John Gianelli

As I mentioned a few pages ago, it's a little easier with a round ball. You just put the sensor in the middle. With a football you need more advanced technology to compensate for the fact that a sensor in the middle would not be equidistant from all surfaces of the ball.

This is actually a serious question. Where and how many microchips would you need in each ball? This would be a no-brainer solution if you're talking about a basketball or baseball, where one chip in the dead center of the ball would be all you'd need. But a football's shape could present a challenge. Even if you put a chip at both tips of the ball, what if the ball is being held sideways in such a way that the part near the laces crosses the plane, but neither tip does. You'd probably need a belt of microchips inside the ball to make that work. So maybe $200 per ball? It's just to say that even with the technology available, it might not be as easy as it sounds for football. Here's the fun part. You know the Patriots would install some kind of cloaking device in the ball their opponents were using to refute that it actually crossed the plane.

Buffalo News story on new name

Did you get that suggestion from Bruce Smith? If so, be careful about his next suggestion.

Mighty Stadium! https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/blog/morning_roundup/2014/09/mighty-taco-proposes-new-stadium-on-wheels-for.html

A 5-minute read, comparing stadium costs to other things... From Notre Dame Magazine: majestic St. Ann’s (in Buffalo), a Gothic beauty in danger of demolition, could be restored for the cost of a scoreboard

The Patriots and their fans must be gloating. The one year that the Bills have a good chance to overtake them in the AFC East, and this (2020) happens.

Thanks. I was just going to ask what LAMP stands for.

Check this video out for how football has changed in 50 years. Half of the highlights they show would have a penalty flag or two thrown. Some great clips of OJ and Robert James.

I'm thinking, it's nice to read a purely football thread.

17:53, the classic Fergy look

Thanks for remembering J.D. Hill and Rashad. But don't you think Haven Moses was better than Evans?

It starts at 1:44:20 of the video above.

Wilson -- without him, we don't even have this conversation Kemp -- the undisputed leader of our only championships OJ -- for his talent; if you're old enough to have seen him play, he was at a different level than everyone else on the field Bruce -- hard to choose between him, Kelly and Thurman to represent the 90s

Seeing this, it makes sense now. If the season is delayed, games scheduled for the early weeks in the season could be added on following the Jan. 3 Week 17 date.

Ah, forgot about the dome! Thanks.

Did you also notice three of the first four games are in hot climates, and the last four are in cold climates?

Three of first four games in hot climates. Last four games in cold climates.

Wait, I never dated a Kar... Oh, you mean Reggie.

Deny this many skeptics will, but Buffalo sports fan, so long suffering, this feeling knows well.

I'm hoping this doesn't happen, but I felt an uncomfortable shiver this morning with a premonition that Aaron Rodgers might end up in New England. Then I saw that Reggie Bush was thinking the same thing. https://clutchpoints.com/patriots-news-reggie-bush-predicts-aaron-rodgers-ends-up-in-new-england/ In 2018, Tom Brady said that if Rodgers were in the New England offense, he'd throw for 7,000 yards. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tom-brady-apparently-thinks-aaron-rodgers-would-smash-nfl-records-playing-for-the-patriots/ Of course, he would need a receiver or two.

At the corner of Jefferson and Best in Buffalo. It was on higher ground, the site of an earlier reservoir for the city water system I believe. There was also an entrance along Dodge Street. It seems hard to believe that in four years, New Era/the Ralph/Rich Stadium will be as old as The Rockpile was when it was torn down!

Going there as a kid and sitting up high along the Dodge Street side, I remember on a frigid day the most creative pitch ever by a beer vendor: "Get your ice cold hot warm Genesee beer here!" Also, there was a guy named Old Sam, who in retrospect was probably only in his forties, who tried to slide down one of the handrails. He fell off, and I still remember the thud his head made against the concrete. His friends just laughed it off. Anyone else remember Old Sam? At the Bison games there was a vendor who was probably in his teens, and his voice would crack. Instead of "cold pop!" it sounded like "cold paaaaaaaaaaaap!" At the Bison games there were a lot fewer people, and a lot of lulls in the action so the vendors were more noticeable than at a Bills game. Pretty much every vendor had a distinct personality. The Earl of Bud and Conehead stand out. I think the Earl of Bud also had a brother who was a vendor, but he wasn't as flamboyant as the Earl. The photo is from an Old Timers Game in 1984. I pretty sure that was Willie Mays at bat. At the corner of Jefferson and Best in Buffalo. It was on higher ground, the site of an earlier reservoir for the city water system I believe. There was also an entrance along Dodge Street.

That's because there was (and still is) a pool adjacent to the stadium. The announcer (Norman Oklahoma, IIRC) would also say that at Bisons games at Hyde Park Stadium in the Falls where they played for a season or two. At the Bills last game, I was sitting in the bleachers in the end zone and the fans were trying to rip up the wooden slats to take as souvenirs. I got a small chunk of one, which was probably worth the splinters. I think it had moss growing on it, or maybe it was mold.

That was a great name. May he rest in peace. My condolences to you.