Whites Bay

It's a lot of good memories, man. A lot of good memories.

Imagine them at 6-6, and the Bills being the team to hand it to them. Let that sink in for a minute. I would just thank whatever higher being might be out there that I'm alive to witness the moment.

It's all unfolding according to plan. DAMN THAT BROWNS GAME.

Impact crater.

I don't mean to pick nits, but this is the second mention of Montreal in this thread. Just...no. I can't see it happening. Not just because Montreal couldn't hold on to the Expos. It was worse than that. The frigging MLB had to take ownership of the Expos. NOT a way to engender trust and good will. I can't imagine the NFL wanting THAT situation exploding all over their tuxedos. Question - are there a lot of Vancouver license plates at Seahawks games like there are Ontario plates at Bills games? I've never been to a game out there. But I would imagine that any group of potential Vancouver owners lining up to attempt THAT stunt would have to deal with the Seahawks. He's gone now, but I think I recall Paul Allen having been the wealthiest owner of any NFL franchise. A formidable obstacle.

99.9% true. But there are a couple of flights that leave the East Coast at 8:00-ish in the morning and arrive in London about 8:00-ish at night. It's actually an almost sane feeling to get off the rig, clear customs, head for the airport hotel (a.k.a. "bar") and go to bed at a normal time. You're so wiped out by the jet lag that you get a decent night of sleep and wake up in the morning when the rest of the country does. This doesn't work for the West Coast, however. That's where the system would break down. I know these guys are tough, young athletes, but it would just F**K with their metabolisms. Vegas would rightly have them as dogs every time they went to the West Coast.

There actually was an incident a few years back (10+) in which a passenger thought they were going to "Oakland", when the flight was heading to "Auckland". The poor SOB took a 13+ hour transpacific flight. Guess the airline put him in up in a hotel, and schlepped him back within 24 hours. That hurts just thinking about it.

That's an interesting post. Thanks for that; I hope you're correct. Starting to see the finish line through the haze...

Not to be morbid, but I think (well, I wouldn't be surprised, let's put it that way) that whole Jets/Cortland thing was put together to set up a beach head in Upstate as Ralph neared the end of his life, and there was just so much uncertainty as to where the Bills would end up. If the Bills had ended up in Toronto or San Antonio...PRESTO! Instant NFL Franchise! This place would have been "Gang Green del Norte". It's a fading memory, as it's already been 10 years since they set up shop in Cortland, but - let's face it - the Bills were BAD in those years. Why not scratch around in someone else's turf? It just didn't work out that way. Pegula purchased the Bills in 2014, and the Jets disappeared from Cortland like a fart in a hurricane as soon as the purchase was announced. Makes you feel a little bad for the city fathers in Cortland, but I'm not going to lose a LOT of sleep over it.

I feel this way as well. I'm glad no was watching me enjoy that game the way I did. I need some space away from football for a few days.

Two thoughts: 1) I just don't see this coaching staff letting the team lose focus on the opponent at hand. And that's not something I could say about the Rex Ryan era AT ALL. McDermott is NOT going to let Miami sneak up on them. Will they run up the score? I doubt it, but... 2) Related thought - I could TOTALLY see this Defense pitching a shut out next weekend. It wouldn't surprise me if they're already talking about this among themselves.

Okay, so that was pretty funny.

WHO is out for several weeks? Darnold or Beasley? Not trying to stir the $#!+, but it's the order in which your post came up in the thread. Just trying to clarify, thanks.

I've been thinking the same thing. There was likely a fair amount of mucous and sputum spraying around those scrums. Sounds gross and icky, but it would definitely be enough to spread it between players. There are rapid diagnostic tests for infectious mononucleosis (like the rapid strep tests). I'm guessing the team doctor is going to be swabbing throats every single day for every single player on the team. Wonder what the incubation period is? And someone raised a great point way early in the thread. Think of any of those players that shared a water bottle squirt on the Jets squad. Wish I was the local sales rep for the clinical diagnostic company in northern New Jersey or Buffalo. Quota made.

Thank you. Bless you. And I'm such an awful, awful person to be laughing as hard as I am. I just can't stop myself.

For the love of God, someone please post a link to the Jets fan board.

Sorry. "I'm an idiot". That was Feliciano, and that was funnier than hell.

If you want a giggle, watch the second clip again. Keep a close eye on Spain, and watch what happens at the end of the play. Holy crap.

99% of the time it's my place. If family comes up, great. They understand. But it's pretty tense, and there's lots of pacing during commercials. It hasn't been good for the last 15 years, so I apologize to the people on the other side of the bay for the cursing. The other 1% of the time would be Spook Hill Tavern in Adams, NY, when Fox screws the pooch like with the Detroit game last year. Nearest sports bar to me. Great turkey and gravy dinner, to be honest.

There has to be some truth to this (anatomical references aside). I mean, I've never played the game, but that has to get into your head, right? If you're Bodine, and you've been getting creamed for 5 weeks in training camp against these guys (particularly Oliver), that's going to stick in your head come game day. "I got this. I got this. He's not that good. I got this..." WHAM. "Yep, I remember that. I remember that. Jesus. I couldn't stop that two months ago..." And that's in the first quarter.

I used to live in Salt Lake, and crossing the Wasatch was always "Buckle Up". But nothing compares to landing in a turboprop in Jamestown in the middle of February whiteout conditions. Come on. Daboll should give THAT a try once, and he'll never worry about the Rockies ever, ever again.

If the programming extended into early March, it would JUST be enough to get to March Madness. And that would be enough to get us to Spring. I'm in.

I'm predicting a lot of holding calls if Oliver gets the penetration we're starting to see in training camp. The line isn't going to be able to hold their blocks long enough for Bell to be that patient.

I love it, and I've been calling for 10-6 for months (just looking at the schedule). But I'm looking at splitting with the Jets, and - yes - splitting with the Pats*. This is the year the Bills do it. Beasley moving the chains in the second half while Brady mutters to himself on the sideline. Belicheck throwing things. Impotent.

About 30, including two away Jets games and one Pats* game. My brother and I had seasons during the glory years (and 2005, after I got suckered in following 9-7 in 2004...), and as exciting as the first AFC Championship game was against the Raiders, and the Comeback Game (yes, I was there, and have the stub to prove it), the one that sticks out was the December 23rd 1990 game against the Dolphins. The one where the fans stormed the field and tore down the goal posts. The one where Paul Maguire famously said something like "They'd better get those horses out of there. These fans are going to beat up the horses". It had a surreal feeling, like Field of Dreams. We weren't supposed to be on the field, but we and 65,000 of our closest friends were. Hard to describe this to young fans today. I mean, you'll NEVER be allowed to storm the field or tear down goal posts again. You're talking a night or two in the county slam.