R. Rich

There's the problem.

I'm sure he still has plenty left in the ol' arm. Let's make him an offer to come back and lead the Bills. He's got plenty of experience, and has won the big game.

Good year for you, huh? Your 'Horns win the national title (even though they lose Vince, like everyone knew they would), you win the TBD2 title, and, perhaps most important, you get to meet R. Rich!

I was going to post a message about the keepers, Tony. I was considering expanding it from 3 to 5 or 6 keepers. What do you think? I didn't know Nutcrackers was out. I'll try to catch up w/ them to get the true story.

Agreed. I wonder if they would've won even if Palmer had not been injured, w/ bad play calling like that. They looked like a team w/ zero playoff experience out there. Game effort by the Bengals though (unlike the listless NY Giants), and this loss should inspire them to step it up for next season.

Here's how the teams ended up in our second season: 10th place: dante 9th place: geggytah CONSOLATION BRACKET 8th place: Sven 233 7th place: R. Rich 6th place: JinVA 5th place: sfldave1 CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET 4th place: Realist 3rd place: rtconner 2nd place: billsfanlevy and the Year 2 Champion Bluefire Congrats to Bluefire for a great season. I look forward to doing this again next year. Hope to see you all return for Year 3.

Here's how the league finished up after the playoffs: 10th place: wickedempire 9th place: DetoxSmurf CONSOLATION BRACKET 8th place: melo 7th place: buffalo rules 6th place: Too Old For This 5th place: Aint that a B CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET 4th place: Chief Vaughn 3rd place: Bigg Doggs 2nd place: McGill Bill and the Year 3 Champion Heavy Artillery Congrats to Heavy Artillery for winning the title. Hey, that's me! Yay!!! Congrats to everyone who participated. The league was competitive and there were no dead teams, always a plus. I look forward to Year 4.

Well, we've finished our second year, and it was a good one. Here's how the teams fared: 10th place: Nutcrackers 9th place: Blitzing Barracudas 8th place: Absolut Power 7th place: Wu Tang Financial 6th place: Saratoga Swingers 5th place: Pro Bowler and the top 4 finishers, who each receive a cash prize: 4th place ($25 cash award): Shop Wreckers 3rd place ($50 cash award): Buffalo Stampede 2nd place ($75 cash award): BUFFALO RULES and our Year 2 Champion, recipient of the $100 grand prize... BuffBills#1 Congratulations to BuffBills#1 and to all of our prize winners. Great season. To those of you who have won cash prizes, PM me the address to send your payment to. All winnings will be sent out by Super Bowl weekend. Here is the draft order for next year: 1. Nutcrackers 2. Blitzing Barracudas 3. Absolut Power 4. Wu Tang Financial 5. Saratoga Swingers 6. Pro Bowler 7. Shop Wreckers 8. Buffalo Stampede 9. BUFFALO RULES 10. BuffBills#1 Looks like Nutcrackers is the winner of the Reggie Bush Derby. I finished 3rd. Oh well. Again, congratulations to all of our teams, and I look forward to another exciting and competitive season in Year 3. See you then!

Let's trade our 8th overall selection, Willis McGahee, Lee Evans, Aaron Schobel, and Brian Moorman to Indy for Manning and their first round pick.

I know that I like to speak for myself, and I'm sure NFL players do as well. I don't buy that Ben is "speaking for his team" any more than I believe that Ryan Leaf's tantrums were his way of "speaking for" the San Diego Chargers when he was w/ them. By complaining about a perceived slight by the officials, a QB can show his immaturity. By the same token, an opposing coach bringing it up in a press conference is no less immature. Just as Big Ben probably should've kept quiet about Odell Thurman, Marvin Lewis should've taken the high road in regard to that situation. Neither guy is more right; both were just being infantile.

It will make a triumphant return, after last year's event got stalled. This time, I'm going to get to work on putting this together earlier. Sadly, we will have to come up w/ a new special event, as the Baltimore Improv is closed. I am looking into another comedy club which is also near the Inner Harbor. Any suggestions for other activities will be appreciated. I will try to keep you all posted as I go.

Very sad. There is no right or wrong there. It's just plain sad for anyone to whine about on the field stuff in the media, whether it's a Steelers player or a Bengals head coach. Either way, it's childish. Oh, and when did a few comments represent an entire team? Maybe I heard them wrong, and Ben prefaced his remarks by saying, "On behalf of the entire Steelers organizaton..."

I hear ya.

Not @ all. The Post-Gazette has very good coverage not only of the NFL, but also collegiate and high school football. They have a pretty good rep, from what my brother (a reporter w/ 16 years experience) tells me. He also says the Buffalo News has a pretty bad rep, sad to say.

They were thinking how funny your post would be if they named her that.

Same as I told Psycho Ward 86 when it happened: he should've been ejected. That's the problem w/ the officiating: no uniformity in applying the rules. If Sean Taylor is gone for spitting in the face of an opponent, Polamalu should've been thrown out for throwing the ball in the face of an opponent. I mean, if he throws it near the guy, then he should get a personal foul. This was a bit different; he threw it in his face. Bad no call.

No problem. That had to be the best theory of what the Bills need to do yet. Kudos!

Well?

Ah stuck, you know you're cool w/ me. We just disagree on this. I have some idea of how hard it is to steer clear of someone when you're being blocked to the ground as Kimo was. I really don't think he intended for that to happen. It was a horrible accident, but an accident nonetheless. The sad part of this is how Marvin Lewis went off and made the snide remark about Roethlisberger in the postgame press conference. All that does is encourage an already bloodthirsty Cincy fan base to go off the deep end and accuse the Steelers of everything short of being on the grassy knoll.

You already have. See?

Serves them right for giving a corner the right to call plays.

Sounds good, but only if we can land him in the 7th round.

Who's Fianl?

William, it's not that crazy an idea, if the lines are addressed. Personally, I'd still hope we'd draft a pass rusher, if Kiwanuka or Williams are still on the board. Other than that, a very reasonable mock.

Is this the PPP forum?