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And this is why. Being from the Burgh, I grew up loving this guy and he was just as big a reason as Mario Lemieux that I love hockey. All of these years later, Mike Lange, is still just as fluid, just as excitable, and just as good. I give this clip to you, because I think some of you will appreciate his highlights from last nights game. Especially as it goes on. Enjoy one of many hall of fame broadcasters! Peter Sykora's goal call will become some of legend. Mike Lange - Game One

W - Sept. 7 Seattle Seahawks 1 p.m. L - Sept. 14 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1 p.m. W - Sept. 21 Oakland Raiders 1 p.m. L - Sept. 28 at St. Louis Rams 4:05 p.m. L - Oct. 5 at Arizona Cardinals 4:15 p.m. Oct. 12 Bye W - Oct. 19 San Diego Chargers 1 p.m. W - Oct. 26 at Miami Dolphins 1 p.m. W - Nov. 2 New York Jets 1 p.m. L - Nov. 9 at New England Patriots* 1 p.m. L - Nov. 17 (Mon.) Cleveland Browns 8:30 p.m. W - Nov. 23 at Kansas City Chiefs 1 p.m. W - Nov. 30 San Francisco 49ers 1 p.m. W - Dec. 7 Miami Dolphins (at Toronto) 4:05 p.m. L - Dec. 14 at New York Jets 1 p.m. L - Dec. 21 at Denver Broncos 4:05 p.m. L - Dec. 28 New England Patriots* 1 p.m.

O'Brien was very good in some of the years he played. He was one of the top QB's in the game at times, although never really considered a superstar. He shouldn't be used in the same sentence as bust. As for Marino, the Jets weren't the only team that passed on his services. If I remember right, there were a bunch of teams fans, namely Pittsburgh, that really wanted Marino, but they passed. Dan was certainly one of the best ever, but Kenny wasn't a slouch by any means. O'Brien should actually be considered one of their better picks.

Ken O'Brien was not a bust. Marino slipped through almost every team in the draft. The only thing I ever heard about Danny Boy is that he, HIMSELF, wanted to go to Pittsburgh. But, O'Brien was a pretty solid QB.

Ummmm, yeah, this kind of perplexed me as well. Ken O'Brien had some great years as the Jets QB. So, Ken O'Brien was a bust?

Got em, just grabbed two. What an incredible price. Thanks for the heads up. lol

Pooj, When is the Counting Crows concert? Tix are on sale now? Are they with Maroon 5? I would love to see that and my mom lives in VB. Info.....their website is currently down.

ESPN News is interviewing a guy from Philly who is talking about the Eagles lack of playmakers around Donovan McNabb and their pressing need for WR's. So, ESPN asked him should they take a WR with their first pick, and he says NO, he doesn't think there is a WR in this draft worthy of being drafted NINETEEN. Wow. What about 11? lol

Marv Levy is first on the Bills all time win list with 123 won. The #2 guys are Lou Saban and Chuck Knox with 38 each. Kind of says alot about lack of success and lack of stability in the coaching position.

How is it possible to hate something about the Seahawks? Is there something out there, that we could collectively use, to start hating this opener against the Hawks? How do we make them despised in only 145 days?

That isn't possible. Torontonians MUST show up in droves for the next five years, because anyone buying this ticket package MUST buy all five years worth of games. So, even if they don't show, the seats will be sold, and the NFL cash register will have already rung.

As devils advocate, if the Bills were actually 7-4 once more than every 8 years (and counting), the game would sell out in a heartbeat in Orchard Park at twice the cost of what the tickets cost now.

So don't you go to those BB Booster Club meetings at the Ralph? Bring it up. I mean, seriously, what in the hell does a NFL team need a booster club for anyway? Get something out of it. I agree with you. So, the next time you go to one of those, and if anyone of any kind of consequence is there, put em on the spot and tell em how you feel in a close setting. It isn't going to accomplish much, but put em on the spot. The one thing I hate as a season ticket holder living in Virginia, is that, it seems there is no fight in anyone that the Bills are playing in Toronto. It's really crappy. Now, they take Pittsburgh, about the only team in the NFL who could make a pre-season game even remotely interesting away, and now the Phins. The people who are ok with all of this, are pretty prideless, IMO. Big brother is swooping in and stealing 2 of only 10 major events that happen in a struggling city per year. That, to me, is a slap in the face. What I hate is that I've never lived in Buffalo, have no ties to the city in terms of relatives or schooling etc, but it seems like I have more pride and fight for the city than a alot of people who live there. START WITH THE NEXT ELECTION. Go and vote for change. Not like that will work either, but damn. Try to change the direction of the city. PLEASE! Buffalo is so close to becoming Toledo, Ohio. I just hope it never happens.

This is all just made up, estimated hype. They have no idea how many tickets people need just by looking at the sign up lists they have. I am signed up to get tickets through the Canadian site and through my Buffalo Bills season ticket account. When I signed up I don't remember anywhere putting in how many tickets I wanted. I am also signed up in two places to get tickets and I have ZERO intention of going to games in Toronto. I may buy them and sell them off however. I just wanted the information when it first comes out, so I signed up. There are probably tons of people who did the same as I did. They don't have 100,000 individual requests for information on tickets when they come out, or they would have said that. They don't ask you when you sign up how many tickets you would like when you sign up. So, how in the hell do they know that they have ticket requests totaling over 100K? I have no doubt they'll sellout games, after all, they are playing in a stadium smaller than 70% of American division 1 football stadiums. But this number is pure marketing attempts to drum up even more interest.

And I certainly hope you are kidding about this. You are right? Is this the same Atlanta team that can't sellout any of its playoff games? Year after year that Atlanta made the playoffs, their playoff games got more empty as their long run went on. Milwaukee? That's gotta be a joke. I know you are kidding there. I used to go watch the Pirates at County Stadium with about 500 people sitting in the outfield bleachers. It felt like I was at a high school game. Overall attendance was like 7,000 per game back then. Nowadays, even with Miller Park attendance was again starting to wain big time, until the recent two year cash infusion the new owners have given the Crew. When this novelty wears off, so will the people again. And Cleveland? Yeah maybe. Only because it's a sports town. When Jacobs field opened, the place was packed for years. Over the last few years, attendance wained. The fans are back now, because it seems they have some nice prospects for winning again, but it will again go in the tank as soon as they don't re-sign some on these guys. The cycle never ends, making most of these once proud baseball cities, nothing but casual observers unitl their team shows any kind of respectability. Unitl then, clowns, fireworks and pools in the outfield seats are needed to get people to the park.

The first argument is lame. It's what baseball people hang onto. When are the last times Pittsburgh, Cincy, Milwaukee, Philly, Washington/Montreal, Texas, Baltimore, Toronto, TB have made or sniffed the playoffs? Toronto, TB and Baltimore have no shot, ever. Then you have teams that are run fairly well, that have to make the playoffs once every five years or so, until three or four teams take away their players. Those would be Oakland, Minnesota, maybe Cleveland, Florida, Houston and the whole NL West. Economics has killed baseball. And again, attendance in baseball is much more about promotions than it is about actually watching a game. I'm from Pittsburgh and used to have season tickets until I couldn't stand it any longer. All of my family, lead by my late grandfather used to watch the Pirates until they became a farm team for the rest of the teams with large payrolls. No one in Pittsburgh cares anything about baseball, but love PNC Park. It's much of the same in other cities. It's amazing that when the playoffs begin, and ticket prices double and triple that alot of teams can't sellout playoff games. None of the "park goers" care enough to ante up playoff money. Why would they, after all, Journey isn't there performing after the game. This includes the last time Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and LA had playoff games in the early and mid 90's with Barry Bonds. None sellouts. It now includes post strike teams such as Atlanta, Oakland, Arizona, Colorado, and Houston. I now live in VA, and no one talks about baseball. NOBODY. Ever. Not in my office, not on athletic playing fields, on the radio, or in any conversation. Kids don't know any baseball players, and baseball leagues are dying in favor of soccer. Which actually makes me sick, but it's true. There are hardly any black kids who even know baseball exists, and more and more kids are playing soccer and spring football instead of baseball in the spring. I'm a recreation director for a county gov't in VA. You piqued my interest in this so I just checked some numbers. I've been in this field now going on 10 years. In 1999, we had 556 kids playing youth baseball in this county from ages 7-15. Today there are 234. In 1999, we had 114 kids playing youth soccer in this county, and now there are 605. There are even 118 playing in a spring football league. It's so hard for Yankee, Red Sox, Mets, and a couple of other large market teams fans to grasp that baseball is dying a slow death because of the economics of the game. WHen the novelty of these new ballparks again wear off, which it is starting to do, baseball will start to really feel the effects of the game losing popularity. Until then, count on going to a circus at most major league stadiums. That's the only way baseball can fill seats in over 50% of it's cities. You'll see a game, some clowns, fireworks, bobbleheads, rock concerts, birthday parties for kids and everything else you can think of to get families to bring their kids there. Alot of stadiums are now even offering things like all you can eat seats for like $35 or $40 where you can pig out all game long. Kinda cool actually. But if you are there to actually see a baseball game, lol, well, good luck, because it's definitely a secondary attraction. And we haven't even talked about minor league baseball yet.

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No one anywhere outside of about 6 major cities talks about baseball. In Pittsburgh, the only reason people attend games is because PNC park is the biggest city park in Western PA. PNC is a novelty in itself. Most of the people there could care less about the game. Then, instead of using money to spend on payroll, the Pirates shove about 400 fireworks nights, 250 bobblehead nights, 125 rock concerts and 50 Bill Mazeroski appearances to draw even more fans who don't care about the game. Baseball is slowly going away. Most people in western PA couldn't name the Pirates starters. And if the two all sports AM radio stations could talk Steelers and Penguins 24/7, nobody would ever call about baseball. PNC Park is beautiful. Too bad it's like Pittsburgh's best nightclub instead of a baseball stadium. And you can add about 15 other baseball cities to this list across America. No one cares outside of NY, Boston, Chicago, LA and maybe Detroit.

I agree, and if your team is lucky enough, you'll be playing my Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals. And if I'm lucky, my Pirates will be playing the Red Sox in the World Series. LOL Both sports are just fillers for football season, however.

She's a 6, but very very doable because of the boobies. Without the boobies, she wouldn't have too much going for her. I don't see what the big deal is......ask your buddy if you can rail it or not. Seems pretty simple to me.

LOL. Exactly. This post is the equivalent of reading realfootball365 articles. Should this be on the homepage too?

Easy there Promo. I'm glad UB is doing OK now, but the Turner Gill crap is a little over the top. Why isn't then say, Brady Hoke from say Ball State hotter than Gill? Ball State had the nations longest losing streak when he took over three years ago, and the Cards went to a bowl game last year. They also have four nationally televised games on ESPN (2) and ESPN 2 (2) next year, and have one of the best QB prospects in the country in Nate Davis (Maybe the next great MAC QB). Gill is nice, but he isn't the red hot commodity just because he's had a winning year. It happens in the MAC all the time. There is a program that absolutely sucks, then gets turned around. This thing Gill is doing at UB isn't some miracle like some make it out to be. By the way, UB has a lot of work to do. A lot. Ball State returns 21 of 22 starters next as does Central Michigan. That leaves only one spot for another MAC team to get in, so UB will most likely have to win it's division if they want to go to a bowl.

Yeah, cuz building a Bass Pro is a bad thing right? I just can't fathom how one CAN'T be built. Especially when they want to come there. Or wanted.

Oops, I meant this to be in OFF THE WALL. Please move!

Gander Mountain. I also know of at least another Bass Pro located in or near VA Beach that isn't all that far away from Richmond. Now, what the FUGG is the deal with Buffalo why they can't get theirs built in a town that needs business? I'm just saying.