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I've seen him live a couple times. He's an absolute monster once he gets into the meat of his shows. Don't know if anyone's mentioned Leo Kottke. I got to see him about 10 years ago and hew was absofrickinlutely amazing. A few others who I don't think get their due credit: Lee Ronaldo from Sonic Youth. Thurston gets the attention, but Lee's THE MAN! Pete Townshend always gets written of as a power chord junkie. I think he had way more variety than he gets credit for. I saw The Reverend Horton Heat get a mention, and yup, that guy is wicked good on his geetar. Fantastic live show.

... those who can't do, or teach, become business majors.

On Levy: He was brought in to settle a shaken franchise and fan-base. He did his job, very well. I don't get the beef with Levy. We were on the verge of mutiny when Donahoe was in charge. Hate Marv for bringing some stability to what was a franchise in a hard spiral? I like sub-mediocrity as much as anyone else, but we were all at this organization's throat. Plus, who'll ever forget Nall-ball?

Jauron's a middling coach... and NO!, I don't want him. We're stuck, though... and as suck, I've got no choice but to give him another year(gag). Maybe, by the grace of some god more powerful than Ra, he can pull his game-day out of his bee-hind. I think he's a good theoretician- on defense. I have no idea how someone can be so unable to make a game-plan on defense, and not, at the same time, be able to find a way to exploit that defense with, at the very least, your own offense. I guess I just don't understand how a defensive coach can be so clueless about tipping his offensive hand to other defensive coaches. No. I'm pretty cool with not having Martyball coach the Bills, ever... and yes, I'd give most anything to get away from the mighty-mite defense. The one thing I'll say, beyond the fact that we're stuck in cover-2 hell, is that as other teams move away from the Tampa-2, we'll get a better variety of talent available to us to run it. I'll go point by point in my next life.

I wanted him gone at the end of last year. 2006- How the hell did we finish 7-9? The talent on that team should have never won more than five games. It was a massively impressive job by the coaches... though at the time, despite some seriously good defensive game planning, I was hoping the offensive calls and formations were a result of a temporarily protective coaching staff- not based on the philosophy/history of the coaches, but in response to how we took a major shift with the roster. 2007- They over-performed in '06. I didn't expect a lot. I was amazed when we beat the vaunted Cowboys. I was even more un-amazed when we figured out how to lose that game. That's the Bills, right? No, it ain't. I've had the privelege of watching this team fight with a messed-up Joe Ferguson, and lose in the playoffs. That was the ballsiest performance, ever, by a quarterback- and I don't even consider the outcome of that game to tarnish anything on his performance. I've seen them pull off the impossible with Frank Reich... and I got to watch THAT donkeys game. This isn't terminal... The Bills being able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory is a fluke that happens in sports. 2008- For the first time since the pre-Bledsoe days (never liked him as a quarterback), I did expect a lot from this team. Those fourth quarter comebacks at the beginning of the year were sweet. Still though, there were the same signs of an unimaginitive offense from two years before. Josh Reed goes in motion, and if he resolves as essentially a tight end, it's a run. I get that you want your best blockers to be in a position to block for a run play, but no need to be blatently obvious about it. We sign Tinoisamoa and get a DT that comes through... this coaching staff has no excuses in my book.

I liked Gaines a lot. ... kinda on par with Bryan Scott, though I'd take Scott over Gaines. I'd hate to see Schouman be the odd man out, though. He can play in the NFL, and damn, that Boise State season was a rush. That kind of heart has got to be worth something.

Ya know... I looked at the title and scratched my head, but you've got a legitimate question. Though it may be better asked a few weeks down the road.

Why is it always the guy who has to go to jail over the dumpster sex? I just hope he was wearing a relatively new condom.

Wow! You must be important. So, is this thread about decent places to take the wife out to dinner, or places to watch a football game? Sorry, my pea-brain is easily confused, though certainly intrested.

Yeah, Jacksonville. At least Raiders fans give a damn.

Tim Gram. I have a question. It's kind of embarassing to admit, but... I have dish-pan hands. What's your secret?? Oh, and if you wouldn't mind, while you're putting through the Coles request, could you ask around for any classic car collectors at OBD who'd like to invest in a fantastic opportunity. See, I've found this beautiful E-type roadster(it's pristine), and I'm just a bit short of up-front funds. What I propose is for someone to invest 80% of the initial cost in our 50-50 split, and I'll take care of the difficult stuff, like garaging, maintaining the vehicle, and taking it out for drives... daily. In twenty years it'll be worth a fortune! Thank you in advance.

Looking back on the history of the NFL and its championship teams, and the history of the Buffalo Bills and its fans, I have a couple thoughts related to the topic. IMO, Bills fans, and I am a huge one, are so scarred by those Super Bowls that we can never accept anything less than a bullet-proof team. NE was a bullet-proof team last year... Another trait most of us share is an obsession with the offensive line, thanks to those Dallas games. I realize we need a very good O-line to make it where we want to go, but historically having the world's best O-line is only a key to success, not THE key. I think we ran into the best O-line possibly ever assembled, and have let that come to dominate the way we think about football. Talented, fundamentally sound teams create the 'luck' that wins games, and ultimately championships. Yeah, it's a crapshoot among the teams at the top, and that's what keeps the game exciting.

That safety was huge. If we'd punted and the defense held them to a 3, like they did after the safety, we'd have only been down 7. I'm sure our final drive would've looked a lot different. Royal's fumble may have cost himself his QB's confidence and a future roster spot, but it didn't really cost us the game. To me, the phins look a lot like us last year. They're scrappy and scheming ways to stay in games- to mask a lack of overall talent. One key difference, we had a QB on which to build a future, they do not. Speaking of our QB- I wasn't in his shoes, but it seems the constant 6 DB formations froze him. I would imagine it looked like a hornet's nest while he was looking for a receiver downfield. I'm sure he'll be seeing a lot of similar formations in practice & will get more comfortable with that look. Our quick-hit passes looked amateurish next to the carps'. This is not the first time I thought Copeland Bryan & Brian Scott looked solid. As for the offensive line- with 6 DB's out there, I'd hope our line would be able to pass block. True, Peters got beat on the safety, but what the hell was the 50 million dollar man looking at? Shtt, Porter even ran into him and he did nothing. Was Dock out 'til 4 getting hammered last night? He stood out throughout the game- not in a good way. So I've got a billion more thoughts to add to a very good post by R.Rich, but I'll cut it off. p.s. If you don't see me post on these boards again, give my thanks to Derrick Dockery. I was so pumped on the Bills in this game that I guided a fresh-off-the-boat Sicillian man I know into throwing a shttload of cash on the Bills this week. Thanks, Dock!

I like the opening line of the article. Does this Jay Glazer guy actually think Gonzales ever gave him a single thought??? Some people and their egos are totally out of whack.

They looked pretty close to markers. Nice call, that cracked me up. Anyone catch if those were their throwbacks?

I just noticed this, god I smell sexy!

I dunno, those games were always 16-9, and the outcome was a 50/50 proposition. Now if the Jets'd bring back Richard Todd, I'd be all for it!

Maybe with all that time off, we'll get a new reality show out of it. 'Fishing with Deion', anyone? He needs to get cut.

I only cought a few minutes of the game last night and may have missed the announcement. Were those the Browns throwback uni's- the player's # on the side of the helmet? Also, if the Ravens ever sport throwbacks, do they wear the Browns or the Colts duds? Thanks

Awwww Snookums... didn't anyone tell you? The game of 'pin the tail on the donkey' was over YEARS ago. Edit: I removed a somewhat warranted gold star reference to replace it with an actual, possibly constructive, non-rote thought. Though I do personally believe Clinton should shoulder some of the blame(sub-prime lending practices began during his tenure TTBOMK), there is no way - even a person in the dark 20 hours a day - can look past the deregulation of our financial industries as a major impetus. Corruption and abuse fueled by a lack of oversight are, I can see no way around it, the primary causes of this mess. Too bad we didn't privatize Social Security while the markets were HOT!

would you consider yourself more 'red brick' or 'maple delight'?

time in the huddle? i'm not that attentive, what've you seen?

Hehehe, Evans is getting 23 plus a catch... wonder if Al Davis would give up a 3rd for him... we might still be able to get some value...

Boy's got an arm- not worried in the least. I am a bit concerned with some of the play calling re: the formations they use, esp Reed's placement. The last couple years I blew off the pre-season formations thinking 'naah, they won't use that in the reg season'... and then they do... When Reed cozies up to the line, it's a run... if he's off a foot or 2... Drivin' me nuts to look at... please tell me Schonert's not waiting to unleash a pass play with Reed off the te's shoulder in week 14

Oh, man- Kurt Warner is 80% of Dave Kreig... and Kreig was a wee short of divinity. Kreig could've won a championship... Warner did- beyond that, neither of their names should be in the same sentence with 'lore'. While we're on the subject, how 'bout that Eric Hipple???!