buckeyemike

Good article. I hope he makes it all the way back...he sounds like he's itching to do so. No doubt, especially after this year, Takeo's the heart and soul of the Bills defense...maybe the entire team. Mike

Anyone know what the predicted weather is for Saturday night? Mike

Ditka? Da Bills! Mike

The Miami Dolphins during their 1972 undefeated regular season played only two teams that finished the season above .500. The Fish trailed the Browns late in their first round playoff game, beat the Steelers in the AFC Championship by only four points, and were actually three point underdogs to the Redskins in Super Bowl VII. Mike

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I know I've taken a lot of crap for my position on this Bills v. Browns issue. Right now, the Browns have (I'll say it again) quite a bit of hope for the future. They went into Cincinnati to play a team that's as hot as a firecracker...and nearly upset them. The Browns play in Oakland next week, and have a legitimate chance to win. The Bills are already 8 point underdogs Saturday night...and I will be surprised if it is that close. I still hope there's 3 feet of snow on the ground for the Broncos game...what's the weather looking like up in WNY this weekend? Mike

Where's the middle finger smilie when you need it? Just kidding. The answer is: neither. Mike

I've been waiting to see this movie...it's been over 25 years since I've seen the cartoon series (and I only remember a couple of scenes from it). Tilda Swinton is pure evil as the White Witch...she had the ability to mislead. The kids were all pretty good, except I thought the one who played Edmund was wooden early on...but he improved as the movie progressed. From what I understand, this movie is pretty faithful to the book...C.S. Lewis' step-son co-produced, so I'm sure he wanted to make sure that the film kept to the topic. I only remember the cartoon...never read the book. This past summer, someone on this board asked if Disney realized that they're telling the story of Christ (through Aslan)...the allegory is very obvious. Disney mainly cares about money...and since it pulled in $67 million over the weekend, they probably see a few sequels in the future. I would recommend this movie. Apparently, C.S. Lewis once said that the Narnia series would never translate well to film. Well, after LOTR, anything may be possible, and Narnia LW&W is a fine example. Mike

Charlie Frye may or may not be the QB of the future. That's partially why the Browns are playing him now. I give Romeo Crennel tons of credit...he didn't have a whole lot to work with going in. This offseason will be a true test of how fast the Browns get better. Mike

Ugh...35-7 versus 23-20. At least the Browns looked good for much of the game. Mike P.S. No, I didn't watch the Bills today.

The Browns may be bad, but there's more hope there than in Buffalo right now. There, I said it. And if I'm going anywhere, it's back to my hometown team. Nowhere else. Mike

I think I will hold off until after the season's over. Mike

I'm not really surprised. A few years back, Media Play expanded into Cleveland...all the stores remained open less than a year. It seems to me like they're not really well run. Mike

Janis Joplin and Jimmy Johnson went to the same high school in Port Arthur, Texas...and they hated each other. Mike

Remind me not to p!$$ off any Sicilians in the future. Mike

What, weren't Fred Rogers and Captain Kangaroo with James Arness on the same boat? Mike

If people think that they're going to get a healthy breakfast at Mickey D's, then they are sorely mistaken. And this country is in worse shape than I thought. Mike

I think we have a winner...JR hit the nail on the head. Mike

O.J. Simpson's cousin is Ernie Banks. Their grandfathers were twin brothers. More NFL games had been played at the Meadowlands than in any other stadium. The record holder until 2003 was Wrigley Field, even though Wrigley hadn't hosted an NFL game since the Bears moved to Soldier Field in 1971. Mike

In the 1976 Ohio State-Indiana game, the Hoosiers scored first. Indiana coach Lee Corso called a timeout. During the timeout, Corso assembled his team for a group picture...with the scoreboard clearly visible in the background, showing Indiana leading, 7-0. Corso featured the picture on the cover of his 1977 Indiana recruiting brochure. Ohio State won the game, 47-7. Mike

I have seen that board...I like it. Are you telling me to go away? Mike

Dang...Tomcat beat me to it!! Mike

These come from a book about the Browns I'm now reading. These nuggets are disbursed around the book and may or may not have anything to do with the Cleveland Browns (or anything else, for that matter). The only person to score back-to-back fifty point games in the history of Long Island High School basketball is Jim Brown, the NFL legend. The formula for the NFL quarterback rating system is actually a recipe for chili. In a 2002 Sports Illustrated poll, 83% of Native Americans declared in favor of Indian mascots and team names. Among tribal leaders, that figure was under 50%. Former Colorado Rockies manager Jim Leyland was once a second-string catcher for Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio. The starting catcher was Jerry Glanville. When former ESPN and current NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen was in college, his stand-up comedy routine involved reading "Letters to Penthouse" using Howard Cosell's voice. In 1941, the news director at a small radio station in Kalamazoo, Michigan hired Harry Caray, who had been employed at another radio station in Joliet, Illinois. The news director's name was Paul Harvey. Yes, that Paul Harvey. "And now you know...the rest of the story." Paul Tagliabue once held the career rebounding record for the Georgetown University basketball team. That mark was broken by Patrick Ewing in 1985. The public address announcer for the Houston Colt .45s (now Astros) in 1962 was Dan Rather. The first American to jump off the boats at the D-Day invasion was James Arness, the "Gunsmoke" actor. He was the tallest man on the first ship (at 6'7") and the ship's captain wanted to see how deep the water was. Joe Namath was the only athlete on Richard Nixon's famous "Enemies" list. More to come... Mike

Tell me about it. Mike

When I was in college, I stuck with the Browns. Through thick, thin, the Fumble, the loss in the third AFC title game and about 4 million Bengals fans. If I really wanted to win now, I'd root for the Bengals. I'm happy for their fans, because 15 years of suffering is enough. But, I can't do that. If I go anywhere else, it's back to the Dawg Pound. Mike