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Associated Press (AP)
December 21, 2008
Updated at 09:18 CST

Irving, TX - The Dallas Cowboys did not close out their beloved Texas Stadium as they had hoped - with a win over the Baltimore Ravens. The Cowboys gave up critical big plays when they needed stops and could not rattle a rookie quarterback, Joe Flacco, in a 33-24 defeat at the hands of the now 10-5 Ravens. As a result the Dallas Cowboys may be watching the playoffs alongside their faithful fans - which may be a blessing in disguise for Wade Phillips. He might not get a chance to lose another playoff game.

What is adding insult to injury the morning after the Ravens manhandled the Cowboys is that according to rumors circulating throughout the NFL, this was an entirely unexpected outcome for Jerry Jones. Jones hand picked the Ravens as the opponent for last night's closing game at Texas Stadium - supposedly because the Ravens would be an easy victory. Unfortunately for the proud team owner, nothing could have been further from the truth and the truth hurts - sometimes literally.

Reports from Irving, TX this morning say that Jerry Jones was fuming after the game's result, in large part due to the embarrassment of bringing in so many legendary players to witness a losing effort. After what's being called the 'Dallas Debacle', Jones made his way to the home team's locker room and the owner's fiery, post-game speech to the Cowboys was only the beginning of his tirade. Jerry spent several more hours in his stadium office, making calls which, according to some team sources (who want to remain anonymous for good reason), were threatening in nature toward the careers of some coaches and players. But the legacies of players and coaches were not the only things in Jerry Jones' warpath: so was a janitor's radio.

According to reports, as Jerry Jones left the stadium for the night one of Under Armor's now famous, "We must protect this house" advertisements, in which athletes are portrayed defending their own stadium, was playing on a janitor's radio as he cleaned up after the festivities of the night. Jones promptly stopped his usual end-of-day tour of the stadium, listened to the radio for a moment, and then knocked it to the ground. Afterward, the Cowboys owner simply walked away without a word. The ad, depicting a scenario of defending a team's honor and home field which his current incarnation of the Dallas Cowboys could not live up to, seemed to have been a little too much for Jerry Jones to handle on a night filled with frustration.

The janitor involved in the incident, when asked for an interview, had no comment, citing that he had been offered compensation for his radio, a holiday bonus and his time - as long as he promised not to play that radio station anymore.





This is just a joke - FYI. And not a very good one - I just think it would have been pretty darn funny if that scenario - "We must protect this house!" blaring on a radio as Jerry Jones left the stadium - had occurred.