Dallas Cowboys Troy Aikman (8), Emmitt Smith (22) and Michael Irvin (88) celebrate Smith's second-quarter touchdown run in the NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers in Irving, Texas, in ...

It’s been a long time since the Dallas Cowboys have appeared in a Super Bowl. With their NFC Championship Game drought at 30 years and counting, the Cowboys haven’t exactly gotten close to that goal.

DALLAS — As you sit by the fire (hopefully not out of necessity) to watch Sunday's conference championship games, there are two different ways to ponder the Dallas Cowboys' 30-year absence from this ...