Augie

It was strangely moving to see it again. Not so much a Bills reverence thing but more as a “WOW! What I remember is not what I remember” thing. Like the first home I remember in Hamburg, and I drive by now to find it’s a shoebox. But it’s still well worth seeing. I think you’d appreciate it. .

Right where they used to be? 🤷‍♂️ I’m not kidding, I only have a very rough idea of its location. My buddy who still lives in Buffalo took me by. Maybe @PromoTheRobot can give us a better idea.

I don’t think I’m allowed to laugh at that. Yet.

Not that Jets game, but my #2 response (after taking my boys to a game) would be the first time I walked up to the Rockpile. I had never seen a crowd like that, and when we walked up to the giant entry gates this little kid thought it was mightier than the Roman Colosseum! A friend took me by the old gates after a game at the Ralph maybe a decade ago. Funny how our memories work.

When each of our boys turned 16 I took them to their first Bills home game. It was a rite of passage type of trip with just me and my son. The first night we walked from the hotel to the Creekview restaurant for dinner. Somehow we got to talking to some people in the bar. When they learned that we were there from Florida to take my son to his first Bills home game, we were invited to about a half dozen different tailgates. People were begging us to join them. That memory tells me a couple things. First, people in a bar can get chatty and quite friendly. (Duh) But it was also a very “Buffalo thing” to happen. That was exactly the kind of thing I wanted my son to experience, the way the people rally around the Bills and invite you in. It’s not like that everywhere.

Aren’t you getting weary by now? I admire the stamina.

Giving in to pickleball?

I loved this pick once I looked him up to see who the hell he was and asked all of my UGA following friends what they thought. I’m once again strangely optimistic. I’m curious to see how this whole draft class works out. .

…and just FORGET wings!

1. I seriously doubt Buffalo will ever host a Super Bowl. 2. Hosting a draft would not surprise me at all. 3. Thank you for doing your part to make this board what it is. .

The lack of effort and load management lost me a couple decades ago. I switch stations when they talk anything NBA. My fandom has dwindled since the Braves left. We are down to zero.

I stayed at my sister’s in Appleton when the Bills played in Green Bay. We were at the hotel bar when the Bills vans pulled up. It was kinda cool to go outside and see them all file in, the police setup, etc. Appleton is about 35 minutes from GB and I think they get a lot of overflow. EDIT: a quick search has the Appleton population at 74k, and GB at 106k. I know, it depends on where you draw the lines, but fairly comparable. .

Yeah, I wasn’t really thinking throw it to the ceiling stuff, but I just naturally always thought worked by hand. That seemed “normal” to me, so the thin rolling pin surprised me.

Okay, you guys know your pizza…..and I have a question. I always thought of a “hand tossed” pizza as normal. We did a cooking class in Rome once and the chef said they toss pies down in Naples and elsewhere, but we rolled our dough. Does rolling happen often? I just always had visions of dough twirling in the air. BTW - Best pizza of my life! EDIT: We used an immersion blender making the sauce and my wife had one waiting for us when we got home. It’s been a year, and it’s still in the box. We have such good intentions, but…….🤷‍♂️ .

Yeah, if Green Bay can handle it, Buffalo certainly can. I think they will rely on a lot of hotel rooms in Appleton. That’s where the Bill stay when they travel there.

So…….Buffalo does not have great hotel options because they don’t draw big events, and we can’t have big events because we don’t have the hotel options. It feels like a chicken or the egg scenario. I’d love to see how they would pull off an NFL draft. Where would they hold it, and what would it look like? .

While others are playing Doctor on the internet, I feel like this is truly your field of expertise.

I’ve heard that, but it just doesn’t sound right. Gronk too. I guess you never know……

I would not have known that, if you had not told me. If you know what I mean. Sometimes you just keep scrolling down.

I agree it sounds wise, but my wife got a new car and the safety features drive me crazy! The damn thing beeps, flashes or vibrates for all kinds of crazy reasons! My wife, in her wisdom, clearly admits “I need those features.” Go over the speed limit, change lanes without signaling, etc and you will be made aware. Her texts all come thru the car by way of her guy with the hot Australian accent. I suspect sometimes she takes the long way home to be with him. I try to pay attention when I drive, and I’m still getting used to all the bells and whistles distracting me in her car.

The Bills seem to prefer certain physical traits, especially early. Coleman has the size and hands they coveted, but I really thought McConkey just looks like a football player. We have a UGA member of the family, so I saw a good bit of him. He looks smart and gritty out there. I’m glad Tom Brady doesn’t get to throw to him against us.

I just know Peter Pan is going to behind one of these clicks…….

I’ve turned down free tickets for early season day games in Tampa and Jax. I’ve done both, and that was enough to learn my lesson. The early weeks can be absolutely brutal, to the point that we were the ONLY people left in our row before finally going inside for some shade and AC so we could all watch on little monitors over the concession stands. The last time I was in South Beach I stopped at several places and had to literally point at the menu because nobody spoke English.

Athletes from all sports are famous for being idiots with money and filing bankruptcy shortly after retirement. It’s not just a CTE thing. https://www.abi.org/feed-item/how-athletes-go-bankrupt-at-an-alarming-rate .

Yeah, he’s got the 2nd most wins in the last 5 years behind only Andy Reid, he’s won the AFCE 4 years in a row and he has the best winning percentage in franchise history. That gets you a smoldering hot seat? I think thought beats emotion in terms of outcomes. My Big Picture with no anger says we are in good hands. The “fire the bum” crowd are delusional about how hard it is to do better. I prefer to let him keep doing a great job, and getting better every year. It took Andy Reid a while too.