Colorado Mike
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Few realize that there are people, and a significant number of people at that, across the border in Canada. While the Buffalo Metro Area might stop at the Niagara River, there are a significant number of bodies between Rochester and Hamilton that probably makes this one of the larger markets in North America. This goes back about 15 years, but a local readio station did a study and found that Buffalo + Niagara Falls + Hamilton would constitute one of the top-15 markets in the U.S.
To further validate your post, look at the list of largest cities in the country and you will see San Antonio listed as the 8th largest. However, I lived there from '86-'99 and know that the reason they are that "large" is SA continually annexes the growing suburbs. So practically the entire MSA there is within city limits and it makes the city rank larger than it really is, whereas in most major cities the population is based on city limits, which generally are not all that far in any direction from downtown.
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Let's take a look at the Broncos TV schedule so far, shall we?
1 Sun Sep.10 at St. Louis Edward Jones Dome L 18-10 CBS
2 Sun Sep.17 vs. Kansas City INVESCO Field at Mile High W 9-6 CBS
*3 Sun Sep.24 at New England Gillette Stadium W 17-7 NBC
*5 Mon Oct. 9 vs. Baltimore INVESCO Field at Mile High W 13-3 ESPN
*6 Sun Oct.15 vs. Oakland INVESCO Field at Mile High W 13-3 NBC
7 Sun Oct.22 at Cleveland Cleveland Browns Stadium W 17-7 CBS
8 Sun Oct.29 vs. Indianapolis INVESCO Field at Mile High L 34-31 CBS
9 Sun Nov. 5 at Pittsburgh Heinz Field W 31-20 CBS
10 Sun Nov.12 at Oakland McAfee Coliseum W 17-13 CBS
*11 Sun Nov.19 vs. San Diego INVESCO Field at Mile High L 35-27 NBC
*12 Thu Nov.23 at Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium L 19-10 NFL Network
*13 Sun Dec. 3 vs. Seattle INVESCO Field at Mile High L 23-20 NBC
14 Sun Dec.10 at San Diego Qualcomm Stadium 1:15 PM PST CBS
SIX games shown on national TV there, including two blocks of THREE straight weeks. This doesn't even include the virtually national games that took place during weeks 8 (http://gribblenation.net/nflmaps/08-CBS-L.gif) and 9 (http://gribblenation.net/nflmaps/09-CBS-L.gif). Now take a look at the map for week 14:
http://gribblenation.net/nflmaps/14-CBS-L.gif
ENOUGH BRONCOS!!!! Let's see some other teams!!! Heck I'll even take more Colts and Pats!
I hate it too. Then again, I live in metro Denver so I'm hosed either way.
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I truthfully work with a dude named Dick Smallwood. One would think he would at least go by Richard, but no....
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This is pretty much how I feel about it. Part of me wants to say there's no way in hell people try to push games in one direction of the other, but I've just seen way to many things to think the contrary.
This isn't to say I think most games are "pushed". But I think when the opportunity is there and people really want a game to go a certain way, things are worked out.
And I didn't see last nights game. The last Super Bowl was the "straw" for me.
I'm in the camp with you two. Unfortunately our Bills never seem to be in the group that the NFL wants to come out ahead, so although the ultimate prize is not out of the question I feel we have to overcome more adversity than a number of other teams.
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Exactly correct. Especially the non-calls, as most fans focus on the bad calls, not the bad non-calls.
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Those have been my thoughts exactly this these lsat few days.
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He truly is a terrible announcer. It's bad when you find yourself routinely shouting corrections at him while watching the game at home. Has a propensity to confuse offensive and defensive players' names, a feat seldom accomplished by professional broadcasters. Then doesn't even bother to correct his glaring mistakes. Justin Geisinger on the blitz!
I don't think he's quite that bad, but I agree with you on "Justin Geisinger on the blitz". I was like WTF?
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I'm in Denver, and it was scheduled to be on the NFL Network (DirecTV channel 212) this morning. It has been on my record "To Do List" for days. When I got up this morning I went to triple check it was still there and it wasn't. I checked the schedule and it was no longer listed. So, it definitely was not just a local market thing. Probably it is simply bad luck with the local channel rebroadcast precedence thing, but, it seems like that would happen in other markets to other teams as well. Maybe it has somewhere, but I have not heard of it. In any event, I don't get how some local channel rebroadcast preference should have any bearing on me not being able to watch it in Denver!
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Oh come on; everyone knows that the value proposition for the 2006 season comes from understanding the mission critical success factors for the team and getting the players focused on their core competencies using a best practices approach. At the end of the day, this is how the Bills can create a win-win senario for the season.
Sounds like we work for the same company.
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You think the #22 pick is going to have a contract that would give us a cap hit anywhere close to Nate's 7.22 million?
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I completely agree. Plus, I'd have little trouble calling them WNY Bills or just NY Bills for that matter. Not ideal, but it beats the hell out of having them move far away.
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Maybe SF needed the 22nd pick so they could trade it to us for Clements. I don't really believe that, but one can wish.
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I thought Jerman was arguably the weakest member of the OL last year.
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per nfl.com...
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Without an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, this could be one of the bloodiest weeks the NFL has witnessed, with more teams cutting more players at this time of the year than the league ever has seen.
And no team is in worse shape than the Washington Redskins, who some league insiders believe will have to cut anywhere from 15 to 20 players.
Those numbers will depend on how many players will be willing to restructure their contracts, but one NFL general manager who reviewed Washington's salary-cap situation wondered how the Redskins will even be able to field a team.
For starters, the Redskins are expected to release defensive backs Matt Bowen and Walt Harris, defensive linemen Renaldo Wynn and Brandon Noble, wide receivers James Thrash and Taylor Jacobs, center Cory Raymer, and kicker John Hall. Even with all those moves, the Redskins still will be significantly over the salary cap, requiring them to release even more players from their roster.
No team is rooting for a CBA extension any harder than Washington. Otherwise, the Redskins team next weekend will be considerably different from the one they have this weekend.
Makes my day to know that little Danny Snyder's team is about to be torn apart.
Not only does that put a smile on my face for what it does to Snyder's team, but one would think their situation just might push him to break ranks of the nine owners refusing to share more of the presently non-shared revenue and get that vote passed!
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Here's what I know. He's 6'2 and 320, and around 27 or 28 years old. The Rams have 3 1st round DT's and from what I've heard he is the only one who has started to play somewhat up to his potential the last couple of years. I've seen a few Rams games but didn't really focus on him because I didn't know he was gonna become a free agent. Who has really seen him play and not just read something about him? I'd like to sign young up and comers not old stop gaps if possible. Someone tell us something useful here please.
I have a friend out here who is a knowlegeable Rams fan, and he told me recently retaining him should be their top offeason priority.
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I love Chuck Lester. It just wouldn't be the same without him on the coaching staff. I laugh just looking at his picture trying to figure out his day to day role on the team.
http://www.buffalobills.com/team/coach.jsp?coach_id=9
You 'da man Chuckster!!!
Chuck Lester = Ned Flanders
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still play in an indoor soccer league.
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I Tivo'd it as well and played it back a few times since it seemed amusing to me at the time. I am pretty sure that it was Teague who was hit by Ellis but that it was actually Bennie Anderson who sent Ellis flying in retaliation for what he did to Teague.
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That's exactly what I thought at the time. There was no juggling, ball touching the ground, etc. I have no clue what that jackass was talking about.
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maybe a Katrina thing?
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It's Bills-Titans week, so I'm back
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I remember you as one of the more classy and intelligent fans of our opposition. I'm glad to see your team has turned it around, as I've always thought Jeff Fischer is pretty cool. I can't say I can wish you luck this week, but I'll wish you guys lose to us without suffering any injuries.