SinceThe70s

I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious threads.

Serious question: if this is a big game and they win, but they lose the next round (bigger game) do you still fire McD - or does he get a pass because he didn't lose every big game? For the record I'm on the fence with McD. In the past I leaned in favor of him, this year I'm starting to lean the other way.

Nope, never said that.

So you're still standing by this stunningly poor statement? whom would have thought, in mid October, say, the the Bills would need a 5 win team as a spoiler to get them into the playoffs? Your latest take is equally non-sensical. 'That's how the playoff works'. It's based on the totality of the games played, no? Either of us could easily find any number of games that went for or against the Bills that affected their playoff standings. But sure, the Bills needed the Titans win. It's just a laughable premise to me. Did they also 'need' a Ravens win? Or a Colts/Texans tie? Or....

LOL, my 17 year old noticed the same. Good times,

I'm not a McDermott hater but I'm having a hard time attributing this win to him. JMO, but i felt like we were the better team all game long yet we couldn't tie the game until an unexpected punt return.

Do you still stand by this statement? If so, why? Take the L and move on, your statement was beyond stupid regardless whether the Bills won or lost tonight.

You 'struggle' with the word need. Have a nice day.

Struggling, lol - one of your standard go-to's. Weak. Your statement: "whom would have thought, in mid October, say, the the Bills would need a 5 win team as a spoiler to get them into the playoffs?" Does your statement suggest that had the Jags won the Bills would have had no chance of making the playoffs? It does to me. Benefitting from the Titans win is different from needing the win imo. I guess we view this differently. I'm fine with that, but your statement is non-sensical to me.

If the Bills win tonight? You made a ridiculous comment, take the L and move on.

Master of the obvious. Saying that the Bills needed a win by the Titans to make the playoffs is flat out wrong.

So you don't think the Bills stand a chance against the Fins tonight?

Apologies if my intent wasn't clear. I felt like you dodged CodeMonkey's questions based on a tenuous distinction between scripted vs. fixed. So I re-posed the questions using fixed instead of scripted in the hope that you might address the substance of CodeMonkeys's questions.

I do not remember the SF 1998 game. But you believe it was fixed. Why? Was Bills/Giants fixed this year when there was no DPI on the last play of the game or was it a missed call? I'm more on the bandwagon that NFL officiating is a difficult proposition and wildly inconsistent. I haven't made the leap to scripting/fixing. As soon as I make that leap I'm out. It happened with boxing for me so I know it's possible. And the gambling angle makes the conversation more relevant imo.

I took the liberty of editing @CodeMonkey's post substituting scripted for fixed. @CodeMonkey made no mention of scripting/fixing a season - not sure why you added that. Any additional comments with the change from scripted to fixed? For the record, I 100% agree with @CodeMonkey - but at the same time I'm always open to alternative viewpoints.

So you are convinced that the NFL is 100% fixed? Are you a Bills fan? If so, why? Do you think it will be fixed in the Bills favor at some point? If so, why? Or better yet, when?

All the best on your recovery. I'm hoping/expecting to get my Mom out of Huntington Hospital tomorrow (in since Wednesday) and it has the potential of disrupting me watching from home.

Waterspout? I'm not well versed but I think there's a difference.

Ask whether it's a 24 hour clock before making the bet.

This is a great line.

LOL - i was just about to ask whether there were any other sad Xmas songs besides this:

I've been enjoying the hell out of the Josh ride. The story is unfinished and I hope and expect the highest of highs will happen before the final chapter.

You must've had a tough mother.