GRHater69

The white jerseys/blue pants combo for me will always be associated with the '73 team when OJ set the record, and also the '80 Bills and that opening day win over Miami to end the streak and the 70s. The only time the blue pants never worked for me was in '84/'85 with the red helmets...that was a bad combo.

It was in '74 against the Dolphins, Marangi was a rookie, you are more correct than you think, it was 40 years ago and the player who caught the pass wore #40....JD Hill. We lost that game 35-28, there was a questionable defensive holding call that wiped out a 100 yard plus int return for a TD by Tony Greene early in that game. Baut bad calls against us were the norm back then especially when Shula was across the sidelines!

Hard not to tear-up reading that. And I did..............

Pat Williams was let go by Donahoe not Levy or Jauron, in fact Levy openly questioned that move when he came on board in '06. And the switch to a 3-4 did not take place until 2010 (Chan Gailey's first year).

It was late afternoon. 5pm start to be exact. As good as the guy was on CTV (Ron Roush I think) Al Michaels' call still takes the cake. Channel 7 broke in with the story after the game (7:30) even though most people were going to be tuning in at 8 for the tape delay. Back then cable was not common and if you wanted to watch Canadian TV channels depending on where you lived you had to move the TV around the room to get a good signal! That was the first medal round game. We then had to beat Finland on Sunday for the gold.

Saw the game on CTV from Canada (it was tape delayed on ABC) and was just stunned....greatest sports moment I've ever witnessed even if it was only on TV. Watched the game again on ABC and even though I knew the outcome I was still nail-biting through the last half of the 3rd period. As strange as it sounds, even if they hadn't won the gold, that game would have been good enough. HBO did an incredible documentary on it in 2000. Iff you can keep a dry eye while watching it, your heart is made of coal...or your Russian

What I'm wondering about, and maybe you can ask the ex Patriot this, is how many of the injuries that players live with, mainly from the mid 70s until about 10 years ago had to do with Astro Turf. It was a very unforgiving surface, very prevelant around the NFL especially in cities with domed facilities and outdoor stadiums that faced bad weather. It was known as far back as the strike in '87 that most players hated it, and many also had to practice on it when more and more teams got indoor practice facilities.

How do we know the Bills didn't do any of that stuff or other "questionable" substances. Cheating only means you got caught.

Sorry Frank Gore, but your "better" team only really played one good quarter, and it was the third quarter at that. The Ravens were the better team the rest of the way, and your offensive coaches let you down with questionable play calling at the end of both halfs.

Imagine waking up tomorrow knowing there's a possibility that a team that used to be in your city could win the Superbowl. Imagine how you would feel knowing that team was once taken away from you by lackluster owner who twice lost his fortune and has his name on the team's jerseys this season. Imagine that if said team wins you'll be subjected to people singing his praises knowing that he's passed on and may even be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Imagine and all this......be glad you're a Bills fan....Cleveland I feel for you!

Bledsoe traded away Tony Hunter for Vince Ferragamo in '85, that pretty much ensured his demise and paved the way for Polian to take over. Another thing that hurt Knox here were some bad drafts. His first ever choice, Terry Miller was a bust as was Perry Tuttle, and of course Booker Moore. Those are three number one picks who didn't really contribute. I'm leaving Cousineau off that list because trading him to Cleveland after his CFL days got us the pick for Jim Kelly.

Knox was ruined by the ineptitude of the front office back then. Namely Stew Barber who was responsible for some of their big names like Smerlas, Butler, and Cribbs all holding out harboring resentment toward the team. The player's strike in '82 also hurt things here. He just didn't seem like the same guy after that and resigned shortly after.

The other thing I noticed in looking at the play by play is how often Houston was throwing the ball in the 2nd half. Bingo! The Bills actually had more running plays and they were the team that was trailing! Further proof that without Tom Coughlin to keep him in line, Kevin Gilbride was always too pass happy, and that particular offense which didn't even have a tight end on the roster was not built to protect a lead. .

Anyway to get those clips without the NBC guys? My Gawd Todd Christenson is beyond annoying!!!!

Makes me want to buy more Campbells Chunky Soup. Very classy gesture on Cruz's part, almost wish they had won Sunday.

Huge props to Victor Cruz: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/giants-star-victor-cruz-visits-home-of-newtown-massacre-victim-jack-pinto/

It sounds very much like NFL Films music. Here's a suggestion, go to amazon.com, check all the available NFL Films CDs and MP3 downloads. They usually have samples pf the music available for preview. It would be a bit time consuming, but it would help.

One thing in Gailey's defense is that the game has changed a lot since the days of John Rauch. You rarely if ever saw the type of spread formations that you see now which dictate more wide oppen passing and less running. That still doesn't give Chan an excuse for not giving Spiller enough touches.

This will reflect poorly on Goodell. He went too far this time. It has not been a good stretch for him, with this and the disaster of the replacement refs at the start of the season.

Not to thrilled with our special teams coach either. Botched PAT, how man run backs have the other teams had this year? Blow it all up....again..........

I now have a lot of respect now for Brady Quinn, I saw that last night and he really made sense. What I didn't know until after the game yesterday was what actually happened at Arrowhead. I can't imagine how that's going to linger with the people that had to bear witness (Crennel & Pioli), not to mention his own mother back home who saw him commit the murder. This is just a terrible thing in every way.

Mike Mularkey and Paul Posluszny make their long-anticipated returns to Buffalo errr....ummm...who exactly was sitting back waiting for this with such anticipation? I could care about either and I'm sure they feel the same!!!

Anyone remember Danny used to play that little 3 note chime to indicate a replay was coming on the scoreboard? Hard to believe that in 1973 that scoreboard was state of the art, we've gotten quite spoiled in 40 years.

Yes it was a station change. WKBW took over the broadcasts in the early 70s and it was Al Meltzer doing play-by-play along with Ed Rutkowski and Rick Azar. Rutkowski was the primary color man well before he became county exec. WBEN eventually got the games back during Chuck Knox's tenure and did it them with Van Miller and Stan Barron (r.i.p.). Jeff Kaye came in for a while and it was Van, Stan, and Fan. They also did have a "fan" at one point as a local guy Don Gilbert joined in for a season or two.

Fix the topic title!