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It will look good next to the Nobel Prize, which he received for the same reason.

IMPEACH!!!

That's the end of his career.

So NOW they are concerned about being neutral?

Yes. It was decent. Not always the best writing or acting, but overall, not bad. I would watch season 2, if they made it.

I think it is mostly sand traps.

I gave up part way through S1 E2. I couldn't get past the bad acting and bad writing.

Wifey and I are watching Messiah on Netflix. Decent so far. We are most of the way through the season.

I also hear that people call others idiots on Twitter. You may want to get a lawyer and sue for copyright infringement.

THIS time it is actually going to happen. THIS time, we are all going to die!!!!!!111!!

For the AAFC stuff, I have two books. One is on the Bills and the other is on the league itself. The Original Buffalo Bills: A History of the All-America Football Conference Team, 1946-1949 (https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-original-buffalo-bills/) The All-America Football Conference (https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-all-america-football-conference/) You can buy both from the publisher. You may find some on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, but sometimes, they show as out of stock. The publisher has them in stock. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/?s=Crippen&search_id=product&post_type=product

It was an interesting game to propel the Bills to the championship game with Cleveland. From my book: At that point, things became a little strange. With about five minutes remaining in the game and in the midst of a Buffalo offensive drive, a Ratterman pass to Mutryn was dropped by the halfback at midfield. Baltimore guard Dub Garrett fell on the ball, where he apparently recovered a fumble for Baltimore. Head Linesman Fay Vincent – father of former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent – ruled that the pass was incomplete, because Mutryn did not have possession and control of the ball. Baltimore obviously disagreed and argued that he had control and lost possession. The ball was given back to Buffalo and they continued the drive. After about a minute of play, Ratterman tossed the ball to Baldwin for a 25-yard touchdown and a 21-17 lead. The ruling by the head linesman gave the momentum to Buffalo and Baltimore struggled. Baltimore was desperate. With under three minutes to play, Tittle opened up an aerial assault in an attempt to move the Colts downfield. That ended quickly as fullback Ed Hirsch intercepted a Tittle pass on the Colt 18-yard line and returned it for the final score of the game. The Bills won 28-17 and faced the Cleveland Browns for the 1948 AAFC Championship. Bills back Alex Wizbicki recalled that it was the defense that made the difference from the previous week. “We put in special defenses. Special defensive maneuvers that were put in because of certain things they were doing. They revealed certain weaknesses, so we had a special defense set up for that particular game.” He commented further on the defensive schemes, “We used a defense where we had five man up fronts, three behind them. A 5-3-3. The linemen would go one way and the linebackers would go the other way in rushing into the line. So that, in itself, created confusion on the part of Baltimore.” In spite of the defensive strategy changes, Baltimore still racked up an impressive 394 yards of total offense in the game, compared to Buffalo’s 297 yards. Since Buffalo only had five offensive plays in the third quarter, it stood to reason that Baltimore had an easy victory. However, the pivotal point in the game was the referee call to give the ball back to Buffalo after an apparent fumble. Did Mutryn fumble or was it the correct call? Because of what happened on the field, the Baltimore fans were irate. Since Baltimore had a 17-14 lead and possession of the ball, the fans felt that their team could run out the clock or score again to put the game out of reach. In their opinion, bad officiating cost their team the game and the fans stormed the officiating crew. According to one report, “Numerous Colts fans, angered over penalties that had nullified some long gains, stormed the field and attacked the officiating crew. The officials were pummeled and sideline judge Thomas Whelan suffered a black eye before police could disperse the crowd.” Police and players from both teams held off the crowd to protect the officials. When asked about his memories of the incident, Bills’ end Zeke O’Connor recalled, “Oh, yes. I do remember it. My family had come up from New York. The crowd got so unruly that I never got a chance to say ‘Hello’ to my dad or brother, who came, because they rushed us in and out to a bus so that we wouldn’t be involved in any of the mêlée.”

Halas and McNeil had issues stemming from the 1921 "Championship." However, I doubt that was the reason why Buffalo did not have an NFL franchise after 1929. They did give lame excuses like weather for the reason why Buffalo should not be considered in 1950. However, when you looked at Green Bay and New York City, the weather in Buffalo was better in November and December on average. Then they pointed to attendance. Buffalo in the AAFC had better attendance than some NFL teams, so that shot that excuse down. Buffalo was considered a few times prior to 1946 for an NFL franchise. They were turned down because the NFL did not have the resources to expand around WWII. That is when the AAFC was formed and Buffalo joined, along with Morabito's San Francisco franchise and Bing Crosby's Los Angeles franchise. All were rejected by the NFL at the same time. However, when the vote came down, it was the lack of a schedule that was the reason and Bert Bell is to blame for that lack of a schedule. I talked to Bell's son about it and he knew of no reason for the lack of a schedule. Nothing in the newspapers of the time explained anything about the lack of a schedule. Nothing came up in the interviews I did for my book. It is inexplicable.

Merry Christmas!!

What would I know about the Bills of the AAFC? The Bisons of 1946 (became the BIlls in 1947) had a fight song (Lyrics by Jim Tranter): Break'em up, you Bisons, Beat'em down; Take the Blue and SIlver to the crown: Here's a swell chance to yell For the boys who fight - Ring the bell with a score Just to prove we're right. Break'em up, you Bisons, Beat'em down; For we've got to win that football crown Let'em buck, let'em run, Give'em luck, and when they're done Break'em up, you Bisons, Beat'em down. As far as the Bills coming from the AAFC to the NFL, they had a few things going against them. First, they did not have a single owner to make decisions. They had a corporation (similar to Green Bay). While the NFL did not have it codified at the time, it was an unwritten rule that you needed one person in a position to make all decisions for the team. The second issue was Bert Bell. He had stated that he would put together a schedule that included the Bills. When they got to the league meetings, Bell never had that schedule. As a result, Dan Reeves said that he was voting 'No' because he wanted to know where he would be playing and when. Since it needed to be a unanimous vote, his vote sealed Buffalo's fate. Baltimore was admitted into the NFL because they essentially bribed George Preston Marshall into allowing them in. Baltimore was an infringement on the territorial rights of Washington, so with the bribe, he suddenly had a change of heart. Fun Fact: The reason why Buffalo, Los Angeles and San Francisco joined the AAFC was because the NFL refused to admit them. There were two Buffalo contingents that tried to get into the NFL. Sam Cordovano's was the strongest. His eventually became the Buffalo Bisons/Bills in the AAFC.

White men are allowed to sit on the bench?

No touching allowed. You and your opponent need to sit down and talk to come to an agreement on where the play ends. The most important thing is that nobody feels that they have lost. Participation trophies are awarded after each play and no score is kept, for fear that someone will not feel as special as someone else.