Ice bowl 67 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 After some other college party, managed to drag my ass down to the couch to crawl in front of a football game. I don't care what happened on those 4 particular Sundays- I couldn't have asked for anything more fun than those teams, and that time. Here's hoping the next gen, after having to suffer through all this old guy blather, gets to have a shiny new great team to cheer on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ice bowl 67 said: Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. What color was the house next door toward the dead end? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 minute ago, BringBackFergy said: What color was the house next door toward the dead end? Just curious. It's the Wisconsin golf course, just google it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said: It's the Wisconsin golf course, just google it. The golf course may have been kiddy corner to their house. That doesn’t tell me the color of the neighbor’s house toward the dead end. Geez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVilanch Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 45 minutes ago, Ice bowl 67 said: Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. I promise you I am not making this up. In 93 I lived on a cul-de-sac that had a backyard that connected to a golf course and I watched that game with my parents in the basement of that house. they sold it the next year as well and have lived in now 4 houses as of last year since that house. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 See Fergy, it was Bruce's house- the yellow one with green trim, hedges fashioned into a squiggy 'L' and hanging carnations at the entryway groomed to resemble Frank DeFazio's eyebrows. Mystery solved. Speaking of the 7 things I know about Wisconsin... Ice, have you ever seen a film called American Movie? Beautiful film- kinda Wisconsin's version of Buffalo '66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 50 minutes ago, BruceVilanch said: I promise you I am not making this up. In 93 I lived on a cul-de-sac that had a backyard that connected to a golf course and I watched that game with my parents in the basement of that house. they sold it the next year as well and have lived in now 4 houses as of last year since that house. Get the #%$! outta here! I, too, lived on a cul-de-sac where I watched the game in my friend’s basement. It was their third house and he now sells long term care insurance for parrots. Your parents names didn’t happen to be George and Sylvia by chance, were they? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was at the game. 25 yard line home side upper deck. I remember saying to my buddy at half time "Well we can't go to the Super Bowl every year." Once the comeback began I could see a steady stream of people from the lots trying to get back in. Many just climbed the fences. I think they eventually let fans through the gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stonada Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Oh man, how I wish I was there. We were traveling, but kept getting calls with updates, first we were getting blown out, then the calls started getting crazier and crazier! I think it's only home playoff game of the 90s that I didn't attend, darn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was with a buddy Dave, had moved to Tampa a couple of days prior to Bills/Giants SB so I had been in Tampa two years and had made a bunch of friends. Hadn’t met my wife yet (that was a a year and a half later), so was heavily into the single deal to that point. There was a sports bar called the Fraternity House. They had all their waitresses in these little cheerleader outfits, amd management only hired incredibly hot girls. Dave, who was from Buffalo as well were getting frustrated the whole game. He asked me should we leave. I told him let’s see what happens in the 3rd quarter, but there is probably no way they come back. The it happened. We were high fiving so much by the end and after several pitchers of beer, Dave yelled, THATS IT WERE DRIVING TO PITTSBURGH! We were so excited we considered it, and then the hangover kicked in, amd we tried really hard to find tickets but couldn’t. We thought that place was good luck so we went back all the way to the SB. If we could’ve found tickets, we’re dead set we would drive 18 hrs. Up and back from Friday night through Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 We had about 40 people at my aunt's house because she had a huge satellite dish and the game was blacked out locally. The memory of that 2nd half will last a lifetime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Ice bowl 67 said: Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. I was in your kitchen. Remember the time your mother was gone for 30 minutes making nachos? Those were Taco Bell nachos that I brought and your mother was, shall we say, promiscuous. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventeen Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 At the Allston Sports Depot just outside of Boston initially with about 50 Bills fans. All left at halftime except for 5-6 including myself. One of my best Bills days ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Youse guys ‘member James Starks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I watched the first half at my buddies house and left at halftime to finish watching the game at home with my pops. i never watched another Bills game at my friends house again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I worked overtime on midnights got home about 11:30am and realized the game was blacked out. I got my radio out and put it next to the Lazy Boy chair and listened to Van call the game. The funny thing is I had a gut feeling the Bills would make a comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Doc Brown said: We had about 40 people at my aunt's house because she had a huge satellite dish and the game was blacked out locally. The memory of that 2nd half will last a lifetime. Six foot diameter dish for a 25" screen. Those were the days. 😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMF2006 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Six foot diameter dish for a 25" screen. Those were the days. 😁 Now its the reverse 6ft screen 12" dish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Drifter said: I was at the game. 25 yard line home side upper deck. I remember saying to my buddy at half time "Well we can't go to the Super Bowl every year." Once the comeback began I could see a steady stream of people from the lots trying to get back in. Many just climbed the fences. I think they eventually let fans through the gate. Corner end zone, the extra two tickets from our season tickets. Took me until year 4 of the super bowl run to realize I should hold off before buying the extra tickets, they always sold the lousy seats first so they could advertise good seats still available as game day approached. At the half I put my head down in in my lap, then looked up at my brother and said "this could be our finest hour" As we all know things got worse before they got better, but man what a ride the next hour was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was at the game, in the upper deck. I stuck around, though me and my friend considered leaving after the quick pick 6 after the half. I think there were more people in the stadium after than to start with- people were coming from all over since it was not on TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, JMF2006 said: Now its the reverse 6ft screen 12" dish In the old days, if you were averse to paying the fees, you went to your local disreputable electronics tech and slipped them a C note. Nowadays, you get the neighbour's kid to hack into the feed as a challenge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 7 hours ago, Ice bowl 67 said: Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. E8 Row 34 seat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, 4_kidd_4 said: Youse guys ‘member James Starks? Yes, what about Drew Haddad or Ed Ellis? As both of them were at UB when I attended. Class of 2000. In terms of the Houston comeback, I was 15 at the time and at my parents house, I remember listening on the radio and turning it off after the pick 6. Yet because nothing else to do ended up turning it back on just after Reed's 2nd TD thinking wow! My dad happened to turn on the tv late in the 4th quarter and for whatever reason despite the game being blacked out NBC showed the last few minutes live here in Buffalo. Edited February 10, 2021 by The Jokeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was still in High School, I had a job at Service Merchandise & was so pissed that I was scheduled to work that day. The good news was that I worked in the electronics department, and there were about 20 TVs with the game on. I was able to see the majority of the game, and once the comeback started, I had to start moving around the department feigning work so I could follow along on various TVs. It was hard to do, but a memorable charade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 The game was blacked out so a friend & I went to a bar at an older Toronto uptown hotel (now a homeless shelter) as it was nearby and the game was on. Very few were there and pretty depressing. Had our chicken wings and were just getting ready to leave & IO said, we'll watch the first drive of the second half & call it a day..... A great call & spectacular game obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enemarty Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was in the wrong end zone, well ... except for one catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JMF2006 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Billsfan1972 said: The game was blacked out so a friend & I went to a bar at an older Toronto uptown hotel (now a homeless shelter) as it was nearby and the game was on. Very few were there and pretty depressing. Had our chicken wings and were just getting ready to leave & IO said, we'll watch the first drive of the second half & call it a day..... A great call & spectacular game obviously. The first drive of the second 1/2 was a pick 6...Frank obviously felt the Oilers didn't have a big enough lead yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalostu2 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Someone really needs to to take on the project of visually documenting that 1993 comeback crowd so those of us that were there have proof. A slow mo compilation of the crowd in high def would be spectacular. Maybe photos of the fence climbers as well. I don't have the skills but I would love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfan1972 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, JMF2006 said: The first drive of the second 1/2 was a pick 6...Frank obviously felt the Oilers didn't have a big enough lead yet Correct..... It was one more drive @ 35-3 and we were out of there......😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi2000 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 bar on Elmwood, forget the name... goodbar?, Rob Ray was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DD4Bills Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Was living in MA at the time, and had a family obligation that kept me from watching the game until...and I kid you not...right after the Oilers' pick-6 at the start of the 3rd quarter. The rest is history, and it's all because I was finally able to tune in. You're welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FieldGeneral Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Listening to the game on the radio with my brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 *In the Bills Backerws bar in Hartford, CT. At the half I remarked that the bucks shoukd PI on every play because that would keep down the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was definitely one of the 400,000 people at the game! or maybe just listened to it on the radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatloaf63 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Ice bowl 67 said: Where were you guys when the comeback vs the Oilers happened? I remember my parents lived on a dead end road next to the Golf Course then. They sold that house in 1994 and They have lived in 3 different homes since then. We watched the comeback in the basement of that house. I was there, upper deck Bills side about 20 yard line 7 rows up score board end. Craziest thing I ever saw. People leaving, people streaming back in. What a day. That, the win over the Raiders to go to the first Super Bowl and walking on the field watching the goalposts come down in 88 after beating the Jets are my favorite Bills memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fasteddie Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 We had an ice storm down here in the Elmira/Corning area. It took an hour to drive what should have been a 15 minute drive. We turned back toward home and after another hour, we made it home to watch the game. After the int. in the 3rd quarter, I got po'd and went to take a shower. The Bills scored and recovered the onside kick while I had a towel wrapped around my waist. What a game! Only playoff game we had missed until this year. Looking forward to next season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigK14094 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I was there. We had four seats, but only three used. My wife, my aunt (hard core fan) We stayed the whole way, never gave up. Frank Reich was incredible, as was Andre Reed and many others. the Oilers never changed up their D scheme, even when Reed had torched them for three or four TD's. (cant remember how many, but a number) One of the best memories of my many seasons as a season ticket holder. (to old now) Seat were right in front of Ralph Wilson btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) I was at home and my Mom got sick of listening to the game downstairs and told me if I wanted to keep listening to go up to my room to listen, so I did. I started screaming down updates. Didn't think much after the first Bills TD, but then they got the onside kick immediately and scored again and it made it 35-17 with a lot of time left to play. Then 35-24 and I started getting really excited. My Mom had started making dinner but stopped and came upstairs to sit and listen to the rest of the game with me. When they won, I thought we were going to crash through the floor we were jumping so high... Always was proud of myself because I never gave up believing that they could come back and win. My Mom wasn't like that tho...she missed some pretty great ends to games by leaving early. Edited February 10, 2021 by Big Turk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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