SinceThe70s

I didn't get past the first two "bad calls". Both looked like obviously good calls to me.

The Bills season is over - I'm done with roller coasters until next season.

The NFL has been living with officiating controversies since I've been watching the game. As far as I know it's never impacted the popularity of the sport. The controversies bring more attention to the sport and I think the NFL's attitude towards this is there's no such thing as bad publicity. The NFL won't address the issues until it affects the bottom line.

Props to the pilot. I imagine it wasn't an easy flight for him either. https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/american-airlines-pilot-comforts-passengers-on-flight-less-than-24-hours-after-dc-plane-crash-in-viral-video/

If you have to ask you already know the answer.

If you thought about it before hearing about it you were being original! youtube guy had it happening on the podium with the Lombardi in hand as the grand finale of the NFL-orchestrated Chiefs three-peat/Taylor Swift cash-in opportunity. I'm not quite there but I do file it under things that make you go hmmm.

I actually heard it first last night on a youtube video outlining the questionable spots last Sunday. 😀

I have to admit that as I read the article I was trying to make a connection to music and my theory halfway through was the blue man group either had the Rockin' Pneumonia or the Boogie Woogie Flu. Kidding aside, thanks for sharing both. I love sh!t like this! The second to last sentence in the article resonates and could easily send me on another tangent.

100%!!!!!!!!!! I've posted this before but it's worth repeating. I'm an out of market fan and didn't push the Bills on my sons but it took for both. They grew up during the drought years and I used to joke that turning them into Bills fans was a form of child abuse. It changed dramatically when we watched Tyler Boyd's TD together. Pure joy. When 13 seconds happened I told them that they were officially Bills fans. One of our funniest memories was the missed FG by the Broncos that was negated by too many men on the field. When the call was made it was just me and my youngest watching and we went from high fives and elation to staring at each other intently a few feet apart speechless when the call came in for about 10 seconds. We still laugh about that shared experience. Over the past few years wifey started feeling left out and now she's fully on board the Bills train. She gets more amped up on game day than we do and takes the losses harder. Selfishly I'm thrilled to have the shared experiences (good and bad) with them after spending most of my life rooting for the Bills alone. Good times. Go Bills!

That's effin awesome in so many ways!

My eldest graduated University of Maryland this past semester and me and wifey paid one last visit for a UMD/USC game. Pre-game we walked through a party hosted by a black student group and the DJ was playing Payback. Had never heard it, bad #$@%# @ass!!! Thanks to shazam I added it to a playlist.

A cute little ditty from a band I love:

Save the NFL from what? Questionable calls by the refs date back to when I started watching the NFL, probably before. It's never negatively impacted the popularity of the game afaik. Until it does nothing will change. I think the NFL embraces the controversial calls - more attention on the games - and the rule changes are nothing more than lip service to a a gullible and ever-growing fan base.

My suggestion is to give your daughter the freedom to make her own choice. She'll be exposed to your fandom and it'll either take or it won't. If it takes, she's in for the ride good or bad - that's the gig, like it or not. And while you think you may be protecting her from a lifetime of heartbreak who knows maybe you'd be depriving her of a lifetime of joy.

Where I might disagree is that regardless of personnel, Van Noy's comment suggests he had come to expect a more aggressive offense. This assumes that the reflection of the HC implies a conservative approach.