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Thank you Lori, debbie and everyone who made today's tailgate a huge success. I'm not sure if folks at home could see, but the stadium had at least 40% Bills fans making it a great atmosphere.

You mean Diane (aussie), right? Thanks go to her for this one -- she did a TON of work to set things up. Good meeting you, by the way.

 

And anyone who doesn't think there were many, many Bills fans there wasn't watching the same game I was. Then again, I had a better view. :censored:

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I could have sworn I heard a pretty admirable DEFENSE chant on Carolina's last drive!

 

We were getting pretty vocal up in Section 509 by the 4th quarter. DEFENSE cheers aplenty. Felt like home!

 

I would say Bills fans made up about 20-30% of the stadium. Great stadium and great city, by the way!

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My wife stopped in during the game from time to time and when Byrd got one of his interceptions and the crowd erupted with cheers she looked confused then asked if the Bills were home or away. When I replied away she looked even more confused :censored: Then I explained that there must be a LOT of Bills fans at the game :lol:

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Of course there were a lot of Bills fans at the game. Buffalo is not a desirable place to live. North Carolina is. Thus, when people from Buffalo graduate from college, they move to more desirable places to live such as Charlotte. As a result, the crappier the city that an NFL team represents, the more supposed "traveling" fans that team seems to have. See: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo. That's why when you go to a Chargers-Lions game in Detroit, you're not going to see any Chargers fans because no one would ever move from San Diego to Detroit.

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Section I was in had no Bills fans that I could see, but could see allot in the better seats. Definitely could hear them when the Bills were doing well.

 

Was nice being at a game as a fan of visiting team and not be treated like bleep though. Have been to many Bills games where fans of other teams that came to the game were not treated well at all. Washington game about 10 years back comes to mind. There was a whole section that was being belted with peanuts and M&M's for the whole games, and that was the nicest they were treated. A few people were escorted out due to the way they were treating those fans, and a group next to me left, since their kid was getting an education in bad words.

 

Of course that is probably because this is a college area. If went to a UNC game wearing a Duke jersey would be lynched.

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You mean Diane (aussie), right? Thanks go to her for this one -- she did a TON of work to set things up. Good meeting you, by the way.

 

And anyone who doesn't think there were many, many Bills fans there wasn't watching the same game I was. Then again, I had a better view. :unsure:

well I knew aussie when I seen her so I suppose you was the other lady I seen haha I didn't know that or I would have came over.

 

I was like 10 ft away at all times haha my first tailgate haha I seen that you all where so busy so I didn't want to bother you all. Just made a promise to myself to see you all again so I could say "hi"

 

My wife and I did do a bowling ball shot.................wearing jerseys, #4 and #3 haha

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well I knew aussie when I seen her so I suppose you was the other lady I seen haha I didn't know that or I would have came over.

 

I was like 10 ft away at all times haha my first tailgate haha I seen that you all where so busy so I didn't want to bother you all. Just made a promise to myself to see you all again so I could say "hi"

 

My wife and I did do a bowling ball shot.................wearing jerseys, #4 and #3 haha

I was the one wearing the Two Bills Drive hat.

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Of course there were a lot of Bills fans at the game. Buffalo is not a desirable place to live. North Carolina is. Thus, when people from Buffalo graduate from college, they move to more desirable places to live such as Charlotte. As a result, the crappier the city that an NFL team represents, the more supposed "traveling" fans that team seems to have. See: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo. That's why when you go to a Chargers-Lions game in Detroit, you're not going to see any Chargers fans because no one would ever move from San Diego to Detroit.

So that's why there are so many Patsie fans at the Ralph when the Bills host NE.... :devil:

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So that's why there are so many Patsie fans at the Ralph when the Bills host NE.... :devil:

 

No, that's because their team is unbelievable, thus they have a crapload of intense, bandwagon fans and it's only an 8-hour drive. There are a lot of regional Pats fans as well, I'd be willing to bet that half of the Pats jerseys you see in the Stadium are not worn by people who actually drove all the way from Boston.

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No, that's because their team is unbelievable, thus they have a crapload of intense, bandwagon fans and it's only an 8-hour drive. There are a lot of regional Pats fans as well, I'd be willing to bet that half of the Pats jerseys you see in the Stadium are not worn by people who actually drove all the way from Boston.

Oh, so there's an asterisk next to your other post...got it...You Buffalo bashers are all the same.

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This was my first opportunity to tailgate with fellow Billievers. I got to meet and hang with Pinto Kenny and drink my first bowling ball shot. I am a transplant from NY now living in Virginia. Had opportunity to converse with several of Charlottes Finest and was told that out of all the teams that come to Charlotte, Buffalo had by far, the largest contingency and the best of all the tailgaters they ever had to deal with. They really enjoyed the level of support that our team had and what we go through to show it. I had great tickets as far as the seats go, but unfortunately I was deep in the middle of Panther fans with not many Bills supporters nearby. Panther fans were great hosts. Charlotte a great city and I may have made a friend or twenty.

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This was my first opportunity to tailgate with fellow Billievers. I got to meet and hang with Pinto Kenny and drink my first bowling ball shot. I am a transplant from NY now living in Virginia. Had opportunity to converse with several of Charlottes Finest and was told that out of all the teams that come to Charlotte, Buffalo had by far, the largest contingency and the best of all the tailgaters they ever had to deal with. They really enjoyed the level of support that our team had and what we go through to show it. I had great tickets as far as the seats go, but unfortunately I was deep in the middle of Panther fans with not many Bills supporters nearby. Panther fans were great hosts. Charlotte a great city and I may have made a friend or twenty.

 

You've been a member of TBD for 6 years and this is your first post? Welcome!!

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Thank you Lori, debbie and everyone who made today's tailgate a huge success. I'm not sure if folks at home could see, but the stadium had at least 40% Bills fans making it a great atmosphere.

I was there also and I couldn't believe it. It was great and the home crowd was frustrated 1,2,3 4th down. that was great

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