I have mentioned the Jacobs in previous posts on this topic. Owner of Delaware North Company- Jeremy Sr still has a home in East Aurora. His son Jeremy Jr is very good friends with Jimbo and I always thought it was the Jacobs family who Kelly had lined up in his corner if and when the Bills would be for sale. With that being said even and Kelly with the financial support of the Jacobs family could not afford to get into a bidding war for the Bills. I personally believe a deal would need to be put into place prior to Ralph passing for this to happen.
It just reminds me and bothers me every time this topic comes up that Ralph wont get his affairs in order and set something up with a prospective local buyer- or maybe he has with Toronto, who knows.