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    So sick and tired of (most) local Buffalo media guys...

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Yeah, and the ESPN article was posted at 1:46PM, use your keen deductive skills to determine when I read it. Sounds like I hit a nerve and you work for the News in some capacity, or just missed the point. In case you did miss the point, I'll spell it out - our local sports reporting is one small notch above the British tabloids.

     

    When I click on the Sports page right now, I'm greeted with a huge headline that says Mario's foot is ok. In this article Tim Graham asks the question, "So what was the big deal?"

     

    That's hysterical Tim. Make a story out of nothing, blow it wayyyyy out of proportion, then shrug your shoulders and ask your audience "Hey, why all the drama?" I'm not a journalist, but isn't there some rule about not becoming the story or something like that? Or maybe I got it confused with the rule about not asking the same question five times and expecting a different answer?

    This is foolish. You quoted an article stating it was an example of how to cover camp and panned the News for hiding in Mario's bushes. The article you quoted was written a half our before Mark Gaughn wrote a far more detailed coverage of camp for the day. Three hours later you posted your complaint that the News is not covering camp properly. You went BACK to the Espn post to paraphrase it. Then when the complete coverage in the News was pointed out to you, you rationalized by saying you read the other article 3 hours earlier.

    I don't work for the News and beside reading it online have no relation at all. I just feel if you're going to rip their coverage in error, when its pointed out you were wrong, you could at least say, oops, missed that, I guess they are covering practice as well.

    You were wrong and I'm pretty bored with pointing that out to you... Continue your crusade against the News if you'd like.

    So sick and tired of (most) local Buffalo media guys...

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Take a look at this article: Buffalo Bills Practice Report

     

    From it I learned:

     

    Hariston is still on the PUP list but rehabbing with the team on the sidelines

    Keith Pough left practice with an injury but walked off on his own power

    Kyle Williams and Chandler were held out of full-team work

    Manuel connected on a bomb to Da'Rick Rogers (would love to know more about Rogers and the reps he's getting)

    There were fights at practice today including our rookie WR Woods

    Colin Brown seems to be leading contender for the LG position at this time (would love to know more though)

    Troupe struggled and was flagged twice

    Kicking competition heating up (would love to know Marrone's thoughts on carrying 2 kickers. God I hope not)

    Fred Jackson looked strong showing no signs of last years injury

    Kolb had a bad day but played against the 1st team defense

     

    I learned all that in a nice concise article written by a Patriots reporter.

     

    Meanwhile, the local gang is holed up in the bushes outside Mario Williams' house.

     

    Do you mean like this??? http://blogs.buffalonews.com/press-coverage/2013/07/day-3-run-game-emphasized-in-bills-first-practice-with-pads.html

     

    Seems like a damned complete report to me. Perhaps a quick look at the news website before bitching about what's not there would be in order.

    I hate 53 page threads

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by theesir

    I understand the need for limiting the number of threads on a topic, but there are times someone has a unique insight related to the Byrd matter and it has the potential to sprout its own conversation which is less about Byrd and more about something related; like the thread about teams refusing to play players signed by Parker- a thread that has the potential of a discussion of the roles of agents in team's plans. Should that be buried in a 53 page thread about Jarius Byrd?

     

    The idea of having to pick through 53 pages of posts to find those unique insights is rather frustrating.

     

    Now that I have said "Byrd" I expect this thread to me merged. :flirt:

    No Bills talk on WGR

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I thought WGR was the home of the Bills. I live out of town and tried to listen this morning via the Internet so that I could catch up on the Nix/Whaley situation, and all they want to talk about is hockey! Boy Howard Simon has really fallen since the days of Fan tv. Is there another station that covers the Bills?

    You've got to be kidding me! They talked about this non stop yesterday from 3-9 and then talked about it this morning 80% of the time while mixing in the EPIC collapse of the Leafs last night, which is more current news than a noon announcement the day before about Nix (one which we all know was coming).

     

    Sorry the 10 minutes you decided to listed didn't contain the conversation you wanted to hear.

    ESPN 30 for 30: Elway to Marino

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted · Edited by theesir

    AGREE!! Waayy too much on Elway. 1983 was the best quarterback draft ever and they turned into The John Elway Show in my opinion. Many fans, and some players in Denver couldn't stand Elway with his arrogance his first several years there. Kelly & the Bills changed the face of NFL offense w/ the K-gun, fast-paced play. Nothing about that. Go Bills.

    Maybe you can make a movie about the quarterbacks of the 1983 draft, because this movie wasn't meant to be that. This was a movie about the FIRST ROUND OF THE 1983 DRAFT!!! Elway and Marino bookended the draft and had the same agent who told the story of the entire round. The movie had nothing to do with the Buffalo Bills Offense! I just watched a rerun of the Cosby Show from 1986, I am not pissed that they didn't talk about the K-gun.

     

    again, this was not a documentary about the best QB class of all time, it was about the events that surrounded that draft as documented by the agent for Elway and Marino

     

    i dont get what people are not understanding about that

    Some people are too stupid to watch television.

    Keurig K-Cups: Best and/or Cheapest?

    in Off the Wall Archives

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    Not on topic, but I'm gonna say my piece. I have a Cuisinart coffee maker. I buy a bag of good coffee (Usually Spot Coffee here in Buffalo) every two weeks or so for 12 bucks. I make 2 cups of coffee, 2 scoops, pot filled to the 6 cup mark. Makes me two nice, strong 12oz cups. I drink both before I go to work. That's it. I cannot imagine how a K-cup would work for me or anyone who has two cups a morning and could just do what I do.

    When I saw how expensive the machines were and how much each cup of coffee is with a K-cup, I flat out could not understand it.

    I believe it is a marketing sell which is taking in alot of people that have no need to for a 1 cup at a time experience.

    Do any of you use an 800 number service for teleconferencing?

    in The Consumer Digest

    Posted

    KD, thanks. I just looked around on their site and their failure to disclose their pricing in any way, shape or form is concerning.

     

    I did find http://www.tollfreeconference.com/ and they are also 5 cents a minute as I had been using. I may give them a try.

     

    Bluefire, the first one of those, the LOWEST price is 8 cents a minute. The second link looks like a real nice web collaboration/meeting tool. I use GoToMeeting, but anything were to happen there, that looks like a good alternative.

    Streaming WGR550 and commercials

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted

    Hate= it blocks play by play of the game.

     

    Love=getting to hear the news conference when a free agent

    like Mario is signed.

     

     

     

    DR

    This has not been true the last few games of the season. They never turned the stream off during the game.

     

    Question about TuneIn:

     

    I paid and downloaded the app. Works great with one exception.

     

    I cannot simply make a phone call while the App is running. I have to close it out and then make the call; unlike with the WGR app.

     

    Anyone have this issue with their iPhone?

    I have ATT and it simply pauses the app when I use the phone. I do have to hit play again. I never have to close it and reopen. Could this be a Verizon thing?

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