DieHardFan

Since it is still early some serious thought should be put into changing the TBD Tailgate to the 10/11 Cleveland game. Some advantages: It's at 1pm. It a more likely win. [ Easier opponent and Lynch will be back.] Generally a game later in the season is an easier and cheaper ticket. For school kids and govt workers Monday is a Holiday [Columbus Day].

If you're going to the Stadium from the South, West or East it's fairly easy. From Canadeer it's a little trickier.

Maybe he was waiting for a semi-legitimate source (foxnews) instead of a completely bogus one (The Sun).

Based on the delay between the public meeting/slapdown and the suspension with the announcement of the MNF game coincidentally happening between them, it may be a set-up to allow ML to play in the 1st game and serve his suspension later. There are many more advertising bucks to be made with ML in the game. Best strategy would be to have ML keep his mouth shut and let the Bills and players ass-oc PR machines run for a while and then appeal late. Goodell could reduce the suspension and not start it until game 2 (or 3 if they want to make it look better.) When $ s are involved everyone is on the same page.

As long as it lasts 3 games that's all we need.

Solution I would like to see is to require every recipient to have to report to a center daily from 8a-4p. Have a place for their kids and have job search resources available. Those that want to help themselves can, those who want to do nothing can sit there and be less likely to be nocturnal (assume it will be loud enough that they can't sleep all day), and those that don't show up would lose benefits. The reduction in the rolls would more than pay for the program.

It's not speculation it's fact. Took me a few years selling extras to figure out that the opener will have demand whoever is playing, the Sep and Oct games will have good demand and the Nov and Dec games are hard sells. Obviously the actual opponent and the record at that point will skew this. Used to think it was because the hype had died by the cold months (and it is a factor) but especially in recent years the fans are fair weather. And yeah they were sellouts but this was also affected by the large amount of seasons sold and corporate buys. Check out the stands at the Dec games. Crowds are smaller and they thin out faster. Less beer and hotdog money for Ralph. Maybe TBD should break tradition and have it's tailgate in Dec.

To paraphrase Mr Weo what can elected officials do (besides fill their pockets with lobbyist money). Is a reverse deportation possible?

Did anyone check Rogers Center (American Spelling). That may be where TO is practicing.

Too bad you have to limit yourself. The Browns on MNF and the Pats games were much worse!

Why is this a bad thing? Buffalo is typically ignored in the media. If they send their cameras to show who is not there at least you can watch the rest of the team at practice.

The NFL will issue the schedule when they are good and ready! How dare a lowly fan ask such an impertinent question?

Just because you call a turd a Home Game doesn't make it smell any better. A Home Game should as a minimum be one that your hometown fans can easily attend and where you can expect a 12th man advantage. Not one where your name is spray painted on the field and you get to wear home colors. Maybe we should move our Home Game against the Pats to Boston. The ticket prices would likely exceed those in Toronto, it would be a sellout (in both senses of the word) and you'd create an even more select group that could brag about making all the Home Games. If the Bills and their Toronto cohorts can convince others to think like this the team will move. (and it's attended not attend, preferably placed before the 90)

So let me see if I understand this. The front page of the dictatorially run TBD empire is farmed out to this mysterious billsbeat group that the admins (and possibly not even the grand poohbah himself) has any control over??? Would explain why (now last season's) schedule stopped updating after the SF game and the featured video is stuck on the 11/23/08 KC-Bills recap but doesn't fit the iron fist mentality that rules the rest of the site. Something doesn't add up here. [bTW: For the record I'm with the minority viewpoint that all media submitted articles should be linked (even the propaganda from buffalobills.com) so the viewer can choose which ones to read. This is purely from a 1st amendment POV.]

WTH is the (ironically named) Bills Beat crew?

Hope it's not too late for HBO to schedule this season's Hard Knocks with the Bills. Should be a real interesting preseason.

Not as bad as the Bills website. Their lead story is Galloway's visit!

F U C K TO

Beautiful! If it's true it's worthless info. If it's a troll it's not good enough. Glad to know our state tax dollars are going to the cream of the crop.

Just checking weather at accuweather site for the trip in on Sunday and saw the following: URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 328 PM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE SUNDAY... .A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL CONSOLIDATE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY THEN MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE STRONG LOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WESTERN QUEBEC BY SUNDAY EVENING. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT TRAILING THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS WESTERN NEW YORK DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING THEN REACH THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THE REGION...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND RAPIDLY INCREASE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHEAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO...INCLUDING AREAS FROM BUFFALO TO ROCHESTER AND WATERTOWN. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK...AND FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. NYZ001>003-010>012-019-085-270430- /O.NEW.KBUF.HW.A.0003.081228T1400Z-081229T0400Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 328 PM EST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND RAPIDLY INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS TO 60 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO DEVELOP. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BE PREPARED FOR TREES BLOCKING ROADWAYS AND POWER OUTAGES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR THE OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATE Are the local guys saying the same thing?

The pundants have been pushing this theory since early in the season and it makes sense however it would seem that if the coaches had this in mind and were looking at the big picture they would have used up a couple of gallons in the three division games (especially when the offense started to stagnate) and let him coast the next three against less important and lesser skilled opponents. If Edwards comes out in early season form they should ride that horse and build as much of a lead as possible. But if he starts out sluggish they should be prepared to move to the run soon and often starting in the 1st half instead of waiting to discuss and/or implement it after the half.

DOOMED!

Good points. One of the big pluses so far is that neither the team or the board is letting the record go to their heads. It may work to our advantage as a team that thinks it's better than it is and has not been tested would be much more vulnerable against a real team in the post bye game. If we do meet I would definitely want the game to be a home game but it would be sweet justice to beat them at home.

Change the a to u and and you can have two plays in one.

Map is here