PromoTheRobot
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Steve Fairchild had the QBs airing it out down the field Wed. Nall and Losman outperformed Holcomb in that area. Holcomb didn't really try to throw it any more than 25 yards and that's was probably smart of him. He's not known for a rocket arm. Nall and Losman both fared pretty well with their deep ball accuracy.
Consistancy is great, but if your starting QB can't throw a ball more than 25 yards, what does that do to your offense? Defenses staying closer to the LOS because they know you won't throw long? And what of your speed WR's? How much of their potential is being wasted?
I will be shocked and stunned if Kelly Holcomb is the starter.
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Could any of you astute posters enlighten me as to exactly what Fat Benny's place on the depth chart will be?
It seems most of you are assuming he'll be on the field.....is there a chance he was signed for depth? As bad as he was.....could he add any value to a team that may need an experienced back-up who may be a better player under one of the most respected and highly regarded O-Line coaches in the NFL?
Ahhhhh....never mind, he sux and will always suck. Whoever said it is right.....I wish the Fins would stop taking left over trash from a proven no talent team.....
Try to spin it any way you want, Fin fan. The truth is your genius head coach is building an O-line from our rejects. You saw what were were like in 2005. How does that make you feel?
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Did Miami even watch the Bills last year?
I mean, we played them twice, they are in the same division, and yet they seem content picking up our worthless trash.
Mularky as O.C....................LOL
Bennie for their Oline...........LOL
Bills fans getting a reason to laugh at Miami next year.........Priceless
Hey, hey, hey!!! Don't be talking bad about the genius Nick Saban. As soon as the fins sign Anderson, ESPN will be giving Saban a tongue bath about what a great pick up he was.
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I'd disagree. I've never felt the desire to visit Rochester after having gone there a few times. It feels to me like a city with little character surrounded by a lot of suburbia that has nothing to do with the city. And in a really fine city, the people who keep it going want to stay there or spend time there, as they do in NYC, SF, etc.
I wouldn't say Buffalo's like this in every way, but it does beat Rochester, Syracuse and Albany in terms of attractions, proximity to really nice natural areas, classic architecture, and the Bills close by (though Albany is close enough to the Adirondacks). If you ask me, though, WNY's gem is nature itself. The area would do well to protect it and, where necessary, resurrect it, at all costs.
WNY could also do more to attract art and artists -- it has helped Portland a lot in terms of bringing in young people.
I don't know what parts of Rochester you visited, but neighborhoods like East Ave., Park Ave, the South Wedge, Corn Hill, etc. are gorgeous urban villages with stately homes and tree-lined streets. The corners are dotted with cafes, taverns, and little boutique shops. How is that "gloomy????"
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Quite well...but is that because they are better, or that our D-line is that bad? There. Now you have two things to worry about!
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I think another huge factor in our soccer suckiness is coaching. I don't think US players get the same level of coaching as in soccer power countries. It's a vicious cycle. We aren't good at soccer, so our players never learn the game, and our future coaches never do either.
But really, except for World Cup and the Olympics, does anyone care? I can recite a list a mile long of things wrong with soccer as a sport. Becoming a world power in the game, woun't change my level of interest in it.
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Bills apparently signing another FA QB:
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/493772
Eh? What's one more?
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There is something terribly wrong when most people in a place depend on government and patronage jobs to survive. It's a serpent consuming its own tail. You wonder why there is so much opposition to merging the city and county governments? Everybody has a family member or a friend on the city, county, or village payroll.
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Anyone think we could talk Mark Cuban into buying the Bills?
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Add game-fixing to the list of reasons why soccer sucks. Corruption and cheating is part of soccer culture. The game can be too easily turned by shady officiating. I can't stand how the refs decide when the game ends.
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I just watched the game at the pub...the truth of the matter is that expectations are just way too unrealistic for the US side. Everytime I watch them play, you can just see how much quality they lack as side when compared to other strong soccer nations. Reyna was by far the best US player on the pitch with some nice touches and his balls were quality.
As for the rest, they just can't provide that decisive touch when it matters. To me, the USA play a bit like the English team, but with less talent. No real creativity, no real flare, dependent largely on a high work rate, pace up front and crosses played into the box.
Czech's midfield played with such quality, it was a pleasure to watch. Well, debating if I watch the Ghana vs. Italy game or I stick around the office and get caught up on some work.
And yet we keep hearing how so many kids play soccer that it's only a matter of time...blah, blah, blah. Kids have been playing soccer long enough in the USA that if we were ever going to grow some decent native talent, we'd have done so by now. Maybe the coaching of youth soccer isn't good enough? By the way, how many of the USA World Cup team are foreign-born? We couldn't field a team of native players if we had to.
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The number one reason soccer will never catch on in the USA was made very clear today by the Czech Republic. We stink at soccer. Americans hate being bested by anyone, so we tend to minimize things we aren't good at. Case closed.
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Uhhhh...we're still waiting for that formidable team to show up. By the way, we got skunked 3-0 today. The whole "kids playing soccer" arguement is brought up every four years, and we still don't have a enough US-born players to field a World Cup team. Face it. They're never coming.
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It is less than 2 hours to Atlanta, so if yer hankerin' fer that big city life, you can git it. That's about the best thing I can tell you.
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Interesting concept PTR- but look how successful NFLE has been. Basically a failure everywhere except Germany. A US outpost for the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, etc would not be wanted or welcome.
The US should continue to follow the MLS model - build a respectable home competition and bring on it's own talent. Eventually you'll become a world force, because when Americans want something they eventually get it (through hard work, nothing sinister), and the MLS will grow in popularity and support.
Don't forget - the MLS is trying to do what has taken centuries in England and Europe. DO NOT expect US soccer to be the greatest thing you have ever watched after 10 years of domestic competition...
MLS is certainly not a total failure. Teams draw an average of 15,000 to 20,000 a game. Though TV ratings are negligible (like hockey!) I just see how the World Cup does pique peoples interest in soccer because it is the stage where the world's best play.
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Like my dear old grandma used to say....No matter how bad things are, they can ALWAYS get WORSE!
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I'm on the verge of not renewing for this year myself. I just didn't get the enjoyment out of it last year. I am however getting Center Ice for the full year next year... I jumped in at the half price/half year point this year and enjoyed the hell out of it!!! One thing about the Sunday ticket ... If things do look up this season, you could always jump in at the half way point when they drop the price.
Rich
They don't give a mid-season discount, do they?
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He sold a dot.com for $5.7 BILLION to Yahoo!
I was researching internet radio royalties and came across that article about Mark Cuban. Considering his team, the Dallas Mavericks, are about to go 2-up on the Miami Heat, I was just contemplating how this guy literally **** gold!
In the 90's, during the dot.com craze, he had a website called Broadcast.com. It was were you could hear and see any radio or tv station online. Great idea, right? Of course this was all during the wild west days before internet streaming royalties. (I should also point out that in the 90's there was no such thing as high-speed internet, so everything came down a piss-poor 56K dial-up. You can imagine what that was like!)
Anyway, in 1999 Yahoo felt like they had too much money, and decided to give Mark Cuban $5.7 BILLION for his crappy little website. I'm sure Mark had to wait almost a nanosecond to accept their offer.
No sooner did Yahoo buy Broadcast.com, the whole internet royalty thing exploded, nearly killing online broadcasting I might add. Needless to say, Broadcast.com was rendered worthless. In fact, if you try to go to Broadcast.com now, all it does is redirect you to Yahoo. $5.7 BILLLION for that!!!!
Mark Cuban has since devoted his life to finding out how much fun he could have with $5.7 BILLION dollars, including buying an NBA franchise to play with.
Mark Cuban is the luckiest mofo in the world. He didn't just win the lottery, he won the biggest Powerball jackpot 20 times over!! And he did it by selling nothing but a domain name, and an idea that turned to crap.
All hail Mark Cuban!!
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Anyone having spyware issues with RealFootball365?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I have been hit recently with false "scanner" pages. (they look like my own computer alerting me I have viruses and I need to download some program to fix it.) Now I am loaded with ant-virus, anti-spyware, and a firewall, not to mention a pop-up blocker. So I am amazed, and puzzled, at how this crap is getting through. I can't say for sure, but I think this crud is coming from RealFootball365. Anyone having problems after visiting that site?
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