Another Fan Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 My Dad had worked in the area for a while and went to a Bills game or two back in the 80's. Super Bowl 25 was the first football game I remember. Naturally I was rooting for the Bills because my dad was pulling for them as well. Norwood misses the field goal and I cried myself to sleep that night. Yet from an early age I was hooked on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Va beach. Â Redskins stink, Thurman and Bruce were awesome. Â Some good Bills bars in area with all the military stationed here. Edited March 26, 2017 by Ryan L Billz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Born and raised in Northern California and the glory era Bills were the only team on regularly during my impressionable years. Plus, the were damn good. My dad got Directv the first year and while I am no Pinto Kenny, literally never missed a game that I wasn't at sine the mid 90s. Â No ties to Western New York at all. Still live in Nor Cal and this is my 10th year as a season ticket holder. Travel to B-lo multiple times a year and hit a couple roadies too. While the last decade as a season ticket holder has been brutal from a drought standpoint, I wouldn't trade the time and money spent with my Buffalo brethren in the lots of the Ralph for anything in the world. As a 35 year old, I know the taste of winning. Really feel for the following generation that at best knows MCM as the "peak" of their Bills fandom. Â One day, boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Mueller Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) Born and raised in Toronto, Canada... back in the 1960's, television here was dominated by the big three American networks... and the stations available to us were based in Buffalo. We watched the local Buffalo newscasts and always had access to tons of Bills coverage. After Buffalo drafted a certain generational running back from USC... who, despite all that's happened in the intervening years, might just have been the most exciting football player that I have ever seen... my interest in the team really took off. A bit later on, when my friends and I could actually drive down to Orchard Park to see the Chuck Knox era teams play in person... I was completely hooked. The Marv Levy (a former CFL coaching great) Bills teams were just incredible... it's a crime that they didn't win at least one Championship. Granted... it's been a long drought since then... but I'm always ready to believe that the next season is the one where things will start to turn around again. Go Bills! Edited March 27, 2017 by Jamie Mueller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QB Bills Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Best guess? I was a horrible person in a previous life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky finger Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) My Dad had worked in the area for a while and went to a Bills game or two back in the 80's. Super Bowl 25 was the first football game I remember. Naturally I was rooting for the Bills because my dad was pulling for them as well. Norwood misses the field goal and I cried myself to sleep that night. Yet from an early age I was hooked on the team. Most infants cry at night. Edited March 26, 2017 by inaugural balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) ....started following them in 1962....happened to be 70 miles west of Roch-Cha-Cha.......TRANSLATION: "older than dirt"........ Edited March 26, 2017 by OldTimeAFLGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I grew up in Buffalo, but my boys are fans if they want to live in my. House. Just kidding, but I raised them to love the Bills. It's too bad they've never seen a top Bills team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Went to see OJ in 73, life in Southern Ontario saw Buffalo as the news and cultural capital of America growing up in the 70s and 80s. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Born and raised in Northern California, and as a kid I liked teams that were winning. I was actually a Dolphins fan for awhile. Even cheered for the Bengals a little. Â The main reason I became a Bills fan was because of Jim Kelly. I liked him when he was in college. Didn't pay much attention to the USFL, but when he officially became a Bill, I started following the Bills. They still were a bad team, and since there was no such thing as Sunday Ticket, Bills games were never aired in California. Â As the Bills added more and more players, especially Thurman Thomas, I really liked what they were putting together. So they became my team, and I've been cheering for them ever since. Â I still have yet to go to my first game in Buffalo. I've never been there. Yet I have met so many great fans at various road games over the years. Can't wait to go there for a game. Maybe this year? Â GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice_32 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Mom and Dad grew up in Rochester and graduated from Buff State in '79. Soon there after and just before I was born they moved down to FL. Â I was conceived in B-Lo and my dad forced this wretched curse upon me, those are my ties. Go Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCNC Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Never lived in NY but loved watching OJ as a kid so just sort of stuck to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Nails Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Born and raised in Northern California, and as a kid I liked teams that were winning. I was actually a Dolphins fan for awhile. Even cheered for the Bengals a little. Â The main reason I became a Bills fan was because of Jim Kelly. I liked him when he was in college. Didn't pay much attention to the USFL, but when he officially became a Bill, I started following the Bills. They still were a bad team, and since there was no such thing as Sunday Ticket, Bills games were never aired in California. Â As the Bills added more and more players, especially Thurman Thomas, I really liked what they were putting together. So they became my team, and I've been cheering for them ever since. Â I still have yet to go to my first game in Buffalo. I've never been there. Yet I have met so many great fans at various road games over the years. Can't wait to go there for a game. Maybe this year? Â GO BILLS!!! No more excuses, Marky Mark. Make it happen this year. Home opener, dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo ill Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 As a small child, back in the late 80's, I saw a tv guide with all the football logos on the cover. I thought the Bills logo looked cool, so I decided to root for them. That was the "bickering bills" season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 I'm from Erie. In the 70s choices were Steelers or Browns ... ugg and meh. I just couldnt get in to NFL football. But sometimes we got Toronto station and in early 80s saw a commercial by some new hotshot quarterback for the Bills ... name was Jim ... bills were like 3-13 prior year and I thought, "this guy seems confident, and this team has no where to go but up ... maybe they could even go to the Superbowl." I have been an unbending Bills fan since. Â It worked out well when I met a gal from Wilson and met her family ... Bills fans. Married 23 years and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 It's the worst trait I inherited from my father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyToTasker Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 No more excuses, Marky Mark. Make it happen this year. Home opener, dude Yeah, you need to go Mark Vader. It's almost like a religious experience. You need to come visit the promised land. It should be a journey that all Bills fans experience. I try and go to one game a year. My rules: Pick a game early in the season (so, it's guaranteed to be relevant), and pick a team they "should" beat (winning makes it so much better). Last year I went to the 49ers game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 When I was a kid I was sitting at the bar with my dad and saw the Bills playing in the snow against his Patriots. The beat the Patriots and I loved them ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggerdaddynj Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Jersey boy who grew up with OJ as my hero so I adopted the Bills as my team and here I am more than 40 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 ....realistically, my mother made me........SOB......17+ years of misery later....thanks Mom..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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