no organization had more Vince Lombardi Trophies or playoff victories than Dallas, a dynasty in living color.

That February, when the Cowboys visited the White House, President Bill Clinton joked that all this winning “is beginning to be boring for them, I think.”

Back then, no one could have imagined the Cowboys being in the spot they are today, least of all the men who played for them. If somebody had told safety Darren Woodson in 1996 the Cowboys would win just two playoff games in the next 18 seasons and come to symbolize mediocrity, he’d have scoffed....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/headlines/20140114-stars-of-cowboys-90s-reign-can-t-believe-team-s-playoff-drought-continues.ece
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Stars of Cowboys' '90s reign can't believe team's playoff drought continues (Original Post) El Supremo Jan 2014 OP
Since you mention a former President, I will mention the next President of the US... madinmaryland Jan 2014 #1
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