When Don was playing QB for the Cowboys, Cosell and he werent friends. When game time started Cosell and the wheels had their winner picked, the on paper superior team. So many times the Cowboys would be playing a truly superior team but the Cowboys would have to pull it out and win to stay in the running for the playoffs, and they would, playing at times like a team possesd, often pulling it out on the last drive against a team with a superior record.
Conversely, it pissed Cosell off that if the Cowboys didnt have to win they didnt seem to bust their ass and give it their all and would often get beat by an inferior team.
Cosell epitomised being the smart, all knowing pro football expert. Too many times, on the field, Don made him eat crow.
It took Cosell a while, as I remember, as an announcer and in the booth together before they cottoned to one another and became friends.
Last edited by jaguartx; 01/12/20.
