May Day 10

Yeah^ They have done nothing to convince me anything is different or competent.

I dont think they really take tailgating into account. For downtown, it comes down to space/land, as well as moving that many people in and out. As well as infrastructure.

I think this is just the natural progression of things and part of getting older. You have seen nearly everything. Seasons, champions, players, etc come and pass seemingly overnight. You get to a point where you are older than most/all athletes. With that said too, things arent as good as 'in my day' which my dad used to try to tell me and I scoffed at it. Im sure his dad told him that, and I tell my kid that too.

Give me some renderings!

UB to the SEC next? Really though, I dont like this. I dont like change. I enjoy the distinct conferences with their own flavors... It figures we finally get the NCAA video game again and the structure of college football is going to be ruined

I get that public needs to kick in, but $1.5 billion at 100% seems like it isn't even in good faith

ESPN is a victim of the internet and saturation of sports TV and other media.

Its bad decisions, not the 2013-2015 'tank'. There is also a culture of losing There are also bad attitudes. There are terrible hires and people with no business in their positions (Adams) Many things combined to make this the worst-run pro sports organization. How come the Astros dont have a 'culture of losing'? Nothing will be fixed until it is fixed. Adams has accomplished nothing but steward one of the worst seasons (again) in franchise history. He failed to anything with goaltending, they had none under contract a little while ago, and signed a 40 year old (I had no idea he was still in the NHL), and a complete nobody sharing a name with the Kingdom on Frozen, both for the league minimum. The organization has 2 modes under Pegula: Go for it at all costs and waste all the cap and burn through assets.... or tear it all down until you hit magma. There is no in between because Pegula is a simpleton and running the show.

I think a lot of it is the mixing of Hatfield's voice and how synthesized it sounds... as well as that little tail-thing he does after words sounds really hokey nowadays.

Yeah, Im a Nirvana guy, but it isn't aging particularly well. Alice In Chains on the other hand is absolutely brilliant and gets better and better.

I was never a huge fan, but it seemed cool at the time, but Metallica studio tracks haven't aged too well IMO.

I drop my kids off at school in niagara County and can see the Toronto skyline clear as day, including the rogers centre/skydome.

The Cowboys are, mainly because they were the only team televised Nationally for awhile and were also really good during that time period. Many people around in their 50s, 60s and 70s right now are Cowboys fans due to that exposure. Itll really fade over the next couple decades though. Especially since they have been groping around for a long time with little success. The Packers is a good one. Besides people in maybe Chicago and Minnesota, I dont think many people really dislike the Packers. A lot of people probably pull for them over other, more 'metropolitan' teams. They have a pretty long and wholesome history, and kicked off the Superbowl era.

After digesting it for a few days, it's not bad. It's jarring for a name change, especially in baseball where you have had teams named the same thing for over 100 years. But guardians is very similar in cadence to Indians. The C letter mark, which I assume will be the primary logo and on the hat, is an improvement over the drab block C they currently use. The color scheme and aesthetics are basically the same. In 2 years, nobody will notice the difference or care

I don't care how they feel or their views. I dont base our players on that at all. But stop being a distraction, getting in the news and swatting the hornet's nest. Its one of the few things that can really derail this team this season.

Call me crazy, but the Big 12 would be a good landing spot for USC, UCLA, and/or Colorado (if they are hell bent on leaving the Pac 12).

I dont like it

So I wonder if the Pac 12 lost those teams if it would go for Boise St, SD St, San Jose State, Nevada? Sounds like a mess.

Its interesting, I wonder where the next dominoes will come from, whether it is the Big 10 making a play for a few teams, or if the Big 12 goes for American teams like Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis, Boise, etc. I also wonder if this could be the thing that could possibly inspire UB to move up into the American or CUSA, depending on how the map looks. With that said, it would be likely CUSA and the American would be diminished into nearly mid-major status anyway.

I dont believe Ontario is Bills country. There are fans from many different teams. A lot of people from there root for the Bills and go to games though. I do think that if the Bills sustain some success here, people of Southern Ontario/Toronto will identify more with the Bills Erie PA is a good swing position between Bills/Browns/Steelers. Central NY about Syracuse is too

Belichick was a defensive coordinator in 1986 and 1990, no?

Moats

Wilson didnt insert the NRA fee amount. That side of the negotiation would be pressed by the county. That would be like negotiating for higher rates on your car. The Bills ask for money, the County/State demands more assurance. What happened, was Wilson passed before the paint was dry on the renovations, creating a daunting lame duck period for an out-of-town owner, or a pricey buyout to be combined with relocation fees, new facility, and purchase price. The most important factor in the Bills remaining in Buffalo is/was the existence of Terry Pegula and his financial situation. Wilson always said the Bills would be sold to the highest bidder, and that they were. The perfect storm of the timing of his death created an ideal situation that didnt make this thing overly appealing for out-of-town bidders. Had he passed away in 2008, 2011, or 2020, it would have been a much different story. Without Pegula, who knows? Wilson never moved the team, and good on him. I do think over the years he was wasnt wired to make a huge splash and up-front financial commitment it would take to relocate an NFL team. Instead of dealing with a brand new stadium and forking over relocation fees, he seemed content to just collect his yearly profit and watch the team value increase steadily.

Pretty much this. Everyone talks about it and posts threads on football message boards, and a fellow baseball coach asked me what I thought about it yesterday. I watch zero MMA, nor care much at all. The only name I recognize if Conor McGregor.

Like most people, there is both good and bad with Ralph Wilson. I appreciate that he is the founder of the Bills... and by all measures, the team remained here for 50+ years of his ownership and still remains. Great sports-businessman and a 'founder' of the true NFL. The AFL story is a great one. Also appreciative of the philanthropic contributions to the community. As far as putting a winner on the field though, he was not a great owner for that. If we had to endure another 10-20 years of how the team was run from about 2004-2013, then why bother? Results on the field were often held back due to Wilson's personal involvement. When they were humming under Polian, wilson put a stick in the spokes, then again under Butler. Late 60s through the 70s were also really bad. I truly believe Wilson had figured/planned on the Bills getting sold to Ted Rogers and moved to Toronto upon his passing. The Toronto series was basically a dry run and showcase for the city of Toronto. I don't think it was ill intent by Wilson, just the logical direction everything was pointing. Rogers, though had passed away earlier than expected, his family kind of a mess, and the pricing structure and irrelevance of the Bills hurt the optics of the Toronto series. We also got very fortunate the Bills were able to remain with the perfect-storm timing of the new lease, NRA, and Mr. Wilson's death. That along with Pegula coming onto the scene as a guy with like $7 Billion, much liquid and loving sports and Buffalo made it virtually impossible for an outside interest to buy and move the team (and build a stadium elsewhere). Overall, I look at it like the Bills are a thing I love. Wilson is the father of the Bills, and they are still here. As much as I sounded off on Wilson during the whole Russ Brandon pretend-GM era, I view him in a positive light.