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    Lenny P Chat

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    You just have to put in Len's terms...then he will respond positively...something like:

     

    Hey Len for a free trip to the nearest all you can eat buffet, what do you think the Bills chances are of making the playoffs?

     

    If it were John Clayton..it would be:

     

    For a free autographed photo of your hero and mentor the great gazoo, what do you think the Bills chances are of making the playoffs?

     

    For Peter King, it would be....

     

    For the license to write a column solely based on the athletic acheivements of your daughter's, what do you think the Bills chances are of making the playoffs?

    Peyton says he wants to play

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Bills fans nationwide agree with Peyton. Play him Tony. 13 win seasons are nothing to sneeze at...they are a whole lot better than 12 win seasons...

     

    Truth be told--we want both the Jets and Broncos to lose, The Bills to win and then pack up and head to the west coast...we like it on the left coast now that we have overcome our road woes and we have been working our way down the coast--Seattle, to San Fran--San Diego is the next logical stop.

    JAX crowd yesterday

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    John, I wouldn't have believed it either...but it was in a presentation from the Deputy Superintendent of Schools this spring when I visited with a group of education and business folks from NC.

     

    Here is a link to a pdf file from educationcentral.org. Educationcentral.org is a clearninghouse for educational and economic data from around the country. It is on the first page of the pdf...it lists the 2003 rate at 46% functional illiterate....

     

    Scary and disheartening stat...

     

     

    I know you can pick on the warts of any municipality/county--but this is a damn huge wart. Also, they built an elevated rail system through part of downtown on both sides of the St. John's River---it doesn't service the part of downtown that includes the Minor League Baseball/NFL/Basketball arena complex.....guhhh... :blink:

    JAX crowd yesterday

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    If you want to talk about a town that does not deserve an NFL team let alone a Super Bowl, that would be Jax. They have a 47% adult illiteracy rate in Duval County (Jax) and are spending $2 Billion of the local taxpayer's money on everything but education.

     

    The $2 billion has been spent on a baseball stadium, a basketball arena that has no tenant and improvements to Alltel for the Super Bowl, as well as a county courthouse/jail complex (got to have somewhere to put all the non-readers who commit crimes) that is coming in 2x over original budget and various intersection/road improvements throughout the city.

     

    By Florida law its hard for a county or municipality to supplement what the state spends on education--but 47% illiteracy is just downright scary. That's developing country status at the UN. I asked the deputy superintendent of schools what she was going to do about adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind and she said--well the President is our governor's brother....nice excuse....

     

    No wonder they can't sell tickets--half their potential buyers can't read.

    Should games be weighted?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    If you want the best matchup at the end of the year, maybe games should be weighted with more weight given to the latter games.

     

    That keeps hot teams gone cold from backing into the playoffs and it allows the hot teams who are playing their best ball to make the playoffs.  :blink:

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    I think for every six games you win in a row, scoring 33 points or more in each win, you should be given an extra win credit.

    If we Win and Jets and Broncos Lose

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Not to belittle this conversation (because it is interesting), but I don't care who we play as long as we can make the playoffs. Both the Broncos and the Jets losing would be nice, though.

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    Agreed Grant. We need to take the Coach Mularkey approach--none of this matters unless we take care of business on our end.

     

    I laughed when Coach said he turned off the TV's in the locker room. First I was shocked that the cheapo John York had run cable to the locker room (must be a league requirement) and then I pictured TKO, Drew, Fletch-huddled in the corner with their Treo handsets following the games on nfl.com....

    If we Win and Jets and Broncos Lose

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Bench--you are correct. Denver and Jets losses give us the #5 seed and the Jets the #6 seed. We are then at SD and the Jets at Indy for the WC games. I have a business trip to SD January 6-8---wouldn't that be sweet----

     

    Taking it one step further. If we win at SD and Indy wins over the Jets--Indy goes to NE the next week and we play the Steelers in Pittsburgh...

    Anybody see Del Rio laughing at the GB player

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Didn't the Jags get in the playoffs one year in the 90's on a 25 yard field goal miss (like missing an extra point)? The football gods have to do an even up for that sometime.....this is the year.

     

    I don't want to focus so much on the Jags that we forget that the Steelers and Titans need to take care of business as well. It would be great for the Bills to go into next weekend in a "win and you're in scenario."

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