Reed83HOF Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 A great read and great props to Ralphie and Bruce as well as the Bills fans for coming out in numbers Linky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Some corrections: All the other reports said at least half were Bills fans but he says at least 5,000 of 12,695? Seems he is being awfully conservative. And he left part of sentence off: His loyalty to western New York is unquestioned for any one with half of a brain working. And I think they would have had more attendees if they did not hold back tickets trying to artificially raise demand and price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flbillsfan#1 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Ralph, Bruce & Buffalo also was shown love by Steve Mariuchi & Michael Irvin after the HOF induction. They both credited Ralph for making the NFL into what it is today. Mooch then said what great fans the Bills have and said emphatically that the Bills will NEVER be moved from Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 All the other reports said at least half were Bills fans but he says at least 5,000 of 12,695? Seems he is being awfully conservative. I don't think he was wrong in his estimate. The front part of the floor was almost all friends and family and there were other invitees of the inductees in the stands (Bruce brought the band from his High School, there were kids there from Derrick Thomas' reading program, etc). It really didn't compare to Jim Kelly's induction in any way. Crowd was pretty dead and significantly smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Irvin mentioned Wilson giving the Raiders a loan to survive...was cool to see that make the national airwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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