It turns out that punts hitting the video board aren’t the only controversy at the new Cowboys Stadium.
Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith is complaining during today’s game at Dallas that the sun is shining through the end zone windows and directly into his players’ eyes, affecting their play.
This isn’t the first time the sun has been mentioned as a factor at Cowboys Stadium; the sun has been a factor when the Cowboys had afternoon practices at the stadium and when they had afternoon warm-ups before night games.
But according to Troy Aikman, who’s calling today’s Falcons-Cowboys game for Fox, a curtain is supposed to be drawn to prevent sunlight from affecting the players. For some reason, that curtain remained open.
And so even if no punts hit the video board, there’s another potential issue to make visitors at Cowboys Stadium complain. We’ll see what Smith says after today’s game, which the Falcons are trailing 27-14 with 10 minutes to play in the fourth quarter.
The great news for music fans is that the curtain was drawn for the Star Wars Concert held at the stadium on Friday night. The bad news? Flozell Adams came in a beat early on the Imperial March.
Mike Smith should demand a do over
“For some reason”
Yeah, the reason is because the light was in Ryan’s eyes, not the Dallas Defense.
But it’s just gamesmanship, Giants stadium turns into a wind tunnel when opposing teams have to kick. Nothing wrong with it.
All I’m getting from your post is, “Waaah, my p*ssy hurts!!”
The sun was in their eyes? Give me a break.
Heaven forbid the sun gets in a player’s eyes!
At least the Cowboys arent sending out slippery footballs for the falcons kickers….Oh wait they changed that rule after the seahawks pulled that trick on…..oh thats right. Nevermind.
There was a Star Wars concert last night?
That explains why Vox Veritas wasn’t posting a lot in the past few days. He had to let the waist out on his stormtrooper outfit.
if I had to look at Vox in the stands I would rather have the sun in my eyes too…
i love it..nobody has played in sun before!!!!!!
what next?…boo effing hoo…..
Obsess much?
Don’t worry, Florio. Some day you’ll get your wish and somebody will bounce a punt off the scoreboard.
They do still switch sides every quarter right? What’s Mike Smith’s excuse going to be for his team’s failure to execute in the 4th quarter with the sun at their backs?
Mike Smith is just mad because his team got dominated in every phase of the game by a better team. The only controversy is whether he has female parts down there or not.
Romo just won a big game……I wanted to make sure everyone was aware.
He didnt choke when they were down 7 early against a team most thought would beat dallas.
Just wanted to make sure you were aware romo haters.
Miles isnt a one hit wonder, now you have to change your posts to read “two hit wonder”
Next week it goes to three hit wonder and so on….
Enjoy it….I sure as shit did.
Jerry Jones doesn’t just control the NFL’s competition committee. HE CONTROLS THE SUN!
Pervyharvin – where is your apology?
Maybe Vox was playing the part of
“Jaba the Hut”.
no ocelot, u mean his princess leia outfit
“It turns out that punts hitting the video board aren’t the only controversy at the new Cowboys Stadium.
Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith is complaining during today’s game at Dallas that the sun is shining through the end zone windows and directly into his players’ eyes, affecting their play.”
Again. I ask if their footsie wootsies got coldie woldy from the breezy weezy.
“# VoxVeritas says: October 25, 2009 7:22 PM
Obsess much?”
hmmm, I thought you were dead, after you know, you went to all that trouble to post your own fake death announcement and all….
loser.
Jerry Jones doesn’t just control the NFL’s competition committee. HE CONTROLS THE SUN!
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Montgomery Burns is NOT going to like this !!
Wah, effing wah, you effing losers. Cowboys rocked all day!!!
why cant Jerry just move the sun?
What about the video board? all the freaking complaining and it hasnt been an issue..I haven’t heard one punt hitting the board since that one time in warm up during a preseason game…
“hmmm, I thought you were dead, after you know, you went to all that trouble to post your own fake death announcement and all….”
Right, because dead people often post their own death announcements.
Dumbass.
“why cant Jerry just move the sun?”
He can, but the sun’s placement is well within NFL regs, so why should he?
@ Florio’slawyer
Did he really fake his own death? what a damn idiot.
And for the record, Dallas’s offense was amazing, their defense on the other hand wasnt consistent, as a result im still nervous
Ah…feelings. So delicate….so fragile. Give these guys some designer sunglasses and some aroma therapy to soothe their ruffled feathers.
Remember when Jack Tatum used rip reciever’s heads off? Remember when Dick Butkis used to stomp on players after they were down? Remember when Terry Bradshaw used to play the 2nd half of a game even though he didn’t remember the 1st? Remember when you could hit somebody so freaking hard they crapped their pants and swallowed their teeth at the same time? Remember when….
Eh…how ’bout them Yankees?
It’s called home field advantage for a reason. Big statement game for the Cowboys, outplayed the Falcons in every aspect of the game.
Yes, home field advantage. Every stadium has something if only the fan noise.
Great win for Dallas but they still have much to prove. If you can’t win a playoff game, there’s not much point getting to the playoffs, is there?
Consistency -or the lack thereof- will be the Cowboy’s fate….not the freaking afternoon sun.
Really? This is the big story you choose to post about that game? Not that much-maligned Tony Romo played brilliantly against a very good opponent, outplaying boy wonder Matt Ryan? Not that the “hyped” Cowboys played their best game of the season so far? Not that Miles Austin had his second consecutive sensational performance? OK, fine. In fact, great. I want the Cowboys to play the whole season with a chip on their shoulder cuz all y’all think they suck.
@chapnasty says: October 25, 2009 7:56 PM
@ Florio’slawyer
Did he really fake his own death? what a damn idiot.”
Yes, he did, right here.
He was posting as “steeler-hater” for some time, just to troll Steelers threads.. Once busted, he decided to issue his own fake death announcement.
What a sorry, pathetic loser.
It used to be fun to just laugh at this buffoon, but now I think he’s seriously unbalanced and probably dangerous.
this constant whinning about the new cowboy stadium is laughable. Since the unemployed punter attempted to hit the video board during the preseason, how many times has it been hit since—–ZERO!!!!! So it’s not an issue.
Now the complaining about sunlight, and the need of a curtain. So when I watched the Pitts/Minn game earlier, I didn’t see a curtain there blocking the sun, so what is the continuing whinning about the new cowboy stadium and the sun shinning in there, move on, there is nothing to see here. GROW UP and stop your freakin whinning and crying about the cowboy stadium..
#VoxVeritas says: October 25, 2009 7:53 PM
“Right, because dead people often post their own death announcements.”
Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit, is it?
Seriously, was the sun only in the eyes of the Falcons? I can understand complaining if JJ pulled the curtain often during the game when it would only effect the Falcons. But he didn’t correct?
Not trying to make nice with Cowboys fans. But fair is fair.
And my following statement should carry some weight coming from a diehard Giants fan…that was an impressive comback win over a very good team. The season is a marathon not a sprint. My Giants need to step up and keep distance between us(all) and you(all).
My final make-nice post remark. Vox, I don’t like cyber stalkers either. And I am sorry if I came across as doing that in the recent past. I read your remark on the other thread about filing a complaint to disclose the identiy of one of your stalkers. How exactly is that accomplished? I’d like to persue that on another blog asap.
…I guess the Packers should be forced by the league to build a heated dome so that the Bucs and Panthers, etc… might be able to win there in December…
Mike Smith should also point out that there was too much oxygen in the air allowing the Cowboys to continuously replenish both their cardiovascular and nervous systems.
Snowman2008,
Unless you’ve been threatened with violence or death or the harassment has been taken into real life, it’s incredibly difficult to press any charges regarding “cyber-stalking”. The laws are ridiculously new and come dangerously close to violating First Amendment rights. They’re having trouble prosecuting a middle aged woman who drove a teenage girl to suicide via internet harassment, the odds of pressing charges as a grown man with hurt feelings are slim.
Don’t be like some other people here, and assume that you can go online, talk as much smack as you like, and then retreat behind “I’ll sue you!” if you get taunted back.
I’m not saying you’re doing that, I’ve never seen you be a douche here on PFT, but I’m just saying. The best way to avoid internet harrassment? Get over it.
I believe the curtains were drawn in odd number quarters and closed in even number quarters. I’m not certain why, but that’s the word on the street.
thecree says:
October 25, 2009 7:24 PM
Romo just won a big game……I wanted to make sure everyone was aware.
He didnt choke when they were down 7 early against a team most thought would beat dallas.
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Talk to us in December please
I guess Todd Pinkston’s onto something here
Is Mike Smith for real? Last time I checked they changed sides at the end of every quarter so it all evens out. But then again, I guess when you play your home games in a dome your not use to seeing that big bright orange thing in the sky. Whats next…….Will he want total silence during field goal attempts?
What are the Falcons going to do when they play a game outside?
So, didn’t that happen at Texas Stdium for almost 40 years? Doesn’t the Sun shine in the eyes of the Dallas players as well or is there some miracle happening here where the Sun only shines in visitng players eyes?
Doesn’t this lkike happen AT EVERY OUTDOOR STADIUM IN THE NFL?
This is becoming pathetic, maybe next teams will complain about the grade of toilet paper in the Visiting teams lockeroom being too rough. Smith needs to get the sand out of his vagina and deal with the idea that his team got beat and not make up silly excuses.
ROFL, I heard a good Lacrosse Coach respond to his Goalie who was complaining that the setting sun was in his eyes before a game started, “Deal with it or take a seat on the bench.”
Smith should follow the same advice. Deal with it or forfeit.
@smushsmallrod
the cowboys looked awesome today and miles austin and romo are just warming up. lets see if the sorry ass eagirls can even get past the redskins tomorrow night then you can say something. just remember your last game was a LOSS to the RAIDERS…
I’m still trying to figure out how the sun could affect one team but not another team just 30 minutes later. I know the sun didn’t set at 3:30.
In other news–Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead”.
dude….yall need to get off Vox’s nutsack.
What a game.
I’ve never taken Vox seriously, well at first when he woud use statistics to back up his arguments, but then I think he started making statistics up just so he wouldn’t look like an idiot. That didn’t work.
@ Smush,
Give it up, the haters will NEVER acknowledge that Romo has done well or has won a big game, because, by definition any game Romo wins is NOT a big game. The definition of a ‘big game’ for them is “any game Romo loses”.
More FLorio BS blowhard.
First it was the scoreboard was GOING to get hit, the only question was how often. Actuality…NOTHING.
Then the Skins were going to the Superbowl. Actuality…top 5 pick.
Now the freakin sun is a competitive advantage? Really? FLorio do you do NO research. Mike Smith could have requested the curtains closed, but has to do so at half time, not in the middle of the quarter when your team is about to face the other way.
Florio, you are pathetic and your hatred for a winning organization is showing.
Romo = Top five all-time in Passer Rating and in YPA. Also top 3 all-time in won-loss after 45 games. Check out coldhardfootballfacts.com. The dude can play.
…until December, that is. Is there a breakdown of Romo’s stats in December/January?
I mean, you haters brush away all of McNabb’s beautiful stats with “Choker. Never won the big one.”
So, have at it with your own boy.