Last night before 91,000+ hometown fans and a nationwide television audience on Sunday Night Football, the Dallas Cowboys gave what would be their most dominant performance of the young NFL season. It has been the fashion of late for the team who wins the opening coin toss to defer receiving the ball until the second half kickoff. The Cowboys demurred to do so however, taking the opening kickoff. The Cowboys then proceeded to shove the ball down the throats of the the New Orleans Saints, marching down the field on a 12 play/80 yard opening drive which took up the first 7:10 of the game. The drive resulted in the Cowboys first TD of the night. The Saints never fully gained any momentum while the Cowboys played an almost perfect game, building a 24-0 halftime lead. The Cowboys relied on the legs of DeMarco Murray who had his 4th 100 yard game of the season. Murray joins the vaunted Emmet Smith as the only Cowboys to open the season with 4 straight 100 yard games. Tony Dorset had a string of 4 100 yard games but they were not to open the season. Murray did not fumble for the first time this season, scored twice and Tony Romo threw 3 TD's with no interceptions on their way to routing the Saints.
Dallas ran the score up to 31-3 before Drew Brees and the Saints took a stab at a 4th quarter comeback. The Saints scored twice closing to 31-17 midway through the 4th. The Cowboys then slammed the door with their defense, snuffing out an attempted fake punt, then marching to the game clinching score. The scoring pass was a thing of beauty from Tony Romo to Dez Bryant who made the leaping grab for 18 yards over the hands of the defender, twisting and turning to land in the front corner of the End Zone by the pylon. The Cowboys also snuffed out the final Saints drive, then proceeded to run out the clock. Final Score Cowboys 38, Saints 17.
In other happy NFL news, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored their first victory of the season in Pittsburgh 27-24 over the Steelers on a last minute TD. The New York Giants and the Washington Redskins are both vying for the title of "Ms Also Ran" at the bottom of the NFC East. The Giants drummed the Redskins in Washington 45-14 leaving Giants 2-2 and the Redskins 1-3. Even the hated SF 49ers blessed the Cowboys yesterday when they bested the Philadelphia Eagles 26-21 in SF. This dropped the Eagles into a tie for first in the NFC East division race at 3-1 with the Cowboys. I have to watch Monday Night Football tonight with the New England Patriots playing at Arrowhead Stadium in KC against the Chiefs. I have a customer who is a rabid Patriots fan and we will surely discuss the weekend games, especially the Cowboys and Patriots results on Tuesday. I have to be prepared, there will probably be a test (lol!).
Now for your Monday with Mozart, we explore four of Wolfgang's Trumpet Concerti, Number 1 in D Major and Numbers 2, 3 and 4 in E Flat Major. Today's performance is by the Orquesta del Mozarteum de Salzburg under the baton of Director Leopold Hager which features Hermann Baumann as the Trumpet Soloist. You may also hear Mozart's 'A Musical Joke' performed by The Village Musicians over on my tumblr.
Last but not least we come to the most visually entertaining portion of any day here at Nichevo with another bevy of masculine pulchritude upon which to gaze longingly as you make your way down the page. This being Monday, all these magnificent men are adorned in their finest Monday's Undies for your viewing pleasure. You may also want to cast an eye over at Anthony who is your Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr. He fills his briefs quite nicely below those washboard abs and seductive smile. Thanks for starting the week with me, see you again soon. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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