Rooting for a rival playoff victory?

[slogriff]

Fellow Cowboy fans, do you want to see Seattle beat the skins or would you rather the skins win so the Cowboys get the opportunity to rip their hearts out, send them home for the off-season, and end their cinderella story? I wouldn't mind having a chance to do just that but I can't find it in me to root for a skins victory.

If the roles were reversed, skin's fans could you root for a Cowboy victory in order to play them in the playoffs?

Which do you prefer--the joy of seeing your rival lose a playoff game or holding your nose to see them win a playoff game so you can relish the joy of personally beating them?

[Chris0894]

I cant see myself pulling for the cowboys just so we can play them in the playoffs, but it will be pretty exciting to see it happen :)

[thecardiacrll]

Question and be 100% honest with how good our skins have been playing Dallas fans it wouldnt even scare you a little bit to have to play them?

[slogriff]

Question and be 100% honest with how good our skins have been playing Dallas fans it wouldnt even scare you a little bit to have to play them?

I am not afraid of the skins. I respect the way they have played of late but I'm not scared of them or any other team. I think the Cowboys can beat any NFC team and any team can beat them.

[squatch66]

as long as you think any team can beat them and not make excuses if the cowboys lose ala todays postgame.

[DWinzit]

When it comes to the Cowboys and Giants all logic goes out the window for me. Even if the Cowboys (or Giants) were clearly the weaker team, I would be rooting for the Cowboys to lose.

[Ax]

There is no scenario that would ever cause me root for the Brokeback Boys. None.

If you are truly rooting for us to win against Seattle in order to get another shot at us, I'll simply quote an old saying...

"Be careful what you wish for."

[pjfootballer]

I can say that I never root for any of the NFC East teams in the playoffs, except of courst the Skins. I see some people that wave the 'NFC East" pride banner, but I'd much rather another team from the division go all the way then the other 3 in our division. I don't want anyone from NY, Philly or Dallass to have SB bragging rights for a year. And I'd never root for any of them to win just so we can play them.

[johnnydakota]

No, I dont want the Cowboys to have to play the Skins in the playoffs. I am not saying the Cowboys lose but the pain of a loss to the Skins would outweigh the fun of victory this year.


Now, take like the '91 season when the Cowboys had ended the skins perfect record in Washington earlier in the year, I was seriously hoping the Cowboys would get another crack at them that year in the playoffs. Unfortuntaely, the Lions got in the way.

[Tom [Giants fan]]

I am definitely rooting for the Skins. A divisional round game of Redskins @ Cowboys would be sick.

Of course, I'd like the other game to be Giants @ Packers. :D