Is watching this amazing team a little bittersweet for you due to the loss of someone?

[Arkady Renko]

Just wondering if the joy of last night had a tinge of sadness and regret for anyone else who has lost a close Bills fan recently.  I was overjoyed last night but all of a sudden this sharp pain hit me after the initial excitement wore off.  

 

One of my great joys growing up was watching the Bills with my father during the Super Bowl years.  He wasn't a Bills fan originally (was actually a Colts fan until they moved) but I converted him to the closest team that I selected as a kid.  He eventually cared almost as much as me.  He died this spring after a horrendous ordeal with cancer in the midst of all the COVID terribleness.  He lasted less than a year after his diagnosis.  

 

We watched the MNF game against the Patriots last year in the emergency room.  We never got to watch another Bills game together.  He was in the hospital for the next month or so and we weren't allowed to visit him or enjoy the playoff run with him.  He could hardly communicate during this time.  He rallied in February but then crashed suddenly a couple months later.   I obviously want the Bills to win it all, but it just sucks that this might be the year for the Bills and I won't be able to share it with him.  

 

Sorry if this is too real or brings people down but if someone else is dealing with this know that you are not alone.  

[PromoTheRobot]

I certainly think about Pancho Billa missing all this. At least he knew they were on their way.

[Pete]

Tim Russert 

[Don Otreply]

What Promo said, life isn’t always fair, but the love we have for one another is what makes our lives so fulfilling, 🙏 

[The Wiz]

Absolutely. Every Sunday cousins and family all went to my grand parents house were grandma would be in the kitchen since church ended cooking for 20ish people and my grand father didn't move from his chair for 6 hours. 

 

Even with the great grand kids there he never held back. 

 

Bledsoe! You fking pig on ice, move your ass!

 

Miss them all and wouldn't be a bills fan if it wasn't for them. 

Edited October 12, 2021 by The Wiz

[Pete]

 

[Patience]

Every single game.  People say it gets better with time, but a couple years later, still waiting for that to come to fruition.  Hang in there.  

[CLTbills]

I lost my dad to cancer when I was a senior in high school in 2007. He was just as big of a Bills fan as I am. A lifelong die hard that spent Sundays screaming at the TV. 
 

Boy, do I wish he was here to see this.

[Warcodered]

I don't qualify for this, but I do think this is why there will a whole lot of tears when the Bills do it, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[Nextmanup]

There is nothing about this time period that a lot of us don't remember from the late '80s and into the 1990s.

 

For those who were around then, this time period feels about the same.

 

If we win a SB, yes, that will be different.

 

My dad passed away in 2003 and he'd be the first person I'd want to celebrate with.

 

 

[muppy]

yes of course.  Chris my buddy aka Tonto.... long time Bills seasons ticket as well as Yankees season tickets holder. Lived in Queens but had his Bills seasons consistently. Attend 2 games, sell 2 games, donate the rest to Boys and girls Club. They grandfathered him into allowing he to keep his seasons even though not a resident of Erie County. **** CANCER. I wish he was here to witness this.

 

we had an inside joke with a tarzan cry........ so for you Tonto awwww-eeeeee-awwwwwww lol what a character.

 

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Edited October 12, 2021 by Muppy

[Jack6328]

I'm sorry for your loss

 

My sister-in-law was diagnosed with stage 3a anal cancer and found in one lymph node so far...She starts radiation treatment next week

[london_bills]

34 minutes ago, Arkady Renko said:

Just wondering if the joy of last night had a tinge of sadness and regret for anyone else who has lost a close Bills fan recently.  I was overjoyed last night but all of a sudden this sharp pain hit me after the initial excitement wore off.  

 

One of my great joys growing up was watching the Bills with my father during the Super Bowl years.  He wasn't a Bills fan originally (was actually a Colts fan until they moved) but I converted him to the closest team that I selected as a kid.  He eventually cared almost as much as me.  He died this spring after a horrendous ordeal with cancer in the midst of all the COVID terribleness.  He lasted less than a year after his diagnosis.  

 

We watched the MNF game against the Patriots last year in the emergency room.  We never got to watch another Bills game together.  He was in the hospital for the next month or so and we weren't allowed to visit him or enjoy the playoff run with him.  He could hardly communicate during this time.  He rallied in February but then crashed suddenly a couple months later.   I obviously want the Bills to win it all, but it just sucks that this might be the year for the Bills and I won't be able to share it with him.  

 

Sorry if this is too real or brings people down but if someone else is dealing with this know that you are not alone.  

I'm sorry to hear that man. Best

[The Dean]

For those of you who are unaware, The Senator died on Sunday, September 26th, before kickoff. I believe he is rooting the team on from wherever his consciousness has relocated.

[MattM]

I’m very sorry for the OP’s loss. My own father was a Bills and AFL fan since 1960. He took me to my first game the last year of the Rockpile. Johnny U beat us 17-0.  We went to a game a year as a kid, including the Chuck Foreman “ice ball” game. When I was an adult we did an away game a year for almost 15 years. Saw lots of stadiums together.
 

We lost him 5 years ago tomorrow. I’m crying like a baby when we win it all….

[The Wiz]

6 minutes ago, The Dean said:

For those of you who are unaware, The Senator died on Sunday, September 26th, before kickoff. I believe he is rooting the team on from wherever his consciousness has relocated.

 19-1

 

Good-night sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Edited October 12, 2021 by The Wiz

[Arkady Renko]

7 minutes ago, The Dean said:

For those of you who are unaware, The Senator died on Sunday, September 26th, before kickoff. I believe he is rooting the team on from wherever his consciousness has relocated.

 

So sad.  Was a big fan.  Thanks for letting me know.  

[The Dean]

1 minute ago, Arkady Renko said:

 

So sad.  Was a big fan.  Thanks for letting me know.  

 

I take it you're a NCIS LA fan

[K-9]

9 minutes ago, The Dean said:

For those of you who are unaware, The Senator died on Sunday, September 26th, before kickoff. I believe he is rooting the team on from wherever his consciousness has relocated.

Sorry to hear about The Senator. Always enjoyed his optimism around here with his 

 

19-0 baby!

 

He will be missed. 

[Arkady Renko]

2 minutes ago, The Dean said:

 

I take it you're a NCIS LA fan

 

Never watched that show.  Please explain.