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Seattle is a horrible football town. The only reason Cowher would coach here is because Seattle is flush with cash. Other than that, it offers very little.

Just because they've made a decision doesn't mean they have to announce it right away. If they've "decided" on Frazier, they'll just wait until Minnesota's season is finished.

Apparently Schottenheimer lives in NC as well. Does he live close to Hickory, where those phantom planes from last night were found?

Has anyone just called the switchboard operator at OBD and just flat out asked who is being interviewed?

Just say no to the Tampa 2...

And actually, where is Hammer? Doesn't Buddy the Wonder Dog have his eyes on OBD to figure out wtf is going on here?

There have been ZERO non-commerical flights from Buffalo or Detroit (DTW, DET, PTK) to Minnesota. Unless RB and Buddy Nix are flying commerical, no one from the Bills is in Minnesota yet. I'm still not buying the Hickory flight, though didn't Cowher sell his home down in Raleigh?

FWIW, I find this a hell of a lot more reliable and more interesting than reading Schefter and Glazer's blogs for rumors.

Given the number of times I've refereshed flightaware, I would not be surprised if the TSA and FBI came after me.

But he DOES use NetJets. See the following two flights on the day of the Buddy Nix annoucnement: 31-Dec-2009 GALX/L Buffalo Niagara Intl (KBUF) Coleman A. Young Muni (KDET) 04:03PM EST 04:36PM EST 0:33 31-Dec-2009 GALX/L Detroit Metro Wayne Co (KDTW) Buffalo Niagara Intl (KBUF) 11:20AM EST 11:51AM EST 0:31

In fact, look where Ralphie's plane is - LAX! He's selling the team! http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N748QS

Folks, this is NOT the plane. The plane in question here looks like this: http://www.air-and-space.com/20040924%20SB...landing%20l.jpg Yes, Ralph is cheap. That is why he shares his private jet with a bunch of other people: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NN...Numbertxt=748QS

My question is why the Buffalo media hasn't been camped at the airport watching people board private planes and grabbing their tail numbers. That would reveal a lot more than "sources deep within the organization."

Here's Ralph's jet. In his true stingy fashion, he shares it with others: 748QS 157 ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES GULFSTREAM 200 RALPH C WILSON JR ENTERPRISES LLC http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NN...Numbertxt=748QS This plane is in California, so he's likely hitchhiking on someone else's.

They're flying to 'ol Ralphie's first: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/FIV409

I want an offensive coach.

Hmmm......... http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VKY708 The only thing off on this flight is that it's not a "Net Jets" flight, which is what Ralphie has used in the past.

Mort hates Bills fans due to our disdain for his buddy Donahoe, so he has an agenda. Schefter, on the other hand, doesn't... but my guess is that neither of these two clowns has a clue.

If Ralph is smart enough to do this, well I guess we've been underestimating him all these years!

For Detroit, search on KDET, not KDTW. KDET, the general aviation airport, has several flights to and from Buffalo on the day of Buddy Nix's arrival. I suspect that is Ralph's preferred airport.

That's a US Airways commercial flight. If "Cowler" ends up coming here, it'll likely be on a private jet hired by Ralph.

And for those of you curious, apparently the Colts take Northwest: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NWA9963

Flightaware.com tracks all flight plans filed with the FAA, including general aviation (i.e. private jets). You'll notice a flight last Tuesday from KDET (Detroit Municipal) to KBUF (Buffalo-Niagara) on a gulfstream if you take a look at the past history. Could this have been Ralph? Who knows. This link shows general aviation flights that are en route/scheduled to arrive at KBUF: http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KBUF/enroute/ga This link shows general aviation flights that are scheduled to depart from KBUF: http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KBUF/scheduled/ga Nothing too interesting yet, but who knows what will transpire over the week.

Oh dear God I want the chin here so bad........

This is actually believeable. Listen to how Kelly pronounces Cowher's name at 3:05 in this video: http://www.buffalobills.com/media-lounge/v...b0-bf425b721369 If you're some random writer for a local-yokle newspaper, and you've never heard of Cowher before, it's possible to mess this up if you only listened to Kelly.