Rubes

True, but it also sounds like a lot of people are unsure of starting next season with a raw quarterback, as it may set us back a la Carson Palmer. Granted, Cincy is probably better off in the long run, but in this league, it's what have you done for me lately...

Sure seems to be heading that way. Just a thought. Carry on.

Crap, if I get DirecTV I don't need one of those as well, do I? What's the installation charge?

You mean this time, and all the times with DirecTV of course...!

Crap. Can I believe you without double checking all of your facts? Please?

Say what you want about the wins against losing teams, but if you're going to start becoming one of the top teams, you have to start somewhere. Beating the teams you're supposed to beat is a good step in that direction. Now we just have to pull it together and start beating the ones that are better than us.

Nobody would, of course, but I think it does say something about TD's comments. Let's face it, Spikes' position as a starter at OLB is unquestioned. No way would TD say "every position is open to competition" with regard to Spikes, should he ever be asked. But he did say that about Bledsoe, which I think does say something...

Good question, I always liked the guy.

Somehow, though, I just can't imagine that, in response to a question about Takeo Spikes' play this year, TD would say "well, you know, he did pretty well but all positions are open to competition next year..."

Yeah, kinda like Lawrence Welk....

If he's smart enough not to listen to advice from a Bills message board why isn't he smart enough not to ask in the first place? Who's Kitna?

That's what you still have after taking that cupful of Nyquil and chasing it with some Jim Beam...

Good grief, please tell me you're not serious

I was at a Bears game recently, and they do it all the time. I thought it was pathetic the first time I heard it years ago, but they're still doing it. And they do it LOUD too, you know exactly where it's coming from.

Keep an eye on the BYU kicker. Matt Payne, 6-4, 234 lbs. He's a big guy and likes to get in on the tackle. I saw him kick a 53 yarder this year. Then again, I looked over his stats for this past year, and he was only 15 of 22 on FGs. However, he did make 4 of 5 from 50 yards or more. He also had 21 touchbacks on kickoffs. Plus, he was the punter as well and averaged over 45 yards on his punts.

I think Utah could have done at least as well as OU...

Forgotten those Super Bowls already, have we?

Whoops, looks like I left out the [obvious sarcasm] tags again.

The saddest part of this is that if there was at least a playoff system, Utah would probably crush both of these teams.

Oh God no. I hate them all. The Jets, Dolphins, and especially Pats can all crash and burn and I'd be the happiest guy around.

It's killing me. How can we have such a good defense all year, but when everything is on the line, at home with a screaming crowd against a bunch of second and third stringers, they allow that killer drive? I'm hearing things like, our defense really wasn't that good, or Pittsburgh is a really deep team and their backups are top quality, etc etc etc. This just isn't doing it for me. I still think our defense is very good, certainly good enough to stop Pittsburgh's backups at home with so much for us to play for and so little for them to do so. And I don't care how deep they may be, they're still second, third, even fourth stringers, and our defense certainly has the talent and skill to match up with that. Is it like the Jacksonville game? The defense played a great game against JAX, but had an incredible string of bad plays on that final drive. Is that what happened on the long 4th quarter drive? This is just killing me. How did it happen? How did the defense disappear for the majority of the fourth quarter when we needed them the most?

Plus we'd have a first round pick next year, too.

Just wondering what you all think of having snow tires for the winter. I've heard plenty of arguments both ways. Most seem to think that the average all-weather radial tire is plenty good for the winter, particularly for those with 4WD, but some disagree. What about in areas where the snowfall is pretty heavy? What about FWD vehicles?

Well, of course you give her a tip, but only if you think she was pretty good at....wait, never mind

You're right. The defense should be at fault for the 7 given up by the Bledsoe sack/fumble and the FG from the Clements turnover.