Texas governor compares 'porous' Cowboys defense to state's border

They love their football in Texas and they take it seriously, all the way up to the guy in charge of the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott, from his verified personal Twitter feed, sent an angry tweet immediately after the Dallas Cowboys lost their second straight game by allowing a long New Orleans Saints touchdown in overtime.

Abbott is clearly a big sports fan, as he was congratulating the Houston Astros for making the Major League Baseball playoffs and Texas Rangers for winning the AL West on Sunday. But Abbott's good mood didn't last through the night. Not when the Cowboys lose, especially the way they lost in overtime.

Others around the state were probably peeved too, they just aren't big-name politicians who would think to compare Dallas' defense to the state's border on Twitter.

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