Ned Flanders

No, they came home to a raucous crowd at the airport after the SF win.

Went to six homes games that year...win one the two against Baltimore and the Bills would have had home field advantage..and I'm convinced we go to the Super Bowl that year.

On the field, after the 1980 opening win vs. the Fish, I saw a guy take up a piece of turf large enough to cover the first floor of my house...and said nothing to no one. After the 2002 OT win vs. the Bears, I bought a Bledsoe jersey.

So "The Tank" that was supposed to be last year, is actually this year? Got it.

It was Carbone...Jimmy told him not to buy anything.

1976 lime green Camaro...WNY winters lead to it rusting away.

The Old Man was the best part of that show...sad news.

That buffalo mascot at 49:16...I remember that thing. Simply awful yet strangely appealing.

No, that was the last game of the 1975 season. It was a Saturday game, which BTW, didn't sell out and was blacked out in WNY.

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Odd fact: the game didn't sell out in time and was blacked out in WNY You may be thinking here of the 1975 MNF game against the Giants. Another MNF game that was blacked out in WNY.

So you weren't a fan during the Super Bowl era?

Unfortunately, just another example of parents' ongoing destruction of youth sports. I feel sorry for the young girl softball players who had to witness this pathetic display. And it's happening all over the country, I see it all too often in my supposed "affluent" area of Fairfax County, Virginia. I've witnessed, not on this scale fortunately, parent misbehavior in our elementary school basketball league. It's just a damn shame.

This is outstanding! You should contact Paul or Phil over at uni-watch.com as they're always on the lookout for stories like this. REALLY cool stuff!!!!

In Rochester, we use to get a lot of Browns games also. Still a good many Browns fans in ROC. I don't remember the AFL Bills being on a lot in Rochester, as the home games were blacked out, regardless of sellout, until 1973. I started out a Raider fan, who were on TV it seemed like every Sunday, loved Daryl Lamonica, then moved to the Vikings after they lost to the hated Chiefs in Supe IV. Went to the first game at then Rich Stadium on September 30, 1973 and have been a Bills fan since. Of course, that was the year every kid in WNY had a "Miami's Got the Oranges, But Buffalo's Got the Juice" t-shirt, so it was an easy transition.

Same here.

As Ruddy's father said upon entering Notre Dame Stadium, "This is the most beautiful site these eyes have seen."

Wasn't Rick Azar the main PBP guy at that time or was it Meltzer? Ed Rutkowski was in the booth with them too.

Growing up in Rochester, I would live and die with the Red Wings and we usually had some rising stars stay in town for two full seasons. Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Doug DeCinces, and Al Bumbry, and later Cal Ripken, were favorites and the fans really cared if the team won or lost on a given night. I use to follow the standings daily and developed a love for the Orioles that continues to this day (not so much this year, haha). Moving to the DC area over 30 years ago, going to Orioles and now Nats games, has replaced the minor league experience. Seems when I go back to Rochester, we go to a Wings game and the experience, like others have said, is night and day. Fans give an appreciative clap when the Wings make a good play but I don't sense the same passionate fervor that use to envelop the ballpark...they all seem to be just interested in getting to the next mid-inning promotion or gimmick. Don't get me wrong, there's a certain charm, and favorable price structure, associated with minor league ball, it simply can't compare to The Show.

"Akagi, smashed and sinking..."

Vanilla custard at Abbott's in Rochester, preferably the Charlotte location.

You get a good, clear look at the cheerleaders the closer you are to the field...wait...what?!?

Hope to get to Jeff Lynne in Philly in August; and some possibles at Wolf Trap in Virginia, which is one of the better venues around as you can BYOB and food. Most venues won't let you take in a toothpick.