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Shortly after Major Malik Nadal Hasan and two other unnamed shooters allegedly opened fire at the largest U.S. military installation in the world, Ft. Hood, Texas, President Barack Obama held a press conference to address the issue. Before getting around to the shooting that has already claimed a dozen lives and wounded at least 31 people, Obama began his remarks:

"I want to thank my Cabinet members and senior administration officials who participated today. I hear that Dr. Joe Medicine Crow was around, and so I want to give a shout out to that Congressional Medal of Honor winner. It’s good to see you."

Obama apparently wrote out his statement concerning the shooting at Fort Hood,  but chose to preface the slaughter of American soldiers with a “shout out” that cheapened both the shooting and the Congressional Medal of Honor.

This quotation tells you everything you need to know about how our Commander in Chief feels.  There is no event so serious that it cannot be prefaced by a moment of glib hipness, no solemn loss so sacred he will deny himself a moment of wry self-indulgence. Soldiers were killed?  Let’s say hi to Joe Medicine Crow first to pimp more Native American votes in 2012.  

President Bush used to break into tears when addressing soldiers but was reviled as a cold hearted warmonger by the liberal press.  President Obama gives out rounds of virtual fist-bumps to his buds before even mentioning a slaughter of American soldiers and is treated as a Deity by MSNBC.

We desperately need a patriot in the White House as Commander in Chief.  Obama has again proved we do not have one.

UPDATE:  Crow is not a Medal of Honor recipient.  As noted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society:

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Crow's name is not included on the Society's Medal of Honor recipient list.  He was, however, awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in August.

Obama, often described as "cerebral" by the mainstream media, should know the difference between the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Freedom, especially since he personally awarded the latter to Crow.  Don't expect his blunder to receive wide coverage.  It's not something he can blame George Bush for.      

Major Malik Nadal Hasan, age 39, opened fire at Fort Hood military base in central Texas on Thursday afternoon, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. A female police officer employed by the Department of Defense reportedly shot Hasan. Both Hasan and the police officer are hospitalized and listed in stable condition.  Police apprehended two other suspects who have were later released.   This appears to be the worst mass shooting to ever take place at a U.S. military installation.

The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a news conference. He said all the casualties took place at the base's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening.

Retired Army Col. Greg Schannep, an aide to Rep. John Carter (R-Texas), said he was heading for a 2 p.m. graduation ceremony on the base when he heard numerous shots and saw a wounded soldier run by.  "Initially, I thought it was a training exercise," he said.  Schannep said he heard three or four volleys of shots with eight to 12 shots in each volley.  "A soldier came running past me and said 'sir there is someone shooting.' As he ran past me I saw blood on his back. I don't think he even knew he had been shot. He has since been treated and should be OK," he said.

FBI agents are assisting the Army's Criminal Investigation Command, which was leading the probe.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, told Fox News that military sources informed her that the gunman was about to be deployed to Iraq.  The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are also soldiers, have been apprehended, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone said.  The general said there were "eyewitness accounts of more than one shooter," and the others were tracked to an adjacent facility.

Hasan was born in Virginia and is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent.

Military records show Hasan receiving his appointment to the Army as a first lieutenant in June 1997 after graduating from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, with a degree in biochemistry.

Six years later, he graduated from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences' F. Edward Hebert School Of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, and was first an intern, then a resident and finally a fellow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  Hasan was promoted to Captain in 2003, he was promoted to Major in May. 

In 2009, Hasan he completed a fellowship in disaster and preventive psychiatry and was assigned to Darnall in July.  He had been awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon, but was never deployed outside the United States.

Hasan was reportedly scheduled to deploy to either Iraq or Afghanistan later this month.
 
Earlier today a law enforcement official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

A source told CBS news that Hasan is a licensed psychiatrist in Bethesda, Md. He is a drug and rehab specialist who received his Virginia psychiatry license July 12, 2005.

It was not known whether he was treating people at the base.

Officials says it was not clear what Hasan's religion was, but investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name or if he may have changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point.

 

"what up all!!the chains are off and so are the gloves.......me and hsr-score media group are no longer together.we have parted ways"

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With that tweet around noon today, @sportsrage aka Gabriel Morency,  notified thousands of rage-a-holics across North America that he was no longer employed by Hardcore Sports Radio (HSR) which is broadcast on Sirius 98.  Morency brought HSR to the attention of millions of Sirius listeners almost 3 years ago.  Most of the posts on HSR fan forums indicate that Morency is the Hardcore Sports brand.  The future of HSR is questionable with the departure of their only star and most recognized talent.

On November 17, 2006, Morency announced that he would be leaving the Team 990 in Montreal, Canada. 11 days later, Morency was on HSR co-hosting Hardcore Football Sunday and later, Sports Rage.  Morency teamed with producer Aaron Bronsteter, commonly referred to as 'Orville' and sports update reporter "The Big E", Eric Cohen from 11p-2a daily.

Sports Rage was known for "Road Rages".  Morency went on over 27 Road Rages in less than 3 years.  Road Rages were broadcast at various venues across North America, including Las Vegas.  Morency and his loyal listeners came together at these remote broadcasts, accompanied by guest stars, who often appeared on his show during the late night hours.

Sports Rage was known for its regular callers,  including "The Rickster", Brandon in St. Louis, Rocco in California, Rob in Boston, "Bruder", and "Baroni", among many others. "Cage Calls" became featured events on the show. The most recent Cage Call was on December 23, 2008 between "The Rickster" and Drew in Nelson, BC.  "Cage Calls" featured two callers who talk "smack" back and forth.

Morency was later joined by fellow The Score/Hardcore Sports Radio personality Cam Stewart on two shows by the names of "Morency" and "Covers Experts".  They often talk to Las Vegas Sports Insider expert Brian Blessing, who Morency has given the nicknames "Ricky Rickshaw" (from a prior incident) and "Kenny Rogers".  "Covers Experts" was simulcast every weekday at 6:30pm EST on The Score Television Network and Hardcore Sports Radio. Morency had previously appeared with Cam Stewart and Sarah Meehan on the last segment of the show "Drive This!"  which was hosted by RIchard Garner until April 2009. 

Morency was suspended by Score Media, the parent company of Hardcore Sports Radio after the October 23, 2009 Sports Rage broadcast. Morency was allegedly drinking vodka while broadcasting Sports Rage.  Morency was scheduled to return to the show on November 2, 2009 but hours before the show, Morency sent a message via his @sportsrage twitter account , "what up all..bad news.not on tonight.things not looking good.will let you know when i have news...don't worry though everything will work out".

On November 3rd, 2009, Morency announced on twitter that he had parted ways with the HSR. Morency  tweeted that he will be starting his own website http://morencysports.com which will feature Morency on a webcast from Toronto.  Morency said via twitter that he expects the web site to be up and running in a couple of weeks.  The Wolf will keep you updated on MORENCY SPORTS. 

"its all good.my site will kick the shit out of there's.all your fav guests.nothing changes.just the web address!"

Lottery ticket buyers beware! The Texas Lottery Commission backs agents who steal winning tickets!  Yesterday the Texas Lottery Commission told a 67-year-old Grand Prairie man that he is not the rightful winner of a $1 million prize – even though its own investigators have told police he bought the winning ticket!  The real winner, the commission said, is the convenience store clerk who was indicted on charges that he cheated Willis out of his ticket in May. The clerk, 25-year-old Pankaj Joshi, is believed to have fled the country.

"I feel like I've been stolen from twice," a crestfallen Willis remarked, according to his lawyers. The clerk "did it once – now the lottery's done it again."   But even as Willis' attorneys discussed whether they should sue the lottery commission for the prize, the case took another twist.

The Travis County district attorney's office jumped into the fray Monday evening, saying in no uncertain terms that Willis won the lottery. "That's Mr. Willis' money. He was the true winner," said Assistant District Attorney Patty Robertson. And the office promises to put its money where its mouth is – Robertson said $365,000 that has been seized from the store clerk's bank accounts will be turned over to Willis as soon as the paperwork goes through.

But that's not enough for Willis, whose lawyers claim the commission owes him the full prize, regardless of what Joshi did.  A lottery spokesman wouldn't comment about anything, citing pending litigation.  Litigation is not quite pending but distinctly possible, Willis' lawyers said.  "We're looking at all the alternatives we have," said attorney Randy Howry. "And a lawsuit is certainly one alternative."

The debacle began in May when, according to police and lottery investigators, Willis unsuspectingly walked into the Lucky Food Store in Grand Prairie with a winning Mega Millions ticket. Joshi told Willis that his ticket was a loser and later cashed the prize himself.

Joshi has been indicted on a charge of claiming a lottery prize by fraud, but while police search for him, Willis' lawyers are demanding the commission pay their client the full million – less taxes – right away. They say the commission was negligent to unquestioningly allow Joshi, "one of its own agents," to walk off with the prize.

That argument didn't fly with the commission. According to Howry, lottery lawyers said they empathized with the out-of-work maintenance man but that Willis had "no recourse" with them. The ticket bearer is the winner, they said. Indicted or otherwise.

Bear in mind that millions of dollars in unclaimed tickets are not cashed and become void every year. Willis is owned less than $400,000 (after taxes) now.  PAY HIM!  Your own investigation, which included video evidence proved that Willis purchased the ticket.  Willis will end up owing lawyers any money he may recover if he has to go to court.  This BS is a prime example of Bureaucrats gone wild !

Turn out the lights, the party is over. There are thousands of listeners like me, who tuned into Sirius 98 for one reason and one reason only. You never heard us call into sportsrage or saw us in the forums. But we were daily listeners to Sportsrage and Morency.

Without Gabe Morency, I am out. There is no reason for me to tune is HSR anymore. Like Howard in morning drive, Gabe Morency was able to do in late night sports radio what no other personality could. Morency is the most entertaining and knowledgeable sports personality I ever listened to on radio.

BTW, Mike Gentle & The Score suits, I am a 55 year old, non drinking retired civil servant who only bets on sports when I am in Vegas. There are thousands more like me who were entertained by Morency. Frankly, the rest of your daily lineup is weak.  I don't tune into sports radio to hear chocolate bar and sugar pops cereal talk.  We Americans don't need a daily soccer show and Sarah Meehand puts me to sleep.  You  already kicked off Koulis on hockey who actually gave us solid information that we couldn't get anywhere else in the states.  Do you think that CFL games are going to attrack listeners in the states? Good luck with all that.

I think that Morency and Sportsrage will surface on another Sirius channel.  Morency's blood is on the hands of Mike Gentile and the rest of those espn wannabe's at softcore sports radio. It is what it is.  Sportsrage will not die.  But  HSR is dead to me.

Express your outrage over the firing of Gabe Morency directly to Score Media here  www.scoremedia.com/contact-us/#usermessagea

Email the CEO & Executive VP to express your outrage
 

JOHN LEVI : CEO/ jlevy@scoremedia.ca

BENJI LEVI: Executive VP/ blevy@scoremedia.ca

 

A South Carolina bureaucrat  who said he was on his lunch break when an officer found him with a stripper and sex toys in his sport utility vehicle has been fired, his boss said Wednesday.  A former state legislator & current deputy assistant attorney general, age 66, was in a secluded part of a downtown cemetery when an police officer spotted him Monday, according to a police report in Columbia SC.

As an officer approached the car sped off, then pulled over a few blocks away. The state's attorney and the 18-year-old woman with him, an employee of the Platinum Plus Gentleman's Club, gave conflicting stories about what they were doing in the cemetery, Officer Michael Wines wrote in his report.  He then searched the SUV, where he found a Viagra pill and several sex toys, items the attorney said he always kept with him, "just in case," according to the report.

The attorney flashed Wines a badge showing he worked for the state Attorney General's Office.  Officer Wines, whose wife also works there, called her to make sure he was telling the truth.  The attorney and the woman were let go without charges. But as luck would have it, Wines' wife reported the call to her supervisor.

"We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon," Attorney General McMaster said Wednesday. "And by the close of business, he was no longer working here."  Such a trip to the cemetery "would not be appropriate, at any time, for an assistant attorney general," McMaster said.




 

Garth Brooks tickets are going for $700+ on the web after Saturday's sellout of the first 20 performances. "We have a number of people mobilized to take the necessary steps to see that the scalper tickets are canceled" says Wynn VP Jennifer Dunne. "We won't stop until we succeed" she said.

LOL. Good luck with all that, Jenny!

Anita Dunn is the interim White House Communication Director.  Previously, she was a Democratic political consultant with a Washington-based consulting firm, Squier Knapp Dunn Communications, and was a top adviser to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

On October 15, 2009, the Glenn Beck program on Fox News exposed a June 5, 2009 video of Dunn admitting that Mao Tse Tung, the former Communist Chinese Chairman, is one of her two favorite political philosophers, using his story of overtaking the Chinese Nationalists to motivate high school children.

Earlier in the week, Dunn told CNN that FOX news was not a news organization but the communications arm of the Republican Party.


Here are some quotes from Chairman Mao, one of two philosophers who Anita Dunn, "turns to most" for guidance:

"The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries try to hold back the wheel of history, eventually revolution will take place and will inevitably triumph."

"In China the struggle to consolidate the socialist system, the struggle to decide whether socialism or capitalism will prevail, will still take a long historical period. However, we should all realize that the new system of socialism will unquestionably be consolidated. We can assuredly build a socialist state with modern industry, modern agriculture, and modern science and culture."

"There is a serious tendency towards capitalism among the well-to-do peasants. This tendency will become rampant if we in the slightest way neglect political work among the peasants during the co-operative movement and for a very long period after."

"Class struggle, the struggle for production and scientific experiment are the three great revolutionary movements for building a mighty socialist country. These movements are a sure guarantee that Communists will be free from bureaucracy and immune against revisionism and dogmatism, and will forever remain invincible."



Anita Dunn the woman assigned to watch Foxnews.com for President Obama looks to the former Communist Chinese leader Chairman Mao Tse Tung and Mother Theresa for inspiration. Chairman Mao is the man responsible for killing 70 million Chinese counter revolutionnaires.  This is who Anita Dunn turns to for guidance.

There is compelling evidence that the inflammatory quotes, which have been attributed to Rush Limbaugh on CNN, MSNBC and at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch are things he never said. There's no audio file, there's no YouTube, there's no transcript -- there's no sourcing of any kind.   Limbaugh is one of the most listened-to and tape-recorded broadcasters yet there is no direct evidence he said any of the racially charged quotes reported in the liberal media.  There is not even a weak  explanation for the quotes like, "Oh, he said these things off the record at a fundraiser for Alexander Haig". The quotes were completely made up by those involved in a smear campaign against Limbaugh, who has been declared an enemy of the Liberal Fascist ObamaNation.

Limbaugh has handled the situation professionally, not drawing undue attention to the quotes on his radio show.  He did make the case that if he said James Earl Ray  was a hero, then surely there would have been a Don-Imus-to-the-nth-power-sized blowup long before now. I'm  surprised that more conservatives haven't brought this matter to the attention of the public.  Have we become so used to  irresponsible behavior by the liberal media  at MSNBC & CNN that we accept this type of yellow journalism as business as usual?   The "liberal" media did not care about the veracity of the quotes as their job was not to report but to take down an enemy of the Liberal State.

It’s no coincidence that Democratic Party outlets like CNN & MSNBC had to create fake quotes to discredit Limbaugh. Nothing Rush actually said would have affected his involvement as a limited partner in an NFL franchise. 

This is really all you need to know about State supported media under a Liberal Fascist Administration.

A report released Monday by America's Health Insurance Plans, an industry trade group, said the Finance Committee bill would impose stiff costs on consumers. Among other things, the report said a family health-insurance policy that costs $12,300 today would increase to $25,900 on average by 2019 under the bill, more than under current law.

The Finance Committee bill is designed to extend coverage to tens of millions of Americans now without insurance. Among other things, the measure would expand eligibility for Medicaid, the health program for the poor, and it would create new tax subsidies to help individuals and families comply with a mandate that nearly every American carry insurance.

The bill is expected to pass the Finance Committee, where Democrats hold a 13-10 majority. After that, Senate Democratic leaders must merge the Finance bill with a more liberal measure approved by the Senate health committee.

Among the issues on the table: whether the legislation should include a government-run health plan. As it stands, the Finance bill doesn't include one. Instead, the measure would create a network of nonprofit health cooperatives to compete with private insurers.

Karen Ignagni, chief executive of America's Health Insurance Plans, said the group still backs efforts to pass health legislation. But she said the combined changes made to the Finance bill will increase costs, not lower them. "Congress, too early, gave up on the goal of bending the cost curve," she said.

Have you ever seen the Defense on a football team at any level called for offside five times in one half?  That includes four times in seven plays, all by different players. The Cowboys' current head coach-defensive coordinator said he wasn't sure what was happening, which came as no real surprise.

Jerry Jones needs to fire Wade Phillips during the bye week and give offensive coordinator Jason Garrett,  the one-time heir apparent whose career has been a roller coaster ride since 2007,  the final 11 games to see if he can create a sense of urgency as head coach. Garrett is making $3 million a year. Now is the time for him to earn that head coach salary.

I have ton of doubts about Garrett's ability as an offensive coordinator!  Jason Whitten had zero catches and by my count was thrown to one time the entire game.  Everyone on this club seems is so far removed from  accountability.  But naming Garrett head coach now is worth a shot.  In fact, if Jerry Jones wants to keep the Cowboys playoff winless streak from reaching 13 years, it's his only chance.


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The SEC has filed a notice with the U.S. District Court in Dallas, appealing a judge’s recent decision to throw out the SEC’s insider trading case against Cuban.

Cuban originally faced insider trading charges after the SEC alleged he sold 600,000 shares of a Canadian Internet search engine called Mamma.com Inc., based on information that hadn’t been made public about an impending stock offering, court records say.

A judge ruled in Cuban’s favor earlier this year, making a procedural motion in which the judge said the complaint filed by the SEC did not state a claim against Cuban.

The ruling judge, Chief Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater said at the time, “while the SEC adequately pleads that Cuban entered into a confidentiality agreement, it does not allege that he agreed, expressly or implicitly, to refrain from trading on or otherwise using for his own benefit the information the CEO was about to share.”

In a statement Wednesday, SEC spokesman John Nester said, “As we alleged in our complaint, Mark Cuban violated the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws by engaging in illegal insider trading in the securities of Mamma.com. We believe the District Court erred in dismissing our complaint and we look forward to presenting our position to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals."

One of Cuban's lawyers, Steve Best, released a statement saying the courts already "dismissed the complaint based on the SEC's own version of the facts and, in the process, invalidated one of the SEC's insider trading rules. So not only did the SEC lose on the law, but, as Mr. Cuban's recent sanctions motion demonstrates, the SEC could never have won on the actual facts."

"This appeal is nothing more than the SEC's desperate attempt to shock a heartbeat into a case that was dead on arrival," Best said. "It's just one more example of wasting taxpayer money."

David Letterman, days after revealing on air that he'd been sexually involved with women from his television program, apologized to his wife on Monday's "Late Show," saying she had been "horribly hurt by my behavior."

The late-night host, building on Thursday's startling confessional in a potential seminal moment in his storied career, vowed to repair his relationship with his wife, Regina Lasko, whom he married in March after a years-long courtship.

"Let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me," he said, according to an early transcript of the program released by CBS.

Monday's show was the first Letterman had taped since Thursday, when he disclosed that he had had sexual relationships with women who worked for him and said that he had been the victim of a $2 million blackmail threat. During the hour, he also apologized to his staff.

"Inadvertently, I just wasn't thinking ahead," Letterman said. "My thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I've gotten myself involved in."

Letterman, 62, began dating Lasko in 1986, and they have a son, Harry, who was born in November 2003. All the affairs took place before Letterman's marriage, said Tom Keaney, spokesman for Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants.

Letterman arrived on stage Monday to applause and cheers from his studio audience. After drinking it in, he grinned sheepishly and inquired, with a mock stammer, "Did your, did your weekend just fly by?"

After pausing for the audience's sympathetic laughter, he went on: "I mean, I'll be honest with you folks — right now, I would give anything to be hiking on the Appalachian Trail."

"I got into the car this morning," he added, "and the navigation lady wasn't speaking to me. Ouch."

In a more somber display, Letterman voiced his mea culpas. Regarding his wife, he said that, "if you hurt a person and it's your responsibility, you try to fix it."

As Letterman faced Monday's show, and the shows that will come after, it was clear that how he deals with his messy situation could prove to be a defining chapter in his long TV career. And, with any luck, it could clinch his recent ratings victory in late-night TV.

While Letterman has joked about his affairs with female staffers, it's unclear how many women he had sex with, and he has offered no specifics.

But the CBS producer accused of blackmailing Letterman used pages from a former assistant's diary that described an affair with the "Late Show" host, a law enforcement official said Monday. The ex-assistant, Stephanie Birkitt, went to live with CBS News producer Robert Halderman, who found her diary describing her relationship with Letterman and used it to help blackmail him, the law enforcement official said Monday on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

Halderman, a producer for the true-crime show "48 Hours Mystery," pleaded not guilty last week to extortion charges.

The flood of attention on Letterman was inevitable, and the way he initially dealt with this maelstrom recalled an embarrassing dilemma for another star in 1995.

For a celebrity the caliber of Hugh Grant, publicity — including speculation of career suicide — was unavoidable when he was arrested with a prostitute on Hollywood's Sunset Strip 14 years ago. But then he retreated to NBC's "The Tonight Show" to try to explain.

Host Jay Leno wasted no time before asking an instant classic of a question: "What the hell were you thinking?!"

Grant's appearance provided him with some needed image rehab. It also vaulted ratings runner-up "Tonight" past Letterman's "Late Show," a leadership position Leno held through his retirement from late night earlier this year.

Since then, Letterman has reclaimed a ratings edge over new "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien.

Romo's $67 million contract, is one of Jerry Jone's biggest mistakes. Jone is a good owner but a HORRIBLE General Manager, who is now depending on the Palace in Dallas (Arlington) to save his sorry team. Don't think that is going to work. The Cowboys Nation is growing very restless. Read the comments after today's game below: 

cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/10/cb-newman-says-denver-wr-marshall-grabbe.html

Finally a week of what seems like stability.  No new teams amongst my top eight, and only four changes in the top fifteen.  While everything seemed to settle down in the rankings, however, the games themselves simply got more exciting.

The hour of football that contained the end of UCLA v Stanford, Georgia v LSU, and Notre Dame v Washington was as good as it gets on Saturdays.  These games all came down to the wire and reminded me why Saturdays are so special.  Who knew Jake Locker and Jimmy Clausen would put together a quarterback duel for the ages?  Who knew LSU and Georgia would find all of that offense as the game wound down?

Outside of these great games were some struggles from teams like Cincinnatti who led Miami (OH) by just a touchdown going into the fourth.  Virginia Tech looked vulnerable against a weak Duke team as well, while Iowa beat Arkansas State by just a field goal.  While a win is a win, sloppy play won’t earn you any bonus points in my poll, so there were some moves made.  Oregon had another impressive performance and is inching towards 2007 status in which their offense looks unstoppable (given, they did play Washington State this weekend).  USC and Miami also moved up, rebounding from questionable performances to reassure me they deserve better than last weeks ranking, while UCLA, California, Houston, and Oklahoma all dropped from the rankings following disappointing weekends.

Rank (prev.)	Team		Result
1	Florida (4-0)		BYE
2	Texas (4-0)		BYE
3	Alabama (5-0)		38-20 Kentucky
4 (6)	LSU (5-0)		20-13 Georgia
5	Boise St. (5-0)		34-16 UC Davis
6 (4)	Virginia Tech. (4-1)		34-26 Duke
7	Oklahoma St. (3-1)		BYE
8	TCU (5-0)		39-14 SMU
9 (12)	USC (4-1)		30-3 California
10 (9)	Cincinatti (5-0)		37-13 Miami (OH)
11 (10)	Georgia Tech. (4-1)		42-31 Mississippi State
12 (17)	Oregon (4-1)		52-6 Washington State
13	Kansas (4-0)		BYE
14	Penn St. (4-1)		35-17 Illinois
15	BYU (4-1)		35-17 Utah St.
16 (11)	Georgia  (3-2)		13-20 LSU
17 (22)	Miami (3-1)		21-20 Oklahoma
18	Iowa (5-0)		24-21 Ark. St.
19	Ohio St. (4-1)		33-14 Indiana
20	Nebraska (3-1)		BYE
21 (25)	Mississippi (3-1)		23-7 Vanderbilt
22 (NR)	Stanford (4-1)		24-16 UCLA
23 (NR)	South Florida (5-0)		34-20 Syracuse
24 (NR)	Wisconsin (5-0)		31-28 Minnesota
25 (NR)	South Carolina (4-1)		38-14 South Carolina St.

It’s time for the Dallas Cowboys’ defense to take a stand.

The Cowboys have been gashed, giving up 174 rushing yards in the opener against Tampa Bay and 330 passing yards to Eli Manning and the Giants last week.

The Cowboys are allowing an NFL-worst 438.5 total yards per game. What makes matters worse is that they are the only team without a sack, interception or fumble recovery.

But turnover-prone Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme could provide the tonic tonight at Cowboys Stadium. Delhomme has thrown 10 interceptions in three games dating to last postseason.

Tonight the Dallas Cowboys make their 71st Monday Night Football appearance — second most of any team, behind the Miami Dolphins’ 74. In tribute to Monday Night Football’s 40th season, here are 40 things to know about the Cowboys on MNF from David Thomas at the Fort Worth Star Telegram dthomas@star-telegram.com

1 The Cowboys have more wins than any other team, with 41. The Dolphins are next at 39.

2 The Cowboys have a 41-29 record, for a .586 winning percentage.

3 The Cowboys’ most commonly played opponent is the Washington Redskins. They have played 14 times, with the Cowboys winning seven. Only the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders have met more often on MNF (15 times).

4 Tony Dorsett’s 99-yard touchdown run against the Minnesota Vikings occurred on MNF, on Jan. 3, 1983.

5 The Cowboys were Washington’s opponent in 1983 when Howard Cosell referred to Redskins receiver Alvin Garrett as a "little monkey." Cosell later said he was referring to Garrett’s size, not his race.

6 On Oct. 23, 2006, Tony Romo replaced Drew Bledsoe at quarterback to start the second half of a 36-22 loss to the Giants. Romo was 14-for-25 for 227 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Romo wound up leading the Cowboys to the playoffs and made the Pro Bowl.

7 The Cowboys have played in four of the 10 highest-rated MNF games. The Cowboys’ highest-rated game — and third-highest MNF game overall — was their 9-5 loss to the Washington Redskins in 1978.

8 The Cowboys-Eagles game of Sept. 15, 2008, drew the largest household audience in cable TV history, with a 13.3 rating and an average of 12,953,000 homes. The Cowboys won 41-37.

9 The Cowboys were wiped out in their first MNF appearance — a 38-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1970. That remains their largest margin of defeat on MNF.

10 A 38-0 game also accounts for the Cowboys’ largest margin of victory on MNF — against the Baltimore Colts in 1978. 

11 On Oct. 19, 1987, the Cowboys lost to the Redskins 13-7 in the final replacement game of that strike-interrupted season. Cowboys starters included regulars Danny White, Tony Dorsett, Mike Renfro, Randy White and Ed "Too Tall" Jones.

12 Terrell Owens was a Philadelphia Eagle preparing to play against the Cowboys on the night in 2004 when Owens appeared in a racy pregame intro with Nicollette Sheridan of Desperate Housewives. Sheridan was wearing only a towel, which she dropped with her back to the camera.

13 The Cowboys are 2-1 since MNF moved to ESPN in 2006.

14 The Cowboys played three Monday night games before ABC created MNF in 1970. Two of those games were on CBS and the other was not televised.

15 Herschel Walker made his NFL debut on MNF, a 31-28 win over the Giants in September 1986.

16 The Cowboys played Washington as part of a unique MNF doubleheader in 2005. The New Orleans Saints’ home game against the New York Giants from the day before was moved to New Jersey on Monday night because of Hurricane Katrina. That game began on ABC and shifted to ESPN for most of the nation when the Cowboys-Redskins game kicked off.

17 On Sept. 15, 1997, the Cowboys defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 21-20 at Texas Stadium when the Eagles’ Tom Hutton bobbled a snap on a 22-yard field goal attempt then tried to run with the ball and fumbled.

18 The Cowboys won the final MNF game at Texas Stadium 41-37 against the Eagles.

19 Of the 28 MNF games played at Texas Stadium, only one went overtime — the Lions’ 20-17 win on Sept. 19, 1994.

20 The Cowboys’ only other overtime game on MNF came in 2003, a 35-32 win at the New York Giants.

21 Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith were inducted into the Ring of Honor on MNF, at halftime of a 2005 game against Washington.

22 Two Cowboys kickers have made seven field goals in a MNF game: Chris Boniol against the Packers in 1996 and Billy Cundiff in an overtime game against the Giants in 2003. Roger Ruzek and Richie Cunningham each kicked five field goals in a game.

23 From 1978-96, the Cowboys opened their season on MNF 11 times, including five consecutive times (1982-86). The Cowboys played the Redskins in five of those season-openers. The Cowboys have not played the first MNF game of a season since 1996.

24 On Dec. 21, 1992, the Cowboys defeated the Atlanta Falcons 41-17 to win the franchise’s 14th divisional title and first in seven years.

25 Scenes for the movie Jerry Maguire were shot during the Cowboys’ MNF game at the Arizona Cardinals on Christmas night 1995.

26 Al Michaels’ first game as MNF’s play-by-play announcer was the Cowboys-Giants game to open the 1986 season.

27 Emmitt Smith is MNF’s all-time leader in rushing yards (2,434) and rushing touchdowns (23). All of Smith’s totals came with the Cowboys.

28 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the only NFC team the Cowboys have not played on MNF. They have not played eight AFC teams: the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers.

29 The Cowboys have played more road games (39) than home games (31) on MNF. They are 18-13 (.581) at home and 23-16 (.590) on the road.

30 On Oct. 8, 2007, Nick Folk made two 53-yard field goals — the first was negated by a timeout — as time expired in the Cowboys’ 25-24 win over the Buffalo Bills. The Cowboys scored nine points in the final 20 seconds.

31 Former Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame based on his work as a MNF broadcaster. Meredith was enshrined into the Hall of Fame’s radio-television wing in 2007.

32 The Cowboys have appeared on MNF in all but three seasons: 1989, 1990 and 2002.

33 The Cowboys have appeared on MNF multiple times in 25 seasons. The only one of those seasons in which they did not win a game was 1979, when they were 0-2.

34 The Cowboys’ longest MNF winning streak is five games, in 1994-95. Their longest losing streak is three games, in 1978-79.

35 On Dec. 6, 2004, Julius Jones rushed for 198 yards and the game-winning touchdown in a 43-39 defeat of the Seattle Seahawks in which the Cowboys scored 14 points in the final 1:45.

36 Before a 2006 MNF game against the Giants, Hank Williams Jr. shouted "Are you ready for some football?" from the star at midfield of Texas Stadium.

37 The Minnesota Vikings are 2-0 against the Cowboys on MNF and the only one of the 12 teams the Cowboys have played at least twice on MNF that has not lost to the Cowboys.

38 The Cowboys have a 7-2 record against the New York Giants on MNF. They won their first five games against the Giants, from 1971-88.

39 The Redskins’ 9-5 win over the Cowboys at RFK Stadium in 1978 was attended by President Jimmy Carter. Carter was the second U.S. president to attend an NFL game.

40 All seven Cowboys head coaches have had at least a .500 record on MNF.

Sources: Star-Telegram research, NFL Record and Fact Book 2009, Dallas Cowboys, ESPN, Star-Telegram archives. 

Long time Dallas Sports radio personality and Star -Telegram columnist Randy Galloway wrote this BEFORE the game:

In the beginning, Jerry promised to build for Arlington something better and bigger than anything currently standing. Not surprisingly, he did, in like three years. Too bad his football team construction record has been a 12-year failure, and counting.

If that dismal haven’t-won-a-playoff-game run since the neighborhood Rangers won their one and only playoff game (1996) is ever going to change, then Romo and the Giants will probably be the best indicators.

How does the quarterback play? How do the Cowboys and the quarterback match up against the Giants? Go ahead, blow this off as only the second game of a new and long season, but those answers still remain telling signs.

The NYGs are the best and most stable team and organization in the potent NFC East. Plus, it’s a longstanding intense rivalry, where twice a season we witness chippy antics and mouthy retorts over a course of 60 game clock minutes. You get some of that against the Eagles, and some of it against the Redskins. But when it’s the Giants-Cowboys, you get it all.

Meanwhile, Tony’s brief NFL career has roller-coastered against, yes, the Giants. It has fallen, risen and fallen against only one team. This one tonight.

The Romo milestones:

The first meaningful NFL pass he ever threw was against the Giants. It was tipped, then picked. Romo tossed two other interceptions that night (Oct. 23, 2006) in a Texas Stadium loss after Bill Parcells yanked Drew Bledsoe at halftime and gave the ball to the nobody from Eastern Illinois.

The next week, Romo’s career took off in his first start against Carolina, and by the time the Giants were on the schedule again (early December) he was an overnight sensation. Plus, the Cowboys won that road game when Romo hooked up with Jason Witten on a long completion in the final minute to set up the winning field goal.

Romo had risen.

Since then, Romo has never lost a game to the Giants in which he started. The record is 4-0.

105,121 fans showed up in Arlington last night for the first regular season NFL game in the new $1.1 BILLION dollar stadium to see the worst performances of the day by a NFL quarterback. Romo threw 3 interceptions and looked HORRIBLE all night. Bad judgment, bad passes, BAD BAD BAD.  The Giants scored 24 points on turnovers!

JESSICA SIMPSON, ELDORADO "TO" OWENS AND THE MOST DISGUSTING HUMAN TO EVER WEAR A COWBOYS JERSEY,  DEOIN SANDERS ARE GLOATING tonight.

ANOTHER IN A LONG LINE OF TONY ROMO CHOKES .  PERIOD