The Answer to the Question "Why"

For 11 straight seasons prior to this one, the Dallas Cowboys failed to win more games than they lost after December 1st.

There is no logic to this. Players came and went. Coaches, including head coaches, came and went. Some years they practiced in Wichita Falls, other years in San Antonio, other years in California. They had coaches that were tyrants and coaches that were pushovers. One year, they entered December with an 11-1 record. And still choked in December. It didn't, and still doesn't seem to matter what they do. When December arrives, things go south.

I have been researching this phenomenon for several years. I've talked about it every season for 5 or 6 years. Finally, other writers are starting to bring it up.

But this year, I, at least, can provide you with a reason why this continues to happen to our favorite team. Yes, there is an answer to "why". And yes, I have found it.

As I have spent countless hours over the years reading about my favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, I have payed close attention to many of the writers on the Cowboys beat. I have also payed close attention to how these writers' words were accepted in the Cowboys fan communities online. I have seen certain writers venomously attacked verbally because of what they had written. Some writers always get attacked. Others do on occasion. A few rarely get attacked. It appears that all that's required to garner a verbal attack is to say something that appears to be negative towards the Cowboys.

It doesn't seem to matter whether it's the truth or not, only that it be deemed negative. Before this begins to appear to be a whine session, and I assure you it isn't, I'm going to get to the answer to the question "why".

One of the reporters that I've seen villified on numerous occasions is Randy Galloway. Now, being a wordsmith myself, I happen to enjoy reading what Galloway says. He's witty and direct. He says what's on his mind without hesitation and he says it well, I think. No, I'm not starting the Randy Galloway Fan Club. The fact is, I fear the man.

You'll see why in a moment.

In a very obscure article found on the internet, posted on Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 5:11 pm, it says:

http://www.knowyourdallascowboys.com/2006/08/31/randy-galloway-comment-in-1996/

"The year was 1996. The Cowboys were coming off of their third Super Bowl title, and other than the situation with Michael Irvin’s suspension, the team had retained much of its talent (recall that this was the year that Dallas was supposed to have the unstoppable duo of Deion Sanders and Kevin Smith at the corners).

During a pregame show for the opening game against Chicago, someone asked Galloway for his prediction for the season. He said he thought that Dallas would win one more that season, and then it would be a “very long time” before it won another. Obviously one prediction fell short, but the Cowboys seem to have rendered him a short-term prophet with respect to the second."

The author implies that Galloway meant the Cowboys would win another Superbowl that season, but one would have to change the question to come to that conclusion. The question, apparently was about Galloway's prediction for the season. His response was that it would be a very long time before they won another. I believe Galloway was talking about them winning another playoff game, which they did in the '96 season. And it has indeed been a "very long time" since they have won another.

Could this explain the Cowboys foibles over the past 12 years? Did Galloway, perhaps without even realizing what he was doing, place some kind of curse on the Dallas Cowboys organization? Could Galloway have unintentionally set forces in motion that caused the Cowboys to go into the post season with virtually no momentum and denied the Cowboys of a playoff victory for all these years?

I located this information last year and even announced then that I was going to reveal the reason for the Cowboys failures in December and the post season for so long. My exhuberance in discovering this obscure information quite frankly had me heady and I let that excitement get ahead of my thought process.

The more I considered how I would write the article, the more I thought of the power of this possible curse. Then I thought about what the repercussions might be should Randy Galloway become angry because I was accusing him of this. Anyone that could, by the mere speaking of words, cause all the events to transpire that have led the team to the point they are now should be feared. If his words were powerful enough to cause the mighty to fall, think of the damage he could inflict on the life of a relatively unknown Joe from east Texas.

So I didn't write the article. Oh, it beckoned me regularly. I even started a few drafts, but destroyed them before I published. The fear was grievous. But so was the need for the truth to come forth and for me to be the one to bring it.

So here we are. The cards are on the table. I've admitted what I've found. I've admitted my fears. I readily admit that this article is not meant by any means to cause Mr. Galloway any distress of any nature. My only wish is that he contemplate this and see if he can reverse that curse some way, somehow, for I do love the Dallas Cowboys and wish to see them return to their glory yet again before I pass from this realm of existence.

And please, please, Mr. Galloway, do not become angry at me and as they say "shoot the messenger". I only wish to be a harbinger of truth.

Now, I know there will be skeptics, but I challenge them to show us some other kind of proof that there is another cause that is more plausible..