Cotton Fitzsimmons

Perhaps we get to the AFC Championship and he'll do us Ronnie Harmon Style.

Blackmon to the left, Stevie to the right, D-Nelson in the slot... WHEEEWWWW DOGGIE!

And after that game, Kelsay probably busted said nut.

Well, Mr. WEO, the facts are the facts. You put Boise State against the top teams in Major conferences and they have consistently beaten them. You put Boise State against a mid tier team from an AQ conference, and you witness a beat down like last night. It's obviously not conjecture at this point... it's just what happens.

Obviously we can't have a Boise State thread without YE OLE interjecting (Where ya at Dayman/Nightman?) This season Boise knocked off Georgia, who ended up 10-3 and played in the SEC Title Game. In 2010 Boise knocked off VA Tech, who ended up 11-2 and played in the Orange Bowl In 2009 Boise knocked off Oregon, who ended up 10-2 and played in the Rose Bowl In 2008 Boise won AT Oregon, and that team ended up 9-3 and ranked #15 that year Harkening back to your original statement of "Regularly beaten - once a season they beat top top 25 teams that often fall out of the top 25 as the season goes on and it is realized they were overhyped early" ... you would have to agree is factually incorrect, would you not?

Surely, being Marv's neighbor, you know what's what.

Thank you sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar.

I have an appointment to take the Postal Service 473 exam this Wednesday. I was just wondering if anyone here works for the USPS and/or has taken the 473 exam and had any thoughts or advice on it. Thanks in advance!

In all fairness, it would appear that the winless Colts are only a Peyton Manning away from being a SB contender.

It seems to YE OLE that Tebow is becoming the the Doug Flutie of this generation... purely from an on the field stand point. The polarization these two cause is unlike any other. You either love them or hate them. Either you believe they "just win" or you believe they are an embarassment to the position of QB. Personally, YE OLE enjoyed watching Flutie play, and YE OLE has come to enjoy watching Tebow play. What is bizarre is why so many people care to continue to tell us why Tebow can't make it. Either he will make it or he won't, but it's odd that so many of his critics seem so vested in it. It's a strange phenomenon... some people around here actually seemed pissed off every time the Bills won with Flutie under center too.

I'm with you Jersey... There's clearly something wrong with the psyche of this team. What's odd is, at the beginning of the season the exact opposite was the case. They fought back from large deficits and we praised them for playing hard. Even last season when they were 4-12, they fought hard every game and gave teams like the Ravens and Steelers all they could handle. Right now they'd lose by 40-50 to those teams. What the hell is going on here?! We've seen a lot of bad football over the last decade, and we've all been more than frustrated, but the last 3 weeks are the worst stretch I've ever seen from this team. They're just not even trying. I remember a lot of bad football, but nothing quite like this. I've never been at a point like this where I have ZERO desire to watch this team even play, and I'm almost there right now. It's not the fact that they're losing it's the way they're losing.

From YE OLE's perspective there is something seriously wrong internally with this team. There have been significant injuries, no doubt, and one could argue the book is out on how to defend Gailey's system on offense. That would all make sense if we were losing games by reasonal margins. However, we've lost the last 3 games by over 27 points per game against teams who have a collective record of 14-16. And oh by the way... Washington, who we trounced the last time we won, just went to OT with Dallas yesterday, who we didn't belong on the same field with. We have Miami players going around saying that our guys "laid down" yesterday, to boot. What is going on here? I expected we might see some growing pains and lose some games, but there is not any explanation for looking like a college team for 3 straight weeks. We went from 5-2 to not even being able to compete? These guys could not look worse if they were trying to throw these games. This isn't a question of losing out anymore... this is a question of can we lose by less than 3 or 4 TD's to anyone left on the schedule?

If Perry "Fossil" Fewell were here, we'd be 9-0 right now.

What is the purpose of this? It seems very random.

Can you imagine if they even hold on to their position right now and end up as the 1/2 seed... can you imagine a divisional playoff game and dare YE OLE say, AFC Championship game back at the Ralph? It's been so damn long. Nobody remembers what it's like to come to Buffalo in January. I can only imagine the atmosphere at the stadium if this thing goes down.

This Slauson character obviously wants to get Dareus good and pissed off before he lines up against him Sunday.

It was the Skins, and they have some problems on O, no doubt. That said, if the light just switched on for our defense and they play even half as well as they did yesterday, we are going to be extremely difficult to beat.

Moats and Sheppard are THE WHIP, gents! That's the fact, Jack.

The guy from Football Outsiders was on with Schopp and Bulldog yesterday talking about ESPN's QBR. He said he has friends that work there and he emailed them telling them that when you get an odd result in your system such as Tebow>Rodgers they really need to come out and explain the parameters of their formula.

Crayonz, my good fellow, you truly are a man of the people. YE OLE salutes you!

Good question wonderbread... Florio is now reporting: "UPDATE 10:02 a.m. ET: The Jets have explained the presence of the man with the camera. Under certain circumstances, the practice is permitted. But it’s amazing that NFL coaches are fine with team employees shooting video and then relying on the honor system to ensure that the video won’t be used for any improper purpose." http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/11/photo-of-jets-employee-with-sideline-camera-creates-stir/ What I find interesting, however, is this article from ESPN from '07 when the whole Spygate thing erupted states: "The "Game Operations Manual" states that "no video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." The manual states that "all video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead." NFL security officials confiscated a camera and videotape from a New England video assistant on the Patriots' sideline when it was suspected he was recording the Jets' defensive signals. Taping any signals is prohibited." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=sando_mike&id=3017542 So what gives? That doesn't seem to match what the Jets are saying. And I'm with you Wonderbread... I wouldn't feel too good if the Jets were filming the Bills sideline. Given past experience, why would any team trust the opposition not to tape signals or anything else they may use to their advantage?

Is there really a doubt in your mind that Kamar is more valuable than Ruvy Martin?

That sounds more like one of Ruvy Martin's tricks.

I have all of Bills blurbs from the major power rankings that are out consolidated here: http://www.thebillsblog.com/2011/10/nfl-power-ranking-roundup.html I will include Cowherd's if/when I can find it... but as usual, I don't think that guy's opinion amounts to much. One week he loves you the next week he hates you. He's always looking for a reaction, but offers little in the way of insight.