HurlyBurly51
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And you're basing that on what, exactly? 4 NFL games? Ding - your Hot Pocket is ready!
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Big Ben will miss his sstart against the Packers Sunday. He had his knee scoped this morning to repair torn lateral meniscus. He is questionable for the Browns game.
Charlie Batch will get the start for Pittsburgh against Green Bay.
We'll see man. Meniscus tears could take a little longer than that.
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"I still can't believe he didn't make that catch"
That's pathetic. The throw was behind Tim and the defender was able to swat the ball as it hit Tim's hands. Had the throw been anywhere close to on target, it would have been a TD. Tim has excellent hands and did a great job blocking last night.
Welcome aboard Mrs. Euhus!
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Yep, I've done this most of the season. Last week I had it so good that when the referee was announcing the penalty the lips were synced up perfectly with the audio. May take a few pauses and fast forwards, but it's pretty easy to get it synced up. BTW, I wish I could've done this when Van Miller was around
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Watched them religiously when I lived in Bflo, since 1960 when they started up - left town in '78.
Watching football for all these years, you have seen it all, so while I'd enjoy watching them live or on tv, the stats tell me a lot about what's going on.
Your enthusiam is heartening - makes me feel that the Bills' future is in good hands.
It's sad actually the lengths that I've gone to over the years to make sure I caught a game
Not really an issue for me any more with the Ticket and TiVo, and I realize that is certainly not an option for everyone, but I just want all my Bills brothers to be able to enjoy the games by one means or another 
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How can Bills fans stand to not watch the games? That's what it's all about. I mean it's one thing to read up and interact all week on the internet, but the climactic event is the game itself. I don't think I could root for and support a professional sports team if I couldn't participate somehow in what they're all about - playing a spectator sport. There's gotta be options out there to allow you to see the games?
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From the NY Post - Bills got some good news when rookie receiver Roscoe Parrish returned to practice last week sans cast. The second-round pick out of Miami could make his return to the lineup as early as Oct. 16 against the Jets. Parrish, who was unstoppable during Buffalo's training camp, had wrist surgery on Aug. 12. He'll immediately slide right into the Bills' slot-receiver position, which he had all but locked up in camp before getting injured
I think it's funny that we're getting injury updates on our players from other towns newspapers. Didn't the local press notice Roscoe practicing with the team last week? Or didn't they think that was newsworthy, what with their bashing of One Bills Drive taking precedence.
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I recommend that you try this place over Delilah's, but depends what kind of scene you want. Delilah's is more rowdy, which is good, but unless they've upgraded they don't have any TV's over like 13" (OK, maybe 20"). Lincoln Station has decent wings and a big screen, and plenty of Bills fans as mentioned. Also, they are only about two city blocks from each other, so you could sample both if you want.
I will most likely be at Lincoln Station this Sunday as I just moved and DirecTV hasn't set me up yet. Most of the guys I know are back in Buffalo this week for the game, but there should still be a good crowd there. I'll keep an out out for ya
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Well then you're in luck, as most if not all reality shows are not shot in HD
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What's so obvious about it? I haven't seen him do it in the NFL. Plenty of 1st round QB's had obvious talent but never made it in the NFL.
Not being a wiseass or nothing, but from what I've seen to this point I wouldn't bet the house he's guaranteed to develop into a quality NFL starter, but I'm sure hopeful he will.
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Lower prices don't automatically mean higher volume. You are assuming that they would get a significant increase in subscribers with a bigger discount? I don't think so...at least not enough to cover the lost revenue from all current subscribers. Think about it; if they charged the $50 you suggest, they'd lose $79 on each subscriber who otherwise would pay $129. Then they have to make up all that revenue with new subscribers at the $50 rate. That means they'd need to have 79/50 = 158% more subscribers, just to break even. That ain't gonna happen even if you have naked female refs.
If people really want to watch hockey, the difference between $50 and $129 for the season isn't significant enough to affect their buying decision (yourself being Exhibit A). It's still not that much money to watch the entire season (and it's in line with the other sports). And casual fans who really don't care all that much one way or another aren't going to pay even the $50.
Hockey won't grow by trying to make it cheaper for people to pay attention. People have to love the game, and you can do that by improving the quality of the product on the ice.
You are assuming that all the current subscibers stay and pony up the $129. Not gonna happen, myself included. Just by gauging reaction from other boards that are current subscribers, they are not happy and not planning on staying. So now, just like the arenas, they've priced themselves out of the casual fan market. Had they given some significant price consideration, say $99, then at least they would've had a better chance at higher volume.
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So what's the better business plan - market to a broader audience, "woo back" those fans they lost due to the year off and gain new customers through attractive pricing in addition to the die hards, or introduce a high price point to your core market and snub the potential broader audience that may be drawn in by a low price point? They need to grow the sport to see the profits needed to support their salary expectations, and the revenues would probably be better served both short and long term via a better PR campaign. Penny wise and pound foolish.
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With a post title of "I have a confession to make" and an intro of "my wife's cousins wedding" I thought the post was going to be a lot better than that!!
"I was at my wife's cousins wedding, and at about 11 o'clock everyone was pretty drunk. I started dancing with the bride's mother, and...."
I think those usually start out with something like "I never thought something like this would happen to me..."
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IDid your renewal notice mention anything about the NHL network? Comcast is supposed to be starting one for the States and I was wondering when it would start, whether DirecTV would carry it, and if it would basically be the same as the one in Canada. I've never seen the Canadian version, but if it's anywhere near the quality of the NFL network, I can't wait to see it.
Dave.
Nope, no mention of NHL Network. Basically just we'll be taking your money starting in October in four easy installments...
Pat Williams' dad had a stroke, in coma
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Search for some old posts from this past summer....we were gonna be fine because he was too old, too expensive, wasn't on the field that much anyway, we were returning 10 of 11 starters, London Fletcher didn't need protection, never played before Tim Anderson had it covered, oft-injured Ron Edwards had it covered, etc. Anyone who suggested otherwise was promptly rebuffed from the rose colored glasses crowd