Archives for December 13, 2006

‘Coach Angelo Sciandra of Cardinal O’Hara High School and William Johnson of McKinley High School will be named the co-winners of the 2006 Buffalo Bills High School Football “Coach of the Year” during the Bills Salute to High School Football halftime ceremony during the Bills / Dolphins game on Sunday, December 17, 2006.’

‘Buffalo has won four of the last five meetings in this series and six of the last nine matchups at Ralph Wilson Stadium.’

‘Bills defensive end Aaron Schobel was honored Wednesday as the league’s AFC Defensive player of the week for his impressive performance in Buffalo’s 31-13 victory over the Jets in Week 14. Schobel tied for the team lead in tackles with nine, which was one short of his career best (vs. NYJ on 10/7/2001) had three sacks, three quarterback hits and a forced fumble.’

‘About a dozen students from a different Buffalo school are invited to each game to watch the Bills, eat free food and meet with Losman outside the locker room after the game.’

‘Bills 16, Dolphins 14.’

‘Tight end Robert Royal, (singing) Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. No that’s the wrong one. That’s the Jingle Bell Rock. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. That’s my favorite.”‘

‘The Bills owner is apparently discouraged about the Bills long term future in Buffalo after NFL owners voted last week to loan the New York Giants and New York Jets $300 million dollars to build a new stadium. Wilson and the Cincinnati Bengals’ owner were the only two owners to vote against the loan. Published reports say Wilson voted “no” because he hasn’t been able get other owners to agree on rules for larger-market teams to help smaller-market teams through revenue sharing.’

NFL says Dolphins broke no rules with video (Miami Herald)

Culpepper’s season comes to end (Miami Herald)

Culpepper on IR, is done for season (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Saban has self to blame (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

Taylor leaves it all on the table (Palm Beach Post)

Dolphins: Eavesdropping not unusual (Palm Beach Post)

Culpepper goes on IR; Miami signs Matthews (Palm Beach Post)

Dolphins put Culpepper on IR (Florida Today)

Culpepper put on injured reserve (AP)

Dolphins place QB Culpepper on IR (Sportsticker)

No quit in these Dolphins (The Sports Network)

Culpepper put on IR (The Sports Network)

Dolphins Place Culpepper On I/R, Waive Newman And Sign McCune (MiamiDolphins.com)

Dolphins Join Lift Up America To Provide Food, Batteries And Hope To The South Florida Community (MiamiDolphins.com)

Coach Saban’s “Day After” Press Conference Transcript (MiamiDolphins.com)

Dolphins Show How Good They Can Be (MiamiDolphins.com)

‘Buffalo’s inability to sell its stadium out has led to owner Ralph Wilson’s frustration. Of course, he’s done his fair share to keep fans away over the years with poor decision making, but his anger in this case is understandable. This isn’t a 2-11 team; it’s a 6-7 group that has emerged as one of the hottest in the league in recent weeks. Wilson’s been a big part of the Bills’ six-year postseason drought, but that hasn’t held relevance over the last six weeks for his team, as Buffalo’s gone 4-2 since an Oct. 29 bye week.’

‘Buffalo is 4-1 in its last five meetings with the Dolphins, who posted a 21-0 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday in South Beach. The Bills are 2-3 against the division this season, and a loss on Sunday versus Miami would officially eliminate them from playoff contention.’

‘…the Bills are still mathematically alive for one of the two AFC wild-card playoff spots along with the 8-5 teams (Jacksonville and Cincinnati), the 7-6 clubs (Jets, Kansas City and Denver) and the other 6-7 teams (Miami and Pittsburgh). And while that faint hope figures to end Sunday, no matter what the Bills do against the Dolphins at “The Ralph,” this is clearly an improving team that’s showing some late-season reason for optimism. And that was hardly apparent seven weeks ago.’