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

[GunnerBill]

15 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

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

 

And worst location?

21 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

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

 

Short form - family friends from Buffalo. I got in Bills first sport second if that makes sense. 

[NakedSquid]

Love this my son and I also loved meeting him at RX3 event.  we go every year now.  He's all about the children and I love that .... he's by far the best roll model I've ever seen in the nfl. 

[34-78-83]

Happy Birthday @Alphadawg7 !

 

Great story

[0017]

Nicely said!! We don’t live far away from Tahoe, and Wednesday was our first time going, it is now going to be a yearly thing for us, unbelievable how awesome the Allen family is!! Seems like a good place to share a few pics from our experience. 

[The Firebaugh Kid]

1 hour 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. 

 

 

That man is destined to bring Buffalo its first championship.

[eball]

Love stuff like this. Thanks for sharing!

 

Josh is a unicorn in so many ways. 
 

[Ralonzo]

1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

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

 

 

Great thread @Alphadawg7 , thanks for the vicarious awesomeness from Edgewood (bucket list course... someday I'll do more than just ski Heavenly... someday)

[hondo in seattle]

Alpha, I don't usually like lengthy posts, but that was a great story.  Thanks for sharing.

 

I never met Josh but at a restaurant in California a couple of years ago, I met a couple who were from the Firebaugh area who went to school with Josh's mom and knew the entire family.  Their stories were consistent with what you said: they're "good people."  The couple heaped compliment after compliment on Josh and his mom.  

[MasterStrategist]

Man, what a great experience and HBD @Alphadawg7!  Amazing story, esp chatting with Joshs mom (almost getting run over lol) and witnessing Joshs genuine personality with the kids.

 

And yeah, word of advice, always good to have a "no kids" vaca sprinkled in each summer.. lol.  I only have a 7 yr old, but def good to balance some time away/also kids can connect with the grandparents.

[transient]

1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

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

Taking this in another, altogether creepier, direction, someone upstream did mention that their own father was their hero... 

[Pete]

3 hours 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. 

 

 

Wait until Hard Knocks shows Josh's personality and antics.  He will be a World Star

[Alphadawg7]

57 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

 

Great thread @Alphadawg7 , thanks for the vicarious awesomeness from Edgewood (bucket list course... someday I'll do more than just ski Heavenly... someday)

 

No problem, my first time at Edgewood.  Its an epic course and now my bucket list to play it.  My wife is has her sights on having her company sponsor the event moving foward as well which would lead to special perks and access if so...so hoping she gets that done lol...good news is shes the head of the department that would do that lol, so told her she has to get me ON the course as a player and not just a streaker during Allens round haha

 

 

1 hour ago, 0017 said:

Nicely said!! We don’t live far away from Tahoe, and Wednesday was our first time going, it is now going to be a yearly thing for us, unbelievable how awesome the Allen family is!! Seems like a good place to share a few pics from our experience. 

 

First, definitely saw you and your kids there and pretty sure I spoke to your kids too.  Small world 

 

Second, how did you get pics to post?  Anytime I have tried to upload a pic on here before it says the file is too big

Edited July 11 by Alphadawg7

[Alphadawg7]

1 hour ago, The Firebaugh Kid said:

That man is destined to bring Buffalo its first championship.

 

When my wife and I were talking with his mom, she talked about how she felt like god always had his hand on him through all the struggles nudging him in all the right directions to lead to where he was meant to be - in Buffalo.  You could hear the struggle, joy, relief, gratitude, and love oozing from her as she talked about it.  Like it was all meant to be - and you know what, it wouldn't be a Buffalo Bills story if it didn't have struggle and disappointment along the way too. 

 

And she also was gushing about Hailee (as well as Sam Darnolds new fiance) and how much she just loves her

[Kornfed]

Someday, somebody is gunna wind up making a movie about Josh.. 

Edited July 11 by Kornfed

[Augie]

3 hours 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.

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday, and that was quite a present. Thanks for sharing that experience. 

[Jauronimo]

1 minute ago, transient said:

Taking this in another, altogether creepier, direction, someone upstream did mention that their own father was their hero... 

Good thing my father has small, womanly hands.

[SF Bills Fan]

I met him at the same tournament when it was year two with the Bills. I saw him in the casino and on the course. I had a hunch as to where he would be and timed it right and ran right into him. When he got done playing he made a bee line right over to me since I was wearing a Bills hat. At the time he was far from the MVP of today and while recognized, he was not swarmed.  He was the nicest guy and took time to chat. you could tell he was different than most celebs and players. I remember joking and asking if he had 30 TDs in his arm for the coming year and he said "No- I got 35" and I could tell he meant it. Anyway, that next year I think he had 37. He really is a great person.

 

If you have young kids and they want to meet Josh Allen, that is the place to do it. You are mere feet away from tons of celebs throughout the day. Some are more much more fun and interactive and approachable with the fan than others. Some approach you. Sean Payton saw me drinking a beer and walked up and asked if I had another for him, which of course I did. I talked with Al Michaels while he paused on the course while the group ahead finished. It's that kind of atmosphere. 

[Juice_32]

Happy Birthday and thanks for sharing. We are very lucky to have him. 

[Ralonzo]

35 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

Second, how did you get pics to post?  Anytime I have tried to upload a pic on here before it says the file is too big

 

For uploading, you can use Paint to resize the pic smaller so it's < 200kb. Then copy/paste it.

[NewEra]

He’s different - 💯