Face it, Steelers fans and Packers fans and Raiders fans and fans of all the other teams with national followings: the Dallas Cowboys ARE America's Team because, while it can't be quantified, more people follow them than any other team in any other sport. They follow them to love them and they follow them to hate them -- there are more people rooting for the Cowboys and more people rooting against them.
To which Jerry Jones, the ultimate businessman, would say what any politician would: "I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right.'' Or in this case, the name of his team.
Actually, the 50th anniversary Cowboys' all-star team really isn't Jones' -- at least a majority of the players aren't.
From its inception in 1960 until 1989, the team was owned by Clint Murchison, run by Tex Schramm and coached by Tom Landry with Gil Brandt running the most innovative and successful personnel operations in NFL history -- of the 53 players (current roster size) on this all-time Cowboys' team, Brandt acquired 35 of them. At 77, he is still the go-to man for NFL information as the chief draft guru for the NFL and a regular radio host who still can tell you the precise birthday of thousands of players he scouted.
Brandt recently put together a list of the team's accomplishments and, love 'em or hate 'em, you have to respect them.
David Whitley: Happy 50th to the Cowboys
The Cowboys are tied for second with San Francisco with five Super Bowl victories, one behind Pittsburgh. They lead in nine other categories: eight Super Bowl appearances; 33 postseason wins; 30 postseason appearances; 58 postseason games; consecutive postseason appearances with nine; consecutive winning seasons with 20; most .500 or better seasons with 33 and most consecutive opening-game wins with 18.
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