R. Rich

I wasn't happy with either Bush or Kerry. I didn't see the bright side of a win for either candidate.

Even after 21 hours in my car, travelling over 1,250 miles, the weekend was good since I not only got to see the Bills win, but to see them score as they did and look pretty impressive on special teams too. I started by driving from Baltimore to Rochester last Friday, to meet the WNYTBDGPS for the obligatory garbage plate. I had my usual: the Texas red hot plate, then later had a cheeseburger/hot dog combo plate or, as Rockpile calls it, the "R. Rich special" (hahahahaha!!!!!). Only Dan Gross and Rockpile were there, as I didn't arrive until 1:45pm or so. We ate and then hung out for a while. Well, Rockpile and I did, as Dan had to leave. I stayed there until about 4pm, then made my way back to Erie. It was great to see Lori and Badolbilz again too. Lori and I spent a small amount of time agonizing over another horrible Penn State loss, then we had a Sam Adams Oktoberfest (I owe you one, Lori) and headed into the stadium shortly afterward. I was also happy to finally meet Bill from NYC. He's a nice guy, and he pays attention to our offensive line and to college football, two things I watch pretty carefully. Maybe I'll get to hook up with him and his NYC crew to watch a game sometime down the road. The game was awesome! I loved seeing some offense for a change. McGahee looks pretty good. While he still doesn't have that burst of speed that made him so dangerous in his last year at Miami, he does look to be on his way to recovering fully from that horrible knee injury. I was one of those people here who didn't agree with drafting McGahee, with more pressing needs on the defensive and offensive lines, but he's coming along nicely. Even in the preseason game against Denver, I noticed that he doesn't look hesitant about taking contact. To the contrary, he's been running hard between tackles. The only thing so far is his speed isn't back yet, but as I said, he's getting better by the day. After the game, I didn't stay at Lot 1, Pole 5 very long. I chatted with Lori, Bob Lamb, and Badolbilz for a short while, then my friend Mike and I left to go back to Erie. BTW, whoever it was who made the garlic potatoes over there, I want to say thanks. They were very good! Here's some photos I took at the game. Enjoy.

Week 8: 8-4-1 Overall: 56-44-4

Tucker is looking okay. Even if he pans out at center, we can still use quality depth. That's why it's important to address the line early in the draft. Even without a first round pick, you can still find excellent interior OL in rounds 2 and 3, where they mostly end up being taken anyway. We discussed Hopkins? You'll have to refresh my memory on that one. Jones would be a nice addition to our OL, don't you think? Look at what bringing in Spikes did for the LB unit. I sure hope it can happen. Sorry 'bout not making it back to your spot after the game. We left pretty quickly due to the weather and having to drive back to Erie.

If you were to go with Price as a starter, you'd better have a good backup available. I don't think it's a bad idea, though. Jennings can be let go, unless he wants to sign at a reasonable rate and compete for a starting position. He shouldn't just be handed one, as he hasn't distinguished himself at LT to the point where that should happen. Move Big Mike inside to guard. It minimizes his obvious weakness against speed rushers and helps to solidify the middle against the increasingly larger DTs (look at guys like Haynesworth, Henderson, and Stroud!!!). Teague is NOT the answer at left tackle. At all. Denver did not make an offer to retain him, or else he'd still be there. He was set to be replaced as the starter at LT, regardless of his contract situation. What I hope is that we make an aggressive move to sign a guy like Walter Jones to be the LT. I know it would be tough, as he wants lots of $$$ to play wherever he goes, but we should see if we can work something out with him. If we're successful with that, I'd hope we also look to draft a center AND a guard EARLY in next year's draft. We have average (barely) talent starting for us with very little depth. There is NO excuse for neglecting the line again this coming offseason.

Lanny Poffo aka The Genius aka the real-life brother of Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

She's already been notified. She knows it will be cold and that she needs to be prepared. If she isn't, that's on her.

No. We, my friend Mike and I, hung around at Lot 1, Pole 5 for a few minutes after the game and talked with Lori, Bob Lamb, and Badolbilz. But, we decided to cut it short since it was a bit chilly and we still needed to get back to Erie. I'll try to get there early for the Steelers game, but I'll be there with Psycho Ward 86, who cannot stand being in cold weather. I don't know how much tailgating she'll be ready to tolerate that day.

You really wanna know, don't you?

Four more fools!

I got your message from Rockpile, Jack. PM me to let me know what that was all about.

I'm still trying to figure out what they mean by sarcasm. Hmm... I'll post something about the trip tonight. That way, I can post the photos I took as well.

I was thinking the same thing. I guess you can't escape the politics today, it being election day and all.

Actually, I did have on shorts and a T shirt.

You can't be that negative? Well, then, you suck!

I'll be watching it with the End Zone Crew. I wanna see this whole megaphone thing happen.

What's sarcasm?

Hahaha!!!! Good one, NG.

Too bad her jaw hasn't fallen off yet, huh?

I guess I'll let you in on my secret: I'm really John Clayton.

Direct shots at posters should be eliminated? How else will a good portion of people here respond in the "Bledsoe sucks" threads? We need our daily dosage of "you're an assclown", "you don't agree with me.......you must be stupid", or one of my favorites that has been thrown my way at times, "you're probably some pencil-necked geek who never played the game before, so what do you know?".

Oh, Dan. You can do so much better. Maybe your mind is preoccupied with the elections today.

I'm sorry.

Your response was 7 words too long, Ken.

Yeah, it sucks. I stopped watching after The Rock's character started to get boring. None of the others were interesting enough to keep my attention.