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Flying in for Bills games can yield some interesting encounters.

 

Met Jerry Hughes' dad on a flight in from Houston.  It was before his extension, and I told him his son was soon to be a very rich man. 

 

Ran into Cornelius Bennett in Atlanta during a layover.  More precisely I kind of stalked him in the terminal before getting the courage to say hi and introducing him to my son.

 

Met Marv Levy in the Bflo airport when flying home from an opener, and sat across the aisle from him on the Southwest flight into Chicago Midway (yes, he flew Southwest).

 

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It was very cool.   The wife and daughter and I were flying out of Denver last Sunday after a couple of awesome weeks off the grid in Grand Teton and Yellowstone NPs. Fantastic, though I had

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All I read was Japanese wife   Gratz

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was he eating when you met him?     also, who wants a picture with john murphy?

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27 minutes ago, BillnutinHouston said:

Flying in for Bills games can yield some interesting encounters.

 

Met Jerry Hughes' dad on a flight in from Houston.  It was before his extension, and I told him his son was soon to be a very rich man. 

 

Ran into Cornelius Bennett in Atlanta during a layover.  More precisely I kind of stalked him in the terminal before getting the courage to say hi and introducing him to my son.

 

Met Marv Levy in the Bflo airport when flying home from an opener, and sat across the aisle from him on the Southwest flight into Chicago Midway (yes, he flew Southwest).

 

I saw Thurman at the Buffalo airport flying out after he was inducted to the Wall of Fame.  I congratulated him and he said thanks.

 

Been on flights with Christian Laettner a couple times back to Buffalo when he was in school.  Also was on a flight once with Randy Macho Man Savage.

 

Once at JFK Andy Rooney was directly ahead of me in line at one of the news stands  - he almost walked away without his bag but I intervened - he also said Thanks :) 

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I went to the Vikings game as a guest of a Vikings player that my daughter and son-in -law are good friends with.  Sat in the “friends and family” section, and had to keep my excitement low key during the game. The atmosphere in the family lounge after the game was like a funeral waiting for the players to come out. Was a really great experience all the way around. Hope the Vikings make up for it tonight.  Their fans and the stadium experience before, during and after was so much more refined than a Bills game LOL. Didn’t see a drunk until out on the street way after the game was over. 

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Interesting reading the posts of celebrity encounters.

 

I have a hard time reading faces and placing them as famous people. Add a helmet to their head, and my facial recognition declines even further. All these posters saying they met so-and-so, I'm jealous of their celebrity recognition ability.

 

I was in BUF airport the Sunday of a home game. These three very large older dudes with Bills colors come through. People are doing selfies and mugging with them. I had know idea who they were. #$%^&%

 

I'm not totally disabled. I once met Rick Jeaneret by recognizing his voice.

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11 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

It was very cool.

…………...…… And she says, "Oh, my son's on the team." ……………..…….She said Ryan loved Buffalo and that they had connections in the city and to the team.

………………...she said that she was related to Robb Riddick. Brother-in-law, I think she said ...? I was psyched as I remembered him well and had a chance to make up for my idiocy. "He was a running back, right? He was a good player." She just smiled and said thanks.…………...…………You guys probably already know the Robb Riddick thing but as I say, I've been off the grid, and I just thought that was a very cool thing. She said the family went a little nuts when the Bills called to bring Ryan in...………………………………….

Nice story. Thanks. Funny how a year changes a players perspective. It is possible the mom/family you ran into was more excited about Lewis signing with Bills than Lewis may have been. At least last year.https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2017/10/buffalo_bills_attempted_to_sign_new_england_patriots_cb_off_practice_squad.html 

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11 minutes ago, boater said:

I have a hard time reading faces and placing them as famous people. Add a helmet to their head, and my facial recognition declines even further. All these posters saying they met so-and-so, I'm jealous of their celebrity recognition ability.

 

I'm the same way, I'll look and be thinking that they look familiar, but can't remember the name. 

 

Back years ago, when you could still stand in the players parking lot before games, myself and #89 (Cindy for the old timers here) spot this guy and one of the Bills front office personnel walking out of the tunnel and heading towards us, on their way to the Field House. As they pass, we say hi, they say hi back. But neither of us could think of who this guy is. It hits us as they are about halfway to the Field House, it's Chuck Mangione. He was there to play the anthem that day. There was definitely time that if we had recognized him sooner we could have got a picture with him. 

 

Another story, Bills vs Jags in London a few years ago. Part of the hotel/ticket package I bought included a Saturday night get together at a bar in London where some former Bills were to appear, but no names since whoever they booked could change. The then girlfriend, now wife, arrive late and who's there doing a Q&A? Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas. But my wife, having only become a Bills fan the year prior when she met me, doesn't know who it is and asks me if that's Troy Aikman. 

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Good stuff! 

 

The first couple weeks were a good time to be off the grid and sounds like you came back about the right time.

 

I actually sat next to Siran Neal's brother week 2 watching the game.  He's a Jags fan so he showed up late because that was the week the Jags played the Pats.  Good guy.  Said he'd be back and I saw him again on Sunday, but he was sitting in a different part of the bar.

 

Minor thing, but Neal's name is pronounced SiRON, not SiRAN.

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Robb Riddick is the cousin of Will Lewis, who is Ryan's father. Both Robb and Will went to Millersville University in PA. Ryan Lewis went to Pitt, so it looks like that whole family is from Pennsylvania.

 

I think Ryan Lewis has the potential to be our next Jabari Greer...that is, an undrafted free agent CB who can be a solid NFL starter.

 

Yep.  And Tim Lewis is his uncle.  He went to Pitt and was a first round pick of the Packers who had to retire prematurely due to a neck injury.    Louis Riddick is also his cousin.  I believe Ryan Lewis grew up in Seattle though.  His pop worked for the Seahawks.

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Since we are sharing stories, back in 1988 I flew my wife into Dallas/Fort Worth for our company Xmas party

 

I used my points to upgrade her to First Class. She told me that she sat next to this guy wearing white shorts and a golf shirt. She said he was really arrogant to the attendant and was really pissed that my wife didn’t know who he was. 

 

Shes not into sports and is not the type to talk to people on flights, never mind ask them who they are or what they do for a living. 

 

So a few weeks later we are in our local corner store and she points to the cover of the People magazine and says, that’s the ahole on my flight to Dallas. 

 

It it was Andre Agassi when he still had hair, lol.   

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1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

 

I'm the same way, I'll look and be thinking that they look familiar, but can't remember the name. 

 

Back years ago, when you could still stand in the players parking lot before games, myself and #89 (Cindy for the old timers here) spot this guy and one of the Bills front office personnel walking out of the tunnel and heading towards us, on their way to the Field House. As they pass, we say hi, they say hi back. But neither of us could think of who this guy is. It hits us as they are about halfway to the Field House, it's Chuck Mangione. He was there to play the anthem that day. There was definitely time that if we had recognized him sooner we could have got a picture with him. 

 

Another story, Bills vs Jags in London a few years ago. Part of the hotel/ticket package I bought included a Saturday night get together at a bar in London where some former Bills were to appear, but no names since whoever they booked could change. The then girlfriend, now wife, arrive late and who's there doing a Q&A? Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas. But my wife, having only become a Bills fan the year prior when she met me, doesn't know who it is and asks me if that's Troy Aikman. 

Chuck is the man. My cousin was his dentist. 

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