Ned Flanders

Let's see: No playoffs since '99, no playoff wins since '95, no home playoff game since '96, FOUR straight losses in the Super Bowl...yes, put me in the "miserable" category too.

"And order the big ones...the jumbos. And sauce. A quart, no make it a gallon, a gallon of sauce." Up until the mid-90s there was actually an Adams Ribs in Chicago, on Rush St. I frequented the establishment whenever I was in the Windy City, and several times had the ribs Fed-Ex'd to me. A better tasting rib I've yet to find anywhere.

Link?

I remember him well...he was running a marathon (USMC?) collapsed, fell into a coma, and never recovered. The best part about Brenner was that he was never full of himself, unlike George Michael. Yes, Michael was a pioneer, pushed for more air time for sports, blah, blah, blah. But he was so driven by ego, he became sickening. Ch. 4 had a weekend sports anchor, Darrian Chapman, who was a good Buffalo guy. Downed several Blues with him at Grevey's. Remember watching the 1995 division clincher vs. Miami with him at Grevey's. He soon left for better pastures in Chicago, and also died of at a young age, collapsing while playing pick-up hockey.

Don't forget the worst of all-time: Oregon

I've got an M tattooed on each cheek...when I bend over it says MOM.

You nailed it.

I am offended that this is not on the off-topic board.

I remember the Rox fondly...their big special was a "Bucket of Rox," six Rolling Rock splits...for some ungodly price like $1.50. The Rox was always THE place for last call...EVERY night of the week. Good pool table too.

Was that the one accross Kodak Park on Dewey Avenue...just down a bit form the California Brew House? If so, I think I remember the joint being called "My Office." But the same jokes apply!

The Barge Inn, right on the Erie Canal, in Brockport, my college town. Sadly, this fine establishment closed soon after the drinking age was raised to 21. But while I was at Brockport, this was among the top five bars in town.

Tunnicliff's is still there I believe...the Eastern Market area has really built up the last several years...lots of new bars, restaurants, etc.

I watched the Houston comeback game there...great place, may have to go there for lunch this week. Sadly, both the owners and Natty 'Bo on tap, are gone.

I would look at and consider anybody ANYBODY right now who may have the slightest chance of improving the Bills woeful OL...I don't care if it's Reuben Brown, Ruben Stoddard, Ruben Gant or Paul Reubens...anybody that can help should be considered, regardless of past history.

Yes, he "left" after the first loss to the Cowboys. Ya know, I was watching Polian after the game on NFL Network and the wife asked me what happened to him in Buffalo...I just said he had a fallout with Ralph...then I thought there had to be more to it. Anyone remember the particulars in Polian v. Wilson?

Did you watch this game in Buffalo, because I thought this game, as well as all AFL and NFL home games in that era were blacked out? Rockpile, can you confirm? Me, I remember bits and pieces of I and II, but I remember vividly watching Jets v. Colts in III.

Link Here you go...sizes run big. I usually wear an XL, and an L is a good fit.

Yeah, there's snow in Charlotte. Big deal. Greece, Irondequoit , and Webster are getting it also.

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.