IRVING, Texas – This holiday season, I’m thinking fondly of a place way out west. A summer wonderland, if you will.
Ocean views.
High of 75 degrees.
Super Bowl hopes.
Oxnard, California. That was the place. Those were the days.
Training camp feels like years ago, not months.
I pondered this inside an empty press box overlooking AT&T Stadium the week before Christmas, after the Cowboys were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. And again on the ride back from Buffalo following loss No. 11 – the 10th game out of 15 decided in the fourth quarter or overtime.