Ned Flanders

NBC would be wise to go back to this classic type of format and theme to open their broadcast:

I think this link is pin-worthy. Mods?

I'm thinking Lynch, and maybe a good many of his teammates, wouldn't rather spend the 15 days in the clink than doing two-a-days in Pittsford...

I truly hope the Bills sell the remaining tickets they're holding back...but I can see a scenario where they may have 2000 Seattle tickets to move in a week...and everyone's going to wonder, "I thought they told us every game was sold out?" Again, I hope I'm wrong...I hope the remaining 5000 or so tickets go before the Detroit preseason game, but I'd like to see someone from the local media call the Bills on this whole "sold out" business that seems to be the integral componant of their season ticket marketing campaign.

I still have a problem with the strategy...labeling games as "sold out" when over 5000 tickets are still being held back, is a fraudulent marketing ploy. And the D and C reporting that “fans who do not go to games should be able to count on seeing 15 of the Bills’ 16 regular-season games on local television,” is poor reporting. The June announcement that the 49ers game, or any game for that matter, is “sold out” does not guarantee that the blackout will be lifted.

Ahh...guess I shoulda read the date you originally posted this...thanks, my bad.

I did not see the Bills-Skins game in the DTV guide nor did I see it list on the NFL Network online schedule...where did you see this?

I was at this game, and paid $5 for a ticket from someone in the bus lot. I always tell people to go there if they're looking for a ticket or two on gameday, because you just know someone in the group was hungover and missed the bus, and the group leader is stuck with an extra ticket or two...or three.

Ummmm....Rock, that 1975 game was AT Pittsburgh. Linky

I stayed and we were in the upper deck near one of the tunnels, on the aisle. Hooks catches the TD, crowd (or what was left of it) goes wild. Just about that time, I look down the tunnel and guys are flying out of the restrooms, after hearing the cheers, some with their pants still down around their ankles. Funniest damn thing I've ever seen.

I was at the first regular season game against the Jets...Sept. 30, 1973. Every September 30th, I remember that sunny day, a 9-7 win, behind three John Leypold FGs. My ticket cost $7.00...that was mid-range. I believe end zones were $5.00 and sidelines $9.00...jeeziz, it cost more to park these daze.

Sounds like they had all sorts of trouble there last night: Link

Great idea, but I'll go one better...wear the patch the entire season.

Gowdy, Al DiRogatis, Charlie Jones...now that was AFL football. My favorite Charlie Jones line, after the Bills scored to make it 35-31 against the Oilers: "Ya gotta love it! Unless you're in Houston."

That's pretty much true, ST is a money loser for DTV. ST is the only true tangible programming difference between DTV and Dish, cable, etc. DTV needs Sunday Ticket to help in the promotion of its overall programming package...without ST, DTV is just another provider.

At Oakland, he succeeded Al Davis and preceeded John Madden. He wasn't a bad coach, just a victim of "timing."

Good article from the New York Times archives: Link

The Superfan package IS the HD package, so yes, if you want to see Sunday Ticket games in HD, you have to purchase Superfan.

If, by the end of July, that 8000 number hasn't moved much, and my ten-cent opinion thinks that it won't, I believe they'll leak some tickets. Like in past years, it won't be announced, but tickets will magically "appear" on Ticketmaster...then after the Detroit game, as you said, the floodgates will open.

I think when it comes to the Bills ticket office, Jack is a pretty good source: http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?s=&am...t&p=1051449

Wrong. They have done nothing more than create a "demand" market, where one does not necessarily exist. Reports are, that there are 8000 tickets held back for potential STHers. If the Bills think they are going to sell that many before now and the only preseason game in late August, well, god bless them. Reality and history says that the Bills will slowly leak some tickets into the marketplace over the summer, but fans, who were told in early June that the first five games were "sold out" are left scrambling (i.e. TBD party crew)...is this any way to run an airline? I don't think so.

And if, if the game does not sell out, is it blacked out in WNY?

My annual rant on the Bills ticket distribution process: http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?s=&am...t&p=1052505 One of the things I miss most about Bob Lamb, going back to the D and C HyperBills page days (is that what it was called?), was his constant jabbing of the Bills ticket office. Today's Buff News article only confirms the media is still drinking the Kool Aid...

It's a decent watch, but I never know whether to catagorize it under "comedy" or "fantasy."