ICanSleepWhenI'mDead

Usually?

If anybody wants to make a celebratory "winning season still" it don't need to be a fantasy - - my youngest brother Darryl can get you the parts - - but he'll want some of the moonshine.

Too bad our taste expert can no longer tell us if they taste different.

Sometimes I wonder if there's a bit of a "chicken and egg" issue with the historical perspective. On game day, the QB generally gets too much blame when a team loses, and too much credit when a team wins. So if his TEAM wins several championships, there is a tendency to look back at a QB and put him on a pedestal. Sometimes the QB deserves the credit he gets, but sometimes it's just a media-caused distortion. I suspect the same sort of thing holds true for coaches. In short, does a winning QB/coach combo get praised because there was some synergy at work between them, or does a winning QB/coach combo automatically get praised just because they won? And if you won the 1st championship with a so-so QB/coach combo because of the other talent on the team, you know that QB/coach combo ain't gonna get fired right away. They may get another chance at a ring. Not saying I'm certain of this, but sometimes it makes me wonder.

They should have cut out the middle man.

If the Jets beat the Pats tomorrow, the Jets will already be guaranteed the tiebreak advantage in any two-team tie with the Bills, even if we beat the Jets in the last regular season game.

http://news.yahoo.co...-122242202.html

So he's part of Ralph's secret plan for keeping the Bills in Buffalo?

that if the Jets beat the Pats tomorrow, we cannot win a 2 team tiebreaker with the Jets at the end of the regular season, no matter what else happens in the remaining regular season games? It's true.

I disagree. The key is to make the Colts mistakenly believe that Chuck Pagano has already been cured: http://www.theonion.com/articles/cancerstricken-chuck-pagano-annoyed-colts-couldnt,29986/?ref=auto

Where do people get this "we control our own destiny" stuff? Here's the facts: Even if we beat Indy, Seattle AND everybody else left on our schedule, we don't control our own destiny. The teams currently ahead of us for the 2 wildcard spots are: Pitt: 6-4 Indy: 6-4 Cinci: 5-5 Of those three teams, the only one we play this season is Indy. If we beat them, they have 5 losses. Among those three teams, the only game any of them have left with each other is a game between Pitt and Cinci. If Cinci wins that game, then Pitt and Cinci will each have 5 losses. We already have 6 losses, so even if we win the rest of our games, we can still finish behind all three of those teams. That means we do not control our own destiny. If we win out to finish 10-6, we have a very good chance of making the playoffs, and we won't need much help from other teams. But that's doesn't mean we control our own destiny. At this point, we don't.

Actually, even if we beat Seattle AND everybody else left on our schedule, we don't. The teams currently ahead of us for the 2 wildcard spots are: Pitt: 6-4 Indy: 6-4 Cinci: 5-5 Of those three teams, the only one we play this season is Indy. If we beat them, they have 5 losses. Among those three teams, the only game any of them have left with each other is a game between Pitt and Cinci. If Cinci wins that game, then Pitt and Cinci will each have 5 losses. We already have 6 losses, so even if we win the rest of our games, we can still finish behind all three of those teams. That means we do not control our own destiny. We need help from other teams, even if we win out to finish at 10-6.

You should eat what you catch: http://unofficialnetworks.com/carp-hunters-epic-fishing-77212/

Thanks for the heads up. I like watching the US men's national team play, but I'm only a casual soccer fan. I'm vaguely aware of the World Cup qualifier schedule so I look those up in advance - - but I sometimes miss the "friendlies."

Too bad Denzel Washington weren't the pilot.

Reports are - - - that's just a minority opinion. C'mon man, I can talk about Darlene 'cause she's family. If you want to fantasize about what she looks like, I guess it's a free country (long as you don't try to start a humorous Bills thread on the main TSW message board), but keep it to yourself.___________________________________________________________ And to any mod who happens to read this: Not even an icon to show that this thread was moved to OffThe Wall, even though it specifically talks about the most recent Bills game, Nix, Ralph, and asks for Bills related responses? Your rules, not mine, but somebody please 'splain to me why this thread was moved.

Hey, it ain't my fault Chami-nada beat Virginia. Take it up with Ralph Sampson.

Eel allergy?

No promises - - fart-storms are unpredictable.

Some things in the universe just can't be explained. Take my sister Darlene, for example. Some of you know that she was born early, and didn't get 'nuff air. So she has special needs, but she also has a gift. It's kinda like how some autistic kids are idiot savants at math (think Rain Man), only different. The day momma had Darlene, the Bambino died - - yeah, Babe Ruth, the guy who pointed to the outfield with his bat and called his home run shot. Maybe that has sumthin' to do with why Darlene has always been fascinated with sports. She just kinda has a taser-like focus whenever sports are on TV - - even when the Tide is up by 35 late in the game. This one time years ago, she mumbles "Forget Ralph Sampson, bet the farm on Chaminade." Sadly, we didn't know what she meant at the time. But I regress. The point is, I've been a Bills fan for years, so Darlene seen most of there games. Yesterday, on the last Patriots drive, I got excited when we held the Pats to a late field goal. Me: "A TD drive that uses up the clock, and we win!" Darlene: "Just wait" Spiller turns a short crossing pattern into a big gain AND gets out of bounds: Me: "We got a real shot at this!" Darlene: "Just wait" Fred Jackson takes a wicked hit, fumbles, and four Patriots jump on the ball, but Eric Woods comes out of the scrum with it: Me: "I'm tellin' ya, it's payback day. We're gonna take 'em!' Darlene: "Just wait" On 1st down with no timeouts left, Fitzgibbons barely misses Chandler in the end zone: Me: "Their playin' smart - - they know they gotta take shots at the end zone - - we got time for three more!" Darlene: "Just wait" We all know what happened next. So later on I'm tellin' one of my brothers about how we are just snake-bit and things are friggin' hopeless because nothin's ever gonna change while Ralph still owns the team - - "It's a no-win scenario" I says. Darlene looks me straight in the eye and says: "I don't believe in the no-win scenario - - fire Nix and hire William Shatner." So I'm thinkin' Darlene has finally gone totally over the edge - - hiring an actor as GM makes no sense at all. But then I figured on it some more, and I think I know what she meant. See, turns out Darlene was also lookin' over my shoulder at the TV durin' all them Stars Wars episodes. So she seen the one where Captain Kirk beats the "no-win" Kobayashi Maru scenario by changing the programming of the simulator. A lot of people think Ralph meddled with many football decisions over the years (it is his team after all), and the future of the franchise is murky after he's gone. So any GM of this team has to face the no-win scenario, just like Captain Kirk did. So if Captain Kirk was GM of the Bills, could he change the rules of the game enough to beat the no-win scenario? I think he could. Here's one obvious example: Ralph will meddle with QB drafting decisions, ensuring that we never get a franchise QB till he's gone. While we could tribble about the precise details, the obvious way to surmount that obstacle is to change the rules of the game to make what we currently call a "franchise QB" less important to winning the game. Maybe we get the rules committee to protect the QB less - - pretty soon nobody's got a "franchise QB." That evens the playing field for us - - what's good for the goose is good for the gander, just like in Genesis. Or maybe we convince Goodell that WRs are all prima donnas, and the game will be easier to market overseas if we make high-character electrifying runners like Spiller more featured. Goodell could do that - - who cares how? Make him believe the NFL needs more more Walter Peytons and Jim Browns, and less Plaxico Burri, and our future is suddenly much brighter, in spite of Ralph. The doctors say Darlene's condition prevents her from having what lay people consider a normal "brainstorm." When someone like her has one, it's just as smart, but it smells funny to her because her old-factory senses are affected. In her mind, it's a "fart-storm." I think Darlene had a great fart-storm. How do you think Captain Kirk could work within the constraints of Ralph's ownership, and turn this medee-okra team into a winner? I've got a few ideas, but I'm interested in yours.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, but you can enter symptoms in WebMD (considered by most to be a reputable source of medical info) to get some idea of what MIGHT be causing them. With 30 seconds of searching, I found this: http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/raynauds-phenomenon-7594e You might want to dig deeper at WebMD, but if it was me, I'd see a doctor.

6 & 4 ?????? It's hard to do math in the NFL.

Question is, can Rich Eisen catch him yet: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/09000d5d82745c18/Eisen-versus-the-rest-of-the-field (For anybody who's never seen the Rich Eisen NFL draft combine 40 yard dash videos, it's worth a look)

I aggree. So does the eldest Daryl.

Maybe Thurston read George Foreman's autobiography while he was stuck on Gilligan's Island, and decided to name all his kids Delano as a tribute to the champ.