They say "Never meet your heroes" - and then there is Josh Allen...

[Alphadawg7]

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below.

 

Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up.  Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them.  

 

My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh.  She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife.  I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe.  I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing.  

 

NOTE:  We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months.  I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going.  Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake.  

 

The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh.  Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on.  Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well.  So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon.  

 

I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him.  It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too.  Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol.  

 

It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff.  My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc.  Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible.  She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness.  We had a great couple of conversations with her.  

 

Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold.  Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know.  

 

The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play.  Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group.  Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round.  Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him.  

 

First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting.  Got a great video of it.  He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys".  There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so.  

 

Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that).  When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it.  So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome.  

 

My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump.  My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him).  My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said:

• "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT"

 

WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE

 

After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee.  Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10.  As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh.  

 

They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with.  Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome.  Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him.  I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person.  It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature.  

 

For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you.

 

We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is.  Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different.  In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person.  And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it.  

 

They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down.  And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD.  He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field.  

And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Alphadawg7

[TheFunPolice]

Josh seems in every way like an amazing person, which is why I say he's America's QB. He even wears the red, white and blue! 

 

People see him out a lot around here and often times they don't want to bother him or say anything but if he overhears you talking like that or sees you wearing Bills gear often he will approach you and say hello. 

 

Definitely a guy that deserves to hoist the Lombardi, hopefully soon, and maybe even more than once! More importantly, he seems like a genuinely happy and thankful person. It has to be tough sometimes to be "on" all the time in public but he always seems to have a smile and have time for people who want to say hello. 

 

 

[Alphadawg7]

1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:

Josh seems in every way like an amazing person, which is why I say he's America's QB. He even wears the red, white and blue! 

 

People see him out a lot around here and often times they don't want to bother him or say anything but if he overhears you talking like that or sees you wearing Bills gear often he will approach you and say hello. 

 

Definitely a guy that deserves to hoist the Lombardi, hopefully soon, and maybe even more than once! More importantly, he seems like a genuinely happy and thankful person. It has to be tough sometimes to be "on" all the time in public but he always seems to have a smile and have time for people who want to say hello. 

 

 

 

After meeting his mom - you immediately know where it came from as well. 

[Chandler#81]

Fantastic experience! Happy Birthday, Dawg!

[Alphadawg7]

9 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Fantastic experience! Happy Birthday, Dawg!

 

Thanks!  It really was!

 

My wife took me to one of Gordon Ramsays restaurants, Hells Kitchen, at Ceasars for dinner after.  One - We were excited to go, but both had low expectations on the food, just thought it would be fun.  But the food was on point, everything we had was excellent (Seared Scallops, Lobster Risotto, Ceasar Salad, Beef Wellington, and the Stick Toffee Pudding), we just shared all those items.  Our drinks were excellent (although expensive) too.  We were surprised, thinking it was a menu from a TV reality show, now a chain as there are multiple locations, etc.  But honestly, food we had at least was excellent.  NOTE:  Gordons Sticky Toffee pudding was maybe the best dessert we have ever eaten, including Italy where he had some amazing things.  

 

But two, what we didn't know was that the entire tournament went to Ceasars as they host it every year, so we saw Josh and all the players there, and tons of other other stars, athletes, etc who didn't even play in the practice round who were there.  So if anyone ever goes, plan on being at Ceasars Wed Night because they are all there for a private event and then just walking around the casino.  We met UFC legend Justin Gaethje, Rob Wiggle, Gary Sheffield, and stuff just gambling a little bit in the casino.  Josh was hanging out with Sam Darnold, Trevor Lawerence, and bunch of people like right next to us as we were just passing by to dinner.  

 

We stumbled upon that - but now its our plan annually to hit the practice round on Wed and Ceasars for dinner and hangout at night.

Edited 9 hours ago by Alphadawg7

[JP51]

32 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below.

 

Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up.  Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them.  

 

My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh.  She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife.  I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe.  I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing.  

 

NOTE:  We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months.  I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going.  Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake.  

 

The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh.  Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on.  Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well.  So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon.  

 

I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him.  It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too.  Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol.  

 

It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff.  My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc.  Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible.  She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness.  We had a great couple of conversations with her.  

 

Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold.  Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know.  

 

The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play.  Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group.  Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round.  Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him.  

 

First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting.  Got a great video of it.  He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys".  There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so.  

 

Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that).  When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it.  So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome.  

 

My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump.  My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him).  My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said:

• "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT"

 

WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE

 

After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee.  Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10.  As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh.  

 

They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with.  Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome.  Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him.  I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person.  It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature.  

 

For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you.

 

We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is.  Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different.  In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person.  And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it.  

 

They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down.  And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD.  He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field.  

And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

 

 

 

First off Happy Birthday AlphaD 2nd thanks for sharing this is a great sorry

[machine gun kelly]

35 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below.

 

Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up.  Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them.  

 

My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh.  She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife.  I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe.  I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing.  

 

NOTE:  We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months.  I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going.  Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake.  

 

The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh.  Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on.  Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well.  So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon.  

 

I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him.  It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too.  Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol.  

 

It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff.  My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc.  Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible.  She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness.  We had a great couple of conversations with her.  

 

Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold.  Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know.  

 

The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play.  Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group.  Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round.  Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him.  

 

First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting.  Got a great video of it.  He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys".  There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so.  

 

Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that).  When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it.  So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome.  

 

My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump.  My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him).  My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said:

• "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT"

 

WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE

 

After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee.  Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10.  As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh.  

 

They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with.  Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome.  Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him.  I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person.  It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature.  

 

For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you.

 

We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is.  Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different.  In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person.  And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it.  

 

They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down.  And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD.  He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field.  

And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

 

 

 

Dawg, you kill me.  I just teared up reading the last part.  Thank you to you and your wife for sharing such a precious moment.  Sometimes, heroes actually do live up to the hype.  I know my Dad meets that bill.  If you knew him you’d understand.  He’s turning 95 this August, and at his funeral, there will be every VIP around including the bishop.  I expect the Basilica will be over 1,000 in attendance.  
 

Thank you again on Josh.  It makes me love this guy that much more.

[Johnny Bravo]

What and awesome story.  Thanks for sharing it!  We are so lucky to have Josh the player and Josh the manas our QB.

 

Happy Birthday!

[Dukestreetking]

Incredible, beautiful story Dawg, and well-written.

 

JA is THE 29-yo we want leading a $4B franchise.

 

Meanwhile, TSW needs to add a "Double Awesome" reaction.

 

I'm looking at you @Simon!!

[GunnerBill]

I'd expect no less of Josh. 

 

I also met two of my heroes yesterday at the cricket. The Little Master Sachin Tendaulker and the incomparable Brian Charles Lara. The two finest batsmen of my and many lifetimes. Met them both on the same day. Both absolute gentlemen. 

 

I also got a tap on the shoulder at one point in the afternoon and turned around to see a former Prime Minister who I briefed a number of times when he was in office. That impressed my pals haha. 

 

One of my favourite days ever at a sporting event. The gorgeous weather we are having in London right now helps too. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Alphadawg7 said:

This is going to be a long post about an incredible experience for anyone who wants to read it - if you don't want to read the bulk of it you can skip to the most important part - look for the bolded header below.

 

Quick back story - Lake Tahoe is a special place to me and my wife, we both spent a lot of time up there when we each were growing up.  Now we are blessed to live about 90 min from there, and my mother-in-law recently bought a house in Truckee (about 20 min from the Lake) where we will be spending lots of time with our 2 boys throughout the years to where they get to grow up with it also being a special place for them.  

 

My wife surprised me for my bday (which is actually today) with tickets to the practice rounds on Wed and Thursday to the ACC Golf Tournament, something I have never attended before, and just so we can try and see and meet Josh.  She is a die hard Niner fan and even with some of her favorite Niners there too like Kittle, she made this all about Josh - shout out to my amazing wife.  I moved to Southern California in 1997, so I had not gotten to spend too much time in Tahoe after that and never been to the ACC, nor did I even realize how big of a deal it was in South Lake Tahoe.  I spent most of my time in west Lake Tahoe around Tahoe City and Truckee growing up, so it was a treat to spend time in an area only been a couple times in passing.  

 

NOTE:  We will be making this an annual event for us and cant wait to bring our boys who were too young this trip with my oldest just turning 2 and my other son 9 months.  I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this event to anyone who has thought about going.  Players are so accessible, event is so much fun, and its on the Lake.  

 

The ACC Golf Tournaments - Josh's tee time was 1pm on hole 16 - his group showed, but no Josh.  Great group of 4 guys telling the fans there to see Josh he was late (his flight was delayed and landed late), but is still coming, so to follow their group if they want to see him as he was going to join the group once he got there on whatever hole they were on.  Steph Curry was the group behind them, also not there on his tee time, but due to arrive as well.  So we used this time to go check out Austin Reeves (I am also a Lakers fan) in the group in front of Josh's and lag back and watch Steph arrive and follow him a couple holes before catching back up with Josh's group a few holes later expecting Josh to arrive soon.  

 

I spent a lot of time approaching any Bills fan I saw on holes who were not there to get the info telling them they will never see him if they stay on that hole, to follow the group that just passed if they want to see him.  It felt good as a Bills fan to share the news and excitement, especially for kids, but it was also just so much fun meeting so many fellow Bills Mafia too.  Makes me wonder if I met anyone from here without knowing it lol.  

 

It was on hole 2 where I got to meet Josh's mom, who was following the group with Josh's clubs and stuff.  My wife and I talked to her for probably 10 min, and my wife and her mom'd out talking about raising Josh, us raising 2 boys, etc.  Listening to his mom talk about him, raising him, the adversity he went through, saying god always had a hand on him through all the struggles to get seen and taken seriously was incredible.  She oozes class, warmth, love, pride, humility, and just kindness.  We had a great couple of conversations with her.  

 

Then as my wife and I are walking from the tee to the green after Josh's group tee'd off and were half way down the fairway, my wife says look out, there is a car coming - ITS JOSH - and we don't realize until he is passing the two of us where we shouted out GO BILLS and he yelled back GO BILLS as he passed us with Sam Darnold.  Kids start racing up the incline to the green, kids who had been trickling around following the group who were lucky enough to know.  

 

The best part about the practice rounds is that it isn't crowded, makes a more intimate feel for everything, like you are watching your buddies play.  Josh took the time to acknowledge all the kids, even sign things even though he kept telling everyone he will sign after the round as he had to keep the round moving, especially since they were a large group.  Other people we saw were not like this, they were not giving much time to the fans or kids, even in a practice round.  Josh was different, and it was majorly apparent just how different he is as a person and his full awareness of just how important he is to the kids there to see him.  

 

First green, hole he joined mid way, he was chipping maybe 2 feet in front of me, thats how close you could get in such a causal setting.  Got a great video of it.  He kept making time for kids in between, telling adults who were IMO inappropriately trying to get Josh's attention to sign their stuff "Just the kids right now guys".  There were some adults inappropriately IMO trying to get in with the kids to get stuff signed even though Josh kept saying just the kids right now because he really didn't have a lot of time to do much with the pace, so he wanted to use that for the kids, and rightfully so.  

 

Funny story - his mom and one of the guys from the original 4 some who I had spoken to a lot were driving up to the next hole and she hit me in the arm with her golf cart (at a slow pace, it was funny, nothing other than that).  When we got to the next hole I told her "Well we should probably exchange information now and have my people call your people and get this worked out" and we had a big laugh about it.  So next few holes anytime she passed me in the cart she would swerve at me like she was gonna finish the job as we kept laughing about it - again, his mom is awesome.  

 

My personal best moment with Josh came when he passed by me walking to another hole and I just congratulated him on his marriage and he gave me a fist bump.  My wife got in on camera on her iphone, it was awesome (also congratulated Sam Darnold on his season and new contract and also got a fist bump from him).  My instagram stories post was a shot with Josh reaching out for the first bump and a shot below of it of us fist bumping and in between was my caption that said:

• "I went to the ACC Golf Tourney and all I got was fisted by a GOAT"

 

WHY JOSH IS DIFFERENT AND A MVP IN LIFE

 

After hole 9, there was no break as they didn't start on 1 remember, so they had to get rushed over by golf cart to the 10th tee.  Josh and Darnold were walking the course, so they brought a golf cart with a back seat that faces out the back to shuttle them with the rest of the group quickly over to 10.  As they were driving right in front of us the most incredible moment happened that says EVERYTHING you need to know about Josh.  

 

They were passing someone in Bills gear standing by themselves with the person they were there with.  Josh yelled to the golf cart driver STOPPPPP as they passed him recognizing this person was a special needs person with Down Syndrome.  Josh jumped out of the cart and went over to him and gave him a huge hug, signed his stuff and took pictures with him.  I want you to realize that the person did NOT ask him to stop, the cart Josh was in was just driving down this path and Josh saw him and immediately demanded they stop and let him out so he could go to this person.  It was one of the most impressive and touching moments I have seen in person from someone of his stature.  

 

For comparison sake - Aaron Rodgers in a recent year refused to sign a kids stuff or take any pics with him who was there to see him wearing his jersey and told him "I am too hot right now, I need to stay locked in" in terms of the tournament - a celebrity tournament these guys play for fun mind you.

 

We were walking at this point just behind where they stopped, as we walked by this person who was so blessed to have Josh stop, someone was talking to him about how cool that must be and he said "Yeah, we are like best buds now" and it was one of the sweetest things and my wife was tearing up just amazed at who he is.  Mind you, he showed a ton of fun, class, humility, etc the whole time, this moment was just different.  In a rush, rest of his group already ahead of him, he still demanded them to stop to take the time and make an unforgettable special moment for this person.  And we felt blessed to have a front row seat to just witness it.  

 

They say never meet your heroes - they will just let you down.  And while this is true in many cases - JOSH BREAKS THE MOLD.  He is an MVP in life, he does the little things, important things, untold things...things when there are no cameras to capture it...things that are bigger than anything he has done or will do on a sports field.  

And on top of that - I can proudly and legitimately state "My wife got me fisted by Josh Allen" - Best. Wife. Ever.

 

 

 

WT Actual....  This is a lesson on NEVER just scroll the bottom of a long post TBD LMAO. I did that to the bolded part and was like "WTH????"  Needless to say I had to back up and start from the beginning. 🤣

[Guffalo]

I have met some of the "Heroes" that we all admire, and I agree, they usually seem self centered and put off by the "unwashed masses". So glad we have a guy that actually deserves the adulation of the fans, and I'm so happy he is a Buffalo Bill. Happy Birthday indeed, what a great story.

[Doc Brown]

It's no coincidence that the clear top tier of QB's in Allen, Mahomes, Burrow, and Jackson seem to all be great people and great leaders.  Not one have I heard any of these guys throw their teammates under the bus and always take responsibility whether fair or not.

[GunnerBill]

4 minutes ago, Guffalo said:

I have met some of the "Heroes" that we all admire, and I agree, they usually seem self centered and put off by the "unwashed masses". So glad we have a guy that actually deserves the adulation of the fans, and I'm so happy he is a Buffalo Bill. Happy Birthday indeed, what a great story.

 

This made me think who is the worst hero I met. And it's another cricketer. I met Marcus Trescothick at a game about 10 years ago and he was horrible. I was polite, didn't approach in a place where he could be embarrassed or harrased and he was just rude and dismissive. 

 

He is now England's batting coach. 

[Lost]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

This made me think who is the worst hero I met. And it's another cricketer. I met Marcus Trescothick at a game about 10 years ago and he was horrible. I was polite, didn't approach in a place where he could be embarrassed or harrased and he was just rude and dismissive. 

 

He is now England's batting coach. 

 

Hey Gunner, how did you ever get into American football and more specifically the Buffalo Bills?

[Doc Brown]

Just now, Lost said:

 

Hey Gunner, how did you ever get into American football and more specifically the Buffalo Bills?

He was inspired by the 3-13 season under Gregg Williams and the Van Pelt/Johnson QB debate.  He's told this story a 1,000 times.

[TBBills Fan]

We got the right Josh. No doubt 

[Jauronimo]

8 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

This made me think who is the worst hero I met. And it's another cricketer. I met Marcus Trescothick at a game about 10 years ago and he was horrible. I was polite, didn't approach in a place where he could be embarrassed or harrased and he was just rude and dismissive. 

 

He is now England's batting coach. 

In this spirit of this thread, I wonder who is the worst hero to get fisted by? Probably Andre the Giant.

[Alphadawg7]

18 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

WT Actual....  This is a lesson on NEVER just scroll the bottom of a long post TBD LMAO. I did that to the bolded part and was like "WTH????"  Needless to say I had to back up and start from the beginning. 🤣

 

Hahaha nice

[The Frankish Reich]

Nice story. Good on you, Josh.

 

I get it. Famous people get a little tired of being bothered all the time. So we appreciate it when a hero actually appears grateful.

 

There used to be a PGA tournament near where I lived. I attended a couple of them. Here's what impressed me: Greg Norman was reaching the end of his competitive days. He was making a little run for maybe the last time. People were trying to follow him hole to hole. And all it took was a little nod, a little smile, a little wave, a little acknowledgment from him that his fans were there. And he did it. Just the smallest gesture was all he needed to get the love of the crowd.

I think Vijay Singh won that year. He wasn't rude in any way, just generally immune to the crowd. No acknowledgment at all. And he basically had no fans.

It doesn't take much...