UConn James

How many is that on Gandy tonight?

Lots of people here do just that, as if private construction never goes over-budget or past deadline, or have unforseen (often due to speed in planning process) problems after completion. I won't argue there isn't reems of red tape w/ govt, or outright stupidity, or corruption. In the end it tends to even out, main difference being a choice of what task is important to govt vs. private sector and at whose say-so. Methinks Nagin was simply trying to say Rome wasn't built in a f---ing day. There are houses in Florida that still aren't repaired from the hurricanes two years ago. NO is going to take time to rebuild under the best of circumstances and good cooperation among all the entities. A number of people who actually have come back to the most damaged sections put their arms in the air and said, "F--- it!" Nagin should strive to succeed and not run behind invalid excuses as he has before. But the phenomenon here is, it's the one-year anniversary and the press wants their hard-hitter 'I'm Woodward and Bernstein incarnate' stories. I'm not seeing how Nagin telling the press to STFU with the Hotpocket But-WHY-isn't-it-done-NOW!?!?! mentality is out of line.

Have they actually filmed this or is this simply an idea? I don't see how this airs for more than one episode, if it doesn't get pulled. Why do people always have to drag the muck up from the bottom? Glad I don't watch this crap.

Mel Brooks said that in order to really defeat someone, you need to laugh at them. SNL used to do some bin Laden skits. I haven't watched that show in a while but I don't hear about that. Letterman does some short bits with translations when a new tape comes out.... Other than that, OBL is pretty much off limits. And for a reason, I guess --- it's too fresh. Brooks' "The Producers" didn't come out or in the Broadway success, do well until over 50 years later. I'm not going to get all Pyrite Gal here, or use words like 'catharsis' but it is great to read stuff like this.

For me, it'll always be Jane Monheit in this picture. Her hair [was] what God intended when he said, "Let there be hair." Paul/BiB did agree on this point via PM, and if there was one thing he knew, it was women. ...

If so, he must have some some wild Overnight Continental Drift theories.

1) What OL? Agree it was TD's fault. Any talent there was gutted and replaced with inadequacy. Maybe MM could have been more vocal about the need, but would it have even mattered? 2) He agreed with dumping Bledsoe. And then he waffled on JP. 3) Every team has injuries. Not his fault (unless you count the dumping of Rusty Jones for his inexperienced guy), but you've gotta go with the 53 you have. 4) He let EM, SA, et al. throw temper tantrums that made for a bad whole-team mojo. I thought it was a chicken move by TD and Ralph to paint over the Moulds situation when MM wanted him suspended. That castrated MM in the eyes of the team, the fans, the media.... But, he allowed the locker room to get that toxic in the first place. When you're a HC you need to own responsibility for the whole team. If you don't like something or if it doesn't work, it's on you to change it. He didn't, and I hope he learned from it. He chose to start fresh somewhere else rather than stay in an awkward situation. Can't fault him for that. The blame can be dished out some, but a lot is left on MM's plate. Couldn't say it better myself. The new regime is a breath of fresh air after the toxicity. I've always been one to say Who cares what other people know about our personnel, our injuries, etc.? Good teams do what they do and run over the opposition even when they know what's coming. Time to get back to Buffalo Bills football after five years of the team trying to be someone else.

I'm tired of people taking stupid stances not backed up by facts, and then when they're shown to be wrong, say they only 'intended to be funny' or that it was 'sarcasm,' and then carry out an ad hoc on the people who corrected them. I know your type. This is a place for intelligent football talk (and the occassional Buffalo Jills thread), not the marijuana-laced ravings of 13-year-olds who post from last year's Official Paranoid Bills Fan Talking Points.

Right. He decided to only bring it to the three closest desks.

Check your facts, sir. Didn't you get the memo Kelly Holcomb sent around?

Not even a good team can much afford that in today's NFL. Sacrificing a roster spot for this when it could be a LB, WR, OL is unacceptable for a team, and represents a lack of planning on the part of a GM's office. We need to pee away depth so the ball can go 5-6 more yards farther on just a few plays per game? Especially when we have one of the best coverage units in the league. Remember that scene in "stripes" when Bill Murray yells out, "STOOPID! STOOOOOPID!!!!" .... Yeah.

If you really believe that, you're a moron who is flying in the face of observable data. Lindell is one of the better kickers in the NFL. You can feel unconfident in him over 40 if you want. But how you feel matters nil. He showed a lot last season when he got Shneck as his LS and was recovered from the shoulder injury that hurt his technique. Have you ever kicked a FG with an injured shoulder? Do you maintain that Drew Brees is a suck-ass QB b/c he didn't have a good season two years ago? The premise of this thread sucks.

You speaking from experience?

My money says that the kid gets an atomic wedgie every day after school this year by his teammates.

Lindell was regularly getting them inside the 5 last season. This is yet another stroke of genius by someone looking to fix something that isn't broken. While you're reminicing about Christie (those were some good times).... remember, tho, that the league has since moved the KOs 5 yards back (may have happened in Steve's latter days....) and reduced the size of the tee to 1 inch in an effort to increase the number of returns. With McGee, not a bad deal for us, I submit. Also remember that April may not be trying to emphasize touchbacks for a reason. Whatever it is, STs are far from the biggest problem for the team.

I recall a few episodes like Jim wildly shouting at Andre Reed on the sidelines in a MNF game at Pitt back in the day.... Maybe he said "miscommunication" b/c that's what it was. How is that dodging responsibility? Like the line in "The Great Gatsby" it takes two bad drivers to make an accident.... It takes both people not communicating well to make a bad play. I also trust that JP and Reed have put this thing in the rearview mirror while some seem determined to make one play in the preseason a Big Thing.

When Drew says, "The Cowboys are my team!" we'll know the end is imminent.

So, I'm going to have to do yardwork in the afternoons? Sh--!

Of all the things that should be investigated, non-compensated promotion of fan interest in the team and college sports is one of them? Are all postgame interviews supposed to cease b/c there's an ESPN or NBC or FOX logo on the microphone? Wow this is stupid.

And Evangeline Lilly. And Joanne Kelly. And coincidentally.... wood. Lots of it.

Somehow, I don't think CTM was advocating genocide as a perfectly moral solution to a problem. Simply that, through the course of human civilization, entirely getting rid of ones' enemies (be they real, imagined, created; for security, economy, political motives, etc.) and their ideals makes life easier for the genocider. To try a metaphor, if you kill your air hockey opponent, it's easier to get the puck in his goal so you can win. One can state this as a blunt fact w/o making a moral judgment. This is not a hard concept to grasp.

So you're going to hire Oliver Stone to direct the movie version?

Sex appeal?

By what logic do you blame Bledsoe for last season's crapfest?

Everyone might also remember that teams do very little opponent-specific preparation/game-planning for preseason games. This is the time for vanilla. This is not a time when smart teams show their hand (as Meathead and JG did --- then again, the blitz comprised 95% of JG's defensive knowledge). JP throwing to a spot, as mentioned upthread, shows me that he's got a lot more polish (not Polish! ) to his game. But I do root for Nall, to push as much as he can. Also, I expect there will be emphasized work this week with the new center Fowler on the snap. This is the time to work the kinks out.