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The sauerkraut left over from the festivities known as "Football Night in America" had to be especially sour Monday morning.
So were the dispositions of the Green Bay Packers faithful.
That's because the Dallas Cowboys rode their high horses out oftown behind the glare of the Lambeau Field scoreboard, which showedthe home team in arrears, 27-16. It was one of those tilts that wasnot as close as the final score would indicate.
All this Week 3 lesson proved is that the Cowboys are the NFC's Usain Bolt while the Packers are somewhere back in the pack. At thispoint, they're like Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner.
"You're not trying to be the favorite in Week 3, you're trying tobe it at the end of the year," cautioned Cowboys signal caller Tony"Romeo" Romo after he got to take the knee on Wisconsin soil for thefirst time since he was playing big games against the likes of EastTroy and Oak Creek while at Burlington High School.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was so downright giddy after the clashthat it was imperative for him to get coach Wade Phillips to watchthe History Channel instead of game film.
Phillips apparently prepared for the game by choosing to tell hissquad that they were undefeated in Green Bay. Maybe Bart Starr andJerry Kramer, who were on hand for the affair Sunday night, shouldhave re-enacted the end of the Ice Bowl for Wade.
"This team is undefeated in Green Bay," Jones crowed. "The team'snever been here, the owner has and went home limping."
Not exactly "Win one for the Gipper," but it worked.
All in all, it was a disappointing evening for the Packers. Firstof all, Jessica Simpson, Romo's main squeeze, didn't even bother toshow up at the Frozen Tundra. Simpson, who fashions herself as acountry singer these days, would have come in handy about the timeFelix Jones was done leaving the Packers in his dust. As the teamscongregated for the extra point, the Packers could have used someoneto sing them a somebody done somebody wrong song.
That wasn't the only thing wrong on this ill-fated evening offootball. Terrell Owens played second fiddle to a guy named Miles Austin. It was the best football game by a fellow with that firstname since Myles Standish beat Squanto on a fade route in the firstTurkey Bowl.
The record will show that Owens had two catches for 17 yards, onedrop and no post-game oratory.
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