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  1. Only two plays in Bills history where they came from behind on last play of game where yesterday and the Jim Kelly plunge on into the endzone against Miami.

     

    I read this in the Buffalo News this morning and also in the USA Today. I find it almost impossible to believe.

     

    It seems that they've lost many games on the final play over the years and to only have won two since 1960...well, it just doesn't seem possible. Has anyone gotten any other verification on this? It wouldn't be the first time that one source (let's say, the USA Today) passed on info from another source (the News) without checking.

  2. Thought it sucked. Idiotic plot and pitiful acting.

     

    I'm a Sci-fi guy and am used to scenarios that are "out there" - As a matter of fact, the more, the better. But this was just plain...I dunno...awful is the best word I can use. Like: ok we'll just let the insane scientist out of the state hospital with a roque FBI agent so he can restablish his illegal lab at an Ivy league university. Come on.... :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

  3. Great game!. Great start to the season!

     

    My wife and I will check out the bar next week - that'll hopefully make it 8. I'll spread the word around as I mentioned that I've run into a few Bills fans. Who knows, may be the start of something...

     

    PM coming...

     

    not a bad outing 6 people showed up, hopefully if any el pasoans who are bills fans and reading this, come stop on by
  4. Cool. Let me know what you find out. Drop me a PM if you'd like.

     

    Years ago, a friend and I re-started the Bills Backers of Minneapolis/St.Paul when the previous organizers gave up. We took it from 5 members to the 130 that it is today with our own bar for every game (Sabres, too). May not be that many Bills fans around here but we may be able to give it a go. Let me know...

     

     

     

     

    i have been here since march 2007, the information they had at the bills backers site showed it over at airway blvd at the hilton hotel, but i've heard they havent assembled there since 2005, I will go check it out tomarrow, if they arent showing it ill go to the "steel mill" (steelers bar) at King's X

     

     

    FYI:

    the new bills backers location map shows that they meet at frankies at 5850 onix in sunland park I only asked bout it here on the forums because when I called that number the girl sounded clueless

  5. I know there aren't too many bills fans here, and I dont know if this information is correct but are the el paso bills backers meeting up at frankies in sunland park?

     

    I'd sure like to know if that's true! We moved to EP this past January and have met a couple Bills fans but haven't heard about Fankies. How long have you been here?

  6. I just got club seats this year, they carry a 3 year commitment. The seats are about the same price as the 100 level but carry a seat license fee of $975 this season (1050 next and 1100 in 2010(for 10 games, but 2 are in TO so only 80% of that this year)) they also include MANDATORY playoff purchases.

     

    So all in all my seats are $1200 each this year or about $150 a game.

     

    B.

     

    True, True. :unsure::blink:

  7. Sept. 9 DENVER BRONCOS - W

    Sept. 16 @ Pittsburgh Steelers - L

    Sept. 23 @ New England Patriots - L

    Sept. 30 NEW YORK JETS - W

    Oct. 8 DALLAS COWBOYS - W

    Oct. 21 BALTIMORE RAVENS - L

    Oct. 28 @ New York Jets - L

    Nov. 4 CINCINNATI BENGALS - W

    Nov. 11 @ Miami Dolphins - W

    Nov. 18 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - W

    Nov. 25 @ Jacksonville Jaguars - L

    Dec. 2 @ Washington Redskins - W

    Dec. 9 MIAMI DOLPHINS - W

    Dec. 16 @ Cleveland Browns - W

    Dec. 23 NEW YORK GIANTS - W

    Dec. 30 @ Philadelphia Eagles - L

  8. Sorry if posted already, I didn't see any new post other than the long one announcing the 4/5/date and thought it might get lost in that thread. ESPN sez:

     

     

    Updated: April 2, 2007, 7:51 PM ET

     

    By Len Pasquarelli

    ESPN.com

     

     

    Fans anxious to begin making plans for the 2007 NFL regular-season schedule will have to wait a little longer.

     

    A league official confirmed Monday that the much-anticipated announcement of the regular-season schedule, originally set for Thursday, will be delayed. The schedule could be released as early as next week now, with the roll-out coming no later than April 19.

     

    The delay was first reported by NFL.com, the league-owned Web site.

     

    The league did announce its full preseason schedule on Monday afternoon.

     

    Last week, at its annual meetings in Phoenix, the NFL unveiled its nationally televised opening week matchups for Sept. 6-10 and its three Thanksgiving Day games. The regular season kicks off Sept. 6 when the Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts host the New Orleans Saints.

     

    The NFL tentatively planned to roll out the rest of the regular-season schedule during a two-hour bloc on the NFL Network on Thursday afternoon. But an NFL official suggested to ESPN.com last week in Phoenix that a delay of that Thursday broadcast was likely, because there was still considerable work to be completed on the schedule.

     

    The NFL designs its regular-season schedule without using computers and the process, given the longstanding priority on maintaining competitive balance, is an arduous task.

     

    One notable change that first-year commissioner Roger Goodell has made is to solicit more input. For instance, long-time NFL general manager Ernie Accorsi, who retired from the New York Giants earlier in the offseason, recently visited the NFL offices to peruse the schedule.

  9. Woe is us Fez, woe is us. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

     

    The horrible bet that I lost tonight...woe, woe, woe... :devil:

     

    Twas much anguish and gnashing of teeth amongst the faithful. Nay, the lowly Wild hath trounced yon Sabres.

     

    The day is upon us.

     

    Woe I say, woe unto us.

     

    All we can do is hope that our teams meet again when the game is far more meaningful and that our lads reign.

     

    I for one am 'effed Fez. Completely and utterly 'effed.

     

    The bet made sense at the time, before all the injuries and pre Miller's sieveness. I'll now be forced to proclaim the Wild's superiority in front of my entire workforce and wear a Wild cap throughout the week.

     

    And it wasn't even close... :lol::bag::bag::bag::bag:

     

     

     

    The one game I wanted them to win this year, and they get blown out. I'll be hearing about that from people around here *sigh*

     

    They have to win tomorrow night or they'll be in serious jeopardy of falling out of the #1 sopt in the east. They're already 3 points behind Nashville for the best overall record (although they have two games in hand). We gotta get that home ice advantage!

  10. I'm still in shock by the brevity of PG's post :thumbsup:

     

     

    I rarely disagree with you, Vram, but it's only March 8th. I don't think we can judge if the Bills are better or worse off with only Shaud on the roster until we see what they end up doing with the picks and available FAs. They don't need ANY RBs in March.

     

    As for the intense hatred directed at Willis, I agree it should have nothing to do with the evaluation of the move.

  11. Only 3 reasons to be here: Tyson Chicken HQ, U of AR campus and the only REAL reason, Wal-Mart HQ. Gotta pay for those new Paul Magiure Club seats we got yesterday :worthy:

     

    Flew in last night from Tampa for a major meeting this morning and now all my flights have been canceled or I believe they will be. So, I'm gonna try to get a 7:25am flight back home in the morning if that one doesn't cancel. It's actually the best bet as the plane is already here.

     

    Looks like we'll have about 40 people at the game Sunday. Probably going to go to Tom Reids for a couple of pops after the game. See you then???

     

    Why are you in Arkansas?

     

    As long as the weather doesn't stay crappy all weekend, I'll be there. I have Swarm season tickets (10 rows behind the penalty box - come say hi if you want :w00t: ). The first ever Swarm game was actually against the Bandits and there was a huge snowstorm -- only about 1000 people showed up to the arena! Took us about 2.5 hours to go from the State Fairgrounds to the X - it was crazy! So if we can make it for that game, we can pretty much make it whenever. :w00t:

  12. Thanks for putting Thurman Thomas, my favorite Bills player ever, up there. I still remember the many clutch runs, catches, and picked up blitzes he gave us. He left it all on the field.

     

    I think one reason I like him so much is that he seems to me to be a man who, despite his great accomplishments, has struggled against self doubt his entire life. I think a lot of us can relate to that. I know I can.

     

    I would be very pleased if you kept him up on the banner indefinitely. It's great to see him honored.

     

    What he said!!!

     

    Congrats to Thurman Thomas!

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    Ok But... Darn! The links to the Buffalo News aren's working too well and I can't bring-up up the page for a link but here's what I pulled a few hours ago from the News:

     

    Less than three weeks removed from summer's waning days, a thundering lake-effect snowstorm blitzed Buffalo Niagara on Thursday, knocking out power to more than 100,000 homes, felling large trees and creating havoc for travelers.

    The early-autumn blast of winter, fueled by Lake Erie's 60-degree water, scored a direct hit on the Buffalo metro area and its northern and eastern suburbs. Trees still carrying their autumn leaves became too heavy with snow and their branches crashed to the ground, damaging homes, cars and power lines.

    "The snow is so wet that it is doing tremendous damage to tree limbs and power lines," said Bob Hamilton, National Weather Service meteorologist.

    Steve Brady, spokesman for National Grid, said the power company already expects some customers to be dark through the weekend. Crews will be called in from as far away as New England to help restore service.

    "This is the worst possible time of year for us to get a snowstorm," Brady said. "There's an enormous amount of physical damage."

    Snowfall totals were expected to range from 2 to 4 inches across northern Erie, Niagara, Orleans and Genesee counties. Localized areas were projected to receive as much as six inches.

    Authorities issued advisories against unnecessary travel in Buffalo and the northern suburbs. Dozens of school districts - including Buffalo, Amherst, Clarence, Williamsville, Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda, Sweet Home, West Seneca and Williamsville - announced they would be closed today.

    City officials were working on setting up emergency shelters for those without power.

    It isn't the earliest measurable snowfall in the city's weather history.

    On Oct. 6, 1991, two-tenths of an inch of snow was recorded. And on Oct. 13, 1909, Buffalo registered six inches of snow.

    Even though Thursday's totals were measured only in inches and not feet like past memorable lake-effect snowstorms, this storm packed an even more damaging punch, smothering trees and power lines with a think blanket of heavy, water-laden snow.

    "We've never had anything this potent this early," Hamilton said.

    Late Thursday night, wide power outages remained across the Buffalo metro area as well as northern and eastern suburbs. Emergency crews frantically responded into the teeth of the storm, handling dozens of vehicle accidents, downed power lines, streets blocked by fallen trees and darkened traffic lights.

    The 911 emergency call center in Buffalo was inundated with calls. At about 10:30 p.m., all nine staffed employees were handling calls, according to its display board at Buffalo police headquarters. There were a dozen more calls waiting to be answered.

    Injuries associated with the storm were still undetermined. Snyder firefighters were on the scene of a boy reportedly struck by a falling tree on South Union Road at about 10:30 p.m., Amherst Fire Control officials reported. No other details were available.

    National Grid reported more than 100,000 customers were without power in Erie, Niagara and Genesee counties; New York State Electric & Gas also had 14,700 customers without power.

    Among the customers without power was Buffalo Niagara International Airport, which lost power at 4:45 p.m. and remained operating on generators before closing at mid-evening, according to NFTA spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer.

    "Due to very poor visibility and some icing on the runway . . . we have had to close the runways . . . until we can get them into a better condition," Hartmayer said. One plane remained stuck on a runway late Thursday night.

    Also, the jet bridges connecting airplanes to the terminal were not functional during the outage. That forced travelers to get onto or off of planes outside of the terminal, Hartmayer said.

    Back in Buffalo, the storm mangled trees and ripped live wires from homes and power poles.

    As many as 10 trees on Poultney Avenue buckled under the weight of the heavy snow, rendering the street impassable, police reported. Fallen trees also blocked traffic on Parkdale Avenue, Oakland Place, Delaware Avenue, Fenton Street, Cleveburn Place, Englewood Avenue and Amherst Street.

    An electrical pole on Seneca Street snapped in two, leaving a transformer on the ground at about 6:15 p.m. Street lights flickered downtown and went off entirely in other parts of Elmwood Village and North Buffalo along with traffic lights. Buffalo police placed temporary stop signs at several intersections.

    North Buffalo was especially hard-hit. Front lawns and curb strips along Parkside Avenue were littered with toppled limbs; a red, compact car parked in the street appeared trapped in the grip of the snow-shrouded branches of a nearby tree.

    Similar conditions were reported in the northern and eastern suburbs, compounded by extensive power outages.

    Kenmore police estimated that between half and three-quarters of the village was without power because of widespread outages. There were numerous trees and wires down, with two tree crews out trying to clear the roads.

    Ditto to the north.

    The Town of Tonawanda, which announced a travel ban late Thursday night, was hit with widespread power outages, a police officer said.

    "The whole city's pretty much without power," was the word from City of Tonawanda Police Headquarters. Further, there have been several fires caused by downed wires.

    Amherst police closed a stretch of Harlem Road, from Main Street to Sheridan Drive, because of downed trees. Numerous traffic signals also were out.

    Downed trees and utility wires also were reported in Cheektowaga, North Tonawanda and Lancaster.

    West Seneca police reported that several vehicles slid off Route 400 between 5 and 8 p.m.

    Numerous traffic collisions were reported on the mainline and Niagara section of the New York State Thruway. Four separate crashes were reported on the Niagara section of the Thruway at about 9:30 p.m.

    The western part of Genesee County was dealing with heavy snow toppling trees and utility wires. Power outages were affecting Pembroke, Alabama and Oakfield, according to a sheriff's department dispatcher.

    To the south, wind and hail were responsible for downed utility lines in the Town of Evans, police reported.

    The lake snow is forecast to move north out of the area and switch to rain around the time of the morning commute today.

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