ByDennis Hall/Texas Football -- As we’ve all now heard 1,000 times, next year’s Super Bowl will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. And Cowboys fans are positively giddy about the possibility of their team being the first to compete in a Super Bowl that it is also hosting.
And that’s not just a case of the locals being optimistic. The Cowboys should be a popular preseason pick nationally to win the Super Bowl next season. They turned the corner with a strong finish in 2009, winning the NFC East (with an 11-5 record) and finally ending that long playoff drought by winning a first-round game over Philadelphia. The season ended with a crushing loss to Minnesota, but all the pieces are in piece for another potential step forward in 2010.
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