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I haven't really posted much since the mid to late 90's when I found the first incarnation of TBD and I was on here as OrlandoBillzGuy. These days I'm too busy so I lurk more than I post. However, I had to sign in and thank you for this one, Promo. I literally laughed out loud and nearly sprayed all over my control surface in the process. That was mint!

Most people who've worked for Carm feel the same way regardless of whether it was at Devaney's, or Friendly Confines 1, 2. or 3. The Jordan's are good people for sure.

Hahaha. Carm will love to hear he got some love here and it wasn't even me this time. I'll add that depending on where you are there are other Bills friendly Friendly Confines that may be closer to where you are staying.

As an audio post production proefessional I have access to some of the higher end gear for that kind of transfer. I actually considered it a time or two in the past. However, the tape was not a virgin tape when the game was recorded. I suspect my buddy's mom had been using it to tape her "stories." It is probably about the same video quality as the signal some saw with their rabbit ear antennas back in the day. At this point it just has sentimental value. I smile every time I come across it, with it's faded sticker and my step mother's handwriting labeling it "Stupid Bills Game." She was a Miami fan and she labeled it that way one day when I suspect she was looking to find a tape to record an episiode of M*A*S*H or something.

Thank you! Just got chills all over again. That is the best lunch break I've had in a while.

Thank you. I too would give almost anything to have a copy of that call myself. I still have my vhs copy that I had a friend record for me. Even though I haven't had a VHS player in more than a decade I have not been able to throw it out.

News today of Van Miller being inducted on to the Wall of Fame this season led me to think back on all the amazing games he called. This led me to start thinking about how I could use the Bills schedule for the last 30 years to recall where I was and what was going on in my life at that point in time. The one that stood out the most as I reminisced was “The Comeback.” I was listening in the tiny living room of my second apartment, just off Main St., in the small western New York village of Livonia. In retrospect, I would not have had it any other way... Despite the fact the game was blacked out, my pre-game ritual was completed without a second thought. Chips and dip were spread out on the coffee table in the hideous ceramic sombrero serving dish, along with veggies, cheese, and sliced pepperoni. I had a can of beer at the ready as Van started the broadcast with “Fasten your seat belts, its playoff time” As soon as I heard the kick-off, I popped the tab. The next hour was painful to listen to as Miller calmly, almost dejectedly, described the scene, as Warren Moon shredded our defense. I listened in quiet shock as Miller made the call of Haywood Jeffires’ touchdown with less than 20 seconds left in the first half. 28-3, bad guys. The bright little Christmas tree still sat in the corner of the living room in stark contrast with my dark mood as I looked out the window at the grey sky. In what was likely a profanity laced tirade, I responded to the call as Kenny Davis nearly fumbled away the ensuing kick-off. My fiancee, completely over this experience at this point, had gone to the bedroom to gather laundry. As she walked back into the room she tried to convince me to turn it off and hang out with her at the laundry mat, where I could relax and finish the Dean Koontz book I was reading. Just like any other Bills addict, I wasn’t having any. I rationalized “I just want to see if they can make a game of it. It can’t get any worse, right?” I helped carry the laundry over and ran back to the apartment, cutting through snow covered yards. I jiggled the key in the lock and walked through the door just in time to hear Miller announce Bubba McDowell’s interception return of Frank Reich on the Bills first possession of the 2nd half. You could hear the silence in the stadium through the broadcast. John Murphy, who was the color analyst at the time, added insult to injury as he informed all of us listeners, that in addition to Jim Kelly being out with a knee injury, the hip pointer that had been bothering Thurman Thomas for a few weeks had caused him to be removed from the game. “Couldn’t get any worse, huh? Maybe I should have just stayed at the laundry mat,” I muttered to myself. As I listened on, unable to turn away, and waiting desperately for something good to happen, Miller announced the mass exodus from Rich Stadium with Bills now trailing 35-3. Then, the unthinkable happened. It started with a short drive that culminated in a Kenny Davis touchdown off of a great block by Jim Ritcher. Next, there was the “Suicide Onside” recovery by Christie. A few plays later the call with Miller’s voice rising as he exclaimed “Sails it long... Beebe at the 10, at the five, in for the Touchdown!” I remember thinking, “Ok, another one and this will at least be respectable.” With the score 35-17, I also started to do the thing all of us football fans do at that point in a blowout. I considered time remaining and the seed of an idea that we could actually come back sprouted. The Bills defense, with Pro Bowler Cornelius Bennett on the sidelines with an injury, came alive. Behind some strong play led by Darryl Talley, they forced the Oilers to punt and you could hear the excitement rising in Miller’s voice. I remember Murph describing the scene of the fans who had left the stadium climbing fences to try and get back in. With an Andre Reed touchdown reception, the stampede continued and the sprout began to grow into a firm belief that we would pull it off. At 35-24 we were now within two scores and we weren’t even into the fourth quarter. It was one big play after another with Miller’s calls getting progressively more exciting. When I heard “It is... INTERCEPTED by Henry Jones!” I could clearly recall screaming at the top of my lungs “Run it back Henry, run!” As Van announced “The crowd is in a frenzy!” I remember having been right there with them. My excitement continued to grow into a crescendo as I stood with my eyes closed, and fingers crossed, when the Bills went for it on 4th down late in the third. I erupted with joy when I heard “Reed for the touchdown!” After the Reed touchdown the Oilers drove down the field and looked to extend their lead again. Yet the big plays kept coming and Miller put us all right there. When the D stood tall holding them to a field goal attempt, I sat on the couch chanting “Block it.” Time stood still from the point at which Miller announced the botched snap to the point when Tally recovered it. When Kenny Davis ripped through the line and galloped through the Oilers defense, you could hear it in his voice that he wasn’t just telling us to believe, he believed it himself. You could almost hear the relief in his voice when he announced Andre Reed’s third touchdown of the day to take the lead late in the fourth. Even then it still wasn’t over. The roller coaster continued and the emotions of Bills fans everywhere began to sink again as the Oilers tied the game with just a few seconds left, to force overtime. However, even when the Oilers won the toss and got first possession, something happened that you just don’t see in the Bills faithful today. Rather than waiting for the other shoe to drop and expecting to lose... they believed. They believed that their team would find another big play. They believed because Van told them to believe. That belief was rewarded as Miller exclaimed “INTERCEPTED by the Bills. It is picked off by Odomes.” All Bills fans know what happened next. When Steve Christie booted in the game-winning field goal on the next series, the comeback was complete and Miller had called the greatest comeback in playoff history. So... Pick a game and think about it, where were you? Mods - I considered adding this to the Van Miller Wall of Fame thread but I felt that the Miller announcement was only the impetus for the idea of how games can trigger specific memories and emotions. If you feel it is appropriate to move it, feel free.

I am so glad I had to wait for my girl to get her bathing suit. I was able to watch Gholston hit EJ after "giving himself up." What would have happened if Kiko did that to Glennon today? Go ahead and tell me they are not calling a one sided game. At least Rainey just put me over the top for my fantasy playoff game today. Hooray!

The only thing good about this game is that I stayed home to watch it. At least I didn't pay $100 to get a sunburn and have a stroke. Time for the beach and a yet another one of our amazing gulf coast sunsets to calm me down.

Whatever dude. You clearly miss my point. I am not giving them a pass today at all. They have indeed played like crap on a number of levels. Stevie playing volleyball, EJ leading Woods into the linebacker, etc. However, some of those untimely penalties you pointed out were ticky tack. The Byrd penalty, the offsetting facemask penalties., etc. They are the type of penalties that are not being called the same way for both teams. If you don't believe me go check out the all 22 for the last few games. The bottom line is those penalties keep drives alive for the other team, as well as changes the strategy and play calling when trying to make up the plays.

The NFL never wants to see us in the playoffs again. I am really starting to believe that. The officiating the last three weeks has been so one sided. They call the Bills for ticky tack bull crap at inopportune times to kill drives or offset the penaltues by the other team. However, the other teams do the exact same thing with no callls. Arm bars, pass interference, illegal hands to the face, This team will never be able to overcome this. As if to prove my point as I'm typing, look at the hold on Dareus on the last play. No call. I always knew the NFL was rigged by officiating but this is getting more obvious by the play.

It's official the Bills couldn't score at the Mustang Ranch with a fistful of fifties and a bag of Bolivian marching powder. The second, third and fourth string quarterbacks are either allowed to, or are more willing to take shots down the field, than the "future of the franchise." Hackett got schooled by Lebeau and I'm starting to believe that we are still need a real quarterback because EJ checks down as much as Trentative Edwards. <Insert profanity laced tirade here> Being a Buffalo fan is like volunteering to get tied to a rack and repeatedly kicked in the junk by Roseanne Barr for three hours a week. Fifteen if you are a Sabres fan to boot. <insert follow up profanity laced tirade here>

Lies and disappointment. Turn on to watch the Bills and see Tom Brady.

After reading this I thought of this scene: Anyone who has seen the movie will remember, the character couldn't do basic math or put a sentence together outside of the film room. As long as he keeps making plays and stays off the police blotter I don't care how he talks.

For what it's worth, I was at IMG in Bradenton this past weekend, where Kuechly is doing some training, and had the opportunity to talk to some of the people training him. While my NDA precludes me from naming names and details, what the one guy did say when I told him I hope the Bills draft him, was that Luke would like to go to Buffalo to play behind our revamped D-Line but he said he didn't think Kuechly was going to drop to the Bills. He seemed to have a real high opinion of the kid's work ethic and skill set. So to answer the question originally posed, in addition to some of the other points made about player visits, and the like, it can't be Kuechly if he gets picked before the Bills get a chance to walk to the podium.

I would love to see a regionally accredited University try and present this program to the accreditation board. It would be hilarious. Now I know of a certain non-regionally accredited university that would probably silly enough to try it if they actually had athletics but that is another story.

Ummm it's not like the Jets don't have their own "Dirty" Sanchez. Any way you slice it the AFC representative to the super bowl was going to have a quarterback with a sexual assault charge in their past. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/12504422/ http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2011/01/mark-sanchez-has-a-ben-roethlisberger-style-rape-accusation-in-his-past/ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E5DE103FF93BA15757C0A9609C8B63

Now that is the one I expected to see when I first opened the thread. I'd forgotten about the Adams TD cover. The three of em make a nice trifecta.

My friend just posted this on my facebook. The discussion after the article is amusing. As someone who lives in FL and gone to some Jags game the funniest part of the article to me was "Building a bigger stadium for Jacksonville football fans would be like building a bigger public library for high school drop-out crystal meth tweakers. It's just not going to get much use." http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_...?urn=nfl,212070

I wish. Even if they could pull off the coup and get Cower I don't think there is a chance Suh drops out of the top five.

Forget Clausen and Snead. I watched a lot of Ole Miss football this year and from what Snead has shown he is certainly NOT worth a first round pick. Hell I'm not even sure he's worth a fourth. The player from Ole Miss that really was the main man was McCluster. I could be mistaken but towards the end of the season I watched one of their games and the stat was something like 40+% of all offense went through McCluster. The thing about that is that everyone else in the SEC knew that as well, game planned for it, and he finished the season accounting for 31% of all of the Rebels offense for the year. The Bills couldn't afford him because he is another luxury pick skill player and we need lines and linebacker way more than an undersized runner/receiver. I don't know I would take him that high in the first because of size but that kid is a gamer. The bottom line is Snead is not the answer. In fact he's not even close to being the best player on his current team let alone being a top ten pick! I agree with the poster who suggested that if we must burn yet another number one pick on a QB, and that pick comes from the SEC, it should be Mallard.

Brandon Spikes would be an awesome pick up. He can rush the passer, has decent coverage skills, a tackling machine, he's a leader, he's big, and he has a mean streak. The linebacker from Bama, McClain, would also be a great fit. Too bad it would be impossible to get them both. Running backs and tight ends would fear for their lives.

He hasn't mentioned any interest in that job on his radio show, tough he has been tearing up the Bills and is clearly not happy with what has happened to the Bills this year.

I was just about to post a link like that myself because I try to follow those rules myself because I was raised to do so. Even if I wasn't raised to do so, I would know better than to toss a flag on the ground just based reading and a general social awareness, not to mention all of the veterans in my life who fought for and believed in the tenets set forth by our forefathers. Granted with some of the things the the last few presidents (including the current one) have done to our constitution we citizens should have even bigger issues to focus on than disrespect of the flag, such as the loss of more of our rights and the blatant disregard for what that flag has stood for, but I digress... I didn't see it so I would be recalcitrant to comment on whether he did it maliciously or not. Like The Dean I agree it is the intent of malice that would truly make the act disrespectful as opposed to just plain stupid. I know some of you legitimately question how someone could make it through life in our country without knowing something like that. I'm here to tell you as a teacher at a University here in central Florida, they can. You would be amazed and possibly disgusted with the the things most of us here know and take for granted that many University students here have no concept of, or say they have never heard before. Factor in the inability to connect concepts, ideas, or theories, let alone be conscious of things going on all around them and to be honest it is bone chilling to think of the future. Oh yeah, and it is getting worse every year! This whole thing can be broken down into a simple concept that is pervasive in society. Generally speaking, people do not think and if they are not taught, shown, or haven't seen something on the F'n babysitter (TV) or facebook, they don't have the capacity to figure it out for themselves. Concept one: Many people, even uneducated or "dumb" people, are so angered by flag burning that they put forth legislation or wear the old picnic stained "Try Burning This One!" shirts. Concept two: In many schools despite not being allowed to pray, every morning students start the day with the "Pledge of Allegiance." Thought: If people have to pledge to it and in some cases are even more impassioned by flag burning than religion, for which more people have died than any other cause, would it be ok to just toss it anywhere? Conclusion: No. Not unless someone wanted to disrespect it and those who stand for it. I won't get into theories or debates on why this is happening but I will say that until we as a nation take the time to find a way to fix that problem, morons who do stupid things like throw the flag on the ground are going to multiply. People need to be taught to think, use logic and reason. If we don't correct the problem it is going uglier than most can imagine. Have you seen Idiocracy and got it? (If you didn't get it, sorry to break it to you but it was probably about you) That is the direction we are headed folks. My buddy has a line I steal quite often. "We are one EMP away from being the dumbest country on the planet." Dammit! The reason I come to this board is to be an escapist and distract myself from thoughts like that. Is it time for kickoff yet!

Walker, take some Levitre to give your Hangman some Wood so you can ring her Bell.