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Yeah, the link thing is a security feature, you just have to type it in yourself. It's legit all right, and everyone would be wise to check theirs annually.

Those of us who live in the western half of the U.S. get first dibs at the free credit reports from http://www.annualcreditreport.com/, starting today. Most of you in the northeast/east coast have to wait until next September. Sorry!

Say what? And I thought medicine had a lot of acronyms.

Damn malpractice! Come on, Bush, do something good for a change.

I dunno, Mark, from this it sounds like you've been hitting the brew a little too much....

She can put a machete in my back all she wants, if I could just get a little from her first...

Speaking of HD, what exactly do you need to receive and view games in HD when they're broadcast over Fox or another non-subscribing channel?

Yes, but Travis actually had the ability to gain yardage. As for your other post, I can't really argue other than to say that I think the previous absence of a working screen pass from our offense probably had more to do with the offensive line and Drew than the running back. It just seemed like, in the past, the call for a screen pass was somehow interpreted by the offensive line as "take a breather on this next play, guys". That, and Drew just always seemed to have a problem tossing the ball under five yards.

Yikes. Better not let the grammer polise catch you....I mean, common man!

...during last week's game against Seattle, let the record show that, for perhaps the first time since the Clinton era, the Buffalo Bills successfully and convincingly executed what apparently was the most mentally challenging play for these gentlemen: the screen pass. Although I guess that depends on your definition of "successfully", since prior to last week that essentially meant "completing the play without an interception, fumble, or sack." Welcome back to the playbook.

Don't worry, we'll play the Pats again in the AFC title game a little while from now.

now that made me laugh out loud. I also can't stand when people type "u" for "you". Like you're really saving energy by leaving out two letters? And they're all near each other on the keyboard.

Oh common, its no big thang.

Now you have me confused. I thought not all blocked kicks are considered live balls. In the snowy Denver-Oakland game on Sunday, Denver tried a FG to win the game, but it was blocked. It still travelled forward, however. But I thought as long as nobody from Oakland touched the ball, it was considered dead. Isn't that what happened in the famous Dallas-Miami Thanksgiving game? Didn't Dallas block a Miami FG, but as the ball dribbled toward the Dallas end zone, that infamous brain-dead Leon Lett tried to fall on the ball for some unfathomable reason? And once he touched it, it became a live ball, and Miami recovered near the end zone, to eventually win the game? How does that work with the Detroit-Minnesota game?

I think this is a fine example of the point you are trying to make.

That's pretty cool. A good trivia thing to know.

No!!!!!! Ah well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Urban has an out clause in his contract for ND and it's the place he really wants to coach more than any other. The guy did an incredible job with our Utes this year. We'll miss him.

Crap, I always thought that quote was from Khan.

poop on a stick....I love it!

True, although technically speaking I said "Thurman, or any other running back" in reference to any running back other than McGahee. But it's a good point since McGahee did happen to flatten the guy.

The Sam Adams quote from Sullivan's "I'm Grumpy 'Cause I Can't Be Negative" column is just classic. I just think this, and everything we're hearing from the players, is really good news for us. Maybe not this season, but certainly for next year and beyond. I think everyone on the team is beginning to realize that Mularkey really does have a clue, they're starting to believe in him as a coach. Hell, I'm believing in him as a coach, but if he's getting the attention and respect of this team, that only means good things in the future. Guys will want to stick around this team. And next year, from the start of the season in Week 1, we'll have a team full of guys that know what they're supposed to do and believe in it. Me likey.

That post rocked. Hopefully, it will come in handy later on.

I can't recall Thurman, or any other running back of ours, ever stiff-arming a defender with such power and success as McGahee did yesterday on his way to the end zone. Too bad he went out of bounds at the one; that was ESPN highlight material if he made it in. He is one big, powerful dude.

Hey, I thought I heard you were banned?!

Can't really argue with you on this, but then again...in the NFL, a mediocre team is a dangerous team. Beating a mediocre team is a good thing, as you say, but manhandling a mediocre team on the road is something more significant. If we had throttled Seattle like this with the game in Buffalo, I'd be happy. Doing it in Seattle is another ball of wax.