Reddy Freddy Posted September 16, 2009 Posted September 16, 2009 Link If only Phillips had started Flutie, McKelvin wouldn't have fumbled by Bud Poliquin/The Post-Standard Wednesday September 16, 2009, 12:28 AM Syracuse, N.Y. -- Well, do you believe in the Flutie Curse now? After watching the Buffalo Bills squander an 11-point lead with barely two minutes to play on Monday night -- and after seeing Leodis McKelvin ill-fatedly choose to run back that late kickoff and then fumble the ball (and the game) to the New England Patriots -- do you still think the Flutie Curse is hooey? Montezuma and his revenge? That Chicago billy goat's hex on the Cubs? King Tut and the deadly whammy he placed on those fools who entered his tomb? It's all just so much folderol compared to what has happened to the wretched Bills since Jan. 8, 2000. So, you don't think there's a Flutie Curse, huh? Well, how do you explain this late-game fumble by the Buffalo Bills' Leodis McKelvin? Or since that dark day when Wade Phillips benched Doug Flute for no good reason and started Rob Johnson at quarterback in the Bills' infamous playoff game at Tennessee. The one Buffalo lost on that madcap Titans kick return with only seconds showing on the clock. Did you know that in the nine-plus campaigns since then, the Bills have won just 58 times in 145 tries? That they haven't had a winning season? That they've gone through four head coaches? Did you know that in the nine campaigns before the one that ended with a healthy Flutie on the pine, the Bills were 40 games over .500 and went to four Super Bowls? Coincidence? I think not. Here's the immutable point: The football gods have long memories. They haven't yet forgotten that in 1999 the diminutive Flutie had passed and run for 3,647 yards and 20 touchdowns while leading the Bills to a 10-5 record (in 15 starts) and to a 16th regular-season contest that had no meaning. They haven't yet forgotten that Phillips rested Flutie in that insignificant finale and then got starry-eyed as Johnson, the taller backup, led Buffalo to a 31-6 victory over Indianapolis in Orchard Park. They haven't yet forgotten that Phillips then got awfully dumb. That's right. On Phillips' silly coaching hunch, Flutie (21-9 as a starter with the Bills) sat against Tennessee . . . Johnson (9-17 as a starter with the Bills) played in the seething Flutie's place . . . and Buffalo lost. And it has been losing ever since. Facts are facts, people. And spells are spells. And the Flutie Curse is the Flutie Curse. You don't actually believe Leodis McKelvin just dropped that ball, do you? -- Bud Poliquin bpoliquin@syracuse.com
Just Jack Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Bud Poliquin is just a bitter reporter who can never see anything good. You could give him a Million dollars and he'd complain that it wasn't enough.
Captain Caveman Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I think it's the Smerlas Curse. Flutie sucks.
Wilson from Gamehendge Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Son of a bithc...how long did it take the Red Sox to win a World Series title?
BuffOrange Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Bud Poliquin is just a bitter reporter who can never see anything good. You could give him a Million dollars and he'd complain that it wasn't enough. I don't really mind that about him as much as him not knowing anything about sports.
Guest dog14787 Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Between the Flutie curse, OJ killing folks and digging up old Indian burial ground's it is possible we pissed someone off.
Tortured Soul Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 You know, the Red Sox won three World Series with Ruth on their team. Remind me, how many Superbowls did Flutie win for us? How many playoff games?
Tcali Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 Between the Flutie curse, OJ killing folks and digging up old Indian burial ground's it is possible we pissed someone off. and the fact that we hire deer in the headlights head coaches
Tcali Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 You know, the Red Sox won three World Series with Ruth on their team. Remind me, how many Superbowls did Flutie win for us? How many playoff games? 7
billsrcursed Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I'm only going to say this one more time; The bills are NOT cursed!!! signed, me, of course.
BuffaloBill Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 I think it's the Smerlas Curse. Flutie sucks. gotta love Freddie.
DELLAPELLE JOHN Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 the bills are not cursed, but i must say there is a pressure on this team whenever they get in these situations that makes people think on the team not to choke...
DanInUticaTampa Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 the team isn't cursed. they are just unlucky.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 17, 2009 Posted September 17, 2009 You know, the Red Sox won three World Series with Ruth on their team. Remind me, how many Superbowls did Flutie win for us? How many playoff games? Flutie record in Bills playoff games: 0-1 PTR
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