well Vic you said your professional your favorite professional football team was the was the Cowboys
that's right
well you know i i could uh pick the uh Chicago team
oh you could
yeah i got a lot of northern neighbors here
okay
and uh they really uh pull for the Chicago what are the what are the Chicago team called the Bears yeah right
the Bears right
i'm not sure how they'll do this year i don't know who they'll use as quarterback
Chicago Chicago
right
i'm not sure they know who they'll use at quarterback yet
right well there's a lot of good teams out there in the professional world and uh course we hope also that the Cowboys do good i know i do and it's your favorite team so why don't you tell me about them
well what uh i get optimistic about is just uh the relative age of the team now with all the youth that they've added
and sort of a change in the nature of the team to the to more of the uh the the pure athlete type at all the positions
um i like them having added a wide receiver with a nice track background that can high jump real high
uh-huh what's his name
uh Alvin Harper i think out of Tennessee because he was a think he's about six foot three and apparently can catch anything that's anywhere near him and uh
Harper um-hum
um-hum
i understand that in high school he high jumped seven feet
i'll be darned
when he was in high school so uh he creates a real problem for people now
uh particularly probably down in the end zone where Troy can go back there and put one up in the sky and let him go up and get it
well is he a fragile uh football player you know they had an end or a a wingback or something like that that would go down the field and and uh he did real good for the Cowboys and every time he turned around he was getting hurt
getting hurt i don't think this one has any a record like that he seems to be more of a
a a sturdy athlete
i see
i know they have lost a lot of their receivers to injuries in the last few years
what's the coach's name Johnson
yeah Jimmy
Jimmy you think he can do better this year than he did last year
well he did better last year than most people thought including including myself but uh
yeah
but what about his players uh and their reactions to him and his uh kind of unorthodox professional football type uh coaching
well i guess you mean by that that he sort of brings a more of a college atmosphere to it than than certainly than his predecessor
yeah right
uh-huh
i really don't know how they they really react to that It probably does him well right now with with like i said the youth he has on the team
uh-huh
um
i think one thing he did this year that will probably pay some dividends is is changing the offensive
coach that bring in a new uh offense and new offensive system that i think the so far the players are are uh responding responding well to
and Jimmy's going to leave the offense to the offensive coach
well that's the theory
yeah uh-huh and what about the quarterback do you think he is uh going to stick in there and not wind up there with a concussion
well i don't know whether anybody can for a whole year anymore
yeah
that's true
but uh he is uh he's pretty sturdy but he's got to learn to get rid of it pretty quick
uh-huh
uh well is Cowboys your your favorite team as well or
well really in reality uh they are my favorite team uh uh and have been you know back since the glory days or before the glory days
they used to practice you know right over here uh on uh six thirty five and Coit right in that area
right
well over there at uh near Forrest i think and uh-huh
yeah right uh-huh
and uh it was a dingy little old field uh uh that uh you you would have thought maybe a a high school would have played on and it's all surrounded you know by apartments and businesses and everything i was shocked when i saw it
that's the one that
i think that was the place that had the looked like corrugated tin fence around it painted blue
yeah and it had holes in it and it had big tire on it where the former coach you know uh stood up in there in there and
right
but i guess uh you know it doesn't take a lot of uh fancy things to make a good football team
well i guess not but
since they did uh they were America's team you know back then
yeah during that time period they sure were
and and i don't think they are now though looks like somebody else laid claim to that
do you go to many of
do you go to many of the games or have you before
uh i've been to several games uh in my lifetime however i prefer to watch the uh watch the game uh via the TV tube
well i guess i do too really
yeah i i i find myself uh when i go to the football games of uh of uh missing a play by talking to somebody in the group
or a stands a fan stands up or i'm looking at the cheerleaders or the clowns
right
and when something does happen i say what happened you know and then course uh you can see it on the on the playback out there uh but back there when i was going i don't think it was that good
uh-huh
or if they had it at all you know
right that's right i think i went to more of their games when they were still operating out of uh the Cotton Bowl
yeah uh-huh
than i have since they moved to Texas Stadium
uh-huh we we have a lake house see and we go out of town
course
oh that works out nicely
and yeah we just go down there and uh watch the game
i'm hoping that they'll be successful and they'll have a lot more sellouts and fewer blackouts this year
yes absolutely and and uh if the team you know starts off good this year i think that uh they will be a a drawing card and perhaps they can uh return to their former glory days
uh-huh
you know i had people uh all over the world you know that i run into uh say you know they think of one thing the Dallas Cowboys and the movie Dallas
that's right
and so uh i think that uh they will come back and Johnson while he's unorthodox i think he is doing a good job and he's all uh he's all business
yeah he is that
and he got a lot he got he got rid of a lot of the cry babies uh the people that thought that had it they had it made because uh they were stars
right
and he cleaned that out real good and and i'm sure he lost some good ones that shouldn't have gone but
in his type offense he was looking for youth and for uh uh uh to rebuild a new team and i think that was the reason why he cut all the players
uh-huh
and i think also that oil man that uh that uh owns that oilman and his partners that own the team uh
is interested in making a dollar and and they've certainly gone to uh great lengths to you know to bring the team back into Texas for spring training
right
and and also to build up the team to try to satisfy the people and the various factions you know uh especially back in the beginning i think he's done a great job
well that's n ice
what's his name uh
oh the uh Jones yeah Jones is his name
Jones yeah
and uh he's an oilman and he's got a little money behind him and uh and uh so you know the they've got the stadium out there it's a
