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I remember too, in the 80's I had season tickets. I worked at Tops. My normal schedule was to wok on Sunday afternoons. My boss worked out a deal where I could come in really early on Sundays when the Bills were at home, and set up the machinary in the meat room, and cut out of work at 10am. But that was only the weeks when they were at home. When they were on the road, I had to video tape the games. It really irritated my father when I would come home and watch the games on Sunday evenings (we had a 1 television house, with 10 people). One Sunday, during Kelly's first season, the Bills were playing the Bucs. I was watching the video...it was a tight game. The Bills were down by 6 points late in the game. Kelly was driving them for (hopefully) a game winning td. Only about 4 minutes left in the game...my father, just to be a prick, walks in and says "you know they lost, don't you?" He really could be a dick sometimes.

No...that wsa a joke! The worst is when you tell people, and then they try to make ambiguos jokes about the game.

This is a repost from about 6 months ago...too lazy, and scarred to re-live it all again! True story...Saturday, January 8th, 2000...I am working as the manager of a Tower Records store. Trying to be the "cool boss", I used to work on Saturday's our busiest day of the week. My ulterior motive, it allowed me to watch the Bills games on Sundays, drink as much as I wanted, and then have Monday's off to sleep it off, if i needed to. But, as luck wold have it, the Bills are playing a Saturday wild-card game. No big deal, I figure. I will record the game on my expensive VCR, using extra HQ tape. All I gotta do, is make it through the day with nobody giving me any score updates. I went in at about 6am, instead of my normal 8:30am, just so I could get out a little earlier. Hey, I'm the boss after all! My store is in Austin, Cowboys country... it was a busy day, but I made all the way to the end of my shift, without knowing what happens to the Bills that day. I was ready to make wings when I got home, stocked the fridge with beer...I was so pumped for this game. I felt like the Bills were returning to the Super Bowl that year. All my employees know that the Bills are the only thing as important as music to me, at that point in time. I had warned all of them, not to let me know, through the course of the day, if they happened to hear anything about the game. It is mostly college age hipsters, they don't give a rats ass about football...I wasn't concerned. Just as I am stepping out the door, my adrenalin pumping, this sweet guy (mentally challenged) I had hired to help out, walks in the store for his closing shift. He holds out his hand for a high-five, and says "Congrats on the Bills! They won!!!".... I was so pissed... but I couldn't get mad at him. I just said "Thanks Jon" and headed out, as I had planned. I was totally deflated. Could feel my face getting hot. Back in those days, especially, Bills football was my reprive from all the other miserable ***** going on in my life...knowing the Bills won, kinda stole all my thunder. As I drove home, I started thinking..."crap..I got up so early, now I am just tired." Knowing the outcome of the game, I figured, what the hell I'll go home, take a little nap, and then watch. I walk into my apartment, and see my phone machine blinking like crazy...I have 8 messages. It is, no doubt, my estranged girlfriend starting ***** with me, or my brother in Atlanta calling to whoop it up...Bills on to the divisional round!! I didn't want to listen to the messages yet...I wanted to see the game. I took my "nap"...ended up sleeping about 3 hours. I get up, crack a beer, start making my wings, and roll the video. The game was intense...a nail biter...it was weird watching it though, knowing that the Bills win the game. The outcome had been already determind. I'm not cursing the tv as much as I might normally, because I know we are going to win. It has already happened. Nail biter! Rob Johnson marches the Bills down the field, with one shoe, and gets them all the way down into field goal range. Chrsitie is money, nails it! Bills win 16-15! Great defense.... As the tape is rolling, the Titans try some bull#### razzle dazzel desperation play in the final seconds...are you kidding me? A touchdown! Wade Phillips is laughing it off, shaking his head, because he knows it won't count. I know it won't count either, because I knew they had already won the game hours earlier. They are looking at the replay...I am happy, the happiness of knowing....I start cleaning up as the refs are mulling it over....throwing out beer bottles, rinsing plates...I push the button on my answering machine...my brother is swearing up a storm...he is livid. As I am trying to figure out why he is so mad (he was a Flutie guy, maybe he thinks it shouldn't have beens so close?)..but then it starts to sink in...the Bills lost....Music City Miracle! Needless to say, it hurt even a little more that it might have if I had watched it in real time, and hadn't been given the bogus result. I called my employee Jon, the next day, and fired him.

Which is why it is super important, espeically now, to support these people, if you really love music. I'm not talking about the Bruce Springsteens of the world, but "smaller" artists who's music you enjoy, but they can't get out to tour right now. Pre-pandemic, I went to see live music 1-3 times a week, on average...now I am just watching a lot of the artists I would have been paying to see on Facebook, or YouTube, chipping in my $20 I would have paid to see them at a club.

There are some truly vile people on this message board.

They have to sign McKenzie.

Grrrr...how the hell do you post photos in here now?

I would just assume bring John Brown back...

Did not see that coming!

I gotta google them!

Funny... a couple of years ago I ran into Marc Trestman, when he was winding down his disastrous career as Bears head-coach. My best friend is a huge Bears fan. I asked him to autograph something, which he did. As he was signing, he chuckled and said something to the effect "well, I am sure this will make your friend's day"...sort of sarcastically. It was funny...my buddy actually hated him!

Hmm...wonder who would be there, on the Bills hehalf, if Beane is at Clemson. Only reason I ask, I work at the University and my office is in a hotel on campus. There are a bunch of NFL people here for the event... I know some Bears brass is here. Not sure how many Bills scouts I would recognize, unless they were wearing Bills gear of some sort.

I think he actually had good hands...it was the injury thing that marred his career in Buffalo. He could rarely finish a game without an injury. He's a good guy though...hopefully he gets a chance somewhere. But, at his age, and the inconsistency of his career, I don't see him having a huge impact anywhere at this point.

Anyone know if the Bills have anybody at the Texas Longhorns Pro Day workouts?

I think he may have not have saw it coming, because they expected the Bills to try to restructure his contract.

Maybe it is a case of him being a little over-sensitive, but I remember a few times this past season, feeling kind of bad for Brown because the offense was exploding, with, or without him, and because of the injuries, he sort of became a bit player... he had such a great season in 2019. I give him some credit for helping Allen progress as much as he did. No matter how much money these guys make, their egos are a big part of what help them succeed in a competitive field. I am sure it was killing him to have a limited role in this record setting offense, particularly coming off such a great year. You could kind of see it in that last game of the season against Miami...like he was so relieved to be getting plays...I have no doubt it was a tough year for him. Even had he been healthy the whole season, his numbers would have likely taken a dip because of the addition of Diggs. I know, guys come and go all the time...and as fans we are used to it. To be honest though, I haven't felt as bad about a Bills player getting released like this since Fred Jackson. I really wish they could have worked something out for him to stay in Buffalo. It remains to be seen how the receiving group will take shape for next season, but it felt great, after all these years struggling to find just one decent receiver, to feel like we had so much depth, in case, you know, somebody got injured. I feel like subtracting Brown from the group, even though they did alright without him, is a pretty big loss.

There were rumors last week of Hughes and Beasley being asked to restructure/extend.

Man, the music industry has changed...13,000 records sold...#1 record! I think the fastest selling record for first week sales was Kanye West. "Late Registration" sold almost 900,000 records in the US, it's first week of release, just 15 years ago.

It's funny that everyone sees Star was the "missing piece" from the D-line in 2020, when many wanted him cut in 2019!

Prayers for you The Senator!

Anyone who knocks Marv (the coach) is dead to me!

If memory serves, this was during the 1996 season...Kelly was having kind of a rough season, showing his age a bit at times, fans were calling for Kelly to get benched. At some point in the season Kelly was mysteriously injured in practice and missed 3 games. There were lots of crazy rumors going around about what "really" happened. People saying it was really an in-house suspension by the team. There were lot of unsavory rumors going around.

No way he is the head coach next season...short of him being retained the rest of this season, and they somehow make the playoffs. The Pegulas may not be hockey smart, but they aren't clueless enough to think they could bring Kruger back. With arenas (hopefully) opened to capacity again, they wouldnt draw more than 5000 a night. Kruger has proven, he cannot coach this team.

Ebay "sold" listings are kinda the way to go. An un-graded Kemp rookie card, listed by the seller as "VG" can go for anywhere between $25- $80 One that was graded as an "8" sold recently for $175.00 Meanwhile, a 2018 Josh Allen (1/1) autographed patch card, graded at 9 soid for $210,330 this week. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2021/03/josh-allen-bills-autographed-rookie-card-goes-for-six-figures-in-auction.html

We have some very angry people in our fan-base.