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Tony Romo Is Right To Call Out Dallas Cowboys Fans

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After a 20-17 overtime victory over the Houston Texans, Tony Romo expressed his disappointment in having to use a silent count for the first time at home as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. “There is no question, today we played on the road in that football game through a lot of it,” said Romo following the game, and quite frankly he’s right to call out Cowboys fans for the team’s non-existent home-field advantage. “We need to do a better job as a team, as a fanbase, to make sure how big of a difference playing at home is,” Romo said

If you watched the game or glance at the image above, you would know Texans fans filled AT&T Stadium on Sunday. Jerry Jones might have been oblivious to it, but other Cowboys superstars weren’t. Just ask DeMarco Murray or Jason Witten, who both referenced the crowd noise in their postgame press conferences. The extra noise didn’t seem to bother them or Romo, as they all put up rather impressive statistics. However, despite throwing for 324 yards and two touchdowns, Romo felt that he needed to press the issue on encouraging fans to step up and to stop selling their tickets.

It’s kind of ironic that the Cowboys, also known as “America’s Team,” continue to have trouble with crowd noise in their own home stadium. In all honesty, it’s a joke. They have the NFL‘s biggest following and fanbase, yet none of their fans want to keep their tickets and go to the games. As we all know, this isn’t the first time this season that Cowboys fans have been completely outnumbered in Dallas. In the season opener at Jerry World, it looked like a San Francisco 49ers home game, and there were also several New Orleans Saints fans in attendance last Sunday.

I don’t feel Cowboys fans can be apathetic any longer and say that they are tired of the team playing mediocre football. At 4-1, I can assure them that this team is far improved from their last three 8-8 campaigns. I can’t help but wonder that maybe the team wouldn’t have squandered their double-digit fourth quarter lead on Sunday if they had some of their fans in attendance.

Fans make the ultimate difference at home. Just ask the Seattle Seahawks, who happen to be the Cowboys’ opponent this week. Their fans boast the title of the  “12th man” and are primarily one of the reasons why the team has won 17 of their last 18 in Seattle. With a way bigger fanbase than the Seahawks, the Cowboys could be even louder than the 12th man if fans actually kept their tickets. In addition, Romo wouldn’t have to embarrassingly use a silent count at home.

It’s a pathetic thing to listen to No. 9 have to threaten to buy tickets to ensure Cowboys fans are in attendance at a home stadium that holds over 100,000 people. Their fanbase needs to wake up and support this team. Going to the playoffs might count on it.

Kyle Nault is a NFL Writer at www.RantSports.com. Follow Him On Twitter @KyleOnTheDaily.

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