This morning I awoke to the dulcet tones of Jeremy White on WGR550 discussing Michael Vick and the Buffalo Bills. I though to myself, “what the eff, I thought we got over this crap?”. Turns out I was wrong. From the 550am newsroom
Mike Jafari Reporting
New York (WGR 550) — Former NFL head coach Tony Dungy says Michael Vick could potentially wind up in Buffalo, which he says previously discussed signing the former Pro Bowl quarterback.
I am telling you, the Bills are trying to kill me.
Presented with slight commentary a poll on the topic.
After all of the events of the past couple of weeks it is totally inexcusable for the Bills to put ZERO points on the board today. To be fair, the offensive line didn’t allow any sacks but even with the additional time had by Buffalo quarterbacks they passed for exactly ZERO yards.
Furthermore, the pass rush was non existent.; an embarrassing effort if I do say so myself. Now, I don’t fully expect Jairus Byrd to have 2 interceptions every game but I would like to at least hear his name called by the announcers during the course of the day.
While this game didn’t approach the boring record set by the Browns/Bills tilt earlier this season I can’t say I am happy with Buffalo not putting any points on the board. Sure, they didn’t allow any either but that really doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t score any points either.
Well, at least there is always next Sunday. Though I cannot guarantee the next game will be any better than this one.
Nov. 6, 1992 — This was the night that indoor soccer returned to Buffalo, at least for a while.
The Buffalo Blizzard debuted on this date, and a local product was the star. Here’s how Bob Summers reported the story in The News:
Buffalo’ newest sport produced an instant hometown hero Friday night. Rudy Pikuzinski, the 33-year-old Buffalo native who scored a hat trick in his final game with the old Buffalo Stallions back in 1984, kicked five balls past Denver Thunder goalkeeper Jim St. Andre to lead the brand new Buffalo Blizzard to a 15-7 victory in its first game in the National Professional Soccer League.
Pikuzinski’s play (his goals were worth two points each under the NPSL scoring system), combined with a stingy defense headed by goalkeeper Jamie Swanner, who made 15 saves, and defender Mike DiNunzio, delighted a Memorial Auditorium crowd of 10,953.
By the way, Paul Kitson had a hat trick for Denver that night. He went on to coach the Blizzard.
Rudy’s performance on this day in 1992 would be like John Corto having six sacks and two interceptions on the day the Bills were first granted a franchise in the NFL. That is to say it would have been hilariously awesome.
As someone who has cracked his fair share of Blizzard,Pikuzinski jokes over the years I say thank you to the former indoor soccer Buffalo greats. Without you I would have one less person of whom to compare when mocking terrible hair cuts.
I can see it now, the 4-11 Bills facing off against the 12-3 Indinapolis Colts in week 17. The game will mean nothing at all to the Colts, their starters will be rested and the Bills offense will seem energized with the might of 1,000 warriors in tearing up the Indy defense to secure a 5-11 record and the 8th pick in the draft rather than the 5th.
If you want your spot on the post game show with Schopp and the Bulldog you might want to call in now and let your anger build up.
Also, I might refrain from sports talk over the next two weeks solely because I don’t really want to hear a single calling saying “What the hell? We had might as well start Hamdan”.
I really didn’t get the chance to watch a lot of the game today so I haven’t much to say but what I can say is I am somewhat relieved I don’t have to watch a game next Sunday.
I only now understand what a mistake it was watching channel 2 growing up. Once again, here is Mike “I am totally awesome” Randall being totally awesome.
I wish I could have saved this for Dyngus Day but the truth is I would have forgotten about it by then.
Alright, Talkin_Pround and myself have not gotten drunk together in some time. Tonight we decided to break this trend. This has resulted in a lot of non-sexual things taking place. We had a fantasy basketball draft, we drank, we searched for houses to buy in Buffalo, we drank, we discusses the Bills, we drank, and then we went to look around youtube, and drank.
This is what we found.
I know at least this will get Porky out of the wood works to comment on our site.*
*we had every intention of linking to Side of Pork but it turns out he has deleted his site! Please Porky, feel free to contribute to FTLT whenever you want. You will still be a more reliable poster than talkin_proud.
What if Leodis McKelvin didn’t fumble the kickoff in New England?
What if the play calling against the Saints wasn’t the opposite of inspired?
What if Roscoe didn’t bobble the punt against Cleveland?
Sure, there was no way the Bills were winning the Dolphins game and the truth of the matter is even the most optimistic Bills fan can’t say we deserved to win the game against the Saints. But it was close for three quarters against New Orleans. Who knows?
Anyway, even if you count the Saints game as a loss the Bills could be 5-2 and alone in first place in the AFC East. You know, if their coach had a sack.
Before I go and get too hopeful for the rest of the Bills season let this be said; the ride to the 11th pick in the draft continues, again. To be serious though, the Bills, and their efforts to claw back towards .500, hurt even more than losing. Now, I know that statement sort of goes against everything that being a fan stands for. A fan should root for their team to win no matter the circumstances. A fan should root for their team no matter their record. A cap conscientious fan should root for his team because they know their team is too cheap to draft premium talent because of the price tag attached to it.
Screw that noise, this team needs sweeping changes.
As much as I don’t care for the execution of the billboard going up I do believe in the idea behind it. Jauron needs to go. Van Pelt is hardly a play calling prodigy. Perry Fewell, well, I can live with him but if a new coach comes in and wants him gone I will not shed any tears.
If the Bills go 8-8 Jauron isn’t going anywhere.
With that said, here are a couple of thoughts on the game:
Jairus Byrd is the most awesome safety ever.
With the amount of ball traveling through Owens’ hands it might be in the Bills best interest to have Byrd shadow T.O. on all passing plays designed to go to him. This would result in Owens tipping the ball and Byrd catching it.
Derek Fine totally wanted to bring that fumbled kickoff to the house. That amused me to no end.
I know it is a bummer when a guy gets hurt but it sure is fun to type that Corey McIntyre was jerking around on the Carolina field.
I preferred Bills games where I could sit back and laugh. When they string together victories like this is seriously ticks me off. I want a high draft pick and I want Jauron fired.
And remember, as always, when I write sensationalist recaps I am half in the bag and refuse to take any guff about the above statements. This includes typos because I don’t want to take the time to proof read.
As the trade deadline loomed only a few hours away Tuesday afternoon, a high-ranking AFC executive was rattling off some tidbits about potential movement around the league when the conversation turned to the value of Buffalo Bills
Owens seen here, hitting wall
wideout Terrell Owens(notes). Still hyped by the media as a commodity at this week’s deadline, Owens had been relegated to footnote status long ago by this particular talent evaluator.
“He’s hit the wall,” the AFC executive said. “I think he has. I think it’s done or close to it. He’ll have a couple of games here and there where he shows up, but big picture, long term, I think it’s done.”
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I hear that he’s one of the greatest of all time, but I don’t buy it – never did,” said one general manager. “He drops balls. He’s not a natural catcher. He’s not a great route runner, blah, blah, blah. He’s big and strong and good with the run after the catch, if he catches it. I can give you 100 negatives. It’s just not worth it.
“Someone else [on another team] will say the opposite. [They’ll say] ‘We’ll get him to catch better. We’ll get him to do what we want.’ [They’ll say] ‘He’s a threat just being on the field. He’ll open up other players.’ Well, when you’re talking about that, you’re talking about using a guy knowing he’s a failure and who might shock you with a touchdown or two. But basically you’re sacrificing him to free up our other good players. That’s what I’ve been hearing for two years, and that’s the death march right there.”
It gets better, here what a Jets player said, after a loss
“I don’t think we doubled him once,” the Jets player said. “Buffalo will make you hit a wall [in your career]. People thought Randy Moss(notes) hit a wall, too, didn’t they? How motivated is [Owens] to play in Buffalo? How excited is he about the offense? They just canned the no-huddle [stuff] because it wasn’t working. They’re not finding creative ways to get him the football, either.”
Well, on the bright side this Jets players has realized the true reason why Owens has not been productive in Buffalo; it is hard to be motivated in Buffalo.
All pot shots at Buffalo aside, Charles Robinson pens a nice piece about Owens and how his career is all but over. But hey, he sold a lot of tickets and jerseys, right Ralph?
It has come to the attention of FTLT that Sabres forward Daniel Paille has been traded to the Boston Bruins for 3rd round draft choice and a conditional pick dependent on the former first rounders production.
What does this mean to Sabres fans? I would check BfloBlog, Die By The Blade, or Goose’s Roost for actual analysis. Here at FTLT we specialize in clever puns, high brow comedy, and things of the like. At this time we can’t really come up with a good pun on Paille. I was thinking of a headline of Bye-eh Paille but it seemed a little forced.
In other Sabres news, the Clarke MacArthur goal watch continues tomorrow night. Generally, it would help if he scored.
native who scored a hat trick in his final game with the old Buffalo Stallions back in 1984, kicked five balls past Denver Thunder goalkeeper Jim St. Andre to lead the brand new Buffalo Blizzard to a 15-7 victory in its first game in the National Professional Soccer League.
