Dan Gross

Mark Bocko's the guy you're looking for. I know the guy. Used to play in a big band with him. From here. Scientist Says Titans' Lateral Versus Bills Went Forward According to a professor at the University of Rochester, the lateral thrown by Tennessee Titan Frank Wycheck to beat Buffalo in the first round of the playoffs was probably an illegal forward pass. Mark Bocko, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, said the position of the television camera and the height of the ball when it was thrown versus when it was caught are the key factors to consider. "The point was the fact that the ball was higher when it was thrown than when it was caught makes it look like the ball may have gone backwards," he said. "You're viewing this trajectory in three dimensions, from an angle that makes it appear it went backward. It's basically just simple geometry." Bocko, a longtime Bills fan, watched the game on television, saw the replays and studied photographs in the newspaper the next day. "So Sunday morning, I sat down at my computer and wrote a program to plot trajectory," he said. "This isn't definitive, because I don't know exactly where the camera was." He estimated that when the ball was thrown it was about 6 feet off the ground and was caught about 1 foot above the ground. While the ball was thrown on the 25-yard line, he estimated that the television camera catching the action was located at about the 20-yard line, creating a geometric illusion. Viewing the path of the ball against the background of the 25-yard line, it appears to be a legal lateral. But projecting the path of the ball down onto the playing surface, the ball can be seen advancing upfield. "To make a definitive determination of the legality of the lateral one would need to know the precise location of the camera that took the replay video, and in the absence of such information, this analysis is subject to revision," he said.

I know the symptoms. Next thing you know you won't be able to tell your right from your left.

You obviously haven't been to any of the other Bills' message boards...

The Super Bowl loser picks 2nd?? Is this part of the new CBA or something?

Like I said before it's because the Patriots sent us their 2007 #1 pick for Clements. Though I can't see why we'd pick a QB after Losman's MVP season in 2006. Excuse me, new batch of Kool-Aid is ready...gotta go.

Oh, go stuff a basketball in a toilet.

Oh, you didn't make it on the designated day, so I accepted on your behalf....let me tell you, it was good....

Yeah, I know, like I said, it's a stretch...sounds like tater's "inside info" agrees...

Gee, not a lot of faith in the Sabres to be booking the Arena like that...back-to-back weeknights at home? Would Thursday/Sunday afternoon be stretching it too much?

Blame Canada.

So if we were "good boys" and picked Ngata then Baltimore would have picked Whitner, but there was no chance anyone would take him in the first round and so it was a reach for us to do so...

Hey, I live near the West coast of Lake Ontario. Pick on Mock. He's the one who said he was living in standard time!!!! Geez ANd if you don't pick on him, pick on the folks that obvoiusly can't follow directions...

It's left to those of us standing on the earth, only right if you're looking down at it. Like stage left/stage right....Yeah, that's it.

Wow...you're still on standard time? I thought LA observed Daylight Savings Time? So I guess that gives those of us on the Left Coast until 4:00?

Well, I'm sure there will be a report out of rookie camp this weekend that officially declares Whitner and McCargo busts....

I can see why there's some confusion. The Bucs pillaged Jacksonville and, well, Mikey's not exactly the fastest runner in the bunch....

I think I saw him do a 4.88 40, but it takes a particular skill to chug bottles, and Willis doesn't quite have the knack. Pitchers, on the other hand...well, let's just say he could potentially challenge our own Mark VI there...

All I remember is that our dear departed strength and conditioning coach had Willis gain 10-15 pounds before last year...and some have said that had something to do with seeming slower last year...

They already know to keep an eye out for a guy who calls himself "Fan in San Diego"...right?

But yet he still 'graded' us among the bottom 10 or so drafts of the day (C, his lowest grade given).

So what, we send Nate Clements down to New England for their first round pick and we use it on a QB?

Probably because you refer to him as a "druggie" (IV) versus his correct standing as "Village Idiot" (VI). Maybe there's an angle there...Boomer has his cab driver....maybe you can have your village idiot.

Bill Kenney won the award as a runner-up when the winner was unable to take the award (back injury killed his career before it started), and went to the Pro Bowl in 1983. Marty Moore played in a Super Bowl... List.

Sounds like you need one of these.

Ummm, that's the indication I got from reading the story posted in the initial post...