Augie

Well, Josh is spending more time in front of a camera than his wife the actress, so why not? I (half) kid, but he’s on commercials non-stop these days! I love the guy, but it’s not a great look right now.

I’m guessing he was your Designated Drunk Driver? I met a kid who held that self-appointed title. He was in rehab at the time. He said “I had no idea why it’s so hard for them to drive drunk.” Practice, practice, practice!

I foolishly expected a bunch of laugh emojis. Like I just fell off of the damn turnip truck!

It was more rhetorical, actually. It just seems like something that would happen to us.

I guess we should leave Art Schlichter out of this? Very sad, and an age old reminder.

….and all the donuts disappeared! We all saw that coming, for sure.

Does anyone else have a sick feeling that he will have a comeback game for the ages against us? 😂

Yeah, until someone offers you $250k/year more. Then you pack your bags and go on to the next school. Xavier used to brag about graduating every player who used all of their eligibility. Now? It’s more like a series of pickup games at an open gym with the best players going to the highest bidder. For better or worse, that’s the “game” now. I’m hoping if I step back and ignore how the sausage is made that I can enjoy the season, even if I’ve become a quasi-Xavier hoops fan. I used to record every game, go to Cincinnati annually for a home game, attend any road game within a couple hour drive and follow them (to decent locales) in the Tournament if they were in the SE. Not any more. I hope they do well, and I hope to enjoy some of it, but it seems nothing is what it used to be….and it’s not all better. EDIT: I used to enjoy the high school recruiting and watching the young guys develop. You might get 4-6 years of following a committed HS player, maybe a redshirt and then his eligibility. Now I only get a few months to get to know the kids, and now it’s just not worth it for me that to try that hard. .

No, Xavier is in the same boat. We lost Sean Miller to Texas right after we played them in the last NCAA tournament. We previously lost him to Arizona until he got in trouble there and came back to the only place that would have him. And then he left AGAIN. Whatever, I couldn’t name 2 players on the current roster anyway with all the portal and NIL stuff. I no longer send my meager contribution to the sports program at a time when they are asking for more. It’s a mess. As I said, you have to be in the top handful of schools to be safe. Mark Few is one of my favorite people in sports because he knows he’s got a great situation, and he doesn’t have to try to climb the ladder. Good for him. I’d become a Gonzaga fan, but that would surely jinx them.

I wouldn’t get too excited over this particular victory. DePaul was 0-20 last year in the Big East, and 3-29 overall. They are horrible at basketball and the embarrassment of the Big East. Having said that, I’d love it if UB could have a good program for a while. It’s only for a while mind you, because as soon as your coaching is doing well he gets to step up in level of play and salary. Unless you are a blue blood like Kansas, Duke or UNC, you are always on the verge of having your coach poached for the $$$.

Some people might call it so-so Italian at best, but I went to Chefs for the first time in my life the week of the opener this year with my wife. My parents went there almost weekly, and apparently it was the place to go to get away from me! We enjoyed it and the restaurant was much bigger than I expected, but I’m sure there is better Italian food in town. To me, Chef’s is iconic like the Anchor Bar, even if they don’t have the best of what they are known for.

So, the OC that some people think will be a HC next year should be fired for incompetence this year. Clear as mud, I tell you. In the world we live in a defensive coordinator will not likely get poached. With an offensive minded HC we’d be safe from the annual question about our offense going forward. A good OC with a defensive HC will get taken, sooner than later. A good DC is far less likely to get elevated to a HC job, so you have more stability. As is, our offense is lacking. If you fix it and things are humming, you need to look for a new OC in an offensive league. That’s an issue, even for me. . .

I’ll go ahead and say it, the current kickoffs are an ugly thing to watch. It’s even more pronounced in the stadium when the ugly baby isn’t masked by the television coverage not showing much of the kicker back there by himself looking like the Maytag Repairman. It’s not directly about safety, it’s all about not having to fork over more money in lawsuits. I prefer the college and high school kickoffs, and I’m starting to lean more toward their games overall.

For his sake, I hope so.

I’d rather be downtown than have a dome, honestly. But I’m happy with the new facility. Getting what we wanted was going to cost BILLIONS more. Where was that going to come from? People are already complaining about the cost of the “cheap version.” They are going to remain in WNY for many years to come. I’ll take it.

California Sober is very popular among the pescatarian crowd. And they are lovers of Hostess Ho Hos as well.

…..and every stall in every bathroom. Every little bit helps.

Give it a month and see if you can still say that.

The results of the poll tell us recency bias is a real thing with 66% currently saying it’s McD’s worst loss. I’m sick and tired of hearing about 13 seconds (and hope some of you seek help) but I’ve put that in the rear view mirror. There’s no way a regular season loss in Miami is worse than that. .

To answer the question…..not very far.

I don’t gamble, but I think that’s a good bet.

Am I in time?????

When I was a kid, I remember the Bills being my life. The mood of the community was affected by how the Bills did that weekend. That was for 14 Sundays a year. A few highs, but mostly lows during that time. Now we are much older and we have a lot of other adult things going on in our lives. I still follow the Bills closely, but it’s not like it used to be. I don’t live and die by them. I’ve been to 2 Bills games this year, both night games. I hate night games for a variety of reasons , and I found myself wondering why I was there. It was strange, and new for me. The Bills are a thing for me now, not THE thing. I like a good discussion as much as the next guy. I am painfully aware of things I’d like to see fixed. For better or worse, the board is a lot like the outside world with very vocal extremes. That leads to a lot of anger and even some venom and name-calling. That’s not discussion anymore with where some of this goes. I blocked a handful of posters after the opener. That helped to get rid of that much pure negativity. It’s a weird place for me to be right now. I don’t mind the Bills as much as some of the fans.* *Nothing personal to anyone, honestly. We’re just different, that’s all. .

I’d take him over Gruden.

If Gruden is a part of the Bills organization, I’ll take some time off from anything Bills related. He was mad that his emails were released. Guess what! He should really be upset that he is the person he exposed as the author of those emails. I’ve also had personal experience from when our kids used to have 7 on 7’s in high school. He’s a ^&%$. Also, it seemed most of the Bu’cs hated him from his days there when he won with Tony Dungy’s team because the Raiders were too stupid and or lazy to change their signals before a Super Bowl. Rex is an idiot, but he does not personally offend me the way Gruden does.