Offside Number 76

NYC hosts a lot of competitive eating events, right?

Don't know if you were speaking about me, but I don't miss him. He didn't fit with the Bills as far as on-field play was concerned; he merely fit the Bills' need for a name while the Bills fit his need for a home. Owens didn't add much in Buffalo, but that doesn't mean I hate him, either. I think it will be fun to watch him in an explosive offense. (I know, the Bills' offense last year would have been explosive, except the Bills didn't have a good quarterback, O-line, tight end, coordinator, or scheme. But hey, it was close.)

This has nothing to do with his status as a Bill last year. I think it's going to be a lot of fun to watch the Cinci offense in 2010. A lot more fun than watching Owens as a Bill, as a Cowboy, as an Eagle, whatever. The Bengals on O are going to be fun to watch. That's cool (and it doesn't really detract from the reBillding Bills, either.)

On draft day, I thought the Bills had more important things to do with the ninth pick overall. Lynch's actions since that date have made me appreciate this pick.

There are some great runs in that video (although I had to turn the music off). That last one against Maryland was outstanding.

That's where the "time may prove me wrong" part comes in.

As above, there was no intellectual humor there. So far, you're missing an L, two apostrophes, at least one comma, and a point. But thank you for explaining the intellectual humor to me.

I will admit that the video approximates my reaction. I just thought there were other, more important needs. Then McGahee--sorry, forgot he changed his name to Lynch--stopped showing up, and I thought again. Maybe the Bills do need another RB. But even with that hindsight, I really wanted to see a QB there. Time may prove me wrong, but I do think Clausen is going to be a very solid QB in the NFL.

Before everyone jumps all over the OP, the actual article includes "Females Addition" in the title. I can't believe that someone with a relatively professional-looking website doesn't know the difference between "addition" and "edition." I pretty much decided not to read the whole thing as soon as I saw the title (but I did scroll down to the Jenna Fischer portion).

I agree with this part--but I think it's subconscious, and not a concerted effort. I.e., the good teams get the calls. It's always been that way.

The guy went to the wrong places (free bisons tix with dinner should have been your first clue), and it's the city's fault? Hilarious.

Agree with the court 100%. There simply isn't an actionable injury here. Did you read the whole opinion & notice who is quoted (citing an earlier, state court opinion) in the third-to-last paragraph? "Buffalo News sports editor, Larry Felser, in his column of May 30, 1983 warned of the dire consequences of permitting such a theory of recovery to exist, `If the fan (plaintiff) wins against the Bills, every lawyer in Western New York could use the precedent to finance a vacation to the Riviera.'"

6. Area Mighty Taco locations are low on sales right now.

Same here. I'm thinking Las Vegas or Sacramento. He dropped too many balls and came up a yard short too many times, for me. I don't really have anything against him, but I'm very glad the team is moving on. Maybe Winnipeg.

Dammit, I came here to say this.

Mentioned this to a colleague, and we started talking about the 9-6 win over the Jets in 1988, where Smerlas blocked a field goal in the last minute of the game. Colleague says he once saw a really cool photo of the block; I can't find one. If anyone knows where that image might reside on the internet, I'd really appreciate a link. Thanks in advance.

That would be a great move. The food at the Ralph is horrible--reminds me of airport snack bars from the 1970s. (Of course, both the Ralph today and the airport snack bars in the 70s are associated with the same company, so this is not a surprise.) Alcoholic beverage choices seem limited to "regular" and "light," and they could definitely make some bucks off of premium coffees in the winter.

I don't doubt that you saw the sign, but the Braves and metro construction didn't coexist. (Braves left in May 1978; metro construction began that summer). I'll take a Stanley Cup first, followed by a Lombardi Trophy the following February.

As I've posted before, football luxury boxes are very difficult to fill in Buffalo. The fans who want to go already have tickets. My company never was able to fill its box with customers (so employees always got tix), so we got rid of it. (But we seem to fill a box at HSBC 20 times per year, and those are a LOT nicer, so maybe it is the amenities.)

I'm pretty sure that the 300-pound dude who just ate a sixpack at mighty taco litters the air, too.

Actually, the analogy is pretty apt. The behavior of drunken fans at the Ralph, punishable or not (you'd have to actually hit someone to get the police to pay any attention at a Bills game), bothers me a lot more than do the people having cigarettes outside. Drinking definitely affects people besides the drinkers, and there are tens of thousands of purported fans every game who have more than a few. More than anything else, this is why I only go to one game per year. I go, I get disgusted, I don't return. The smokers outside don't bother me at all--unless they are drunk in addition to smoking. Otherwise, somehow, I'm able to just walk by them. If the county or the team wants to ban smoking outside the stadium, fine, I guess; I'd rather see a more serious approach to drunk behavior. /ex-smoker, current drinker who knows how to count to three.

Well, it was well-addressed at one point. Now we're all just happy the guy can walk.

Well, I wasn't aware of your site until your critic posted about it on here, so consider that you at least have one more reader now as a result of this thread. (I'll bet that there are a few more who now are going to visit your site due to this free publicity, too.) And the way the team has played the last several years, "Buffalow" isn't necessarily wrong.

So maybe it's ageism?

Blount was just talking. The Boise kid shoved. There's the problem. Once you shove someone, you don't get to dictate their reaction. They might shove back, they might walk away, or they might clock you in the jaw. Agreed that his antics AFTER the punch deserved some serious examination. And Joe, while I think race might have played a part in the reaction by the coaches/media/fans, I don't think anything Faustus posted was racist. Or hypocritical. The two incidents (Blount and Light) are very different.