Give us the Cowboys' Miracle on Ice

Thirty years ago today the United States beat the Soviet Union, 4-3, at Lake Placid in the 1980 Winter Olympics. I can still remember running up and down the hall of my house when Mike Eruzione scored the game-winner. Years later I had a chance to interview almost every member of that team for a reunion. It was amazing to hear their stories not just about beating the Soviets, but the team they became. Every time I see a story about the Miracle on Ice team, I'll read it and get chills. Maybe I shouldn't admit that, but that's what sport can do to a person. As I was watching an ESPN story on the team Sunday, it got me thinking about a Cowboys' angle. And I'm not talking about the Cowboy hats the U.S. wore as part of the Olympic team's uniform. But upsets. If that U.S. win was the greatest of all upsets, what was the Cowboys' greatest upset? I can't go back to the beginning of the franchise's history. I showed up here in 2003 and I can think of ...