SageAgainstTheMachine
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LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it.
He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning.
Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something!
You never know!
Wait, what's his email address? Maybe if we carpet bomb him with emails, he might consider showing up for a game, eh?
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But Butler cosistently grades out highest out out everybody on the line......
Thank you! Brad Butler might be the best guy on our O-line. Last year, Butler started every game at right guard and allowed one, count em, one sack all year. Compare that to Jason Peters' six. And, I don't believe Butler has allowed one this year, either. On top of that, we tend to run for more yards per carry to the right than to the left. But, for whatever reason, we insist on pounding the left more often.
So why all the hating on Butler?
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I agree that the Broncos are rather overrated at this point. I think that if any team could be called the class of the AFC (besides us, of course), it would be the Titans. They very well might have the best defense in the NFL and now that they seem ready to move on without Vince Young as their starter, I see that offense improving by leaps and bounds, especially with the RB tandem of LenWhale White uber-fast rookie Chris Johnson.
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Well, we WERE going to finish 16-0 until you jinxed it and posted this thread.
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The crowd was absolutely nuts, especially during the 4th quarter. Despite all the moments that pretty much silenced the crowd (fumbles, interception, the Higgins TD, Evans' offensive pass interference), it sure got back into form toward the end.
I went to the game with my two brothers and my buddy (a Jets fan). Toward the end of the game, my buddy was chanting "Roscoe! Roscoe! Roscoe!" on Oakland's last punt and singing along to the Shout song on both of our TDs. After one game at Buffalo as a neutral party, I think he might have changed allegiances, he can't stop talking about the Bills.
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This is really awesome. I'm going to be at the game on Sunday (the first one for about two years for me, i've been in college in Ithaca for a while). I get to see the Bills crush da Raidas, Bruce Smith's induction on the Wall, AND throwbacks? I'm a lucky SOB eh?
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I do. The critisism on him is way overboard. Way way overboard.
I agree. Hochuli has been a referee for 17 years now, and is a very well respected one. Yes, he made a mistake, and it happened to be a crucial moment in the game. Referees are humans too and he is merely unlucky that his mistake occurred with 1 minute left in a tight game and not 1 minute left in a laugher. My question is this...how come when Hochuli blows a whistle on what he believed to be an incomplete pass (mostly because one of his fellow refs signaled incomplete), he gets torn to pieces, but if he had done something that happens more often like missing an obvious hold, people would be saying "well, they can't get them all right"?
Hochuli deserves criticism for this, but it was an honest mistake and nothing more. Those who send death threats to a man simply trying to do his job need to take a serious look in the mirror.
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I had to, I hope you understand....There was no passion like we should have before a game!!! Lets not take this team for granted! We're 2-0 and I don't want us getting lazy!!
GO BILLS!!!!!
Wow dude, awesome job on that. I think it's safe to say you had everybody fooled.
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Hey guys....
Hey idiot...You must be one of those really cool guys who stalks opposing teams' message boards and makes irrational claims just to get people aggravated. I hope I can be like you one day, really awesome and all. Why don't you entertain us for a moment and tell us one REAL reason the Raiders could possibly beat the Bills? Something actually football related, please.
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Kurt Warner, Kerry Collins, Frerotte, etc... It's sort of the trendy thing to do to start the "wise" veteran over the up and coming (yet wildly inconsistent youngster).
I don't think it's a bad move. Tarvaris is sort of JP-ish. He looks really good at times, but then he melts down when it comes time to completing a simple 3rd down out or screen pass....or he takes a horrible sack or something. He stinks in the red zone too (as of now).
But Warner and (to a lesser extent) Collins have both proven at some point in their careers that they can be effective. Frerotte has just never been impressive anywhere he went (7 teams in his career). I wouldn't criticize Childress for replacing Tarvaris with Warner or Collins. Frerotte, on the other hand, is just replacing mediocrity with more mediocrity.
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http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/...UnciatkEP7DhUsX
The Vikings seem to have hit the panic button and replaced starting QB Tarvaris Jackson with 37 year old veteran Gus Frerotte.
Now, don't get me wrong, Jackson has had an awful early career and there are A LOT of QBs I'd start over him, but Frerotte is not one of them. He was simply horrid last year replacing an injured Marc Bulger in St. Louis. In my opinion, if you've got two crappy QBs, might as well stick with the one who's young and has some upside.
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Like Warner having two of the best WR's in the NFL in both St. Louis and Arizona?
You really have to respect what Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin have done so far in their careers. Neither of them has above average speed and neither one is ridiculously tall (6-2 for Fitzy and 6-1 for Boldin) but theyre both incredible route runners and YAC machines who seem to have an insatiable desire to find the end zone.
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Can we please just blow up that part of the world....NOW
I hope, for your own sake, that you don't mean that.
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I think he's definitely underrated, even if it's just in the sense that nobody outside of Buffalo and South Carolina has probably ever heard of the guy. People tend to be aware of Whitner, but not Simpson. Not surprising, given Ko's injury trouble.
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If Shanahan went for the 2 in order to give San Diego a second chance, he ought to be fired on the spot. Coaches are paid to guide their teams toward wins no matter the circumstance.
But in any case, that's not what happened. Like a previous poster and Tuesday Morning Quarterback noted, the chances of scoring on a 2-point conversion are roughly 50-50. The chances of winning in overtime (especially when the teams are so evenly matched) are 50-50. Shanahan probably figured, "Why leave this game up to a coin toss?" Going for 2 in this situation doesn't decrease your odds of winning, it just makes it SEEM worse if you fail.
Congrats to Shanahan for having the cojones to do that. And furthermore, it's brave in another way. If you go for 2 and fail, the coach gets blamed. If you head to overtime and lose, the players get blamed. He was putting the onus on himself as head coach, something that many don't do because they are afraid of getting bashed in the media.
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Was it me or did it seem as though Stroud was being tackled or held each time he penetrated. There was one time in particular that he was behind both the center and guard but couldn't get to Garrad because the guard was holding his jersey and the center had his arms around his waist. Even Tasker "kind-of" mentioned it but not as if it was a penalty........... It just seemed like there was a lot of holding going on in the center of the line all day.
That definitely happened, but it was John McCargo not Marcus Stroud with the penetration on that play. Just thought I'd point that out to give credit where credit is due.
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Having grown up in Buffalo in the 40's thru the 70's there was always a good ethnic mix in the city.
The difference is that; you didn't have to speak Polish at Broadway/Fillmore, Italian on the West Side, Gaelic in S. Buffalo, Lackawanna -take your pick- etc. etc.
Anyone who immigrated to the USA - Buffalo included - could chose to speak English, or not. Many of the older people kept their "native" languages and we're still all OK. I've been gone a long time and don't know if WWOL is still around but it used to be almost all Polish and that was OK.
The problem arises when you have a group of immigrants who insist on special treatment such as all the bi-lingual programs etc., all at tax payer expense.
If anyone wants to live here they need to either learn the language or have their kids translate for them. The Government has no obligation to make sure everyone understands what's going on. No matter where in the world you live, you either learn enough of the language to survive or suffer the consequences.
But isn't that one of the things that's supposed to make America great? We don't leave any of our people high and dry just because of their circumstances. We're supposed to me a melting pot, but so many people are interested in forcing all to speak the same tongue. Like I said, America does NOT have an official national language. Who's to say that English is any more deserving than Spanish to be our language of choice? In a few years time, that question may have to be seriously answered. Ideally, we might find ourselves in a similar situation to Canada, where things are simply printed in English and French.
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Dammit, I wanted to stay in the AFC East this season, I liked the easy schedule.
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The funny part is, this wasn't part of some stupid elaborate celebration, like the flip he did in that high school game. I wouldn't classify this one as cocky so much as it was just really really dumb.
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If they would speak English as a first language we wouldn't have to worry about it.
That is not my point. I'm saying that you don't know what it feels like to have people criticize you for not fluently knowing a second language. A language is a very difficult thing to learn, especially if you start as an adult.
Why are they responsible for learning English and being able to communicate with us and not the other way around? I believe that Spanish speakers making a concerted effort to learn English would be positive for our society. But English speakers have to take the exact same step and learn Spanish. We shouldn't be espousing a double standard like this, particularly with the changing landscape of American demographics.
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I am not against immigration and I think that the hispanic population is important to the fabric of our country. I do, however, feel strongly that the citizens (and non-citizens who are not here legally) of this country speak the native language.
The United States of America has no official language. The Hispanic people of this nation have the right to speak THEIR native language in both social and professional situations. By law, their children have the right to be taught in Spanish as well. Research shows that by the year 2030, whites will no longer be a majority in this country. In other words, there may come a time when you have to defend your own right to speak English. Would you appreciate it if Hispanic people tried to strong-arm you into speaking Spanish?
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blasphemy, you just compared us
and the Patriots 
I desire only repentance after this mortal sin. How many Hail Marys do I say?
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I think that some interesting comparisons can be made between the Bills of this year and the Patriots of 2001, a team that many have probably forgotten was very respectable and a great underdog story.
We both have the young quarterback who didn't do much in college but who seems to have the "it" factor, a guy who doesn't raise too many eyebrows with the casual NFL fan but who plays with great efficiency and rarely makes the big mistake.
We both have solid defenses that don't have any superstars but who quitely do their jobs day in and day out. The New England secondary was decimated by the end of that season and anonymous guys just stepped up. To the average fan, it doesn't get too much more anonymous than Jabari Greer and Ko Simpson.
We both won't be lighting up the highlight reel with a 45 point victory (besides maybe against the Chefs), but we'll (hopefully) continue to win games the entire way through due to good focus and camaraderie.
The hallmark of Belichick's defenses, dating back to 2001 is using confusion to intimidate the opposition. I saw alot of that in Week 1, not so much in Week 2, but don't be surprised if we return to using The Creep during the rest of the season.
I know it's not a perfect comparison, but I think it's legit nonetheless. Any thoughts?
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People who suppose they can determine what makes a "real" fan.
Oh come on, you're telling me you don't get annoyed by front running fans who notice we're 2-0 after picking up a paper Monday morning and then start saying "We look pretty good this season", even though they probably can't name any more than 5 starters? That's not a real fan, sir.
Wanna make yourself depressed?
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