Anthony Alridge says he’s going to be so amped up tonight, he won’t be able to sleep.
Excuse me? Yo, Anthony, it’s the preseason. Relax.
That’s easier said than done when your boyhood team is rolling into town and camping out with you for the next few days. For Alridge, a Fort Worth native, that would be the Dallas Cowboys.
“I can’t wait to go up against them,” Alridge said.
Alridge, whose 19-yard run in the preseason opener at Houston may have solidified a roster spot for him, lived and died with the Cowboys as a kid.
“I definitely had the Big Three poster, the Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith poster,” said Alridge. “I had that posted above my bed. I thought I was Emmitt Smith growing up. That’s why I always wore 22 till I got here.”
So which Cowboys player is Alridge looking forward to meeting? That would be none of the above. He wants to see if Tony Romo’s girlfriend, Jessica Simpson, will show up in Denver.
Said Alridge, “If Jessica Simpson is here, practice is going to be over.”
Jim Armstrong: 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com
