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The old bowl game: why I'll always be in high Cotton.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The old bowl game: why I'll always be in high Cotton.(The Cheap Seats: BRYAN CURTIS POPS OFF ABOUT SPORTS)

Article Excerpt
Any appreciation of the Cotton Bowl, the giant concrete mausoleum nestled in Dallas's Fair Park, is bound to sound like a eulogy. The Cotton Bowl is 78 years old, and like an aging ex-linebacker, it has staggered unevenly into the new millennium. The stadium has no retractable roof, no skyboxes, no sushi bars. Parking is often best accomplished in the front yard of a South Dallas resident charging $10 a car. The long and vibrant history of the House That Doak Built is neither as long nor as vibrant as the line to the nearest men's room--if you can find one at all. Truth be told, the Cotton Bowl is probably the shabbiest sports stadium I've ever been to (honorable mention to Dallas's old Sportatorium, a tin can used for pro wrestling). But for all its obvious infirmities--in fact, because of them--the Cotton Bowl is also my favorite. I would wrap my arms around it if I weren't afraid of the cement facade crumbling in my hands.

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