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boltuprite

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  1. Some people crack me up, just cant see things for what they are! Look at the footage again and tell me that he wasnt being an ass, or is it a case of man-love that doesnt let you see the obvious? :pirate:

     

    no, I thnk it's more of a case of "I really don't give a sh--"

  2. it's the damned if u do, damned if u don't scenario.

     

    the photographer was in the way, blocking his path to Mangini.

    If Bellichek hadn't gotten to Mangini to shake his hand, today you would all be lambasting him for being a lousy sport.

  3. Yeah, really makes sense this NFL blackout policy. The Bills posted the 3rd highest crowd of week 15 and yet their game is blacked out.

     

    Week 15 Attendenace figues

     

    Seattle 67,650

     

    Atlanta 71,102

     

    Buffalo 71,011

     

    Chicago 62,260

     

    Green Bay 70,472

     

    Tennesee 69,143

     

    Minnesota 63,677

     

    New England 68,756

     

    New Orleans 69,052

     

    Carolina 68,947

     

    Baltimore 70,857

     

    Arizona 63,845

     

    Oakland 50,164

     

    New York 78,657

     

    San Diego 66,583

     

     

    :unsure:

  4. My bad. I guess I just assume that Wegmans is Pittsford-based because of that super-store.

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    take Toronto off that list. They don't have a stadium that can accomodate NFL football and ther is no way in hell the taxpayers would ever pony up the dough.

  5. No, it's not a long drive but you all have no idea of my life or schedule.

     

    Hmmm maybe I have to be back to work a shift on Sunday night.....

     

    If the game was at 4:00 I am lucky to be back in Toronto by 10:00 PM.

     

    If the game starts at 1:00 I am home by around 6:30 -7:00 PM

     

    Have to be at work by 9:00 PM so yeah, it does make a big difference to me when they move start times. Just glad it's back to the original 1:00 PM start

  6. I agree with a lot of what you said.  However the one thing I do agree with the late season home game reason.  One thing Bills fans do not care about is the weather.  As we all sang during the Miami snow storm game a few years ago...  Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow.

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    I agree sort of, as I know Bills fans pride themsleves on being a cold weather team. Nothing funnier when you see a team like Miami or San Diego shiverring beside the heaters and the Bills run out wearing short sleeve jerseys and bare arms. I can remember going to a Miami/Buffalo game in December and pelting the Dolphin bench with snowballs.

     

     

    However, what I meant was fans are less likely to come into Buffalo from places like Rochester or to the north, St. Catherines if there is bad weather and the road conditions aren't good.

  7. said it before and I'll say it again. The NFL blackout policy is whacked.

    As stadium sizes vary how is it fair that in one market, 60,000 seats is a sellout (because that is the stadiums capacity), but in another market where they sell 70,000 seats it isn't (becuase their stadium capacity is 80,000 seats).

     

    Base the blackout rule on a concrete number like 55,000 or 60,000 seats sold then the game is televised. Would be much fairer to teams with larger stadiums like Buffalo.

     

    Now as to the decline in numbers in Buffalo. Several factors, play into it. Lousy schedule that was weighted with many home games at the end of the year in Nov, Dec when the weather is typically brutal. The Bills string of non-playoff years and sub-standard teams. The re-surgence of the Sabres. (more competition for the fans $$).

     

    Put a winning competitive team on the field that is a playoff contender and the fans will pack the Ralph. Personally I still think support for the Bills in Buffalo has been pretty amazing consdering the sub-standard football that has been played by them in recent seasons.

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