Ned Flanders

Is it Herbie or Hermie?

I'm not saying it's right, because it isn't...but this is nothing new. Remember in the NFL Films piece, "A Town, A Team, A Dream," Maguire spoke of fans at the Rockpile who use to throw beer cans, many of them unopened, at the players as they left the field... And poor Booth Lusteg....he got beat up by Bills fans for missing a game winning field goal. His response: "I deserved it."

Very true...it's all politics. All it takes is to get on the bad side of Peter King (see: Monk, Art) and you're toast. Simply put, the Pro Football HOF is just way too political. And, as another poster put it, it's all about the rings (see: Swan, Lynn; Stallworth, John). Sure, Bruce will get in without the rings, but I'm afraid Tasker and Reed will be left on the vine for several more years to come. Not that it's perfect by any means, but the baseball voting process is a tad more "democratic." It's a secret ballot and done via mail, so there's no closed door politicking going on...Canton should look at the Cooperstown model a bit more closely.

When Wegmans opened their first store down here in Virginia several years ago, WNY ex-pats were tailgating in the parking lot at 6:00 AM... Give WNYers an excuse to tailgate...and they won't disappoint.

Wow! Reminds me of the time I found a nice cooler...some poor sap left it out while he was inside the stadium watching the Bills. It was a couple of years ago now...never saw a post about a lost cooler here on TBD, so I kept it.

Saw on another board that this is the first time Fox in Syracuse has had to deal with a Bills-Giants conflict since 2002...and they went with the Giants then as they're doing this coming Sunday.

Well, last year we agonized over Denver and Dallas...this year, it's Cleveland. So, if we've cut the games that cost the Bills a playoff spot in half, isn't that "progress?"

Saw this in Matthews' column today: So, basically it's a coin flip right now...

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Nice leadoff, Lori. About Trent: "He's going through a Steve Blass period." Classic

Looking over some of those old "pro!" programs is a great ride down memory...I've got them going back to the first game at Rich. Sad that they don't develop a classic program like they used to.

Wasn't there, remember watching the game on TV, and have the DVD somewhere in the house... After Smerlas blocked the potential winning FG, Kelly threw a bomb to Reed, that would have won the game, and the ball went right past his fingertips. I remember Bob Trumpy, who did the color with Don Criqui announcing, yelling "REED!!!" I thought I was going to crap my pants...on second thought I probably did. Seems more than 20 years ago...seems like a lifetime ago.

News like this kind of puts Monday night's debacle in perspective...

Yeah, I saw Lynch get in Quinn's face when he was run out of bounds at the Bills sideline... I don't believe the players are quiting on Dick...read Sully's column today. I don't often agree with him, but he's been spot on the last couple of days.

You can pick apart last night's game all week, but what it came down to was the final drive and the run calls that led to the FG attempt. It was a total team collapse...coaching, play calling, execution...the players on the field, everyone on the Bills' sideline and up in the booth, crapped the bed.

This seems like what all the Tuesday Morning QBs are saying...I don't think it's concussion-related, as Jaws talked about last night. And I don't think it's all the loss of Josh Reed. And did I hear during the broadcast, that the Bills have not attempted a play-action pass ALL season?!?!?

What are these "sacks" you keep talking about...I remember Deacon Jones back in the day, and I've seen other teams perform a "sack," but I can't remember the Bills ever pulling one off...are they legal?

Back in my youth, the Rochester Double Initial murders were a hot topic...and scared the bejeezis out of me!

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Sure looks like the longest playoff drought in Bills history will continue... We have the longest such streak in the AFC, right?

CBS and Fox are able to protect a certain number of games against the flex...some "sources" already mention games thought to be protected. Link I think the Indy-SD game stays...the Manning appeal is still strong and the Colts and Chargers seem to be back in the playoff race.

Watching this team the last three weeks would have killed The Mick, much like his fate in Rocky III.

It was over when DJ didn't challenge the Welker non-catch...someone early here compared lifeless Dick to Jeff Fisher, where Fisher would run down the sideline to throw the red flag, Dick drops it at his feet. Compared to the other challenges Dick has called, and lost, this one looked like a gimme. He blew it. The game was over after the Cassell TD.

The Torrence cut has received a lot of discussion down here in DC...almost as much as the Hall signing itself. He was also a special teams standout. Seems he just got caught up in the numbers game. I believe the Bills should definately snap this guy up...hell, if he can be had for the same $500,000 as Hall, TAKE HIM.

Good luck. We're still waiting for VDOT to remove a deer that's been out cold on Little River Turnpike in Annandale...he's been there about a week now.