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He regressed back to his standard (look up the definition of regress,). His year last season looked good compared to his prior, when he was his normal first round bust self. Guy is worthless.

Leodis McKelvin continues to be the defensive liability.... Annually. Good teams eat him up and he's constantly lost out there. His ball skills and awareness are flat out atrocious. Save the "he's a good returner," that's great but that doesn't make him a CB. If I could cut one player today he'd be it.

Seems obvious but this is missing one key piece of data... What are the road records of these teams? Taking a small sample of the road games is great if your cherry picking data to make a point but the only way this is significant is if the variance between east coast road games and non-east coast road games has statistical significance. Descriptive stats suck.

Flew into and out of Austin friday and Monday and lots of 49er gear. Could it be cheaper to fly to Dallas than get a ticket to the new Levi stadium???. When i got into bflo, a large contingent of Miami fans in gear was waiting for their luggage.

Enjoy every minute. You'll find fans open and welcoming. Party your arse off but leave the car behind. I would have suggested to taxi your way around town (maybe a little more than your car rental) but avoids the "navigating in a foreign place" problem and any potential problems with having a few beers and driving, which if you're out on the 90, you'll have to drive or have someone sober do it for you! Someone here I am sure would have picked you up and brought you to the game, this is a generally a great group of people here! In any case, have a riot because you've picked a great game to come to and it'll make what you think you know about Bills fans and the tailgate seem understated!!!!

Actually, his resume is pretty unreal with consulting economic analysis experience for lots of professional teams. From a free market approach, he was spot on. His analysis can only be based on available info and some assumptions. The lack of access to the trusts marching orders and the unknown pool of potential bidders that included a wealthy homer, lead him to a conclusion that any graduate Econ student would have arrived at considering the stagnant AND aging population since 1970, coupled with a contracted economy and high rates of poverty. Throw in the leagues focus on revenue, Taj Mahal stadiums, and large markets and it was a viable position. And most would have made the same statements. Those outside the ivory tower love it when the ivory tower is wrong but are quiet when it's right, which it is way more often than not.

If you're reading Sullivan you need to stop for your own sanity. Seriously. Life becomes better when you stop with things that aren't valuable, in all parts of your life. Why anyone would want to read the opinion of an angry, aggressive, miserable, out-of-touch writer is beyond me? Who is the guy? Why does HIS opinion matter? And what does his opinion do for you? I used to laugh listening to his blood pressure get up over the most irrelevant topics on the radio. I guess I'd be miserable too working in a dying media format in a declining bottom 50 market but I'd have enough professionalism to not let it come out in my work. So stop, everyone here is smart enough (maybe?) to form their own opinions on what they see on the field.

Should have said I'm half way between Austin and San Antonio. No real way to get around great distances (here for work) so I'm hoping a few possible local holes have enough TVs to get the game. Can't wait to get back home and to the Ralph next Sunday.

Diehard and season ticketholder stuck in Texas and keeping my fingers crossed to find a bar with enough TVs that'll have the game. Texans are playing at 1 as well so it could be hard.

If you want info you can use to think for yourself and analyze what you see, then no one can touch Buscaglia. He reports AND analyzes which the rest do not. He sinks himself into the game, the game plan, the outcomes, the players, the stats and the data and does so with zero bias and no desire to rile anyone or drive up the clicks. He's a breath of fresh air in a stale media market quite frankly. He's the thinking man's reporter/analyst. If you want bombastic, aggressive, arrogant, needy, and overly sensitive/defensive who can't take what they dish out, there are plenty of those guys around and they seem to be replicating... and they've been around here forever and will be around until their careers are over because that's a tired dog. Buscaglia, bank on it, will have a national gig because of his hard work and reliance on what he sees, rather than what his emotional needs and these types are few and far between and in high demand.

Think you answered your own question..... 55 places to get a warm crappy beer for the price I'd pay for a sixer of something actually worth $9 is why. Sad you go to a Pats game and can get a Sam Adams for less than a Coors Light at RWS. Or that you can grab a killer bloody mary a block from the Super Dome and walk to the game.... for less than the price inside the stadium. Not agreeing with people walking with a beer shouldn't make you not understand why they do it.

DNC did not "contribute" money, they loaned money, which are entirely different. That company basically saved itself bidding the concession contract and lent the money in return for the 20-year contract. They have no ownership stake in the building. The second point is a lost leader unless UB can be convinced to ignore its master plan and plan for the athlatic department, which seeks improvements to its own stadium and athletics "campus." But I have said it before.... connecting a new stadium to UB with funding through SUNY eases the "handout" concerns that come with straight NYS funding with no return. In this scenario, using SUNY as a partial funder gives the state "something" back for its contribution.

+1 on never reading these posts again due to the lack of understanding of proper English. Not sure what you do for a living but it can't be working and communicating with others because you're atrocious at it. As for the NFL.... Cuban was right. They keep wielding the shield like dictatorial bullies and eventually their drive for unending growth will be met with collective backlash by sponsors and fans. I for one can't watch NFL football on TV anymore and it's getting worse... constant ads, commercials, more graphics on the field, etc. EPL is so much more TV friendly as it's less time consuming and the lack of commercials. It is actually about the game not the business.

Saw him out Saturday night at a restaurant with three other guys whose backs were to me (so no, I can't confirm or deny it was JBJ!). He looked good and appeared to be having a beer, although my eyes aren't perfect in low light situations! So here's hoping he's getting great news.

I think the point is, using anonymous sources only serves TG to get "reports" out because each new "source" conflicts the last and when taken as a whole, none of what he has "reported" makes any logical sense. So he may have a ton of sources, as he should, but he's only upping his page clicks on twitter and filling his weekly story quota with no regard to how his entire stream of work on the topic is a giant disjointed, dead-end narrative with little reality. Media has devolved into reporting quantity rather than quality and the incessant use of unnamed sources fills the needs of the media for stories and the info named sources want to get on the street. The loser in all this are those that actually think what these people are saying matters in the end. Saw something yesterday that TG patted himself on the back over a Joe Mesi story he reported years ago... is that the last thing his guy has to hold up as evidence that info he "broke" was in fact true. Maybe in the end, when this all comes to a conclusion, someone should go back and "report" how much of his work, or any of them for that matter, was correct or could be corroborated. Very little will be the answer. That's the reply when you have no logical, reasoned, intelligent response to what is fact. If you think he should have paid back his creditors out of his own packet, which I think is your position, say it. And then realize that what you think he should do and what his legal rights are make your position the one that doesn't matter. You want to hold it against him, that's your right, but no crime was committed and no lines were overstepped so I guess just your feelings are hurt.

Wait.... Kelly did personally or his company did? Kelly did what every business owner with a failing business does... files for bankruptcy, as is the company's right. Corporations were created, for better or worse, to provide liability protection to its owners, both financially and legally. It's not short memories, it's the ignorant idea that people seem to harbor that because he was a millionaire, he is supposed to ignore the rights he has a a business owner and pay the losses from his own pocket. Would that have been noble, sure. But everyone from Trump to local guys hailed as superheroes in this town for "risking" money and profit on downtown projects (no risk when you've got millions in govt handouts) file for bankruptcy. It's the incentive that people use to try out a business. Remember, a dolt once said that "corporations are people too".... which means they get to have their cake and eat it to, just as Kelly did. It's laughable to blame someone for playing by the rules.

EXACTLY! You have to account for the increased equity of the asset, not just the annual profit. Plus, the rate of return is likely to increase annually, and by what I've read given the increased TV revenues, that's likely the case.

A few key things.... 1. Hufnagel is a known anti-fracking advocate. He's written opinion pieces in the NF Reporter against fracking. So his credibility is worthless. He's also writing for the NF Reporter, enough said. Ignore anything written by someone with a agenda. 2. As a diehard fan, season ticket holder, and EC taxpayer, I applaud Poloncarz for standing up and saying "prove it" to a group of wealthy billionaires who don't live here but are telling this region this team needs a new stadium... to line their pockets on our backs. I think this county has done enough to support this team to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 4+ decades. Sorry but I'll take my libraries, parks, and other quality of life amenities we collectively pay for over subsidizing profit for billionaires. The NFL is a hog and uses its power to prey on communities while making billions in profit. 3. A comment earlier stated that the county isn't on the stadium conversation, the call will go to the governor. Wrong. The county is front and center and the state and Schumer are the power behind the county. County currently owns this stadium and is funding improvements. The state may play a role in some sales tax exemptions but direct funding, giving the already committed Buffalo Billion, is unlikely. The county on the other hand will foot a major bill here.... county sales tax, deed recording, infrastructure improvements (sewer, water, roads, parking) and the owner would probably fund most of the stadium proper, which is politically easier to say "Hey, it's our infrastructure and we needed to upgrade it." And I'm not as plugged in as Kirby and Kelly, but I have friends in a few very critical places that have insight and as I said back in mid-June here.... TG has made the NFL rounds and it's his team to lose, as recently tweeted by local scribes.

This invariably will decline into a political argument and that's a waste of time because quite honestly, both sides of the aisle in NY are culpable for this situation. And this also will invariably lead to myths and urban legends about "why" we are the way we are. Two I see already in seven posts. 1. NY is down in House membership due to population loss. Not true. Although population decline statewide in only one decade in its history, the 70s, it's been on the rise ever since, albeit slower than in the past. You need a lesson in proportional representation. Other states have grown faster and caught up and we've lost representation due to what is happening elsewhere. This state is old and developed way earlier than the booming sunbelt states... we lead first. Now others are growing like we once did. That's the cycle of economics. The northeast was heavily invested in a mono-economy... we made stuff. Some cities and regions survived after deindustrialization due to a more diverse economy. 2. Weather, what a laugher. Ever been to Seattle or Portland, you don't see the sun for weeks as it rains constantly. Or Minneapolis, where the winters are way harsher yet they have countless Fortune 500 companies? Weather's an excuse because other cities, dare I say Toronto, have managed to overcome that myth. 3. Had to add this... the St. Lawrence. Although it did have an effect, decline was well underway prior to its opening. It opened in 1959. 1950 was the last year Buffalo saw population growth and businesses and factories were already closed after the high production during WWII dropped off. It wasn't the single causal factor by a very minor one because in reality, if anything, the City could have continued manufacturing like every other Great lakes city and taken advantage of the Seaway. It didn't because the economy was already declining. And lastly, Gaughn's an egotistical, self-anointed savior who refuses to engage with any planning entity that he doesn't start and then he manages to keep everyone out of his "discussions" because he likes to hear himself, and only himself talk. And he's talked too long, no one cares anymore, including me who used to think this guy would be a benefit rather than just another talking head. Oh, and his data that there is small amount of population growth... that's typical Buffalo "everything is getting better" mythology. That small growth is an estimate with a margin of error that I am too lazy to look up but certainly possible that there is population loss.

Well in TG's carefully crafted prior news, he stated "up to" 8 possible bidders. Now he circles back and say "see who signed the NDA" so as to complete the full circle to support "up to 8." So now he's on record, I believe of meeting his self-imposed "up to 8" with the known 4 (T-money, Golisano, Bongiovi, Trump) plus Grunlach, Mr. PBR, the Canucks owners, and the Pritzkers. So now he can meet his own self-fulfilling prophecy and say "see, there could be up to 8 because I have some names now." Waste of time.

I said in the prior now closed thread that the constant leaks about the higher number of bids without a single bidder being identified beyond the known bids is pure media driven and likely, if anything, the Trust and MS trying to drum up more bids AND increase existing potential bids by using the media to suggest there is a higher number of bidders. We're talking millions of extra dollars in potentially higher bids is someone, say T-money, feels like he has to beat more bidders. And because the trust can pretty much do as it please, it can speak with the media and float ideas out there in the hopes of driving up bids. The question I would ask is, why have these sources, supposed from within, leaked the Pegula bid but no other names have surfaced? Because there likely aren't others and naming names would be a lie and immediately refuted by those named. There will be 4 final bindings bids and T-money wins this thing. End of story, stayin.

Honestly think the media is being used by the Bills "insiders" to give the perception of more bidders to make the known bidders think hard about a higher binding bid. And it's mutually beneficial, the trust gets the info out the the media, because they run with anonymous sources and have things to write about absent any need or requirement for accuracy. But here's the reason why I doubt there are more than the four known bidders.... Because the leaks are nonstop. If there were more high roller bidders they'd have leaked, again to drum up higher bids. I guess the opposite could be true as well since GG and DM have been speculated as bidders and neither has refuted it, which they could do I they weren't bidding because the NDA would be irrelevant to them. I don't think there are 8 legit bidders who, if true, would be willing To commit to keeping the team in Bflo.

Everything about this fails in the ever important feasibility department... That is economically, politically, and socially. But that's what you get when you ask someone who loves to design to do something and tell him context doesn't matter. The biggest problem is burying the 190. After the billions in overruns in the Big Dig, no one is funding these undertakings and as a community, we should expect better fiscal sense when proposing a stadium that we'll certainly help pay for. And the political problems is major but on something like this not the biggest problem as, assuming they had the willingness to tell tell taxpayers how much they'd be paying, would live to be there to cut the red tape on a legacy project for their career. And I don't think the architect is aware that doubling down on a stadium Convention center I are the two worst economic development policies ever, just go to Google Scholar and type in "stadiums an convention centers for economic development." Total losers and the only ones getting rich are the landowners and developers, not the community. And if anyone things major national conventions are gonna bypass the usual suspects to come to Buffalo anytime but may-August you're clueless. No one is coming here for conventions in January, they go to San Diego, tampa and Atlanta.

Parking lot. Bring a grill and have at it. It's the real game day experience. Of course the night before there are a million options. As a lifer here in WNY, i have my wing opinions as well. Went to Anchor for only the second time ever and it was as underwhelming and overpriced as the first and an annoying tourist trap. Duffs but the Original on Sheridan. Like em crispy. Tell em to toss em lightly without too much sauce and to make em extra crispy. Best sauce in WNY by far. But there's so many good places all over to eat at. If Schwabels is back open in West Seneca it's a can't miss for beef on weck. Coles in Bflo for good standard pub grub with a good beer selection and atmophere. Call way ahead for a ressie and hit Mulberry in Lackawanna for killer Italian at a great price. John Murphy was at the table next to me last time I was there. It's really endless!

Id go and buy seasons. It's been my hope that a new stadium would serve as the springboard for an MLS team. MLS isnt a high profit entity (yet) and a dedicated soccer only stadium doesn't work in most markets.