Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys have come to an agreement that would give the quarterback a six-year, $67.5 million contract extension, $30 million of which is guaranteed. The deal includes an $11.5 million signing bonus. Dallas is 6-1 this year and on top of the NFC East, and Romo’s 1,984 yards passing and 16 touchdowns are second in the NFL behind Tom Brady.
Let’s face it, before October of last year, you didn’t know Tony Romo from Tila Tequila. After replacing Drew Bledsoe in a Monday Night Football game in 2006, Romo won five of his next six starts and led Dallas to their first postseason since 2003. His contract extension now makes him the face of the franchise for years to come; in his own words, “I feel like I’m going to be with the Cowboys the rest of my career, definitely.”
Romo attended college at Division I-AA Eastern Illinois, and was signed by the Cowboys for $10,000 in 2003 after going undrafted.
According to the ESPN.com article,
He’s already dated country star Carrie Underwood and been linked in gossip magazines to Jessica Simpson and, as of this past weekend, Britney Spears. Romo spent his bye weekend in Los Angeles and wound up at the same place as Spears, landing him back in the tabloids.
I’m not particularly a Cowboys fan, but Romo’s story is pretty impressive. Is there a more American tale than an undrafted quarterback from a small college working his way up to become the starter for a division-leading NFL team, signing a contract for $10 million a year, and bumping uglies with Carrie Underwood?
This guy is like Chuck Norris and Jack Bauer’s lovechild. Anyone who plays professional football and dates Carrie Underwood is my personal hero, or is at least third on the list behind Optimus Prime and the guy who invented cheese fries. For what it’s worth, girls with great boobs are pretty high up there as well, but that should be a given.
^ I’d love to put my ear on her butt to see if I could hear the ocean
