Snowballs - fair game if aimed at Dolphins bench?

[LabattBlue]

The continued attempts by some here to justify the behavior is as embarrassing as the behavior itself.  

[BUFFALOKIE]

So, how much snow wound up accumulating after the game?

[Buffalo716]

14 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

The continued attempts by some here to justify the behavior is as embarrassing as the behavior itself.  

I think our fan base being nicknamed after organized crime syndicate Is just as embarrassing

Edited December 19, 2022 by Buffalo716

[HT02]

1 hour ago, Livinginthepast said:

What exactly were the fans in the stands supposed to do with the large amount of snow on their seats? Just sit on it?!! It really didnt look like much snow was removed from seating areas pregame, so if you didnt want to sit on a snow pile or were annoyed at that, I have no problem in people who paid top $ for their seats showing their displeasure with snow balls! In addition, that was sweet Karmic payback for Miami and their broiler heat stadium in September! Maybe the NFL should insist on tenting in Miami in September and then we can talk about snowball protection in Buffalo!

No excuse for throwing anything on the field.  If Patriots fans did this to the Bills we would all have nothing but righteous indication.

 

I was in section 121 and my daughters were each hit by drunken morons throwing snowballs while trying to watch a game.

 

As far as snow on the seats, most people just swept the snow to the floor but virtually no one sat except at half time.

[HT02]

3 hours ago, SoMAn said:

I learned my lesson when me and my brother were arrested as minors for throwing snowballs at passing cars from the top of a local Masonic building. Dad had to rescue us from the cop station. Fortunately, dad was even more of a hooligan in his day, so he laughed it off. 

https://apnews.com/article/ac745813b0237724cbbcfcc831887979 

[plenzmd1]

39 minutes ago, BUFFALOKIE said:

So, how much snow wound up accumulating after the game?

I am not sure , but I was in Hammers till 2:15 and it was snowing harder than it snowed during the Colts game. Based on my recollection of brushing my car off, I am gunna say 4 inches in those two hours. 
 

traffic was brutal. Abbot was still crawling at 2AM. Many stories on twitter saying they left right after game and didn’t get to hotels near airport till 2:30

[LabattBlue]

2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

I think our fan base being nicknamed after organized crime syndicate Is just as embarrassing

I agree with this, but not sure what it has to do with my post. 🤔

[jethro_tull]

On 12/18/2022 at 10:30 AM, Clark Rotary said:

I thought that snowballs aimed at the Dolphins bench were fair game because the Dolphins sat our team in the  roasting sun in the game earlier in the year.  The whole thing has a nice Heat Miser Cold Miser dynamic that seems fair to me.  But I didn't see too much of the quid pro quo aspect mentioned in the media - did I miss it?  Just to be transparent I was reprimanded a few times by  authority types about my snowball throwing in 4th and 5th grade but have been clean for the last 50+ years - I always thought that was about average for growing up in Buffalo. 

two wrongs do not make a right among other reasons why this is simply a bogus move.  no.  

[Greg S]

[Herc11]

9 hours ago, GreggTX said:

If any fan is caught throwing snowballs, they should be thrown out and barred from attending games for 1 year -- No refunds either. These idiots embarrassed the team, the fans and the city on national TV.

 

 

Everyone I've talked to since the game that are not Bills fans thought the snowballs were hilarious. You guys acting like the world is looking down upon Bills Mafia now are being dramatic.

[Herc11]

5 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

Man i was pissed at the game. I sit in the aisle Section 135, row 22. Daughter got hit by one, not bad. During one break i turned around and see this 20 something kid about 15 rows  up packing a snow ball and I point at him, mouthed " mofo , you throw that i am coming for ya"..being 60 he kinda looked at me and was weighing his options. Guy who sit's 2 rows behind about is i am guessing 27.  .6"2 and prolly 240.. he was pissed too and he turned round, pointed at the guy..and said" I am coming too brother".

 

Boy made a wise decision and put the snowball down.

The Hulkster is BillsMafia????

[plenzmd1]

7 minutes ago, Herc11 said:

The Hulkster is BillsMafia????

I felt a lot better this guy was on my side and not his i can tell ya that!!!!

2 hours ago, BUFFALOBART said:

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The snow was over with, by the time I returned to our Tailgate.

where did you tailgate ..Amherst?

 

Bombing snow in the @Hammered a Lot till we left, snowing whole way into downtown at 2:45

[DasNootz]

I can remember pelting the broncos bus with snowballs in 2005 and the police escort as well....oh to be young, drunk and invincible. 

 

I agree that it's not part of the game, and have no issue with security picking out the 100's of violators and kicking them out.  That said, to expect that it won't happen or to penalize a team is foolish.  If the league has an issue with safety, the course should be to stop play and/or pull players from the field.  After that the, crowd will enforce itself. 

[SoMAn]

5 hours ago, HT02 said:

https://apnews.com/article/ac745813b0237724cbbcfcc831887979 

What is your point?  The story about someone hurling 20 lb ice boulders from an overpass is hardly comparable to a couple mischievous teens tossing soft snowballs from fresh fallen snow at slow passing cars on a local village street.

 

[bigK14094]

I got sucker punched by a drunk at a Bills game a couple years back.  Those drunks better stay out of my way, as I am 100% intolerant and belligerent wrt those lowlifes.  Drink, ok, better behave or I will retaliate.

Just now, bigK14094 said:

I got sucker punched by a drunk at a Bills game a couple years back.  Those drunks better stay out of my way, as I am 100% intolerant and belligerent wrt those lowlifes.  Drink, ok, better behave or I will retaliate.

I go for the football!

[Donuts and Doritos]

Ya know A DOME would put a stop to it, if the NFL wants to fork out the $$... Oh, I see it's not THAT important. 

 

 

[Herc11]

1 hour ago, bigK14094 said:

I got sucker punched by a drunk at a Bills game a couple years back.  Those drunks better stay out of my way, as I am 100% intolerant and belligerent wrt those lowlifes.  Drink, ok, better behave or I will retaliate.

I go for the football!

Did you really just have a conversation with yourself? 😂

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

Wow. I’m thanking my lucky stars that I survived my youth, given all the extremely dangerous snowball fights I engaged in. 

[jethro_tull]

i do like how in typical buffalo neighborhood style fans were creating their own little arsenal of ammo ready to fire in rapid succession.  

Edited December 20, 2022 by jethro_tull

[RocCityRoller]

55 minutes ago, Herc11 said:

Did you really just have a conversation with yourself? 😂

 

He got drunk, sucker punched himself and is now going after his football

 

[HappyDays]

Love all the fans trying to claim that soft snowballs are dangerous. These guys are on the field experiencing mini car crashes 20 times a game 17+ weeks a year. A snowball is going to be the thing that ends their season? The turf they play on is more dangerous than that.

 

I guess I'm in the minority but I thought it was all in good fun. If the NFL disagrees I suppose they can flip ours and Miami's home games next year to coincide with the home team's respective weather conditions... But I guarantee they'll be coming to us next December, like they do every year. The NFL loves this stuff. No chance they were going to call a 15 yard penalty either. As soon as they announced that, it took all of two seconds to realize the immediately obvious logical flaw in that scenario.

[WotAGuy]

The NFL used to assess delay of game penalties when the crowd was too loud for the offense.  Now, fan noise is encouraged. 
 

Soon, fans will be able to throw snowballs, dildos, and other paraphernalia on the field and even at running players. 

[Buffalo716]

4 hours ago, HappyDays said:

Love all the fans trying to claim that soft snowballs are dangerous. These guys are on the field experiencing mini car crashes 20 times a game 17+ weeks a year. A snowball is going to be the thing that ends their season? The turf they play on is more dangerous than that.

 

I guess I'm in the minority but I thought it was all in good fun. If the NFL disagrees I suppose they can flip ours and Miami's home games next year to coincide with the home team's respective weather conditions... But I guarantee they'll be coming to us next December, like they do every year. The NFL loves this stuff. No chance they were going to call a 15 yard penalty either. As soon as they announced that, it took all of two seconds to realize the immediately obvious logical flaw in that scenario.

Well you would be correct and Steve Tasker agrees

 

In fact he remembers bills faithful pelting  Mike Ditka with snowballs in the face 

 

Is it something to necessarily be proud of? no 

 

But again am I embarrassed? no

 

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

 There's only 4 instances I would condone throwing snowballs. In no particular order...We're playing Brady, Belichick, the Chiefs & the Dolphins. Watching since the 70s I consider Miami as our main rival. Finally we're back to being #1 & #2 in the division again. And just as I remember it back in the 90s they're the deuce lol. GO BILLS!!

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

5 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

The NFL used to assess delay of game penalties when the crowd was too loud for the offense.  Now, fan noise is encouraged. 
 

Soon, fans will be able to throw snowballs, dildos, and other paraphernalia on the field and even at running players. 

Because they have headsets... Green Dot.

[HT02]

On 12/19/2022 at 5:35 PM, SoMAn said:

What is your point?  The story about someone hurling 20 lb ice boulders from an overpass is hardly comparable to a couple mischievous teens tossing soft snowballs from fresh fallen snow at slow passing cars on a local village street.

 

Then why did the police arrest you for doing it?  The point is that action can have life threatening consequences and although you might have (and still mjight) think its a harmless gag there are many ways for that to go off the rails in unintended ways.

[muppy]

On 12/19/2022 at 7:48 AM, Royale with Cheese said:

I was starting to get pissed because I saw a few snowballs here and there after the announcement was made.

 

I would have lost it if we converted a huge 3rd down or stopped a huge 3rd down only to be negated by a fan throwing a snow ball on the field.  

I have been told that the NFL has no penalty on the books specifically saying they can penalize a team for its fans unruly behavior. It would need to be an actual rule for it to then be enforced correct? That very well change moving forward though we'll see.

 

what this article fails to mention is that there likely would be any number of Dolphin fans in this case pitching snowballs to cause a penalty that  would benefit THEIR team. That is BS and you know it would/could happen in WNY or other cold weather NFL cities by less than honorable fans

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/bills-mafia-throwing-snowballs-buffalo-behavior-new-fans-penalty-rule

Edited December 22, 2022 by muppy

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

On 12/19/2022 at 8:47 PM, WotAGuy said:

The NFL used to assess delay of game penalties when the crowd was too loud for the offense.  Now, fan noise is encouraged. 
 

Soon, fans will be able to throw snowballs, dildos, and other paraphernalia on the field and even at running players. 

Giving new meaning to the phrase 'throwing a f*** into them'. 😁

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, muppy said:

I have been told that the NFL has no penalty on the books specifically saying they can penalize a team for its fans unruly behavior. It would need to be an actual rule for it to then be enforced correct? That very well change moving forward though we'll see.

 

what this article fails to mention is that there likely would be any number of Dolphin fans in this case pitching snowballs to cause a penalty that  would benefit THEIR team. That is BS and you know it would/could happen in WNY or other cold weather NFL cities by less than honorable fans

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/bills-mafia-throwing-snowballs-buffalo-behavior-new-fans-penalty-rule

There is zero rule and they have no ability to enforce it 

 

it’s called blowing smoke 

[dave mcbride]

On 12/18/2022 at 12:25 PM, BADOLBILZ said:

 

If you were sitting in the lower bowl and didn't get hit with a snowball you were lucky..........I saw one guy in front of me get hit twice.

 

I don't condone it but it's no big deal..........its snow.    

 

But thanks to all the douchebags who don't come to games telling us how badly they feel they were represented.  

 

It's an 8pm game.........the maximum amount of drunk, late arriving to their seats crowd.    

 

The NFL loved it........that's theatre.........the game had all of the things that bond people to the NFL including things like suspect officiating and harmlessly rowdy fan behavior.

/thread.

[The Wiz]

At least we aren't Philly fans

 

 

[HOUSE]

Hey, if there is snow piles on the seats boys will be boys

 

[TH3]

12 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

At least we aren't Philly fans

 

 

Guy behind me was in full fish gear…no snowballs and no one said a word to him

[JESSEFEFFER]

It was embarassing. Most of the rag arm throws from the upper deck landed short and on fans in lower deck.  They hit camera operators, sideline viewers, security people and even Sal Capaccio.  I was hoping that they would haul some of the guilty out after all the warnings.