May Day 10

The issues are: They are/were capped for season tickets and have a waiting list Unsure if the renewal period is over, but there is that. Then season ticket holders will go through the process of relocation options Then the waiting list will be accessed in order to grab the remaining seats from the relocations. So it is impossible to know which seats will be available. So you can put down the deposit and jump on the waiting list. Either grab whatever seats are available when it is your turn.... or probably opt to wait a year. The following year you may be toward the front of the line. I have Sabres ST and I also have 2 on the waiting list. I come up every year.... now right away... but nothing tickles my fancy yet. Its mostly picked through.

I dont think football is a good fit for an analytics-driven organization. An analytics department might be good. Can add a lot of information, but ultimately, football has a miniscule sample space compared to the other sports. 16 games... 12 for NCAA. In NCAA you have a number of mis-matches in any given season. You also often need to compare players from very different conferences/levels. Unlike other sports, you are drafting guys directly to your pro roster. There is also quite a bit of 'situational' variables like 'garbage time', maybe the player is banged up. Maybe his match-up was banged-up, etc. Then you have the all-important personality issues. Is the player going to get pulled over with drugs and a gun before camp? Is the player smart enough? Will he grasp the NFL? Is he too smart where he is going to figure out he should retire after a year or two? If I were Pegula/Brandon... I would put most of the analytics eggs into cap and roster management. Historical NFL cross sections on age, roster makeup, production, % of the cap, bonuses, etc. That is where its at

Standing is way better imo. It's a classy look

Zootopia was good

Well. I'll be rooting for him. Class guy

The Jerk maybe Pee Wee's Big Adventure Agreed. The Stand is my favorite book. Its amazing However, the TV series was kind of hokey. They stuck to the source material much better than usual with Stephen King... but network TV really had to tone a lot of it down and they didn't get into most of the Societal aspect that really makes the book so good.

200 level. There is a reason those are the most expensive seats. It is the best vantage point. 100 level, while cool to be that close is very spotty on viewing. If you need to go 100 level... behind the net as close as possible, or if you are on the sides, go higher up. Many spots you will end up watching 1/2 of the game on the jumbotron and/or hurting your neck looking to one side. FYI there is only 1 game left.

Haha. He got me. I like Sullivan. I think he is very talented as a sportswriter. Every 'big league' sports town needs someone in his role

There is really nothing there that cant be satisfied by a cheaper and nicer state of the art downtown convention center (other than "motocross" and the Big10 Championship). IMO, you have a new convention center, nice arena, AAA ballpark, and a nice brick and mortar amphitheater.... it is perfect and can host nearly everything all year around. These things would be much more cost effective and wiser than a football stadium I just cant see a new football-size stadium attracting anything worthwhile and adding to the downtown-proper. Maybe a hope and a prayer wrestlemania or a long-shot Final 4. Both 1-shot. There arent many stadium music tours to make it worthwhile.... and we just aren't going to draw people for any type of NCAA Football on any regular basis. Those low-level bowl games cant even draw flies in the hot-beds. As far as price goes.... be a competitive team and feel free to double my price. My Sabres season tickets have about doubled in less than 10 years and I dont feel slighted or that I lost ownership of the seats. In fact, I already renewed for next season. If the Sabres were playing in the Aud, Id pay quadruple.

IF they finish last in 2016... can you really say that and believe it? Last place with cap issues? Yet one more glaring error in head coach? I hope they do well as I do every season. If they fall back though... they obviously need an outside/experienced builder to right the ship. The Brandon-Nix-Whaley era would have produced nothing.

We'll see. If they finish last... then I guess they need to choose. Give it another year... or finally blast out the lines and get serious about building a winning football program here.

Ideally, I'd say a good and meaningful Reno of rws. Use dollars to build a downtown convention center and also a brick and mortar amphitheater. Those features would bring way more people downtown

the Super Bowl is not coming to Buffalo maybe a college bowl game, but 12,000 people would attend and it would 'feature' teams such as Rice vs UConn Wrestlemania and Final Four are possible one-off gets Possibly they could snipe a Syracuse or Penn State vs Notre Dame neutral site game (one time) and it would be a pretty big event.

I have said it before, but Buffalo does not have the clientele for all the Bells and Whistles a shiny/sterile new facility offers for high prices. Buffalo fans are there mainly for football. Winning would/could move the pricing much more than a new dome stadium would. We have a great stadium and experience that fans of other teams rave about/envy. To be honest, if you take this team and their 17-20 year playoff drought and counting, plop them into a shiny facility and ask me for double the money or more.... and I'm out. Show me some MEANINGFUL games for ONE TIME, and my metal bleacher seat and Ill gladly pay more. I am sure the Pegulas/other parties are taking that into account. Its not like we have 500,000 high rollers living in $1,000,000 condos piled on top of one another in downtown proper. Also, no matter how many times people say it, a downtown football stadium DOES NOT do anything to reinvigorate a city. Many studies plainly show this. I have attempted to list the events a new facility would hold downtown and it barely gets to 20/year including UB Football. We will see. It is obvious that this will not be addressed, at least publicly in the near-term. Around 2020, we may be hearing what preparations are being done for the next lease. The local economy, state of the NFL, etc could be different at that point as it is now. IMO the best of all worlds is a segmented major renovation to the current stadium done over the course of a few offseasons in order to not displace the Bills. Would/may have to start September completely on the road. Give the current fan base enough perks, maybe jazz up the suites and clubs. Hell, add on seats. Keep the place going for 100 years. Its good enough for Lambeau, Arrowhead, Wrigley, Fenway, etc. Would like a unique, old stadium instead of Ford Field 6.0

I also wouldnt put much stock into Mara's veiled language about the Bills in WNY. IMO he is just speaking out of habit. Its like someone who has been dealt pocket Aces 12 hands in a row and suddenly didn't get that deal this time. It is an interesting dynamic that many saw when Pegula bought the team. Pegula doesnt have it in him to hold the city for ransom. He also has financial stake and also 5-10 years of putting out an image of "great guy/family". Then you have the bloodthirsty owners. On the other hand, will the state/county really bargain in good faith if Pegula isnt threatening? We also have the Delaware North angle

This sums up my feelings.

Before any of these decisions are made, I would like to see this franchise resemble a living, breathing NFL franchise and end this experience of futility that has nearly passed the point of statistical impossibility. If this team can go on a roll for a few years... not even Super Bowl. Just something like the Pittsburgh Pirates. A top 5-8 team in the league, playoffs, a few home playoff games where the crowd/city is put on display with an amazing atmosphere. They will be able to raise the price of tickets pretty steadily with the current setup.

I loved the guy. Very sad to hear the news today.

"pray and desire" gag

I really like the Astros to take another step.

Bennett isn't really that good

Word. It's always been so critical for them to get home field to play playoff games in the palace of cheating. 4 games without Brady hurts that

I have had an authentic Philly Cheesesteak with Cheese Whiz and it was wonderful

This "joke" is so played out and not relevant. I have lived both places and both cities have wonderful things to offer, as well as drawbacks. Also, how is Lake Erie 35 miles from Buffalo?

I think the larger problem is the management/program managing. The topics and format is so tired. I believe something like 200 days in the past 4 years the entire show has been dedicated to the Bills QB situation. Every show: Bulldog takes the side most in line with the fans, Schopp take the other side/unpopular opinion, take callers (the same rotation of callers I dont care to hear from). Please, cover other stuff... and circle back to the Buffalo teams. I would be interested in hearing about other local sports.... even non-local. Discuss MLB (other than any "hot" topic that is top news that day). Discuss NBA (im not even a fan). It would be so refreshing. Beating the Sabres and Bills to dust makes for terrible programming. IMO this was one of the things that made Empire Sports and WNSA so great. It would cover a much wider variety of things, and you would look forward to them hitting the Bills and Sabres. Now it is like eating nothing but one flavor ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 10 straight years.