R. Rich

Not bad. The reason playoffs are so great is that anything can happen, and you always have teams that run hot and cold: top ranked teams that peak too early, and darkhorse teams that come on strong late in the year. That's what makes the NCAA basketball tournament so special. Division 1A could have a great tournament. I would love to see a red hot team, like Auburn or Utah were last year, compete in a tournament for the title against the likes of USC, Texas, or whoever else will be in contention late in the year. Greed will not allow this: the greed of the major conferences and the bowl system. They can give us the "sanctity of the bowl games" rhetoric all they want, but it all comes down to money. I hear from ADs or SIDs that they fear the fans wouldn't spend big money to attend a game if it were 'meaningless'. Sorry to break the news to you folks, but nobody cares who the Las Vegas Bowl "champion" is. The only champion we want to see is a true national champion. That said, I am a realist, and I know this will remain a fantasy for the reasons I've stated.

Sounds like more of a reason to have a playoff to determine the true champion. Division 1A will NEVER have a true champion until they do so (which will probably be never thanks to the greedy bowls and conferences). Let the debates rage on.

I've never been one to comment on the Bills' offensive line, nor have I been a proponent of drafting OL early. There's no need for that.

This is the best idea expressed on the board all day.

The Tide/Vols game last Saturday was one heck of a game! Croyle's long pass @ the end of the game was clutch, kinda like the 4th and 9 completion Leinart had against 'that school' the week before.

Easily. Why? Because muscle (LBs have a better muscle tone than lineman) weighs more than fat, so they may appear bigger even though they aren't. That said, I think he's going to be a fantastic LB if he stays healthy. He could have a Singletary, Lewis-like career.

Vilma does have incredible range, but size? He's about 6-1 and 235. For a MLB, that is not very big. Thing is, he still is one of the very best in the game.

If only we could get consistent pressure w/out having to blitz...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They're paying me this much to sleep? Gotta love it!

Hahaha!!! Good luck w/ that.

Actually, I get more done on days where I don't have to deal w/ whiny claimants and a nonstop ringing telephone, like today.

I'm @ work, so I guess that's a 'yes'. I'll be here until 2:30 or 3pm.

You didn't take any trips to the Pittsburgh area lately, have you Johnny?

Well, of course. NEVER pick against the Bills.

I thought I did wake up...

I'd get fired, because, as a Bills fan, I know I wouldn't always make sound, rational judgments. You all know how irrational I can be.

No. I meant, why are you such a tool?

I'd take a nondescript big time RB over a loudmouth punka** any day. But, enough of the Fantasy NFL.

Kinda makes you wonder if crap like this wouldn't happen in the Buffalo area if the fanbase wasn't so spread out as it is. Maybe not, but I know when I go to games, I don't sit next to any choirboys.

Who's Corri Dillon? Is that the marshall's daughter?

Why?

That's certainly true for me.

So, did you understand it?

Shhh!! Stop giving away trade secrets.