So I have slacked....

Lets Catch up, first the good news:

The Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton, Calgary and the hated Flyers to go 3-0 during last weeks Wednesday, Friday Saturday series of games. Today they lost the easy Wednesday game to Florida 6-2. We get the Bruins and Senators back to back this weekend, leading both teams by 5 and 4 points respectively. Possibly the biggest hockey weekend in the early season we'll cover it later this week.

Now for the bad news.

The Bills lost to the Titans falling to 3-6 making the decade without playoffs all but complete. Also my second favorite Dick was fired. I heard Kevin Gilbride is considered for the job and I threw up in my mouth a little. Anyway we get the Jaguars in Florida in the battle of teams trying to avoid moving to the City of Industry. I don't want to spoil the preview but Bills run D vs elite running back = a loss.

The UB Bulls playing for nothing but pride, which is less satisfying now than in 2007, beat the Miami of Ohio Red(hawks). I'll write a Pregame meal and post date it, then write a post game meal and follow up with the first ever 3 heroes segment.

The UB Basketball team opened their season with a one point loss at home to Vermont they go to Maryland, this week possible actual reporting by our reluctant Mid-Atlantic correspondant.

Jerry Sulivan, Vick to Buffalo... Not so fast of the Week

In today's column of the Buffalo News Jerry Sullivan wrote:

No offense to Tony Dungy, one of the most respected men in football. But if he thinks Buffalo would be a good fit for Michael Vick, I have two words for him: no thanks.

Sure, the Bills need help at quarterback. They kicked the tires when Vick got out of jail for dogfighting. What they don't need is a washout who couldn't read defenses or make accurate throws before he went to jail. His days as a viable NFL starter are over.

The argument that Vick was never a good quarterback is tired and racist. This is what people said about Vince Young, who took a bad team to the playoffs, then was yanked out in favor of a washed out White QB who's only talent is the ability not to lose games once every 5 years. Then they waited 6 awful losses in a row to put Vince in, and since then he has done nothing but win 2 straight.

Vick can play ball and that's why he was the highest paid player in the NFL. You don't like that he can run, that's fine, but remember he took a Falcon team with Peerless Price as his most deadly weapon to the NFC championship game, imagine what he would do with our offensive weapons.

Sullivan continues

What are the Bills, some halfway house for fallen stars? How's that Terrell Owens thing working out? The Bills need a solution, not a sideshow. They should find their next QB the conventional way in the draft. Let some other team play the sap on this one.

I don't know how has the traditional way worked?

Todd Collins, Fail
JP Losman, Fail
Trent Edwards, No so good

and outside of the draft we have acquired both Rob Johnson and Drew Bledsoe, both not ending so well.

In fact, the last time Buffalo had any success, we had the very untraditional Doug Flutie. Vick is Flutie with a rocket arm and appropriate quarterback height. He'd make our OL problems less pronounced and yes he'd sell tickets, remember Buffalo excitement is not a bad thing even if the players don't live up to the hype.

So Jerry Sullivan I'm giving you a Lee Corsoesque NOT SO FAST... Vick To Buffalo would work.

LOL NFL on Kissing Suzy Kolber

If you have never read LOLJocks, or Kissing Suzy Kolber, I suggest you take a gander... in the meantime, the first half of the Bills Season as seen through LOL NFL vision.

Terrell Owens for Pro Bowl

My first post at 8WIE  is a passion project.

Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?

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Terrell Owens deserves to be a pro bowler this year.  He has brought media attention to Buffalo and a bunch of 4 o'clock games.  Besides that, TO:

1) Leads the league in a statistical category.  (drops)
2) Has scored a touchdown 2 different ways.(No literally 1 receiving and 1 running)
3) Did not blast Trent Edwards...he just ran poor routes and let the Jets take care of Edwards
4) Has never been an AFC pro bowler, and seeing as he has such a negative impact on Quarterbacks, we should let TO work his magic on Tom Brady, Big Ben and Peyton Manning.

http://www.nfl.com/probowl/ballot

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