TheBrownBear
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I'll say last year's victory over the Pats.
I was at the comeback, 51-3, and the Miami snow game, and yes, they were all a blast.
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Perfect penalty in my opinion. Effectively kills the football program for a decade while minimizing the collateral damage to the community (local business) and other school sports programs. And by vacating the wins, Paterno's legacy is demolished in one swift blow.
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Where did you see him? My only time seeing him live was at UB, Fallfest...opening up for Cindy Lauper of all things...IIRC Black Uhuru and Yelloman were also on the bill.
Hah! That's the one. My Mom was a UB student at the time and we all rolled out to campus.
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Late 80s in was living in Poughkeepsie and SRV came to play in the local civic center. The place was small to begin with, plus for some reason hardly anyone showed up. We had tickets in the 2nd row and moved to the first. At one point Stevie came to the edge of the stage, sat down with his legs hanging over and played from there. The small crowd of people up front just kind of politely gathered around him while he was playing and he was just shooting the **** with us between songs. Was the most amazing concert experience I ever had. SRV RIP
that's awesome. SRV was my first concert ever. My parents took me when I was 4 years old. I still remember sitting on my Dad's shoulders to catch a glimpse of Stevie.
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Front row of the pit for Radiohead @ the santa barbara bowl in 2001 (amnesiac tour). Could literally reach out and touch Ed and Thom. Since Radiohead is my alltime favorite band, that was obviously an awesome night that I'll never forget.
Same spot for Janes Addiction that same year.
Sporting event-wise is probably the lower/floor student seating for UCLA basketball. Our teams were mostly disappointing during my time there, but I did get to see baron davis do some absolutely freakish things on the court.
Been to tons of lakers/clippers/kings games in a private box at staples. Not the greatest 'seats' but I sure did enjoy the unlimited heinekins and buffalo wings.
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I'll be shocked if he plays 8 games. My guess is he breaks down again sometime early in the season and he ends up with an injury settlement. I hope I'm wrong, but this is what his history tells me.
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Epic comeback post by the OP.
Sorry for your loss.
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There is no requirement to be a Buffalo guy, and guys that make lists are suspect
*Thumbs up*
Also hope that being a homophobe isn't a requirement of being a "Buffalo guy."
I'll say a Buffalo guy is any man who was born, raised, or otherwise lived in the city of Buffalo; loves the city despite it's faults and is PROUD to call himself a Buffalonian; and treats all of his neighbors with the respect they deserve. That's a "Buffalo Guy" to me.
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Finish .500 or better in the division. Pull that off and we should see a minimum of 9 overall victories.
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You know what the best part is? The Bills have EARNED these articles. We are now actually doing something instead of TALKING about it. We now have one of the top 2 DL's (#1 if you ask me) in the entire NFL. Our secondary was good and will now be great with the pass rush. LB's are playing in their natural spots and assuming natural roles for them.
I see 11 wins this year baring injury.
I'm a natural pessimist, but I have to say that ON PAPER our defensive line and secondary are SICK! Based on those two units alone I expect us to be a top-10 defense. Not crazy about the linebackers though. None of those guys cover much ground.
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If we can avoid the catastrophic injuries we suffered last season, there's no way we shouldn't win at least 9 games. Our success all really rests on whether or not Fitz can maintain a solid level of play over a 16 game schedule. Last year's second half slide has me a bit concerned in that regard. Was it the injuries or is Fitz just mediocre?
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I don't find anything to disagree with in this post.
Putting kids in front of a TV all day would be worse in many ways. Hell, I think we're halfway there as it is.
Yes, kids are hurt in a myriad of ways every day. But football is different in that those low-impact, repetitive collisions are unique to that game alone. Fall off a bike once, see stars and maybe you walk the bike home and recoup. See stars in a football game, sit out a play, and get back in. In both examples a concussive event occurred.
It may seem trivial at this time, but as the body of evidence continues to pour in on the effects these injuries have on young, developing brains especially, it's going to give more and more parents pause. Not because they're being unreasonably over-protective but rather because they will have previously unavailable information to inform their decisions.
Somebody upthread mentioned the impact it will have on programs getting insured in the future. Litigious factors are simply a reality in a multi-billion dollar business.
Add it all up and you have a predictable cultural shift in the game in the future. That and the fact that helmets can't do anything to prevent a concussion are the only two points I've ever tried to make regarding this discussion. The last thing I wanted it to be is a referendum on parenting. But as a parent, I think it's unfair to judge other parents in this regard. There simply isn't a manual for the job. You'll realize that when you have your own.
GO BILLS!!!
Great post! As a parent, this just about sums it up. Thank you for this.
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I was four when my father and uncle took me to my first game. It was October 1983, a Monday night game against the Jets in which we were blown out. I don't recall much, bu I remember was walking into the stadium and seeing the field under the lights for the first time. My Dad said I fell asleep sometime in the second quarter and then he carried me back to the car sometime late in the third.
My Mom was pissed to high hell when we got home...lol. She had no clue we were going to the game. She was working late that night and my Dad just left her a note that my uncle had a couple extra tickets and that he was dragging me along. I guess he couldn't find a babysitter at that late notice.
We became season ticket holders in the family section in 1987 and attended every game through the mid-90's. So, I was eight when I really started to attend the games and I remember loving every second of it. Definitely old enough at that point to follow the games passionately and I wasn't intimidated or afraid of the crowd element.
I'm not sure when I'd take my own son to an NFL game. I took him to a Padres game here in SD when he was about a year old and all he wanted to do was run around at the park behind the bleacher seats. He had fun but it's a totally different atmosphere than an NFL game. His first real football game will probably be at the Rose Bowl in a couple of years to check out his Dad's UCLA Bruins. Outside of the student section, it's a much more collegial atmosphere and he's not likely to see the drunken tomfoolery or hear the kind of racy language he'd be exposed to at an NFL game.
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I disagree with you about the risk of injury is greater in Rugby than American Football. Every sport has some risk. Hell even walking has risk. If you don't want any risk then don't play any sports. Here is where I am different from probably many parents on this board. I think America is ridiculous with how they try to make everything sanitized and risk free. I personally like a little risk, it makes life more exciting. Life is risky, life on this planet always ends in death so no matter how safe you are, your going to die one day anyways. No exceptions.
So I have always let my kids play sports that they chose. My daughter rode horses and got thrown off a few times. My son played soccer, football and lacrosse and didn't get injured at all. The only concussion my son received was when a mentally challenged kid who didn't know his own strength and size hit my son over the head with a stick. So if you want to live life in a sterile vacuum let society continue the way it is. Pretty soon everyone will be vacuum sealed in their livingroom living life via machines. Kinda like a few movies and books that have been written on the topic.
It's not about the random risks that are associated with any activity. The problem with football is that, due to the repetitive contact that is inherent in the sport, there really is no way to educate people about the risks in a way that they can prevent or limit their risk of suffering these head injuries. The game itself must be changed to eliminate these kind of collisions. Maybe this can be done by eliminating helmets and having the linemen stand at the line of scrimmage...I don't know.
As far as the ethical questions and/or helicopter parenting, I frankly don't care what grown men choose to do with their bodies/minds. Once you are an adult you can make the choice to inflict the type of punishment upon yourself that football brings with it. But, with the scientific knowledge that is now available to us with regards to football and CTE, I don't see how in good conscience you can allow your child to be exposed to that environment.
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I have a son and there is no way I will allow him to play football, at least as it exists in its present format. There's plenty of other sports/team activities that he can engage in that don't carry the same risk of devastating injury.
As a fan, I used to love the big hits in football. But with what we've learned over the past few years with regards to CTE, I'm finding the idea of being a fan of the game less and less enjoyable. I think football, as it is currently constituted, is fundamentally flawed and will ultimately become a marginalized sport over the next twenty years. There's more than just the helmet issue too. For instance, the repetitive, seemingly innocuous, line-of-scrimmage impacts between linemen are also showing to be a contributing factor to CTE. Remove the big guys and you're left with a professional flag football passing league.
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On the field only...
1) Thomas
2) Reed
3) Kelly
4) B. Smith
5) Moulds
Was/is a big fan of both Travis Henry and Fred Jackson. Two tough dudes.
Born in '79, so no frame of reference prior to the '85 season.
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San Diego, CA...via Depew, NY
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Call me once we've added some real NFL linebackers.
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I liked Florence and think he will be missed. Good luck to him. I hope he finds a good situation.
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But people need to know that 90 percent of all people who die by suicide have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death (most often depression or bipolar disorder). Just as people can die of heart disease or cancer, people can die as a consequence of mental illness. Try to bear in mind that suicide is almost always complicated, resulting from a combination of painful suffering, desperate hopelessness and underlying psychiatric illness.
This.
To call it a selfish act shows a real lack of empathy. Like you said, 90% of the time these are very sick people who see no way out of their situations. A few years back I experienced a prolonged period of major depression (which I mostly successfully hid from my loved ones) that had me on the precipice of taking my own life. I had made up my mind to do it on the way home from grad school one night, when I happened to run into a friend on the way to the subway. After spending some time with them, I felt just well enough to stay here for one more day. That was the one extra day I needed to come clean with my family and finally ask for help. You literally can't see the forest for the trees when you're effected by mental illness. And I think it's definitely harder for men to seek help. We are raised not to show weakness - mentally or physically. When you're suffering and you're programmed not to seek help, sometimes taking your life can seem like the only solution.
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Disingenuous? Unlike you, I've followed Corps career because I follow USC. Unlike you, I watched the game he played against UW and followed his progress. He was a dual threat QB who couldn't compete at USC and was average at Richmond. His biggest accomplishment was beating out Mitch Mustain who was another overhyped bust at Arkansas/USC. So you shouldn't be commenting on a guy who you just heard of because that's the definition of disingenuous.
Corp is a dud. It wasn't injuries that set him back. He just sucked when given the opportunity at USC. I remember him handing that game to UW. No way he makes this team.
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I think comparing Bledsoe to McNabb is a good comparison.
Some sort of semi-dominant QB play. Same ability to get to Conference Championships and SBs but not win.
Same late career bouncing around and failing.
I don't think either QB is a HOFer.
Perfect comparison actually.
Hell, I think Marino is overrated too. He put up some ridiculous numbers at the very start of his career, but he never put any fear into me after, say, 1987 or so.
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8 REC for 75 yards (1 TD) in the first game and 3 for 85 yards in the second game (both losses) is how we as Bills fans define OWNING a player? Seem like pretty average days for a WR to me.
If you were to project that over a 16 game schedule, you end up with 88 rec. for 1280/yds, and 14.5 ypc. Keep in mind this is against the undisputed number one cover corner in the NFL. Not sure if that's owning Revis, but it's pretty darn good - and it's solid evidence of Stevie being worthy of the #1 receiver moniker.
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What about Jerome Simpson? I know it sounds crazy at first blush but the guy only got 15 days and 3 years probation: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/jerome-simpson-jail-sentence-15-days_n_1407400.html At the end of the day, he's apparently not gonna be suspended for as long as you'd think because he was conviucted of drug possession not distribution. Found one source who claims it might only be 4 game suspension. Simpson is a quality, YOUNG, player who might be forced to sign an incentive-laden contract witgh plenty of protections for the team who signs him. Is he a bonehead, sure. However, with probation he's gotta be a good boy or else. Imagine Smpsdon coming in as our number 3 WR behind Stevie and Floyd in week 8 (gotta give him time to get into plying safe). Some might argue that he's a safer signing than taking a player who is coming off of serious injures... Now take your shots!
And the Buffalo area could always use another quality chronic distributor.
Bills Release Merriman!
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He's washed up and didn't fit the scheme. Never should have signed him, but the Bills were beggars at the time.