Bad Things

Screw 'em

Happy New Year to all of my fellow Bills fans, spread out across the different time zones. Let's hope and pray that 2016/2017 can bring us more success on the field and more happiness off of it. I wish you all a great new year.

A gorgeous 75 in Nelson, New Zealand!

Merry Christmas from the summery side of the globe!

I'll be working through Christmas eve and then will have 3 weeks off. This is pretty much standard time off for people in NZ. It's the beginning of the Christmas/summer holidays so its time to have fun in the sun!

The New Zealand All Blacks are the two-time defending world cup champions. (RWC 2011 and 2015) Apart from them, there's been nothing by suffering Go you mighty All Blacks!

What a stupid rant. As far as I'm concerned, there are far too many former players/coaches in the media booth. Sure they may have some "inside knowledge" about the game, but many of them are just stupid jocks.

we're always amazed on how often people will tell us how much they love our American accents down here. (however a lot of people think I'm a Canadian.) That being said, I love the Kiwi accent, but have always had a thing for ladies with a Scottish (or sometimes Irish) accent. Just love it. My favourite though, would be a beautiful native Tahitian with that French accent of theirs.

Nice! Where are you heading to? I just returned from a 7-day motorbike trip around the South Island. Amazing.

Go the mighty All Blacks!!

Yeah, there were a few times when the camera showed that the crowd was filled with douches like him. Scary.

One last thing... I can't stand it when the broadcast shifts to (ex NFL referee) Mike Carey, for his "expert" opinions when penalties are called. Just get on with the friggin' game!

Thank God that Fitz was Fitz.

My wife actually got to meet Camilla this weekend. (Charles and Camilla are touring New Zealand right now.) She said she was a totally nice and friendly person. By the way... Charles is holding a Tuatara in the photo.

Jerry has been very frustrating to watch this season. Sure, he usually has a couple great plays each game, but he also usually seems to have a lot of plays where he over-pursues and misses tackles in addition to STUPID STUPID penalties. That late hit on Tanny had me screaming at the TV yesterday.

Of course the Bills should resign Woods! Well, unless he's asking a fortune. For those calling him a "dime a dozen" player, and implying that he's easily expendable... you're either really young, or have a very poor short term memory. Josh Reed, Roscoe Parrish, Donald Jones, David Nelson, TJ Graham, James Hardy, Brad Smith yada yada yada, the list goes on and on and on. THOSE guys were easily replaced and were a dime a dozen. Robert Woods is a baller and has a place on my team any day every day.

I don't trust you, so I just looked it up. Ha!

meh. I like the red jersey, but the red pants and red socks and shoes are too much. Plus, it's weird seeing that photo of TT in the red uni on a red field in front of fans all wearing red. RED! What do the Jests ones look like?

Woo hoo!! New Zealand does it again! 2 time world rugby champions. NZ All Blacks 34 Australia 17 Great game, great tournament.

Who needs a shotgun, when you can just use a rugby ball? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/73479572/stray-ball-takes-down-drone

Well, the final is tomorrow morning. (NZ time) It should be a battle for the ages. Australia vs New Zealand. Go the All Blacks!!!

That's exactly what I was thinking.

I wasn't really directing that comment at you, Barbarian, just towards some of the other posters who are saying that rugby is softer, just because they're NFL fans.

Ouch, that's gotta be one sad hotel tonight. Are there a lot of Kiwis around? Now, those rugby fans sure know how to have a great time. Go the All Blacks!

First of all, I feel that I should have a disclaimer... I thoroughly enjoy watching NZ and international rugby, (American rugby is light years behind.) but NFL Football is far and away my favorite sport. That being said, there are a couple ways to look at this argument, regarding NFL vs Rugby Union toughness. I believe that the hits in the NFL are so powerful and violent are BECAUSE they are wearing pads and not the other way around. Same goes for concussions. A couple years ago, when concussions were the big topic, I heard people agrue that a sure way to reduce the number of concussions would be to actually get rid of helmets completlely. This isn't something that I endorse, but I think it holds a lot of merit. The level of "violence" increases with the level of protection. Also, if you have never truly watched at least a couple games of international rugby, you really shouldn't talk. I thought Chris Hogan played lacrosse, not rugby.Did he play both sports?