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"He's an impeccable kid," Beane said. "We did a lot of research. I think all teams were aware of the Title IX thing. That was fully investigated by the school...It was one of those where there was zero information saying that this actually happened."
I will trust Beane's research over the word of someone out to make money.
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33 minutes ago, Doc said:
How much do the Bandits make for him? Being a niche sport, I can't imagine it's significant.
The Bandits sell out in the playoffs and almost sell out their 9 regular season home games. That's an arena of 19,000
It's not a lot of money in the big picture, but expenses are cheap so there is almost certainly a handsome profit margin. The Bandits make money instead of losing it. I'm not sure the same can be said of the Sabres with their half full arena.
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5 minutes ago, Gregg said:
He should sell as he has run the team into the ground. He has the Bills who are a cash cow to his bank account. The Sabres not so much.
Actually, looking at the empty seats at a Sabres game, I think the Sabres are a negative cash flow for Pegs. He probably chips in monthly to cover expenses.
The Bills and the Bandits generate cash, lots of it.
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On 5/7/2025 at 11:45 PM, US Egg said:
Listening to WKBW radio in the late ‘60’s was my introduction to top 40 radio. FM radio wasn’t a thing. I couldn’t do it justice explaining just how great a summertime experience listening to ‘KB was. If you listened then you know.
It was a premier powerhouse rock-n- roll station up and down the east coast.
They had a powerful transmitter and it truly was heard up and down the coast.
Now that transmitter is wasted on sports talk radio, blech.
Wikipedia:
Thus, while WWKB can be heard across most of the eastern half of North America at night, its signal is spotty only 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Buffalo. Local residents remain largely unaware that the antenna array is internationally famous for sending WWKB's nighttime signal to all over Nordic countries on a regular basis. The directional nighttime signal has resulted the station being commonly heard in parts of Finland and Sweden using special DX equipment during winter months. A group of Scandinavian radio reception enthusiasts visited for conference at a Camp Road motel, to view the transmitter array, apparently to photograph and measure it.
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He should spend some time with QB coach Jordan Palmer, like Josh did.
Palmer makes star QBs.
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BISCUIT!!
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4 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:
8 years? Only 8 years?
24 years here and one of the few non-mods/admin who can say that.
GO BILLS!
I've been here a VERY long time. My first connections were with a dial-up 9600 baud modem in Summer of 1996. My previous user names were lost when SDS upgraded the forum software.
There were (are) some real characters back in the early days. I remember some trolls named Combo, Ice, and maybe a HogBoy. They have thankfully disappeared. Of course, who can forget the infamous Belinda.
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Dion is handful, and a genuinely nice person. I'm happy he is the second highest paid player on the Bills.
Seen from this viewpoint. the stadium is AWESOME. I can't wait for the opening.
8 hours ago, Joe Marino said:Did they comment on the seats?
He sat in one. His butt fit but his torso overflowed to the seats next to him.
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This conversation supports the notion: The college system doesn't grow enough QB's to quality stock 32 NFL teams. About 10 teams have to field some real schnooks.
This is why I view NFL expansion with a wary eye. QB play in an expanded league will be dreadful.
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I'm a McDermott supporter on this board.
Having said that, if a real hot coach--and I can't think of an example, somebody credible, became available -- I would replace McDermott.
However, there is no one available who is a step up from McDermott. That is my disagreement with the "fire McDermott" posters. Sure, fire him, but replace him with what?
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Say what you want about Ralph, but one thing he was is loyal. He was loyal to Buffalo*, he was loyal to other team owners, he was loyal across the board.
Pegula is also loyal and his team is ingrained in the community. I think Ralph would be very pleased.
* his estate is building a multimillion dollar park on the Buffalo waterfront, goodness.
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11 hours ago, JerseyBills said:
Why is every Bills radio or podcast guy 60+ with a gray beard? Would love to start something on here with a new generation
Bills radio needs a breath of fresh air, no disrespect intended
We should start a TSW pod!!!
True, that.
I have noticed: all across my life there are places that need new young blood, including here at TSW. We're all a bunch of day-posting retirees, naps in the afternoon and in bed at 9 PM.
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Thanks for that.
I had forgotten how good Jim Kelly was. I never compare him to Josh, that would just be a wrong thing to do.
I noticed there wasn't a post-game handshake between Levy and Shula. I guess it wasn't a thing back then.
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Pegula is just doing house cleaning of his financial portfolio, as men his age like to do.
He's getting rid of marginal operations.*
He's keeping profitable operations.
Nothing to see here.
* he'd sell the Sabres if he could, but he would do so at a loss right now and is waiting for them to uptick in valueEDIT: * he'd sell the Sabres but they would sell below market value, he is waiting for them to uptick in value
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49 minutes ago, Pete said:
Friggin Lonnie?
You guessed. You even got the Friggin part which was common among fandom.
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I remember one starting Tight End who had cinder blocks for hands.
Out of respect, I'm leaving his name out of it. He's been ragged on hard by Bills fans. That must suck.
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47 minutes ago, shrader said:
I see kids riding these things on the road all the time with no regard for traffic laws. They’re a problem. It’s a little different but a couple months back I was at the gas station and some kids had taken their quad over there to grab some food. A cop happened to pull in for some gas of his own and then hilarity ensued. I wish I could have stuck around to see when the parents showed up.
One of those eBike dudes with no regard for traffic law just got creamed here in the Buffalo area, but he wasn't a kid--he was 40.
"The 40-year-old was transported to ECMC to be treated for leg, abdominal and head injuries"
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You gave me a momentary chill... I thought is was a breach of Google's systems at first. That would be a catastrophic event, given how many billions of people have their information there.
But, it's a breach of passwords from people's PCs, some of which are their Google passwords. That is not quite as earth shattering.
A password manager and two-factor authentication my friends, the only way to roll.
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The schedule is usually updated late in the summer. It's just one of those quirks that makes TBD loveable.
But if you absolutely can't wait:
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When you have a whale of a contract like Josh Allen's ($55mil AAV) on your roster, you are limited in the number of other big contracts you can dish out. Beane has said as much.
If the QB was Fitzpatrick or some other JAG QB, I suspect Beane would invest more in the RB position--because he would have the money to do so. But the QB is soaking up $55mil a year and options are constrained.
Cook might get $10mil from a team in 2026 and that team will not be the Bills.
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Allen throws three interceptions....
Rocky's coach was right: women weaken legs. QB play is all foot work 😆
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58 minutes ago, JP51 said:
RIP Robb... lots of struggles for that poor guy, I think CTE might have been in play... but nevertheless a really nice player for us.
Ohhh, I didn't know he passed. Now I am sad.
Reminiscing.... "Robb Riddick 15 TDs 1988"
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So many too choose from...
What comes to mind right now: Robb Riddick. Whenever Marv Levy had a short yardage situation, he sent in Robb Riddick. It almost always paid off.
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1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Yeah, crazy amount of void years imo. I dont even count them in my discussions because I think they can do more damage than good in the long run, unless you get a new, new deal in place.
But to that end, we could use one void year, and then a 4/$60M extension becomes 5/$60M and more in range with that $12M number so many fans are stuck on. And by then the cap will be well north of $300M, so we either get a new, new deal in place by then or just eat the void for 1 year.
The jury is out on whether the voodoo of void years works. Philadelphia has used void years extensively, I'd like to see how their situation looks a year or two from now. I half expect bad things for them.
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The Nostalgia Thread
in Off the Wall
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I am nostalgic for Clayton's Toys. When they were on Elmwood Avenue--not the glorified gift shop they are now in Amherst. The Elmwoood stores (they moved around a lot) had the best toy selection outside FAO Schwarz.