Lady luck was not on our side in last night’s loss to the Giants. Every single bounce seemed to favor the Giants on their way to a last-second victory on the opening night of the new Cowboys Stadium. Jerry Jones’ $1.2 billion modern marvel sparkled in its debut and nobody hit the giant TV, but the Giants were blessed with some magic in front of 105,000 screaming Cowboys fans. Eli Manning had about a dozen passes deflected, as he does every game because he’s too stupid to realize you can’t just skim a ball an inch above a defenders head and not expect him to try to touch it, but those passes didn’t end up in the hands of Cowboys cornerbacks. Instead, on the final game-winning drive, a very poor pass that would have been behind the wide receiver was deflected right into his hands. On another play earlier in the game, Witten, who will probably see his awareness rating go way down in next year’s Madden, allowed a pass thrown behind him to hit off the back of his foot and into the hands of a Giants defender. Had the officials not initially ruled an incomplete pass, it would have been a pick-6 on Romo. Witten just stood there, oblivious to what had just happened. Uggh, it was an ugly game for us and an even uglier way to lose. Let’s hope we can get ‘em back at lowly Giants Stadium later this year.

In other Cowboys related news, there appeared to be problems with the sound system in the new stadium. The national anthem sounded awful and some speakers seemed to be malfunctioning while it was being sung. I’m sure Jerry Jones’ audio guy is buried in an unmarked grave right now.

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