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It may have been a cut...but---- The guy has no body fat...when you exert/exercise and you have no body fat you burn muscle--which means you pee blood...when I weighed 135 (as opposed to the 160-165 I weigh now) and ran and lifted a lot it happened to me--not pissing my pants but when I used to to piss after a run. Its shocking the first couple of times--but then I started to eat more carbs.... and it went away.. Sorry to be so graphic. Jester can probably describe better...The things you do in your 20's to have a cut body....even though I was and still am a shrimpo...

Wow--that slap in the face just made me realize that the truth may hurt....thanks Badol--that was like the old Hi Karate aftershave wake up call.. Or as Murph and Alex would say--the "Hi Karate slap of reality post of the day"...God I hope you are wrong--but my gut says you may be more right than wrong...

We had 11 drive starts today. They stopped us a grand total of 4 times 3 and out. The others: 1) Missed FG 2) End of half kneel down 2) 2 fumbles inside Jaguar territory, one in the red zone 3) Last drive where holding penalty stopped us 4) 2 scores We should have had at least 19 points minimum instead of 10. We possessed the ball almost 34 minutes. We had 36 running plays to 26 passing plays. We played a game like many we will win this year...except we did not score....it sucks but you are going to have one or two of these during the year and hopefully it balances out.... As to assessing the season, I am waiting until after the NE, NYJ, Miami stretch the first three weekends in October...If we are 3-2 or 2-3 out of that stretch--I think there is hope.

NCSU if it drives you that crazy go to C-F stadium on Saturday, cheer for the Wolfpack against Ohio State and forget about the Bills. MM is going to be here for 5 years--that's his contract length and Ralph is not into paying for years not served. So if you are sure we are going to suck, just give up and follow your alternatives.

This is the entire list.... Lawyer Milloy Jabari Greer Constantin Ritzmann Dylan McFarland Losman Pucillo Shaud Williams Tim Anderson

Lawyer Milloy Jabari Greer Constantin Ritzmann Dylan McFarland Missed one shoot....

I didn't know it was Phil Rizzuto's birthday. Happy Birthday Scooter...must be 90 or so.... Happy birthday SDS....

Over the last couple of weeks I have watched or listened to every MM press conference that is archived on bb.com. There's probably like 15 total with maybe 2 and a half hours of stuff. My 2 year old son likes them better than the Spongebob DVD I use to entertain him while I am working--or at least I think he likes them better than Spongebob...so that was my excuse for playing them. This might be over the top, but if MM wasn't coaching the Bills, I'd wish he was our coach. The guy is intelligent, direct, calm, doesn't use typical coach speak and is pretty darn forthright. There are lots of examples--how he handled the Mike Williams stuff, how he talked about the overabundance of penalties in the preseason, etc. This past Wednesday, he said he had his pre-game speech all ready to go for tomorrow. That is one speech I wish I was there to hear. It may not mean stevestojan on the field...but the guy certainly doesn't act like a first year head coach.

Hey Bart, tell some of the folks (especially the alums and subway alums) to lay off Ty for a while....he is a great coach and even a better man. You all are lucky to have him in South Bend. Maybe this will calm the masses for a while. ND fans are like the chosen ones in the Old Testament--never happy, always looking for the next god to worship.

28-20......True Freshman Walker rushes for a hundred plus

Where's Terrell or his boys when this cat fight was going on... Don't really care whether Garcia is gay or not. Chances are that NFL players align with sexual preferences in percentages like the rest of the population, but since TO made such an issue of this--I thought the story was interesting.

Center sneak on the goose....Trey and Drew becoming close friends.

I agree. David Garrard their back up is a pretty damn good player. He had nothing around him at East Carolina for a number of years and had winning seasons against tough schedules. I was hoping we would draft him when he came out....I'd rather play against Leftwich....

Two motivations for this post. First I want to get a preseason head start on what the major post themes will be after our first loss. Second, I wanted to provide Jerry Sullivan some basic ideas for column themes post-loss... Here we go-- TD= Incompetent part II--Ol Whitey deserves to be institutionalized.... Drew=Statue and washed up McGahee=selfish ingrate Mike Williams=bust Ryan Denny=bust Troy Vincent=Headhunter of his own teammates JP = High bust potential because of inability to become #2 in training camp Josh Reed=Bust, not deserving of a starting role Lee Evans=High bust potential-can't believe he hasn't shown enough to start Sam Adams=Fat tub of goo Trey Teague=Sucks, will get bull rushed to death Pucillo=Sucks, glad he is nowhere near the field (okay this one's true ) Travis=Ingrate Lindell=Blows, not accurate nor strong legged Ralph=senile for letting all this go on.. Milloy=A puss for not playing with a broken arm MM=showing signs of stupidity--watch out--if he starts wearing goofy sweaters we are done... What am I missing? Jeez we will be lucky to go 0-16.... Go team go!!!!! You know its pretty bad when we have to circle the wagons because of our own fans B) I am not asking for pollyanna optimism but just show a little positive outlook.....LET'S GO BILLS!!!!

You should have seen the fight JP and Ralph had over the handicapped spot outside the Bills offices on Tuesday....ugly man, just ugly... MM said it yesterday---Evans will get plenty of reps and that more than 11 guys are starters in his mind. Moulds has his speed back and in fact is faster than at the beginning of last year according to Vincent and Clements, he's the deep threat for the short term in the 2 WR receiver sets. In the 3 WR sets--you've got Josh working the short edges and middle and Moulds and Evans working the posts, flags, flys and deep slants....we will play a lot of 3 wide...it will open up the running game and the passing game--no one is going to play 8 in the box when you have Moulds, Evans and Reed wide--if they do---its like conceding big plays--even if we hit 30% of the opportunities--that's a lot of yards and points...

TD = Ol' Whitey Jerry Sullivan = The Grinch (Pre-Whoville conversion)

We got the hometown discount, not on total contract value but on upfront money. Winstrom was $14M SB and $33M total value over 6 years. Besides Aaron is a better player!!! Good job Ol' Whitey you Leslie Neilsen/Phil Donahue looking MF'er...

T- We sent daughter #2 to K in mid August...she's our actress and drama queen. Sings every word in conversation. I usually work from home one or two days a week and she is definitely a light up your life kid. Miss her as well. As you know, that transition is really hard on mom and dad.... My wife and I have temporarily solved the issue by restocking the preK pool---we have a 2 year old son and at 44 I am going to be a dad for the 4th time in February....I wouldn't recommend that strategy though....let's see I figure I will finish paying for college right when I am ready to switch to Depends.....

I hope its not sacrilegious to do this but I have one more to add....one thing that has always bugged me about Miami is the ability to have your car valeted at the game if you are in one of the boxes--you can pull up, hand over the keys and then go mingle with the upper crust --I mean come on-This is football-this type of game experience is ridiculous.... I would therefore add to Nick's great work: GAME DAY Experience Miami: 30 minutes before game time, driving your 2005 Jag up to the gate and handing the keys to the valet.... Buffalo: Driving your 78 Pinto to the parking lot, sneaking in before the gates open, lifting off the hood of the Pinto to reveal that it doubles as a grill and starting the dawn to post-dusk tailgate... Advantage: BUFFALO, BUFFALO, BUFFALO

It happens every year about this time....no matter what happened the previous year..about Monday of opening regular season game week I start to get the this little tickle in my stomach and it grows each passing day until Sunday.. I know I am just an unimportant fan but I still get excited...my wife and kids sense that extra excitement in my voice and that permanent smile on my face...my 2 1/2 year old son has gotten in the habit of pulling the Bills helmet off my bookshelf in the home office whenever he sees that Bills logo on the computer screen--that only enhances the feeling..... Real Bills football is back baby--and I am a sucker for it....While I would like to win every week--win, draw or lose (yuck)--there's still nothing like these next 5 months (yes including January and early February baby!!) So to MM and the team--Good Luck...have a great year....we'll be there every step of the way!!!! Cheering our arses off!!!!

bump--this was really too funny to be way down here.....

Dylan McFarland from Montana? There's a lot there to work with. Bob Dylan, Irish/Scottish Surname; real buffalo in Montana...big tackle who beat our Sullivan, Esposito and Porter....I don't know... How about Constantin Ritzmann?

Pat Ruel is the stand-in OL coach in NY. The OL coach is battling cancer. Ruel and Gilbride must have told Tsar Tom to put in a claim... Pat "Golden" Ruel--yes his parents did this to him

Bill--are you okay? You didn't get bit by any malaria carrying mosquitos this weekend or anything, did you??...forgive me if I am mistaken but this is almost a tad positive outlook about the o-line.. God bless you man....a little faith and hope is good this time of year. Go Bills!!!!!

Thanks Clumpy....great work as always. I see Pucillo is an RFA in 2005. Can his qualifying offer be a tall decaf at Starbuck's?