Christmas came early for the Dallas Cowboys and their fans when the Washington Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27-24 on Saturday Night. Santa then left the brightly wrapped NFC East Crown under the Cowboys Christmas Tree that was theirs for the taking. All they had to do was win the game against the AFC South Division Champion Indianapolis Colts at the Taj Ma Jones in Arlington on Sunday. A home win has not always been easy to come up with this season, as their four losses all came at home. But win they did and in a very convincing manner. In what was their most dynamic and dominating performance of the season, the Cowboys scored a season high point total when they throttled the Colts before a crowd of 90,000 people 42-7.
The only thing that went right for the Colts yesterday was the Coin Toss to start the game which they won. They deferred receiving the kickoff to the second half and the game plunged over a cliff for them soon afterwards. The Cowboys opening possession stalled around mid field when the Colts stopped the Cowboys with a loss on third down. However he Colt that made the tackle got flagged for taunting which cost the Colts 15 yards and gave the Cowboys a new set of downs. The Cowboys finished the drive with a Terrence Williams TD reception to go up 7-0, having run nearly 8 and a half minutes off the clock in the process. The Colts then ran 3 plays and got zilch for yardage. On Fourth Down the Colts pulled off a perfectly executed Fake Punt only to have the wide open receiver drop the ball that did everything but hit him in the hands. The Cowboys took over at the Colt 19 yard line and one play later Dez Bryant was leaping high in the End Zone to grab TD number 14 for him this season and up the Cowboy lead to 14-0.
After the Colts again went 3 and out, the Cowboys opened the second quarter with another TD, this one a nifty catch and run by Cole Beasley who slipped 3 tackles and scampered into the End Zone for a 21-0 lead. After yet another 3 and out by the Colts, the Cowboys scored again to go up 28-0. The route was on and the Colts had not yet even registered a first down. The Colts then mounted a drive that took them all the way down the field before the Cowboys JJ Wilcox intercepted the ball in the End Zone and ran it back out 36 yards to preserve the first half shut out. The Cowboys had 5 possessions in the first half, scoring on the first four and punting once. An almost as perfect half of football as I have seen the Cowboys play in many a year.
The Cowboys intercepted a pass on the first play of the second half and immediately marched to another score to go up 35-0. Towards the end of the quarter, the Cowboys missed a Field Goal, which is the only thing that did not go the Cowboys way all day. The Cowboys opened the fourth quarter with another score to go up 42-0. Coach Jason Garrett then sent the second team in to finish the game. The Colts pulled their first team also as there was no point to them continuing to play in a very definitely lost cause. The Colts backups did manage to score a TD against the Cowboys backups with 5 minutes left, but it did not change the outcome of the game. The Cowboys gained their first NFC East Crown since 2009 and the number 3 seed in the NFC Playoffs with one regular season game remaining next Sunday against the Washington Redskins in DC. If the Cowboys win that one, they will have gone undefeated in December for the first time in so many years that I cannot remember when that was (it must have been back when Troy, Emmit and Michael were still playing). It is still 3 days before Christmas, but I don't think Christmas could get any better for the Cowboys or their fans at this point. Congratulations to the 2014 Dallas Cowboys, NFC East Division Champions for the 22nd time in franchise history.
A couple of weeks ago, I featured Ronald Brautigam's recordings of the complete Mozart Piano Variations (Volume I here and II on my tumblr). I said at the time I would bring volumes III and IV the next week. I then promptly forgot about them until I went to clean out the Temp folder in my Bookmarks and found them queued up there. So you Monday with Mozart today features Volume III of Mozart's Piano Variations as performed and recorded by Ronald Brautigam. Volume IV may be heard over on my tumblr.
Then to decorate all our lives is another collection worthy of an Erotic Christmas Wish List. This time of course they are all adorned in their sexiest skivvies for this edition of Monday's Undies. Additional inspiration may found in the Strong and Flexible Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr. Thanks for kick starting your week here at Nichevo, see you again tomorrow. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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