Jimmy vs Barry

This Year's Boise Bowl featured both Jimmy Johnson and his Dallas successor Barry Switzer in the studio doing pregame analysis. I wondered what tension there would be between the mastermind of Dallas's early 90s Glory Years and the dim-bulb who rode that talent wave (and a scared Neil O'Donnell) to another Super Bowl victory before taking a dump at the NFL level. Needless to say, Barry sounded like the dimbulb he probably is: "I talked to Coach So and So and he says they need to play good defense and not turn the ball over." Wow. Amazing. Meanwhile, Jimmy was smooth and polished and probably said something just as obvious but boy, it sure sounded better and more insightful.

Barry did bring up the 1986 Fiesta Bowl, where Jimmy's Canes got beat by Shane Conlan and Penn State thanks to 5 Vinny Testy INTs (Granted, he was probably supposed to, because it was the 20th anniversary and all, but poor form to the producers for assigning him to bring it up). Jimmy didn't like that too much and Barry later brought up one of his own Bowl losses to compensate. You have to give Barry this, the man does have charm. And he's quite handsome, don't you think?