How former Dallas Cowboy Dan Campbell brought GRIT to the Motor City

The Motor City is GRITTY now thanks to “The Dude”

Barry Gipson
3 min readJan 29, 2024
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The Dude

First of all, if you can’t like Dan Campbell, something is seriously wrong with you. Not because he once was a Cowboy either, Cowboys fans. In just 3 short years this dude has brought a buzz and a winning way to the city unfamiliar on the gridiron. Check the reverse engineering light.

The Lions are the only franchise operational for the entirety of the Super Bowl era to not appear in the Super Bowl, yet. Think about that for a minute. It’s a game of bouncing balls off a facemask for an EXPLOSIVE PLAY completion. Dan Gamble couldn’t even draw up that kind of play.

Draft Kings on the other hand, well that’s another story. Dan on the other hand played only 2 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys from 2003–05. His first of only 2 total TDs as a Cowboy was from Quincy Carter.

Born in Clifton, TX he attended Glen Rose High School and followed on to Texas A7M. He played both Tailback and Tight End. From an enlisted POV he is a Navy Chief commissioned into Chief Warrant Officer. Translation. A blue-collar who ascends the league ranks to white-collar table affairs. Then he transforms the entire culture from within.

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Barry Gipson

A Father, Dallas Cowboys, LA Lakers fan, and veteran sharing insights and more for the '24 NFL & NBA seasons. A pivot in content.