Never NEVER Give-up Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Those of us following the Bills have, by now, heard the story of how T.O. was assigned #81. Here's a re-cap: Bills Management approached James Hardy and asked him if they could give #81 to Owens. Hardy (much to his credit) said sure, besides, he wants to make his number famous by performing well and after all, his college # was 82 and Josh Reed had it so he would take 84. Then Owens walks into the locker room and sees his stall "81 - Owens" - that's how T.O. knew he would be #81. To hear National Media tell it, Owens bullied Hardy into surrendering the number and is off to a "great" start by creating issues in the Bills Locker Room. (Mort, Rome, Cowherd, NFL Network & more have slanted this negatively.) Let this be a lesson to us all - take everything the National Media says with a gulp of salt!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I live near Philly. A Verizon installer was over Friday and saw all the Buffalo stuff everywhere. He proceeded to tell me how the Owens thing was starting up already and said that 'the way he said 81 was his number' was selfish and he already had a bad attitude. I tried to tell him the real situation, or how a hall of famer, especially in a merchandising age, should probably expect to have his number. Who knows, maybe Brandon told him it would be so when they agreed to terms. I know he has brought a lot on himself, but you can really see a lot of the pre judging that goes on and the media spin on this guy. Then you get a guy who isnt that far from that tree and he is treated like a god for all humans (Favre) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpcolosi Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 the same goes for things like i dont know, politics and the national media. go TO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Those of us following the Bills have, by now, heard the story of how T.O. was assigned #81. Here's a re-cap: Bills Management approached James Hardy and asked him if they could give #81 to Owens. Hardy (much to his credit) said sure, besides, he wants to make his number famous by performing well and after all, his college # was 82 and Josh Reed had it so he would take 84. Then Owens walks into the locker room and sees his stall "81 - Owens" - that's how T.O. knew he would be #81. To hear National Media tell it, Owens bullied Hardy into surrendering the number and is off to a "great" start by creating issues in the Bills Locker Room. (Mort, Rome, Cowherd, NFL Network & more have slanted this negatively.) Let this be a lesson to us all - take everything the National Media says with a gulp of salt!! Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Those of us following the Bills have, by now, heard the story of how T.O. was assigned #81. Here's a re-cap: Bills Management approached James Hardy and asked him if they could give #81 to Owens. Hardy (much to his credit) said sure, besides, he wants to make his number famous by performing well and after all, his college # was 82 and Josh Reed had it so he would take 84. Then Owens walks into the locker room and sees his stall "81 - Owens" - that's how T.O. knew he would be #81. To hear National Media tell it, Owens bullied Hardy into surrendering the number and is off to a "great" start by creating issues in the Bills Locker Room. (Mort, Rome, Cowherd, NFL Network & more have slanted this negatively.) Let this be a lesson to us all - take everything the National Media says with a gulp of salt!! ...or a shot of penicillin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartshan-83 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... You might want to re-read the post again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantankerous Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... Way to be a dick. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... talk about LAME... he's not making an issue of it at all. he's saying the exactly what you just wrote - that the Bills asked Hardy about the number situation before they offered it to T.O., hardy said, "no problem", and that it's the national media trying to make it a big story that T.O demanded Hardy surrender the number. geez, did you read the guy's post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreMarshawn23 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... It helps reading a post before you reply to one. That way you don't sound silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... LAME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murra Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Um, the only person making an issue is you...Hardy knew BEFORE T.O. went into the locker room and saw his jersey there with 81 on it...gawd, some people just want to make a story out of nothing...Hardy could care less about the number, he said he only chose it because Moss was #81... LAME... I can now add you to the growing list of members who's posts I will ignore entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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