Originally posted by blunt_probe:
The media can do what they do every year, and cowboys' country can hype up their win against the sorriest team in the playoffs all week.
The niners just need to take care of business as usual.
This is typical Cowboy fandom. It's why they get all the prime time slots despite putting out a mediocre product year in and year out. It's why the NFL kept them on SNF vs the Colts when they could have easily flexed the Niners-Dolphins game which had a better story line and better record to boot.
Im sure the "media" in general would like nothing more than a Cowboy upset. It would give them months worth of talking points even if they ended up losing in the NFCC game. It's why they will spend all week hyping them up. Giving them every chance to win as if beating TB made them world beaters.
Unfortunately, after they lose, I suspect it will be the game least talked about going into championship Sunday bc those same pundits will do their best to separate themselves from the awful pick they made for this game.