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I'm a non smoker, and essentially came of age during the era of smoking bans in public places in NYS. I personally take some issue with the paternalistic attitude of smoking bans. As said above, it is a public health issue, but it sets a dangerous precedent. But truly, if the government were really concerned with our health, then Burger King, Taco Bell, and your local favorite pizza place would be deemed illegal too. Thats the distinction and contradiction I don't understand. It's ok at $8.00/pack (more than half of that goes to excise NYS taxes) to kill yourself on your own dime but eat all the cholesterol and fast food you like. UB literally has made smokers into a diseased demographic. You have to leave school property in order to light up. It's as if they're lepers or something. Not to sound harsh, but the smoker demographic is now worse than blacks were in the South in the 1960's. And I don't feel that's ok in America. France smokes likes a chimney and drinks more than our national average, yet are considerably more healthy across the board. Obesity is the number 1 cause of preventable death in this country. As far as I'm concerned, smoke if ya got em. Plus, even from a member of the DARE and "Just Say No" generation of the 90's, smoking still looks cool in movies and video games. I love watching Ghostbusters and how there is someone smoking in every scene, literally.

I think I'm actually more stupid for reading this now.

I like LeFevour a lot too. There's this pretentious attitude towards MAC athletes for some reason. Yet people neglect to realize the past NFL Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl MVP was a Kent St alumnus in James Harrison. The most recent QB to win a Superbowl was a MAC athlete, and won of the best receivers of his generation played in the MAC, Randy Moss. Along with Pennington who at least had a pretty decent career (2 time comeback player of the year). There are others as well. Jamey Richard will replace Jeff Saturday in Indianapolis. Trevor Scott is playing well for Oakland. Regardless, I feel the Bills MUST draft a cold weather QB. He must understand what it's like to live and breathe football here. If I was a GM, I would draft nothing but players from the Big 10, Big East and MAC conferences. Cold weather, football obsessed, and certainly with respect to the MAC, Rust Belt towns. Too many entitled, coddled southern boys playing in a man's league. Bradford, McCoy, and Tebow especially have no idea what its like to throw the football in miserable and windy conditions. I'm not saying LeFevour is the answer, I'm just saying I have 0 faith in any of the marquee names because none of them played above the Mason-Dixon line.

I can't even process this guy's two stepping, never-actually-say-or-answer anything shtick. He just reaks of a spineless man with absolutely no confidence in himself to say anything without fear of reprisal. On MNF, they showed a clip of the late 1970's, when Jaworski was young and struggling with the Eagles. Vermiel flat out said in the press conference in the game, (paraphrasing) "I'm not gonna let the fans bench another QB on this team. We can win with this QB." I'm not comparing Trent to Jaworski in the slightest. But when asked if Jauron had confidence in his QB, he said, "I think I still have confidence in him." What? What color is your shirt Dick? What time is it? What's your middle name? I'd love for someone to just ask him a question with a specific, right or wrong answer and see if he even gets that right. I can't take this guy anymore.

I think this is indicative of what's wrong with the defeatist attitude of Buffalonians. Why do we need our sports teams to be the only thing that represents us nationally or internationally? I think that's the problem, not the solution. When you think of NYC, I don't think of the Yankees, Giants, Rangers, I think of a finance, fashion, music, media Mecca. A hub of Western culture. NYC sets the benchmark for world trading markets, US fashion, television, et cetera. Most Mahattonites could give a **** about sports. Its the folks in Jersey that really care. Chicago, LA, same thing. While sports is important, its the not the ONLY thing. We need to take pride in what's good about WNY outside of sports. How about our tremendously advanced and successful downtown medical campus? What's wrong with having a culture of extremely specialized medical professionals? Or how about our thriving arts scene? Underground music, hip hop, even stand up comedy is coming back. We have great architecture, world renowned art museums. These are the things that businesses build from. If our city will ever have a comeback, it won't be because the Bills win the Superbowl.

I read an article recently in Modern Drummer about Jay Weinberg, Max's son, now filling in for Max on Bruce's tours, with so much of Max's time being devoted to the Tonight Show. 19 years old and touring arenas and stadiums. Amazing, since I'm 22 and the most people I've played in front of was 3,000. Great read for anyone interested in that. At pushing 60, you have to respect the fact that Bruce still is slamming it out for 3 hours a night across the world. Any body would be pretty worn from 2 generations' worth of touring and recording. That said, I just never really cared about his music or his message. You're "Working on a Dream" Bruce? Really? You've sold millions of records, sold out thousands of concerts, and are one of the most successful American songwriters, EVER. I think you've accomplished said dream, buddy. Sorry, I didn't get drafted or lost my friends in Vietnam, lost my factory job from the fallacies of the Carter and Reagan administrations, or had to fight for equality amongst all races and genders. I'm simply a generation removed from all of that.

I would agree with all of that if he wasn't drafted 11th overall out of 200 something athletes. A "project" is something you draft on day 2, one of those "high character, hard working, great locker room" (aka-white) guys we hear about so often. A top 15 draft pick HAS to contribute immediately to any team. How much faith do you have in a coaching staff that hasn't bred any marquise players, especially on the defensive side, in 4 years of "building?" Maybin might be good someday. But at the end of the day, you need your 1st round picks to contribute. But hey, I'm sure he had a great week of practice.

I love football. I like watching teams that play the game well and actually complete passes and convert 1st downs. Watching other teams makes me really jealous, accordingly. It's frustrating to know we can't complete a simple motion screen pass or slant pattern. All that aside, as far as I can see, the only people that have the Sunday Ticket most likely have some personal interest involved in paying $80/month on top of your already expensive tv bills. Either you have a serious gambling problem, or are obsessed with fantasy football, most likely with a lot of money on the line there as well. How else could you physically watch that much football without any other stake in the game? "Sunday Ticket is for the fans," yeah right. It's about money, and it always has been. My neighbor upstairs has the ticket, and most likely has a serious gambling problem. EVERY SUNDAY you can hear him screaming like crazy, breaking stuff, and generally causing havoc over football games I'm certain I'm not watching (I have TWC). Why else would he care that much unless he's got a lot of money on the line? But wait, gambling is ILLEGAL in NYS, isn't it?

I think whats sad, yet interesting is the public response to studies like this. I'm not a father, in fact no where near the child rearing age of other posters above here. However, it seems the only hard effect this study will have on parents and their kids. Elite athletes that actually have an NFL shot will continue to take hits as long as they think it will equate to dollar signs and maybe a "better" life. Ultimately, sports fans don't care. Baseball fans don't care that an entire generation of its players cheated with steroids and HGH. I'm sure there's plenty of NFL or other contact sport athletes doing the same thing. We don't care that Leonard Little killed somebody. We don't care that Ray Lewis was accused of accessory to murder and ultimately admonished on a technicality. Mike Vick got 24 months of federal prison time for killing dogs, yet Donte Stallworth gets loaded and kills a person and gets 30 days in jail. It doesn't make sense. But after all the hoopla and "public backlash," we still turn the games on tv on Sundays. And that's really all that the tv stations and NFL is concerned with, the almighty dollar. Profits before people, right? Capitalism!

If anybody's looking for something to do, you should make your way to the game. Really, really really cheap tickets, FREE PARKING and a good atmosphere The more people at the game the better, it looks good for the program. However I predict a solid whooping from the Ohio Bobcats, on the swift road to a MAC East title. It is what it is. But its at least entertaining football. By the 2nd Half, there might actually be offensive touchdowns scored. I know, what a thought.

Personally I really liked their previous drafts. The Presidential draft last year was hilarious. If you really wanna sit and listen to nuts and bolts football talk about potentially one of the worst offenses in Bills history, have at it. But I'd rather sit back and enjoy entertainment. If you don't like it, switch the channel. It seems like there's an anti WGR post once a month up here. How many posts deep did the "I hate Mike Schopp" post go? 800 something? He must be something right if that many people have an opinion of him.

What's eerily similar, besides everything discussed above, is the offensive line situations in both towns. Guards playing tackle. Tackles playing Guard. It's a huge mess.

Awwwl Caaugght! I guess Gus Johnson is better than Don Criqui and Randy Cross. But if you keep these games in context, that Bills V Jets especially, its gouge your eyes out, mega boring football. When something actually happens, he gets wayyyy excited. Whats super depressing is they dont even assign Johnson/Tasker to Bills games anymore cause we're that boring.

Calling the game last night we were all confused as to the terrible clock management at the half. They had the ball at their 20 with 1:33 left, all their timeouts and all the momentum. A field goal at the half seals the game. I feel like I'm talking about Bills football. What a disgrace.

Whats really sad is there's now 4 pages deep of all valid, lucid and completely reasonable arguments. All of these players and decisions set this franchise back a decade. It can't possibly be just one or two of them. Its the combination, which leads to ridiculous frustration. Take your pick, Pat Williams, Bledsoe, Losman, Edwards, McGahee, et cetera. 2 1st round picks on Losman is just mindblowing. At least Bledsoe, at the time, had credentials. He won games and started in the Superbowl. But good lord, what a huge mistake. People don't credit Donahoe for some of the, yes believe it or not, good moves he made. Aaron Schobel, Lee Evans, Jason Peters, Jabari Greer, Travis Henry, Peerless Price trade (at the time). I dunno, its just frustrating. Donahoe wasn't a bad idea, he was the wrong choice.

The firing of Bill Polian has to be the biggest blunder in modern Buffalo sports history, certainly in my generation. Good job, Ralph. You raised an entire generation of fans that have no idea what its like to have any fun watching football. At least Cleveland admits they're terrible and does something to fix it. Their last 2 wins in the past 2 seasons were AT BUFFALO. Unbelievable. Actually, no, that's entirely believable.

All Day!

At its core, I will truly never understand how a fan born in Buffalo can be a true, honest, live and die baseball fan. Sure, one can admire and respect the game for its attributes. Most sports fans are baseball fans. I just think being a Yankees or Red Sox fan, while also being a Bills and Sabres fan is inherently artificial. If you told me you got as upset over a Yankees loss as a Bills loss you'd be lying. Plain and simple. It's easy to be a Yankees fan or Bosox fan. No worries about relocation, the long term viability of the franchise, or its long term competitiveness. Every year, these teams will field winners, or at least spend like they will. How does a fan of our teams, both hockey and football, have ANYTHING in common with that? Seriously. I appreciate the game. It takes a lot of thinking and patience to really appreciate the nuance of baseball. But at the end of the day, if the Yankees win the World Series, Yankees fans here will be happy for sure. But you can not tell me its the same feeling that "we FINALLY won one" like it would be for a Bills or Sabres championship. I'm sorry, but it just doesn't compare.

Well, that maybe true from a dressing sense. But the bright, vibrant colors of the 1960's stood out for a reason. I'm so glad advertising is finally shedding itself from the 90's-early 2000's super dark, safe color schemes so the "kids" will like them. Thats why the UFL uni's are so god awful. Overthought to look "futuristic and new." When instead they should of gone completely opposite-think football jersey from 1965. 2 colors, stripes, and your number, call it a day. I have 0 artistic or design skills and could of designed 4 much better jerseys in 20 minutes.

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2009/10/11/survey-says/#results Bears voted the best. And they are sharp no question. The navy blue Bills home jerseys were overwhelmingly voted the worst, 666 votes. Me personally, I'm a huge classic jersey guy. 2 color jersey, number and stripes on the shoulders match the opposite color (colts, browns, bears, packers, etc). Simple, classy, not over-thought. There's been plenty of Bills uni threads, but I figured this is worth a quick read.

Watching that game last night made myself and all of my buddies over super jealous. Why are the Bills completely incapable of throwing a simple curl/slant/crossing pattern over the middle? Its so frustrating. I watch Rodgers fight under extreme Jared Allen duress all night, yet still fought to make plays down the field. That 4th down drop obviously killed that game. This is what the difference is between real football and Bills football. 1 FG! THE WHOLE GAME! 1! 30-23 Final. That's a football score. How are we so incapable of being in a 3rd and makeable scenario-3rd and 7, 3rd and 6, etc, and have the receivers never open. Yet GB and Minny time and again hit their receivers IN STRIDE for the 1st down. Trent simply cannot throw to receivers/RBs/TE on the run. He is inept at slants, crosses or any play designed for YAC. I hate everything.

This is a tough correlation to draw. It would require honest, and thorough statistical analysis to actually conclude that there's any relationship. Furthermore, how do you qualify/code what a "soft" camp is? You don't think that Singletary running a hard bootcamp style training camp could lead to injury? Someone a lot smarter than me would have to tabulate a huge case study. I mean, take all the coaches in the league. Aggregate that by how hard they operate camp. Thats 32 cases controlled. Then you'd have to take ALL the injuries for every team over a course of years. Probably 10 to have enough data. And then you'd have to control the injuries, (fluke accident like Kevin Everett or Brady, or otherwise). Furthermore, you'd have to quantify what defines "fluke" and not fluke. You see where I'm going with this? Basically, my point is that its basically impossible to prove identifiably that a soft camp leads to more injuries versus a harder training camp. Is Jauron soft on his players? Yes. Do they struggle out of the gate usually? Yes, but not always. Has this team suffered as many if not the most injuries in the league during his tenure? That's up for debate. You're telling me Brian Urlacher out for the year isn't a huge issue for the Bears? Or Pennington out again with a shoulder injury doesn't hurt the defending AFC East champs? It's all relative.

I dunno, a Smith would prevent something like this, but what USC or any college athlete would be benching with a Smith? Too much pride. I'm not a jacked dude, I can only put up 185 for 4 or 5 at most right now. But I NEVER bench without a spot. If for some reason my buddy is busy I'll do dumbbell press or something. Maybe, like I said, I'm not as much as a brah as some people, but I don't have a problem asking for a lift on the beginning rep. Make sure the bar is set over your chest before you negative. I mean, this all sounds basic, but who knows what happened there. Having the bar fall on your throat would mean that it was over his throat when he lifted it, which would have to be when he was either racking or starting a set. I don't understand why USC wouldn't be strict on player safety when lifting serious weight. It's in their best interest as a program. Something is a miss here.

Sure, Sully is professional curmudgeon, but I dunno, I think the questions he asked were completely valid. Lee and Terrell are being wasted. We have a career loser head coach, that punts on 4th and 1 with the game on the line. I understand you're angry. We're all angry. But Sullivan is merely a columnist, you don't have to read him. I thought he was spot on today. I just think you're deflecting your anger at the football team to a writer who (unfortunately) has to cover said team.