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...demolished the Green Bay Packers 38-27 in the N.F.C. championship game, owner Jerry Jones walked into the room to the acclaim he so richly deserved, or paid for, depending on your point of view. "You did it, Big Daddy!" said a cowboy-booted courtier. Actually, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and the other boys did it, but with the team about to win a third Super Bowl in four years, it's hard not to credit Jones, especially with that huge Nike symbol hanging from the cables above the field...
Throwing up or not throwing up withstanding, the "no pain, no gain" slogan is the hallmark of any serious athlete's off-season program. As fanatical off-season workers like Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith show, intense off-season training almost always translates into increased success on the playing field...
...tots competing for Tinkertoys. Johnson sulked when Jones brought celebrities like Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia onto the field during games at Texas Stadium. After the team's first Super Bowl victory, Jones wrested the championship trophy from Johnson's hand. Troy Aikman was throwing the touchdown passes, and Emmitt Smith was running over defenders. To Jones that was confirmation of his genius as a judge of talent. To Johnson it was affirmation of his skill at devising and executing a perfect strategy...
After a season of adversity, from Emmitt Smith's early-season holdout to holding his separated shoulder, the team has upheld Texas pride in fashion...
...EMMITT SMITH...