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This is the reason. People can talk all they want about weather, stadium size, etc., but the Buffalo Sabres have opened up people's wallets (whether on tickets or merchandise) that might normally be spent on Bills tickets. I believe that the so-called "casual fans", who in previous years may have used up a "sports budget" on Bills tickets, already spent it on a couple of Sabres games and a new Ryan Miller jersey. Think about it. The Sabres are enjoying unprecedented success, not only at the box office, but in merchandise sales as well. Five players on the Sabres have jerseys that are among the top 10 OVERALL sellers in the league. The NHL says sales on Sabres merchandise is up about 1000%. Now, you have to figure that for these fans who are spending a hypothetical sports budget on the Sabres rather than the Bills...would they like to watch the Bills game on TV? Yeah sure, but it's not the end of the world. It's certainly not worth him or her driving down to the Ralph and plunking down another $100+ that's already been spent on the hockey team. You tell me what the WNY sports fan is spending his money on these days. Not Bills tickets. Not hard to figure out.

Mediocre is pushing it. Forget Flowers...Corey Moore, Leif Larsen and Avion Black alone weigh this draft down. DaShon Polk has had himself a decent career, I should've mentioned him in last post along with Morris.

Ugh, I can't believe it took this long for that abortion of a draft to be brought up. Too bad that was JB's last draft and unfortunately, one of my parting memories of him. Sad but true. That may be the worst draft of any team in NFL history. Let's take a trip down memory lane, for fun: 1. Erik Flowers DE Arizona State (26) 2. Travares Tillman FS Georgia Tech (58) 3. Corey Moore LB Virginia Tech (89) 4. Avion Black WR Tennessee State (121) 5. Sammy Morris RB Texas Tech (156) 6. Leif Larsen DT Texas El-Paso (194) 7a. Drew Haddad WR Buffalo (233) 7b.^ DaShon Polk LB Arizona (251) Out of all those, only Morris has "made it". If you count being a backup RB as "making it". Although he has been decent in relief of Ronnie Brown the last few weeks.

If you get a chance, make sure you let Simon tell you why you should be thankful for Mularkey.

YES. Love it. Another possible Mularkey scenario is him deciding to lead the brawl, only to change his mind and back out a few minutes later.

I think this pretty much summarized every single post that's ever been written on TSW during the past five years.

Mularkey is immediately harrassed by bar patrons who take umbrage with his choice of beverage...appletini. Things get nasty and said bar patrons start making fun of his wife. Mularkey starts to tear up. Donahoe stands up and says he's never been more embarrased to be a part of a community. He adds that the bar is full of jerks and anyone who disagrees can save the postage. Wyche just sits there and drinks. He's cool.

Peter Schrager from Fox, are you kidding?? And yeah we get it...Losman looks like Keanu. Hilarious. Never heard it before. He also looks like Operaman. Holy Heh, Power Rankings are funny though. I don't think anything so meaningless has ever made me so mad on such a consistent basis.

I can't decide if I'm happier at the thought that Saban and the Fins got caught "cheating" or the fact that the "cheating" was used to dismantle Marcia and the Pats. Wow, what a dilemma.

I don't think I ever get tired of people who rip on others for being ignorant because they made a grammatical error, while making a grammatical error themselves. "...someone ignorant to be..."? Terrible sentence structure. Come on Joey Balls. Your name implies that you're smarter than that. Buck up.

Isn't the definition of a "bandwagoning kitty" rooting for more than one team in a single sport? So WTF are Notre Dame, Florida St. and Florida (the latter two being huge rivals, don't know if you heard) doing on your list??

Well the sad truth is, I've had to find teams to "root for" around this time of year since 2000. In the past I've always rooted for Indy once playoff time rolled around, but I'm kind of getting sick of them. I wouldn't mind seeing a Chargers-Saints Super Bowl. Incidentally, my favorite hockey team just took a 1-0 lead over the Devils in the 2nd.

Oh my God, that's even lighter fare than Bills rule, Dolphins drool. Guess they're touchy over there.

I think he said "Bills rule, Dolphins drool". If that's the case, it seems a little over the top to ban him.

Ahh, yes. So true.

Nostradamus, did you ever write anything on the future of the Bills?

Deluca's preparing notes on why QB ratings don't mean anything.

What?

The title of the thread ("That's life. Looks like the Bills are good as gone") might have been a tiny bit drastic. Tiny bit.

That's pretty much what I believe. This is nothing more than posturing by Ralph. This certainly hasn't been the first time he's screamed about this over the past few years and it won't be the last. Call me crazy, but I believe that between Golisano, Wegman and Rich, someone will play the role of the white knight and keep this team from going anywhere.

It's a Christmas miracle! Bless you jonathan thomas! Bless your wonderful heart!!

Mike Schopp?

It'll be up on their Audio Vault (www.wgr550.com) probably within a an hour or two.

Incidentally, you know what would've been really cool? If he had worked that incredible Mularkey magic while he was here in Buffalo, instead of overseeing offenses that finished 25th and 28th overall.

You're right. I wish he never left.