Whites Bay

It takes all kinds, I guess. Bummer I paid for it.

Nay! A Grant Burge Holy Trinity! Where's Mead when I need him? And why would I waste a champion Aussie red on Jets camp? "Hey Good Lookin"" - Hank Williams (not Hank Willams Jr.)

I know it's a lot of work for you to put things like this together, OC, but know that I learn more about football from "X and O" breakdowns like this than I'll EVER do by listening to the cement heads on the networks. Thanks. Sincerely. As for the Pats* defense, I can only pray that the Bills' passing game clicks early and often. A few long (20+ yard) completions might cause some headaches for Satan. Especially with the speed in this WR corps. I'm reminded of an awful statement made by the IRA after a failed bombing attempt in the 1980s: "We only need to be lucky once". Say it..Let's say it. They...might...be...beatable...this...year...

Thanks, gentlemen. I DO have pictures of her throwing snowballs at Pinto Ron's with some of her friends, one of whom is his daughter. Said pictures just won't be posted HERE! Rubes, as for Brady's retirement, I'm hoping it's "retirement" a la Joe Montana. I don't know if you were there that day; I was. The entire defensive front 3 met him in the backfield on a very, very cold day. The turf was concrete. The career doth endeth. Few scenarios could play out better for Marcia. I think you'd agree with that. I, personally, don't want him to retire. I want him to be "retired".

My daughter is moving to Portland. It's a HUGE move from Pinto Ron's to Brady's Backyard. Are there any Bills bars there? I know it's a needle in a haystack, but it's either a bar or the Dish. And try to keep the skeezy comments under control, will you? There will be NO pictures.

This time of year? 1) Astro 2) Astro 3) Astro 4) Mike (might be #2 - I might re-post) 5) SJBF is still Mr. Insightful 6) My man-love for the departed Dean-o. I'll always call it out.

Mucho appreciado, CBF! I can't say that makes it any better! I'm going to see if TWCS replays it as well. Might be time to check into radio feeds, as I'll likely be inbound around that time. Thanks again.

Question to all, as I'm blocked from a number of sports sites at work. Does anyone know when the Bills/Colts game for this Sunday will be rebroadcast? Or can anyone give me advice as to how to find out? It's likely that I'll be driving at 1:30 on Sunday, and won't be in front of a TV. Which REALLY sucks, but welcome to it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

You're right! That was 1989. I had season tickets that year. They were so goddamn vanilla, but somehow managed to pull off a playoff berth. But the big shocker was the spanking they gave to Buddy Ryan's Eagles that year in the wildcard game. Ryan - blowhard that he was - confidently predicted a victory over the Giants. But that was the NEXT week. He totally looked past the Rams, and they came at Cunningham with this weird 2-5 look that just messed with his head. I'm going to copy-and-paste from Wikipedia, so as to attribute sources. I wasn't at the game, but watched it in amazement. As did Ryan: "The Eagles offense, led by All-Pro quarterback Randall Cunningham had no answers for a unique zone implemented by Rams defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmer, who at times during the game only rushed two defenders and dropped everything back in coverage. Cunningham, while completing 24 of 40 passes, only threw underneath the zone for the majority of the game and simply was unable to get anything downfield". Don't knock the 2-5. Cunningham was a hell of a QB. It messed him up something awful on a national stage.

So Jerry Sullivan wrote an article that casts apersions upon on Mario Williams. Next week he'll flatulate all over EJ Manuel. The following week I'm guessing Kyle Williams is washed up. I read each and every one, because they're about the Bills. I mentally shrug my shoulders, I think "douche", and get a second cup of coffee. I go to work, usually in surgery, and watch miracles and tears. The sun rises in the east every day. It usually sets in the west. My adoration of the Bills soldiers on through 4 Super Bowl losses and 13 years of frustration. Jerry Sullivan is a pimple on the rump of the elephant of my existence. Onward. By the way, I miss The Dean. That means a lot more to me than some idiot opinion writer.

I travel to Europe a lot. As weird as it sounds, most of the Europeans understand that there is more to NY than NYC, because many of them have been to NYC, and as such they pretty much figure out that the city doesn't go on forever. What drives me around the bend are the Americans who don't get it. I usually tell people that I live in "Northern New York, near the Canadian border. I actually had someone remark "New York is next to Canada?". No lie.

Dukes up, sir! Rochester rules, Syracuse drools!!

Goddamn bunch of Hudson Valley college kids. Zweigle's White Hots. End of story. And Sullivan County is NOT Upstate. Sober up.

I think he needs his medication dosage monitored more frequently. This having been said, of course I love his final conclusion, as would almost anyone else on this board. Interesting second-to-last point. This team "needs to learn how to finish games". True enough. I wonder how much of that stems from dumb coaching in the fourth quarter on both sides of the ball last year, as well as physical conditioning? Given the little I've seen in Spring Camp(s) this year, it looks like Marrone et al are stressing the fact that the guys are going to be run into the ground, and that they'd better plan to get in shape early and stay that way.

First off, welcome to the Wall. Strap yourself in. As I've said in a prior post, I'm still not convinced Stevie Johnson is a bona fide Number One receiver. I'm not taking ANYTHING away from him, particularly given the atrocious QB (and play calling) situation over the last couple of years. The guy deserves a medal for what he's done. But we've all been barking for a legitimate Number Two for ages, and this year the Bills might actually have a solid #2, #3, #4...(keep going...). Johnson might end up at #3 by the time this season ends. This coaching staff has nothing invested in him. It's time to play your heart out, or end up on Special Teams. My mystery player is Rogers. I'm probably buying into the story line, and bathing in Kool Aid. And I would forewarn anyone that the first few games are going to be brutal vis-a-vis the passing attack. But we could actually see the top get taken off a few defenses this year. And I don't mean crap defenses like Toledo or Air Force. You might see the Bills whip Baltimore pretty hard this year. No more Eight-in-the-box crap. "Beautiful Boy" - John Lennon

Probably the one to which you were invited? Besides, tell me it was a bad game! More importantly, what did it tell you about Geno Smith's performance in the wind and rain of...wait for it...The Meadowlands?

And how's about you spend a little more time reading and a little less time attacking the viewpoint of someone with whom you disagree? Sounds so...you know..."Germany 1936"..

I get the same thing! That must a hell of a big ad buy. That guy Ailes is on a mission.

I'm suggesting that Fox News is what gave him this idea, and that he should probably look to other sources of information to round out his world view. Which seems sorely lacking in depth beyond cocktail napkin.

I've been to Sydney, LA, Salt Lake and Lillihammer post-Olympics. (I mean "recent" post-Olympics. Melbourne 1956 and Mexico City 1968 don't count). They've just grown bigger. I lived in Salt Lake during the build-up to the 2002 games. I remember hearing the announcement on a radio at work in 1995. Everyone cheered. About 5 minutes later the whole valley became a construction site. As a Salt Lake taxpayer at the time, allow me to extend ALL of you on the board a belated "Thank You" for the tax money you shipped out there. Thanks for the new freeways, the new light rail line, the new airport terminal, the new 5-star hotel. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And that's coming from someone on the receiving end. Having now been down that road, I don't EVER want ANY city in the U.S.A. EVER getting an Olympic venue AGAIN. EVER. We can NOT afford this crap.

I don't usually frequent this forum because of the usual result of peeing on an electric fence, but this one really left me shaking my head. Weird coincidence. Last week, I had the good (?) fortune to visit the Gestapo Museum in Cologne, Germany. Here's the link: http://www.museenkoeln.de/ns-dok/ Want to talk "creepy"? Prison/torture cells in the basement, prisoners' pleading writings still preserved on the wall ("I don't know why I'm here. I've done nothing. These people are sadists."). Unbelievably, someone actually escaped from there through a coal chute. And then came back under a different name to make sure his girlfriend, also in the prison, survived. They both died as old people some 40 years later. Do you know what the Nazis used to do to innocent people? You know, like, say, handicapped children? They would tell the parents that they were taking the children to a summer camp. They would put them in a bus, pump the fumes into the bus, and drive around for awhile. No more handicapped children. The parents were told that they had a heart attack. There were photographs of these busses in the museum. And this douchebag doesn't understand that a Nazi flag would be considered reprehensible? This douchebag feels that the President of the United States - regardless of your political views - is cut of the same cloth? There are idiots, and there are uninformed idiots. This guy is missing chromosomes. He needs to lay off the Fox News and pick up a history book. Or a few history books. And then squeeze them around his head. Because that's what the Nazis would do.

Anyone who references The Tubes deserves a shout out. Well done. Simply well done. I want the baby's arm, holding an apple.

Uh huh. Yeppers. In today's world, your farts are watched in infrared cameras at airport check-in. Good luck with that "I didn't know" crap.

That's a fair comment. I'm saying that Stevie Johnson is a damn good receiver who should be Number 1. I'm saying that a bad back is very hard to heal quickly. I'm saying that training camp is a very competitive environment in which careers are made and broken. I'm saying that his bad back won't be well enough to propel him to the "lock" Number 1 status at the end of training camp despite a solid career with the Buffalo Bills because of the POTENTIAL talent coming up behind him. I'm saying the reason for this "drop in status" is going to be the result of not being able to clearly outshine this crop of young talent in training camp. I'm saying that said diminution will result in Stevie Johnson dropping on the depth chart to Number 2 or Number 3. I'm saying that this drop will be the result of physical debilitation, coupled with a lack of professional investment on the part of the current coaching staff and front office, neither of which were responsible for drafting him or extending his current contract. I'm NOT saying he's going to be cut. I'm using hyperbole that he's going to be traded to Oakland for having a shoe untied, and you're correct in calling me on it. And....your top two receivers against the Pats* on Opening Day would be....? Perhaps I should have started this as another thread. My apologies for hijacking. And I like your stuff, MRW. I just realized to whom I was responding.

This is just awful all the way around for Hernandez. Truly. There's nothing good that is going to come from this. I hate the Pats* as much as anyone (okay, more than most), but talk about screwed, blued and tatooed. It's one thing if "Hey, I was coming out of a bar when the shooting started". Fine. Good person. Wrong place. But, tell me, Mr. Hernandez...the vehicle was rented in your name. Think about the last time you rented a car. Did you give them your WIFE'S license? Did you give them your BOSS' license? Did you give them your VETERINARIAN'S license? No. You gave them YOUR license, didn't you? Bad day at the ranch.