notwoz Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 An interesting look at the most loyal fanbase in the NFL https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/bills-mafia-fans-coronavirus/ 4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I was surprised when I opened the paper! A big happy family 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 A happy surprise to get to read this in the paper this morning. Tomorrow would have been a fun day to eat wings and beef on weck at Jimmy's Olde Town Tavern in Herndon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, BisonMan said: A happy surprise to get to read this in the paper this morning. Tomorrow would have been a fun day to eat wings and beef on weck at Jimmy's Olde Town Tavern in Herndon. they’re open, aren’t they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, RiotAct said: they’re open, aren’t they? I don't actually know but I'm not getting into a room with a bunch of screaming Bills Mafia under the current conditions. My guess is that, if they are open, there is very limited seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: I was surprised when I opened the paper! A big happy family What is this "open paper" thing you speak of? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: I was surprised when I opened the paper! A big happy family That’s my cuz John on the far left of the pic 😃 He’s been in that spot since day one of the “new” stadium in 1973. Always on the jumbotron when we score in that endzone!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 26 minutes ago, BisonMan said: A happy surprise to get to read this in the paper this morning. Tomorrow would have been a fun day to eat wings and beef on weck at Jimmy's Olde Town Tavern in Herndon. call in for carry out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/bills-mafia-fans-coronavirus/ Link to the article pictured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/07/bills-mafia-fans-coronavirus/ Link to the article pictured. that’s actually a pretty good article. Sad to think we probably won’t be tailgating again anytime soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: I was surprised when I opened the paper! A big happy family What is this "paper" you speak of? Does it have Netflix? 29 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: What is this "open paper" thing you speak of? Dammit, I just said the same thing 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastFreddy22 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 That was a good read Go Bills!!! Ive been loving all the national attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 37 minutes ago, BisonMan said: I don't actually know but I'm not getting into a room with a bunch of screaming Bills Mafia under the current conditions. My guess is that, if they are open, there is very limited seating. It sucks it has come to this.....I was going to a place where they were practicing social distancing and masks were worn and it was cool. Lately it is the wild west now in FL. Just a bummer.....I now watch at home and make my own wings....I'm getting pretty proficient at it so there is a silver lining I guess! GO BILLS!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BisonMan Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 19 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: call in for carry out My routine this year is grilling out Sahlen's hot dogs on the deck and watching the game with my son. It's been working so I'll stick with it!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I'm in Tahoe Vista, CA (Northern edge of Lake Tahoe) and the Wi-Fi of the Airbnb I'm in is literally not allowing me to open this! Oh well. We leave tomorrow for further adventures so I'll read it then. Great thing to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I've lived in the DC area 36 years now, and I can honestly say, that's the most accurate portrayal of Bills Mafia written by someone outside WNY. Nice job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, BigDingus said: What is this "paper" you speak of? Does it have Netflix? Dammit, I just said the same thing 🤣 You get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Draconator said: I'm in Tahoe Vista, CA (Northern edge of Lake Tahoe) and the Wi-Fi of the Airbnb I'm in is literally not allowing me to open this! Oh well. We leave tomorrow for further adventures so I'll read it then. Great thing to see! heres a taste It had been 27 years since Ken Johnson watched a Buffalo Bills game at his Rochester, N.Y., home before this season, when the coronavirus pandemic closed Bills Stadium to fans and Lot 2, Abbott Road, Hammer’s Lot and all the other Orchard Park landmarks fell strikingly quiet on fall Sundays. He favors complete focus on Bills games, and so Johnson retreated to the third-floor attic, alone, while his wife and kids watched downstairs. He placed a television on a dresser, eye-height, and paced around the room. The City of Good Neighbors’ In 2010, Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson dropped a game-winning touchdown pass and mourned afterward by asking God, in a tweet, why He had let him down. A day later, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter retweeted Johnson’s plea. Del Reid, like many of his online Bills fan brethren, took offense at Schefter for what they perceived as piling on and took up for Johnson. The teasing led Schefter to block Reid and others. Jokingly leaning into the online villainy, Reid coined a moniker: They were the #BillsMafia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 5 hours ago, BisonMan said: I don't actually know but I'm not getting into a room with a bunch of screaming Bills Mafia under the current conditions. My guess is that, if they are open, there is very limited seating. Smart man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) The links don't work if you've used up your free access to the Washington Post. The link opens & then I get this blocking the story: Subscribe to continue reading. Already a subscriber? Sign in Get every story for $4 a month You can cancel anytime.Subscribe Edited January 8, 2021 by Albany,n.y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boater Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 What a well written and fair article. Kudos to the author. The micro-detail I noticed: the author properly called Labatt's Labatt, more than once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Blues Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Kwai San said: It sucks it has come to this.....I was going to a place where they were practicing social distancing and masks were worn and it was cool. Lately it is the wild west now in FL. Just a bummer.....I now watch at home and make my own wings....I'm getting pretty proficient at it so there is a silver lining I guess! GO BILLS!!!!! It sure is man... It's crazy here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: heres a taste It had been 27 years since Ken Johnson watched a Buffalo Bills game at his Rochester, N.Y., home before this season, when the coronavirus pandemic closed Bills Stadium to fans and Lot 2, Abbott Road, Hammer’s Lot and all the other Orchard Park landmarks fell strikingly quiet on fall Sundays. He favors complete focus on Bills games, and so Johnson retreated to the third-floor attic, alone, while his wife and kids watched downstairs. He placed a television on a dresser, eye-height, and paced around the room. The City of Good Neighbors’ In 2010, Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson dropped a game-winning touchdown pass and mourned afterward by asking God, in a tweet, why He had let him down. A day later, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter retweeted Johnson’s plea. Del Reid, like many of his online Bills fan brethren, took offense at Schefter for what they perceived as piling on and took up for Johnson. The teasing led Schefter to block Reid and others. Jokingly leaning into the online villainy, Reid coined a moniker: They were the #BillsMafia. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Ned Flanders said: I've lived in the DC area 36 years now, and I can honestly say, that's the most accurate portrayal of Bills Mafia written by someone outside WNY. Nice job. Yeah, really good. I appreciate a well written article that seems to "get it" by an out of towner. Nice read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Not bad. One inaccuracy........Hammer's lot was empty until the Disney style parking and 9am lot opening debacle in the main lots forced most of us to private lots about 10 years ago. I'm not even sure Kenny was in Lot 1 in 1992........I think he might have joined us over there when the Field house was put up. Putting up that practice facility really filled up Lot 1 and created something crazy. Key point at the end........it has drawn so many of us even closer. Before the season I was long resigned to no fans in 2020.....but I would have told you that I'd rather be able to go to the games and tailgate than a Super Bowl win without it. But not being able to go to home games has actually made us gather and tailgate in smaller groups for EVERY game. We've been very careful to stay healthy and made it thru 16 games with none of us getting the crud and we've eaten like kings and had an awesome season that will only improve our tailgates next year or whenever we can return. I hated to see the regular season end. Say it all the time but the journey is the reward and this journey has been fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, BADOLBILZ said: Not bad. One inaccuracy........Hammer's lot was empty until the Disney style parking and 9am lot opening debacle in the main lots forced most of us to private lots about 10 years ago. I'm not even sure Kenny was in Lot 1 in 1992........I think he might have joined us over there when the Field house was put up. Putting up that practice facility really filled up Lot 1 and created something crazy. Key point at the end........it has drawn so many of us even closer. Before the season I was long resigned to no fans in 2020.....but I would have told you that I'd rather be able to go to the games and tailgate than a Super Bowl win without it. But not being able to go to home games has actually made us gather and tailgate in smaller groups for EVERY game. We've been very careful to stay healthy and made it thru 16 games with none of us getting the crud and we've eaten like kings and had an awesome season that will only improve our tailgates next year or whenever we can return. I hated to see the regular season end. Say it all the time but the journey is the reward and this journey has been fun. Jagerbombs on me whenever TPTB deem it “safe” to tailgate again. I’ll be the guy in the red Tyrod color rush jersey in the Hammer Lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 22 hours ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: What is this "open paper" thing you speak of? I will forever miss a thick and hefty Sunday paper. It was a family ritual to divvy out the various sections according to preference, then to share once you were finished with yours. I know this is, and in the name of progress should, be gone forever. It was a simple pleasure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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