VIDEO: Celebrate the 12th Anniversary of the Terrell Owens 'That's My Quarterback' Speech About Tony Romo

On this day in 2008, a 29-year-old Tony Romo sent the Dallas Cowboys to their second-straight first-round playoff exit, and wide receiver Terrell Owens took it upon himself to remind the media that it wasn't his quarterback's fault that Big D fell to the New York Giants. it was an extemporaneous speech that would soon be the subject of tributes, parodies, and GIFs, and we absolutely must take this opportunity to re-live "That's My Quarterback" once again.

A year after his infamous botched field goal hold in the Wild Card round in Seattle, Romo tossed the game-sealing endzone interception to RW McQuarters with the game on the line. Dallas lost that game 21-17 to the G-Men, who went on to win the Super Bowl.

As the No. 1 seed in the NFC, Romo and the Boys had earned a bye-week in that year's playoffs. The undrafted quarterback used the time off to take his then-girlfriend Jessica Simpson to the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas. The vacation drew heavy criticism from the media, including former Cowboys QB and Hall of Famer Troy Aikman, who famously said that "You don't go to Cabo the week before a playoff game."

Owens, who was only in his second year playing in Dallas, took the podium in the postgame press conference and quite literally cried in support of his QB. His bottom lip quivered as he proclaimed how unfair it would be for reporters to talk about Romo's vacation as contributing factor to the defeat.

"That's my teammate, that's my quarterback," an emotional Owens said. "We lost as a team."

Owens' emotional plea to the media would go on to seemingly overshadow the vacation itself. Owens went on to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, but his legacy, which features a number of some of the league's most famous and infamous moments alike, is highlighted by that press conference in 2008.