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Tre campaigning to get a real buffalo as the Bills mascot(video)...hilarious


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This is not at all that crazy or stupid. There is at least one bison farm in our area. The cost of having the farm care for another bison  along with its herd and drive it to home games 8 plus times a year would be peanuts to the Bills.  I bet the advertisement and free publicity it would provide to the farm and its products would be priceless beyond already being paid to house and care for another bison as part of their existing herd. Bison do not have to come from the midwest. They are bred and raised locally. They are not wild animals. Any more than cows or sheep, or lambs, pigs, chickens are. They are farm animals.  It could easily be done. One nearby bison farm :

 

http://www.mapleridgebisonranch.com/index.html

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2 hours ago, co_springs_billsfan said:

Bison burger is yummy

 

I’ve had bison sausage which was good.

 

Recently had a bison tenderloin. Wasn’t bad but wouldn’t say it was necessarily good either. Definitely leaner than a regular steak, but even on the rare side it wasn’t as juicy or flavorful as a normal tenderloin. Texture was a little stringy too. You need some of the fat content of regular beef for flavor. Was a good try, but probably wouldn’t order again. 

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18 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

 

I’ve had bison sausage which was good.

 

Recently had a bison tenderloin. Wasn’t bad but wouldn’t say it was necessarily good either. Definitely leaner than a regular steak, but even on the rare side it wasn’t as juicy or flavorful as a normal tenderloin. Texture was a little stringy too. You need some of the fat content of regular beef for flavor. Was a good try, but probably wouldn’t order again. 

 

We got Ted's Montana Grill among others out here that have some good Bison.

Bison is leaner than beef and that why the fattier cuts taste better.

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Not wanting to be a killjoy, but I hope this idea  never materializes.  Let's wear the blue buffalo on our helmets, hats, and sweatshirts -- with a big red slash, no less.  But a real brown buffalo should be in Montana or Wyoming, snorting and pawing the ground and thundering across the plains.

 

We have the best mascot in all of sports .  Let's not fence him in.

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7 hours ago, BisonMan said:

I'm glad they are kidding as this is an incredibly stupid idea. No one should take this seriously. 

 

A buffalo (bison, actually) is a wild animal. This is no different than a circus elephant or an orca at Seaworld. A domesticated animal like a horse or cow, fine. They are bred to be around people and trainable. The stress on a bison to do this would be just cruel. I know teams have done stupid s#$t like this in the past and some college teams still likely use wild animals in cages as "mascots" (see: Mike the Tiger @ LSU). People have gotten a lot more sensible and aware of what this does to wild animals and the public outcry you'd get for doing this would be enough to stop it and make the team look like dopes.

 

My 2 cents.

I will look for you to charge into the stadium on a Holstein or Brown Swiss. That will get the crowd goin!!! 

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8 hours ago, BisonMan said:

I'm glad they are kidding as this is an incredibly stupid idea. No one should take this seriously. 

 

A buffalo (bison, actually) is a wild animal. This is no different than a circus elephant or an orca at Seaworld. A domesticated animal like a horse or cow, fine. They are bred to be around people and trainable. The stress on a bison to do this would be just cruel. I know teams have done stupid s#$t like this in the past and some college teams still likely use wild animals in cages as "mascots" (see: Mike the Tiger @ LSU). People have gotten a lot more sensible and aware of what this does to wild animals and the public outcry you'd get for doing this would be enough to stop it and make the team look like dopes.

 

My 2 cents.

 

I'm an animal lover but I think BisonMan's dissenting voice about the bison idea is a bit extreme.  If it's okay to have horses and cows on a ranch, why not bison?  

 

My suggestion: Rescue a bison from a ranch - save it from being a bison burger.  Let it live on a Buffalo area buffalo ranch.  Train it.  And 8 times a year, bring it to a home game.  

 

For the chosen buffalo: Eight days of work each year to escape its destined end at an abattoir.  It's a fair deal.  

 

 

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It’s a fun idea but that’s all it is. Bisons are huge bad ass beasts. They may look docile standing in a field but when they decide to move, they can pretty much do whatever they want and are not easily controlled, and that’s how they should be. 
 

University of Colorado runs a small bison on the field with leashes attached to a herd of athletes running as fast as they can to keep up with it and control it. To me it just looks stupid, showing mans control over the wild animal. One mistake, and someone is getting seriously injured. I’d rather the team use video of real bison in nature on the big screen instead of trying to bring one into a stadium of screaming fans.

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I saw Bison kept on a ranch in AZ on the way to the Grand Canyon from Sedona....it was way cool....I understand the trepidation from Bisonguy but this particular Bison would get the best of the best......doesn't Colorado have a Bison mascot????

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2 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

I saw Bison kept in AZ on the way to the Grand Canyon from Sedona....it was way cool....I u derstand the trepidation from Bisonguy but this particular Bison would get the best of the best......doesn't Colorado have a Bison mascot????

 

Yes, they do...see upthread.

 

They recently retired a healthy, mid-life mascot for basically becoming uncontrollable by the heard of athletes they sent out on the field with it each week.

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Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Yes, they do...see upthread.

 

They recently retired a healthy, mid-life mascot for basically becoming uncontrollable by the heard of athletes they sent out on the field with it each week.

 

Thanks Hap....thats a bummer for sure....on paper it seems like a great idea......on paper

1 hour ago, Andy1 said:

It’s a fun idea but that’s all it is. Bisons are huge bad ass beasts. They may look docile standing in a field but when they decide to move, they can pretty much do whatever they want and are not easily controlled, and that’s how they should be. 
 

University of Colorado runs a small bison on the field with leashes attached to a herd of athletes running as fast as they can to keep up with it and control it. To me it just looks stupid, showing mans control over the wild animal. One mistake, and someone is getting seriously injured. I’d rather the team use video of real bison in nature on the big screen instead of trying to bring one into a stadium of screaming fans.

 

They did that for YEARS in the later 90's and early 2000's

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20 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Yes, they do...see upthread.

 

They recently retired a healthy, mid-life mascot for basically becoming uncontrollable by the heard of athletes they sent out on the field with it each week.

I knew a guy who'd been a "Ralphie Runner" at CU. It was a job that seemed to go to a certain subset of the frat boys. We used to kid him about having a line in his resume listing this as an activity, but the joke was on us -- he said it was always an ice-breaker in interviews, and the guy is now a partner in a leading Silicon Valley law firm. I think he was a decent distance runner, but by no means a sprinter. "Ralphie" was always a female bison to keep things a little more manageable.

I sense that I'm in the minority, but I actually love this idea. As others have said, there are bison ranches scattered around the eastern part of the country, and we're not talking about a dismal life for the animal here. 

And I'm ready to dump the un-PC and dated "Bills" altogether. Washington is showing us the way. The Buffalo Football Club with a real-live bison mascot. Get it done, Tre!

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