StarStruck Fan Spotlight: True Blue New York Cowboys Fanatic

An article by Kelly Horn    2 Comments

My name is Maurice Francis and I’ve lived in Brooklyn, NY all of my life (a brief stint in Philly for 2 1/2 years…I’ll get back to that later). I’ve been a Cowboy fan since 1976. I knew nothing about pro football at the time. I watched Tony Dorsett at Pitt and fell in love with his gamesmanship. I followed him to the Cowboys.

The very first time a saw a Cowboy game, I fell in LOVE with the Cowboys. Ask my mother, every time a game came on, I would holla and scream and my entire family would have to leave the house. No one takes Cowboy games as serious as I do. I HATE when they lose or play lousy. I can’t take it. When they lost to the Steelers, I CRIED!!! I never got over it until we finally beat them in the Super Bowl (by the way my older brother is a Steelers fan, hated him for that).

When I moved in with my girlfriend, I told her, “Sundays are Dallas Cowboy days, we cannot do anything until the game is OVER.” She would get naked directly in front of the TV, I would thrust her body out of my way. Nothing comes before my Cowboys game!

I met Tony Dorsett, my favorite Cowboy of all time, in New Jersey during a signing. I was disappointed because he was angry about something and wanted to leave, so he ignored my statement and signed my Cowboy helmet anyway. I still love Tony. I will have his name inscribed on my jacket above the #33 anyway. Everyone has a bad day.

The Cowboys are like my family. I hurt when they lose. I want nothing but the best for them. I hate when they under-achieve like last year when they gave a gift to the G.i.-ants.

They better win this year. Living in New York with G.i. ants fans is NO fun, but I always remind them that head-to-head we have BASHED them in the record books.

Now back to Philly. I had to move there to find work.  Once I told my co-workers I was  a Cowboy fan all hell broke lose every day at work. You can’t imagine the abuse. One morning when I got to work my entire cubicle was covered in Eagles paraphernalia one morning, I burned them!!!

I love all the Cowboys from 1976 to the present. I just want that 6th Super Bowl title. Da’ Boys are still the BEST!!!

I will be 43 on Dec 2nd. I’m not a band wagon fan… I’m a REAL fan since 1976!!!

HOW ‘BOUT DEM COWBOYS!!!!

Submitted by Maurice Francis

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