Old Coot

Sept 11, 1960: Bills vs NY Titans at the Polo Grounds in NYC. Bills took the field in their Royal Blue and Silver colors. Bills got on the board first with a FG and then proceeded to lose 27-3. But they were OUR Bills!! Go Buffalo! The next week they opened at home in the Rockpile and lost to the Denver Broncos in their Milk Dud colored uniforms 27-21. Finished the season 5-8-1 and did not qualify for the playoffs. But they were OUR Bills. Go Buffalo!!

And quarterbacks were scared. Riviled only by the Dolphins "No Name" defense, which was, of course, its name.

Can't really tell how good Arch is from this game. He never really got into rhythm. That's on him but the Buckeyes D had a lot to do with that. I think they got into his head. Once you start double-checking what you see instead of just trusting your mechanics get off. Very few of his passes were on target today. I saw a couple of big time throws but other than that, meh. We'll see if he toughens up over the season. I expect we'll see these teams go head-to-head come playoff time.

Are these the uniforms we wear in foggy or blizzard conditions on the field?

Warren Raab. No props for me. I had to look it up.

I'm old enough to remember when they were called "Taxi squads", so-called because when AAFL teams had a 33 player limit, Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, stashed extra guys in Cleveland with non-football jobs. The Browns owner also owned a fleet of taxi cabs. The extra guys were taxied to afternoon practices in the owner's taxis. The extra guys could then be activated as needed.

I recall reading about the Spiller pick at the time that Ralph liked him. He was thought to be an exciting back who would put butts in the stadium seats.

I thought this was the reason they have these preseason gmes -- so the refs can be ready for the regular season.

IT was a time when feral linebackeruled the earth and QBs were scared.

Good question. maybe the compiler is not a Bills fan or is. Who knows. I posted the link to this video not to illustrate how the Bills. OL keeps Josh upright but as a primer on the various kinds of pass pro.

Since the regular season is around the corner I thought this Youtube video on schemes for keeping our golden-armed QB upright might be of interest:

Hopefully you won't need to deal with this ever again

can't they fashion an artificial bladder to replace his? I thought they did that for Keith Richards' wife.

Sorry, guys. It's a paid episode. I did not know when I posted it.