The Real Buffalo Joe

Going to see the Houston Symphony play a John Williams tribute next month.

I liked First Niagara Center. Even though it was a bank, it had a local sounding name that didn't "sound" like a corporate name if you didn't know. Rich was the same way. I think that's why people never stopped calling the Bisons stadium Pilot Field. It was a corporate name, but didn't feel as corporate as Coca-Cola Field, Dunn Tire Park, or the worst, North Americare Park.

Why waste good peanut butter? My cousin, who's about to be a junior in high school, was pissing into bottles in his basement bedroom/TV area. Hiding them in the rafters where there used to be a giant flourecent lamp. Bastard left the smelly things in there so long, that his dad smelled them, found them, along with a "DVD" that I hid there ten years ago.

That specific video, no. But she gave me the Zubaz I wore in that video 6 days earlier.

Honestly, if EJ Manuel would have been able to sit behind Kolb for a year, I think he'd be our QB today. Those stats are from one, admittedly really bad game. It's like when you see a pitcher with a 36 ERA, then realize he's pitched 2/3 of an inning.

My dad remembers that game fondly. I didn't know my grandfather very well, he died when I was 3. But from what I've heard, he was a very conservative, no nonsense, mild mannered type of guy. But on this particular day, he was throwing beer cans out the window on the way home.

Correction. He threw five interceptions in half a game.

November 24th of this year.

I remember reading the story of how outrageous Ralph thought it was to pay OJ $100,000 a year. Also, my dad always tells me how crazy people thought it was that he paid $12 (as opposed to the usual price of $8) to see the Stones there.

My dad is this way. He always says "It's a sporting event, not a social event." The Bills are on TV maybe twice a year down here in Houston, so the bar is my only option at least 85% of the time. He can't fathom why I'd want to go out to a loud noisy bar to watch the game, when I can sit in my own living room and watch it in peace. I've been living in the upstairs apartment of my soon to be in-laws house. We had Sunday Ticket for being first year customers. I still opted to go out for the game every year. Mostly because there's a side of myself I don't want my mother in law to see. And that side comes out when The Bills are losing.

You realize WYTS attacks literally every team from every angle. The fact that the play that sealed the deal, and is arguably the most memorable moment of the season, hell the decade, was from the okayest QB in the league is actually quite funny.

I have season tickets in a box with a friend at University of Houston. It's a "loge" box. So it's basically a metal picnic table, boarded off by poles and a rope. Four swivel chairs. And a TV with ROKU. So we get get the best of both worlds.

Took sixteen posts for someone to post this. We're slipping TSW. We need to pick our game up.

My Houston fanhood may make my opinion bias, but I feel our conference is not only as good, overall, I'd say we're better than the Big 12.

Considering we finally broke our playoff drought, based on a fluke play from Andy Dalton, sucked in that game, drafted a kid who has a history of racist tweets, and got even more attention for breaking tables, I plan on this being a good year for our WYTS. Not to mention the Zay Jones incident and Incognito.

Are you that jackass in Buffalo hat and cape? Can't stand that guy.

I was only there a handful of times towards the end. I remember a few Blizzard games, and a Sabres Alumni game. But I was young, so I didn't know any difference. My dad tells me I decided I had to pee right as Gil Perrault took the puck behind his own net. He told me I'd never forget this, and if I pee'd my pants, he wouldn't be mad. I didn't pee my pants, but have no recollection of it. Lol.

I remember reading that Bob Rich early on was a potential suitor for the team. I was kinda rooting for it if Pegula didn't work out. Simply because of the fact that the Bills used to play in a stadium named after Rich (or his product at least), and owned by Ralph Wilson. Then would have came full circle, playing in a stadium named after Ralph, owned by Rich. My Grandpa always called the new arena The Aud till the day he died. Don't even know what it's called now honestly. Key Bank I think.

I've seen local media and Bills official social media say it in attempts to be hip. Never like, an actual person saying it in conversation.

I honestly usually say something generic like "The Bills stadium." But that's when I'm talking to non Bills fans.

Pick my nose and feed it to the dog. Also, if I have a mild case of athlete's foot, I let my dog lick my feet. It actually makes the itch go away quicker that Tough Actin' Tinactin.

Houston Bills Backers bar. Christian's Tailgate to be specific. They got Salehen's Hot Dogs, Labbatt Blue (which although it's not that great of a beer, has this weird nostalgic taste to it), and a DJ that plays the Shout song after every Touchdown. However, my fiance told me that for my own good, and the good of those around me, that if when we make it to the Super Bowl, I need to be locked in a room alone, so I don't say things to people I might regret later in life.

I've heard good things about Aussie Floyd, but haven't seen them yet. Saw a Dallas based one called Bricks in the Wall at House of Blues. Did a full laser show, all brass, video show on the weird circle screen, full three piece female vocal singers that KILLED IT on Great Gig in the Sky. Played a good mix of hits, B-Sides, and even played the entirety of Wish You Were Here. I looked up Fab Four on YouTube and thought they were really good. Bought tickets, and they were even better than I planned on them being. I only have two very very minor complaints. One was the same as you, that they played more "hits" and the songs you'd predict. I could never hear Yellow Submarine again in my life, and be okay with that. But they're not playing for die hard Beatles fans, so I'm fine with it. The second was the speech given by the guy playing John Lennon before playing Imagine. No qualms with the content of the speech. Just the fact that he was talking about how "John Lennon did this" and "John Lennon did that." A show like that, I've always felt that for the 90-120 minutes you're on stage, you ARE John Lennon. Kinda took me out of the moment for a minute or so. Like I said, I understand it's a minor complaint, but it's there.