Offside Number 76

Dobler : Suh :: Stalin : Castro.

I realize that this thread was started as a joke, but enough people have treated this seriously, unfortunately, so now I feel compelled to respond, instead of asking whether everyone was drunk when they posted. Look, field goals, and the strategy behind setting them up are integral and important parts of the game. Who doesn't love a drive to get into FG range at the end of a half? And the chance that it might be missed! Those of you who were aware in 1991, you know. It wasn't about getting to the 20-yard-line (OP's sarcastic suggestion), it was about getting Norwood into his range. Which they didn't do (grass not turf). How was that not an exciting kick? How was it not an exciting drive leading to it? We've seen three SBs on FGs in the last dozen years, and that's only if I'm not missing any. Again, how is that not exciting? How is the drive to get there not exciting? And once more, I do realize the initial post was sarcastic. But come on, those of you who have responded that there should be no FGs in football. Get it, already.

Question: Was everyone who posted in this thread wasted when they posted?

Yeah, but WGR covers Buffalo, not the entire US. Training camp starts in September, the season goes through June, and July is busy with free agency. I guess they can take August off, but I want my hockey coverage!

Oh yes there is.

I was disappointed to see Wilson picked by Arizona in the second, but I guess Jones would make an ok consolation prize.

Something about the owners and fraud convictions and bankruptcy... I like what Sal is bringing to GR. I also like Jeremy White. I also like Jim Rome. And I actually like the non-sports "guy talk" that goes on throughout the day, too. But I do wish that Schopp could be less condescending.

He did. Still, the idea was ridiculed.

Some guy I know wanted him in the 4th or 5th round. Who was that?

Get crayonz on it.

I had forgotten. The troika of OJ, Batman, and Incognito. Surely, even Hammer wouldn't know. The lightning would strike and surround the premises, but no one would know why.

As far as you know. I mean, I know it's your lot, but what if it was Halloween or something? OJ Batman can get pretty incognito, I'd imagine. (Think about it. The powers of OJ combined with the powers of Batman.)

Makes sense.

What happens at halftime that keeps you at your seat? (Just curious. I don't go to that many games to know what could be the cause of that.)

Is this the example you would want your child to see? Just because you don't agree with the guy?

Here's Rick Reilly; he doesn't understand why anyone goes to any NFL games: http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8639726/all-nfl-games-home-games Some of the complaints will be familiar. At least it's not just us.

Really? You read that into what I posted?

The poster who started the thread.

First an accusation that a few people are making up a story that Lee Evans was in town, and now this. You've got a bright future ahead.

Why in the world would someone make that up?

His hits definitely were not legal by today's rules! His trademark move was a check starting low and ending with a shoulder to the jaw. We didn't call him "captain crunch" for nothing. He was targeted often, by guys like Domi, when he knocked star players out of games. And of course, there was Darcy Tucker. Kaleta doesn't hit like Peca used to. No one hits like Peca used to. He left his skates on almost every check, especially open-ice checks, and those hits have been taken out of the game. I don't want to turn this into a hockey thread either, or crowd the thread with a lot of videos, but try searching youtube for "Peca Gonchar," "Peca Ohlund," for hits, and "Peca Domi," or "Peca Konowalchuk" for retribution. We didn't know then what we know now about concussions, so it was easy to root for him. But his hits don't exist in the game now. In any event, I think we can agree that he was hardly a pansy.

Oh, I'm not so sure about that. There are plenty of stories about Jimbo, Thurman, and the crew. But I do feel your pain. Wish that hadn't happened to you at Tempo. Here's a question: why not name names? Public shaming means something!

No offense taken, and I do get your point. There are enough people who can't behave in public at Bills games even without a smoking ban, so why exacerbate it, is the way I see it. It's not a very big deal to me, either way. But there are giant smoking areas that are completely empty even at halftime--it's not like a Sabres game where one has to exit the facility to get to a smoking area (there's no smoking there, anymore, either).

Conversely, I didn't go to Bills games as a kid, because my father knew it wasn't an appropriate place to take a child, and I like them just fine.