CorkScrewHill Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia 5 1 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterLifer Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Disagree. We already have one too many tributes to violent crime up there. #Simpson 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nineforty Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said: 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia Hard pass 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bferra13 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Nah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 There's 12th man on the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Wasn’t 12th man ours first? 5 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said: 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia So was "the wave," but that eventually faded. No 12th man for BUF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheektowaga Chad Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 The 12th man actually belongs to Texas A&M. I believe both the seahawks and the bills pay the school to use the phrase 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailgateChef Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Started at the Universities of Minnesota and Iowa, apparently. Interesting read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_man_(football)#:~:text=In 1930%2C W. H. Adamson%2C Principal,described as the 12th man. We should keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, CorkScrewHill said: 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia We? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 How about just adding sometimes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in STL Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) The 12th Man is the Bills Mafia. Same thing, different era, different marketing. Social media pumps up Bills Mafia. Winning 4 straight AFC Titles - much was attributed to the 12th Man. The Stadium had more people in it and it was louder than it is today. I think changing it would be a bad idea. Eventually someone will be offended by the term “mafia” and wonder why people today tolerated such a name. History repeats itself. Edited January 10, 2021 by Bob in STL 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frat-Train Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I like to think the 12th man gave birth to the mafia in some weird, “not suitable for the discovery channel” kinda way. I say keep the heritage and add the evolution in somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Mafia is still too controversial of a word. Yes, those who use and defend the term have done a really nice job to explain it meaning family. I use it. The franchise have bought into it and now use it, too. But I don't foresee it being put on the wall, especially by taking down "12th Man." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hard pass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, scribo said: Mafia is still too controversial of a word. Yes, those who use and defend the term have done a really nice job to explain it meaning family. I use it. The franchise have bought into it and now use it, too. But I don't foresee it being put on the wall, especially by taking down "12th Man." In that case, I'd prefer Bills Family. I know "Mafia" sounds more badass, but I'm not crazy about the organized crime reference, which seems to be more appropriate for that team near Boston. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicharito Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I’m just offended that it says 12th Man and not 12th person. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, WhoTom said: In that case, I'd prefer Bills Family. I know "Mafia" sounds more badass, but I'm not crazy about the organized crime reference, which seems to be more appropriate for that team near Boston. Well you must not know a lot about the history of organized crime in WNY. Definitely a big presence for a long, time going back to early 1900s. That said, I never really personally cared for the moniker, but I did like the fact that its creation was “organic” amongst a group of fans, and caught the attention of the players. It’s a fun story. But now that it’s been co-opted and cashed in on by the “suits”, it’s totally lost that romantic type of luster. The more I heard it the cornier it got. No judgement, it’s just not for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, CorkScrewHill said: 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia Well you clearly weren't around for the Super Bowl years if that's what you think 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBob Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, CorkScrewHill said: 12th man is famous in Seattle .. it is just something we have on our Ring of Honor. We are BillsMafia and the Ring should reflect that. If anyone knows somebody that works for the Bills .. put in a good word. Should happen first week next year when fans. Are fully back. #BillsMafia Sorry. I've been a Bills fan since I was 8 and it was 1966. But I am not BillsMafia. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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