Get your popcorn ready, because it's our #7 Soundbyte of the Decade. Terrell Owens had already done a lot in the years leading up to the 2008 playoffs. He had autographed a ball during a game with a Sharpie hidden in his sock. He had ailienated quarterbacks from San Francisco, to Philadelphia, to Dallas. He'd done sit ups in his driveway. You name the weird stunt performed to draw more attention to oneself, TO had done it. Over the decade, TO became one of the most polarizing, recognizable, controversial figures in sports.
But nothing he'd done before in the 2000s quite lived up to his postgame news conference after the Cowboys had been beaten by the New York Giants. The Cowboys were the #1 seed in the NFC, 13-3, but were knocked around by the more physical Giants in the 21-17 upset. Although TO wasn't a shining star on the field, he saved his greatest performance to defend his quarterback, Tony Romo.
Romo had taken his share of criticism leading up to the game for vacationing with Jessica Simpson and Jason Witten in Mexico during the team's bye week. And, rather than wait for the firestorm of second-guessing Romo's play, TO launched a preemptive strike against the media. While it might not be the most emotional moment in sports history (one of the many reasons Best Damn Sports Show is no longer on tv), it was one of the most tear-jerking, if not puzzling soundbytes of the decade. So go ahead TO, show us some love for someone, other than yourself that is...
Join us for our next stop in the countdown, as we go back to the pros for an educational lesson about why we all play the sports that we love! See you next time!
1 comment:
Gets the checkmark for the "He's my quarterback" but feel that it is not a top 10 soundbyte. Bill Callahan, now that is right. "We got to be the dumbest team in America by the way we play the game."
Brother Y
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