Any other Long Suffering Bills fans just feel great about sticking with the team?

[Hapless Bills Fan]

9 hours ago, JMF2006 said:

My low point was when they hired Wrex.

I called my ticket rep and tried to cancel right then he wouldn't let me so I cancelled the next year.

He said are you out of your mind besides losing your seniority Wrex is just what this team needs.

I laughed and said when he gets fired after 2 or three years I will be back.

I just knew McD and Beane were the right guys at the right time and from the depths of despair rose renewed hope

That POS Wrex cost me 15yrs of seniority  

 

Ha!  After the 2nd game with Rex as HC was when I changed my screen name from "Hopeful" to "Hapless"

[BobbyC81]

9 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

I am beyond happy about the season but not being a Bills fan was never an option. 

Same here, and I became a fan for the 1970 season.  Shaw to Briscoe and Moses.  
 

I stuck with the Golden State Warriors for 35 years before finally experiencing a championship.

 

I’ve stuck with the Oakland A’s who’ve now gone 30 years since the 1989 Series win, which I wasn’t able to fully enjoy due to the earthquake.

 

Then there’s the NHL.  Fan of both the Sabres and the San Jose Sharks since their inaugural seasons. That’s 48 seasons for the Sabres and 27 seasons  for the Sharks with no Stanley Cups.  In case you think my math was wrong, remember that the 2004-05 season was cancelled so technically next season will be the Sabres 50th.

[Augie]

7 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

This is where I am.  I am so happy!  Beyond thrilled right now. 

 

But not being a Bills fan was never an option.  As it's said it's in my DNA

 

Scientists are working on this night and day. No telling when a cure might be available. I’m passing on the vaccine. I’m good being part crazy! 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 minute ago, Augie said:

Scientists are working on this night and day. No telling when a cure might be available. I’m passing on the vaccine. I’m good being part crazy! 

 

You know, tying threads together,  Billy Joel "You May Be Right" would be a pretty cool Bills anthem if one could replace the bedford-sty reference.

"you may be right...I may be crazy ....but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for"

 

Maybe not rock-y enough for a rally song

[Dr.Sack]

I have been tuning in since the late 80s & I haven’t tuned out. This team is special. I know Allen is far from a finished product but he seems to have the talent to create magic in the postseason if he can dial it down and take what the defense gives him.

[BillnutinHouston]

13 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

As a Buffalonian I could never bail on my buffalo bills

 

Agree, for me I couldn't even envision having a conscious choice about this.  Being a Bills fan is in my DNA.

[nucci]

You're always a Bills fan...

[JMF2006]

1 hour ago, nucci said:

You're always a Bills fan...

 

I never quit being a fan but I wasn't paying to watch that buffoon destroy a team that was on the rise at the time 

 

I guess everything happens for a reason and we got the duo of McBeane out of it  

[finn]

I'm one of those here who were born into the Bills and never considered another team, never even considered considering. I remember OJ stuffing the snowball into the camera in tribute to the fans sitting in their warm living rooms. Been some hard times since then, a lot of shouting at the TV and long periods of mourning. The only time I was truly disgusted was during the Rex Ryan. I could stomach the incompetence--god knows we're used to that--but that blowhard personality... That was not Buffalo and not the Bills. This team does feel right. I'll take the winning, too! ?

[Dan Darragh]

First Bills game I ever watched on TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_American_Football_League_Championship_Game

 

I should have learned my lesson right away but instead I'm still there in front of the TV 53 years later

[klos63]

17 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said:

 

 

I jumped off my couch and yelled "suck it Collinsworth!"

I cheered for the Bills.

[Canadian Bills Fan]

4 minutes ago, klos63 said:

I cheered for the Bills.

 

 

As did I, by telling Collinsworth to suck it

[Albwan]

The announcing cheerleaders did suck an egg that night.

Will they be ball washing the pats Saturday?

Edited December 17, 2019 by Albwan

[wagon127]

I became a season ticket holder in 2007, gave them up after the 2010 season. Still went to several games a year, just not all of the them. Currently i have had seasons since 2015.

 

Its crazy to think how in 2007, how much i dreamed what it would be like: to be relevant, to win on national tv, to find out what its like to be in the playoffs. Even in 2007, the 1999 season seemed so long ago. Here we are, going back to the playoffs for the 2nd time in 3 years. This year, we have 3 weeks before the playoffs even start, and we are already in. And we have already won 2 national tv games.

[Success]

That’s what fandom is about.  The more I hung in there over the years, the more determined I became to hang in there.

 

And it’s a real bond with other Bills fans.  Sure, some fan bases have had a similar experience - but not many.  Doesn’t matter where I am in the world - if I see someone with a Bills hat or shirt, it’s like they’re family.

 

I have no envy at all for the average millennial Patriots fan.  You’ve gotta go through some tough times to really appreciate the good ones.  They’ll never have that.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Wait you mean I could have bailed on this S*****y team? 

[benderbender]

On 12/16/2019 at 3:54 PM, cage said:

I grew up in Buffalo/Tonawanda in the '70s and have been a lifelong fan!  I live in Virginia and have been with my wife for 15 years.  They've never had a good season the whole time she's known me.  She finally asked me a few years ago.... why don't you just choose a new team?  Obviously that's not in the cards and yesterday was vindication!  I'm so happy that they won their way in on the first opportunity rather than backing in through other team's losses.  Onward!

I’m so with you brother. I live in VA but grew up in Rochester. For so many years I’ve had to break out the “okay so if we win out and 6 other teams lose, we might make the playoffs” scenarios. This year she said “so...who has to lose so the Bills get in?” and I just hugged her. Btw I couldn’t help but be proud of the Mafia in Richmond and Norfolk on Sunday Night. 

[Happy]

Been a fan since I was a little kid and never thought about leaving.  Just some years during the drought it was tough to be excited about football.

[Stallions]

On 12/16/2019 at 2:39 PM, longtimebillsfan said:

My first memories of the Bills go back to the 1963 season.  I have been around a long time, and never even considered not being a Bills fan.

 

During the 21st century it has been so difficult to accept the consistently bad teams that this organization has put on the field.

 

New ownership, new gm, new coach...It is great to be a Bills fan again.

 

We are relevant!

 

Yes - finally relevant again.  I went with my Dad to a 1960 game.  I got hooked on the Bills since that day!

[billsfan_34]

I never felt bad about sticking with the Bills, just a little emotional turmoil from time to time ?

[Mr. WEO]

On 12/16/2019 at 2:29 PM, billsfan89 said:

 

 

Finally in 2019 they do what we all wanted them to do and rebuilt the O-line, they added a lot of skill position players around a young QB (giving a QB a chance)

 

 

About all that.......

[longtimebillsfan]

24 minutes ago, Stallions said:

Yes - finally relevant again.  I went with my Dad to a 1960 game.  I got hooked on the Bills since that day!

The old rock pile.  That brings back so many memories. It was a dumb, but to a kid seeing his first live game, it looked ***** the Taj Mahal.

[Passepartout]

1960 Game as being a kid back in those ages. Wish I could do just that with a time machine!

[Spiderweb]

On 12/16/2019 at 2:31 PM, thenorthremembers said:

I am beyond happy about the season but not being a Bills fan was never an option. 

Well said. Same here since as a young boy I cried when KC beat the Bills for the 1966 AFL Championship. Bills fan for life.

[njbuff]

I became a Bills fan in 1982, just in time to witness the worst stretch of football in team history, highlighted by a GRAND TOTAL of 8 wins from 1984 to 1986.

 

If I remained a fan after 1985 after 2 consecutive 2 win seasons, then I would NEVER change teams ever again, because it never looked bleaker to be a fan of this team right after 1985.

 

But I stuck around and 34 years later, here I am. ?

[thenorthremembers]

6 hours ago, Spiderweb said:

Well said. Same here since as a young boy I cried when KC beat the Bills for the 1966 AFL Championship. Bills fan for life.

I knew early on the depth of my love for the team.  I dont know how old I was, 5 maybe 6, 1988 or 1989.   I watched every Sunday with my Dad.   One particular Sunday I asked my Dad how long he had been a Bills fan, and I vividly remember him saying "Oh buddy, I am not a Bills fan, I am a Raiders fan."   I felt so betrayed!   But I stayed with the Bills.   When 51-3 happened I remember our phone ringing after every score, it was my Dad's buddies calling to give him crap.  I loved my Dad dearly, my hero for sure.  But that day I was one of his Bill's fan buddies giving him hell for being on the wrong side.

 

29 years, and six kids later, I have a family full of Bills fans who sit and watch with me every Sunday, win or lose.  The Bills come up every Friday on my way to drop my children off at school.   My 14 year old daughter tells me her friends at school ask her how she knows so much about football.  She tells them, I come from a Bills family.   Sundays in my house are filled with high fives, great food, and lots of love- Our Buffalo Bills are a huge part of that.  I only wish my Dad were here to watch Bills and Raiders with us next year.

 

The thing is, the Bills arent just a football team, they are part of my family memories.   Giving up on the Bills would feel like turning your back on family.   You dont do it.

[Fleezoid]

 

I've been a fan since the mid 70s.

 

When I was a kid, if the games weren't on TV, I would turn on the radio broadcast and manage my own "Game Tracker" using my electric football game. 

 

When I was about 14, I had a buddy who's grandfather ran one of the concessions. I went to help out on several occasions. I'll never forget the first game I worked. I'd never been to a game before and we got there about 9 am, picked up some supplies and got into the main concourse on our way to the stand. I just had to see the field, so I turned up one of the tunnels and when the field came into full view, I just stood and stared. Got chills, it was awesome. Our job was mostly just making the hot dogs, which were done ahead of time during each half, so we got to see most of the games.

 

Like many have said here, we're not just fans,....The Bills become part of you.

[Call_Of_Ktulu]

I’m just glad Russ Brandon is gone, I think he had major pull on draft day and when hiring coaches. The list of idiots is way too long to list but Rex, Whaley, and Marone are just a few.

[danc]

The only time I would have considered not being a fan would have been if that POS Bon Jovi had bought the Bills and moved them .

[CLTbills]

On 12/16/2019 at 2:31 PM, Joe in Winslow said:

When Josh threw the TD pass to Kroft, I jumped off the couch and yelled "MY FAITH HAS BEEN REWARDED!"

 

So yeah, I'm glad I stuck with it. There was a point in Tuhrod's second season where I briefly considered jumping ship. But I'm glad I held out.

 

While "jumping ship" was never an option - I've been a Bills fan since March 4th, 1990 (the day I was born) and will be until the day I die.

 

But the Rex years were difficult.... embarrassing. I at least wasn't as open to others about the fact that I was a Bills fan. 

So glad that circus left town!

[foreboding]

I never really had a choice. Switching is just not possible.

[Jay_Fixit]

I’m a fan of one team. That will never change. So nah. I feel like I’ve always felt.

[Jerome007]

I have had this nice warm and fuzzy Bills winter coat for at least 15 years. It's my main coat, still holds up very well, almost looks like new from the back, Bills logo still sparkling. Indonesia (!) makes great winter coats... (Yes it was made there, NFL needs all the money it can get right?)

 

Point is, as it's a winter coat, when I usually start wearing it the Bills are eliminated. So no doubt there is a different feel this year... and I like it!

[bills and clippers fan]

On 12/16/2019 at 12:11 PM, billsfan89 said:

 

I don't know how you could look at the Tyrod years and think of jumping ship. Compared to the JP Losman, Fitz, Trent Edwards, and post 2002 first half Bledsoe Tyrod was the best QB of the bunch and had produced a winning record. I get not liking Tyrod but he was far from the bottom of the pack. 

I actually liked Taylor.  Im pretty sure in Baltimore, he would be doing all right.  (Not taking anything from Lamar).  Where he lacked in accuracy, he made up with his legs. And he took us to the playoffs.  That's huge.  Tyrod haters cant deny that.  Who was the qb at that time?  Even if they're biting their teeth, the answer is Tyrod Taylor.

13 hours ago, Spiderweb said:

Well said. Same here since as a young boy I cried when KC beat the Bills for the 1966 AFL Championship. Bills fan for life.

This was me after the wide right kick.  It's okay for chump little kids to cry for this.  I wouldn't cry if they had a wide left or something.  

[Billsatlastin2018]

For lifelong Bills fans, Lou Saban (60s), Marv Levy (80s-90s) & Son of Bum (1998- 2000) are the Gold Standards of HCs.

 

As an ex Season Ticket holder, I joined up the first time, during the Kay Stephenson disaster (10-26- .277) ?? But the newness of being one & a Bills fan, was fun, so I didn’t care.

 

Then, the Glory Years! ??Oh my! Sealed my fan following forever! 
 

And then... Son of Bum left, because... well that twang and being unable to communicate properly, became an issue. And the Flutie- Johnson debacle in Tennessee!

 

And then? The number of incompetent stiffs, buffoons and clowns that followed was both humorous and frightening! There was, in order:

 

1) Gregg Williams (17-31-354)

2) Mularkey (14-18-.438)

3) Dick Moron (24-33-.421)

4) Gailey (16-32-.333)

5) Marrone (15-17-.469)

6) Rex Ryan & his Clown Brother (15-16-.484)

 

I wish I could point to just ONE “4th. & stupid” decision, during this colossal, disastrous, endless Reign of Error! But there were dozens of course. Early on, Bills punting from the 38 with 6 minutes to go, down 2 scores!! These were ALL horrible choices, afraid if their own shadows and concerned with losing by more, rather than winning! 
 

I talked to someone, at a winery the other day, who gave up his Season Tix during the same Dick Moron era that I cashed in finally. By then, I spent my Sunday afternoons at the Stadium, screaming at the inept performance of the Home team, as ALL my fellow Season Tix holders in my section- were! When the high point of an NFL game, is the tailgate, it’s time to go!

 

NOT to no longer being a fan- ever! But simply, not financially rewarding a clueless franchise until it gets it right again. And that’s the beauty. If you were a Bills fan in the Glory Years, hell even in the heydays of the Saban era- you know greatness! And, if you watched miserable buffoonery from the list above and others, you are able to properly calibrate your response! 
 

So today, I am encouraged again. McD seems like a REAL HC again and his GM, has begun to amass a strong, maybe a very strong Playoff and SB contender.

 

Moral? NEVER get fooled again and call them, as we see them- criticizing stupidity, but applauding wisdom and top performance.

 

Go Bills Again!

 

(And kick the Cheatriots to the curb, manana!)