Despite not winning a playoff game since Troy Aikman was quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys still manage to steal the spotlight in some way or another. The Dallas Cowboys moved into their coliseum for the start of the 09′ season.

What a beautiful stadium it is. Broadcast to the nation on Sunday Night Football, we witnessed a new breed of sports complex. This was big enough where, laid on its side, the Empire State Building would be the same length as the stadium (or even less). Wow, that’s scary to even think about!

A plasma television above the field was bigger than any high definition unit in the history of the world. The picture looked crystal clear, just as clear as the plasma TV set I watched the game on. Too bad it may interfere with punks and kickoffs at times. Not sure who planned that?

After a nice week one win for the Cowboys in Tampa Bay, many doubts were answered regarding the Cowboys’ ability to shoulder the loss of Terrell Owens and play effective football. Tony Romo looked phenomenal at quarterback, and the team clicked as a unit.

While America’s Team hasn’t won a playoff game since 1996 – fans and owner Jerry Jones feel as if the Cowboys are a contender every single season despite their flaws – why wouldn’t they think that?

Tony Romo has excellent targets, the problem is he throws it to other team much too often and needs better ball control. The Cowboys are potentially a 10 win team – which can keep them competing for the NFC East title. With the Giants being the favorites to win the NFC East title, the Cowboys may settle on a wild card birth and make some noise in the playoffs and get that “no playoff win since 1996″ off their back.

While the Cowboys stadium is nice and quite the spectacle, a nice stadium won’t help a team win games – the Cowboys must do that themselves.

As long as Tony Romo can keep it together, the Dallas Cowboys can compete with any team in the NFL.

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