PromoTheRobot Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) I was trying to do some research on Bruce Smith's rookie season and came across these hilarious nuggets. Wow, what a piece of work Coach Hank Bullough was! 9/7/86 Jim Kelly's first game for the Buffalo Bills...against the New York Jets, Coach Hank Bullough says he will wait till game time to decide will start at QB. But those 35,000 fans who bought tickets after Kelly signed did not shell out $15 to see Frank Reich.....Bullough says "Jim Kelly is not our savior! He is not going to step on that field and everything is going to change!" 12/23/85 Palm Beach Post....reading this quote I can understand why Smerlas hates the Bills so much. We dumped him right before we got good. Fred Smerlas - "I'd like to go to a hypnotist to forget the whole year. It's been the most unenjoyable year of my whole life, and that's being kind!" 12/9/85 Pittsburgh Post - writer pencil-neck geek John Clayton Hank Bullough - "That play took the sails right out of our wind." Same as it ever was. PTR Edited January 19, 2011 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 what I remember about '85 through at least '87 was what Polian did for us in the draft. He got us 2 number 1s in '85 (Bruce, Derrick Burroughs) 2 number 1s in '86 (Will Wolford, Ronnie Harmon), and even though we had only 1 choice in the first round of the '87 draft (Conlan), through the Bennet trade we got another 1st rounder in here. Granted Harmon didn't play that long for us and Burroughs' career was cut short by injury, but 6 top picks in three years is a good start...just thank god Bill didn't have Modrak on that staff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 $15 tickets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mousetrap08 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 $15 tickets! I remember $15 tickets that was when the regular fan could afford to go to the games and you could even take a cooler in filled with your own beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Man those were the days. Thats when being a Bills fan was enjoyable. I was trying to do some research on Bruce Smith's rookie season and came across these hilarious nuggets. Wow, what a piece of work Coach Hank Bullough was! 9/7/86 12/23/85 Palm Beach Post....reading this quote I can understand why Smerlas hates the Bills so much. We dumped him right before we got good. 12/9/85 Pittsburgh Post - writer pencil-neck geek John Clayton Same as it ever was. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory Bound Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 $15 tickets! I know! What a ripoff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombstone56 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 THE ONLY TIME I EVER BOOED A BILL PLAYER OR COACH ,THE GUY WAS A IDIOT ," YANK HANK ! WERE FULL OF BULLOUGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I remember $15 tickets that was when the regular fan could afford to go to the games and you could even take a cooler in filled with your own beer. Actually, I got tickets for the Pats/Bills game, day after Christmas, for $20 this year, through the UB Alumni association. Given the miserable game, it was a rip-off! But, that is not the norm... I had season tickets from 1979-1988. IIRC, it was about $150 for 1 season ticket (10 gmaes), good, upper deck seats...also remember bringing our own coolers in, with booze (screw drivers- nasty stuff!)in the early 80's...good times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Does anyone else remember the "Stupor Bowl Shuffle"? It was a Bills-related spoof on the Bears' super bowl shuffle that appeared in the Rochester D&C in '85. Wondering if there's a transcript anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Even with the poor record this year, those 84-85 seasons just felt so much more hopeless and painful. The bills just felt like they were never going to have a winning season. as a franchise goes, we were very fortunate to find another franchise QB in Jim Kelly so quickly after Joe Ferguson faded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Number 76 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 ....reading this quote I can understand why Smerlas hates the Bills so much. We dumped him right before we got good. He was offsides too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 He was offsides too often. I always wondered what your name was about lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) He was offsides too often. Coming from you…ROFL! It's an exaggeration but it does seem like he was good for at least one of those every game. Then after the official made the call, he would always get all huffy and puffy…as if somehow the officials had filagged the wrong guy yet again…like he was wrongly persecuted on a regular basis. It was actually kind of funny, if a bit maddening. Edited January 21, 2011 by San Jose Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 I remember $15 tickets that was when the regular fan could afford to go to the games and you could even take a cooler in filled with your own beer. They only want millionaires buying tickets now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I was trying to do some research on Bruce Smith's rookie season and came across these hilarious nuggets. Wow, what a piece of work Coach Hank Bullough was! 9/7/86 "Bruce Smith may have more of an impact on this game than Jim Kelly, of whom Coach Hank Bullough says "Jim Kelly is not our savior. He's not going to step on that field and everything is going to change, everything's over, now we're going to start winning" After reading that I had to look it up. In fact, Bullough was right about not winning, Bills managed to lose to the Jets 28-24. Kelly had a strong game, 20-33 for 292 yds, 3 TD, no interceptions. Bills fumbled 3 times and lost it twice. (Is this sounding familiar?) I'm not sure what impact Bruce had on the game. But what a freakin' wet blanket of a coach! I much prefer Gailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts