NoHuddleKelly12 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, RiotAct said: how many times do you think CBS will show the footage of “Wide Right”? My guess is 3. Double it if the game features lead change opportunities for either team based on FG tries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) There were a number of plays in the Jets game where there was a very noticeable, audible crowd reaction suggesting that the play that just happened benefitted the Jets--despite it actually benefitting the Bills. I was impressed with that. It sounded like the game was being played in Buffalo on several occasions. I think we might even get more of that this week against the Giants. Edited September 12, 2019 by Nextmanup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Say When... said: am i the only one that dislikes the use of the word 'mafia' I've spoken out on it multiple times. Don't see the attraction to the name at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I will be there with buddies from college who are Gints fans. They definitely think they are going to get slaughtered, but they’re not worried about too many Bills fans since it’s the home opener. We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Say When... said: am i the only one that dislikes the use of the word 'mafia' in this regard? the "OG" stuff has got to go. now i don't expect us to be Downton Abbey civilized but naming the fan base after a group that was known for organized crime, murder, extortion and whatever else i can think of just makes me think... Raiders fans and i'm not sure that who we want to emulate (after living in Los Angeles for 18 years, i got the FULL experience). don't get me wrong, i got much props and love to our fan base and it gives me chills to see the sea of red/blue, the Mafia thing is just old and tired. Mafia meant braggadocio until the criminals co-opted it. We're actually taking the word back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 17 minutes ago, ddaryl said: I've spoken out on it multiple times. Don't see the attraction to the name at all. I hate the moniker "Bills Mafia". First, it has negative connotations and strikes me as effectively saying "the Bills collection of scumbag fans" and it is a term that I have never actually heard used in WNY among Bills fans. Rather, it is a term placed on Bills fans by others in the national media, which I don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: I hate the moniker "Bills Mafia". First, it has negative connotations and strikes me as effectively saying "the Bills collection of scumbag fans" and it is a term that I have never actually heard used in WNY among Bills fans. Rather, it is a term placed on Bills fans by others in the national media, which I don't like. WHAT? it is used ALL THE TIME lol The Bills Mafia was started on social media for good purposes to raise money for people in need. A noble cause. Idiot table smashers use the term as well, and thats what the national media has picked up on. I personally use and identify with Bills Mafia in an attempt to show the positives of the Bills fans and the Buffalo community at large (see Andy Dalton donations). I use it in an attempt to take back the name from the idiot table smashers. Like it or not, the name for this fan base is without a doubt, here to stay. #BILLSMAFIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 39 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: Good Lord. How much $ do you spend in a single season on Bills football? It's gotta be a lot! No one can question your loyalty! A good amount with everything well over 10k annually. It is my vice. My wife is ok with it because of a deal we made When we first got married. She got a Vacation Home in France and I get to keep my season tickets as I can use as I see fit and see 3-4 other games a year. 79 on Stub Hub 109 on vivid seats 78 on seat Geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 hours ago, StHustle said: Great article Leonard...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: is this how you got married too? all i can say is this, i have guests coming to the first 4 home games, only 1 who has been to the Buffalo for games before 1) Opener..Seahawk fan driving with me from Richmond VA cause the games look so fun 2) Pats game--Pats fan--hes an idiot Pats fan( any other kind) that comes to every home Bills Pats game---likes the games in Buffalo more 3) Dolphin Game..friend who is more college fan..likes the Skins a bit..wants to come to game in Buffalo 4) Eagles Game..Eagles fan driving from Richmond as he wants to go to game in Buffalo... The mafia thing been good to us...been good for actually behavior at the games as well You have some bad taste in friends. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I like the “Bills Mafia” name, can live without the breaking plastic tables, kinda low IQ stuff there, but the world needs ditch diggers too. Go Bills!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 4 hours ago, Say When... said: ... the Mafia thing is just old and tired. I agree 100%, but unfortunately for us, I have a feeling we as a fan base are stuck with it. Doesn’t mean I have to like it though. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herc11 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 2 hours ago, ddaryl said: I've spoken out on it multiple times. Don't see the attraction to the name at all. Perhaps the fact the it gives Bill's fans an identity that is nationally known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Herc11 said: Perhaps the fact the it gives Bill's fans an identity that is nationally known. ...and why is that important to anyone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StHustle Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 1 minute ago, LabattBlue said: ...and why is that important to anyone? We have been a fan base starved of national notoriety. It's one thing to disagree with it being important...it's another to come off like you can't understand how many people do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 hours ago, freddyjj said: Joey Dicarlo "The Al Capone of Buffalo"! Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, StHustle said: We have been a fan base starved of national notoriety. It's one thing to disagree with it being important...it's another to come off like you can't understand how many people do. You are 100% correct. I will never understand why anyone cares what Joe Schmuck in the national media says about the Bills...good or bad. LOL You want national notoriety as a Bills fan...it goes hand in hand with winning. Winning I care about, having someone stroke my Bills fandom from a national perspective, who cares. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Herc11 said: Perhaps the fact the it gives Bill's fans an identity that is nationally known. We are Bills fans... I don't need national attention. I just don't need that sillyness I just want the Bills to win don't need to be in mafia for that Edited September 12, 2019 by ddaryl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Love it!!! I’m sure a lot of fans traveling from Western New York and Southern Ontario to New York again. I’m sure there are tons of Bills fans in and around NYC also!!!! Go Bills!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 3 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: is this how you got married too? all i can say is this, i have guests coming to the first 4 home games, only 1 who has been to the Buffalo for games before 1) Opener..Seahawk fan driving with me from Richmond VA cause the games look so fun 2) Pats game--Pats fan--hes an idiot Pats fan( any other kind) that comes to every home Bills Pats game---likes the games in Buffalo more 3) Dolphin Game..friend who is more college fan..likes the Skins a bit..wants to come to game in Buffalo 4) Eagles Game..Eagles fan driving from Richmond as he wants to go to game in Buffalo... The mafia thing been good to us...been good for actually behavior at the games as well I agree. I like the Bill's Mafia persona, but I do not like being associated with the moms that jump through tables and act like they just had their first beer. This is not representative of true Bills fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Say When... said: now i don't expect us to be Downton Abbey civilized but naming the fan base after a group that was known for organized crime, murder, extortion and whatever else i can think of just makes me think... Raiders fans and i'm not sure that who we want to emulate (after living in Los Angeles for 18 years, i got the FULL experience). Sounds like our fan base We are stuck with it like it or not so why not just ride with it and look at how much good our fan base has done in the last few years with that hash tag attached to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, LabattBlue said: I agree 100%, but unfortunately for us, I have a feeling we as a fan base are stuck with it. Doesn’t mean I have to like it though. I don't mind Mafia. In fact it's cool that the Bills fans have a unique handle that everyone in the media uses. Think about it. #DogPound, #BlackHole, #GangGreen, #BillsMafia. Edited September 12, 2019 by PromoTheRobot 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Noggin Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 7 hours ago, longtimebillsfan said: We are stuck with the name just like we are stuck with the national image of bone heads jumping through flaming folding tables. You poor dear. Pray for us. I don't jump through tables, but I also don't get my undies in a bunch over the whole national perception thing. Just enjoy your team, and enjoy others enjoying the team. It's supposed to be fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Say When... said: you forgot 2/3rds of the defintion, cherry pick much? Ma·fi·a /ˈmäfēə/ Learn to pronounce noun an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioral code. any organized group using extortion and other criminal methods. noun: mafia; plural noun: mafias a closed group of people in a particular field, having a controlling influence. noun: mafia "the conservative top tennis mafia" True but in this case it means the last. Not all three. Is it snowing in Buf already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven-N-Nine Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 8 hours ago, RememberTheRockpile said: Would you would prefer they be the Bills Borg? Resistance if futile ... your tables will be annihilated. How about just Bills fans? Ditch this mafia crap IMO. Not a fan of thuggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I am about to pull the trigger to fly up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 22 hours ago, longtimebillsfan said: I agree. I like the Bill's Mafia persona, but I do not like being associated with the moms that jump through tables and act like they just had their first beer. This is not representative of true Bills fans. How do you know what is representative of real bills fans? We used to bring kegs to war memorial and people were wayyy crazier back then ... The stories that would be told about those old days would sound like fairytales Buffalo has always been rowdy with a party , live atmosphere. We used to bring the party into the stadium Heavy alcohol and Bills have gone hand in hand for 50+ years Edited September 13, 2019 by Buffalo716 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 23 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: I don't mind Mafia. In fact it's cool that the Bills fans have a unique handle that everyone in the media uses. Think about it. #DogPound, #BlackHole, #GangGreen, #BillsMafia. Having work in many locales nationwide, we are recognized as the mafia fans. Almost unanimously positive. I gladly accept their sports comradery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 2:46 PM, Don Otreply said: I like the “Bills Mafia” name, can live without the breaking plastic tables, kinda low IQ stuff there, but the world needs ditch diggers too. Go Bills!!! Awesome Ted Knight reference! 4 hours ago, MAJBobby said: I am about to pull the trigger to fly up I see you working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 4:26 PM, ddaryl said: We are Bills fans... I don't need national attention. I just don't need that sillyness I just want the Bills to win don't need to be in mafia for that There is no “I” in team, Go Bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 9:38 AM, StHustle said: Hundreds? I am guessing thousands. On 9/12/2019 at 2:25 PM, The Wiz said: You have some bad taste in friends. ? Maybe they pay for his drinking..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) On 9/12/2019 at 9:22 AM, Say When... said: am i the only one that dislikes the use of the word 'mafia' in this regard? the "OG" stuff has got to go. now i don't expect us to be Downton Abbey civilized but naming the fan base after a group that was known for organized crime, murder, extortion and whatever else i can think of just makes me think... Raiders fans and i'm not sure that who we want to emulate (after living in Los Angeles for 18 years, i got the FULL experience). don't get me wrong, i got much props and love to our fan base and it gives me chills to see the sea of red/blue, the Mafia thing is just old and tired. You must be fun at parties!! It started organically as a group of people that banded together and wouldn’t be disrespected. It was immediately adopted by the players that represented the Bills (ie Nick Barnett). It turned into charitable endeavors from the most organized fan base in the United States and the envy of all other fan bases. It’s about unity and family. We can criticize and talk bad about our family but those on the outside best not say a word. It has become a powerful recruiting tool for a team and region that, at one time, had a hard time recruiting. The players love it, the fans embrace it and the opponents dread it (but respect it). When we go on the road we don’t go like other traveling fan bases do; we go to takeover. We party together. We tailgate together. We chant together and march into the stadium together. It’s a movement that all Bills fans should embrace because every other fan base wishes that they had what we do. Edited September 14, 2019 by Kirby Jackson 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamSandwhich Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 10:54 AM, Say When... said: you forgot 2/3rds of the defintion, cherry pick much? Ma·fi·a /ˈmäfēə/ Learn to pronounce noun an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioral code. any organized group using extortion and other criminal methods. noun: mafia; plural noun: mafias a closed group of people in a particular field, having a controlling influence. noun: mafia "the conservative top tennis mafia" What if he did? This isn’t a life threatening situation or anything. It goes well with the topic. Lighten up. Now if we’re talking about something that actually matters, then I get your point. Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan1959 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 11 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said: You must be fun at parties!! It started organically as a group of people that banded together and wouldn’t be disrespected. It was immediately adopted by the players that represented the Bills (ie Nick Barnett). It turned into charitable endeavors from the most organized fan base in the United States and the envy of all other fan bases. It’s about unity and family. We can criticize and talk bad about our family but those on the outside best not say a word. It has become a powerful recruiting tool for a team and region that, at one time, had a hard time recruiting. The players love, the fans embrace it and the opponents dread it (but respect it). When we go on the road we don’t go like other traveling fan bases do; we go to takeover. We party together. We tailgate together. We chant together and march into the stadium together. It’s a movement that all Bills fans should embrace because every other fan base wishes that they had what we do. And when you go to tailgate, remember to leave the gun, but, you can take the cannoli... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 It's all in good fun! Especially since the real Mafia was pretty active in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said: It's all in good fun! Especially since the real Mafia was pretty active in Buffalo. Fortunately they do not mind sharing name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, BUFFALOBART said: How unfortunate... I'm with you. The name is idiotic, but if some people insist on carrying the mantle of that sort of stupidity, carry on...... 1 hour ago, BUFFALOBART said: How unfortunate... I'm with you. The name is idiotic, but if some people insist on carrying the mantle of that sort of stupidity, carry on...... Football is not a gentlemans game, it is a gladiator sport, without the death part, fans That enjoy watching violence can not be said to be gentlemen nor gentlewomen, so to pretend to be upset about a monicker such as “the Bills Mafia” is disingenuous to say the least. Go Bills!!! Edited September 14, 2019 by Don Otreply 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Formation Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I get why the term ‘Bills Mafia’ is used and I don’t think it was meant to glorify organized crime but it was done in bad taste. The comradery and charitable aspects that come with it though are nice. I prefer #BillsFam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfanmiami(oh) Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 People that get their panties all in a wad about the phrase billsmafia have too much free time on their hands. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Formation Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Don Otreply said: Football is not a gentlemans game, it is a gladiator sport, without the death part, fans That enjoy watching violence can not be said to be gentlemen nor gentlewomen, so to pretend to be upset about a monicker such as “the Bills Mafia” is disingenuous to say the least. Go Bills!!! Football is a family endeavor. I grew up playing football with my brother and passing the ball with my Dad, it’s a familial thing. I like the #BillsFamily angle more. Who wants to explain what the Mafia is to an adolescent? Seems inappropriate and a great way to screw a kid up mentally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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