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As impressive as it is, AT&T As impressive as it is, AT&T Stadium has not represented a Stadium has not represented a great home feld advantage for great home feld advantage for the Cowboys. Could that change the Cowboys. Could that change this year? this year?

Will this be the year of the Cowboys?

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The Manning brothers, Peyton and Eli, have a new television show. It is just the two of them watching the broadcast of Monday Night Football. They sit there and watch the game Super Bowl ever. Of course, he had Aaron Rogers. Then again, the Cowboys have Dak Prescott. To see him back this season is to realize that the Cowboys are set at the most important position on together and crack jokes and tell stories and give us a glimpse at the feld. how a former professional athlete watches a game. So far this season he has gone head to head with one of the best

It is a great alternative to the regular broadcast, and in week young quarterbacks in the game, Justin Herbert, and the best old one, a game that featured a team from Baltimore and one from quarterback ever. Dak performed great against Tom Brady and the Las Vegas, Arlington, Texas, was a topic of discussion. Since Buccaneers to start the season and reminded us that the position the game was at the Raiders' new home in Las Vegas, Eli was here is set for a long time. He is a great feld general, a great locker remembering stories from the frst ever game in the stadium that room leader and another example of the Cowboys' success with he called, wait for it, “Jerry World.” I laughed when I realized quarterbacks. that even opposing players know the nickname of our stadium. Troy Aikman is the only signal caller the Cowboys have ever Sept. 20, 2009 was somewhat forgettable for Cowboys fans as the taken with a frst round pick. Let that sink in. The Cowboys Giants came in and spoiled the stadium have had Don Meredith, who signed a debut. Eli threw for 330 yard, and the personal services contract with another Giants beat the Cowboys 33-31. company owned by then owner Clint

Eli recalled heading into the visitors Murchison. He became a three-time Pro locker room where an attendant had some John Rhadigan Bowl player and was inducted into the ice cold adult beverages. As the Giants Cowboys Ring of Honor. Roger Staubach celebrated that night the attendant asked was a 10th-round pick because he had a if Eli would sign the wall in his ofce. He THE COWBOYS HAVE a Naval commitment. He won two Super was the frst to sign it, and over the years many other players did the same. The franchise QB in Dak Prescott. Bowls, was the MVP of one of them. He joined Dandy Don in the Ring of Honor punch line to the story was that years later That could be enough to take and is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Eli came back, and the signatures had all them to the promised land. Then there was Troy, who won three been painted over. He speculated on the Super Bowls and made the Hall of Fame. show that Jerry probably heard about the “signature wall” and Tony Romo followed not too far behind Troy; he was an undrafted had it removed. Possibly, or maybe it was just time to remodel the free agent. While he did not lead the team to a Super Bowl, he was visiting locker room. The stadium is a dozen years old, after all, a franchise quarterback that became the envy of other teams. and we like to keep things looking fresh around here. Now there is Dak, a fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State

Since that frst game there have been more than 100 NFL games in 2016. He is a born leader and has a chance to do the things that played at AT&T Stadium, counting Super Bowl XLV. The Cowboys Tony didn’t but the others did. That is to take the Cowboys to the have won some 53% of their home games in the regular season promised land. OK, maybe it is not promised, but we expect it and are 3-1 in the playofs. Those are respectable numbers, to around here. be sure. But it is time to make this place a house of horrors for It’s a quarterback league! The Cowboys have had some great opposing teams. quarterbacks and, for that matter, some great broadcasters. Dandy

The Cowboys appear poised and ready to do just that. They Don, Troy and Tony have all called games at the highest level. have the coach who won the only Super Bowl ever played in the It is just another example of how being involved with the stadium. Mike McCarthy led the Packers to a victory in that 50th Cowboys keeps Arlington in the national spotlight.

Itinerary

The RIVER LEGACY FOUNDATION’S FALL FESTIVAL is set for Oct. 9 at the River Legacy Living Science Center (703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd.). The activities will run from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and will include a variety of games, crafts and more. The Fall Festival is one of River Legacy Foundation’s annual fundraisers to support environmental education at River Legacy Living Science Center and River Legacy Park. This family friendly fall festival combines the best of two popular local events from the past: After Dark in the Park and the City’s Eco-Fest.

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SYMPHONY ARLINGTON will present four “Mozart con Amore” concerts over the next four months, beginning with an Oct. 14 performance featuring pianist Lindsay Garritson at Arlington Music Hall (224 N. Center St.) . The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The October event will feature a number of important historical works by Mozart, including “Overture to Lucio Silla,” “Piano Concerto No. 17,” and “Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter).

Symphony Arlington is a nonproft organization that targets all segments of the population, including children through youth concerts, education programs, and the Lone Star Youth Orchestra. All Symphony Arlington concerts appeal to people of all ages and backgrounds.

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The Cowboys will host a pair of National Football Conference opponents at AT&T Stadium this month. They’ll play the Carolina Panthers at noon on Oct. 3. Then they will play the New York Giants at 3:25 p.m. on Oct. 10.

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UTA volleyball UTA volleyball

This month, the UTA women’s volleyball team will host Louisiana (6 p.m., Oct. 1), Louisiana Monroe (6 p.m., Oct. 2), Texas State (6 p.m., Oct. 9), Appalachian State (6 p.m., Oct. 22) and Coastal Carolina (6 p.m., Oct. 23).

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Board Game Nights Board game nights

On Tap (200 N. Mesquite St.) will host Board Game Nights, beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28. Bring your favorite board games, or join in on On Tap’s favorites – and enjoy some great tap beer, to boot.

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