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When is the lottery going to be held anyway? And will it even be televised?

Yeah my heart bleeds for them.

What I want to know is why there are 48 balls in the lottery. It seems to me that about half the teams in the league should have NO chance, even a 1/48 chance, of landing Crosby. It's a travesty to me that the Red Wings have a ball in the lottery. That the Avs have a ball. That the Stars have a ball. And so on. The only teams who should be in the lottery at ALL are the ten or so teams with the worst records over the last three or four years.

Well, the league tried to keep Gil Perreault in Canada, too, but fortunately Punch Imlach wasn't buying it. Story

The day they drop the puck is the day I believe it.

This was the game with the bogus call on Pat Toomay, right? Where he recovered a fumble deep in Miami territory but the refs ruled it not a fumble and then added a 15-yard penalty on Toomay for arguing the call? The 1970s version of "Just Give It To 'Em," as I recall.

Yeah they should bring back a guy who would have missed a Stanley Cup final game in 1998 because he set his wedding date without looking at the hockey schedule, or worse, didn't think it would matter. That was real leadership.

I don't.

Is that a chicken bone in his hand or is he just happy to see them?

And yet you forgot two of the best... "And what in the world ever became of sweet Jane She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same Livin' on reds, vitamin C and cocaine And all her friends can say is ain't it a shame Truckin' Up to Buffalo Been thinkin' You got to mellow slow Takes time You pick a place to go And just keep truckin' on..." -- Grateful Dead "Now when your mother sends back all your invitations And your father to your sister he explains That you're tired of yourself and all of your creations Won't you come see me, Queen Jane? Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?" -- Bob Dylan

Well, I was watching Animal House later last night on AMC, and when Flounder "shoots" the horse, Bluto and D-Day rush in, and Bluto utters those famous lines that we all remember from the movie: "Oh my God! I don't believe it!"

How will you recognize her at the restaurant?

John Avery. Just another example of Pork-Faced Satan's brilliance.

It was a punt return and Brown tried to step away from the oncoming Tasker. Usually that first step of his eluded most gunners, but Tasker reached out and swiped Brown's legs out from under him, leaving him sitting on the turf looking at Tasker. Immediately, Brown pointed at Tasker as if to say "Hell of a play." And it was; it was one of my three favorite Tasker stops of all time. The other two were: 1. Against Atlanta, Deion fielded a kick and started running upfield. As he and Tasker converged, a blocker knocked Steve down and Deion high-kicked and tried to jump over both of them. Suddenly a hand reached up, grabbed Deion's ankle, and yanked him down to the ground. Tasker. 2. Against the Rams in the '91 season opener, Vernon Turner fielded the opening kickoff and BAM! Tasker came out of nowhere and knocked him into November. Turner flew a good ten yards backwards. I know this is a Tim Brown thread but I don't mind turning it into a Bills thread.

Yes, but I'll bet the game the next week more than made up for it.

I have been to away games at the Meadowlands, FedEx Field (or whatever they call the 'Skins' place now), and Texas Stadium. Also an away preseason game at Arrowhead when I happened to be in KC at the same time. I was spit on at the Meadowlands. In fairness, I invited it. That was the game in '91 when Thurman scored on the last play of the game to win it. I stood up, turned around, and raised my fists in the air, proudly displaying my Bills shirt. I sat down and my buddy (a Jets fan) was sitting there with his head in his hands mumbling "I can't believe you turned around." That's when the saliva arrived, and my poor buddy got some of it too. The Redsucks game was the one where Flutie had a great game and we stomped them 34-17 or something. There were Bills fans everywhere. Bills fans in front of us. Bills fans behind us. Bills fans on either side. We high-fived throughout the game and by the fourth quarter, only Bills fans were left. It felt like a home game. The Cowboys game was that horrible debacle a couple of years ago. All I have to say is that Texas Stadium is a dump. Arrowhead, in '95, was actually filled to capacity in a PRE-SEASON game (maybe that's the same one LewPort went to). 75,000 people wearing red. As my wife and I walked through the parking lot, a heavyset middle-aged woman in Chiefs garb saw my Bills shirt and flipped me the bird. I wanted to lie on the ground holding my head and say "Hey, who am I? I'm Joe Montana. Get it?"

Is that your wife's car in the driveway?

True. Comerica Park isn't up in Detroit yet, for example, but that means Tiger Stadium still is. Go take a look there.

Hopefully it stays free. I'm having fun finding stadiums and airports around the country freehand (without looking them up). If you go to Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta and head for the international terminal you can see a big 747 taxiing and almost make out the name on the fuselage. Amazing.

Nope, it hasn't bumped me off yet. It's an old (pre-new turf) pic of the Ralph. Pretty cool though. If you go up to the Falls you can see the Maid of the Mist right in front of the Horseshoe Falls. I can see the basketball net in my backyard. Pretty cool... but also kind of creepy. I can also see Jay and Rockpile walking into Nick's!

good lord. my day is shot.

Be safe, Nick and the rest of the British TBD contingent. We'll say a prayer for you and yours.

That's probably true about the broken noses, but I still stand by my contention that you're more likely to have your career ended by an implement of baseball than by one of soccer.