Punching Bag Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 4 hours ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2021/04/bills-fans-among-heaviest-game-day-drinkers-in-nfl-study-finds.html Stunned... Did Genesee beer sponsor it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, billsbackto81 said: Well, when your franchise has played at 1:00pm 98% of their games scheduled this past decade is it really surprising? "Daytime" drinking is pretty much a given. 😆 As they say, you can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning! 🍺 Breakfast of champions! I’d like to blame the drought, but that would clearly be disingenuous. I’d like to put this in a positive light and suggest that we are just the most honest of fan bases! We deserve a trophy or something!!! . Edited April 12, 2021 by Augie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Is this Pegula long-teased stadium study? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Patrick_Duffy said: Not sure I buy into that. Guess the jumping through tables might have helped a bit to come to that conclusion. Imo I think fans of every team likely drinks about the same as any other. So yeah, meh.... Yeah, like others have said. Bills fans are definitely the worst drinkers. It really sticks out to me now since I stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog3831 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1. Not buying that we were beat out by Atlanta, Jacksonville, or Arizona (depending on how you look at this). Never been to games there but but can't imagine there is much tailgate atmosphere. Honestly can't imagine too many other fan bases can be heavier drinkers (CHI?, Philly?, NY?). 2. Aside from many Bills home games, I've been to games in Indy, KC, and NE (original Foxborough). Indy was lame. No real tailgating, mostly people hanging out at bars paying bar prices so no one was getting hammered. KC was nice but comparing a Bills tailgate to a Chiefs tailgate is like comparing a frat party to a backyard family BBQ. And they drink in NE. My nephew from RI goes to pats games and he drinks. A lot. 3. My personal tradition of a 40oz genny screamer to christen the tailgate spanned winning and losing. Can't say I drank more or less depending on whether they were winning or losing and I was around for both the good years in the early 90's and the not so good years that followed. Full disclosure ... starting with a 12oz screamer is about all I can stomach now before switching to something else. Screamers, brats, and wings can lead to a perfect storm. Not sure my point with all this reminiscing other than thinking the article was way off the mark. Maybe it's time for a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillnutinHouston Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 6 hours ago, MJS said: It's a survey of about 1,600 fans. That's only, like, 50 fans per team. So it's an incredibly small sample size to be splitting 32 ways. Also the reliance on self reporting is IMO a problem with this study. Having lived in 5 different NFL cities, I think the "drinking is macho" ethic is highest in Buffalo relative to others, and that includes Pittsburgh which has a strong blue collar history. That said, if you're a Bills fan asked about GameDay drinking, I think you're more likely to proudly embellish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
without a drought Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Bills fans only drink when the Bills are bad or when they are good. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeFrommStateFarm Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Well they live in Buffalo. That fact alone would force anyone into heavy drinking. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: Yeah, but then there’s this guy. Kinda evens it out a little.. Nice guns on that kid! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, JakeFrommStateFarm said: Well they live in Buffalo. That fact alone would force anyone into heavy drinking. So, Grasshopper. How much time have you spent in Buffalo performing the no doubt extensive research underlying this conclusion? My vote would be between 0 hrs and "drove through one day" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsintaiwan Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Rick, I am shocked Shocked! to see gambling at this establishment! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Tom, the researcher then has to go to meetings fir the rest if his life. Hello ..., I’m now an alcoholic. Damn those Bills as my finale. All kidding aside as alcoholism is not a joke. Shocker, people drink too much at NFL games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 "among" ?????....should be "THE"......we've got work to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Snowdog3831 said: 1. Not buying that we were beat out by Atlanta, Jacksonville, or Arizona (depending on how you look at this). Never been to games there but but can't imagine there is much tailgate atmosphere. Honestly can't imagine too many other fan bases can be heavier drinkers (CHI?, Philly?, NY?). 2. Aside from many Bills home games, I've been to games in Indy, KC, and NE (original Foxborough). Indy was lame. No real tailgating, mostly people hanging out at bars paying bar prices so no one was getting hammered. KC was nice but comparing a Bills tailgate to a Chiefs tailgate is like comparing a frat party to a backyard family BBQ. And they drink in NE. My nephew from RI goes to pats games and he drinks. A lot. 3. My personal tradition of a 40oz genny screamer to christen the tailgate spanned winning and losing. Can't say I drank more or less depending on whether they were winning or losing and I was around for both the good years in the early 90's and the not so good years that followed. Full disclosure ... starting with a 12oz screamer is about all I can stomach now before switching to something else. Screamers, brats, and wings can lead to a perfect storm. Not sure my point with all this reminiscing other than thinking the article was way off the mark. Maybe it's time for a beer. Hands down the drunkest fan base I ever saw was Packers fans at home games in Milwaukee in the 90’s. Those cats could drink, and the beer prices in the stadium were so low that the drinking didn’t slow down during the game. As for Arrowhead.... saw the craziest parking lot event in my life there. Chiefs/Raiders.... They torched a Raiders fans car in the lot with road flares. 😯 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Bill Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Ok, here is the reasoning. 7 am to 12:30 pm beer costs $0.05 per oz Bourbon costs $1.00 per shot As of Tom Donahoe era paying customer passes through army of security, pat downs, no bags and no hidden cans in your pant legs, inside your hat, inside the hood of your coat, no flasks, 12:30pm to 3:00pm Beer costs $1:25 per oz Bourbon not served to cheap seats. So my guess is the study in Buffalo only takes in pregame or we would be number 1. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Cheap beer at the stadium is to blame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, HOUSE said: Cheap beer at the stadium is to blame I heard the hotdogs sucked at the Ralph back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 The hysterical thing about this is that these folk who did the study seem to have forgotten that humans throughout our history of alcohol production enjoy being in an altered state on a regular basis, as well, look at the amount of alcohol that is purchased in America alone, it’s “ inconceivable “ that those doing the study haven’t figured out that a large amount of said alcohol is consumed in a variety of normal ceremonies such as sporting events, hitting the pub after work, just about any gathering of friends / family, the whole bloody world gets a buzz on in a like manner... this is absolutely nothing new in any way shape or form. Although this “study” will generate a lot of clicks, to the benefit of the web site, it will likely be misused in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvlevydraftdaygenius Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Yeah, and they continue on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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