Offside Number 76

I don't think either of those numbers are correct, but it is farther, as the crow flies, from Buffalo to NF. Your point is correct. It takes me the same amount of time to drive to one as it does to drive to the other, leaving from City Hall. I should have been more precise. In any event, plenty of teams have stadiums that are not within city limits, as someone above noted. Dallas, Washington, NY, NY2 come to mind immediately.

There would be no need to change the name at all. It's the same distance from Buffalo as OP.

There's nothing to indicate that the Bills are miffed at Parrish. Parrish may or may not fit into the Bills' current plans, but where was Felser coming from?

NF, USA would be no more of a bottleneck than the current situation in OP. I love this idea--it will not happen--but I love it. While NF is internationally known, very few people realize that it's just another suburb of Buffalo. It would really show our city well. While NF is a little dumpy, there are more hotels, restaurants, and things to do in NF than in OP. It would add about 15-20 minutes to the travel time from Syracuse or Rochester, but it would subtract the same amount of travel time for Canadian fans, and I'll bet the numbers are roughly equal, so that's a wash. From downtown Buffalo, travel times to NF and OP are pretty much equal: about 10-15 minutes, or about 30 with gameday traffic. Also, there is existing train service from Toronto, Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo. No need to build a new light rail.

You named three Sabres (spelling one correctly) and you didn't name Barrasso? Number 8 encompasses more than one player, Laettner is spelled thusly, and you actually have a problem with Scott Norwood? Here's an idea: quit dropping by the corner bar in Kenmore for five Genny Cream Ales (I'll bet you add salt!) on the way home when your shift ends at 2pm.

well done

Maybe it's Maybin's tribute to a former Bill from Penn State.

Isn't that one kind of in the Bills' control, though? There's no reason why they can't have real grass in Orchard Park.

No one said anything about NFL-ers being lazy or about not working hard. The comment was about WHY the effort is there, not WHETHER the effort is there.

I hate that one, too. Bad, bad rule. I like that only one foot needs to touch inbounds for a completion, though, and I really like that the clock stops on a first down. Makes for many exciting end-of-half drives. (I liked it even better before the NCAA got all NFL and tweaked the rule to make the games shorter.)

Agreed--there's much more action than in an NFL game, and some of the rules (like wider hashmarks), I really like better. The OT system is better, too, but wow, they need a playoff system. 16 teams, 4 rounds, right after finals. (8 is too small, because there will be too many arguments about which overrated Big Ten team didn't get that 8th spot. 16 gives enough room for Ohio State, Penn State, AND Michigan State all to be eliminated by better teams.)

Denver would be cool. Can you imagine a week of skiing followed by the Super Bowl?

Minneapolis, Detroit.... Nope, it's the game weather, not travel conditions.

Yet Detroit, Indianapolis (2012) and Minneapolis host Super Bowls while Chicago, Washington, and NYC do not. And it's not like Phoenix, Tampa, and Dallas are exciting cities--they're just monstrous suburbs, is all. (I guess Tampa has the water. Phoenix and Dallas?) It has a lot more to do with the weather (or lack thereof, in a dome) than the culture. They should just play it in Las Vegas every year. Plenty to do, good weather, and no one bitches that they don't get a chance to host it.

NHL / Sabres first NFL / Bills somewhat distant second, and would be very distant without a local team MLB / not really a fan anymore NBA / never was a fan. Is it still scripted?

I know. I just don't want to add to it.

There are. I don't like paying for them, and I won't like paying for NFL Network either, if they ever do a deal with Time Warner. Multiple wrongs don't make a right. Besides that, I'm a casual football fan. I don't need the network, especially during the fall, when there's really good college football to watch in addition to or even instead of the NFL "product," and especially during the spring, when there's no football, and actually, generally. I'm pretty content with a selection of 4-5 games per weekend, and I don't need the NFL Network's chatterers in between games, since the league already is over-covered by just about every sports website and network out there. What remains to be said, really? So, nope, I don't want NFL Network on my basic cable in Buffalo. Sorry, folks, but I think you should buy it if you want it, just like everything else in the world. I also think the same of HGTV, Spike, MTV, The Golf Network, and whatever else. (Although Univision does have some nice lookin' women, even if I can't understand what they're saying.) Actually, I feel the same way about the channels I actually watch. If I paid for those, but not the others, I'd be fine. For you folks out there who don't like my favorite sport (hockey), I really don't think you should have to pay for MSG to be carried on basic. I know, that's not the way cable works, and I fully expect a lecture from The Dean on this (for the second time on this issue), but seriously, why should I have to subsidize someone else's viewing?

The band, , the album.

Sure. I'll sell him a ticket.

But you couldn't fix "Bloomburgh"? Kidding.

But not SF, LA, NYC, or Milwaukee, apparently. With the possible exception of Milwaukee (I know nothing about the place), the rest are doing better than Buffalo is. And they tend to be meritocracies, LA's notorious police force notwithstanding. I can name some other, more well-integrated cities, that also are doing better: DC, Atlanta, Charlotte (that's two Deep South cities, MORE integrated, and doing better), and San Antonio. Moreover, we need to put not just race, but ethnicity, aside in WNY. No more, "Hey, my name's O'Neill, so I'll vote for Murphy." Gotta stop. Most American cities really don't think about ethnicity at all--you're American, or not. The Rust Belt cities, not so much, but where are those cities (including Buffalo)?

Ever notice that we're a little, um, behind, here in Buffalo? That maybe we're not doing as well, economically, as the rest of the country? There's a lot of racism and ethnic bias here. I've lived in a lot of places, and this is pretty unique. This bs keeps Buffalo behind, and yes, I know that the current mayor is black. Now, I see one black person in a suit in downtown Buffalo--him. That's up from zero.

That's a fact (not sure about the Arabian-Americans, though, and maybe I'm not sure because it's a group that is newer to the US). Same with every voluntary immigrant group--patronize "your own," and let the group's entrepreneurs lead the way to cultural assimilation. It's tried-and-true in this country, and it lasts today in some of America's more segregated communities (there can't be a better example than Buffalo, can there?). There are two key differences: 1. Those groups didn't try to buy from their group on an exclusive basis. That's going to make it tougher on the buyers in this movement. 2. Those groups weren't quite as visually different, so it was easier to assimilate. That actually makes this movement more meaningful. It's an interesting movement. I don't think it can succeed on an exclusive basis, but as entrepreneurship is a key component of building wealth, it's a good idea.

There is, and it's your math. It's about 2.75 times as good. It's nowhere near 3.5. Where the hell did you get 3.5 from?

Ok. First, "its," not "it's," in that context, and "intra," not "inter." (Do you drive an MBW?) Next: Good teams often win divisions. Good teams also often beat their divisional opponents. Again, you are pointing out a statistic that we all know about, but you aren't telling us why the chicken comes before the egg. We could take the same stat set and say, wow, the team that wins the division beats its division opponents x% of the time, and x is going to be a big number. A good team is likely to both win its division and win most of its divisional games. The reason: it's (not "its," this time) a good team.