Phil Hansen Forever Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Sitting in my living room in Great Falls, MT, serving up a Buffalo Wings feast to a bunch of Air Force Bills Fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzer32 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Piss drunk in the upper deck with a bunch of friends. Aside from the game, we were also watching some poor Houston sap trying to get his Oilers hat back from a bunch of rabid, drunk Bills fans. What a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I was in NYC. Made a beer run at the half to drown my sorrows. Listening to the game on the way home, the game began to turn...then I got drunk to celebrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Is this the bi-annual creation of this thread? I swear I've seen this exact same thread like 4 times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Is this the bi-annual creation of this thread? I swear I've seen this exact same thread like 4 times before. 295871[/snapback] You are friggin God, You've seen everything like 4 times before haven't You? Sounds like maybe God had a little money bet on the oilers that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Is this the bi-annual creation of this thread? I swear I've seen this exact same thread like 4 times before. 295871[/snapback] sounds like one of the FQFC's (4th Quarter Fence Climbers) for a worn out thread (or a rethread as I like to call 'em), 4 pages is pretty good. I probably posted a reply to all 4 of those threads, Dear Lord. For some of us, it's like talking about your first sample of tang. It never gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheManTheMythTheLegend Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Listening on a radio in my living room. The only reason I didn't turn it off is because i honestly had nothing better to do. So i listened to the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Listening on a radio in my living room. The only reason I didn't turn it off is because i honestly had nothing better to do. So i listened to the whole thing. 296040[/snapback] you are TheManTheMythTheLegend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I was in the basement of the Comfort Inn in Niagara Falls. They had a dish and if you knew someone you could get in to see the blackout games. I remember telling my girlfriend at the time during halftime that the Bills had zero chance of coming back. The pick and TD to start the 2nd half seemed to cement my prediction. It was the happiest crow I've ever eaten. Two things I'll never forget about that game: Van's call of "The Bills are back in it now, big time!" and the guy that held up the "I don't hear any fat lady singing" sign. Until we win one, that day was our Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Until we win one, that day was our Super Bowl. 296068[/snapback] If I live to be 100 that will still be the greatest game I ever saw. Even if (when) we DO win the Super Bowl it won't have the magic that day had. For the record, I was 23 and watching it with my dad at the old Coach's on Route 31 in Macedon, outside what was then the blackout line. When 90% of the crowd left after McDowell's pick, we moved up and sat right in front of the big screen. I can honestly say that the thought of leaving didn't cross my mind. The thought of winning didn't exactly cross my mind either, but hey: my team, win or lose. Half an hour later the place was jampacked again and we had the best seats in the house. I never hugged so many complete strangers in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFaninNC Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 How is some stupid ticket stub proof that you were there?With all that photo software and MacIntosh crap you you own, I don't doubt that you print your own Comeback game stubs and sell them on Ebay. As for the Frank Reich autograph - who would know? I hear some of your bogus stubs were signed Frank "the 3rd" Reich and had a little silver sharpie swastika instead of the usual "# 14" thingy. 295741[/snapback] Frank would NEVER sign anything "the 3rd." Not his nature. He does sign every autograph with his number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Section M6 row 10 seat 111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRT88 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I was in the stands on the Houston sideline, 12th row, right around the scoreboard end goalline. The Bills ended up scoriung 4 TD's in front of us! My father bitched and whined all morning that the game wasn't going to be on TV so finally I said get your things, we'll go. We went up and bought tickets from some guy. I remember because he tried to switch tickets on me and give me something in the upper deck. I truly wanted to leave at halftime but dad talked me out it! Good thing because I would never have lived it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackur Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I was sick of my stomach and I decided to go out and pass some football in the snow......I came back in and was blown away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 sounds like one of the FQFC's (4th Quarter Fence Climbers) for a worn out thread (or a rethread as I like to call 'em), 4 pages is pretty good. I probably posted a reply to all 4 of those threads, Dear Lord. For some of us, it's like talking about your first sample of tang. It never gets old. 296038[/snapback] This thread has been around before no doubt. But new folks sign up all the time. The funny thing is that NOBODY has ever admitted to leaving the game even though half of the stadium left after the second quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 This thread has been around before no doubt. But new folks sign up all the time. The funny thing is that NOBODY has ever admitted to leaving the game even though half of the stadium left after the second quarter. 297167[/snapback] yeah, you're right. allot of sleepless souls out there when this thread comes up. me, I sleep pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 "We scored once, then again, then again and suddenly Rich stadium turned into Woodstock and the summer of love (without the nudity or brown acid!). Strangers were deeply embracing like long lost friends. High fives were had up and down rows. Nobody would sit and nobody would yell at you to sit down. To this day I have never experienced anything like the emotions I felt that magical day. Even when the game went to OT there was no doubt that our Bills were going to prevail. I remeber the OT interception like it was yesterday. When Christy came on to kick the game winning fg it was euphoria like you can not imagine. Stunned excitement was what it felt like to me." When it went to OT, I knew there was no way they would be denied. You could feel it even before that point too. The 4th down TD to Reed to make it 35-31 was when I just knew that something extraordinary was going to happen. The feeling in the stadium after the kick in OT was unlike anything I've ever experienced at a sporting event. The stands were by no means full (especially in the upper deck) and people were running up and down high fiving everyone and jumping over seats to get to friends. I started spotting people I knew all over and place and most had smuggled in booze of some sort and a party pretty much started up. I think we lingered there for a while- maybe an hour? Everyone refusing to leave just to make certain that what happened was indeed real. Surreal is the only way to describe it. There was a feeling of euphoria hanging over the stadium, everyone was drunk and giddy. The only way we can recapture that would be a Super Bowl win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 "We scored once, then again, then again and suddenly Rich stadium turned into Woodstock and the summer of love (without the nudity or brown acid!). Strangers were deeply embracing like long lost friends. High fives were had up and down rows. Nobody would sit and nobody would yell at you to sit down. To this day I have never experienced anything like the emotions I felt that magical day. Even when the game went to OT there was no doubt that our Bills were going to prevail. I remeber the OT interception like it was yesterday. When Christy came on to kick the game winning fg it was euphoria like you can not imagine. Stunned excitement was what it felt like to me."When it went to OT, I knew there was no way they would be denied. You could feel it even before that point too. The 4th down TD to Reed to make it 35-31 was when I just knew that something extraordinary was going to happen. The feeling in the stadium after the kick in OT was unlike anything I've ever experienced at a sporting event. The stands were by no means full (especially in the upper deck) and people were running up and down high fiving everyone and jumping over seats to get to friends. I started spotting people I knew all over and place and most had smuggled in booze of some sort and a party pretty much started up. I think we lingered there for a while- maybe an hour? Everyone refusing to leave just to make certain that what happened was indeed real. Surreal is the only way to describe it. There was a feeling of euphoria hanging over the stadium, everyone was drunk and giddy. The only way we can recapture that would be a Super Bowl win. 297505[/snapback] very descriptive! reminds me, remember a few years ago BB.com had a contest for the best Comeback Game essay? well, i was the winner of the VIP passes to training camp. I couldn't go, but my brother took his son. anyway, your description looks allot like what I wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Uno's - Lower Level - Galleria Mall They had a Sattelite dish and put the game on since it was not broadcast on cable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I was at the game. On the way there, a light came on in my car that said Oil/Choke. It came on again on the way home, and we had a good laugh about it. I never doubted we'd win at any point- look at the Denver game on both sides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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