Offside Number 76

(I'm paraphrasing.)

I see your Forbes, and I raise you one freaking awesome article about Buffalo from New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/realestate/features/49491/ By the way, where does Mal ("Steve") Forbes rank on the list of presidential contenders the last ten years? Bottom ten? Or is there a ten below the bottom ten, for him?

From what I saw, Seattle's D looked weak. Rivers was allowed to throw a long pass that looked like it was from a college game (the WR was way too open, the DL had some, but not much, pressure). Nice 50 yard throw. That led to the first SD score, it was not a SD drive in chunks. And Seattle's D gave up 88 yards on the first 7 carries by somebody not named Tomlinson, but Sproles--in the first half, when the starters were in. Seattle looked beatable with the long ball and with a RB who can juke. (But is that the Bills?)

And that's the reason I'm a Bills fan. I'm no football scholar; I even somewhat dislike the pro game. But I lived away from here for a while and loved the fact that I could go to a Bills bar somewhere else and have something in common with a complete stranger. And now that I'm back, I love the atmosphere here during a game--whether in my folks' living room, at the stadium, or in a bar somewhere. As far as sports go, football never will be hockey for me. (And I'm not going to get into an argument here about which fans are better, or more sincere, or more rabid, or whatever. Not the point here.) But the Bills create a sense of community that begins at Tops on a September Saturday morning when you start asking a complete stranger how he plans to cook those steaks in the parking lot and what his group is washing 'em down with, and ends with that last shot of bad whisky in (unfortunately, lately) December, and doesn't really stop in between. It is good stuff.

From the "article": "...usually in -10 weather..." Wow. First, it very rarely dips below 15 here during the day, much less below 0. And "usually?" Irresponsible bs. How 'bout we average the temps of home games across the last ten seasons or so? I'll bet the average is right around 45, and I'll take that 45 average rather than Arizona's 75 average if I never have to see a game in 110 degree weather.

Thanks a lot for posting that. I would have missed it even if it were on the main page. Pretty funny to see how he schooled a couple of folks at the end.

Wow. I don't think I'd bother going to Gillette, but that New Jersey Devils / Jets weekend (don't even have to leave the Garden State!) is awfully tempting. Thanks for the heads-up!

Wow. I just so seldom login to post on this board--mostly I just lurk and read--but wow. Sometimes there's just something so freaking stupid that I have to sign in. Look: If our newspaper can't get basic sh-- like this right, and this really is basic, how can we trust it on reporting other, perhaps more important, issues? (No, this does not mean the price of orange soda at Wegmans. I mean issues that intelligent grown-ups follow.) Can that fundamental concept really have passed by you? (And if so, you're still able to use the Internet? Are you a savant of some type?)

How so? Ovechkin leads the league in goals and Crosby leads in points. I don't like either, but overrated? No.

I won't read through three screens to see if anyone else said this, but no, the ONLY playoff game during the SB years that wasn't sold out was the Oilers game. As for this weekend, I offered to take some ex-pat relatives, for free (to them), in heated seats, and it was a universal "no." Not because of the team or weather; they just wanted to be with more family. Sometimes sports take a back seat, and sometimes sports should.

All I'm sayin' is good for Schoebel and good (again) for Moorman.

Well, you got "Alabama" right. Congrats.

But the Bills were still here in 1988, right?

I love it when someone questions someone else's intelligence with a post like this one. Beautiful stuff.

After Wendy's spun off the chain last year, it has made more aggressive plans to penetrate the US beyond its base of Western NY/Ohio/Michigan. There are stores in ten states now, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, so it's probably just a matter of time before it hits the island. But with Dunkin's strength in New England/Mid-Atlantic (in Boston it's practically a religion), how well will Tim's do in those areas?

Awesome--thank you

Amen. I'm supposed to buy tickets so some jackass who has deserted this town can "follow" the team from afar and tell me it's "68 at the beach?" F off already. Like it would matter to you if they moved.

The entire goal of the offense today was to run and run clock, and keep Manning on the sidelines. Has nothing to do with Losman, Thomas, even Pennington.

Could Miller have won last night instead of Biron? You bet. Again, common sense is leaving this place quickly. Thomas was terrific. McGahee would have done at least as well.

High-powered offense for an opponent. The obvious strategy is to run the ball and run the clock. How do you think the Giants won XXV? Because Hostetler was a stud? The tactics today had nothing to do with faith in Losman, and everything to do with common sense against an offense like Indy's. Pull it together and freaking think for a change.

At least they lost quickly. It's only ten of four.

No. Freaking. Way.

NO protection.

Amen.

If it helps, you should know that the guy who writes TMQ is from Kenmore and is a HUGE Bills fan.