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    6th Annual "Dinner's On Me, Smartass" Competition

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Week 1 Mon, Sep 14 @ New England Patriots* - W

    Week 2 Sun, Sep 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers - W

    Week 3 Sun, Sep 27 New Orleans Saints - W

    Week 4 Sun, Oct 04 @ Miami Dolphins - L

    Week 5 Sun, Oct 11 Cleveland Browns - W

    Week 6 Sun, Oct 18 @ New York Jets - W

    Week 7 Sun, Oct 25 @ Carolina Panthers - L

    Week 8 Sun, Nov 01 Houston Texans - W

    Week 9 Sun, Nov 08 BYE

    Week 10 Sun, Nov 15 @ Tennessee Titans - L

    Week 11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Jacksonville Jaguars - W

    Week 12 Sun, Nov 29 Miami Dolphins - W

    Week 13 Thu, Dec 03 New York Jets (Toronto) - L

    Week 14 Sun, Dec 13 @ Kansas City Chiefs - W

    Week 15 Sun, Dec 20 New England Patriots* - L

    Week 16 Sun, Dec 27 @ Atlanta Falcons - L

    Week 17 Sun, Jan 03 Indianapolis Colts - W

     

    10-6

    Rejoice folks

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Welcome to Monopoly economics. Since the NFL has a monopoly on their product they can charge pretty much whatever they want. Why charge $10/game a la carte vs. $300/yr for the ticket? The marginal person who pays for the single-games doesn't outweigh the money lost from the people who then don't subscribe the ticket. I'll use myself as an example - I live near NYC, so I get the 2 jets games every year, 2-4 more i'll probably watch at a bar, so at most i'm in the market for maybe 10 bills games. If I buy a la cart, that's around $100 for the NFL. If I buy the ticket, it's that more like $300 for the NFL, not to mention all the money I'll be paying DTV on an ongoing basis for my cable service. The NFL would need 3 of me to make up for every 1 DTV subscriber they lose. Maybe that math works, but my guess is that it doesn't.

     

    From DTV's perspective, if NFL were available online in a widespread manner, they'd lose god knows how many subscribers. If NFL were available on cable or online it would diminish the value of the contracts that are in place with CBS & Fox. So everyone wins with the DTV deal -- that is, everyone benefits except for consumers like you and me.

     

    As one wall street analyst said, the NFL contract is like a drug for DirectTV - you need it to survive (i.e. retain customers) but each time you take the drug, it gets you less high (i.e. DTV isn't gaining any customers by doing the deal, just retaining the ones they have).

     

    As for me, when i don't feel like wasting money at a bar, I'll just go over to justin.tv, sopcast, or just give my relatives in Buffalo a slingbox for Christmas.

    Tim Graham

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    My only issue is just because someone posts on this board or replies to that thread does not make the response a Bills fan response.

     

    Seriously... For instance check out this response that he posted:

     

    "Dave in Fort Myers, Fla., writes: Forgive me for not buying into this whole "T.O-Lee Evans" nonsense. Seems to me that T.O. was in a similar situation last year with a WR by the name of Roy Williams, and we saw how that worked out. Not to mention that the Bills have no QB on their roster close to the talent level of Tony Romo. Why should I believe this offense poses a threat to my Phins and the rest of the East?"

     

    WTF is this "My Phins" nonsense? No self-respecting bills fan would ever write that? The trolling/lurker undertones to this response are unreal

    The View from New York City:

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/sports/f...rss&emc=rss

     

    One of the main points is this bit:

    Last year, the Jets gave the Dolphins the gift of Chad Pennington. This year, they kept their hands in their pockets and allowed a division rival to swoop in and get Owens. Tom Brady is back with New England; Miami, because of the Jets, is revived; and Buffalo has T. O. Just like that, the balance of power in the American Football Conference East has changed, and the Jets could be at the bottom looking up.

     

    Also has some interesting points about how TO has been cast as the villian in a few different situations where it may not be so straightforward. In any case, I good article by the Grey Lady...

    The classic.....WHAT IF? Factor......

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    We haven't sniffed the playoffs in a decade!!!

     

    Oh Come on now, that's not true. Remember that year (2004 maybe?) where we had the last game of the season against Pittsburgh and all we had to do was beat their reserve/2nd stringers and we were in?? That's a sniff. And there have been other sniffs...

     

    But i agree, what have we got to lose - there is little downside. They can double team Lee and Double TO and we can hit reed in the slot or pound it with Marshawn/Jackson. If nothing else, it's a good way to remove the double team from Evans or go with 4-reciever sets with Hardy/Johnson/Roscoe being the 4th.

     

    I like it!

     

    GO BILLS.

    We just sold our soul to the Devil

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Think the Bills lost a bunch of season tix renewals? I think so.

     

    Uhmmmm, no, exactly the opposite. For once there is some excitement on the side of fans. After the dagger through the heart of Jauron being extended this is like a peace offering from the bills franchise. We all know this could blow up in their face, but for a team that played (or rather *coached*) as scared as the bills did in the latter half of last season, this is good news.

     

    He will be a boy scout for half the season and the moment we are out of it, he'll explode.

    And the moment we are out, who cares...? I actually think we'll be in it the whole way through the season if trent plays as well as he's capable of playing.

     

    This could be a genius move or the nail on the coffin that finally puts this franchise in the ground.

     

    Still, I give them credit for trying to shake things up. We don't have a strong enough locker room to keep him in check. The lunatic is gonna run the asylum.

     

    Wouldn't you rather them try some outside-the-box strategies rather than the same'ol same'ol nonsense they've been doin the last 10yrs?

     

    With Lee & TO on the outside and Reed in the slot - And then Marshawn or Jackson in the backfield, it really opens up our offense... I think it's going to be a good season. Then again, i'm always hopeful this time of year.

    My wishlist for the offseason

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Neither Peppers or Suggs are dumb enought to come here. You think guys in the NFL dont talk to one another? You think McGahee has said nice things to the Ravens guys about Buffalo?

     

    Money Talks and Bullsh_t walks... If they offer enough money (which they have done in FA from time to time...See their overspending on the O-Line 2yrs ago) they can get people to come here.

    1 Year subscription to ESPN Magazine -$3.50

    in The Consumer Digest

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    Thanks for the heads-up on that. That's is about the max I would pay for that magazine, but the ESPN Insider is a nice thing to have, especially since they have moved most of their columnists' stuff to "Insider Only" access.

     

    Nice... and because I'm a sucker, I threw in a year of Wired for $5, total bill $8.50 (you can also throw in Maxim or a couple others for $5 as well)...

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