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Allen had room to run

I met Ernie Warlick (Tight End '62 - '65) when I was a very young kid. Warlick was known as 'Hands' because of the size of his hands. I remember shaking hands with him - his hands covered mine and went all the way up to my elbow. He also had a smile that matched the size of his hands.

Orchard Park, NY - Sunday afternoon

Week 17 Buffalo-Cincinnati game will not be resumed; neutral AFC Championship Game site being considered (nfl.com) Week 17 Buffalo-Cincinnati game will not be resumed; neutral AFC Championship Game site being considered Published: Jan 05, 2023 at 09:18 PM The NFL announced today that the Week 17 Buffalo Bills at Cincinnati Bengals game will not be resumed and has been cancelled. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell informed all clubs of his decision earlier today, after speaking with the Bills, the Bengals and NFL Players Association leadership. "This has been a very difficult week," Goodell said. "We continue to focus on the recovery of Damar Hamlin and are encouraged by the improvements in his condition as well as the tremendous outpouring of support and care for Damar and his family from across the country. We are also incredibly appreciative of the amazing work of the medical personnel and commend each and every one of them." Among the key factors in arriving at this decision: Not playing the Buffalo-Cincinnati game to its conclusion will have no effect on which clubs qualify for the postseason. No club would qualify for the postseason and no club will be eliminated based on the outcome of this game. It would require postponing the start of the playoffs for one week, thereby affecting all 14 clubs that qualify for postseason play. Making the decision prior to Week 18 is consistent with our competitive principles and enables all clubs to know the playoff possibilities prior to playing the final weekend of regular season games. Cancelling the game between the Bills and Bengals creates potential competitive inequities in certain playoff scenarios. In an effort to mitigate those inequities, NFL clubs will consider tomorrow in a Special League Meeting a resolution recommended by the Commissioner and approved today by the Competition Committee, consisting of two elements: 1 - The AFC Championship Game will be played at a neutral site if the participating teams played an unequal number of games and both could have been the number one seed and hosted the game had all AFC clubs played a full 17-game regular season. Those circumstances involve Buffalo or Cincinnati qualifying for the game as a road team and are listed below: Scenario 1 Buffalo and Kansas City both win or both tie – a Buffalo vs Kansas City championship game would be at a neutral site. Scenario 2 Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Baltimore wins or ties – a Buffalo vs Kansas City championship game would be at a neutral site. Scenario 3 Buffalo and Kansas City both lose and Cincinnati wins – a Buffalo or Cincinnati vs Kansas City championship game would be at a neutral site. 2 - If Baltimore defeats Cincinnati in Week 18 it will have defeated Cincinnati, a divisional opponent, twice but will not be able to host a playoff game because Cincinnati will have a higher winning percentage for a 16-game schedule than Baltimore will for a 17-game schedule. If Baltimore defeats Cincinnati and if those two clubs are schedule to play a Wild Card game against one another, the site for that game would be determined by a coin toss. If Cincinnati wins the Week 18 game or if Baltimore and Cincinnati are not scheduled to play one another in the Wild Card round, the game sites would be determined by the regular scheduling procedures. "As we considered the football schedule, our principles have been to limit disruption across the league and minimize competitive inequities," Goodell said. "I recognize that there is no perfect solution. The proposal we are asking the ownership to consider, however, addresses the most significant potential equitable issues created by the difficult, but necessary, decision not to play the game under these extraordinary circumstances."

A beautiful 72 in western FL (Bradenton). Should be 68 at game time. Perfect for the lanai

I thought I lost these for sure in a move, in 1985. The person who I moved from back then recently contacted me and asked me if I wanted my stuff. Without going into any specifics about the move, I am very glad to have been reunited with these 1970 memories..........

The time has come. The Weenie is back !!!!! Go Bills And to answer your question, it was in the plexi-case that I keep my Bill's football autographed by Kelly, Reid, Norwood, Reich, Smith and others

I haven't taken this out of the case since the Kelly days. Hoping it brings us luck tonite !!

JoyPo88 - Respectfully, I did say that I haven't followed the Titans at all this year. I don't know if any of the players affected with the disease are starters or bench warmers. That's why I asked the question.

Looks like the Bills/Titans game may just go on. I haven't followed the Titans this year. Who, among the Titans, with covid, will be missed the most by Tennessee

Hi. SlickVPN has a buffalo server. I cleared my browser history/cookies. Logged into SlickVPN/Buffalo. Logged into CBS All Access. Tried to get 'my local CBS' station. Came up with Tampa, FL. Perhaps there's a way to do it, but it didn't work for me. Good luck

Folks: I've tried to get CBS All Access with a VPN to get me the local CBS station in Buffalo. Unfortunately, however, the entire experiment was a bust. I tried (luckily all with cancelable trial periods) 4 VPS (Nord, Ghost, PrivateVPN and SlickVPN). I tried accessing my 'local' CBS station on CBS All Access using both the normal & hidden versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox/Brave & Internet Explorer. Not one of those combinations allowed me to see a WNY local CBS station. Looks like I'm off to a bar here in Bradenton, FL this Sunday .....................

Hi. I recently moved down to West Bradenton. I've heard that (at least) two bars show the Bills, Casa di Pizza and RJ Gators. Do you go to one of these, or another one ?

Here's an easy way. Get yourself a good VPN with plenty of US cities (I use PrivateVPN). Costs about $7/month (and it keeps you secure). Then sign up for CBS All Access. Each week, log the VPN into the city who you want to watch and bring up CBS.

I met Elbert 'Golden Wheels' Dubenion (sp?), Mike Stratton & Jack Kemp at the Super Duper supermarket in the early 1960s. I was probably 7 years old. I remember Elbert shaking my hand - his hand reached the inside of my elbow.

That wedding cake was eaten over 27 years ago.

If the first poster doesn't pick it up this weekend, I'll give you a shout-out.

You got it. Email me at joearena99@hotmail.com. I'll send you my address.

You obviously haven't spoken to my wife, now have you ??????

Folks: On a cold day in January, 1990, I went to the demolition site of the old Rock Pile, the wonderful War Memorial Stadium. I retrieved this seat back from the rubble, and have kept it in my office all of these years. Moving and downsizing. This must find a new home. First one to answer gets it. You must pick it up in Corn Hill (downtown) Rochester

Nope

I was there. I was living out of town, as was my brother. My mother drove to Main Place, downtown, to buy tickets from some guy advertising in the Buffalo News. We got front row tickets, right behind the Raider's bench. We asked one of the Raiders "Where's Bo?". He made a move with his arm, acting as if he was playing tennis. Then he smiled and turned away without saying anything.

In my friend's basement 'man cave'. We all held onto my whammy weenie and stared at the screen. I guess the whammy weenie didn't work.

Two words (for the older of us out here) "Whammy Weenies'