Albany,n.y.

He wasn't in there most of the 2nd half.

Next time it snows, or if the snow hasn't melted yet, take a look around and see which streets are plowed and which ones aren't. The priority is about the same for electricity repairs. Just think of when it snows a couple of days before a game & the Bills put out a call for citizens to help shovel the Ralph for some small $. Try to get some of those same people over to someone's house to help him get his car out of the driveway & see how many people show up. NFL football has priority over just about every homeowner, tenant etc who lives in WNY when it comes time for cleanup or electric repair. Some people may not like it, but when you can generate $ in revenue because 70,000+ people are showing up at your place, all you have to do is snap your fingers & stuff gets done.

Don't be surprised if Nick Saban bolts from the Dolphins and ends up at the U. I just hope that if that happens, the Dolphins promote their offensive coordinator to head coach.

Last week was the 1st week there were no Yankee games (when I've been home)when the Bills are on at the same time. I tuned in 1300 AM WTMM & found no pregame show. Then at 1, the NE Patriots came on & I found the Bills at 103.9 FM WQBK. I just checked the radio listings in the Sunday paper and they list the Bills game on 103.5 & 103.9 today. They show that 1300 is now broadcasting the national games: 1-Cincy @ TB & 4:15-KC @ Pit. Also I don't think there are any pre or post game shows on the FM stations. Support for the Bills is slipping in the Albany media. Just 2 weeks ago, they showed the Ten-Dal game instead of Min-Bills on the Fox station. Now we're moved to the radio network station's backups. Fortunately, the Bills are on local TV today & we can watch the game without having to go to a bar. Petrino is coming up & we're going to a friend's house who has a 50" tv. I'm just glad I only have 8 games a year to put up with this stuff. If I didn't attend half the games, it would be making me even crazier than I am now. Plus today, I assume because of the storm, I can't get WGR or 97rock on the stream for the pregame stuff.

You can't be serious. There's no way the stadium would be without power a week from now. There's a thing called prioritizing and guess what-if there was a game tommorrow, there would be power at the stadium by tommorrow, because an event like a Bills game has enough clout to get the National Grid, NYSEG or whoever has the power franchise out there to make damn sure there's power.

I saw a lot of Braves games during the 1971-2 season and a handfull thereafter. The last Braves game I saw was in 1978 when the Braves played Portland sometime around February. The Braves also had their camp at Fredonia 2 of the 4 years I was in college & we saw them come into the gym & their practices. I remember Dave Wohl sucking up to Ramsey & trying to hang with Ernie D. Freddie Hilton was the odd man out, he was not a Ramsey favorite. A friend and I asked Freddie if he was going to make it (the year he got cut) and Freddie just gave us an I don't know answer even though it was bleak.

You and all the other Negative Nancys who don't understand that Detroit is in no medical condition to win this game. Take a look at Miami's O-line and now think that Detroit wishes they had Miami's O-line. Now take away Detroit's best receiver. Are you starting to get the picture? Or do I have to fill your half empty glass?

No impeachment hearing will be held on GWB until Cheney is booted a la Spiro Agnew. Therefore the premise of this poll is retarded.

Baker played huge for the Bills when we beat the Vikings

I have that game on tape somewhere in a drawer. Funny thing was I had it on 4 hr mode with pregame, the game went into overtime & I had rewind and tape the ending over the pregame show. The best sign there was "Play like you'll never play again" since it was already announced this was the last strike game.

I heard Paul Hamilton say McCargo was on crutches yesterday. I then found a post on another board saying thje Buffalo News said he hurt his ankle & was on crutches after the game. I hope this isn't a long term injury.

Gets his team 1st & goal in a position to tie after getting sacked twice, then throws a pick returned for a TD. Bledsoe-the ultimate tease at QB.

Under normal circumstances, there's no way, down 40-0 that you leave your starting QB in the game when the team that's ahead has already pulled their starter. However, due to last year's incompetence, I feel Jauron did the right thing by leaving Losman in there. He made the statement that JP is the guy and did not want to open even a pinhole of a QB controversy by letting Holcomb or Nall come in and look good in garbage time. If Mularkey hadn't royally screwed with JP last season, JP doesn't need his coach to make the statement this season & he is pulled from harm's way in garbage time.

He's inactive today.

I don't know if he's looking at coaching or the front office, but Vincent is taking steps to insure that his NFL days don't end when he takes the uniform off. Don't be surprised if he ends up in a team's or the league's front office, possibly the Bills.

I was at the game. We parked in one of those lots on California where it was all muddy & I dropped my program in the mud. The program took days to dry & is clearly in the worst shape of any of my programs. I just looked at it & it's all wrinkled & faded.

I'm surprised nobody mentioned there's a black guy in the photo with Foley-more proof that he is a Democrat!

If Joey bombs on Sunday, Marv should get on the phone & offer the Dolphins Kelly Holcomb for a 2nd round pick. The Dolphins have given #2 picks for A.J. Feeley & Culpepper, Holcomb will sound like a bargain compared to those two-especially after Mularkey hears about it & begs Saban to give him Kelly Holcomb to save the season & his job (Groundhog Day 2?)

The guys could easily pass as brothers: Phil Angelides: http://www.flickr.com/photos/angelides Richard Belzer: http://www.tv.com/richard-belzer/person/1964/photos.html

A gay conservative -what a surprise

The guy they wanted at that pick was JP Losman.

This game reminds me a lot of the 1988 game. We were a little more advanced in 1988 than this year, by about a year. We were 4-0, went to Chicago & got dominated in a 24-3 loss. The bad news: we weren't ready to beat a strong Bears team in Chicago, the good news-we won our next 7 games and started the season 11-1. I don't think the 2006 Bills are good enough to beat the 2006 Bears in Chicago at this point in the season. A year from now, maybe-just not today. We're on our way back, just not this far yet. I'd say the Bears are the best team in the NFC and we'll know a little more why they are after Sunday.

Who played RT & LT?

Fox has the doubleheader, so Ch 6 can only have 1 game & doesn't want to go head to head with ch 23 when the Giants are on. Bad news, but not unexpected.

If time is a priority, you're definitely parking in the wrong place and going the wrong way. It shouldn't take much more than 2 hours to get to Rochester. I've got a 5 - 5 1/2 hour trip, never leave the game early-but I'm very familiar with all routes & can change paths if necessary. I'll only talk about the trip home, since the trip there depends on when you are arriving. I park in the stadium lot, lot 5-it's the best for a quick exit east. I park as close to the exit as possible-that way you don't get backed up in the lot. If on a day like yesterday, there's no traffic when the game ends, I take 20 east to milestrip-left on milestrip to 219 north, on to the Thruway & stay on until Albany. If it's a more typical game, the Thruway is the worst place to be-even worse if you get on at Blasdell-you have an extra set of toll booths to jam you up. I go straight east on 20, it turns into 78 & I pick up the Thruway in Depew-past the 190, 290 & toll booth jams. If you're going to enough games, buy a map of the Buffalo area & plot out alternate routes. I've used Union as an alternative on some occasions. With stops, I'm usually home between 9:30 & 10:00. On a really good day I'm home by 9. My best time is around 4 hours 15 minutes, but that was an overtime game where I beat all the traffic out by leaving as soon as the winning kick sailed through the goalposts. Contrary to some opinions-the stadium lots are a lot quicker than private lots because 1)You get to your car faster than most of the crowd leaving the game & 2) The police stop traffic & let you out periodically-a private lot can take forever-especially if it's down on a sidestreet off Abbott.