Albany,n.y.

According to this editorial, it's fixed for this year: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story...ategory=OPINION " Ticket to scalp First published in print: Friday, June 19, 2009 Regrettably, Gov. David Paterson has signed a bill that largely continues New York's official endorsement of ticket scalping and the sky's-the-limit market it has fostered." Here in Albany, the paper is against the extension with no clue how it affects football in Buffalo, nor do I think they care.

Graduated Fredonia 34 years ago-Makes me feel old just typing that. I hung around a year after I graduated because I just didn't want to leave & face the real world. Back then, if you had a student ID you could get into The Caboose for free, otherwise you had to pay a cover charge. The 1st week or so of the new semester I was still able to use my expired ID. Then they asked me where my current ID was & I had to admit I graduated the previous year. No more free admission. Poor kids today-I can't imagine going to Downtown Fredonia as a student with a 21 drinking age.

These were my itineraries during the Super Bowl years: Tampa Bay-Arrived in Orlando Thursday night, drove to Tampa/St Petersburg Friday, drove back to Orlando Monday, flew home Tuesday morning. Minnesota-Arrived in Minneapolis Friday, left Monday (Travel USA) Pasadena-Arrived in LA Saturday morning, left Tuesday Atlanta-Arrived in Atlanta Friday, left Monday (Travel USA) As you can see, the 2 times I used an agency it was Fri-Mon. The ideal situation is to have the day before the game to sightsee the town the game is played in. There are also things like our jobs & getting time off for those who work. It is a lot more convienient to get in Friday & spend Saturday around town than getting in Friday knowing the game is the next day. When we went to LA, we spent Saturday at Disneyland & did the rest of LA on Monday.

He might end up in Las Vegas & beat out JP.

The way QB ratings are made, not including key pocket awareness things like sacks, it is quite possible for a QB with a rating of 86.0 to have a great season while a QB with an 84.9 rating could truly suck. Lets look at 3 QBs from the 1986 season: JP Losman had the 84.9 rating was sacked 47 times and lost 7 fumbles (13 total), the Bills were 7-9 & one season later he was the backup, 3 years later he's out of the NFL, headed for a league with 4 teams that has never played a game yet. David Carr had an 82.1 rating, got sacked 41 times and lost 7 fumbles (12 total), the Texans were 6-10 & Carr GOT WAIVED after the season. 3 years later the guy is a career backup and was let go 2 times in 2 years (after 1986 & 1987) Tom Brady had an 87.9 rating, got sacked 26 times and lost 4 fumbles (12 total), the Patriots were 12-4, came within one half of going to the Super Bowl & the next season Brady went 16-0 & was the league's MVP. 3 years later, he's a sure 1st ballot Hall of Famer and is the starting QB on one of the teams picked to go all the way. So, 3 QBs with ratings within 5.8 points from top to bottom in the same season had very different seasons & very different careers. The guy with the 87.9 rating is a Hall of Famer-who was in the prime of his career when he was only 3 points higher than JP Losman a guy who lost his starting job in the next season & is now a signature away from exile in the UFL. The guy 2.8 points lower than Losman has been cut twice, including after the featured season and is viewed as nothing more than a backup. QB RATINGS ARE GARBAGE! Fans who rely on QB ratings to judge anything are living in that trash pile.

A couple of weeks ago, when the scalping law expired & went back to the old standard of about a couple of bucks over face being the only legal way to resell tickets, I didn't question whether the state lawmakers would get the job done & reinstate the freedom to resell tickets. Now with the lunacy going on here in Albany, it might be a while until any bills get passed. So, without the state acting on this, I think there's a good chance that at best, ticket exchange transactions will be delayed, if not outright unavailable this season.

No one ON THE BUFFALO BILLS COACHING STAFF ever considered Reich over Kelly. To paraphrase what Marv used to say: When you start listening to what the fans want you to do, you end up sitting with them.

Sign me up for your list and when the Bills win the Super Bowl with Trent in 2 years, be sure to post our names.

Three of my TVs & two of my VCRs have digital tuners. Two of the 3 sets are hooked up to cable boxes, but my 3rd TV & the VCR/DVD recorder hooked up to it are not. Some interesting things happened when I rescanned the TV & VCR/DVD recorder that I don't have hooked up to cable. There were 2 channels that did not get picked up when I scanned. I could not just play with the antenna & punch in the station. I ended up bringing the set & recorder to the opposite side of the house & rescanned. Those 2 channels got picked up & then, when I moved the set back into the room I took it out of, I was able to get one of the 2 channels by playing with the antenna. Since I don't watch the other one, I don't care enough to find out where the antenna needs to be to get it. So-if you rescanned yesterday, make sure that you have all of your local stations. Depending on where the signals come from, you might miss a channel or 2 if you're on the opposite side of the house. There are still 2 analog stations left in Albany, I wasn't expecting this after 6/12.

I believe that it's ok to change teams when you move-provided that you now attend some of your new team's home games and you have grown attached to that team as a result of attending the games. It's much easier to follow the home team & go to their games than the team from the place you moved from. Also, if you move & want to feel more a part of your new place, while leaving the old place in the past, it's ok to convert. It's always best to root for a team in a city that you currently live in or have lived there in the past. There's really no excuse for kids who grow up in Buffalo rooting for the Dallas Cowboys. Now, there are many fans who live in areas with no major league teams. These people need to pick a team, for whatever reason they choose, and stick with it. I don't agree with bandwagon fans who live in an area with no teams & change to the top teams every few years. The annoying fans are the ones who were last year's Patriots fans and this year's Steelers fans.

You must really hate the Vikings for taking Winfield & P. Williams away from us.

Please define "right before the finale" A day, a week, etc. The TV Guide story was at least a week or 2 before the finale. The fact that he called his life an open book many weeks before the finale is hardly keeping a lid on it. All he did was not get blatant about it because Idol honchos don't like any controversy.

That's not true. Before the finale, TV Guide had a story & said that Lambert was attempting to become the 1st openly gay winner of American Idol. There were also stories during the season after photos of Lambert kissing a man became public where Lambert said he's not worried about any scandals because his life is an open book. He never tried to hide it, he just went along with American Idol's don't ask don't tell policy. During the 1st season of American Idol there was an openly gay contestant, Jim Varraros, who in an interview after season 1 was over said that the folks at American Idol didn't want him to talk about any gay stuff while he was on the show.

Both guys who rose to power are from downstate. Outside of Golisano, Mr Florida, where do you see a victory for WNY?

I can't see any lengthly court battle, here's why. The senators can switch parties any time they want. At the moment, the 2 senators have chosen to remain Democrats, but caucus with the Republicans. However, if they needed to switch to Republican in order to make it "legal" they'd do it. There is nothing a court can do to stop Democrats from switching to Republican or vice versa. Just look at Spector at the US Senate level, and many others before him at all levels of government. There is no case, anything brought by the Democrats is a total waste of everyone's time.

Two horse race between Dunkirk & Charitable Man-but that doesn't mean they will run 1-2. One of these two wins, the other could run out of the money. Dunkirk probably wins or runs up the track. Charitable Man will hit the board. Mine that Bird will run somewhere between 2 & 4, won't win.

That's only true when your #2 doesn't fill that role, which is what most #2s are supposed to do when not pressed into action. Fitzpatrick is a typical #2-braniac with some starting experience. The Dorsey type only gets a #3 spot when there's a young QB of the future on the roster who is filling #2. The #3 spot is usually the young developmental guy who makes around the league minimum. Hardly any #3s are the type you describe. The only reason Hamdan handled that last year was because JP coudn't

I'm expecting to see some gorgeous woman with big snow cones & instead I get a story about poisoned snow cones served. Boo!

We now know the real reason JP hasn't signed with another team & still lives in Buffalo. He keeps riding by that billboard on the Niagara Thruway & thinks he's still on the team. Edit: In Sunday's Buffalo News, they list key additions & subtractions from AFC East teams. JP wasn't even listed among the subtractions. He's just a forgotten man as far as the NFL is concerned.

Based on your posts, it's hard to believe you've ever had a great idea.

I have to agree with you on this one. If the people who supported gay marriage thought the vote was unconstitutional, they should have brought suit to get Prop 8 off the ballot before the election. Instead, they waited until after the election & tried to get another bite at the apple. If one feels something is truly unconstitutional, one brings legal action at that time, not after a vote on it is held and they lose. It's like electing a Governor & then voting him out of office. Oops, they allow that in California, so I guess they thought anything goes. Here in NY, we wish we could recall our unelected Governor-he'd be long gone by now.

Notice that two WOMEN got sent to jail. I doubt there are any men there. Just another case of a country run by Islamic men who hate women who don't look like they just came from the bee hive.

As opposed to electing presidents?

Haynesworth is forced to play his contract with the Bills, but will count against the Redskins cap.