Well, after a bye week and a lot of soul-searching, the Panthers are gearing up to take on the Dallas Cowboys [1] today at Bank of America Stadium. The weather outside is nice [2] at 60 degrees and clear skies with an expected high of 68, but hopefully the Cats can use their home field advantage to turn up the temperature a little higher against the Cowboys, whose record (2-4) isn’t much better than ours (1-4).
I’m not optimistic we’ll win but I did pick the Panthers in this week’s office football pool. Please don’t let me down, guys!
If you get a chance, make sure to read Observer sports columnist Scott Fowler’s awesome article [3] on the late Panthers linebacker (and former assistant coach) Sam Mills, who passed away from cancer in 2005 at the age of 45. The first Panthers jersey I ever owned was Mills’ #51, and I still have it.
I took this photo of the statue they have of him at the stadium at the pre-season game the Panthers played against the Dolphins in August.
My other office pool picks:
SF (W)
BUF
IND
NYG
TB
HOU
GB
MIN
NE
JAC
PIT
CHI (38 total game points)
Game time for the Cowboys at the Panthers is 1 pm ET and it will be broadcast locally on Fox.