Sometimes you wake up and choose violence. Kyler Murray was recently asked why he, a Texas native, never liked the Cowboys. He replied with the quote above. As a…I guess “Middle-Aged” Millennial who remembers the Cowboys Super Bowls of the 90’s (faintly), it took me a second to realize that yes, to Kyler, the Cowboys would have always been ass. So let’s look at some fun facts about the Cowboys current championship drought. Hell, the “got past the divisional round” drought. Starting in January of ’96:

-Tom Brady would not throw a pass at Michigan until the following fall of ’96. He is now the oldest and most decorated player in NFL history.
-The Texans did not exist yet, because the Houston Oilers still did, though not for long
-The Baltimore Ravens were officially established after the Super Bowl, meaning the Cowboys drought is longer than both the Titans and Ravens existences. It is merely a year younger than the Panthers and Jaguars.
-Seinfeld was the #1 show on television. Now the Cowboys drought is so old even Seinfeld wouldn’t date it
-Gogurt, the best form of yogurt, would not be introduced to the market for 3 more years
-The Monica Lewinski Scandal wouldn’t happen for another 3 years
-Princess Diana was still alive
-Limp Bizkit would not release their debut album for another 2 years
-Mike Vrabel, the current head coach of the Titans, would not be picked until the ’97 NFL draft
-The XFL has existed and died twice in the time frame
-Josh McDaniels would not coach at any job until ’99
-Dexter’s Laboratory would debut on TV two months after the Super Bowl
-“Stone Cold” Steve Austin would not debut his character for another few months
-The first Harry Potter book would not be published until ’97
-The Star Wars prequels would not exist for another 4 years
-The first book of A Song of Ice and Fire wouldn’t be published until August of ’96
-Chris Farley was still alive
-The Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays did not exist
-The Seahawks were an AFC team
-Nobody had ever heard MMMBop yet. Nor Barbie Girl. Or the Spice Girls. Or Britney Spears. Nor All Star. Tupac and Biggie were still alive.
-The Simpsons was still good. Futurama didn’t exist for 4 more years.
-The Twin Towers existed
-Some of you reading this may not have existed yet. Raise your hand if you are younger than the Cowboys drought!
-Braveheart would not be released until later that year. Same with Space Jam.
-Kobe Bryant would not be drafted for several more months

Anyway, sometimes I like to think about this when the Giants make me sad. Perks me right back up. A literal quarter-century since they got out of the divisional round. You really can’t call the fans bandwagoners anymore. Now they are just old fools.