Audio: Bill and Sharon White's interview about Romo on Wisconsin's Morning News

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A couple from Irving, Texas discovered a little Wisconsin hospitality from Burlington's own Cowboy signalcaller.

"You guys must have pretty good folks up there," said Bill White about people such as Tony Romo, the Burlington High School product and Pro Bowl quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

He helped take care of Bill and his wife Sharon when they were stranded after their car had a flat tire late Sunday night on a road near their home.

They told Newsradio 620 WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News" about the experience.

"We were working on the car and all of a sudden, somebody pulled up," said Bill, who couldn't recognize the driver of the vehicle because it was too dark.

"They hollered, 'Do you need help? Are you all right?'

"I said, 'I think I've got this pump working.' He said, 'Are you sure you're OK?' I didn't say anything else to him."

Romo persisted to help the couple.

"In a minute, he got out of his car and he came over to where we were. He said, 'Are you sure that you guys are OK?' "

"He just walked up," said Sharon. "I told him, 'Yeah, it's OK. Our jack's broke and he's trying to fix this thing with this pump and it's not working right.

"He walked over and he kind of looked at my husband and said, 'Yeah, I think it's the valve.' "

Romo then went on to assist in taking care of the problem.

Couple Recognizes Romo, Gives Recognition

"I looked at him, and I said, 'You know what, you look like Tony Romo.' He didn't say anything. He just smiled at me.

"A little bit later, Bill said something about the tire working. Tony went over there and felt the tire, and he's like, 'Yeah, it looks like it's holding the air.'

"I looked at him, I stood up, and I looked at him in the face and I said, 'You know, you really do look like Tony Romo.'

"He goes, 'Well, that's because I am.' I just freaked out. I just totally freaked, started screaming, 'Hey, it's Tony Romo!!' and hugged him and grabbed him, like a nut."

Bill gave Romo a lot of credit for being willing to stay and assist after a long day beating the Cleveland Browns, 28-10, taking a hit from Browns pass rush powerhouse Willie McGinest that caused 13 stitches in his chin, and flying back to Dallas from Ohio.

"First of all, Tony wasn't leaving. He was there, making sure he was OK before he left. He wasn't in a hurry."

Bill was in a hurry to watch a recording of the game, which he had to miss due to other commitments.

"He said, 'We just got back from a game in Cleveland," and I said, "Man, I've got that thing on Tivo at home. Don't tell me who won! I've had the radio turned off all day."

Bill admits that the white bandage on Tony's chin didn't allow him the immediate opportunity to recognize the Cowboys star.

"That's why I didn't recognize him at first because in the dark it looked like he had a white goatee when he walked up."

"I just thought it was really nice for somebody who's well known that stopped and did something nice for people. It makes it a lot more fun to root for him. You feel better about cheering for him.

"It was late at night. He just got off a long airplane flight, with 13 stitches, been dead tired, beat up. How many people, just regular folks in that condition would be stopping to help people? I was impressed by it. It kind of shows his character."

The couple chose to inform the public about Romo's character.

"We e-mailed Randy Galloway (a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram)," said Bill. "He e-mailed my wife back that he would be interested in the story and he put it in the paper. We just thought it was a nice story for people to hear about."