SinceThe70s

I think it was Parcells who said something to the effect "the most important ability is availability". I try not to question player injuries or their toughness, but if you're not on the field you're not helping the cause (edit: unless you're Cody Ford) . Flipside to that mentality is players coming back too early and either being ineffective or making an injury worse. Bottom line is Star hasn't been on the field much the past two seasons. Gotta hope he heals up and can come back strong for a playoff push/run because help for 2021 is not on the way.

Take the last train to Clarksville Now I must hang up the phone I can't hear you in this Noisy railroad station, all alone I'm feelin' low Oh, no, no, no Oh, no, no, no And I don't know If I'm ever coming home

Me too. But for me his crowning achievement was being the executive producer of Repo Man. Great movie, great soundtrack. RIP.

I was hoping OSU would sneak into the playoffs - I get bored seeing Alabama make it every year. Have a great time at the Fiesta Bowl - that's a great matchup.

Yeesh, I just went to my first college football game a few months ago and I'm more than a few decades past 6 years old. $1200/per is a lot of coin to drop on a football game. If I had a rooting interest it would be a good excuse to visit one of my favorite regions of the country

Runaway with me tonight Dream the dream, light the light Happiness is what you give to me, oh yeah Steal away, steal away You gotta steal away the night

With Gilligan The Skipper too, The millionaire and his wife, The movie star The Professor and Mary Ann,* Here on Gilligan's Isle.

+1 @Augie But I will admit that comparisons of Sean to guys like Marty Schottenheimer aren't easily dismissed. Look at the 1st quarter last night.

When the season started I had the Bills as legit SB contenders. As it stands now I have them downgraded as playoff contenders. Not making the playoffs or making the playoffs and being one and done would be be a huge disappointment for me this year. I see the warts but I still see the potential for a post season run. I'm gonna ride it out because we've never won a game in the off season and watching the Bills win games makes me happy.

Yup, I get that we went from SB contenders (favourites would have been an overstatement IMO) to playoff contenders. But when we sucked folks would hit up the ESPN playoff machine and come up with unrealistic ways for us to sneak into the playoffs. Now that we're 7-5 there's too much sentiment for my taste that we'll miss the playoffs.

What amazes me this past week is I feel like a large majority of the board lived through and stuck with the Bills through the drought. And there was more optimism at the tail end of the drought than there is now that we're competitive. Anyone remember the video of the Bills fan coming off anesthesia and unconsciously ranting about how the Bills always let him down? Now is not the time to walk away from the Bills.

Non answer #2. The funny thing here is that I think your premise is the Bills need a better running game. I agree with that. Your running stat supports the argument but the stat alone confirms nothing IMO

I'll chalk that up to a non-answer. I'm too lazy to look it up but my guess is it wouldn't move the needle.

Serious question: how may 125 yard games between two backs have there been in the 55 games? Would it move the needle at all? Bills haven't been a one back team since Shady.

The weather didn't ruin the game for me at all, the outcome did. I thought the game was compelling from beginning to end. Definitely had a high school feel where kicks and punts are an adventure. Put me in the camp that thinks that the elements are part of the game - and some teams adapt or are built better than others under different conditions. Bills game plan was too conservative IMO - they should have let Josh throw more in the first half - his arm should've been an bigger advantage than it was.

The Raiders wore that motto on their sleeves and I always respected that. One of my pet peeves wrt the Pats is they wanted to have it both ways - everyone knows they cheated but they wanted to maintain a squeaky clean image. I remember when they tried to play off the guy nicknamed The Deflator as a weight loss guy. Just own it and move on

Cool. Where are you getting your tickets? Looks like you can get them through the school but they only show the general section, not the seats. From what I saw this year you're 100% right about not being a contender - big disparity in talent even though I thought Taulia was pretty damn good.

Yeah, my son is a freshman at Maryland - and in the band. The bonus is my nephew is a junior at Virginia Tech and the game is in our backyard so we'll have a mini-family tailgate.

Pinstripe Bowl for me. Anyone else attending an upcoming bowl game?

Maybe just when the RB is on a rookie contract. I favor OL over RB. Of all the positions on offense and defense I feel like RB is the easiest to fill with a competent player and with the salary cap it's hard to justify a big contract.

I'll leave it at I wish there was a confused emoji.

I'm legit trying to understand your thought process. You start with agreeing with @ganesh: "I don't think players care that much on what is shown on TV! They have to prove it on the field." But then you finish with the pressure being on the Bills because of what will be said on message boards and ESPN if they lose. Looks to me like you're playing both sides of the coin. What am I missing?

I got a problem, can you relate I got a woman callin' love hate We made a vow we'd always be friends How could we know that promises end

If Scherzer and DeGrom are healthy that's a formidable 1-2 punch reminiscent of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. If they aren't they'll have a lot to talk about on the DL. Lost in the sauce is the Mets also signed a legit CFer so the outfield defense gets better behind them.