Augie

Don’t be shocked if it’s BOTH a 1st rounder and a mid-rounder. It’s a passing league and the old saying of “you can’t have too many CB’s” is a true one. Not saying it will be, not saying it’s impossible. .

Yep, sounds interesting, though I don’t know enough to have an opinion here. They DO know how to coach them up (easier in zone coverage), but that doesn’t mean we will only stick with lower round guys and UDFA’s. See: Tre White for reference. They know how to coach them, and they know how to pick good ones wherever they may be.

They are never correct, but the one positive is that it’s a way for me to start learning about these college guys. That’s all I got, but it helps me get ready for the draft reading the mocks.

If you have to chose between paying the QB or paying the WR, you pay the QB. ALL DAY LONG! The QB can make a WR far easier than a WR can make a QB. Miami got this backwards.

Little known fact: playing in Miami he got so sweaty the ring slipped off. They searched the field with no results. It is believed to be lost somewhere in his beard or chest hair, but so far metal detectors have been inconclusive as to location. I have Arnold Palmers for lunch every day. I feel a bond.

It’s about time for some talent to land in the NFC!!!

So………he’s ranked! That sounds good!

I went to St Joes on Kenmore Ave (near UB) but lived out in Williamsville and East Amherst. It was 3 hours a day round trip on the bus. I eventually got a car, but it was still 45 minutes each way driving direct. I had my friends where I lived, and they all went to school together. I had friends I went to school with, but I never really saw them outside of school until a little bit in our senior year. I wasn’t fully a part of either group. It was a bit odd, I admit. My wife helped start a sorority while in college. She has a group text thread with her college buddies, and once a year all ages who were part of the sorority will rent a bunch of beach houses and gather. They all mix together, but mostly the “adults” tend to stick together. As mentioned earlier, I have a text thread with a bunch of college buddies. Half of them….I couldn’t tell you a thing about them. Some I just have numbers, and don’t even know their names. It’s a crossover deal, where I was friends with a couple, and casually knew a couple more with no idea who the others were. My junior year I lived in the only off campus housing between school and the only bar you could walk to. It was known as Stan & Stu’s, a couple of my housemates. There were 12 of us in this three story former tri-plex. On any given “night” (NOT just weekends - it could be a random Tuesday morning in February) one of us would be closing the bar at 2:30 am and people would buy 12 packs then march to Stan & Stu’s. I was often asked “are you going to Stan & Stu’s tonight?”. It was even funnier when they asked the same question of Stan or Stu! It was a generic name for the “after party”, even if you didn’t know who Stan or Stu were. It was like public property! We had some crazy parties there (probably the best was 1980 Olympic hockey which we rented giant TV’s for), but a lot of people recognized us as they would crash our house one or two nights a week, but I had no idea where they even lived or even what their names were. You know the characters in Animal House, the people at the keg party are anonymous guests not listed in the credits. This might explain a few things about me…… 🤷‍♂️

Mike is battling anorexia or he’s missing a twig? Or both? HFBD!

Live by the “you split, I pick method”.

Not living in the dorms is key, in my mind. Learning to live with other people and get along may just be more important than anything that happens in a classroom. College is about learning how to grow up first, learning a trade second. My wife went away to school her first year. Piano performance major at a stuffy school. HATED it, came back to school in her home town. Her parents wouldn’t pay for the dorms since it was home town. She got a job at a jewelry store to pay for the dorms. Life can be what you make it. She’s done nothing but rise ever since. EDIT: I’m on a text thread with about 8 other college buddies that I hear from almost daily, and another who was the best man in my wedding. I didn’t LOVE college like some people did, but I can’t complain. .

Ummmm, how long has it been since the Jets made a team punt? 🤷‍♂️

You want to stick to ex-Panthers? 😊 I’m with you, I trust Beane. Nobody is perfect, but he’s much better than most.

It’s more effective if the disappointment is delayed. Don’t let them see it coming, then pull the rug out!

You might be happy with another CB, followed by WR later in a deep WR class.

…and, I’ll be at least mildly surprised if we don’t have another CB on the roster before the draft. It’s just how Beane rolls.

That was the short version that left out the thousands of people greeting him at the airport at 2:30am.

A) I’m glad it wasn’t high school, and……. B) This is NOT Penthouse Forum (that I have heard of from other people).

My best friend from college gave his mother a tennis lesson this morning. I now feel a very deep and personal connection and I know this will be the signing of the offseason for us. This one finally brings us the TROPHY!

With the 25th pick in the 2022 draft, the Buffalo Bills select………….some guy I’ve never heard of. I trust our guys to do better research than I am capable of. I’m guessing best CB available, followed by WR with some OL thrown in after that.

NOT looking good.

Coach K losing to Izzo would be fitting. Izzo is a great coach. Coach K is a guy who should have won more championships given that he had his pick of high school All Americans every year. Like Calipari, he has done less with more to an amazing degree. Other than whining, he’s just a recruiter.

Happy Birthday! As it turns out, 57 is the new 47! At least, that’s what I told myself……. 🤷‍♂️

I suggest 5 years does not change young and handsome THAT much. No longer having money nor a wife seems to go hand in hand. Sorry about that. 🤷‍♂️ I had a banking client who had a troubled marriage. He said he had bad news and good news. OK, start with the bad news……it’s going to cost $5 million to get divorced. The good news? I HAVE $5 million!

If you ever get the chance without too much trouble, check out an NCAA tournament. Not quite a Bills opener, but it’s four days of constant action and energy! I’ve been to a bunch over the last 20 years, and it’s incredible! I’ve been to a Bills SB, and the Masters, and a bunch of other cool events. The wildest time I ever had was the NCAA tournament in Orlando. The first bar I walked into in Church Street Station became my home base. There was a crowd of a 2-3 dozen guys from Wisconsin at the bar having a riot of a time. I’m alone (though tons of Xavier peeps are there) and happen to buy a few guys a pitcher. I was immediately “adopted” and part of the family. They have 3 generations of guys who pick a warm weather spot every year, regardless of where Wisconsin is playing. Each school has their cheerleaders and bands and they do a thing outside the bars before heading to the games. It’s like Mardis Gras, St Patricks Day and Woodstock had a baby! Nothing else like it!