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I agree with respect to Wetzel (most fo the time), Wojo and Edes, but I am no fan of Passan. His anti-Yankee bias comes out in every article he writes.

If we lose on Sunday, I may need to update my American Pie reference.

The more things change.... See this link for our 2004 thread making Bills parody songs.

Phils over Rockies in 5 Cards over LA in 4 Yanks over Twins in 4 Sox over Angels in 5 Yanks over Sox in 6 Phils over Cards in 7 Yanks over Phils in 6

Give me Russ Grimm..he's got it!

Today's NY Post, in discussing how the Jest could stop the run, mentioned that the Bills were playing 8 man fronts and still could not stop the run. That wouold be embarassing if true.

Is that the Born to Run show? If so, he'll never forget hearing Jungleland live. Truly an incredible song.

I went out and watched that whole game in a bar after work last nite. WOW! What an awesome baseball game. I haven't seen a game that good in a long time. Simon, I agree, the 91 series was the best I ever saw. The Tigers left Rodney in because they had noone else they could throw out there with any confidence.

Sorry guys, but I've been lovin' the 4 pm starts. You get all day to spend outside in the nice autumn weather, playing with your kids or playing golf. Then sit down and watch a game as the day starts to wane. I really like having time on Sunday during the middle of the day.

I disagree. Bob Kraft paid $175 million for the Patriots* in 1995. Less than 15 years later they are worth $1.361 billion. Thats more than a tenfold increase in 15 years. Dan Snyder bought the Skins in 1999 for $800 million. Less than 10 years later they are worth $1.55 billion. Thats almost doubling your money in 10 years. Jerry Jones bought the Cowboys in 1989 for $130 million. Less than 20 years later they are worth $1.650 billion. Thats more than a tenfold increase in 20 years. Sign me up for those kind of returns.

The interesting part of the article (to me) was the following.... This means that a majority owner of a major pro sports team in another market can be a minority owner in an NFL team in a different market. I did not know that. Paging Jeremy Jacobs, paging Jeremy Jacobs....

Fair point, I stand corrected. Parcells appeared (though didn't win) twice. Doesn't mean Cowher is the right coach.

Strange...they say we have a debt/value % of 14%. They define debt/value as including stadium debt. I didn't realize we have any debt (outside of, perhaps, short term commercial paper, which really should not be considered debt). Anyone have any insight here?

I'm not a fan of Cowher. He had all the support from ownership and the front office a guy could want, his teams consistently choked or outclassed by Belichik...no thanks. He won't take us to the promised land. There are exactly zero coaches who have won the SB with 2 teams, hell the only coaches to appear on behalf of two franchises are Holmgren and Shula. I'd be in for a guy who has never won a SB, young or old, with a proven record of success. Guys like Marty Schottenheimer or Russ Grimm.

I agree with your statements in bold. I read a very interesting piece by Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated (you can read it here) on the way Mike Illitch owns and operates the Detroit Tigers. Now, the Tigers are not the best of teams, but they try and have had some success lately, since Illitch owned them. Detroit is a similar market to Buffalo and I think many of the statements are appropriate allusions to the Bills. The most interesting quote was the following: Thats what a sports team is, its more than a business; it is a public trust. And, after yesterday, I'm beginning to lose faith. C'mon Ralph...you invested $25,000 or whatever 50 years ago. Your return to your estate will at least be $750 million. Pretty nice right? Lets spend some cash and go out with a bang....public trust, public trust, public trust, c'mon say it with me Ralph...

I'd also heard that you'd have an easier time if you could produce a copy of a police report indicating your wallet was lost/stolen.

This is the reason I'm spending a few weeks in Jan/Feb on various Carribean islands. They have some great deals right now for travel in Jan/Feb.

Why doesn't the NFL have a short-term IR? Like the 15 day DL in baseball...I don't understand a guy who will miss 8 weeks now missing the whole year because of being placed on IR. Kinda put the teams in a bind, play a man down for 8 weeks and hopefully get your guy back for the last 5 weeks and playoffs or lose him for the year. Kinda sucks there's no short term IR.

My dream coach....Tony Dungy!

I was suprised watching this, figuring the classic 59 Bel Air would perform better than the 09 Malibu, needless to say I was mistaken. Now, if they could only design a decent looking car... http://www.businessinsider.com/beautiful-1...r-safety-2009-9

Interesting comments by Greggo in the article on page 1....taking it with a grain of salt becase obviously hindsight is 20/20, but....

Stone St. next week? Weather's been decent.

The ACORN response....sue the two kids.... http://abovethelaw.com/2009/09/lawsuit_of_..._acorn.php#more EDIT: And a half decent legal analysis as to whetehr ACORN has a claim... http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Z...MxZWUwYmViY2Q=#

Considering Phaneuf is one of the top 10 d-men in the league, I'd say "who can we give you for a 10-year blue line anchor D-man"?

Ninos in West Seneca is good. Same with Bocce Club in Lackawanna.