Does anyone know where this stuff actually goes down? I've been tailgating all over the place for years and have never personally witnessed this kind of a$$holery. I feel like it's one niche lot somewhere populated by a bunch of 20-something attention whores.
I've seen some online forums offer the elimination of ads in exchange for nominal membership "fees." They tend to be higher traffic places with a lot more ads, but it is a nice premium to offer that doesn't block any free users from accessing content.
Edit: Now that I think about it, they tend to be forums that have proprietary software, so it's probably easier for them to offer that since they do their own coding. No clue if it would even be an option with the software SDS is running/going to run.
Pthpthp, the Maserati is his winter beater. You should see the Ferrari that the Mario Williams free agency thread bought him.
I get that some find paywalls annoying. But when the editor in charge of the publication comes to the forum to address individual questions and concerns, I think the matter is settled.
I'm personally not paying for the premium content myself, but I understand why it exists and why it's linked on the TBD front page so I'm not gonna carp about it.
Yeah, I hit the Googs to learn more about it, and this page on the Bucs site goes pretty in depth on the Bills/Bucs series history. They never came to Buffalo until 2009. But we played them eight times in Tampa from 1976 to 2005. But it doesn't explain why the schedule was so quirky like that. I know the expansion and realignment in 2002 lead to the current scheduling format for inter-conference games. But still. So weird.
http://m.buccaneers.com/news/article-1/Series-History-Bucs-Bills/483ece0a-576b-4227-89af-828f26776890
I heard tell of ridiculously long waits for a car after the game from the designated Uber lot. I almost wonder if walking a ways to get out of the immediate glut of postgame traffic to get your car might be quicker.
My sister lives in PHX and went to one of the Bills Bars out there and said it was lame. I'm sorry, but I can't remember which one it was. Maybe one of the TSWers on the ground there can fill in the blank for me.
She said there were fans of all teams there and only a handful of Bills fans. A server told her they sign up for all the NFL "Backers" clubs to drive business.That's definitely the exception in my experience. I've been to Bills Backers bars in Raleigh, Denver, LA, NYC, Boston, DC, and they've all been awesome.
This is why I chuckle at the beginning of every offseason when the boo-birds all exclaim "HARDEST SCHEDULE EVER NEXT SEASON L,L,L,L,L,L, W (Fish at home), L,L,L....."
You never really know what teams are what until the season is well underway.
I agree DJ has been getting better on air. I knew we had to give him time. Every new broadcaster needs to find their voice.
And also not surprised on his take. Not only are NFL playbooks complex to try to come in and learn quickly mid-season, there's the "fit and feel" aspect of it too. Team chemistry is real. Squishy, qualitative and hard to define, but real.
Stevie Johnson, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Chan Gailey are all available, no?
If McWrestleBeane doesn't make it happen by noon eastern today, I hereby sentence this team to an eternity of doom because of ego and reasons and Schwartz and comp picks.