Ned Flanders

"Gramma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" Slightly humorous the first 200 times I heard it...now I want to stick knitting needles in my ears anytime it comes on.

Tell me you were half asleep when you saw/heard this, right?

This one's not bad Lids

On ESPN Classic, debuting February 2nd, Super Bowl week. This is actually a pretty good series on Classic, one of the last reasons to watch ESPN. ESPN Classic link Anyways, FWIW, here's my top five reasons you can't blame Scott Norwood for losing Super Bowl XXV: 5. The Bills abandoned the running game. Thurman was running wild, should have been the MVP, and should have been featured earlier in the game. 4. Lost chances. Due to Giant hits, Andre Reed suddenly afraid of going over the middle. Bruce does not swat the ball out of Hostetler’s paw in the end zone, resulting in a safety not a TD. 3. Mark Ingram’s (sp?) catch on third and forever. Kept a Giant TD drive alive as Ingram broke several tackles (most notably Shane Conlon). 2. Marv Levy. Marv never had control of his troops when they invaded a Super Bowl city. Bills players have recently boasted of the partying in Tampa during the short Super Bowl week. 1. It was a loooooong FG attempt. On grass. 47 yards. Never known for a strong leg, the chances of Norwood making the kick were no more than 30 percent before the ball was even snapped.

Was at the '93 game where Talley ran back an INT for a TD and Bruce made a circus-catch INT that you still see in highlight clips... Dang, THOSE were the days.

Fourteen point underdogs at Cincy...nine point underdogs at HOME last week. It's 'Back to the Future,' 1985-style.

The only commercial JP has been in, or mentioned in, is the one for the NFL Fantasy League where some dope claims JP is the second coming of KENNY STAPLER.

This "record" is tainted now, however, thanks to the shootouts...last night's game for example would have been a tie sans the new shootout rule. But hey, go for the "record" anyways!

That is the key: there is a history of success in Green Bay, three Super Bowls, and more than several NFL championships. Hey, if you're a Packer fan and can remember at least as far back as to when the Pack beat the Pats, everything else is just gravy.

I think it's safe to say, that I don't think a visiting team has been favored by such a large margin at Rich/RWS since 1985... These times they are a changin'....

Will check it out when I return for a game next year...or do they jack-up the prices ala that "tourist trap," The Tree, on home game weekends?

Get drunk faster: Watch the ESPN Sunday game and drink every time Joe Theisman says: "He did a nice job."

Good find! "...relocated to Utica, New York?" They need to update their tour sched...2004 is the last year on there.

Holy crap...loved OTGW! Saw them at the Arcade several times, always around this time of year when I was home for T-Giving/holidays. I'm thinking the last time I saw them was about ten years ago though...(or when I came up for a playoff game ) And yes, they were great...jeeziz, haven't thought about them in a loooooong time, wonder if they're still around? Another great cover band/act at the Arcade was Rob Levesque (sp?) who used to do great Howard Jones/Genesis/Phil Collins/etc

And another little known note, the Fish were three point UNDERDOGS to the Redskins in the Super Bowl... Link

But these are the type of people the NFL is after...17-24 year olds, still living with mommy and daddy and with plenty of disposable $$$. Seen a Coors Light ad recently? That video game LT is hawking? The louts are showing up in greater numbers in more and more stadiums, not just RWS. The Washington Post had an article last week on the growing number of drunks and fights at FedEx Field, of all places.

And that's the key...RW sits in his box, raincoat, tie, and baseball cap on, looks around, sees a stadium full of people while his offense is mustering a whole nine points, and thinks to himself, "I guess it ain't all bad." I re-read "Relentless" a couple of weeks ago and there is a quote from Ralph in there that read, to the effect, that the Super Bowl was actually anti-climatic, that winnning the conference was what it was all about...more than 10 years following the last SB loss, I think that statement still speaks volumes. Settling for second-best, settling for mediocrity, seems to be the Bills' way.

Nice Night Shift pickup!

This is an annual issue for Skins fans here in DC. Peter King is the one voter who has kept Monk outta the HOF. King gets up the day of the final vote and contends that when he was covering the Giants for Newsday, the Giants always feared Gary Clark more than Art Monk...he claims Monk's catches were no more than "seven yards and a cloud of sideline chalk dust." I dunno, but if you leave the game with the most catches all-time, why should you always be measured vs. Jerry Rice? Put the SU guy in Canton.

I'm sure I missed something, but did anyone hear during the game why it took San Diego THIRTY FIVE F'N years to recognize Lance Alworth? Bad feelings (ala Ralph and Cookie) or something like that? PS: Thought the single bar helmet at mid-field was a good touch (the only highlight of the day). Reminded me of the old KC Municipal Stadium, where in the AFL days, the groundscrew, led by legendary George Toma, used to put the KC and opponent's helmet at each 40 yard line.

There is no more "grooming" process in the NFL...there was a day where a QB, or any other player, could spend a couple, three years on the bench, watch, listen and learn. Think pre-free agency. Now, a player, whether drafted or FA, has to be plugged in immediatly. The learning curve is over. You're expected to show up in shape and contribute from the first day of mini-camp. Brees had a breakout year last season...he simply played his way into the Pro Bowl. Rivers will not be "groomed" for anything...he will likely be gone for a high draft pick after the season, ala "can't miss" Jacksonville backup Rob Johnson.

Said it after the Oakland debacle...it starts with Ralph and filters down to the hockey kids selling candy in the parking lots...they're ALL to be held accountable and forced to face the music. TEN years since a division title...(before anyone had cell phones) NINE years without a home playoff game...(before anyone had an e-mail address) SIX years without ANY playoff game...(Larry King was only on his third wife) We've become the Lions. Note to NFL: Schedule Buffalo to host a Thanksgiving game next season; we look so much like the Lions, we might as well act like 'em.

"We just have to execute better." To paraphrase the late, great John McKay: "What do I think of my team's execution? I'm all for it."

Saw a study a couple of years ago where Buffalo leads the NFL with highest percentage of homes with at least one piece (or something like that) of NFL-licensed apparel in the household.

Are you sure you don't mean Kenny STAPLER?