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ESPN ranks Colt McCoy as Big 12’s #2 player

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:35:17 -0500

Heisman runner-up Colt McCoy, friend of the working man and enemy to Sooners everywhere, finished 2nd on ESPN’s rankings for top 40 players in the Big 12. Colt was joined by teammates Sergio Kindle (13), Jordan Shipley (18), Adam Ulatoski (27), Earl Thomas (32) and Chris Hall (37). Predictably, Oklahoma leads the list [...]

Cowboys Update: Behm Paralyzed

Sun, 03 May 2009 21:32:14 -0500

((HT: Dallas Morning News/Todd Archer))

Rich Behm, a scouting assistant, sustained a fracture to the thoracic spine that caused a severing of his spinal cord and permanent paralysis from the waist down. He underwent surgery Saturday night and remains at Parkland Hospital in stable condition. ((The collapse is pictured, thanks Michael Ainsworth/DMN))

Behm moved from the team's video department to scouting a few years ago and worked closely with Chris Hall, the team's college scouting coordinator, and director of college and pro scouting Tom Ciskowski.

Owner and general manager Jerry Jones and coach Wade Phillips spent a large part of Saturday night/Sunday morning with the Behm family. More coaches and players visited the hospital today.

"To the Behm family we extend our love, comfort, and the full support of every person and resource within the organization," Jones said in a statement released by the team." Rich is a courageous member of our family and someone for whom we care deeply. We ask for all friends and fans of the Dallas Cowboys to join us in embracing him and his family with their thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time."
The release also stated special teams coach Joe DeCamillis will undergo surgery Monday for a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae. He is in stable condition without paralysis at Parkland Hospital.

Assistant athletic trainer Greg Gaither had surgery Saturday to repair a fracture of his right tibia and fibula at Baylor University Medical Center. He should be released later this week.

Here is the rest of Jones' statement: "As we share concern for everyone who was touched by this accident, we also extend our heartfelt and best wishes to Coach Joe DeCamillis and his family as they prepare for Joe's surgery tomorrow.

"We are grateful that Greg Gaither's surgery was successful, and we feel blessed that others involved were able to walk away from this accident after receiving medical attention yesterday afternoon.

"The Dallas Cowboys organization would like to express its deepest appreciation to the City of Irving's Fire, Police and medical emergency teams that collectively responded to the accident in the most timely and thorough manner yesterday. We are also grateful to those Cowboys players and staff members who acted so quickly and heroically in the face of personal danger to help those around them who were in need of immediate assistance."

The Sky is Falling in Dallas: BUEHLER INJURED in Cowboy Dome Collapse

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:32:06 -0500

The sky is falling in Dallas and David Buehler is lucky to be alive. Buehler was sprinting across the Dallas Cowboys' indoor practice arena when the roof of the facility suddenly collapsed. A metal pole crashed into his head causing a concussion, ripping skin off his ear and gashing his knee that would require stitches. According to Dallas Morning News, Buehler said: "My initial thought was, how many people are dead in this?...I thought I was the lucky one." And Buehler was rig...

Training Camp Week #1

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:02:02 -0500

Well, the first and usually most nervwracking week of training camp is behind us in San Jose. The team met this weekend on Friday to have our physicals done in Pleasanton, then off to Silver Creek training facility for two sessions on Saturday and one early Sunday morning. My first impressions are that we are going to be bigger and a little more athletic this year, and that our offense is going to have a different flavor to it. With so many new faces, many Stealth fans may wonder who everyone is, but we looked solid in our first weekend together. Many of the new faces showed particulary well. Duch and Turner look to be great additions to our front door as both had fabulous weekends. Both kids can score and seem to be willing to go the the right places to score. I was excited to see both of them in action finally. Again, on a bright note both our second year offensive guys looked great. Both Tom Johnson and Frankie Res came in better than last year. They both will be counted on with the departure of some of our veterans in the offseason. So far, so good. On the defensive end, we have many new faces, most of which are American. Thus the learning curve will take some time, but as the old saying goes..."you can't teach size"!!! The two big bodies of Lutz and Walton seem to be enjoying thier transition to the indoor game. Hartzell also played well as did the others. The most important thing was that they all enjoyed themselves and they all want to get better at the game. This will be key for our success. As for the vets, what can you say. Everyone was in shape and had a renewed excitement to get things going. Z played awsome, as he usually does and the defenders (Sorenson, Hodgson and new face Grimes) all played with intensity. They're will be no shortage of leadership on this team, I can already tell that. As for the old faces...We will miss them all and it was odd not having Dawson, Wiles, Panarelli, Fairlie, Morris, Heffner, Rosy and of course Coz there but I wish them all luck in their new surroundings...they will be missed. It was also our first session with our new Coaching staff with the exemption of Bobby Allan and Art Webster. As we move on we will learn more about the direction of the team and the coaching styles of Jeff Dowling and Chris Hall, but both were great this weekend as we accomplished alot in a short amount of time. One thing to keep your eyes on if you are a Stealth fan is the goaltending race. All three guys seem to be poised to take over as the number one guy. This should be great for our team!! We meet again after Thanksgiving, and I will keep you abrest to any issues that arise between now and then. I hope that we can get the Hopkins kids signed in the meantime, as they will add tons to our lineup. Unitl then, Colin #7

Texas injury report vs. Kansas

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:03:34 -0500

Bad news on the injury front this week for the Kansas game. We knew starting center Chris Hall would be out with a knee injury but cornerback Aaron Williams and tight end Ian Harris are also out. The true freshman Williams has been big for the secondary filling in and playing well while starting ...

Video: Roy Miller and Chris Hall discuss Texas Tech

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:56:20 -0500

Texas players Roy Miller and Chris Hall spoke the media earlier this week about the season and the upcoming Texas Tech game. The Statesman has posted excellent videos of the players answering questions...