SageAgainstTheMachine

Ok, at least you got the definiton right (or at least you're closer, not applicable isn't exactly synonymous with irrelevent either). But to your point, why should the team losing make me any less of a fan? There's something called loyalty. I'm a Bills fan through thick and thin...for better or worse. Would you divorce your wife if she gained a little weight? Would you give away your children for adoption because they pulled C's in school instead of A's? Would you ditch your country and move to Europe because you don't like a law that gets passed? No, because people have loyalty toward those things. I am a loyal fan of the Bills whether they go 0-16 or 19-0. In other words, yes, winning is irrelevant to me being a fan. What is so wrong with being a sheep that cheers for the Bills? Isn't that what being a fan is all about? Fan is short for "fanatic" not "impartial observer".

Irrelevant does not mean "not important". I'm guessing you didn't exactly ace your verbal SATs.

This HAS to be the worst cliche in all of sports...if not, it's right up there with "high motor" to describe any white player.

Agreed, but I think we'll feel differently when it's a parade of Bills or Sabres players.

Wow, I think we would get along well. Except for Labatt Blue...thems is fightin words.

Wow 97...we should all be so lucky RIP

Is that supposed to be a joke? If so then congratulations...you are officially the least funny member of TSW.

Q: What is the correct way to use a bottle opener? A: Trick question, it should be open when she serves it to you.

Or maybe you just don't know the meaning of the word. Nuanced means filled with intricacies (not the merriam webster definition I'm sure, but close enough). Are you trying to tell us the game of football (especially at the professional level) is not filled with intricacies? Of course, there is such a thing as "paralysis by analysis" and Dicky J is often guilty of it IMO, but to suggest that football is NOT nuanced is beyond ridiculous.

Nothing wrong with a nice football book, but man are you missing out. angrygnome, I don't really know what a TBD book club would entail (or if I'd have time outside my regular reading), but let me know the details and I'd probably be up for it.

So basically, the center hikes the ball and then everybody starts hitting each other with no rhyme or reason. Got it.

And I think that you are an average fan (which is not good if you look at the fan list) who only notices players when they make the "big play" and who is incapable of understanding the nuances of the game.

Bad move. By the way, I love how you're comparing Donte Whitner to Coy Wire and calling SOMEBODY ELSE simple-minded. Let me guess...Whitner hasn't gotten many interceptions, and Wire never got many interceptions so they're the same, right?

Congratulations!

At least he's not saying we should CUT whitner, like some people have before.

Here's my bad beat story... So back in prep school, I knew this guy Worm. We became fast friends because we were the only two guys at the school without a trust fund (my dad was the janitor at the school and his was the groundskeeper). To make a little money off the douchebag trust fund babies, we learn to grift at poker and we have them in the palms of our hands. Now, Worm ends up getting expelled for running an operation with me to throw a basketball game, but like a true friend Worm doesn't turn me in. I owe him a major debt of gratitude, obviously. Years later, I'm going to law school in New York and (being a poor mofo) paying for it with poker winnings. One day, I'm in Atlantic City and I take down former WSOP champion Johnny Chan. With this new-found confidence, I decide that I should raise the money to enter myself in the world series, so I take my entire bankroll of 30,000 dollars to Teddy KGB, a prominent member of the Russian mafia and a hell of a player at Texas Hold em. I do well enough that it's just me and KGB at the table toward the end. I'm dealt an Ace and a nine. The flop comes and I've got a two pair. After the river, I'm sitting on a full house A-A-9-9-9. KGB has a flush draw on spades, which I obviously have beat. We go all in. He doesn't have the spades. He pocket rockets, and a higher full house. KGB wins and I'm out my entire life savings. Being broke, I quit the game and got myself an honest job to pay for law school. Meanwhile, Worm is doing 2 years for credit card fraud. When he gets out, he draws me back into the game (I can't stay away). Turns out that Worm owes one of KGB's lackeys 25 grand. I can't just leave him for broke because he's like a brother to me. We have to raise at least $15,000 in 5 days. We get about half way there, when I'm in a 2 table game with some cops. I tell Worm to stay away, but he can't. The cops catch him dealing from the bottom of the deck, beat the crap out of us and throw us out. We're left with nothing. Worm wants to skip down, but I figure that I finally have to face my demons. I borrow 10 grand from one of my professors, and head on down to KGB's gambling den. I convince him to play and win the requisite 5 grand, but I can't just stop there at even (In retrospect, they would have killed me if I lost and couldn't pay, but I wasn't thinking straight). I lose a little bit, and only have a couple hours until midnight when I officially owe the money. I have one more hand... I'm dealth an 8 and 9 of spades. Right on the flop, boom I get the straight, but I play it cool checking to KGB on each bet. He thinks I've got nothing, but I beat him with the straight and win 60 G's, enough to pay back my debts and head off to Vegas for the World Series, unsure of my fate but hopeful.

He was acquitted, douchebag. Something it seems most people choose to overlook. RIP, Michael. At the very least, the world will never forget you.

This is disgusting...obviously, Transformers 2 does nothing but perpetuate negative stereotypes about robots. When are robots going to get a fair shake, huh? In all seriousness, the folks that are crying "racist" are the racists. They're the ones that assume the robots are meant to be black, even though one of the voice actors is white. Here's my question...how can a freaking animated robot be classified as white, black, asian, hispanic, etc?

I'll admit, I had no idea who Farrah was until today, but after looking up some stuff on her she seems like a wonderful person (not to mention gorgeous). 62 years is too young these days, but it seems like she lived a heck of a life. RIP

I love how I knew you were going to try to hold a mirror up to me by making an analogous post to mine. Actually I didn't know that, but isn't this fun?

I love how you're making fun of the looks of a woman that you would have ZERO chance with, even if she wasn't married to Ferris Bueller.

I usually like your posts dude, but I think you should shut off your little witch hunt on this guy...just because he doesn't see the Pats* as public enemy #1 like most of us here doesn't make him any less of a Bills fan. Just sayin...

That doesn't make much sense. The game hinged on a field goal attempt. So since Norwood missed the field goal, that means the team did not play a good game? But if Norwood DID make the field, that suddenly means the team DID play a good game? I understand, and agree with, your point about winning being the ultimate goal...but I think your logic is a little bit screwy on this one. Good efforts often fall to great efforts. Wouldn't you say the Cardinals played a good game in this last Superbowl?

This story basically amounts to... "Dolphins' 1st Round Pick Davis' Car Insurance Increases"

Fair enough, I suppose. I still think he's great, and most of his stuff really speaks to me. I'll agree with you on Born in the USA, his worst album by orders of magnitude. He was bordering on John Cougar Mellencamp territory right there. But his two most recent albums (The Rising and Magic) have been a HUGE return to form from what you may see as his more commercial days. As to your general theme regarding "selling out"...who the hell hasn't? What popular musician never sold his soul a little bit to cash in at the bank? There are very few pure musicians out there, and we probably haven't even heard of most of them. I'll be impressed if you can conjure up more than a couple recognizable names who never made slightly sub-par music that would appeal to audiences a little bit more and make them more dough. Hell, the entire foundation of the freakin BEATLES was that crappy bubblegum pop I Wanna Hold Your Hand.