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Dallas Cowboys‘ fans can taste the sweet success of victory with a free donut Sunday (today only).

Dunkin’ Donuts offered a free donut at all participating DFW-area locations if the Cowboys beat the Eagles.

The offer is only good January 10, during regular store hours.

Fans do not have to buy anything to get the free donut, but there is a limit of one per customer.

Dunkin’ Donuts partnered with the Dallas Cowboys Football Club to become the official coffee of the team and new stadium.

DFW-area locations:

Addison: 4900 Beltline Rd

Burleson: 1501 SW Wilshire Blvd

Carrollton: 1008 W Hebron Pkwy, 3216 E Hebron Pkwy

Dallas: 6033 Campbell Rd, 13535 Preston Rd

Fort Worth 9629 White Settlement Rd

Frisco: 2875 W Main St

Garland: 803 W Centerville Rd

Highland Village: 3060 FM 407 (Inside Wal-Mart)

Hurst: 1661 Precinct Line Rd

Plano: 2001 Coit Rd, 7317 Parkwood Blvd, 7212 Independence Pkwy, 1700 Dallas Pkwy (Inside Wal-Mart)

What an interesting dilemma to be in — the Dallas Cowboys have six outstanding players that are eligible for the Pro Bowl and everyone in Dallas will be hoping they all miss the January 31 game in Hawaii.

The players have been dubbed “The Six Shooters” and are Miles Austin, Jason Witten, Andre Gurode, DeMarcus Ware, Jay Ratliff and Leonard Davis.

The Cowboys are in the NFL playoff’s and all fans are hoping that these guys will be preparing instead for the Super Bowl in Miami the next week.

First up will be the Cowboys taking on the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend at Cowboys Stadium — and we are all praying they hand the birds the same type of shut out they gave the Washington Redskins last weekend!

Our hearty congratulations to these great athletes!

In just 48 hours the Snowball Express hits town and Dallas will welcome 1,400 kids and assorted guardians as they fly into DFW International Airport where 43 buses will pick them up and drive them to 10 downtown Dallas hotels.

The Patriot Guard Riders are leading the way in wrangling area bikers to help escort the buses — your help is still needed!

Registration is now open for these days / activities (you must REGISTER to be involved):

December 9: Escorting approximately 4 buses at a time from DFW International Airport to various downtown hotels. Register at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/MZJNF9B

December 10: KSU at all 10 hotels (approximately 9:30a) for Southfork Ranch. KSU (approx 3:45p) from Southfork to the Mesquite Rodeo (riders *may* be able to attend rodeo and have BBQ - awaiting confirmation). Register at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M5FQC37

December 11: KSU at all 10 hotels (approx 9:30a) for Dallas City Hall. Then escort kids on a “Walk of Gratitude” (foot parade) to Dallas Convention Center. Register at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/3MSRQX7

December 12: Approximate 10a KSU departure (details still being finalized). Once the Dallas Police Department finalize plans, all 43 buses will be escorted to Cowboys Stadium for a full day of activities including a concert by the Lt. Dan Band featuring Gary Sinese. The goal is to have 300-500 motorcycles ride into the stadium to ring the field (you MUST have a kick stand pad which will be checked to ensure it won’t damage Jerry’s field). It appears that we will be allowed to bring our own food/beverages. After the concert, the bikes will fire up and depart the field. Approximately 300 attendees will then be escorted to AAC for the Mavericks game and the rest will be returned to their hotels. Register at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3N6LY9C

December 13: Escorting buses at various times (TBD) from the hotels back to DFW. Register at: TBD

Fans say the Dallas Cowboys misled them and now the City of Arlington reportedly wants the team to dramatically reduce the number of standing room only tickets it sells to future games.

Some fans holding a “Party Pass“ got unruly when they were delayed getting in to Sunday night’s game at the new Cowboys Stadium. Others complained they could never see the field.

For all the planning that led to the NFL debut of Jerry Jones‘ billion-dollar sports palace, fans say the Cowboys did not manage expectations and fans stated it was a “money-grubbing and annoying” move.

The Cowboys sold 30,000 Party Passes at $29 each, but fans complained that the available area just couldn’t hold them all, and any view of the game itself was challenging at best and most couldn’t see the field at all.

“You can stand there and watch the game and look down at all the things going on below you, so it’s a fun place to be,” team owner Jerry Jones said in a July interview with the Associated Press.

But this week, Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels conceded that not all fans holding a Party Pass will be able to see the game — they simply ensure that you can “experience” the game. “We’re not guaranteeing you have a view on the rail,” he said.

The official Party Pass Web site says the ticket “includes access to six giant party decks, public concourses, concession areas and over seven acres of outdoor plaza space. Fans will experience the sights, sounds and energy of a live Dallas Cowboys game.”

Fans say they wish the distinction between what they could and couldn’t see had been made more clearly.

The Cowboys say they’ll learn from Sunday’s experience, but they haven’t yet agreed to reduce sales of standing room only tickets.

The Arlington City Council meets Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, and while this issue is not on the agenda, it is likely to come up.

Note: This is NOT a memorabilia sale!

Irving officials plan an online auction starting Friday morning for items left over in Texas Stadium. But Dallas Cowboys fans take heed: Most of the auction items are aimed at industrial and commercial bidders. The leftover items include kitchen equipment (like a walk-in freezer), score boards and curb stops. There’s also thousands of seats up for grabs, though they’ll likely be sold in one or more bulk packages.

There’s also office furniture and some chairs that were left in the suites. And there’s more than 100 television sets being sold as a block.

Meanwhile, the City Council is set to vote tomorrow on a policy for how to disburse Texas Stadium items not being put up for auction. The proposed policy would give the council, the city manager and the chamber discretion over most of those items.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has broken up with Dallas girl Jessica Simpson on the eve of her 29th birthday. Romo has been spotted out in La La Land hitting all the tragically hip venues sans Simpson and dodging questions about their status.

Simpson meanwhile has been Twittering up a storm evidently with periodic updates regarding her status.

Love them or loathe them, if nothing else the naysayers won’t be able to blame Simpson this season for Romo’s performance on the field.

Jerry Jones has decided that the name of his new palace in Arlington will Cowboys Stadium.

The team determined that the current economic climate is not good enough to get a long-term commitment for a sponsored name (AmeriQuest Ballpark in Arlington, anyone?), but the Cowboys still feel that in the longer term there will eventually be a corporate name gracing the vast new football facility.