Ned Flanders

Dang, 34 years since the "Electric Company." Whatever happened to the running back? Rick Azar: "This is for the 2000, boys...."

Which begs the question, why are dogs and cats "put to sleep," but horses are "DESTROYED?"

Link, may require subscription Do you have a favorite NFL team? I always liked Buffalo in the day, but I've kind of fallen off that bandwagon for a few years now. I'm not from Buffalo. I liked them back in the day because they were kind of old school and they didn't have the money that a lot of the other teams seem to have and they played with a lot of heart. . . . I remember having a $200 bet on Buffalo on one particular playoff game against the Houston Oilers. I was a bit hung over, as I recall, and I came downstairs at my in-laws' house, sat on the chair, turned on the TV and noticed Buffalo was losing 35-3. It was on that day, too, that my first born was to be baptized. We watched that game, and after [bills quarterback Frank] Reich got in and they scored that first touchdown, I looked at my wife and said, "This will be the greatest comeback in history," half joking. But there was something about it where I actually believed it could happen. There was a weird energy in the air. My wife, who hates football, stayed there with me and we screamed throughout the game [which the Bills won, 41-38, in overtime] and were late to my son's baptism.

Couldn't watch 'till the end, for obvious reasons...so I'm going on memory: Wasn't alot of time wasted on the final drive by a limited-gain pass to TE Butch Rolle...where an incomplete would have done more good, i.e. stop the clock? Christ, 16 years after the fact, and this thing still burns a hole in my arse...

Tuned in at different times...but turned it off for good as the Giants were coming to the line for the 3rd and 13 play...ugh I'm with JSP on this group: Damn them, DAMN THEM for never winning the Super Bowl. The defense was soft, but christ, FOUR FREAKIN' TIMES...IN A ROW?!?!?

Back in the late '60s, when the NHL expanded to 12 teams, Jack Kent Cooke (yes, the former Skins owner), noted there were 200,000 Canadian transplants in southern California, so he thought the Kings were a good investment and bought in. When nobody showed up at The Forum in LA to watch his new team, Cooke replied: "Now I know why all these people left Canada...they hate hockey."

Wow, thanks for that link, I thought that site was dead and buried! Looks like a different URL than the one I remembered, somebody musta picked it up... IMHO, the 1973 Bills threads were the best...ever! Speaking of replicas, I remember in the late 60s, early 70s, Rawlings was the only licensed manufacturer of replica jerseys...you would often find the odd-number, but none with the name on the back. In the late 70s, I had a Terry Miller, number 40, blue jersey, again though, with no name on the back...had a Fergy 12 jersey also, no name (This was before the Kelly era). Forget trying to find a white jersey, unless you knew Eddie Abromoski (sp?). Anywho, I don't think it was before about ten, twelve years ago you could actually get the names on the replica jerseys that you can buy now.

Yup, think it was 1973...or there-abouts.... They also added "GSH" to their sleeves and wear the blue pants on occasion...use to be all the time, since the early 1980s at least, with the road uniform, I've seen them wear the blue pants with the blue jerseys from time to time, like you know who, which also looks like crap-olla.

I think the Chargers may have a problem here....

Cowboys-Steelers from 1979 was on last night...Curt Gowdy, Merlin Olsen, etc. Couldn't help but watch. Good stuff. Kept looking for the score box at the top of the screen... I won't be watching any of the Bills' Bowls, but the ones from the 70's are very entertaining.

I dunno, I see him as a Bob Chandler-type....limited speed, runs good routes, gets open, and has good hands...could be worth a second round pick, if he's still on the board.

Ahh....the Vienna Inn chili dogs....now that's good eatin' Jimmy's is the best "Buffalo bar" outside WNY...go to the link provided above....you will not be disappointed.

Washington Post on it already Link

Yes, I saw the "wardrobe malfunction" as well...

I don't have the answer to this, and I never heard anyone explain why...but in the 1960's Bills logo, there is a player and a buffalo behind him (too lazy to look for it on google, but old-timers know what it looks like). Anywho, the player wears number 31...and for the longest time, no player was issued number 31 until it went to J.D. Williams in the '90s (right?)...but I've never heard why the player in the logo wore number 31, and why that number was so special (sorta like the Rolling Rock "33" mystery). Lori, Rockpile, anybody, HELP!!!

My feeling lately is that why not play in Europe next season and get it over with for a while...looks like virtually every team will go overseas in the next ten years or so, in order to sell more Ray Lewis jerseys, Terrel Owens t-shirts, and dopey-looking "Draft Day" hats.

Peter Noone will be in Buffalo?!?!? Link

You're right, being in DC, I remember this episode well. Didn't the Canes do something like this in their playoff series with the Sabres last year...or did they just wish they did it?

Interesting....

Seeing 'Miami Dolphins' after Thurman's name still strikes me as being wrong, just wrong.

So will the commish show up at Schumer's office on Wednesday or Thursday, January 11?

How about a pic of Jack Kemp throwing to Lee Evans....sorta of connecting the generations, Buffalo-style.

Christ, how would Kenny get the Pinto to Europe?!?!?

Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winner!

Marine, a nice t-shirt also, at half the cost... Ice jerseys link