For Cowboys’ Fans the Theme in Texas Stadium is “Nevermore”

The Baltimore Ravens turned out the lights early on Texas Stadium finale.

The Baltimore Ravens cast aside doubts about their ability to win against the dominant teams as they dominated the Dallas Cowboys after a fumble deep in their own territory on the 4 yard line led to an early Dallas touchdown. From that point forward, the game was clearly in the Ravens' hands despite two late Cowboy touchdowns that the Ravens promptly answered with explosive performance from their running game that stunned silent the Texas crowd where runners broke loose big plays for touchdowns. Willis McGahee ran 77 yards for a touchdown while Laron McClain bettered that for 83 yards.

Naturally, some of the Ravens’ usual formula for victory continued. Ray Lewis lead the likes of Terrell Suggs and Bart Scott to flatten any possible running scheme whileEd Reed interceptions lead to Baltimore scoring. Dallas could come within a score twice in the fourth quarter, but the Ravens still looked in control.

With tonight’s defeat, it’s surely “nevermore” for the Cowboys’ playoff hopes as they sink behind Atlanta, Tampa Bay, and Philadelphia all of whom have one fewer loss than Dallas. Two of these teams would have to collapse for Dallas to be back in the picture. It’s also “nevermore” for Texas Stadium as the “’Boys” will be heading to Arlington to play in the Cowboys’ new billion dollar plus football palace for the 2009 season.

Now we await for the soap opera drama off field to play out in Dallas. Surely Terrell Owens will have something to say about tonight’s performance and how if someone was paying attention to him, the Cowboys would have won with ease.

It’s not that simple T.O. It’s a team effort and the Ravens, as a team, beat the Cowboys, as a team. Yes, it is that simple.