Thankful for Romo

I'm writing this post after a night of feasting and drinking, hoping to imitate what's going to happen to Tony Romo later tonight and for the upcoming future, especially after his five touchdown passes, three hundred yards, and a Thanksgiving to remember performance.

During one of our podcasts a few weeks ago, Mr. Sharpe made the statement that Tony Romo gives the Cowboys a shot at making the playoffs. I argued, stating that only Bledsoe the Statue could lead the Cowboys, that Romo was too inexperienced and too flaky and too, well, too Tony Romo. He just didn't inspire confidence in me, and well, on this Thanksgiving, with my stomach already stretched beyond any normal limit, I eat my words.

Tony Romo gives the Cowboys a shot at the playoffs, and beyond.

Now, next week's game against the Giants is pivotal, obviously. Just like the television already showing commercials for Christmas, Thanksgiving marks the official beginning of "playoff talk." Magic numbers appear, strength of schedule arguments are increasingly held in higher regard, injuries are magnified ten times over (though McNabb's injury, for example, is just terrible through and through--once again, obviously), and all the games are hyped up even more than usual. After all, once the stakes are defined, they inevitably have to rise.

And the stakes are rising for Tony Romo. He's a star, supposedly dating Jessica Simpson or some hot chick, some super model, some paradigm of the highest sense of femininity. For most people however, and especially for all those Romo-sexuals, what matters most is whatever happens on Sunday. Sure this is nice, but as Romo may soon discover, it's not that hard to fall from the top.

Pride cometh before the fall, and as long as Romo stays humble and stays straight, it'll be interesting to see how far the Cowboys will go come January. Very interesting...

Well, I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving, or had a good Thanksgiving actually, as I am writing this 2am eastern time. I'm heading out in a few hours to check out some Best Buy's and Circuit City's, hopefully I get me something nice. And hopefully you all get something nice too, just stay humble folks. Stay humble.