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Well, I always thought that Toronto is the worse city for CFL football in the league. As an NFL fan from Canada i have allways wanted to see Toronto come out of the CFL, add a team in Quebec City/Ottawa/East Coast and the CFl will still be viable. It can live on without Toronto i beleive that. If people are that heartbroken to lose the Argos/CFL, well Hamilton is just a short drive to get your CFL fix. Toronto is a major league town, an NFL team up here is way late. My dream has allways been to have Toronto added to the NFL as the ARGOS. It would keep the tradition of the Argos alive, give us a sense of pride and history in the name and have an automatic connection to the team. Imagine the AFC east with Toronto AND Buffalo??....automatically there is one game one both teams home schedule where you would have a great rivalry and huge attraction to that game. The stuff about the CFl dying without Toronto is BS, take it to a poll i bet the NFL would be higher in the interests of the common person in Toronto and the "new Argos" would become Canada's team for NFL fans in Canada. Tapping into that market of an ENTIRE country is worth the NFL's interest to take note. By in large we paid the high prices yesterday, drop those prices and give us our OWN team and then judge if Toronto is a viable NFL market. I think it is and hope we get more of a fair shake.

As a diehard Bills fan born and raised in Toronto, I am just as mad/confused/upset as all of you that the Miami game was put up here in Toronto. Now for all the Canadian bashing going on here - I dont understand that either. Those of us that make up 20% of the gameday crowd at the Ralph live and die with the Bills and LOVE that drive to Orchard Park on gameday and wouldn't trade it for the world. The fact is this is hockey country 1st - Raptors have come 2nd and beleive me the ACC is probably one of the best atmophere's in the NBA on gameday. Now for all of you saying it was quiet in there, pro-Miami you are right it was. This is because people like me are a minority here. But at the same time this 20% you dont want to alienate - dont bite the hand that feeds you so to speak. Some of us have season tickets, others drive down on gameday - the fact is we make up 1/5th of the fan base on gameday at the Ralph - this should not be disrespected or dismissed. If i am duped by this and it is a ploy to move the team North I will be just as upset as any of you and I would not support THAT team. There is something special about being a Bills fan - that is why i will stay loyal no matter what - but I do know whats special about it, its the character of the place, the bigtown with the smalltown feel for football, the undying loyalty of the fans, and mainly the PRIDE that the team means to the community and thats where this was botched by the NFL and the Bills. You dont give away homefield this late in the year, you dont give away the Miami game - Thats like the leafs and Canadians game being played in Buffalo and that would irk the hell out of me. I guess my point is where your pointing your anger. Dont point it at the Canadians - some of us love and support this team and follow it the same way as all of you - remember youre talking to someone who was paid 200$ for a preseason game and yesterday's game and I only hope that money is going to make the Bills more viable in Western New York. As for next years game I have no problem writing a petition as a Canadian and getting one of you guys that will be at the Pats game on the final day of the year to go around and acquire signatures. Lets make sure this mistake does not happen again and make sure next year's game is played in September or October. The best way to do that is to work together and send the NFL a message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2oAxlZQqwk This video shows what kind of PRIDE we have as a nation up here and some of things I've read on here are appaling as someone who has supported this team on the other side of the border for years. I feel your pain, I see your anger just make sure your dirrecting it at the right forces. GO BILLS! (Be there LOUD and PROUD on the last day of the year. The playoffs/season may be over but remember we can ruin it for the Pats still - all is not lost)

Hows it going everyone. Long time viewer of the boards after last night I finally decided to join up and post. Been a Bills fan for long time now, live in Toronto have tickets to the Miami game and I can tell you I hate that the game will be at the Skydome and that I'm not making the drive down to Orchard Park. After spending 100$ to sit up in the nosebleeds for the Miami game, I was hanging on every play last night hoping for a win and like the rest of you was crushed by the outcome. As a Leaf fan the feeling was all too familiar and i feel for all of you guys, I know how much this team means to Buffalo and of all the sports venues I've been to there will always be a soft spot for Orchard Park, gives me goosebumps every trip. Now my question for all of you guys is this, I am still hoping to see a meaningful December game up here in Toronto and am praying they enter that game at 7-5. This is a possibility especially if they can get the win this week in KC (which will be tough, i dont care if the Chiefs are 1-9 - Arrowhead is hell for any opponent). Now say the Bills get to 8-5 what would have to happen to grab that wildcard. With Indy's remaining schedule I'm handing them a wildcard. Baltimore i see 9 wins with their schedule meaning the Bills have to leap Miami and New England - Im giving the division to the Jets. If the Bills reach 8-5 i think they have a shot - providing they take the Jets game as the road game - one of those games is a loss, unfortunately maybe both, but I would like nothing more than the season to come down to a one game showdown with the Pats for the wildcard. For that I think we root for Miami this week on the Pats making the Toronto game vs Miami monumental. 10-6 gives a 50% chance to get in I think providing the Bills can somehow pull out the Jets road game. What do you guys realistically see the rest of the way? And what do you think the chances of entering the Miami game at 7-5 would be?

Hows it going everyone. Long time viewer of the boards after last night I finally decided to join up and post. Been a Bills fan for long time now, live in Toronto have tickets to the Miami game and I can tell you I hate that the game will be at the Skydome and that I'm not making the drive down to Orchard Park. After spending 100$ to sit up in the nosebleeds for the Miami game, I was hanging on every play last night hoping for a win and like the rest of you was crushed by the outcome. As a Leaf fan the feeling was all too familiar and i feel for all of you guys, I know how much this team means to Buffalo and of all the sports venues I've been to there will always be a soft spot for Orchard Park, gives me goosebumps every trip. Now my question for all of you guys is this, I am still hoping to see a meaningful December game up here in Toronto and am praying they enter that game at 7-5. This is a possibility especially if they can get the win this week in KC (which will be tough, i dont care if the Chiefs are 1-9 - Arrowhead is hell for any opponent). Now say the Bills get to 8-5 what would have to happen to grab that wildcard. With Indy's remaining schedule I'm handing them a wildcard. Baltimore i see 9 wins with their schedule meaning the Bills have to leap Miami and New England - Im giving the division to the Jets. If the Bills reach 8-5 i think they have a shot - providing they take the Jets game as the road game - one of those games is a loss, unfortunately maybe both, but I would like nothing more than the season to come down to a one game showdown with the Pats for the wildcard. For that I think we root for Miami this week on the Pats making the Toronto game vs Miami monumental. 10-6 gives a 50% chance to get in I think providing the Bills can somehow pull out the Jets road game. What do you guys realistically see the rest of the way? And what do you think the chances of entering the Miami game at 7-5 would be?