Romo vying for U.S. Open Spot

[DDBooger]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/golf/news/story?id=5260604

What do you think FarmersFan? :D

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by DDBooger
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/golf/news/story?id=5260604

What do you think FarmersFan? :D




The fact that you asked shows that you already know my opinion on this crap. Of course some will dismiss it as not important but there is a reason very few other pro athletes compete at golf. The amount of practice required to be competitive at pro golf is tremendous. Most people understand that you can't split your time between two sports and excel at either one. He's got the NOT EXCELLING down pat with football so now he is concentrating on NOT EXCELLING at golf. Go Tony!!!!!

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
The fact that you asked shows that you already know my opinion on this crap. Of course some will dismiss it as not important but there is a reason very few other pro athletes compete at golf. The amount of practice required to be competitive at pro golf is tremendous. Most people understand that you can't split your time between two sports and excel at either one. He's got the NOT EXCELLING down pat with football so now he is concentrating on NOT EXCELLING at golf. Go Tony!!!!!

so sad that you feel Tony Romo needs to ONLY think and play football 24 hrs a day so YOU can feel worth something

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
so sad that you feel Tony Romo needs to ONLY think and play football 24 hrs a day so YOU can feel worth something

I guess FF doesn't take a day off to go fishing or something. Just work 24-7.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
so sad that you feel Tony Romo needs to ONLY think and play football 24 hrs a day so YOU can feel worth something





Thanks for crawling out of the woodwork Tx!!!! :D I knew you would be the first to step up. You never disappoint.
Let the Romo love fest begin!!!!!!

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Thanks for crawling out of the woodwork Tx!!!! :D I knew you would be the first to step up. You never disappoint.
Let the Romo love fest begin!!!!!!

It's not a Romo love fest, it's letting someone do what they enjoy on their day off.

[DDBooger]

:devil: I'm an instigator! lol

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Thanks for crawling out of the woodwork Tx!!!! :D I knew you would be the first to step up. You never disappoint.
Let the Romo love fest begin!!!!!!

not a lovefest..just dont have this seething hate you do for players like Romo and Dirk who you feel must do EVERYTHING to be succesful and when the TEAM fails you want to point and scream THEY DID IT THERE FAULT...then claim but but I am a FAN

Your not a fan..your one who sits on the side and gripes and gripes and gripes till they do something great and then go WOOHOO I KNEW IT ALL ALONG.

And dont think I am saying people dont need to be critical of Romo for his mistakes..I am saying some of you people get almost fanatical in picking thru his life an trying to find ANYTHING you can to pinpoint and say SEE THIS IS A MISTAKE!!!!

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Pick6
I guess FF doesn't take a day off to go fishing or something. Just work 24-7.



Naw! Even when I fish I hate Romo!!!

And let's not forget that, unlike Romo, I don't fade in the late season stretch in my job. :D :D (but of course if I had a bunch of people making excuses for me like he does it might not matter)

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Naw! Even when I fish I hate Romo!!!

And let's not forget that, unlike Romo, I don't fade in the late season stretch in my job. :D :D (but of course if I had a bunch of people making excuses for me like he does it might not matter)

Why aren't you doing something in the sports industry? You think you have all the answers. One would think that you'd have your own ESPN show. Even someone as dumb as Jim Rome had a show, what's your excuse?

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
not a lovefest..just dont have this seething hate you do for players like Romo and Dirk who you feel must do EVERYTHING to be succesful and when the TEAM fails you want to point and scream THEY DID IT THERE FAULT...then claim but but I am a FAN

Your not a fan..your one who sits on the side and gripes and gripes and gripes till they do something great and then go WOOHOO I KNEW IT ALL ALONG.

And dont think I am saying people dont need to be critical of Romo for his mistakes..I am saying some of you people get almost fanatical in picking thru his life an trying to find ANYTHING you can to pinpoint and say SEE THIS IS A MISTAKE!!!!



Wow TX! Thanks for that. Where do I send the payment? LOL

But I have to ask, If that is the way I am then why am I not that way with ALL athletes? Why does this "seething" hatred only apply to a select few? And if I don't act like this with 99.5% of the other players on the team can I be a fan then or do I HAVE to support Romo too in order to gain FAN status???? Just trying to learn the TX's rules of fandom. :D

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Pick6
Why aren't you doing something in the sports industry? You think you have all the answers. One would think that you'd have your own ESPN show. Even someone as dumb as Jim Rome had a show, what's your excuse?




Doesn't that go both ways? Since it's either you or TX who tells me how wrong I am every time I post an opinion why don't ONE of you have a ESPN show????
I find it hilarious that you guys tell me that I think I have all the answers right after you tell me how wrong I am in my answers.

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Doesn't that go both ways? Since it's either you or TX who tells me how wrong I am every time I post an opinion why don't ONE of you have a ESPN show????
I find it hilarious that you guys tell me that I think I have all the answers right after you tell me how wrong I am in my answers.

I enjoy what I do broadcasting at the High School levels..but I did have a show on ESPN the Game 950 in Shreveport


and my opinion of your fandom is simply what I have read on here from your posts.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by DDBooger
:devil: I'm an instigator! lol



You better jump on here and help me!!!!!:mad: :mad:

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
I enjoy what I do broadcasting at the High School levels..but I did have a show on ESPN the Game 950 in Shreveport


and my opinion of your fandom is simply what I have read on here from your posts.



So if you work in the industry then you should be use to people who have opinions differing from yours. And my opinions of Romo are shared by MILLIONS. I'm thinking that might be the reason my comments raise your hackles so much. You support Romo and find yourself defending him all the time. I get that! But once again I will say, Where there's smoke there's fire! If the questions exist on the scale that they do about Romo then they have some merit! Dispite how you would like it to not be true, Romo has let a lot of people down since his coming to Dallas. That cannot be denied! You take that one way. I take it another.

But I still respect you!!!!!!:D

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
So if you work in the industry then you should be use to people who have opinions differing from yours. And my opinions of Romo are shared by MILLIONS. I'm thinking that might be the reason my comments raise your hackles so much. You support Romo and find yourself defending him all the time. I get that! But once again I will say, Where there's smoke there's fire! If the questions exist on the scale that they do about Romo then they have some merit! Dispite how you would like it to not be true, Romo has let a lot of people down since his coming to Dallas. That cannot be denied! You take that one way. I take it another.

But I still respect you!!!!!!:D

Tony Romo has not let anyone down besides people in the locker room and who work for the Cowboys..and they have let him down as many times if not more.

I dont defend Romo because I like him anymore or less than other Cowboy QBs...I defend him because for whatever reason people think he he has not been anything less than stellar so far in his career

Does he have things to work on? hell yes..every player always does. But he has taken a team that was mired in 7-9,9-7 type seasons and made them a perennial contender and I do like that.

I know I know..you think this Dallas Roster is just SO STACKED and should easily win 10 games a year with anyone at QB, but the wins/losses dont bear that out..simple as that..before Romo Dallas was average..since he has become the starter they are now penciled into the play offs almost every year and that has ALOT to o with him( not everything, but alot).

All he did last year was have one of the greatest seasons for a QB in Cowboy history, and yet people like you wante to act like he failed.

He answered just about every supposed question over him last year and I have yet to see you say, you know what Romo had a dang good year. You STILL want to pretend he cannot win.

You talk about the "millions" who feel the way you do...I doubt that..before last season, yep probably did..but after the year Dallas had last year writer after writer and broadcaster after broadcaster have said Tony Romo proved he can win.

And I dont have a problem with difference of opinion..AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FACTS..and you dont simple as that. You never back your opinion up with facts, you just spout and spout and then retreat when proven wrong

[Cowboy_Up]

I could understand him trying to qualify for the TX state am or USGA Pub Links or US AM, but US Open? No chance. Zero.
If he's lucky enough to make it through local qualifying, and it'll take about 69 to do that, he then has to go through sectionals. All the nationwide players as well as Euro tour players and PGA tour guys who are not exempt are at the sectionals. Most of the sectionals are 40 guys for 2-3 spots after 36 holes. He has no chance.
I've caddied twice in the sectionals. Its an eye opener when you go to the range to warm up and Tom Pernice Jr is on one side of you and Matt Goggin and Arron Baddley are on the other side. Its serious stuff and part time golfers have a very tough time hanging with those guys.

Edit...I read the article and see he did make through local which is no easy task. However, like i said above, he's got to pass guys like Bob Estes and Steve Elkington to qualify and that's not easy. those guys don't give strokes back. Nonetheless, a good showing for Romo.

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
Tony Romo has not let anyone down besides people in the locker room and who work for the Cowboys..and they have let him down as many times if not more.

I dont defend Romo because I like him anymore or less than other Cowboy QBs...I defend him because for whatever reason people think he he has not been anything less than stellar so far in his career

Does he have things to work on? hell yes..every player always does. But he has taken a team that was mired in 7-9,9-7 type seasons and made them a perennial contender and I do like that.

I know I know..you think this Dallas Roster is just SO STACKED and should easily win 10 games a year with anyone at QB, but the wins/losses dont bear that out..simple as that..before Romo Dallas was average..since he has become the starter they are now penciled into the play offs almost every year and that has ALOT to o with him( not everything, but alot).

All he did last year was have one of the greatest seasons for a QB in Cowboy history, and yet people like you wante to act like he failed.

He answered just about every supposed question over him last year and I have yet to see you say, you know what Romo had a dang good year. You STILL want to pretend he cannot win.

You talk about the "millions" who feel the way you do...I doubt that..before last season, yep probably did..but after the year Dallas had last year writer after writer and broadcaster after broadcaster have said Tony Romo proved he can win.

And I dont have a problem with difference of opinion..AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FACTS..and you dont simple as that. You never back your opinion up with facts, you just spout and spout and then retreat when proven wrong





Someone need a hug? Are you so insecure in your opinion that you can't accept someone else having a different one? I get it! You like Romo! You think Romo had a great year! But that doesn't mean anyone else has to think that way. Now pull up your big girl panties and let's move on, ok?

[Ernest T Bass]

"Show me a coach that's good at golf, and I'll beat him at football."-Grant Teaff. Wonder if that applies to QBs, as well?

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
Someone need a hug? Are you so insecure in your opinion that you can't accept someone else having a different one? I get it! You like Romo! You think Romo had a great year! But that doesn't mean anyone else has to think that way. Now pull up your big girl panties and let's move on, ok?



I will say what I always say..I have no prob with opinions, all I ask for is facts to back them up and be prepared to debate those facts. If you cannot do that without cute little cutting comments then fine. But I would like some proof you dont think he had a good year

[Cowboy_Up]

Tx and Farmer need to get a room.

[IrishTex]

Tony Romo withdraws during U.S. Open qualifiers

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/assets_c/2010/06/T.%20Romo-thumb-250x185-13121.jpg

It wasn't meant to be for Tony Romo on Monday.

Hoping to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Romo knew he couldn't afford weather delays. Anything that pushed back the 36-hole event to Tuesday would get in the way of his day job. (A Cowboys practice.)

After a second weather delay and a rough start to his second 18 holes, Romo withdrew from the event. It wouldn't have mattered.

Romo played very well on his opening 18 holes, bouncing back from an early triple bogey to shoot a 1-under-71. At that point, he was in a tie for ninth place, just three shots out of qualifying. (The top two players at the sectional move on.)

But Romo fell apart quickly after that, recording a snowman on his nineteenth hole of the day. He followed that up with a bogey, and then a triple bogey before weather halted play.

We will resume this story next year around this time, when our hero valiantly tries to climb the mountain again.

Source (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/06/07/tony-romo-withdraws-during-us-open-qualifiers/)

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Txbroadcaster
I will say what I always say..I have no prob with opinions, all I ask for is facts to back them up and be prepared to debate those facts. If you cannot do that without cute little cutting comments then fine. But I would like some proof you dont think he had a good year




This debate has run it's course TX! Neither you or I have made a convincing enough arguement to change the other person's mind. You keep acting like YOU are the only one who has provided proof but that just isn't the case. You keep acting like you are the only one that knows what they are talking about and that isn't the case either! So dispite how passionate you are about the issue it is still a FACT that Romo has come under fire from MILLIONS of people because of HIS actions on and off the field. Rationalize it if you choose to but to act like everyone else is wrong and you are correct and to even get indignate about it is taking the whole thing a little bit too serious. (in my opinion). With your experience you should understand that it's all a matter of perspective. For example: You say Romo was the # 6 ranked QB in the NFL last year and I say Romo was the #6 ranked QB on the #3 ranked team. (and one of the most talented). You see that as successful and I see that as under acheivement! You say Romo came from nothing and worked himself into a top ranked QB and I say Romo was nothing his whole career until he was handed the reins of a top 5 team and has underacheived with that team for 4 straight seasons. Sure there are some great moments mixed in there. But when the chips are down the cream is supposed to rise to the top. Romo hasn't consistently done that! (again, in my opinion).

Besides if you get me into this round and round debate in the off-season, what will we talk about during the season when Romo fails miserably again?

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Farmersfan


Besides if you get me into this round and round debate in the off-season, what will we talk about during the season when Romo fails miserably again?

Spoken like a real fan :rolleyes:

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by IrishTex
Tony Romo withdraws during U.S. Open qualifiers

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/assets_c/2010/06/T.%20Romo-thumb-250x185-13121.jpg

It wasn't meant to be for Tony Romo on Monday.

Hoping to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Romo knew he couldn't afford weather delays. Anything that pushed back the 36-hole event to Tuesday would get in the way of his day job. (A Cowboys practice.)

After a second weather delay and a rough start to his second 18 holes, Romo withdrew from the event. It wouldn't have mattered.

Romo played very well on his opening 18 holes, bouncing back from an early triple bogey to shoot a 1-under-71. At that point, he was in a tie for ninth place, just three shots out of qualifying. (The top two players at the sectional move on.)

But Romo fell apart quickly after that, recording a snowman on his nineteenth hole of the day. He followed that up with a bogey, and then a triple bogey before weather halted play.

We will resume this story next year around this time, when our hero valiantly tries to climb the mountain again.

Source (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/06/07/tony-romo-withdraws-during-us-open-qualifiers/)



Of course everyone knows that if losing a sporting event is the worst thing to happen to Romo then he will have lived a good life!

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
This debate has run it's course TX! Neither you or I have made a convincing enough arguement to change the other person's mind. You keep acting like YOU are the only one who has provided proof but that just isn't the case. You keep acting like you are the only one that knows what they are talking about and that isn't the case either! So dispite how passionate you are about the issue it is still a FACT that Romo has come under fire from MILLIONS of people because of HIS actions on and off the field. Rationalize it if you choose to but to act like everyone else is wrong and you are correct and to even get indignate about it is taking the whole thing a little bit too serious. (in my opinion). With your experience you should understand that it's all a matter of perspective. For example: You say Romo was the # 6 ranked QB in the NFL last year and I say Romo was the #6 ranked QB on the #3 ranked team. (and one of the most talented). You see that as successful and I see that as under acheivement! You say Romo came from nothing and worked himself into a top ranked QB and I say Romo was nothing his whole career until he was handed the reins of a top 5 team and has underacheived with that team for 4 straight seasons. Sure there are some great moments mixed in there. But when the chips are down the cream is supposed to rise to the top. Romo hasn't consistently done that! (again, in my opinion).

Besides if you get me into this round and round debate in the off-season, what will we talk about during the season when Romo fails miserably again?

Wow..Romo was given a top 5 team..so this top 5 team was 3-2 when he became the full time starter and had just finished back to back seasons of 6-10..9-7..That is a top 5 team to you?


Are u really going to say that Romo finishing as a top 6 QB is under achieving? REALLY?!?!

[Farmersfan]

Originally posted by Pick6
Spoken like a real fan :rolleyes:



At what point in all these discussions did I give you the impression that I was a Romo fan????? :p

[Buckeye1980]

Career Passing rating

Tony Romo 95.6
Dan Marino 86.4

I guess you can be a great NFL quarterback and not win Super Bowls?

[Buckeye1980]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_career_passer_rating_leaders


Updated through the 2009 season. [1]

Rank Quarterback Passer Rating
1 Steve Young 96.8
2 Philip Rivers 95.8
3 Tony Romo 95.6
4 Peyton Manning 95.2
5 Kurt Warner 93.7
6 Tom Brady 93.3
7 Joe Montana 92.3
8 Drew Brees 91.9
9 Ben Roethlisberger 91.7
10 Chad Pennington 90.1
11 Carson Palmer 87.9
12 Daunte Culpepper 87.8
13 Jeff Garcia 87.5
14 Brett Favre 86.6
15 Donovan McNabb 86.5
16 Dan Marino 86.4
17 Trent Green 86.0
18 David Garrard 84.9
19 Rich Gannon 84.7
20 Marc Bulger 84.4
21 Jim Kelly 84.4
22 Mark Brunell 83.9
23 Jay Cutler 83.8
24 Roger Staubach 83.4
25 Matt Hasselbeck 83.3
26 Steve McNair 82.8
27 Brian Griese 82.7
28 Neil Lomax 82.7
29 Sonny Jurgensen 82.6
30 Len Dawson 82.6
31 Brad Johnson 82.5
32 Jason Campbell 82.3
33 Jake Delhomme 82.1
34 Ken Anderson 81.9
35 Bernie Kosar 81.8
36 Neil O'Donnell 81.8
37 Danny White 81.7
38 Troy Aikman 81.6
39 Dave Krieg 81.5
40 Randall Cunningham 81.5
41 Boomer Esiason 81.1
42 Warren Moon 80.9
43 Jeff Hostetler 80.5
44 Bart Starr 80.5
45 Ken O'Brien 80.4
46 Jeff George 80.4
47 Fran Tarkenton 80.4
48 Steve Beuerlein 80.3
49 Dan Fouts 80.2
50 John Elway 79.9
51 Tony Eason 79.7
52 Byron Leftwich 79.6
53 Elvis Grbac 79.6
54 Eli Manning 79.2
55 Chris Chandler 79.1
56 Mark Rypien 78.9
57 Jim Everett 78.6
58 Aaron Brooks 78.5
59 Phil Simms 78.5
60 Bert Jones 78.2
61 Johnny Unitas 78.2
62 Jim McMahon 78.2
63 Otto Graham 78.2
64 Jeff Blake 78.0
65 Bobby Hebert 78.0
66 Frank Ryan 77.6
67 Jim Harbaugh 77.6
68 Joe Theismann 77.4
69 Bob Griese 77.1
70 Jay Fiedler 77.1
71 Drew Bledsoe 77.1
72 Bill Kenney 77.0
73 Erik Kramer 76.6
74 Jon Kitna 76.6
75 Gary Danielson 76.6
76 Doug Flutie 76.3
77 Michael Vick 75.9
78 Stan Humphries 75.8
79 Wade Wilson 75.6
80 Steve Bartkowski 75.4
81 Ken Stabler 75.3
82 Scott Mitchell 75.3
83 Steve Bono 75.3
84 David Carr 75.2
85 Tim Couch 75.1
86 Norm Van Brocklin 75.1
87 Sid Luckman 75.0
88 Vinny Testaverde 75.0
89 Chris Miller 74.9
90 Don Meredith 74.8
91 Brian Sipe 74.8
92 Jake Plummer 74.6
93 Roman Gabriel 74.3
94 Gus Frerotte 74.2
95 Steve Deberg 74.2
96 Earl Morrall 74.1
97 Y.A. Tittle 73.6
98 Craig Morton 73.5
99 Kerry Collins 73.5
100 Rodney Peete 73.3
101 Don Majkowski 72.9
102 Daryle Lamonica 72.9
103 Greg Landry 72.9
104 Ron Jaworski 72.8
105 Tommy Kramer 72.8
106 Tony Banks 72.4
107 Bubby Brister 72.3
108 John Brodie 72.3
109 Milt Plum 72.2
110 Sammy Baugh 72.2
111 Bill Wade 72.2
112 Jay Schroeder 71.7
113 Billy Kilmer 71.5
114 Bill Munson 71.5
115 Lynn Dickey 70.9
116 Terry Bradshaw 70.9
117 Kordell Stewart 70.7
118 Bill Nelsen 70.2
119 Trent Dilfer 70.2
120 Vince Ferragamo 70.1
121 Steve Grogan 69.6
122 Doug Williams 69.4
123 Joey Harrington 69.4
124 Charley Johnson 69.2
125 Mike Tomczak 68.9
126 Eric Hipple 68.7
127 Joe Ferguson 68.4
128 Charlie Conerly 68.2
129 Dave Brown 67.9
130 Billy Joe Tolliver 67.7
131 Marc Wilson 67.7
132 Tom Flores 67.6
133 Richard Todd 67.6
134 Jim Plunkett 67.5
135 John Hadl 67.4
136 Jim Zorn 67.3
137 Archie Manning 67.1
138 Jim Hart 66.6
139 Norm Snead 65.5
140 Joe Namath 65.5
141 Rick Mirer 63.5
142 Bobby Layne 63.4
143 Jack Trudeau 63.3
144 Mike Livingston 63.3
145 Mike Pagel 63.3
146 Ed Brown 62.8
147 Mark Malone 61.9
148 Bob Waterfield 61.6
149 Eddie LeBaron 61.4
150 George Blanda 60.6
151 Babe Parilli 59.6
152 Dan Pastorini 59.1
153 Jack Kemp 57.3
154 Tobin Rote 56.8
155 Cotton Davidson 54.9
156 Mike Phipps 52.6
157 Frank Tripucka 52.2