OJ Buffalo Memories

[Pete]

I met OJ as a young kid, when I was with my Father, who was looking at suits, at Sims in the mid 70s.

 

Going 0 for the 70s, I remember the jingle "Miami might have the Orange Bowl, but Buffalo has the Juice.

 

Bills would not still be in Buffalo if not for the Juice. 

 

I loved OJ in Naked Gun films.

 

 

 

 

We have so many happy memories of OJ.

 

We all know the tragic and cruel ending between OJ, Nicole, and Ron, and rightfully OJ is vilified.

 

But to us older Bills fans,  OJ was larger than life, prior to his demise.

 

Please post some good OJ memories.  Who was at the Jets game when OJ went over 2000?  Who has met OJ?

[Gregg]

I was at the Jets vs Bills at Shea in 1973. I was 5 at the time so I can't say I have a memory of it, but I was there according to my dad.

[nosejob]

I became a fan at 10, while watching a game in Dec. 1973. It was what the old folks had on the telly. I was the only kid there. Quite a game.

[SoCal Deek]

He signed a football for me mid-year of his famous 1973 record setting season. The signature is pretty faded now, over 50 years later, but it’s still there if you look close. 

[17islongenough]

I think i was at the same game as him a couple of years ago

[eball]

My dad worked for the telephone company in the 70s.  Once when the installers went on strike he had to go out into the field...he had a housecall at OJ's place.  When he went over OJ and Joe D were there...he got me two signed B&W photos I still have today.

 

One of the earliest Bills games I recall watching was a game in Miami when OJ ran wild, even though (of course) the Bills lost.  I think it was 1976.

 

 

Edited July 29 by eball

[Special K]

 I don't think I'm going to take a stab at this topic.

[mphs mike]

My first Bills game was at War Memorial in 69. The Juice was a rookie, the Bills beat the Dolphins, and then "O for the 70's" commenced.

[ticketssince61]

Met him 2X

 

- his rookie year at training camp - he was up against the goalpost surrounded by throngs of people looking for autographs

 

- at the game against the Jets (sometime in the 80's) where his jersey was retired. Saw him leaving the owner's box and ran after him to get him to sign the poster they had given out

 

from a purely football perspective, still think he was the greatest RB of all time. From a personal life perspective, one of the worst RB's of all time

 

 

[Walking Tall]

The Bills would definitely still be in Buffalo without OJ. The agreement to build Rich Stadium was in place while OJ still had not accomplished anything with the Bills.

 

And for the five years he played in Rich, the last two years the Bills sucked and started getting paltry crowds.

[Pete]

17 minutes ago, eball said:

My dad worked for the telephone company in the 70s.  Once when the installers went on strike he had to go out into the field...he had a housecall at OJ's place.  When he went over there OJ and Joe D were there...he got me two signed B&W photos I still have today.

 

One of the earliest Bills games I recall watching was a game in Miami when OJ ran wild, even though (of course) the Bills lost.  I think it was 1976.

 

My Father played basketball with Joe D.  Ive been to cookouts at Joe D's.  Some of my favorite Buffalo memories

[dwight in philly]

As a long time fan.. since the inception, OJ kind of put the Bills on the map .. The team at the time was horsexxxx.. and loved I  his career here ..  

Edited July 29 by dwight in philly

[Long Suffering Fan]

53 minutes ago, Pete said:

I met OJ as a young kid, when I was with my Father, who was looking at suits, at Sims in the mid 70s.

 

Where an educated consumer is our best customer.

 

Memory is a funny thing, but I swear they had a commercial in every Bills game I watched.

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Your father must have been an educated consumer, because I heard they were Sims’s best customers.

 

[MikePJ76]

Good lord.

 

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

This thread is likely to get real ugly. Real quick.

[Pete]

34 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This thread is likely to get real ugly. Real quick.

thanks for your contribution 

[Utah John]

I have never had a problem distinguishing between OJ the player and OJ the man.  I agree he was one of the very best RBs, possibly the best really, of all time.  That 14 game record in 1973 will never be broken, and his 1975 season was actually even better.

 

I also enjoy Kevin Spacey, Woody Allen, and Roman Polanski movies.  I am not blind to their faults but their work is excellent.

Edited July 29 by Utah John

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

 I don't think I'm going to take a stab at this topic.

You musy be scared of being outdueled and overpowered by Sabres?

[Long Suffering Fan]

36 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

This thread is likely to get real ugly. Real quick.

 

My problem is that, whenever I start to think about my good OJ memories, I begin to feel guilty about it.  So, then I think - OJ, why did you have to do what you did?  You were such a good player and such a seemingly nice representative of Buffalo and my childhood.  That leads me to feeling guilty again, this time because I am feeling sorry he messed up my memories as if I was some sort of victim, when the real victims are the people who are dead and those that knew them.

 

OJ is a difficult minefield for me to navigate.