don_of_manhattan
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While being at the game yesterday pretty much by myself, wearing my new Whitner throwback authentic, I expected to catch some flack. Instead I caught nothing but cordial fans, respectful fans, and people who were very knowlegeable of the game. I received many compliments on my jersey, hadshakes for a game well played etc.
I feel that the example they set should be the same respect that opposing fans receive when they are visiting the Ralph. Good game nonetheless, and I will give props to Buffalo Fans, because considering the playoffs were on the line for the Jets this game, there was absolutley no heartbeat from them. very Very quiet stadium except for the Ralph. Seems as if they wait for the Firehat jets guys to fire them up. The energy for our sub 500 Bills at home is NOTICEABLY stronger than the Jets Fans were today.
You were lucky. I live in NJ and have to Bills/jests games often - many of the people are VERY nice, but just like at the Ralph, there are some real loonies. I have been near a brawl (and I do mean brawl) more than once - Once at a miami/jests game, I could witness four fights from my seat.
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Good post Guffalo. Gotta admit thats some pretty funny stuff! At least one person on this site gets it. Dont be bashful, tell the truth,did you major in creative writing during your 7 years at Buffalo Community College?
By the way you can say whatever you like about me EXCEPT calling me a Giants fan
Cmon Guff, give the other guys some tips here........
remember, the State's flagship university is in Buffalo!
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Mangini's got you guys overachieving and your front office made the important move of addressing the lines this offseason. I fear you might be further ahead in your rebuilding project than we are, though I do have to say, perhaps I'm alone here, but I'm excited about the potential for our QB and think he's going to lead us further than Chad can take you with the wear and tear he's gone through.
Always seems to be a good game with the Jets. Hope that we'll come up on the winning end and not get gashed by your run game for once.
long time Bills fan here living in Jersey, working in Manhattan...I might have said the same thing last season - but being here, I get to see all of the jets hilites (I have dtv, so I watch the Bills) - Chad is throwing the ball WELL.....with zip, etc. I'm very impressed with him this year....dammit
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Bills look-a-like thread
Even though the ripped the idea from a Bills forum, who ripped it from somebody else. I give them points for humor and creativity.
that was funny!
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my favorite quarter of 'live' Bills football - October 1990 - broncos at Bills - Bills score 21 points in 1:17 to erase a 22-9 deficit and win - I couldn't talk for two days.
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Ohh Man!!! Even with 7,000 fewer fans, it felt like the playoffs again. I forgot how loud that place can get. The last Jacksonville drive (that led to their TD) was just awesome!!! I had to time yelling as loudly as possible just to conserve some vocals for the next play.
The 12th man took that to a new level that you could just FEEL vibrate through the stands. I found myself just thinking this is the turning point of this team. Even after last week's victory, I was still waiting for the ONE game where the atmosphere on the team and in the stands took a 180. Well, I am pretty sure that it happened yesterday and it was great to be in the middle of it.
Congrats to every member (even run defense) of the Buffalo Bills!!!
the crowd sounded great on tv - I could tell the place was rockin'
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not happy about that - taking my 9 year-old daughter to see the Bills for the first time (not counting at Rich Stadium when she was 9 months old)....will be a lot colder than I bargained for.
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truth be told - every time we miss one wide right - I think about it too.
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Most of you have no doubt read this on TwoBillsDrive.com….but I am surprised that no one has commented on what RW, jr has said…..The last time he came out publicly to complain about the teams play was when they turned it around in Meathead’s first year….can we be so lucky this time, with this team?
Discouraged Wilson says Bills owe fans better effort
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(October 23, 2006) — ORCHARD PARK — Ralph Wilson stood in the entranceway to the Buffalo Bills locker room in the stadium named after the venerable team founder.
The look on his face after Sunday's 28-6 loss to the New England Patriots, a defeat that was like rewinding the tape on nearly every game played between these two teams in the new millennium, said instantly that Wilson was experiencing equal parts frustration, disappointment and anger.
"I'm just very discouraged," said Wilson, whose team lost its third consecutive game to fall to 2-5 heading into its bye week. "When we were 2-2, I felt we were on the way up a bit. The Bears game out there, we were overpowered, and since then ...."
Wilson collected his thoughts and continued.
"The Detroit game, I was extremely disappointed, and today, too. We do a lot of dumb things. Not that we have the greatest talent, but we have better talent than the dumb things we do."
Dumb things like nine penalties, including a roughing-the-passer call on Chris Kelsay when Tom Brady had slid to the ground and was sitting down. Dumb things like three turnovers by quarterback J.P. Losman, including a fumble caused by running into an official. Dumb things like Jabari Greer biting on a pump fake that resulted in a 31-yard gain during yet another Brady-led touchdown drive.
All of these silly, undisciplined actions were discouraging to Wilson, and what really angered him was the general lackluster effort put forth by his team, inexcusable in his eyes, considering the circumstances.
After road losses to unbeaten Chicago and then-winless Detroit, the Bills were returning home to face their fiercest rival in front of the 26th sellout crowd in the last 27 games in Orchard Park.
Furthermore, the greater Buffalo region is still getting back on its feet after a freak Friday the 13th snowstorm devastated the area.
Despite this cocktail of emotion, the Bills responded with their 12th loss in the last 13 games to New England.
It was a loss as hideous as any since Bill Belichick began coaching the Patriots and Brady became their starting quarterback. A loss that gave the Patriots a third consecutive season series sweep. A seventh consecutive Bills loss in the season rematch, including the last five by a combined score of 150-36.
As usual, the score sheet said Sunday's game was close, but the Patriots aren't about stats, they are about winning. They suffocate teams with their patience and poise. These are qualities that have not been attached to the Bills — who committed 16 penalties to New England's four in this year's two games — for a very, very long time.
Wilson said he was ready for a rebuilding year, but not to be embarrassed. Not many owners would have the courage to say it, but he did.
His players let him down.
They let their city down.
"Yeah (I knew we'd be rebuilding), but it's still hard to take the money from the fans to see this kind of exhibition, and the players really ought to realize that, too," he said. "These fans work hard and go through all of these natural disasters, and dig down and spend their last few dollars and come out and see us play. The players should realize that. They should play hard and not do dumb things."
This hasn't been a good fall for Wilson, dealing with a bad back and now another bad football team.
Weary from watching his team not make the playoffs in six consecutive seasons, he instituted the biggest organizational reshuffle in Bills history last off-season, beginning with the firing of president and general manager Tom Donahoe.
In five seasons under Donahoe, the Bills were 31-49 and the club took a huge backward step last season by finishing 5-11. In came Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy as general manager and Dick Jauron as coach.
Back in the day, Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly would want to fight you after a loss.
But there are still too many players in this locker room spilling out tired cliches and excuses.
Clearly, there is a culture of losing here that won't be changed in seven games under the new regime.
Wilson, who turned 88 last week, can't help but look back as he looks forward. He apologized once to fans for handing unprecedented power to Donahoe, who did a good job of making him feel like a stranger, and now realizes the job he handed Levy and Jauron is bigger than he thought.
"What really upsets me the most: Before Marv and Dick came in, we regressed so badly," Wilson said. "We let players go. We let Pat Williams go. We let Ruben Brown go. There seemed to be too many personalities involved. People say, 'Hey, forget it, Ralph. Look forward. Be optimistic.' But I can't help but look back and say that at my age, I threw five years away."
It's a disheartening truth. Give Wilson credit for saying it. And even though he acknowledged that the Bills still don't have playoff-caliber talent, they ought to play with their heads and their hearts in the right place.
That's the least that the owner and the fans deserve.
God Bless him...with age comes wisdom and appreciation.....I really believe that he wants better for himself and the fans.
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Now this is reported as a possibility mind you, so don't shoot the messenger. Found this on Rotoworld.com:
Report: Bills may make quarterback change
NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports the Bills will likely reconsider their quarterback situation during the Week 8 bye.
Allowing Losman to finish out the season would make the most sense looking towards the future. If the Bills want to win now, Kelly Holcomb might be the better choice. Craig Nall also is hanging around. Giving up on Losman almost certainly would mean Buffalo will address the situation in the 2007 offseason. Oct. 23 - 12:21 am et
they need to put the best runner in there - period
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I agree - come off the ledge already!!! Just fall asleep on the end of game like I do - I fell into a MAJOR nap with about 6 minutes left (after the last pats td)......btw, my daughter's soccer team won 5-3 today here in NJ and my daughter scored the last goal on a really nice side of foot kick as she beat the defender around the front of the net....
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Ouch. That was a very nice and subtle slam.
My take on this btw is that with regard to Congress the Democrats are only slightly less responsible than the Republicans. The overwhelming majority voted to go to war and if you want to talk about who knew what and when they knew it with regards to the Iraq war you will interest me far more than the page scandal and Hastert. Not so much that the page scandal isnt horrible but what has happened in Iraq is a world class disaster of epic proportions.
Heck I was convinced that Kerry would be far worse than Bush but in hindsight maybe I was wrong. Oh and btw I am fairly liberal I am just convinced now more than ever that our only hope of changing things is if the US population wakes up and votes every incumbent out of office. I dont mean replace them with lower level corrupt idiots but instead replace them with decent people who just want to do the job right. Oh and their first item on the agenda should be term limits of around 4 for the House and 2 for the Senate max.
Our Representative Republic deserves better public servants.
Actually, that is not quite true - while not being a great fan of my fellow democrats these days, more than 200 voted NOT to endorse this war - some very high profile folks did - that gets all of the publicity.
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Ouch. That was a very nice and subtle slam.
My take on this btw is that with regard to Congress the Democrats are only slightly less responsible than the Republicans. The overwhelming majority voted to go to war and if you want to talk about who knew what and when they knew it with regards to the Iraq war you will interest me far more than the page scandal and Hastert. Not so much that the page scandal isnt horrible but what has happened in Iraq is a world class disaster of epic proportions.
Heck I was convinced that Kerry would be far worse than Bush but in hindsight maybe I was wrong. Oh and btw I am fairly liberal I am just convinced now more than ever that our only hope of changing things is if the US population wakes up and votes every incumbent out of office. I dont mean replace them with lower level corrupt idiots but instead replace them with decent people who just want to do the job right. Oh and their first item on the agenda should be term limits of around 4 for the House and 2 for the Senate max.
Our Representative Republic deserves better public servants.
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I am loving life right now
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First Mularkey took Willis out on 3rd downs and goal line, now we are going to take him out on 4th downs too. I guess we could join the idiots who want him benched on 1st and 2nd downs as well
I like A-Train as a 2nd back, but let's not jump on the Clueless "Willis isn't a stud" train and it's non-stop service to Stupid Land. The guy is not a model citizen or a Rhodes scholar, but he is one of the most talented football players we have.
Notice, I said Willis had a good game (except for that one play) - if AT continues to play as well - using him on short yardage might be a good option, using him where he adds more value and reducing wear and tear on him. These are not solid opinions, the season has just started - let's see what happens.
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I've been watching him for a long time - (Big Michigan fan here). I'm still a McGahee fan - I think he has big talent, but in some situations, I think we'll be very glad to have AT - they are a very good tandem.
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I saw the same thing - this guy should feel really good about his performance yesterday....if we could find some way to stop the run, this defense might be something special...any word on the injuries from yesterday?
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Other than that pitiful performance on the fourth down, I thought McGahee had a good game yesterday, but A-Train was a VERY pleasant surprise.....he might already be my choice on short yardage - no dancing behind the line with this guy!
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I hate those staged photos. Don't you?
Here's another formal shot where I think the girls look a bit more relaxed.
What you don't see is why they've been successful in defending their virtue.
this was 'laughing out loud' funny!
[ot] AWOL soldier seeks refuge in Canada
in Off the Wall Archives
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I feel worst for his wife, because he should have shared his intentions with her - you can't just leave her to fend for your child like that.
While I don't believe in this mission in any way, I don't think deserting is the way to go. I think this issue is a lot more complicated that people on this board seem to understand and I also think that more soldiers should question why they are being used as target practice for a mission that, by definition, was never going to happen. The Iraqis don't really care about democracy and if they did, they should have risen up - it wasn't worth the life of our brave soldiers. We should have learned that nation building is not a productive exercise and that we cannot create a reality to fit our own agendas after the Vietnam debacle - some conflicts are simply not worth being involved in. Has anyone ever heard of Saigon? Oh, I forgot, it is now called Ho Chi Minh City - and we sacrificed 57,000 lives for that.