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I hate to go all grammar Nazi on Jimmy Spags, but the proper English thread title should be "I seen YOUZE guys........".

It's like watching Ali fight The Spinks brothers.

I can't wait. Seventy thousand lunatics, jacked up on Labatt's Blue, chanting "CHEATER, CHEATER" every time Marcia takes the field.

Hands down, Chris Spielman. I was ecstatic when he became a Bill.

5 Grand Slam titles, 9 if you count doubles, and mixed doubles, which is more than any active player not named Williams. A number one ranking, at least one singles title every year since 2003', a streak matched only by Navratilova, Graf and Evert, and a win percentage over 80%.Compared to the Bills zero Super Bowl titles, the Sabres zero Stanley Cups and the Cubs zero World Series titles since Patton was a cadet, I can't bring my self to the point of disappointment with Maria. Now if you are looking to add a fourth from my list to the misery trio, I would suggest Sooners football. (Boise State anyone?)

Bills Sabres Chicago Cubs Maria Sharapova Niagara Ice Dogs Oklahoma Sooners The first three qualify me as an expert in dealing with disappointment.

Van was a great football announcer, but I think he was an even better basketball announcer. Back in the 70's, Van's station lost the rights to the Bills games (the unfortunate Al Meltzer era), leaving Van free to do Braves games full time. I don't think I've ever heard a better hoops play by play man! When the Braves left, my interest in the NBA dropped to zero, probably because there was no Van Miller doing any NBA games.

.....you remember Preston Ridlehuber ....you know Ahmad Rashad's given name ...you shopped at O'Connell, Lucas and Chelf ...you ate at the Goalpost Restaurant ....a 235 pound guard (George Flint) does not seem outrageous to you ...you thought McCrumbly was the greatest name for a linebacker, ever.

It's time to retire two announcer cliches: Dial up the blitz Burn a time out

The NFL is a 9 billion dollar per year money making machine, yet it is the only one of the four major team sports to have part time officials. I realize that the other three are in action throughout the week, and football is primarily a weekend thing, but part timers, in my opinion, result in wild inconsistency in officiating from crew to crew, and from officials within each crew. Make these guys full time. Bring them to a central location each week, review the recent games, study film of upcoming teams, do some conditioning work, and get a single focused message from the league's supervisor of officials, reinforced in person, weekly. Of course it will never happen, because after making money what the NFL likes to do most is keep money.

Cameron Who???

I wish some stadium, somewhere would be sponsored by Preparation H, just so Chris Berman could start his highlights with, "Tonight at the big hemorrhoid.....".

Wonder how many times St. Vincent blew up at front office types in Green Bay? It happens. Everywhere. In football, in business, in the military, in government. Type A personalities working closely with more type A personalities is fertile breeding ground for stuff like this.

I feel that the two biggest threats to the long term stability of the NFL are concussions, and choking on its own greed.

Sounds like Bruce Smith Syndrome.

Golden Wheels Dubenion The Amish Rifle

I have no second favorite. If you put a gun to my head and told me I must pick a team or die, I'd say the Decatur Staleys. I DO know that my favorite NFL city to visit is New Orleans.

Urgent message for Mark Sanchez: Patty Duke called. She wants her head band back.

Does Hernandez own a white Ford Bronco? I'm kind of in the mood for one of those low speed chases.

What I learned from watching ESPN: -- the NFL consists of the NFC East, the NY Jets, Tim Tebow and Peyton Manning. -- hockey does not exist -- Stephen A. Smith is unwatchable -- really, really tall people shoving a basketball through a hoop is a skill

Maybe we could get Leodis to act as his interpreter.

This time of year I really miss the late Joel Buchsbaum. He wasn't a TV guy, but his assessments for PFW were better than anything Kiper or McShay could ever do.

Former Bills Carlester Crumpler and John McCrumbly.

At QB, Willie Totten who was Jerry Rice's college QB. Started as a replacement player during a player's strike. Of course anyone who played as a replacement player would qualify as worst ever, so never mind.

It irks me when announcers of any sport use "hero" or "courage" when describing an athlete. Let's reserve these words for guys like John Basilone or Matt Urban.