Ned Flanders

Remember, Ralph was from Detroit and I believe, was a minority owner of the Lions. He wanted a bigger chunk of the Lions but settled for the AFL. To emulate the Lions, who were pretty decent those days, he wanted the Bills to "look" like Detroit, hence the original Bills blue and silver.

Dad, is that you?

Think I read where last Sunday's games in Miami drew a little over 10K...as we all know, Miami is a suck-a$$ sports town, so the upside is that the NCAA probably won't be going back there for awhile. The same may hold true more Memphis.

Thanks Lori. I read the article using my best Curt Gowdy voice for the first half, following it up with Charlie Jones...with a little bit of Al DeRogatis thrown in.

Yeah, that would be it....very nice, clean look. I like the '73 version with the blue pants, but this all white version fits the "Bill." Gawd, I just hope they don't wear those awful 1960 blue and silver jobs...which BTW, Ralph wanted those colors since he's from Detroit and was a minority owner in the Lions before buying the Buffalo AFL franchise.

So, Bloomberg is reporting that the price DTV will be paying the NFL will go up 43 percent? I wonder who that "increase" will be passed down to? With Super Fan, I'm already paying north of $300/year...but like Chandler81 sez, I can't imagine Sundays without the Ticket...but jeeziz, a 43 percent hike?!?!

Or take it down and put up the list of 2009 opponents...and yes, an updated video would be nice.

I think 'Cuse has a 4 seed locked up. Win tonight and I think they could climb to a 3. Win the whole f'n thing and they would be at least a 3, maybe a 2. But what would be left in the tank? Let's say they're a 3 seed and would face a team like Cleveland State...and I hate even the thought of even traveling out west somewhere. I guess that's why they call it "Madness."

Isn't this close to what we gave the Pats for Drew?

I've been a fan since the '60s...cheered through the good times (Super Bowls) and cried through the bad (Super Bowls) but, like virtually all on this board, there was always "hope" and the flame inside never flickered... However, with me, something clicked following the Cleveland MNF game...something went off inside and left me with a feeling regarding this team that I've never experienced, even during the 2-14 years of '84-85 and at the end of Supe XXVIII against the Cowboys. Something went off, something more powerful than "Aw, the hell with 'em!" For there were hundreds of times I actually said it, after the Cleveland game, I could FEEL it. Some may ask, then why do you continue to hang on to a Bills message board, and that's a good question. But something, and I can't put my finger on it, is missing, and the flame inside is perhaps now nothing more than a spark. Like some have said, maybe a big FA or starting 5-1 next year ( ) may rekindle the flame...who knows. I just know right now, the despair I feel for our football team has never registered such depths.

I tried watching it when it first premiered last year...too depressing, had to turn it off.

Bills at Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Stadium, 1992 playoffs with Frank Reich at the helm. Paid $100 for an upper deck ticket...Bills won, so it was worth every penny.

Final drive in XXV...Bills are deep in their own territory and a handoff to Thurman almost broke...the Giants were playing eight DBs and if it wasn't for a shoestring tackle by a Giant DB at about our 40, Thurman would have scored. Thurman had one guy to beat...and that one guy dove, stuck out his arm and saved the game for NY. 18 years ago and I can see the play like it was yesterday....

Jeeziz, Rich Funke was the Ch. 10 sports guy when I was in high school in Rochester....over 30 years ago! He's still around?!?!!?

Final line in Caddyshack. Rodney: "Hey everybody, we're all gonna take a shower!"

What he said. The baseball analogy is moot...if you're going to use another sport analogy why not basketball? Why not a 15 minute overtime period, regardless...no sudden death. If there's still a tie after one OT period, play another. But I wouldn't go for that, and I doubt the players would either.

So what? What constitutes a good/weak offense or defense? The weekly stats? Is it a given that the decent offense scores on the weak defense every time? The point is, yes, you want the ball first in OT for obvious reasons. But the defense or ST can't B word and moan that they never got their hands on the ball in OT if the opposing team scores. The defense has a job to do, just as the offense.

Agree. Team A wins toss, gets ball. Team B plays defense, which last time I checked is a huge part of the game, and forces a punt, gets ball and scores. Game over. To those who say, "what if the team that wins the toss runs back the KO for a TD, it isn't FAIR!" To those I say, Special Teams are part of the game as well. Tackle the freakin' kick returner...or stay in your lanes. Please, not the college abortion. As far as a baseball-type approach, still wouldn't buy it. See above.

GBID doesn't provide a link, Ralph gets into the HOF...I'm afraid of what weird thing might happen next...

I was at that game, Reich started and Gilbert came in in the second half...home field throughout was clinched for the Bills at that point, and they put Gilbert in just to get him some PT. Link

In Richmond, do they have a Foster's Grill? Guess they're kind of a new chain, but we have one here in Fairfax and the wings are the best I've had outside of WNY...worth the trip if you've got one handy.

I'd settle for a Tim Horton's here in Fairfax...

The other night here in Washington, the Ch. 4 (NBC) sports anchor on the 11:00 news announces: "Three former Redskins finalists for the Hall of Fame: Bruce Smith, Andre Reed, and Russ Grimm." Although, Lindsay C is very easy on the peepers.

One thing that needs to be addressed is the HOF voting scheme. I believe it is fatally flawed. Giving the power to just 35 or so voters just smacks of bias. I've said it before, while not perfect by any means, I think baseball gets it right. Get a ballot and send it back in. Football's process, putting the voters in a locked room and debating each candidate, just reeks of political deal-making and promotes favoritism. Peter King for years kept Art Monk out because, when he covered the Giants for Newsday, the Giants claimed that Skins teammate Gary Clark was the more feared receiver. Year after year, he convinced the voters to keep Monk out for this reason. The voters finally caved last year, or maybe they voted for Monk while King was out getting a latte. I can envision King telling his fellow scribes that Reed doesn't belong because of his inability to go across the middle in Super Bowl XXV against the Giants... Fix the system. Make it a secret vote. Open it up to more individuals. The process now in place stinks.

I've had the Ticket since the 2000 season...Bills have not made the playoffs in all the years I've had it. I'm to blame, not Dick. Seriously, I'll keep ST...I think....