buckeyebrian

I remember going to the main post office at midnight to get our request for STANDING ROOM tickets postmarked as early as possible. I remember seeing the Sabres win a 14-2 game. I remember Sports Illustrated rating all the cities and Buffalo being 1, or possibly 2 behind Philly. We even had professional team tennis - the Buffalo Royals. Those were the days boy.

We are not alone in excoriating the bizarre play-calling. The national press has piled on and rightfully so. Hopefully the Boss is recognizing that last Sunday was just the latest episode in what has been pretty much a tragedy of a season. I do not expect that the players will play for MM anymore, but they may play for themselves. After all, there are contracts on the line. All along, the TD party-line in response to criticism has been that "all will be evaluated at the end of the season."" TD has to answer for the decisions he has made in staffing, from head coach on down. In the NFL you are judged on the basis of your record, regardless of how many season ticket holders renew. I believe that more of the undecided will give a new GM/HC a chance, rather than suck along with the old regime. Hopefully the new guys will build the team from the inside out - which has proven to be the formula for success. What would this offense have done with Denver's O-line, for example.

You could use a surprisingly high percentage of this text and do a story about TD.

Mike Kudla - DL from Ohio State is a road-grader. Bench presses 615 lbs. Has a great push, doesn't take any plays off and has the speed to catch a running back on a sweep.

You can have your one - because it's goodbye 25 seniors and back to the second division next year.

Not quite - 300,000 left at halftime then stormed the fences to get back in after the Bills scored two TD's by the time they got to their cars.

Nah, Preston Ridelhuber

"Spinner"!

Amen to that, and craft a game plan that he can execute

How good is the pizza? Good enough that the owner can close down and take the summer off.

Second that for Leary and Rescue Me

A very accurate description. I saw Anderson play 4 years at OSU and to me he was the cornerstone of a D-Line that saw all 4 players drafted high, including Will Smith in the first round. Smith got all the pub, but Anderson routinely graded out better.

Adding to the screw-job was a questionable interference call that wiped out an interception, allowing Miami to score the winning touchdown, a run by Don "human bowling ball" Nottingham. And, the call that cost Greene his 105 interception run TD was in reality a 14 point swing as Mami scored a TD on the next play after that call. Teams were tied for first in AFC East, so it earned it's "Classic" billing.

How very droll, however, I think the team may be in need of leadership

Since teams over the cap will have to release players, and teams with cap room like the Sabres will be able to add, who would you like to see in a Sabres uniform? For me, I would love to have Mike Peca back, losing him was the beginning of the end.

Will she sue God for not giving her a wiener?

"You're fat and ugly, but at least you smoke"

What John Y. Brown did became the basis for the screen-play in the original "Major League" movie.

He and the rest of OJ's crew were also known to haunt the Pierce Arrow.

At the G&R Tavern in Waldo, Ohio, home of the world famous fried baloney sandwich, a slice about an inch thick is fried in a little butter on a grill, then put on a soft bun with a slice of onion and slices of pickle. Mustard finishes it off for me.

How far back do you want to go? In Lancaster we had Latello's and Schulga's, Keystone "90's" way up Transit Rd, Brennan's Bowery Bar (where I would sometimes have a cold one with the late, lamented Brian "Spinner" Spencer, the Pierce Arrow (OJ hangout), Psychus, a big club in Cheektowaga across from the airport (can't remember the name), so many others. Back then the drinking age for evertthing was 18. Good times.

That was awesome - and J.P. leading the way!

New respect for Shaq

Let's not confuse football fans with the corporate and government types that populate the stands and suites at Redskins games. You won't see many Joe Lunchpails at these games. And, since it is the stockholders or taxpayers that are frequently paying the bill for that seat or suite, "fans" don't care what it costs. Add that to the fact that the new stadium in D.C. is HUGE (substantially larger than old RFK), and that there is a waiting list for season tix, and that they have probably the largest suite and premium seat revenue in the league, it's no wonder that the midget throws big bucks at every free agent that comes down the pike. You would think that by now he would realize that championships are not won in that fashion. Snyder is just another carpet-bagger like Jones that is motivated by greed and ego. At this point, RW (who by the way we should not weep for considering how his $25,000 investment made in 1960 has done), is thinking about his legacy and what competitive balance has done for the league in the past few years. Hopefully, the owners will agree on something that will allow the smaller market teams to compete. One would think that even the big guys would not want to end up with a 12 or 16 team league. For sure the players would not.

I am in total agreement - I would wash my hands of the NFL. Unfortunately, I can't see the league doing for the city and fans what they did for Cleveland, in the event the Bills move. I can see the greedy owners more readily approving the sale to a group that would move to a bigger market - more TV $$, and f**k the good and loyal fans of Buffalo. Shame.