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Bill Final Jeopardy Question
Albany,n.y. replied to Arkady Renko's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I noticed & got the answer right, but if I was writing out the answer it would have read "What are the (old) Buffalo Bills. The key was Nickels as in Nickel City. -
I had a cyst in my sinus area 7 years ago. They did similar surgery to what your saying. In my case, it was nothing like what the above posters are saying. I think they did it arthriscopically. I had no outward appearance of surgery. Inside my nose was pretty bloodied up & I had to squirt a salt & baking soda solution mixed with water there every day. Additionally there were follow ups with the surgeon where he would go in and get the extra dried blood out. I was able to go to a game in December in Buffalo less than 2 weeks after. Long term, it worked well, but I do get a sinus infection every now & then due to my alergies. The worst was the 1st year when they were tearing up the streets around work & putting a lot of dust in the air. For me there was no option since the cyst was causing stuff to gush out & keeping me awake half the night. If they do it the way my surgeon did it rather than the black eye stuff described above, I'd recommend it. Recovery was not bad, although the 1st week was a little nausiating.
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Should the Bills go after Mularkey?
Albany,n.y. replied to genomich's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Bills should definitely go after Mularkey: Sue his @ss for conduct detrimental to the franchise while employed as head coach. Ralph should sue for triple damages of the salary he paid him. -
Jim Ringo too
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Gregg definitely deserves another shot at a head coaching job: Hey Miami, if you don't want to promote Mularkey, Gregg should be your man!
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The 2007 Willis McGahee saga
Albany,n.y. replied to The Big Cat's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Unless some team is crazy enough to give us a 1st round pick, or a player we really need, Willis is here for his last season in 2007. His possible replacement will be drafted in the 2 to 4 round area. If replacement succeeds, Willis is gone via FA. If replacement doesn't work, our 1st round pick or 1st FA signee is a RB-Willis is still gone after 2007. There's no way Ralph pays Willis "Disappointment" McGahee before next year. Keep in mind that extentions for Lee Evans & JP Losman will be priorities next year, not Willis. 2007 is Willis McGahee's last year in Buffalo. -
I'm appreciating The Ralph a little more
Albany,n.y. replied to Albany,n.y.'s topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
That's not the problem as much as watching other people struggle. If you had seen the heavy woman practically dropping as she attempted to walk up to her area, you may understand my dismay. I went up & down the stairs, ramps etc 3 or 4 times before the game so that I could see how long it would take me to get from my seat to the light rail. I even ran to the Camden Yards light rail station after the game. So being too out of shape to get to the upper deck wasn't my problem-it was concern for less fortunate people, something you, and the designers of the stadium obviously, are oblivious to. There was another reason I was pissed-the bad design meant that I could not make a quick exit from the game (one of my specialties), causing me to miss the last 9 minutes since I could not risk missing my flight (which was due to the NFL not caring about fans who make plans based on a 1 pm start). -
First Coach fired : Dennis Green
Albany,n.y. replied to Just Jack's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Three things you can count on: Death, Taxes & whenever a new coach is hired by the Cardinals, he promises to turn the team into a winner & a few years later is fired with a losing record. -
In college you have somewhat of a master-slave relationship with your players. They have no money & NCAA rules make them slaves. Sure, they can leave after the season, but that year you have control over them. In the NFL, the players have tons of money and if you try to pull that master stuff, they'll just tune you out. If you really try to be a tyrant, not only won't they play for you, but the best ones will go to the owner & tell him to fire you. Tom Coughlin is an example of a guy who should be a college coach. His act may work short term in the NFL, but eventually the players just tune him out & the team has no other option than to fire him. At the right college he can pull that master crap for years.
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Which team had the most disappointing season?
Albany,n.y. replied to SDS's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I wouldn't put this on Marvin Lewis. He can't put his foot down when his bosses have & will continue to promote the drafting of talented "bargains". For many years before he got there and the philosophy remains today, the Bengals do not use the character issue when they are scouting & drafting players. Typical of this was the 2005 draft "theft" of 1st round talent Odell Thurman in the 2nd round. They got a good rookie year out of him before he totally self destructed. He was a walking time bomb that the smarter teams avoided. Year after year, teams like the Bengals & Dolphins get "steals" talentwise on draft day because they concentrate on the on field talent & eschew the off field evaluation. So on the Monday after the draft, the talking & writing heads give these teams high draft marks, not realizing that this year's steal is next year's inmate or drug suspendee. Then you get enough of these characters together and the team is called a disappointment when they don't respond well to adversity. Some of those losses come from missing the player who is suspended for that crucial game. Marv has it totally right that ability without character does not win. -
I'm appreciating The Ralph a little more
Albany,n.y. replied to Albany,n.y.'s topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Wait until you reach my age or older. They do provide escalators to the elderly & handicapped, but those ramps don't even follow a logical pattern. Compared to Giants Stadium the M&T has very poor upper deck access. -
Oh jeez, Madden and Michaels are crying!
Albany,n.y. replied to duey's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
Wait until they realize the league has figured out Tony Romo and Dallas will be lucky to reach 500 next year. -
Got back from the game about an hour ago. I couldn't believe there is no friggin escalator to the upper deck at the M&T. Getting to seats at the Ralph is so much easier than upper deck seats in Baltimore. They're going to give someone in Baltimore a heart attack with that stupid design. I saw a heavyset lady (who they would have let on the elevator) stuggling mightily on a ramp. The stadium is a little bit like Giants Stadium-all seats, but in NJ they had common sense to build ramps that make sense & escalators to all levels. I've never been to a stadium with a worse design to get to the upper deck seating!
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Mike Schopp: biggest joke in Buffalo radio
Albany,n.y. replied to buffalobillsfootball's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
They're not the voice of the Bills-sour grapes. I listened for a while & then turned it off & put the news on tv. I'm not a hockey fan & when they get into hockey, my streaming ends ASAP. -
Because the Jets jumped out to a better record & the suits at CBS figured there is more interest in the Jets. Then the suits started figuring there was more interest in NE than the Bills. How they came to the conclusion that Miami/Indy would draw better than the Bills/Ravens is simply beyond rational comprehension. I'm one of the lucky ones, because I have season tickets & I'm going this weekend. So of the 16 games, I'll have been to 9, & I think we had home tv for the road games @ Jets, Miami, & Detroit, so I only had to go to a bar 4 times.
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Since I just became a victim of flex scheduling, I realized that once a game is flexed at the Ralph, it will probably make December advanced single game sales to out of town people next to impossible. Since I drive to Buffalo & have seasons, it won't affect me, but I can see where many people won't buy tickets once they realize the effects of flex scheduling. From this point forward, I won't buy any tickets to games I'm not in complete control of my travel schedule. It won't be long before many others realize how dangerous buying late season games is when flex scheduling is an option. This has to hurt regional teams like the Bills.
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This sucks when you have the last flight out of Baltimore @ 8:55 PM. I may or may not make the flight, depending on how long it takes me to get through security. I'm arriving at the airport @ 7:36 or 8:06, depending on which train from M&T to BWI I catch. I'll have no luggage, so I might make it. If not, I'll book a different flight, on a cheaper airline for 1/1 & stay near the airport on Sunday night. I'm never buying a ticket to a game I'm not driving to again, unless it's the Super Bowl where they can't change the time.
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Bills @ Ravens (12/31/06) Tailgate Information
Albany,n.y. replied to R. Rich's topic in Tailgate Central
Is the time still the same with the game moved to 4:15? -
The Jets better beat the Dolphins
Albany,n.y. replied to Ozymandius's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
The Jets have no chance-all my picks are tanking & I picked the Jets. -
1987, Yesterday and the Future
Albany,n.y. replied to bisonbrigade's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I've got a similarity: The 2nd to last time I went to the final game of the season when it was a road game was the season finale in Philadelphia 12/27/87. I'm going to the season finale in Baltimore next weekend. Buffalo Bills: 2007 Eastern Division Champions! The last time I went to a season finale on the road was 1989 vs the Jets. 1 year later we were AFC Champs Buffalo Bills: 2007 AFC Champions! -
The positive news (for the other TEs on the roster) is he's now 4th string TE. Matt Murphy was on the field as the 3rd string TE, I don't recall Everett playing today. Even if he did, Murphy definitely got more playing time. Everett & Reyes are so gone by next year.
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Thanks for the Laugh, Bengals!
Albany,n.y. replied to cåblelady's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
I was in the car & had a Bengals' station on when it happened. The Cincy announcers declared the Bengals losers right then & there before they attempted the on-side kick. Very reminiscent of a NO Saints game a year or 2 ago when Carney missed a game tying kick at the end. -
4th quarter with the wind against us
Albany,n.y. replied to Estro's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
If you put the game away, BEFORE THE 4th QUARTER, you win. That probably would have happened if Royal knows where he is in the end zone & doesn't have a foot go out of bounds. -
Another reason I love DJ
Albany,n.y. replied to ann of beau fleuve's topic in The Stadium Wall Archives
It's amazing that the Bills have never hit on a coach who never was a pro head coach before coaching the Bills. Every successful head coach in team history had a prior head coaching job in the NFL or AFL. -
17 year old sentenced to 10 years in prison for...
Albany,n.y. replied to Tux of Borg's topic in Off the Wall Archives
What a surprise: A black kid getting screwed by the law in Georgia.