Mike In Illinois

Will Kenny be there, sans Pinto?

Looks like the Bills have made it interesting by winning Thursday night and keeping their playoff chances intact. Now, if Pitt and Indy lose their games it will get very interesting.

I'll be at the Indy game. If my seats are close enough to take a picture (they are a mystery pair of tickets being left at Will Call by David Nelson)I will and upload it here.

If you see the replays of the fight between pit crews you'll see Gordon was being held back from the fight. No way Hendrick allows that multi-million dollar man to be in a brawl with guys bigger and stronger than him. Needless to say that was quite entertaining and sets some anticipation for the season-ending race on Sunday.

My mother used to work at Capitol Records/EMI Manufacturing because one of their plants where they pressed the albums/CDs/made cassettes was in my hometown. We used to get free or deeply discounted releases by Bob Seger, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Rolling Stones (when they were on Virgin Records) and others. I don't recall the first album or cassette I bought but I do remember the first CDs: First CD I received: "Night Moves" by Bob Seger (around '91) First CD I bought: Led Zeppelin II I remember getting my first CD player, a Sharp model that I had to plug in the RCA cables (red and yellow composites) to a boombox to play.

How's the team doing? I used to play Goal Line Blitz so I may bite on this one to see how it goes. The recruiting aspect seems interesting- I enjoyed that as part of NCAA Football for EA Sports.

If I recall correctly, Spielman was traded to Cleveland for "past considerations".

Indeed. Go Cardinals! 12 in '12! MLB: Cardinals (I've seen them win and lose a few World Series in my 35 years) NHL: St. Louis Blues (started following them in the Hull and Oates days once we moved into town and got cable TV!) NFL: Bills (never liked the "Big Red" St. Louis Cardinals football or the Bears or the Colts; just jumped on the Bills bandwagon about the time Kelly's first year with the team.) I really enjoy it when the Cardinals win the World Series. However, it pales in comparison to my passion for Buffalo Bills football. I would easily trade-in a Cardinals championship or two just for one Bills Super Bowl win. I honestly won't die a happy man until the Bills bring home the Lombardi Trophy at least one time.

I'm a Cardinals fan but I won't prod the bear on the Infield Fly argument. I do think the trend of adding playoff games calls for an adjustment in the season. I would like to see each team scheduled to play a double-header once each month during the season. That would, in theory, save 6 days or so on the season and allow the regular season to wrap up in late September. Or, maybe they shorten the season up but that would affect these teams that make a late run at the Division or Wild Card.

Not sure which game but it was on an Atari 7800 system. Early games I remember playing were Football, Asteroids, Enduro.

It was a guy from Illinois (not me), Chicago I Billieve.

From the start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ohe8-CeTdo&playnext=1&list=PLD77A7AB1B4A09F90&feature=results_main Boxscore: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199209130sfo.htm

For those of us too young to see the band in concert during their heyday, this is as close as we get (for now): Led Zeppelin is showing their 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute set in theaters worldwide next month- October 17th. Link to the news release: http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/led-zeppelin-celebration-day And a list of Cinemas that will carry this event (As I write this, the actual theaters aren't posted. You have to click on the links for each cinema group to try to find which theater): http://www.ledzeppelin.com/news/2012/09/13/celebration-day-cinema-listings I found it will be playing in St. Louis, MO at the Plaza Frontenac Cinemas at 6:30pm and 9pm. The band also mentions an official release of the set on multiple formats (CD/DVD/BluRay/etc?) the following month- November 19th.

Here's a link to Guffalo's post from last year about his memories of that day in 2001: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/134525-911-remembrance-thread-for-bills-fans/?do=findComment&comment=2242446 Thanks for sharing it, Guff. I'm glad you are here with us.

Of all places, it was Detroit. http://deadspin.com/5845477/we-were-packed-in-like-sardines-two-former-customers-review-detroits-booty-bus (Link to their original article is embedded in this article)

Alright, so I'll share my Sunday Ticket success story: I've been a DTV subscriber since 2005; currently I'm bundled with AT&T for their Uverse internet service. I've always wanted Sunday Ticket but just couldn't commit to buying it until this year. I called yesterday to see what discount I could get. I used the magic words, saying "cancel..... cancel" at the voice prompts to reach a representative. The lady was nice but she didn't offer any discount so I told her I'd have to "discuss with my wife" if I would buy ST at full price. Fast-forward to today, just a few minutes ago. Called again using the prompts and got a very nice lady who's a Cowboys fan. She pitched the idea of the Sunday Ticket Max with the features it has (30-minute game replays, Red Zone Channel, etc). I made sure she knew I'd be interested in Sunday Ticket or Sunday Ticket Max if the price was right. She offered ST Max to me for 4 payments of $36.99: A total of $147.96, which is half-price for the package. I jumped at that offer and now I'm all set to watch the Buffalo Bills this season from the comforts of my own TV. Very excited!

Shoulda used this version of the song at the end:

Monday at 4pm ET I think.

Donald Lee?

Chrome working fine for me. Remember, a good craftsman never blames his tools.

Lee Evans is available. Git 'er done, Jeff Ireland!

People that made it to the meet-up, how was it?

He changed back to the Bills/Redskins game, yes. Wanted to see RGIII and the Bills and their shiny new defense.

Randy's looking for 1982, this time to stop drinking.

Peter King from SI is planning to meet up with fans tonight in Hammer's Lot at 5:30pm ET before the game. This, according to the BillsMafia Twitter Feed: Official BillsMafia™ @TheBillsMafia Join us TODAY AT 5:30pm for the #BillsMafia Tweetup w/ @SI_PeterKing! 4170 ABBOTT RD., aka "Hammer's Lot." For those who don't know where Hammer's Lot is: http://t.co/rgmyBUnu Show Peter some love and he may speak well of us Bills fans in his MMQB column, especially if the Bills look good tonight against Bob Griffin, III.