Cowboys DID subsitute with 17 seconds left on the play clock. Which means by rule, defense has 10 seconds to sub. Umpire should have been out of there with 7 seconds left to snap the ball.
Fairly? Not really. Consistently? Yes, I think most ref crews try to call whatever they are deciding to call that day against both teams. Today just isn't that day.
This is has screwed the Cowboys in late season games every year since the place was built. The LOOK of the stadium is more important to Jerry than the results on the field.
The roof IS closed.... the sun is coming in through the HUGE windowed side of the stadium that faces DUE WEST.... I'm old enough to remember when all football stadiums were build with the field going north and south for SPECIFICALLY this reason.