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Love the headline: "T.O. tried suicide, report says" Tried it, but didn't like it? I feel like the Star-Telegram has their Jump To Conclusions mat out...

Hammer - clearly your old school! I know your place has a grass lot and I think that's part of the beauty of the The Ralph, the fact that the parking isn't downtown next to some highway. You seriously don't know Sully? he is your neighbor down the road... As for the ribbon board, I'd love to see more scores from other games and stats from the one going on. Didn't know about the Blue Zone, it was just a first example that came to mind when thinking "local Buffalo marketing partners" In the end, with the way the WNY economy works I'm sure neither of us will have to worry too much about seeing any large-scale changes to the old Ralph! I guess the bottom line is that as long as they keep the team there, I'll be a happy camper!

I've been to a few different stadiums (most recently Gillette last year and Quest field this year, though there was no game going on) and while The Ralph has it's charms it's a decidedly old school stadium... Personally I love the wide open concorses and spaces in most of the new modern stadiums - they just beat the cinder block halls of the Ralph. In the $20MM article they talk about potentially using some to upgrade the Jumbotron and add some "ribbon" scoreboars around the side of the stadium. The ribbon boards alone would make the place look and feel a lot more modern, plus they would have more room to show scores from other games... It's interesting that the marketing department always talks about the difficulty of striking deals, but there seems to be so many opportunities in the food and beverage category. Why not tap Labbat and create the "Blue Zone" - pain the hall blue, add tables and food, TV's showing other games around the league. Or how about taking advantage of the local cusine - a Beef on Weck joint, and Anchor Bar outpost, perogies. Naturally it's still my favorite place to see a game (where else can you tailgate on a *grass* field - thanks Sully), but the old place could use some updating. Hopefully some Buffalo teenager will come up with the next Facebook (which Yahoo! may buy for 1 BILLION dollars; Scott get on the phones TBD is worth at least that!), buy the Bills and put up a new stadium right downtown! I'll be moving to downtown when that happens!

No link to any vids, but I DO have a link to this gem of a letter from Joey Porter's Pit Bull to the horse it killed (warning, lotsa swearing in this one): http://www.themightymjd.com/2006/09/21/a-l...rters-pit-bull/

Dude. Rigs - Rigatoni... I made a nice sauce with a ton of pork, beef and sausage. I put all the sauce and meat over the cooked pasta, layed down a layer of mozzarella and baked it. Gold Jerry, gold. Next up - Beef on Weck since no one in Vermont seems to understand that concept...

Peter King must have watched the pc too - from todays MMQB: "I like J.P. Losman's emotion" It's a start...

Clearly JP needs to visit this online retailer: http://www.3rd-eye.com/

Game Balls: - That 30 Pack of Miller High Life Jeff brought over after the 18 pack of Labbat's was gone - HD broadcast of the game on my big screen TV - My baked rigs Goats: - The final score - My hangover - Having to wait another week to see a Bills game

Though we should have more points we're looking good - once this team really pulls it together (read: second half of the season), watch out...

The wind looks like it's sorta pushing passes around and it did some funky stuff to that FG... Our D is on fire.

Leftwich has thrown for 28 yards and a pick. wow.

Nice chunks from Willis - let's see that 100. Ko Simpson missed on that long Jets play...

Well that blows. Time for the O to quit screwing around and *almost* making the big play, TIME TO MAKE THE BIG PLAY!

OMG! That was awesome...

Nice... I have 97Rock streaming, so I almost feel like I'm there Is there a computer at the tailgate? If so - Hi all y'all!!

First Gil Brandt called a Jets over the Bills upset. Then there is a guy (coach) from Buffalo is on with Shine and Shine says "NO ONE SAW THE BILLS OVER THE DOLPHINS LAST WEEK, NO ONE!!". Dude give me a break. He then went on to say there is no way you would want to put the game in JP's hands, he's too shakey(?). He did give the D props and called a Bills win... Man, I hope we win by about 75,000 points today!

What's the weather like today? I *can't* believe I'm not back there...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedi.../content.6.html "A lot of experts ripped Buffalo for taking the former Ohio State safety with the No. 8 overall pick, but so far he's been impressive. He had 15 tackles and an interception in helping the Bills beat the Dolphins 16-6 last Sunday." Here's to hoping he has another big game this week!!

In addition to the Pips for sportsmanship, you can rest asured that I will send a hoooot to all of the Jets fans I see. "Jets fans? Hoooot, hooot, hooot, hoooot" http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season16/snitch3.mp3

I caught that too - it *still* seems like a fumble to me! The "Grasp and Control" rule is supposed to stop the QB from getting killed by a second defender when he is under control of another. On that play JP was clearly cocking back to throw and the second defender knocked the ball away. I guess Pereira was right, you have to enforce the rules as they are written. Still if the shoe were on the opposite foot, I'd be pissed!

Pip-pip my good man, pip-pip!

Sorry, just got back from a west coast swing, so VT it is this weekend... The cooler is long gone, but maybe next time I'll show up on one of these suckers: http://www.cruzincooler.com/

That is so AWESOME! I can't believe that I'm not gonna be there - it's gonna be a fun weekend to be a Bills fan my friends... I did just find out that the game is on in HD here in VT so there *will* be a party at my place! I'll raise a toast to everyone at the tailgate! GO BILLS BABY!

Moorman did have a great day, no doubt about that! My comment was more directed at everyone that thought we should drop Coy because he can't play safety for s**t; maybe that's the case but the guy is a leader on special teams...

Guess it wasn't such a bad thing holding on to the guy afterall...