Stephen A. Smith is great at trolling fans, especially those who root for the Cowboys. But with Cowboy fans, it’s rarely fear-mongering from Smith considering he can always count on the team to deliver disappointment.
Joining the Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday, Smith admitted he loves to use Eisen’s NFL Network colleague Michael Irvin as a tool to trigger Cowboy fans. In fact, Smith said his most memorable moment on First Take came in 2018, when they traveled to Dallas ahead of the Cowboys Monday Night Football matchup with the Titans.
In front of a live studio audience filled with Cowboy fans, Irvin and Smith got heated. Like, really heated as a sweat-soaked Irvin erupted on set.
“I’m loving it,” Smith recalled to Eisen. “A.) because it’s great television, b.) because I love having him on the show because he’s my buddy and I love him like a brother, but c.) I know the inevitable. They’re going to fold,” he said referring to Irvin’s beloved Cowboys.
And he was right. Smith predicted the Cowboys would lose that Monday night game against the Tennessee Titans, and they did, 28-14.
“They just never let me down,” Smith continued. “I kinda use Michael Irvin to sucker the Cowboys fans into getting hyped and excited, knowing the crash is coming.”
“The fans, who I think are the most disgusting nauseating fanbase in history, I can’t stand the Cowboy fan, they all make me sick,” Smith told Eisen. “And to watch Michael Irvin get them hyped knowing they’re going to fall, and seeing it, having the foresight to see it, it’s a beautiful thing.”
Proving he just can’t help his love for the Cowboys, Irvin responded to Smith’s appearance with Eisen by touting Super Bowl aspirations for the upcoming season and once again hyping up the Dallas fan base.
Brandon Contes is a former reporter for BSM, now working for Awful Announcing. You can find him on Twitter @BrandonContes or reach him by email at Brandon.Contes@gmail.com.
