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Nearly 20 years later and that still pisses me off.

Unfortunately for Buffalo it is in NYS. Pennsylvania has a relatively business friendly environment which NY lacks. For that reason Buffalos trend line will be unlikely to ever catch Pittsburghs.

great read. thanks for posting.

That looked easy.

I appreciate your apology. And, I agree that the office of the Presidency always deserves respect, but there is a difference between the man in the office and the office itself. I both disagree with and lack respect for the man, however I respect the office he holds more than him.

I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh, and I have no hate for the man. I simply don't respect him, his beliefs or the people who blindly follow. I respect the Presidency and my country, both of which have been weakened while he has been at the helm. Your vitriol is disgusting, the ability to publicly state disrespect for authority is what makes us all unique as Americans. My disrespect is not hate inspired, simply derived from fundamental differences in the way in which my president and I view our world.

But some people don't deserve respect.

I would like to see the hash marks moved out beyond the college marks. Just far enough away from the sideline to allow for a legal formation on the ensuing snap after a play which finished outside the hash marks. This would change the kicking game more than narrowing the goal posts, as it would make short kicks disproportionately more difficult than long kicks and would force teams to decide between centering the ball on third down inside the 30 vs going for 1st down.

One of the things I like most about hockey, is the refs clearly make a point to have penalty minutes fairly well balanced. You nearly never see a game where penalty minutes are as lopsided as penalty yards were yesterday. Sure there are bad calls in hockey, but for the most part they equal out at the end of the game. Holding and use of hands are two of the most controversial calls in American sports. The infractions occur on nearly every p,ay and yet they only seem to draw flags on pivotal plays. Maybe that's just clouded retrospective vision, but to me it seems holding is called disproportionately on important plays.

Those highlights remind me how fun Flutie was, how good our jersies used to look and how lame the pats/carroll were for running the ball in for two. What poor sportmanship, the refs litterally gifted them the game two plays in a row and then they chose to disrespect their opponent who left the field in disgust.

They are two seperate questions. ie. 48% of 1-0 teams don't make the playoffs, and 78% of teams that are 0-1 don't make the playoffs. There isn't a missing 25%.

I saw the flag flying in 134, nice work. I'm glad they were able to win for you and your dad.

You're right, that is the problem with the idea, games could last a while. However, in the playoffs games lasting too long isn't really a problem. I do tend to agree though that the current system works and is simple, so leave it alone.

The point is 28% of the time only one team touches the ball. That might be OK in the regular season, but in the playoffs 60 minutes of football shouldn't be wiped out by a coin flip in 29% of the games. I had an idea earlier in the season that I had forgotten about till last night, which I think would keep the excitement of sudden death. While at the same time eliminating the disappointment of an opening drive game winning field goal. The issue I have, which I think many share, is that so often kickers decide the game before both QBs get to touch the ball. My simple idea is that in OT a team has to win by 4 points in order to win the game. That would mean that each quarterback would get to touch the ball once, unless an opening drive touchdown is scored in the OT period. I have no problem with sudden death OT ending in a touchdown, I just don't apply the same value to a FG as TD. In regulation a TD is worth 6 (plus PAT) and a FG is worth 3. Why is it in OT they are both essentially equal to 1? So, by setting the game winning threshold to 4 the first team to score a TD worth of points (6) will win the game. If a team scores a FG, then a TD plus an extra point will be required for the opponent to win the game. If two field goals by one team occur prior to any score by the opponent, the winning team clearly showed football superiority in the OT period. edit: I would also like to eliminate the coin flip and always give the ball to the away team to start the OT period.

has a playoff overtime game ever required more than 1 extra period?

There is nothing wrong with consistency.

First sports memory is wide right. I was born in 1985, and fell asleep at our neighborhood superbowl party in our living room. My parents put me to bed in their bedroom, and woke me up for the final kick. I remember seeing the ball sail wide and bursting into tears. Been a Bills fan ever since.

this is the same idiotic bull sh-- left wingers spin all day. Golisano is a western new yorker made good, who decided to start a successful business in this state and has single handedly created more jobs for our local community than Obama ever will. He is an entrepreneur and a philanthropist who has consistently given to the Western New York community. He has now been forced out of New York by another tyrannical tax hike that is going to drive many of the already dwindling population of people remaining in New York who pay the taxes. New York state has failed to recognize that we do not in fact live in a vacuum and increasing taxes on a small already overtaxed group of people will in fact create a powerful driving force for an exodus of said population out of the state, leaving an even smaller group of people behind to brunt the tax burden. It is amazing that his love for the state kept his permanent address here for as long as it did, this was the final straw that broke the camels back. He is not the first and will certainly not be the last billionaire to leave NY state. However, you are right that we should not feel bad for him, he made a brilliant decision. We should feel bad for ourselves because the state has lost a tax payer that was willing to pay already inflated prices to keep his home in NY, his departure is a huge hit to the state's balance sheet. He is making a statement that hopefully Albany will here loud and clear, but that will ultimately probably fall on death ears in the capital. Also, I hope you realize that a 9% tax hike is enormous and if it happened in your tax bracket you to would probably leave the state. However, in NY that will never happen because the unimaginative are rewarded with tax incentives instead of rewarding those that generate the majority of the states commerce.

Gleevac is a drug for CML not MM. Gleevac blocks a specific tyrosine kinase fusion protein found only in CML cells. There has been some recent success with MM treatment but it is still a pretty bad diagnosis.

Could it be because the ball crossed the plane prior to the receiver establishing possession? So, that once he caught the ball, even though the ball was no longer in the endzone both his feet were. This would make the scenario just like in the back of the endzone. The ball crosses the line, the player catches it and gets both feet in the endzone even though the ball is across the out of bounds line as he establishes possession. In both scenarios the ball crosses the line prior to possession and is actually never in the endzone while the reciever has possession. But in both scenarios a TD is scored because the criteria of a TD are meant 1. The ball crossed the goal line and 2. the player established possession in the endzone.

I think the refs said the bills touched it first and then gave it to the pats. I think they blatantly called it wrong, not that it mattered, but it would be nice to see the game officiated appropriatley. I don't understand why it seems most refs in the league are around retirement age, it is no wonder there are so many mistakes made.

I don't understand why we didn't have to do a re-kick. I thought if the ball doesnt go ten yards the kicking team gets to kick it again.

pretty dissapointing, he needs to hold on to that ball. he also had a few drops in the game that hurt.

I like the Canadian Balet

1st sports memory is wide right. I fell asleep watching the game and my parents woke my up to watch the final kick, I just remember seeing the kick sail wide and then bursting into tears. that has sort of been the theme of my life as a buffalo sports fan, from 4 straight superbowl losses to no goal and the music city miracle, and most recently Jay McKee's staph infection and the dessimation of the sabres D, I have had the pleasure of watching some of the most talented hockey and football teams that have met the rudest of demises. But at least I have been able to enjoy some great seasons both as a hockey and football fan. Too bad the two teams are never relevant at the same time, maybe this year that can happen.