qwksilver Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was also delivery the Buffalo news. I was also reading the front page of the sports section and day dreaming about what I'd do with all that money! If my memory is correct it was like 1 million per year for 5 years? A pittance for a HOF QB in his prime now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thurst44 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It was my summer before high school, and the only one where I went to camp. We were on day two of a five day hike to the Delaware Water Gap, and while I love hiking now, at that point I was barely 5 feet tall and well over 150 lbs, so on the first day I was struggling (to the point of wanting to go home. However, the next day I settled into it and while one group went way ahead and the other lagged behind, I enjoyed my solitude listening on my Walkman to what my memory recalls as the FAN, but since the station didn't adopt that format until the next year, it must have just some sort of sports radio out of NYC. They were announcing upcoming guest Nuu Faaola when they broke in with the news of Kelly's contract and I did my pudgy 13-year-old version of a touchdown dance in the middle of a New Jersey forest. This was my first day with any sort of outside signal in weeks, so I had no idea it was even close, and it made me long even more for the end of camp when I could finally elate in this potential new era with the fellow Bills fans in my family (they are from Buffalo, but I was born and grew up in NYC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 The entire week or three that preceded Kelly signing, I was cutting out newspaper articles related to the demise of the USFL and probability of Jim Kelly coming to WNY. At the time Kelly and Flutie were both QBs for the NJ Generals. I had them all taped into a scrapbook. There was a real sense of something historic (related to Buffalo anyway) was about to happen.I should go look and see if I still have them! I wish I still had that optimism. This franchise has worn me out. I am a fan for life, with a chip on my shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 100% true story: I was at UNC in my dorm room, freshman year, and when this was reported on ESPN I turned to my roommate and said, "the Bills will be in the Super Bowl within four years." I was one year off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 The entire week or three that preceded Kelly signing, I was cutting out newspaper articles related to the demise of the USFL and probability of Jim Kelly coming to WNY. At the time Kelly and Flutie were both QBs for the NJ Generals. I had them all taped into a scrapbook. There was a real sense of something historic (related to Buffalo anyway) was about to happen.I should go look and see if I still have them! I wish I still had that optimism. This franchise has worn me out. I am a fan for life, with a chip on my shoulder. Rockpile, thanks for the share. Although I didn't do a scrapbook, I do remember & followed the folding of the USFL. I was like a shark in the water because I knew that when that league folded, Kelly would be ours! I also knew, it was a gut-feeling thing, that once we signed him, he'd find himself loving the city and people of western NY. Not trying to come across like some Nostradomas, but being from WNY, I was pretty sure of that. I agree, the franchise can be tiring. I try to be positive at the start of each season. But these past 16 years have been rediculas. Anyway, I enjoyed the recollection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I remember it like it was yesterday I was with my future wife at a campground in Bar Harbor, Maine. I came back to our tent hooting and hollering.................she couldn't understand why I was so happy..... I think that she had second thoughts regarding me (for a while) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was in college and someone told me because I was wearing a Bills cap and I told informant he was pulling my leg for MJ (Miami Jim) said he'd never play for Buffalo and went to play for USFL. No TV except in lounge and did not pay attention to sports during off season so did not know USFL folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crowing Rooster Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was working a 12 hour shift on a assembly line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacarri and coke Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was 7 and driving with my uncle in his brown 1982 crystler LeBaron.He looked at me and said "the Bills are going to be pretty good this year they got Jim Kelly".I had no idea who he was...not Jim Kelly but the guy driving he gave me candy and picked me up from school stating he was my uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26TrapDraw Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was 13 and just finished counting my 3 pubes and realized one of em was my Weiner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was 5...Ace Mcloud and the Centurions were having this amazing battle outside against Doc Terror and Hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwater cadet Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was banging cocktail waitress two at a time, and then Moe Green came and slapped me around in public, because players couldn't get a drink at the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 i was nine years old and had no idea who Jim Kelly was but I sure as hell wanted a Nintendo What a coincidence, dev. Now you'll be able to go watch Bills games at the N.E.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transient Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was 12. I have absolutely no recollection of what I was doing. I may have been hatching a plot for world domination that day, or I may have been playing in mud. Come to think of it, I may have been hatching a plot for world domination WHILE playing in mud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I remember he shared a condo with Greg Bell in E.Amherst. As total teenage delinquents, we'd steal champagne and Coors Light from their garage. Jim was giving back to the community as soon as he arrived lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was about 4 months old...probably napping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissythecat Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I was 7 and driving with my uncle in his brown 1982 crystler LeBaron.He looked at me and said "the Bills are going to be pretty good this year they got Jim Kelly".I had no idea who he was...not Jim Kelly but the guy driving he gave me candy and picked me up from school stating he was my uncle. Thats a pretty creepy story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 I remember he shared a condo with Greg Bell in E.Amherst. As total teenage delinquents, we'd steal champagne and Coors Light from their garage. Jim was giving back to the community as soon as he arrived lol. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaadThingsMan Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I remember he shared a condo with Greg Bell in E.Amherst. As total teenage delinquents, we'd steal champagne and Coors Light from their garage. Jim was giving back to the community as soon as he arrived lol.nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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