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4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Interesting story.
I had never heard of this incident, which is not too surprising given I'm not a big college football fan.
It sounds as though the University of Wyoming "Cowboyed Up" so to speak and tried to do something significant and meaningful for these guysI am wondering if any of the Wyoming fans we have here heard about this first hand and what was the reaction?
Check out the book, The Black 14, written by Ryan Thorburn. Ryan's a good guy, a UW graduate, was the Univ of Colo beat writer for the Boulder newspaper when he wrote the book and is now the beat writer for the Eugene newspaper, covering the Oregon Ducks.
Reader's digest version of the event. This occurred in 1969, when America was deep in it's racial strife. Wyo had a coach, Lloyd Eaton, who recruited a number of black athletes when many colleges/universities didn't. Under Eaton, Wyoming became a regular top 25 program. In 1968, Wyoming's only loss came to LSU in the Sugar Bowl. BYU was in the WAC and was coming to town. You may know that the LDS Church didn't allow blacks to become priests and this year many of the schools BYU was playing were protesting BYU and the LDS Church. One of the ways included the football players wearing armbands during the games. Activists were following many events at the time, including the BYU football team. Activists arrived in Laramie early the week of the game trying to stir things up. Eaton told his players to stay out of these politics and not to bring any of it into the program A handful of the black players approached Eaton asking if they could wear armbands. He told them no. Later that week, 14 of our black players asked to talk to Eaton. Eaton tore into them and threw all of them off the team. Eaton was a very strict authoritarian, to the degree of being an ####### anytime anyone crossed him. The UW President was called in. he called in the Board of Trustees who called in the Governor. They ultimately decided to back Eaton's decision. This destroyed the Wyoming football program for the next decade. Eaton ended up getting fired the following year, going 1-9.
The ASUW (student senate) purchased and placed a memorial in the UW student union probably 6 or 8 years ago. A couple of the Black 14 members came to campus and spoke then. This fall was the 50th anniversary of the event and Wyoming invited all of them to Laramie to be recognized. I think all but one was able to make it. I was able to attend the event. There was a lot of reconciliation happening and this was truly a great event, and might I say long over due.
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The Raven's game might put the Bills in a situation requiring Allen to throw more than he has just to stay in the game. If the Bills D limits the Ravens from scoring, however, you can be sure Daboll will be using as much clock as he can on offense to keep the Baltimore O off the field and limit the Raven's possessions. Personally, I don't think we want to get into a shootout with Baltimore.
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Late 4th quarter drive for the game winning TD, Allen to Beasley!
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1 hour ago, SomeDudeAtHome said:
This is true for me. 3rd and 6+ I know they're passing and feel confident we'll get a first. 3rd and 3 or less I'm thinking to myself "Ok what kinda of gadget play is Daboll gonna call and screw up" or that I'll be watching Gore get stuffed trying to go up the middle. I love Gore btw but we are not good at running up the middle for some reason.
Allen kills it on 3rd and less than one. It's that 1.1 - 3 where the Bills struggle. Power formation doesn't bring much power. I think we should spread it out and let Gore or Singletary find the crease.
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2 minutes ago, r00tabaga said:
WGR ....just said VanderEsch OUT.
HUGE.
I was actually looking forward to VanderEsch. He played opposite Josh (at Boise State). They split Josh's two years. This would have been the rubber match.
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2 hours ago, H2o said:
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/11/26/vikings-cut-josh-doctson/
He was just cut by the Vikings. He's had an injury history, but was an extremely productive college player. With Foster probably out for the rest of the year I wouldn't mind bringing him in for a look.
Played his freshman year at Wyo, then transferred to TCU.
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Any of you just hear Mike's call into Jim Rome? Said something about being a proud Bill's fan, how excited he is for the team and its' progress, looking forward to Dallas, thinks the Bills only have to win one more game to make the playoffs, etc. All good, right?
And then Mike goes onto say that he thinks the Bills should sit Allen and many of their other starters the following week when the Ravens come to Buffalo. It's not worth risking injury, yadda, yadda, yadda.
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9 hours ago, D. L. Hot-Flamethrower said:
On some other QBs:
Russell Wilson really surprised me. I saw the drop in his rating and then looked at his stats from yesterday. 13/25, 6 sacks, 15 yards rushing an interception, 16 QBR.
If I had first pick of a QB, I 'd pick Wilson and I wouldn't even have to think about it.
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2 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said:
That’s honestly really odd. I was taken back by how disrespectful and Genuinely uninformed their media was.
Perhaps the main reason I really didn't want Josh to go to Denver. That and if Elway drafted him, he probably still be sitting the bench.
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1 hour ago, Stank_Nasty said:
Quick question. Is the general fan base nearly as cocky as their local media was this week?
Absolutely
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Somebody needs to explain that time out to me also
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Maybe something other than the A gap for Gore
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1 minute ago, njbuff said:
NOW can they score the game-clinching TD?
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Just now, CSBill said:
And you thought our clock management was bad
I was hoping one of you guys here could have explained that time out to me???
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Need Singletary back in there
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Quit calling designed runs for Josh
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Bust runs like this we won't have to pass it in the fourth quarter
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4 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:
"The ball hits Beasley right in the hands... Josh Allen could help him out with better ball placement"
Better than the hands?
Like throw the pass closer to the defender right? What a clown response
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3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:
Points, please! ?
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Come on D. Pick Josh up
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That's okay. Let's get another 6 minute drive for a TD
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2nd and goal from the 1-yard line and a penalty gets us a field goal
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20 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:
I like it. He can run the clock out and protect our lead. (And the ball)
I'm not saying he shouldn't get the ball early. In fact I think he should. My only point is let's do what we need to do to get the win. I'm nervous about this game, unlike some on this board.
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Josh Allen month - star potential
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Don't rush it man!
You know I'm the biggest JA fan on the board. Too much too soon can kill it too. I'm gong to manage my expectations so as not to create disappointment for me. Cautious optimism...
Six long and sustained drives. Three TDs, three FGs, no punts, winning the TOS. I like it.