MattM

Definition of ticky-tack

He loves to poke fun at himself. Still miss Mad Men.

Had a blast. We've all longed for the day it was our turn to pound them senseless in front of a national audience in a meaningful game. Tonight was that night, and hopefully the first of many. My first Bills game was at the War Memorial. This was the best Bills game I've ever attended. I was actually fine with the cold. Growing up here, I knew how to dress for it. 6 layers up top, 4 below, 3 pairs of socks, balaclava and two hats. My only complaint was my feet getting cold from the concrete. But it was so, so worth it....

Judon (a great player) was held in check last game, but then tested positive for Covid the next day. I wonder if he was under the weather last game?

My seasons are in 132 and are $270 each vs $100 or so for regular games. I'm on the "Pay As We Play" plan. Did I do something wrong to have the price jump like that? Are there different/better plan options? Just curious.

They will where I live (I live in the NYC area).

If that's true, that's a huge strike against the Bucs in recruiting Free Agents from here on out....

Is it just me, but how the heck does the announcer not know that the current Oline is 80% of our starting line?

Was it just me, or was there a lot of dust in the air during that John Madden “All Madden” special….

I was just thinking how utterly predictable this all was from way back in August, down to the actual players involved based on their public statements on the vaccine. Sad.

Many thanks—I’ve downloaded the DTV SundayTicket app.

Of course the Chargers have to be playing an East Coast team while we’re visiting my wife’s family in Santa Barbara, so now local TV will show that game. I normally go to a sports bar when that happens while I’m there, but not sure I want to risk bringing something nasty back to my elderly in-laws. Anyone have any suggestions as to how to watch or listen to the game online instead? I’ve got DirecTV Sunday Ticket here at home—is there some way to stream that in SB, for example? Any thoughts appreciated!

Sweeney was open, too.

I’m very sorry for the OP’s loss. My own father was a Bills and AFL fan since 1960. He took me to my first game the last year of the Rockpile. Johnny U beat us 17-0. We went to a game a year as a kid, including the Chuck Foreman “ice ball” game. When I was an adult we did an away game a year for almost 15 years. Saw lots of stadiums together. We lost him 5 years ago tomorrow. I’m crying like a baby when we win it all….

So am I—it would be a good compliment age and cap-wise with Tre.

Did Tiki just say “Jordan Pryor”?

I did. Posey was our first FA signing that year, like literally right after FA opened….

I also don’t think you ever answered the question as to whether you expect them to let people bring their medical records to the gate to prove they’ve had it. That’s just not at all practical. They chose a practical and science-based solution.

Others may have already said this (I’m too lazy to review all 17 pages), but I’m honestly curious as to how much of an impact this will have on vaccinations in Erie Cty. It will be interesting to see if the number of local vaccinations rises materially after this.

I don’t think he dressed

Many thanks from me, too, on the COVID test info. I live in the NYC area and can’t get there next week for the test (even assuming I got tickets—my window is 11:30 tomorrow), but am hopeful that I could make it to the divisional round game (knocking wood we make it).....

“John-a-tthon!!! John-a-tthon!!!”

Originally from Rochester, now in Westchester Cty. Plenty of Bills fans in the NYC area, but my funniest Bills fan encounter occurred about 30 years ago when I lived in Tokyo. I joined a gym there and one of the Japanese regulars was a guy named Shingo-san who every session was draped head to toe in Bills gear thanks to the new NFL store there. He told me in his limited English and my “ma-ma” (their “so-so”) Japanese that originally he liked the logo and colors, but had become a fan via their 2 am on Wednesday night’s NFL highlights show, which I religiously taped. Sadly, that was the year the Cowboys blew us out in the Super Bowl—nothing worse than watching your team get annihilated on a Monday morning and then having to go into work. Still, great city and great times. Thems were the days....

For the Super Bowl? Like a baby, unabashedly....

I’ve been torn about this since it’s become apparent that our team has its best chance in decades this year. While I still strongly suspect the Chiefs will be a bridge too far for us or anyone else in the AFC, it would be just our luck as fans that this crappy year is the year we go. I’ve always said I’d go if they ever go back to the Super Bowl, having been too young and poor during the prior SB runs to go. Always “Guesstimated” the normal price in the $5-8k range per ticket for a Bills SB. But I’m not sure that I’d want to go if they make it this year and if the price got too high. Combination of the factors listed by others— Covid risk in getting there and in attending Likely very expensive due to cut on supply and pent up demand, even in a pandemic Desire to watch the game with my immediate family and friends (now that my dad has passed, no obvious one person to take). Now if I win the season ticket holder lottery for face value seats, that might be tough to pass up. Let’s hope this concern becomes more real as the playoffs advance! (Touching every piece of wood in the house.)