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Reach out your hand if your cup be empty. If your cup is full, may it be again. Let it be known, there is a fountain, that was not made, by the hands of man.

Buffalo's number one export may be loyal Bills fans.

JA is a Buffalo Soldier and I & I am becoming a Josh-tifarian! Keep up the good work, kid!

Mike Wilbon also quickly relayed an anecdote at the end of the piece indicating that many years ago, he received a hand written note of praise from Mr. Wilson, that he has kept and is honored to have. That's pretty cool. I don't imagine Jerruh Jones does too much of that...

^^^ My sentiments exactly. May #8 continue a terrific career by punting early and often in Dallas.

Oh, FFS - that is friggin' hysterical. At least two fully fledged belly laughs solicited once I realized "he did indeed just say that". Brady should be shaking in his Uggs right about now.

McFadden’s and Calico Jack’s 800 2nd Avenue (at 42nd Street) New York, NY 10017 Try www.nycbbb.com for much more info, pictures, articles, etc. Good luck & GO BILLS!!

It seems to me that (as was mentioned up thread) the games have become chippier and some after the whistle stuff isn't being flagged at all. As a perfect example, during the [very physical] Lions v 49'ers game last night, in the 4th quarter Alex Smith escaped the pocket for a gain, slid feet first (hook-slide = giving himself up) and got hit in the head with a forearm by a diving Lion. The Lion did not leave his feet until Smith was horizontal and sliding. The impact to his head was solid enough that it had Smith bleeding from the nose for the rest of the game...No flag. That's not the type of call that is typically missed by the regular refs.

Fitzpickedoff? Fitzpicksix?

That is a great question and long overdue.

They even take over an adjoining restaurant that hosts a more family friendly crowd. The link below takes you to photos of game days at McFaddens. Back when it started, the NYC BBB founder, literally got 'all up in their kitchen' to show them how to properly prepare chicken wings. The site seems to be stripped down compared to its in-season status, but there's still stuff worth exploring. http://nycbbb.com/pictures/

My experience is very similar. I started the game with family: my mother, brother, cousins and aunt, all boozed up in the section my father worked in as an usher (Section M). At half time, I wandered behind the scoreboard to meet some friends and lament the end of our reign over the AFC. Upon returning to our seats to begin the 3rd quarter, my family had scattered and were no where to be found. I headed to the very top row (Section M, somewhere) and watched the comeback with a group of drunk Canadians. I'll never forget the "just go for it - on every play" attitude that permeated everything; especially after the pick six we gave up to start the second half. There was a point in the 2nd half when there was a timeout, TV or otherwise, just before the Oilers were going to attempt a field goal. During the delay before lining up for the snap, the crowd was going absolutely berserk, exhorting the football gods to show the Bills some love. As if on cue, the wind picked up and the weather turned from relatively fair to *extremely* foul just in time to screw up the Oiler's snap. Talley recovered the ball and the Bills kept the points off the board. That may have been the most fortuitous gust of wind in Rich Stadium history.

I've been in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area since 1994 after growing up in the heart of the snow-belt in OP. It took about 15 years, but my blood has finally thinned to the point where 50 degree days in January bring me a chill as opposed to a rant addressing weather-soft native Californians... They cancel outdoor soccer, lacrosse and football practice here when it rains!

While I have no insight or experience into how to attend the draft itself, here's a link to an offsite Bills Draft Party at McFadden's in NYC as organized by the NYC Buffalo Bills Backers. I'm old friends with one of the founding members of the nycbbb's thus I'm on the email list despite living far from NYC and having never set foot in McFadden's on game day. Maybe if you sign up for their newsletter and/or reach out to some of the members, you'll find some local intelligence from last year. Good luck and Go Bills! http://nycbbb.com/2012-emails/draft-party-11-years/

...in the regular season.