Bleed Bills Blue

I just called and related my experience to Denise in season tickets. She was very sympathetic and said she'd make sure the complaint got to the right person.

I've gone to almost every game for 20 years now, and I've seen it all. But my overriding memory of last night's game wasn't one of yet another in a long list of last minute heart breakers. No, it was of a chaotic, potentially dangerous scene at the security checks to get into the stadium at Gate 1 (and I imagine elsewhere). Some Bills security genius had made the decision to funnel the thousands of rowdy fans crowding gate 1 into only two security points set far apart, rather than the normal line of such points, side by side, stretched across the entire turnstile area. So, in the dark, with no instructions to the crowd-many of whom were drunk-the entry routine for the last few years was just thrown out the window. As the huge mass of people in the center reached the area where the pat down area normally is set up, all they found was a long steel gate and nowhere to go. Idiots behind us were yelling "PUSH, PUSH" and the crush started to get real bad and scary. Some folks were handing their young children over the the gate to police, who were trying to hold the gates up and screaming at fans not to cross. I was right up against the gate and lifted right off my feet. The barricade started to tip and the cops kept yelling "PUSH BACK!"...yeah, right. Finally the gate fell and people rushed through, some falling. Punches were being thrown at each other and at the police. Fans ran to the turnstile and were let through, but just as I handed my over my ticket to be scanned, some cops decided to barricade the turnstiles. Now I was being pressed hard into the turnstile from behind and the cop on the other side kept yelling at me "you're not going through" and "push back". Finally, after maybe five minutes they decided to just let people through...what could they do? Yes, these were police officers, by and large, and not stadiums security people. Their actions were dangerously infective , at best, but I believe they were put into a very bad situation by a horrendous security scheme devised by who knows who for who knows what reason. Really, I can take the losses, but the Mickey Mouse organization is really wearing thin with me. After 20 years, I'm finally considering not renewing the season tickets next year.

How about Dick Jauron's game prep in team meetings as the Ben Stein/high school teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off: They like to fake a...anyone...handoff from this formation, and we have to be alert to the possibility of a deep...anyone...pass to Moss here and to give safety help over the...anyone...anyone...top.

Ouch is right. Dick Jauron aspires to average.

I am fully expecting to go and watch one hell of an exciting win.

If there are some nice shots of Jessica gob gobbling a big ol' hairy turkey leg in the stands, it would make the watching worthwhile.

I hear you, but this is ieatcrayonz logic.

Yummmmmm!

Well...not quite. More like 31.622776601683793 yards (a²+b²=c²). Of course, that's assuming the thirty yard figure is correct. It might be, if the ball was spotted on the right hash mark, as the field is only 53 1/3 yards wide. No, ieat, I don't really think we can rag on Trent for attempting a 31.622776601683793 yard pass. After all, he's a Stanford man, and I'm sure he rattled off that distance calculation confidently in a split second before launching. However, you may be on to something with that 4+ mph wind. I think he underestimated the full effects of that autumn blast (California boy that he is). That kind of raw, elemental force does strange things to helium balloons and footballs when the gales of November come early. Maybe Trent should practice his throwing this week (and not in the field house, either) with football shaped helium balloons.

Maybe you should take something that would help you sleep...for a long, long time.

Same here. Very cool that he still wears his heart on his sleeve as a fan nowadays.

Sunday's coming pretty quick. Who'll step up? Roscoe? Unlikely (unfortunately), as he hasn't to date. Hardy? Don't think he can. Steve Johnson? Knowing Jauron, it'll take a season-ending injury to somebody in order for that to happen. Me, I'd love to see Justin Jenkins flash some talent this week. Also, Fred Jackson HAS to be utilized more. Unpardonable if he's not.

True, but you have to wonder if we might have that personnel sitting on the bench, only Jauron is just too cautious to recognize or want to use it. I keep thinking of Greer and Jackson riding the bench last year behind Jason Webster and Anthony Thomas. Why must it take IR to force him to open up a bit? People around here are fond of saying, "well, the coaches see these guys every day in practice, so they know best", but I'm not so sure. I understand playing the odds, but nothing ventured nothing gained.

Good point, and all the more so when you give them the ball to start the game.

Another great point. We don't really know, but, given Jauron's track record with personnel , we have to wonder if Steve Johnson might provide some help here. After all, how many extra games did we lose because we had Anthony Thomas starting while Fred Jackson rode the bench?

Great post, Dave. Dead on. IMO, if Reed doesn't go out we win the game. He takes a lot of crap around here, but today we saw just what he means to this team. He's a wily, tough-nosed veteran, and, sadly, we have no replacement for him. A quality pass-catching TE would really take up some of that slack, but...that will just have to wait for next year. Hardy will come around, I'm sure, but, for now, we just don't have real depth at the position.

9-7...good enough.

Should chuck one to the EZ here.

HA!!

Lackluster play calling overall.

7 on this drive.

LAME call!

I'll have what he's smoking.

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Yaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!