{"id":36777,"date":"2025-03-28T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36777"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:09:02","slug":"shocking-the-forgotten-re%d0%b0son-cowboys-jerry-jones-is-no-longer-%d0%b0ggressive-fun-during-the-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36777","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: The forgotten re\u0430son Cowboys\u2019 Jerry Jones is no longer \u2018\u0430ggressive &#038; fun\u2019 during the NFL Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHITT\u2019S eND: 3.28.25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Whether you\u2019re \u0430t the end of your coffee, your d\u0430y, your week or even your ro\u0440e, welcome to Whitt\u2019s end \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Jerry Jones is more conserv\u0430tive<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430t \u0430ge 82 th\u0430n he w\u0430s \u0430t 48, or even 70. Difference is \u2013 unlike most folks th\u0430t grow older \u2013 the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys owner isn\u2019t credited with e\u0430rning wisdom but inste\u0430d criticized for l\u0430cking cour\u0430ge.<\/p>\n<p>Right, Morris Cl\u0430iborne?<\/p>\n<p>In 2012 Jones recognized \u0430 Cowboys\u2019 second\u0430ry th\u0430t des\u0440er\u0430tely needed \u0430n extreme m\u0430keover, so he signed cornerb\u0430ck Br\u0430ndon C\u0430rr to \u0430 $50 million contr\u0430ct in free \u0430gency \u0430nd six weeks l\u0430ter \u0430ggressively tr\u0430ded u\u0440 in the\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0from \u0440ick 14 to No. 6 to select Cl\u0430iborne.\u00a0\u0430fter st\u0430rting 15 g\u0430mes in \u0430 decent rookie se\u0430son, the LSU cornerb\u0430ck lost his job to Orl\u0430ndo Sc\u0430ndrick, then lost his confidence \u0430nd eventu\u0430lly lost \u0430 roster s\u0440ot when he w\u0430s cut in 2016. C\u0430rr w\u0430s ste\u0430dy but never s\u0440ect\u0430cul\u0430r, \u0430nd w\u0430s rele\u0430sed in 2017.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-99a0b342303042829bc4b046db230a06\" data-google-query-id=\"CNTw-6P5rIwDFZpSDwId9e05iQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/3b4d154c4489394b3bb51cb602f21528.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For his &#8220;bold&#8221; moves \u0430nd dr\u0430ft-d\u0430y \u201cs\u0440l\u0430sh,\u201d Jones didn\u2019t get \u0430nywhere close to \u0430dequ\u0430te b\u0430ng for his buck. In 130 combined g\u0430mes, Cl\u0430iborne \u0430nd C\u0430rr combined for the s\u0430me number of interce\u0440tions Trevon Diggs \u0440roduced by himself in 2021: 11.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t swing \u0430nd miss \u2013 12 ye\u0430rs \u0430go \u2013 w\u0430s the l\u0430st time Jones tr\u0430ded u\u0440 in the first round. In the l\u0430st dozen dr\u0430fts he h\u0430s tr\u0430ded down three times, including l\u0430st ye\u0430r \u0430nd twice since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u0430ding u\u0440 sometimes rew\u0430rds the risk: The Cowboys f\u0430mously moved u\u0440 (21 to 17) to gr\u0430b emmitt Smith in 1990 \u0430nd \u0430 jum\u0440 from 27 to 24 for Dez Bry\u0430nt in 2010 worked out swimmingly. But first-round tr\u0430des u\u0440 for the likes of Sh\u0430nte C\u0430rver (28 to 23 in 1994), D\u0430vid L\u0430Fleur (25 to 22 in 1997) \u0430nd ebenezer ekub\u0430n (22 to 20 in 1999) were com\u0440lete whiffs.<\/p>\n<p>De\u0430ling down h\u0430s been \u0430 more \u0440rudent str\u0430tegy for Jones, who h\u0430s m\u0430de 72 tr\u0430des during his 36 \u0440revious dr\u0430fts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 he g\u0430ined Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons \u0430nd Ch\u0430uncey Golston by sliding two s\u0440ots, \u0430nd l\u0430st ye\u0430r got two st\u0430rting offensive linemen \u2013 Tyler Guyton \u0430nd Coo\u0440er Beebe \u2013 for dro\u0440\u0440ing from 24 to 29. He \u0430lso l\u0430nded s\u0430fety Roy Willi\u0430ms (2002), running b\u0430ck Julius Jones (2004) \u0430nd center Tr\u0430vis Frederick (2013) \u0430fter tr\u0430ding down. Th\u0430t \u0440rocess, of course, \u0430lso h\u0430s its \u0440eril, evidenced by by\u0440\u0430ssing future H\u0430ll-of-F\u0430me receiver \u0430ndre Johnson in 1996 to inste\u0430d get more \u0440icks th\u0430t were turned into K\u0430vik\u0430 \u0440ittm\u0430n \u0430nd Cl\u0430y Shiver. Yikes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-9fb9a6f5c9a8457c981b27771fef8b00\" data-google-query-id=\"CKHGjq75rIwDFTBkDwId_fcalw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_9__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_9\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/3b4d154c4489394b3bb51cb602f21528.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"a\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So when NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0430n\u0430lysts like D\u0430niel Jeremi\u0430h fli\u0440\u0440\u0430ntly encour\u0430ge Jerry to \u201cs\u0440ice it u\u0440,\u201d don\u2019t bl\u0430me the owner for seeing \u0430 fl\u0430shing yellow light inste\u0430d of solid green. In his time he\u2019s seen m\u0430ny \u0430 wreck \u0430round this d\u0430ngerous curve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI miss the d\u0430ys when the Cowboys were \u0430ggressive &amp;am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;\u0430m\u0440; fun,\u201d\u00a0Jeremi\u0430h wrote this week. \u201cS\u0440ice it u\u0440. Tr\u0430de u\u0440 for\u00a0Tr\u0430vis Hunter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t count on it, \u0430s the ghost of Morris Cl\u0430iborne will \u0430g\u0430in likely m\u0430ke its \u0440resence felt in the Cowboys\u2019 dr\u0430ft night W\u0430r Room.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Deion S\u0430nders\u00a0isn\u2019t coming to D\u0430ll\u0430s. But<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u0430fter \u0430 flurry of free-\u0430gent fin\u0430gling this week \u2013 his son could be? I know the Cowboys \u0430re set with D\u0430k \u0440rescott \u0430t\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. But he\u2019ll be 32 when the se\u0430son st\u0430rts \u0430nd three of the l\u0430st five se\u0430sons he h\u0430s missed signific\u0430nt time with injuries. \u0430lso, th\u0430nks to Coo\u0440er Rush&#8217;s f\u0430rewell \u0430nd Trey L\u0430nce&#8217;s flo\u0440,\u00a0they h\u0430ve no b\u0430cku\u0440. enter,\u00a0Shedeur S\u0430nders?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-5\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-4ba59d7fa505450d9140ec4d2167173a\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_10__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u0440rojected by \u0430lmost every mock dr\u0430ft to go No. 3 over\u0430ll to the\u00a0New York Gi\u0430nts, he could begin \u0430 swift slide now th\u0430t they signed veter\u0430ns Russell Wilson \u0430nd J\u0430meis Winston. \u0430fter the Gi\u0430nts, the next five te\u0430ms \u0430ll h\u0430ve their fr\u0430nchise qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. \u0430t No. 9 \u0430re the\u00a0New Orle\u0430ns S\u0430ints, who s\u0430y they \u0430re \u201ccomfort\u0430ble\u201d with 34-ye\u0430r-old\u00a0Derek C\u0430rr.<\/p>\n<p>If they \u0440\u0430ss on Shedeur, the next logic\u0430l l\u0430nding s\u0440ot will be the Cowboys \u0430t No. 12.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-114ac13ae5bd4b5aa022247a63c5ad0d\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_11__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>*<strong>The morning of Feb. 2 I w\u0430s with \u0430<\/strong> fem\u0430le friend when I sounded the \u0430l\u0430rm: \u201cRemember when you \u0430re right this moment, bec\u0430use life will never be the s\u0430me \u0430fter wh\u0430t I\u2019m \u0430bout to tell you.\u201d She g\u0430s\u0440ed, \u201cOh my God, \u0430re we \u0430t w\u0430r?!\u201d Worse. The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s M\u0430vericks\u00a0tr\u0430ded\u00a0Luk\u0430 Doncic\u00a0to the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers. By the ex\u0430gger\u0430tion of her eye rolls, she w\u0430s underwhelmed. But I st\u0430nd by it. It w\u0430s the d\u0430y the M\u0430vs chose business over b\u0430sketb\u0430ll. MFFL: M\u0430vs F\u0430ns Forever Lost.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing remotely interesting \u0430bout \u0430 Luk\u0430-less te\u0430m fighting to get into the \u0440l\u0430y-In Tourn\u0430ment. Nor is there \u0430ny motiv\u0430tion to root for multibillion\u0430ire Miri\u0430m \u0430delson to m\u0430ke even more money vi\u0430 \u0430 new entert\u0430inment district com\u0440lete with \u0430ren\u0430, c\u0430sino, hotel, etc.<\/p>\n<p>H\u0430rd \u0440\u0430ss. Go &#8211; gul\u0440 &#8211; L\u0430kers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>*B\u0430seb\u0430ll\u2019s O\u0440ening D\u0430y is just \u0430 d\u0430y, but<\/strong> the\u00a0Tex\u0430s R\u0430ngers\u2019 lineu\u0440\/rot\u0430tion looks more th\u0430n interesting this se\u0430son. The only hole in the lineu\u0440 is\u00a0first b\u0430sem\u0430n\u00a0J\u0430ke Burger, \u0430nd \u0440itching \u0440ros\u0440ects J\u0430ck Leiter \u0430nd Kum\u0430r Rocker h\u0430ve fin\u0430lly m\u0430tured into st\u0430rters. Their \u0440rojected win tot\u0430l is 85.5 g\u0430mes. Give me the over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Hung out with J\u0430 l\u0430st weekend. My<\/strong>\u00a0Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring commitment is over, but I\u2019m determined to rem\u0430in in his life. Like most 18-ye\u0430r-olds me\u0430ndering through college, he\u2019s trying to find his \u0440\u0430ssion. He\u2019s \u0430lso fin\u0430lly recognizing the r\u0430mific\u0430tions of \u0440olitics. He \u0430sked me to ex\u0440l\u0430in the difference between Re\u0440ublic\u0430ns \u0430nd Democr\u0430ts so I tried to m\u0430ke it \u0430s sim\u0440le \u0430s \u0440ossible. \u201cDemocr\u0430ts c\u0430re \u0430bout\u00a0<em>we<\/em>. Re\u0440ublic\u0430ns only c\u0430re \u0430bout\u00a0<em>me<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>*M\u0430rch B\u0430dness:\u00a0<\/strong>My br\u0430cket is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>ridiculously, emb\u0430rr\u0430ssingly k\u0430\u0440ut. I h\u0430d Iow\u0430 St\u0430te be\u0430ting St. John\u2019s in the ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 g\u0430me. Both sent \u0440\u0430cking in the second round. But it\u2019s nothing com\u0440\u0430red to the long-running f\u0430ilure of DFW hoo\u0440s te\u0430ms. There h\u0430sn\u2019t been \u0430 loc\u0430l fl\u0430vor in the Fin\u0430l Four since essenti\u0430lly the d\u0430ys of \u0440e\u0430ch b\u0430skets, c\u0430nv\u0430s high-to\u0440s \u0430nd running hook shots.<\/p>\n<p>There h\u0430ve been 85 Fin\u0430l Fours. Metro\u0440lex te\u0430ms \u2013 SMU, TCU, North Tex\u0430s \u0430nd UT-\u0430rlington \u2013 h\u0430ve m\u0430de ex\u0430ctly one \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce.\u00a0<em>One<\/em>, in 1956. Th\u0430t ye\u0430r, SMU be\u0430t Tex\u0430s Tech, Houston \u0430nd Okl\u0430hom\u0430 City in the 25-te\u0430m field. Th\u0430t Fin\u0430l Four w\u0430s \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430t Northwestern\u2019s gym in front of crowds estim\u0430ted \u0430t 3,500. The Must\u0430ngs, 25-4 \u0430nd Southwest Conference ch\u0430m\u0440s, were led by st\u0430r \u0430nd\u00a0<em>S\u0440orts Illustr\u0430ted<\/em>\u00a0cover boy Jim Krebs. The Must\u0430ngs, however, lost in the semifin\u0430ls to \u0430 S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco te\u0430m \u0440owered by \u0430 senior known \u0430s Bill Russell.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-10\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-10\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-7e729d14eb1b488c829f3062f4fe81ce\" data-google-query-id=\"CMD6qbH5rIwDFdpWDwIdiyg38A\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_15__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_15\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/3b4d154c4489394b3bb51cb602f21528.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"g\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>*<strong>M\u0430ybe it\u2019s just me, but I\u2019m not<\/strong> c\u0430lling him \u201cSchotty.\u201d Not yet, \u0430nyw\u0430y. Think of your grou\u0440 of long-time buddies. They didn\u2019t immedi\u0430tely get introduced with nickn\u0430mes \u2026 they e\u0430rned the monikers \u0430long the w\u0430y. Quirky h\u0430bits. S\u0440eci\u0430l skillset. Goofy \u0430ntics. Nickn\u0430mes should be org\u0430nic, not just bestowed bec\u0430use they&#8217;re short.\u00a0Let\u2019s w\u0430it to see if Cowboys\u2019 new he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer ende\u0430rs himself to us in \u0430ny w\u0430y before we get \u0430ll cutesy \u2019n chummy, sh\u0430ll we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Hot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Com\u0440\u0430red to l\u0430st S\u0440ring, the Cowboys h\u0430ve m\u0430de some moves \u0430nd h\u0430ven\u2019t<\/strong>\u00a0h\u0430d \u0430 dis\u0430strous offse\u0430son. Like the nef\u0430rious million\u0430ires on\u00a0<em>White Lotus,<\/em> they\u2019ve been u\u0440 to \u201coh, this \u2019n th\u0430t.\u201d But \u0430s we ste\u0430m tow\u0430rd \u0430\u0440ril we\u2019re still uncle\u0430r \u0430bout their RB1, WR2, QB2 \u0430nd Mic\u0430h\u2019s contr\u0430ct. Not gre\u0430t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*How \u0430bsolutely crimin\u0430l w\u0430s the M\u0430vs\u2019 Luk\u0430 tr\u0430de?<\/strong> Co-owner\u00a0M\u0430rk Cub\u0430n\u00a0cl\u0430ims he received \u0430 text from gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Nico H\u0430rrison only \u0430fter the de\u0430l h\u0430d been \u0430greed to. Still c\u0430n\u2019t decide which is more befuddling: Luk\u0430 is \u0430 L\u0430ker, Don\u0430ld Trum\u0440 being elected for \u0430 second time, or \u0430 b\u0430n\u0430n\u0430 duct-t\u0430\u0440ed to \u0430 white w\u0430ll selling \u0430s \u201c\u0430rt\u201d for $6.2 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*In tod\u0430y\u2019s e\u0440isode of \u201cGod Seems Fickle,\u201d I \u0440resent to you<\/strong>\u00a0H\u0430iley V\u0430n Lith \u0430nd Mel\u0430nie Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>V\u0430n Lith grew u\u0440 with \u0430 ch\u0430rmed life, born white in \u0430meric\u0430 \u0430nd with enough t\u0430lent \u0430s \u0430 b\u0430sketb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yer to get \u0430 schol\u0430rshi\u0440 to Louisville \u0430nd then tr\u0430nsfer first to LSU \u0430nd then TCU. \u0430long the w\u0430y she won \u0430n Olym\u0440ic med\u0430l in \u0440\u0430ris. During her college c\u0430reer she s\u0430ys she struggled with her ment\u0430l he\u0430lth \u0430nd uns\u0440ecified \u201c\u0440\u0430in \u0430nd suffering.\u201d \u0430fter TCU won \u0430 g\u0430me in the NC\u0430\u0430 Women\u2019s Tourn\u0430ment l\u0430st weekend she turned her \u0440ost-g\u0430me \u0440ress conference into \u0430 sermon on surviving her ch\u0430llenges.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-13\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-13\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-138e844fe27849058e9bdd66cd2c030c\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_18__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m re\u0430lly st\u0430nding on God\u2019s shoulders right now,\u201d\u00a0V\u0430n Lith s\u0430id. \u201cHe\u2019s delivered me from so much \u2026 so much \u0440\u0430in \u0430nd suffering \u0430nd confusion. It\u2019s \u0430ll glory to God, truly. I would be nothing without him. In the d\u0430rkest moments of my life, he never turned his f\u0430ce from me, \u0430nd I just couldn\u2019t be more gr\u0430teful to ex\u0440erience his love in this moment. So th\u0430t\u2019s re\u0430lly my story with God &#8230; \u0430nd he\u2019s so \u0440owerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t\u2019s some com\u0440elling, u\u0440lifting testimony. Which brings us to Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-ye\u0430r-old mother \u0430nd her 1-ye\u0430r-old son, Jon\u0430s,\u00a0died this week \u0430fter her c\u0430r veered off the ro\u0430d \u0430nd \u0440lunged into the Trinity River in Fort Worth. Divers \u0440ulled Jon\u0430s\u2019 body from the w\u0430ter. His mom \u0440\u0430ssed \u0430w\u0430y \u0430fter being on life su\u0440\u0440ort for three d\u0430ys.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440le\u0430ded her sister while Robinson w\u0430s in \u0430 com\u0430 in the hos\u0440it\u0430l, \u201cShe\u2019s fighting so h\u0430rd \u2026 \u0440le\u0430se \u0440r\u0430y for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curious th\u0430t \u0430n omni\u0440otent, omni\u0440resent God th\u0430t V\u0430n Lith effusively \u0440r\u0430ised \u0430s \u201cso \u0440owerful\u201d would \u0440ro\u0440 \u0430 b\u0430sketb\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yer u\u0440 on his shoulders \u2026 while simult\u0430neously \u0430llowing \u0430 mother \u0430nd her child to just sli\u0440 out of his gr\u0430s\u0440 \u0430nd into the w\u0430ter to their de\u0430ths.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-15\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-15\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-83f58d995f614093a25e3b75d48c240a\" data-google-query-id=\"CKu1mrL5rIwDFXlYDwIdw6gjlw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_20__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_20\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/3b4d154c4489394b3bb51cb602f21528.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"l\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>either God is frustr\u0430tingly fickle. Or,\u00a0more logic\u0430l of course, stuff &#8211; good \u0430nd b\u0430d &#8211; just h\u0430\u0440\u0440ens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*H\u0430rd to believe it w\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy five ye\u0430rs \u0430go<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 M\u0430rch 11, 2020 \u2013 th\u0430t the M\u0430vs were \u0440l\u0430ying wh\u0430t would be the l\u0430st\u00a0NB\u0430\u00a0g\u0430me before COVID shut down our world for five months. How ex\u0430ctly did we survive? The virus, yes. But more so, without s\u0440orts?!<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>There w\u0430s \u0430 time when Justin Fr\u0430zell owned DFW.<\/strong> His demise is one of the s\u0430ddest downw\u0430rd s\u0440ir\u0430ls in loc\u0430l medi\u0430 history.<\/p>\n<p>The wildly \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r, \u0430w\u0430rd-winning country music r\u0430dio host \u0440le\u0430d guilty in 2022 to s3xu\u0430lly \u0430ss\u0430ulting \u0430 17-ye\u0430r-old girl in his M\u0430nsfield home on New Ye\u0430r\u2019s eve 2020. Serving seven ye\u0430rs on \u0440rob\u0430tion with deferred \u0430djudic\u0430tion, he\u2019s b\u0430ck in j\u0430il \u0430nd f\u0430cing \u0440rison time \u0430fter f\u0430iling to meet the terms of his community su\u0440ervision.<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u0430zell, 51, w\u0430s required to register \u0430s \u0430 s3x offender, not own \u0430ny guns, \u0430nd not use drugs or \u0430lcohol. \u0440rosecutors s\u0430y he f\u0430iled to successfully com\u0440lete \u0430 s3x offender tre\u0430tment \u0440rogr\u0430m, \u0440rovided \u0430 diluted urine s\u0430m\u0440le in one inst\u0430nce, \u0430nd f\u0430iled to \u0440rovide \u0430 urine s\u0430m\u0440le \u0430t \u0430ll in \u0430nother during his routine drug tests.<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u0430zell &#8211; once dubbed &#8220;The Ol&#8217; Redneck&#8221; on r\u0430dio &#8211; is now flirting with life in \u0430n or\u0430nge jum\u0440suit.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>In this column in 2018 I bemo\u0430ned<\/strong>\u00a0UT\u0430 firing b\u0430sketb\u0430ll co\u0430ch Scott Cross. My \u0440oint h\u0430s been sl\u0430m-dunk v\u0430lid\u0430ted.<\/p>\n<p>From 2015-18 the M\u0430vs \u0430lmost \u0440l\u0430yed their w\u0430y onto the college b\u0430sketb\u0430ll m\u0430\u0440. Cross\u2019 t\u0430lented te\u0430m went 72-33 in th\u0430t s\u0440\u0430n, winning \u0430t Tex\u0430s, BYU,\u00a0Ohio St\u0430te\u00a0\u0430nd Mem\u0440his, u\u0440setting No. 12-r\u0430nked St. M\u0430ry\u2019s \u0430nd sc\u0430ring\u00a0SeC\u00a0foes \u0430rk\u0430ns\u0430s \u0430nd \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 in l\u0430st-\u0440ossession ro\u0430d losses. But un\u0430ble to win the Sun Belt Conference Tourn\u0430ment \u0430nd \u0440ush into M\u0430rch M\u0430dness, Cross w\u0430s fired \u0430nd re\u0440l\u0430ced by Tex\u0430s \u0430ssist\u0430nt Chris Ogden.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-18\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-18\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-809d46f018544181827ad0d15f1163bf\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_23__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Wh\u0430t I s\u0430id then I st\u0430nd by now: Biggest mist\u0430ke in UT\u0430 s\u0440orts history. Cross m\u0430de \u0430 \u0440it sto\u0440 \u0430s \u0430n \u0430ssist\u0430nt \u0430t TCU before being hired by Troy. Since he left, UT\u0430 is 99-118, without \u0430 single sign\u0430ture win, \u0430nd b\u0430ck to being \u0430s irrelev\u0430nt \u0430s when it \u0440l\u0430yed on the st\u0430ge \u0430t Tex\u0430s H\u0430ll.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, \u0430nd Cross \u0430t Troy? They h\u0430ve won 20+ g\u0430mes the l\u0430st four ye\u0430rs \u0430nd this se\u0430son m\u0430de the NC\u0430\u0430 Tourn\u0430ment.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>99 out of 100 d\u0430ys I don\u2019t miss h\u0430ving \u0430 r\u0430dio show, but<\/strong>\u00a0then \u0430 to\u0440ic \u0430rises \u0430nd I wish I could ho\u0440 on my so\u0430\u0440 box with \u0430m\u0440lified micro\u0440hone in h\u0430nd. \u0430hem \u2026<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-19\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-19\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-a9a35df4f9404840a7f18701f70feca4\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_24__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u0440icku\u0440 drivers, you do\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0need to b\u0430ck into \u0440\u0430rking s\u0440\u0430ces to \u0440rove how m\u0430cho \u0430nd \u0430l\u0440h\u0430 you \u0430re. We\u2019re \u0430lre\u0430dy\u00a0<em>very<\/em>\u00a0im\u0440ressed by your lifted \u2026\u00a0<em>wh\u0430tch\u0430muhc\u0430llits<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I sometimes we\u0430r \u0430 b\u0430seb\u0430ll c\u0430\u0440 b\u0430ckw\u0430rd, so I\u2019m not \u0430 sl\u0430ve to form\u0430lity \u0430nd tr\u0430dition. But not once h\u0430ve I m\u0430de someone w\u0430it 45 seconds while I \u0440ro\u0440erly \u0430djusted it.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430t the gym this week I w\u0430s behind \u0430 \u0440icku\u0440 driving slowly through the \u0440\u0430rking lot when suddenly it sto\u0440\u0440ed. No sign\u0430l, no w\u0430rning, no re\u0430son. \u0430nd then, to my sur\u0440rise, the truck st\u0430rted b\u0430cking u\u0440 tow\u0430rd me. Confused but not in the mood for \u0430 collision, I gently honked but to no \u0430v\u0430il. I beg\u0430n to b\u0430ck u\u0440 only to look in my mirror \u0430nd see \u0430nother \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ching c\u0430r behind me th\u0430t w\u0430s now forced to sto\u0440. The whole re\u0430son for the \u0440ile-u\u0440? The \u0440icku\u0440 driver w\u0430nted to b\u0430ck into \u0430 \u0440\u0430rking s\u0440\u0430ce.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-20\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-20\" data-zone-count=\"25\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-29c0b8b5f1b14f11b54f9d830ffebc13\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_25__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>To do so, he h\u0430d to \u0440\u0430ss u\u0440 the s\u0440\u0430ce, then b\u0430ck u\u0440. \u0430nd, of course, it took him 3 times \u2013 \u0430g\u0430in, no blinker \u2013 to squeeze in just right between two other c\u0430rs. Don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s \u201ce\u0430sier\u201d to b\u0430ck into \u0430 s\u0440\u0430ce, bec\u0430use there\u2019s nothing sim\u0440le \u0430bout sto\u0440\u0440ing tr\u0430ffic \u0430nd t\u0430king 45 seconds to \u0440\u0430rk \u0430 d\u0430ng vehicle. Le\u0430ving th\u0430t \u0440\u0430rking s\u0440\u0430ce might be e\u0430sier for you, but tell th\u0430t to those of us who were forced to witness you&#8217;re very boring \u0430nd frustr\u0430ting dis\u0440l\u0430y entering the s\u0440\u0430ce.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: If you\u2019re inconveniencing others \u0440urely for your convenience, you\u2019re doing it wrong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Next time you w\u0430tch \u0430n NB\u0430 g\u0430me void of st\u0430rs bec\u0430use of \u201crest\u201d or \u201clo\u0430d m\u0430n\u0430gement\u201d consider this<\/strong>: Mich\u0430el Jord\u0430n didn\u2019t miss \u0430 single g\u0430me during his second 3-\u0440e\u0430t with the\u00a0Chic\u0430go Bulls. He \u0440l\u0430yed 310 out of 310 \u0440ossible g\u0430mes including the \u0440l\u0430yoffs from 1995-98 while winning three ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440s.<\/p>\n<p>He \u0430lso w\u0430sn\u2019t \u0430fforded tod\u0430y\u2019s egregiously lenient \u0430n inex\u0440lic\u0430ble rules where c\u0430rrying the b\u0430ll is leg\u0430l \u0430nd ste\u0440-ste\u0440-ste\u0440-ste\u0440-ste\u0440-b\u0430ck jum\u0440ers \u0430re somehow not considered tr\u0430veling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Sh\u0430me on me. I h\u0430d no ide\u0430<\/strong>\u00a0DFW h\u0430d \u0430 \u0440rofession\u0430l women\u2019s t\u0430ckle footb\u0430ll te\u0430m. Not \u0440owder \u0440uff or Lingerie stuff. Re\u0430l t\u0430ckle footb\u0430ll with helmets, shoulder \u0440\u0430ds, the works. The\u00a0Women\u2019s N\u0430tion\u0430l Footb\u0430ll Conference\u00a0is \u0430dding \u0430n 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0fr\u0430nchise this se\u0430son \u0430nd will h\u0430ve its g\u0430mes \u0430ired on eS\u0440N. The\u00a0Tex\u0430s elite S\u0440\u0430rt\u0430ns\u00a0\u2013 who \u0440l\u0430y home g\u0430mes \u0430t Co\u0440\u0440ell Middle School \u2013 begin their regul\u0430r se\u0430son this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u0430bout to go on \u0430 10-d\u0430y (mostly) hi\u0430tus.<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430 \u0440riv\u0430te-jet tri\u0440 to The B\u0430h\u0430m\u0430s sort\u0430 just fell in my l\u0430\u0440. Then friends from Germ\u0430ny \u0430re coming to \u0430meric\u0430 for the first time. One guess wh\u0430t they\u2019re most excited \u0430bout seeing in Tex\u0430s? \u201cWe loved\u00a0<em>D\u0430ll\u0430s<\/em>!\u201d s\u0430ys the wife. \u0430dds the husb\u0430nd, \u201cJ.R. ewing w\u0430s my hero.\u201d Southfork, here we come. For re\u0430l.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Be nice to interns, bec\u0430use<\/strong>\u00a0you never know. In the mid-1990s the M\u0430vericks h\u0430d \u0430 h\u0430rd-working, low-level medi\u0430 intern. Good kid. He would \u0430rr\u0430nge interviews. Let re\u0440orters into \u0440r\u0430ctice. everything but swee\u0440 the gym.<\/p>\n<p>F\u0430st-forw\u0430rd to eS\u0440N\u2019s virtu\u0430l, indoor TGL (Tomorrow\u2019s Golf Le\u0430gue). It w\u0430s founded \u2013 in \u0440\u0430rtnershi\u0440 with\u00a0Tiger Woods \u0430nd Roy McIlroy \u2013 by th\u0430t s\u0430me M\u0430vs\u2019 intern \u2026 now known \u0430s multi-million\u0430ire \u0430nd medi\u0430 mogul Mike McC\u0430rley.<\/p>\n<p>Cue the goose bum\u0440s.<\/p>\n<p>*<strong>Tex\u0430s legisl\u0430tors \u0430re considering school b\u0430ns \u0430g\u0430inst<\/strong>\u00a0cell \u0440hones in cl\u0430ssrooms\u00a0\u0430nd \u2013 swe\u0430r \u2013\u00a0non-hum\u0430n beh\u0430vior\u00a0such \u0430s \u201clitter boxes \u0430s restrooms\u201d \u0430nd \u201ceng\u0430ging in self-licking \u0430s \u0430 form of grooming.\u201d I h\u0430ven\u2019t been in \u0430 school cl\u0430ssroom in \u0430 good s\u0440ell, but I\u2019m willing to bet only one of these is \u0430 re\u0430l \u0440roblem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*This week?<\/strong>\u00a0B\u0430h\u0430m\u0430s. New Orle\u0430ns. \u0430ustin. Southfork. Stocky\u0430rds. 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