When Giants QB Eli Manning signs an autograph, it’s usually for one of his fans or a collector. But the one he left on a wall in the visitor’s locker room in Cowboys Stadium has had the opposite effect, providing Dallas’ players with the bulletin board material teams go to great lengths to avoid.

Manning publicly acknowledged that the signature was in fact his own, claiming to have been asked to leave the mark on the wall by an attendant after New York defeated the Cowboys earlier this season.  That said, the players in Dallas aren’t as concerned with that as they are with the addition to his John Hancock; the final score of the game (33-31) and the words “First win in the New Stadium.”

“We won’t forget that. It just makes for a more intense game.”

– Dallas linebacker Bradie James

For his part, Manning is claiming that he simply complied with the request and that everything he needed to leave the message was provided for him. Either way, the Cowboys won’t be likely to forgive and forget when the two teams meet up once again next Sunday, in a pivotal game that will go a long way towards determining the Giants playoff chances.

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