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Ha! True enough! In fairness, I DID leave my seat. Got to the top of the tunnel, turned around... The BEST part? We had a ticket for our stepbrother. He got so trashed the night before that he had to pass on traveling to the game, and then it wasn't televised in Rochester. We still have his untorn ticket kicking around someplace. It makes special guest appearances at family events.

Anyone who says they didn't leave the game is bordering on lying, because people were STREAMING out. Including my brother any myself. But he has always been the die hard that waits until the last play, and said "Let's stand here (on a handicap area) and watch." And it just started happening. It was biblical.

Marketing genius on the part of the DMV. SO going to get the Bills plates.

Off-topic but related note - I'm not an NBA fan, so for years I've rooted for a Finals between Sacramento and Milwaukee just so I can read the reports of a bunch of network programming types throwing themselves off a freeway overpass. Back on topic - My guess would be Bills/49ers. My wish would be either Cowboys or Giants...and pound 'em both.

Fewer seats per square foot are becoming a requirement. The average fan is "bigger" now than they were when the older stadiums were designed. Not trying to be snarky. It's morphological reality. Add in heavy winter clothing and it's like being sandwiched between the Michelin Man family.

Corta, friend, you're triggering "Drought PTSD". Remembering so many seasons 12-20 years ago when the Bills were (e.g.) 6-7 and "hey, if we win the next two games at home...blah, blah, blah." We all know what happened. They never won those two games at home, and we drafted Donte Whitner or James Hardy or Mike Williams or Tucker Mother****er. Thanks for the memories! But you're right - it's all about hope, despite the sour mood on this forum. I'm cautiously optimistic, just as I was during each year of the drought.

Call me when they bring out the rubber mats.

You're welcome to your skepticism, and it may be well-founded. But I'll pick a nit - Kincaid is listed at 6'4". Is it a big difference or big deal? Probably just shades of gray. There will be fewer DBs that can handle him than if he were 6' 3", but certainly more than could handle Gronkowski. Regardless - big stage, big game. I frankly don't mind if all the media hype is on the Jets. I think the Bills started believing their own BS last year. Week 1 is a big test.

Look who came down out of the trees! Hey, Spags! Since it's May, and we're in the season opener together, I trust we'll be treated to your non-stop erudition for the next 4 months. I'll get a mop and squeegee.

Bingo. And the sad thing is that we're staring at months and months and months of nothing in terms of actual news regarding the Bills. So buckle up for more of it.

Two thoughts: 1) I could just see something going horribly, horribly wrong. The damn thing is the size of a bus. Think "HAHAHAHA...oh SH!T!!!!!!" 2) Yeah, definitely peak off-season. Come on OTAs.

This made me think of Dan McGwire (brother of Mark McGwire), who was 6' 8". Didn't really help a lot, but seeing over the offensive line was never a problem.

You, sir, have singlehandedly RUINED my Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA. Why don't you bring up Torell Troup while you're at it?

A great memory, but holy baby Jesus those uniforms. *Wince*.

I'm in agreement with this. This will be my kids' problem. But now that the state and county and league are involved, the project starts to gain a momentum of its own, and gets a lot harder to stop. Related thought - I wonder if the thought crosses the minds of the pundits and prognosticators who put this stuff out in the first place. "Hey, wanna spin 'em up in Buffalo? Let's pass along THIS gem."

Thread hijack alert. Easy to spoof Hall and Oates, but before you go too far down that road, you should probably dig into the "Sacred Songs" album by Darryl Hall and Robert Fripp. Quoting Wikipedia: "The album was originally intended to be part of a loose trilogy of sorts with Peter Gabriel's 1978 second album and Fripp's Exposure (1979), all of which Fripp produced." (In fairness, I remember reading the article that they cited...like way back in the day). a damn DAMN fine trilogy. Listen to "You Burn Me Up (I'm a Cigarette). Not the same Darryl Hall you see here. And now, back to the NFL Draft...

Question for those who know a LOT more about this than do I. If this is the contract for Seumalo, what is the guesstimate for Risner? Do the Bills have a shot at this guy, or is it just so much chatter?

I'm in the same boat, and I noticed that they actually pushed it out this year. It was typically a 6:25 kickoff - foot actually meets ball. Last night it was 6:43 EST. 18 extra minutes of chum and flotsam. Wonder how many years it'll take before it kicks off at 7:00?

I'd hate to see him come in, make 2-3 tackles, and hobble to the sideline (because I think that's all he's capable of doing). Hell of a way to burn a roster spot.

While I agree with this sentiment, I think I read he has a torn labrum (?). Apologies for not backing that up. I'd be shocked to see him play with any effectiveness - if at all - for the rest of the season. Not meaning to pee on any barbecues. But when an inbred goober like me can see him unable to lift his arm above his shoulder on tackles, it's a pretty bad injury.

Apologies to the OP for going with the thread hijack, but yeah, I've endured one-too-many motivational speakers in my career. But I will toss in a positive - I saw Jerry Linenger a few years back. NASA astronaut that was on the MIR space station when they had a fire aboard in 1997. (Side note - they learned NOT to blow on even small flames in zero gravity, because the flames seek the oxygen, and leap right back at your face; remember that, aspiring astronauts of TSW). THAT was interesting for the subject matter, and I put my "demotivated" filter on so as to ignore the parables and thought experiments. But I'd see him again.

That's pretty twisted, actually.

I could see this.

Yeah, I'm still sober and that took me some work. There probably should have been vertical bars between each of the two logos. Imagine following the line under the logo...ahh, never mind. You'll figure it out.

Man, I hope it's a warm, calm dome. I feel good about those chances.