RevWarRifleman Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 My boys grew up in Buc's country. When they turned 16 I took them both to a Bills game in Buffalo. A rite of passage. The older son had been to Bills/Buc's in Tampa just a few weeks earlier. I asked "so how did they compare?". He said there was no comparison at all, and they are both HUGE Bills fans today! The cool part is, I get texts almost daily from them, even in the offseason, about the Bills. Hearing from them is priceless! Thank you Buffalo Bills. Great post. I think somewhere up there, Tim Russert is smiling down on you.
Iverwig Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Fan of Greg Bell and I was upset they traded him but was also a fan of Thurman at OKLAHOMA State
stuvian Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Wasn't too long ago that the Raiders and Seahawks were division rivals. if i recall, the Seahawks started off in the NFC West when they first joined the league
LewPort71 Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I am from WNY, but now live in West Virginia. There are several of my friends and co-workers who follow the Bills solely due to Darryl Talley and the 4 years he played at WVU.
Bronxbomber21 Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Im from long island NY now live in Atlanta but yea It's all my older brothers fault he was a bills fan so I became one. Sad thing is he's now a bigger Giants fan then Bills fan and Im stuck in a relationship full of heartache and pain for the last 20+ years.
Uncle Joe Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 if i recall, the Seahawks started off in the NFC West when they first joined the league Off topic but interesting fact from Wikipedia: "The Seahawks are the only NFL team to switch conferences twice in the post-merger era. The franchise began play in 1976 in the NFC West division but switched conferences with the Buccaneers after one season and joined the AFC West."
LI_Bills Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 if i recall, the Seahawks started off in the NFC West when they first joined the league Outstanding. I had to look it up but you are right and I had no recollection of that. Are they the only team that changed conferences twice? Can't think of another. Off topic but interesting fact from Wikipedia: "The Seahawks are the only NFL team to switch conferences twice in the post-merger era. The franchise began play in 1976 in the NFC West division but switched conferences with the Buccaneers after one season and joined the AFC West." Outstanding. I had to look it up but you are right and I had no recollection of that. Are they the only team that changed conferences twice? Can't think of another. ....a minute late and a dollar short, thanks Uncle Joe.
Captain Murica Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Outstanding. I had to look it up but you are right and I had no recollection of that. Are they the only team that changed conferences twice? Can't think of another. ....a minute late and a dollar short, thanks Uncle Joe. The colts had like 4 division changes if that counts for anything.
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Moved in the mid 70's from the NYC area where I was a Jet's fan. Also liked the Giants too. In Baseball I was a Met's fan and hated the Yankee's, In football liked both but if the Jet's played the Giants rooted for the Jets. From the mid when I arrived till around 1985 still rooted for the Jets. In the late 70's many of those years the Bills were real bad and didn't always sell out at home which would make me happy as often then the local TV stations would then televise the Jet's game instead. Rooted for the Jets' to beat the Bills in that one playoff game, in 1980 or 81?? Interception by the Jet's in the end zone at the end of the game won it for them. Around 1984, the Jet's and the Bills both hit the skids so became hard to follow either. Kelly arrives the end of 86, all the media hype, couldn't help but get caught up in it and followed them ever since and have rooted for them to beat the Jets whenever they've played. Can say I've rooted for the Bills to beat the Jets more times than I ever rooted the other way. Back then was much harder to follow an out of area team without the internet and no Sunday Ticket for out of area games. Since 2008 moved to North Carolina but still follow the Bills and root for them. Only reason I have ST is to watch their games. With sites like this, easy to follow the same team even after moving. Probably if Al Gore had invented the internet prior to when I moved to western NY in 1976, I would have still followed and rooted for the Jets as now is the case with me still following the Bills. But back then was much tougher to not just root for the local team.
CowgirlsFan Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I can't believe we have fans who aren't from WNY (or their parents). Masochists I tell you. YEP... Afraid so.☺
MiltonWaddams Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Southern Ontario born and raised. My dad went to games when I was a kid, so I followed the team with him. First NFL game I went to was a Bills-Fins game and as a teenager in the early nineties, I wasn't buying the gear from the team in pastel. Been afflicted ever since.
Augie Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Great post. I think somewhere up there, Tim Russert is smiling down on you. I do hope, as I smile up at Tim.
HT02 Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 That is very cool. Although there are plenty of haters, I am often surprised at the number of Crimson Tide Fans that post here. I have been to 16 Bills games and have yet to see the Tide in Tuscaloosa (although I did see them years ago at the Meadowlands). It costs WAY more than watching the Bills. The Bills are a qb, a good draft and a GM away from being a playoff team imo. I would not be surprised if TT gets us in the playoffs. If McDermott can coach and Whaley is isolated/fired, we just might creep in imo. GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep I have been a Bills season ticket holder for since the 90's and I have been to at least two games per year in Buffalo plus almost every game they play in the Meadowlands and now New England but like you I have never seen the Tide in Tuscaloosa. We might have to make the journey together one year!
HT02 Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I can't believe we have fans who aren't from WNY (or their parents). Masochists I tell you. Amen brother! I can't argue with that description of myself. Why else would I choose to cheer for the Mets over the Yankees, the Islanders over the Rangers and of course the Bills over the Giants. I even moved from the NYC area 10 years ago and could have jumped on the Brady bandwagon, life would be so much easier. "Without suffering how could we know joy"?
LI_Bills Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Amen brother! I can't argue with that description of myself. Why else would I choose to cheer for the Mets over the Yankees, the Islanders over the Rangers and of course the Bills over the Giants. I even moved from the NYC area 10 years ago and could have jumped on the Brady bandwagon, life would be so much easier. "Without suffering how could we know joy"? I'm right there with you on Bills, Mets, Islanders. Bills and islanders each had one good stretch. Mets are like cicadas waking up every 17 years or so and then disappearing.
HT02 Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 I'm right there with you on Bills, Mets, Islanders. Bills and islanders each had one good stretch. Mets are like cicadas waking up every 17 years or so and then disappearing. Great description! I think we look pretty good this year. Its the Islanders who are break hearts this year
RevWarRifleman Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 I do hope, as I smile up at Tim. That's right, Augie. Tim was a great guy & fan.
Captain Murica Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 Amen brother! I can't argue with that description of myself. Why else would I choose to cheer for the Mets over the Yankees, the Islanders over the Rangers and of course the Bills over the Giants. I even moved from the NYC area 10 years ago and could have jumped on the Brady bandwagon, life would be so much easier. "Without suffering how could we know joy"? At least the Mets and Islanders have won it all at some point. Not in this century but they have. I mean hell the Islanders won 4 in a row. Side Note; I cannot wait for opening day. Bought the weekday package with my cousins and step dad. Hopefully, Thor continues is rise to greatness.
Antonio Posted March 30, 2017 Posted March 30, 2017 In Mexico in the 80´s we used to have just a couple of games a week 2 or 3 maybe with the same teams playing Cowboys, Steelers, SF and Dolphins were the main attractions so I grew up watching Dallas a lot as my dad was a Cowboy fan. I remember that I didn´t want to root for the same teams everybody like, so one day my dad and I were watching Dallas vs Bills in a winter game and I just loved the unis, the cold satdium, you could feel the energy of the fans, and they beat Dallas so from that moment I became a Bills fan for life. Couple of years later they killed us in both Superbowls...
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