Roc Bronson Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Dec-1988 last game of the season, Bills vs the Indianapolis Colts if I'm remembering correctly the final score was 17-14 Colts. My fanhood started on a losing day and it seem it's been that way since. That was the day I became a Bills fan Dec 1988 Bills vs Colts at Hoosier stadium. I'm not from Buffalo, and I only visit the city once in my life, but I not only root for the Bills I root for the city of B-LO. At the end of the day it's pure love, being born and raised in VA what else could it be, if or when this team leave Buffalo I will no longer follow the NFL it's Buffalo Bills for life. DieHard til death!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The Bills were assigned to me at birth. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Dec-1988 last game of the season, Bills vs the Indianapolis Colts if I'm remembering correctly the final score was 17-14 Colts. My fanhood started on a losing day and it seem it's been that way since. That was the day I became a Bills fan Dec 1988 Bills vs Colts at Hoosier stadium. I'm not from Buffalo, and I only visit the city once in my life, but I not only root for the Bills I root for the city of B-LO. At the end of the day it's pure love, being born and raised in VA what else could it be, if or when this team leave Buffalo I will no longer follow the NFL it's Buffalo Bills for life. DieHard til death!!!! I was at that game and living in Indy it was not easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smears Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Been a fan my whole life. I will sink or swim with this team. My brother was cremated wearing a Bills t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGUNBILLS Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I tried to leave three years ago, but like a moth to the flame, I couldn't sever the tie that binds me so tightly. I wasn't always a Bills fan, even though I was born and raised in Upstate New York. Jim Kelly didn't even want to play in Buffalo. The team would struggle for two or three wins a season. Then Kelly decided to show up to play, and the persona of the team seemed to change over night. I started watching them and haven't looked away since. When I graduated from H.S., I joined the Coast Guard. Moved away from N.Y. It always made me feel close to home when watching the Bills on MNF (when we played there regularly against Dolphin Dan) especially when it was snowing. Looking back, those were good times. I hope they come back to Buffalo soon. What I wouldn't give to see the Great FANS of Buffalo storming the field after a playoff win (preferably against N.E. but any team will do) and tearing the upright down. Just imagining it makes me feel twenty years younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I've been a fan...a die-hard fan since I was 5 years old...That was over 40 years ago... I'm loyal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMan Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Grew up a few blocks from the rock pile. My wife asks me these days, "why do you do this to yourself ?!" I don't have a good answer. After The steelers game I feel like trying to quit again.. That was pathetic. But oh would I love to have a great Bills team again ! Edited November 12, 2013 by SoulMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedWilliamsFrozenHead Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Never give up! Never surrender! Edited November 12, 2013 by NASCAR Hater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodlearm Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I wish more of the fans were around when the Bills won back to back AFL championships. That was a big deal. The AFL was superior more modern football, many more black athletes and a far advanced passing game compared to the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 My father was one of the original founders of the Buffalo Bills Boosters Club, Inc. In my avatar I am wearing his 1961-62 Boosters coat, with the Buffalo Bill Cody logo. I met Tom Day when I was eleven and shook his hand. I grew up with the AFL. As others have said "it is in my blood". Yesterday I felt cursed. \ I will get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 If I could simply stop and pick another team I would, but I'm not that kind of person. However, I can care less and as the years go by I do. Sundays are more about my kids now than about football -- far more upside and far fewer disappointments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billfan63 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) sitting on my porch in 1964 on Rohr street listen to a transistor radio as the Bills beat the Chargers in the rock pile. I can still hear the roar rumbling down Northhampton when Stratton laid the wood to Keith Lincoln. That kinda hooks you Edited November 12, 2013 by billfan63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playoff Bound Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I was born in Rochester. My family moved to San Diego in 1960, when I was five. I remember them taking us to see the San Diego Chargers play the Bills in old Balboa Stadium each season when the Bills came west. You could go to the game for $1 if you had a Huddle Club card. I guess my roots are in upstate New York even though I hardly lived there. I have followed the Bills since the 60's. I do root for the Chargers but believe they are almost as disfunctional. My heart is with the Bills and it always will be, but it isn't easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkgobills Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Parents both from Buffalo, I was raised in Rochester. I honestly can't remember a time when I wasn't a fan. Lucky enough to go to a lot of games in the late 80's and early 90's with my Dad. Moved to NC after college and would find a bar to watch games (later Direct TV Ticket), and would break down the game each week with my Dad. Bills Fanhood has its' bonds. When my Dad was dying of cancer he told me that he "wished he had enough time to see the Bills win one Superbowl". I told him that "none of us have enough time to see them win a Superbowl". I told that story during the eulogy at his funeral, and it brought laughter from all attending (a church of mostly Bills Fans). Fanhood isn't logical, it's emotional. For if it was logical, most of us would root for an organization that was better run and was deserving of our passion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 To answer your question: because that's just the way it is. Forever and ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks. There are some great stories in this thread. While the Bills may be disappointing their fans are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Strange thread. A fan is a fan or he/she is not one. Any "fan" who adjusts based on the wind isn't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 sitting on my porch in 1964 on Rohr street listen to a transistor radio as the Bills beat the Chargers in the rock pile. I can still hear the roar rumbling down Northhampton when Stratton laid the wood to Keith Lincoln. That kinda hooks you Archie Matsos laid some wood as well. And Cookie broke some. My worst memories were Dangerous Dan McGrew's regular hikes over the punter's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The same reason I still live in WNY. Someday we are gonna turn this thing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLawless Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 That's how I feel. I couldn't change even if I wanted to. Yea I'm in that boat as well. I started watching the bills with my dad when I was 6 in '91 and had some of the best times of my life growing up and watching the games. I love this franchise and make the 5 hour trip to the Ralph at least 3 times a year. Our good days are coming. The sweet ain't as sweet, without the bitter baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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