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Yeah......JP was perfect on that drive..... The whole drive was FANTASTIC!

Sorry! Thought it was worth mentioning.......Sad though

13 PLAYS! 85 YARDS! over 8 minutes on the drive! Lions return to the 25

We can only dream that it goes this well against the Pats on opening day!

NON FOOTBALL...... Breaking news from Channel 7...... 2 State Troopers have just been shot......looking for Bucky Phillips

WOW! WHAT A DRIVE! PERFECT FOOTBALL THERE!

great run by Willis there! 1st and goal! TD! McGahee!

3rd and 1 Willis to the 1!

3rd and 5...... offside! half the distance to the goal.....still 3rd down

Not sure about the timeout...... PP on another grab to the 9 yard line....... 3rd down!

McGahee for 1 to the 19

1st drive notes........we have been absolutely dominant...... picked up a 3rd and 7 and 3rd and 5. McGahee has had holes to run through for the most part. Would have had a nice gain on his second 'loss' play, but lost his footing cutting back across the grain. But this has been a solid drive!

Offense looking great! Timeout Buff!

Lee Evans on the catch! 1st down!

McGahee for 4. This, so far has been the best drive of the preseason for the Bills........ MCGahee for another loss. At the Lion's 20.

3rd and 7....... PP on the catch.......1st down!

McGahee on a draw after a gain of 8 or so

McGahee caught in the backfield. We are at the Lions 40 or so after that loss.......

McGahee great run off LT for a huge gain! Broke a couple of tackles. Robert Royal on a TE screen for another 20...... Bills are marching!

PP makes a great catch off a deflection....

Davis runs sideways a bunch of times on the return all the way to the Bills 15 yard line! Who needs McGee??

Bills have won the toss and will receive....... Here we go!

Pre game comments........ Spikes is not playing......good. Neither is McGee.......good. Lions are not playing 11 of their starters or so. That is including Kitna and Williams. I am expecting a lot of running plays tonight. I don't see McGahee playing long at all. Maybe 1 or 2 series. I expect Losman to get a quarter or so. Pretty much the same for most of the starters except Vincent and some of the other older vets.

The mods can combine the threads if they wish, but I thought since the "fake" game was already played in the other thread, I thought we might start fresh for the actual game that is about to start! But, I will leave that up to the mods! I will do my best to give play by play updates as I have done in the past for those who can't see or hear the game tonight. Enjoy the game everyone.

I do like the idea that you have for a compromise. Here is the thing. We have all kind of lost site of what the point here is. The real reason we are having this discusion is because us football fans will be losing one of our favorite networks for very stupid reasons. Regardless of who is right or wrong (Time Warner or the NFL), the real issue we are having with it is that we are losing a network that we all want at THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME OF YEAR......THE START OF FOOTBALL SEASON! If these 2 HUGE businesses would just find a way to settle, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. There is just a lot of frustration out there because these multi billion companies are fighting over, what would be a couple extra bucks to you and me. Time Warner just looks like fools in this situation because they ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COMPANY not to carry the NFL Nework. There is pleanty of blame to go around. Time Warner is to blame, the NFL is to blame........whatever. The fact of the matter is, the only ones being hurt by this are the customers. As for your compromise, while it does make sense to try it on a trial basis and then work it out based on the numbers, but the problem is, neither company, especially Time Warner, would let that happen. It would just lead to more fighting and petty bickering down the road. I don't know what the solution is. The fact is, people who want the NFL Network, should not have to pay extra for it. However, maybe the NFL is expecting too much per subscriber. To me, the solution is easy. Just split the difference. The NFL wants $0.90 per subscriber and to be on basic cable. Time Warner wants NFL Network on a Sports Tier so they themselves can collect more money from their subscribers. Why don't they settle on $0.65-$0.70 per subscriber and on basic cable? That would make both companies money.....NFL through the subscriber fees, and Time Warner through additional customers that won't switch to Dish or DirecTV and new customers they can bring in because of the features they can offer. I know, it is not that simple, but this is totally out of hand and only us, the customers are getting hurt. Both entities need to realize this and step up. They NEED to work this out.