Lack of respect fuels Giants

Giant Football Blog found this 1/11/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

When Osi Umenyiora is in Hawaii the week after Super Bowl Sunday, he will be surrounded by the enemy - the only Giant on a Pro Bowl team with a dozen Cowboys. It's a snub that still gnaws at the Giants as they prepare for Sunday's game. [link]

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Lack of respect fuels Giants
Published 1/11/2008 by Jim Jacobs at Giant Football Blog
... "Yeah, I think it does," Umenyiora said Thursday. "And to be honest with you, it should, because I'm not sure that they have that many better players than we do." Apparently, though, everybody else thinks they do because 11 Cowboys were voted onto the NFC squad back in mid-December, and a 12th - safety Roy Williams - was added as a late replacement. It was as clear a sign as any to the Giants (11-6) that the world views the Cowboys (13-3) as by far the best team in the NFC East. Continue

Nothing left to say
Published 1/11/2008 by Dave Halprin (Grizz) <info@bloggingtheboys.com> at Blogging The Boys: Front Page Posts
... Ha! Usually being the key word, because this week the pundits are in for a pounding along with the Giants. Even if the Giants are playing the ‘no respect’ card. ...

Strahan Says He Doesn't Blame Romo, Would Date Jessica Simpson Too

outofrightfield posted 1/11/2008 from walkoffbalk.blogspot.com

Veteran Michael Strahan came to Romo's defense on Thursday, saying the young heartthrob had every right to go to a Mexico resort with Simpson and other teammates during the Cowboys' recent bye week. "You guys love to say, 'Oh, he is coming off the beach and he is dating Jessica Simpson' -- please!" Strahan said during a news conference Thursday after the Giants practiced for Sunday's ...

Larry Allen Retiring, Next Stop Hall of Fame

kcudah posted 1/11/2008 from sports.aol.com

San Francisco 49ers guard Larry Allen is expected to retire, Adam Schefter of NFL Network is reporting . There is little doubt that Allen, who spent most of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013, the first year he's eligible. Allen has been named to 11 Pro Bowl teams, and there was a stretch of about five years in which he was the best

Dallas Cowboys' Owens says he'll play vs. Giants

FanHouse found this 1/11/2008 on www.dallasnews.com

Strahan teases Romo: I'd date Jessica

kcudah posted 1/11/2008 from www.nydailynews.com

The Giants have been having fun all week teasing about Tony Romo's weekend adventure in Cabo with Jessica Simpson, drama queen Terrell Owens' superhuman recuperative powers and being embarrassingly outnumbered by the Cowboys in the Pro Bowl. Michael Strahan livened things up Thursday, as he downplayed Romo coming off the beach for the playoffs, by joking, "Heck, if Jessica Simpson wanted to date

Romo: Jessica no distraction

kcudah posted 1/11/2008 from www.nypost.com

A surly Tony Romo told inquiring minds yesterday to worry about the Cowboys' upcoming playoff matchup with the Giants instead of his Mexican beach getaway with pop starlet Jessica Simpson. Dallas' Pro Bowl quarterback, caught canoodling in Los Cabos with Simpson last weekend while the Cowboys enjoyed a playoff bye, made no apologies for the trip.

Terrell Owens practices for Cowboys
Terrell Owens ran routes and caught passes in his return to practice Thursday, showing only a slight limp at times. The All-Pro receiver seems on track to play in the Dallas Cowboys' playoff game against the New York Giants.

Inside the Matchups
Hank Gola takes a close look at Sunday's divisional playoff grudge match between the Giants and the Cowboys.

Giants: We're the All-Joes against the Cowboys' All-Pros
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants are feeling a little unappreciated heading in to the NFC semifinal against the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants (11-5) were thoroughly...

Focus Factor
Dr. Z doesn't want to read into the tabloid reports on Tony Romo, but he's worried about the Dallas QB's recent performances and thinks he may struggle against the Giants.

Bet ranch on Cowboys if you dare, but beware of 'dogs
The Cowboys, 13-3, are the class of the NFC. The Cowboys are sending 12 players to the Pro Bowl. The Giants have one representative, Osi Umenyiora. Sure sounds like the league thinks the world of Dallas.