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Conference 7.286::sports_91

Title:CAM::SPORTS -- Digital's Daily Sports Tabloid
Notice:This file has been archived. New notes to CAM3::SPORTS.
Moderator:CAM3::WAY
Created:Fri Dec 21 1990
Last Modified:Mon Nov 01 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:290
Total number of notes:84103

81.0. "BUFFALO BILLS BANDWAGON NOTE" by PARVAX::WARDLE (Kidder+Fonda=SCUD_bags) Tue Jan 22 1991 17:48

    Welcome to the official, one week only Buffalo Bills Bandwagon note.
    
    GO BILLS!!!!
    
    
    btw- Hoot Gibson is an unofficial member of the Bills Bandwagon.
    
    JoJ
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81.1TITTBCELTIK::JACOBThree roses on piano, Tulips on OrganTue Jan 22 1991 18:054
    Bills by 16.
    
    JaKe
    
81.2???RAVEN1::B_ADAMSCan you say Daytona?Tue Jan 22 1991 18:097
    Question...
    
    	What is a Buffalo Bill?  Was it taken from the swine that roamed
    the west? 
    
    B.A._Bills_by_9.
    
81.3MCIS1::DHAMELPatriots: Lousy team, great missileWed Jan 23 1991 08:4915
    
    >    	What is a Buffalo Bill?
    
    I already told ya, it's the invoice the waiter brings to the table
    after you've finished with your Bison Burger.
    
    Let's see....I know buffs have horns and are real hairy, or maybe they
    have hair and are real horny...but bills?  Maybe like a duck?  Hmmm...
    I think I saw one once back in the sixties that had a bill, but it was
    more like the beak on the Froot Loops bird, rather than yer classic
    duck bill.  Maybe I'm thinking of the flock of Flubbaloes we saw on the
    way to Woodstock.  Oh, thinking and remembering are so hard.
    
    Dickstah
    
81.4Bills - on a mission!EARRTH::WORRALLWed Jan 23 1991 09:223
I will jump on this bandwagon.  The Bills are on a mission!!!!
    
Greg
81.5Mr. EtymologySHALOT::MEDVIDthe plans for a future warWed Jan 23 1991 09:5617
    Wait for me! I want to catch a ride!
    
    Interesting point before the championship game...might have been on
    ESPN.  They think the name Buffalo slowly changed from what the
    original settlers called the city, Blue Flow, since it sits on the
    Niagra River and lake Erie.  (Buffalo has 35 miles of waterfront.)
    
    Bills is obviously in tribute to Buffalo Bill Cody...who had nothing to
    do with Buffalo, NY, spending most of his life in the Wyoming
    territory.
    
    I think Buffalo Bisons would have been a better tag, but who am I to
    say?  Bisons is, however, the name of the AAA baseball team there.
    
    Go Go Buffalo!
    
    	--dan'l
81.6Beautiful RiverNEAGP::SPAULDINGWed Jan 23 1991 10:219
    	The previous reply is close.  Buffalo is named after the French
    words for Beautiful River (the Niagra River) "beau fluve" (sp?), which
    slowly turned into Buffalo.
    
        As for the game, if Buffalo scores early and is up by 2 or 3 TD's,
    which is very possible, it is OVER.
    
    John
    
81.7Bandwagon into the Beau Fluve :^>WFOV11::MORRISONThree-peat is now peat moss. HAH!Wed Jan 23 1991 10:425
    
       Keep dreamin' folks. G-men by 3 (A field goal. What else?).
    
       Anti-Buffalo Bull~
                    
81.8MCIS1::DHAMELPatriots: Lousy team, great missileWed Jan 23 1991 10:4514
    
    More useless info gleaned w/o permission from The Woostah (MA) papah:
    
    The boys who used to work the Erie Canal liked to visit Buffalo,
    specifically Goose Island, which had a house of prostitution thereon.
    
    The song "Buffalo Girls Wontcha Come Out Tonight" is derived therefrom.
    
    I'll never be able to watch Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart singing that
    ditty in "It's a Wunnerful Life" again without thinking THAT THEY'RE
    SINGING SOME FILTHY SONG!!!  WHERE'S THE CHURCH LADY?
    
    Dickstah
    
81.10ROCK::GRONOWSKIthe dream is always the same...Wed Jan 23 1991 11:152
    
    I'm wif the bills the play down the lake from my hometown...
81.11I don't think it referred to the NiagaraCAM::MAZURIt ain't the meat, it's the lotion.Wed Jan 23 1991 11:5516
    RE: Previous notes
>Buffalo is named after the French words for Beautiful River (the Niagra River) 
>"beau fluve" (sp?), which slowly turned into Buffalo.

 Whilst in college in Buffalo, I took a course on Buffalo.  The professor
 claims that nobody knew for sure where Buffalo got its name but the
 Beau fleuve idea is the leading theory.  It is believed that French
 trappers called what is now the Buffalo River (NOT the Niagara) "Beau
 fleuve".  The Niagara only has fish in it, not much else would fare well
 in its VERY strong current.  But the Buffalo River was a small winding
 river that emptpied into Lake Erie and was probably of more interest to
 the trappers because of the other critters (beaver) that inhabited it.
    
 As for where the Bills name comes from, it's from Buffalo Bill Cody, as
 somebody else mentioned.  When I was a kid, I always wondered, "what the
 hell is a bill?"
81.12BOSOX::TIMMONSI'm a Pepere!Wed Jan 23 1991 12:068
    Ma name is Buffalo William F. Cody.
    
    Now, you can call me Buffalo William, or you can call me Buffalo Cody,
    or you can call me Willy F, or you can call me William Cody,
    
    But you doesn't have to call me Buffalo Bill!
    
    lEe - Go Bills, my all-time favorite team!
81.13CAM::WAYWho more than self, their country lovedWed Jan 23 1991 12:2212
Quite obviously, I'm not on the Bills bandwagon, but I would like
to tell you of a somewhat interesting landmark in Buffalo.

In fact, it was about three blocks from where our own esteemed Mr Mazur
grew up....

It's called the Amigone Funeral Home....


Only in Beau Fleuve, folks...only in Beau Fleuve....

'Saw
81.14DECWET::METZGERCNN has better sources than CIAWed Jan 23 1991 12:389
As I said before Bills by 10

27-17

Giants bore the super bowl crowd to sleep and are told never to come back.


Metz
81.15Wrong direction, friend....YUPPY::STRAGEDNostalgia..Its not what it used to beWed Jan 23 1991 12:477
    re: .9
    
    Hawk,
    
    Aren't you on the wrong wagon??   This one's reserved for the Bills!!
    
    PJ
81.16Welcome aboard.CAM::MAZURIt ain't the meat, it's the lotion.Wed Jan 23 1991 13:324
 I would like to make it clear that I am NOT jumping on the Buffalo Bills
 bandwagon.  I am a die-hard Bills fan.  I have my own limo.
 
 Bills by 4.
81.17QUASER::JOHNSTONLegitimateSportingPurpose?E.S.A.D.!Wed Jan 23 1991 13:569
�    Kelly will be intercepted during Bills' first possession by Everson
�    Walls.  Field goal follows.  Bills will never get closer than 3...

Hawkster,

I predict that Everson `IgotitIgotit...oops' Walls will be responsible
forthe Bills first score.

Mike JN
81.19QUASER::JOHNSTONLegitimateSportingPurpose?E.S.A.D.!Wed Jan 23 1991 14:027
re:    lEe - Go Bills, my all-time favorite team!

I think lEe's done been and caught the same thing Docker Manyzeros has!
A most serious case of Wardlevania if I've ever seen one!

Mike JN

81.21whizzz...flush....tidal wave!MCIS1::DHAMELPatriots: Lousy team, great missileWed Jan 23 1991 16:2914
    
    More useless information from the noozepapah:
    
    Buffalo is gearing up for the Super Bowl as the Erie County Water
    Authority will be monitoring the game to watch for commercial breaks,
    end of period side changes, timeouts and the like.
    
    Two water authority personnel have the job of adjusting the valves in
    the system to offset the pressure surges associated with mass flushings
    during these breaks.  Several mains were broken during the
    Flubbalo-Fish game.
    
    Dickstah
    
81.22Beautiful what ???SHALOT::HUNTGulf War = Iraqi Horror Picture ShowWed Jan 23 1991 16:374
    And that would no doubt put an end to the "Beau Fleuve" legend,
    wouldn't it ???
    
    Bob Hunt
81.23AFC's turnUPWARD::HEISERrack 'n' rollWed Jan 23 1991 17:021
    Buffalo by 7.
81.24Go BuffsOURGNG::RIGGENAir Force, CSU, CU... Denver Bronco'sWed Jan 23 1991 17:543
It's the YEAR of the BUFFALO 

Fisrt CU  now dem Bills
81.25Bills will stampede the GiantsPARVAX::WARDLEKidder+Fonda=SCUD_bagsWed Jan 23 1991 22:488
    re: Hawk
    
    Did you say the Giants are girly mons, sissies, and sync swimmers?
    They are known as "Tree_Dollah Bills" and are not welcome on the Manly
    Buffalo Bills Bandwagon.
    
    JoJ
    
81.27ITASCA::SHAUGHNESSYjust what did N. Fouquet know?Thu Jan 24 1991 10:2515
    >I'm wif the bills they play down the lake from myhometown...
    
    I *knew* you were from Ashtabula!  I partied there once during the
    summer.  Sorta a midwest Joisey shore, lotsa heavy metal loud 3.2 
    slop bars swirling with a veritable "tai-poon."  That was a night
    my Damon-leap-length'll never forget!
    
    re SuperBore
    
    How O how cain I root against a classy coach given to quoting from
    the Book of Chairman Bob?  By being my objectively analystical self,
    that's how: Bills beat the Jersey Giants by 10 with the boys in blue
    coming back to make it respectable.
    
    MrT
81.28Take the GIANTS plus the points.CSC32::GL_JOHNSONWhat's going onFri Jan 25 1991 01:289
    
    	Hey Hawk, did ya notice how most of these wagon-jumpers also
    confess to rooting for the underdog, and that the Buffalo-chips
    are 6 point favorites? :)
    
    	As Arsenio would say:   Hmmmmm. :)
    
    						 glen j.
    
81.30Give the points 38-17RCOFM::OSSMANSuperbowl BoundFri Jan 25 1991 12:3111
The Bills have been the underdog for 25 years, and I've been a fan since
conception.  I just don't see the Giants shutting the Bills down, they
couldn't do it the first game and that was at Giants Stadium!  If Kelly hadn't
gone down the Bills would have scored at least 31.  As soon as the nerves
settle down Buffalo will take command and win by 21.

Giants will get 17 AT THE MOST!

FYI a Bill is also a baby Buffalo.  

Wendy_who_will_be_in_Tampa_to_cheer_the_Bills_to_victory!
81.31ROCK::GRONOWSKIthe dream is always the same...Fri Jan 25 1991 13:473
    
    Has DrM jumped on a bandwagon yet?  All 17 of his favorite teams have
    been eliminated.
81.32skills-career matchITASCA::SHAUGHNESSYJust what did N. Fouquet know?Fri Jan 25 1991 16:086
    Ever since his fave QB Worn Moon (tm) needlessly broke his hand 
    in relentless pursuit of dastisticks (tm) at the expense of team
    interest poor Midnight's been operating the horsie pooper scooper
    behind the wagon.
    
    MrT
81.33DECXPS::TIMMONSI'm a Pepere!Mon Jan 28 1991 06:364
    I have just decided that the Bills are NOT one of my favorite teams.
    My favorite teams are The N.Y. Giants, all of them.
    
    lEe
81.35PARVAX::WARDLEKidder+Fonda=SCUD_bagsMon Jan 28 1991 08:317
    Whew, I'm glad I'm not a Bills fan....
    
    GO JETS!!!!!
    
    JoJ
    
    
81.36CAM::WAYWho more than self, their country lovedMon Jan 28 1991 08:478
JoJ, you're worse than a WardleVane(tm)...You're a WaffleVane(tm)!!!!!!

Did you like the NKOTB????? ;^)


All you folks who picked Buffalo feel victim to the hype....

'Saw
81.37Just the bandwagon members, not you lifelong fansWFOVX8::MORRISONSuper Bowl XXV Champs!!!Mon Jan 28 1991 10:153
     Well? Where are all these alleged fans? 
    
     Bull~
81.39CAM::WAYWho more than self, their country lovedMon Jan 28 1991 12:225
�    suddenly veered off to the RIGHT side of the mountain...  :-)
    
Just a little correction there Hawk....

'Saw
81.40Giants plus the pts was a pretty good pickVLNVAX::MBROOKSMon Jan 28 1991 14:418
    Well it was a rather good game, would have prefered that AFC won it but
    thats ok.  I said to take the giants and the pts, I wish I had bet on
    the giants to win outright....but  who new...Maybe the AFC will win at
    least a couple of SB's in the 90's...But I wont hold my breath.  It
    seems that the AFC either chokes hard or they come in as the favorite
    and defy all odds by blowing it....Thanks for the $$ buffalo..see you 
    next year...WHeres the predictions for the SB 26 go ?
    								MAB
81.42PARVAX::WARDLEKidder+Fonda=SCUD_bagsMon Jan 28 1991 20:068
    Well, the Bills could easily be back next year, and win it.
    
    Other AFC teams on the rise include the Dolphins, Raiders, and Chiefs.
    
    Then, there's always the up and coming Jets. I predict the Jets will
    make the super bowl this decade.
    
    JoJ
81.43FTMUDG::REEDSutton+Houston=1992NCAAChampsTue Jul 30 1991 10:2710
    Anyone notice Jim Kelly sporting his "DitkaDoo"?  My wife thought
    he looked like a nerd.  Atleast he wasn't spitting all over his
    shoes.
    
    Buffalo looked tough and seemed to have good depth.  Look for them
    to score some points this year.  Hopefully, they can toughen up
    on the run defense.
    
    Cowboy
    
81.44The Official 1991 Buffalo Bills Super Bowl NoteEARRTH::BROOKSAre you down with O.P.P. ?Tue Sep 24 1991 12:2712
    I like the Bills. They are unstoppable. Kelly is deity, Bruce Smith is
    the Irresistable Force, and they will score 100 points against someone
    this year.
    
    Take that to the bank.
    
    They will roll over all AFC comp - yes, I've seen the light w/r to the
    Oilers, and the Bills will take it all in a 16-0 season.
    
    And that's a fact.
    
    Doc
81.45CSLALL::TIMMONSI'm a Pepere!Tue Sep 24 1991 13:033
    Doc, you were supposed to put this in the joke note, right?
    
    lEe
81.46Doc, you're CRUEL!!CAMONE::MAZURIt ain't the meat, it's the lotion.Tue Sep 24 1991 18:168
Doc,

That's my team you're putting the curse on.  You're just jealous that they're
the only undefeated AFC team.  I think I am the ONLY die-hard 100% Bills fan
in this conference and you have to single me out with the Doc many zeroes whammy

See you in hell ;-)
Paul 
81.47CAM::WAYGot no 'shine for my shakin'Tue Sep 24 1991 22:518
Paul --

	Buffalo Bills in '91


8^) 8^) 8^)

'Saw
81.48And where he stops, no one knows. :-)CSC32::GL_JOHNSONIts Judgement Day you sinners!Tue Sep 24 1991 23:177
    
       Let me guess Doc, you lived in Buffalo in a previous life, 
    right?
    
       :-)  :-)  :-)
    
    						 glen j.
81.49HPSRAD::RIEURead his lips...Know new taxes!Wed Sep 25 1991 09:132
       Nah, he had a Indian Haid nickel once.
                                  Denny
81.50Toooot Toooot !!!!CAMONE::MAZURIt ain't the meat, it's the lotion.Fri Jan 10 1992 09:4313
    
    I've been ridin' this freakin' train for all of my life.  Tickets are
    cheap and plenty of seats.
    
    A L L L L L L L        A B O A R D    ! ! ! ! 
    
    
    Doc, I have a seat just for you, lots of head room.  It's also near the
    exit so you can get off easily when your Houston connect arrives.
    
    
    -Paul
    Original Bills fan.
81.51QUASER::HUNTERBad_Boy of ::SPORTSFri Jan 10 1992 11:095
    Their comming outa the wood work now !!!   ;^)
    
    Big Game Hunta
    
    Go Broncos !!
81.52LUNER::BROOKSThe People's NoTY 1991 : DrMFri Jan 10 1992 12:025
    re .50
    
    That's extremely kind of you Paul, but I'll pass. However, I will root
    for the Bills to blow away Denver - thus insuring a very competetive
    Super Bowl against Washington ...
81.53CAMONE::WAYNude up and NoteFri Jan 10 1992 13:4313
Big Game --

I'll vouch for Paul.  I work with him, and he's a good guy.  He's a RON
mostly, and there is no more devout, total and complete Buffalo Bills
fan.

Paul is from Buffalo originally, and is our acknowledged expert on 
wings here in BMF.  He's also another homebrewer, so he's cool in my book.

So here's wishing Paul good luck...


'SAw
81.54VLAB::RIEURead his Lips...Know new taxesFri Jan 10 1992 15:482
       Where's Roy Swonger, he's a Bills fan too I think.
                                             Denny
81.55FSOA::JHENDRYJohn Hendry, DTN 297-2623Fri Jan 10 1992 16:146
    Roy Swonger is in the graduate program at Carnegie-Mellon from
    September 1991 through December 1992.  He wasn't participating in
    SPORTS much, he was mostly just in the Celtics and American Football
    conferences before he left.
    
    John
81.56QUASER::HUNTERSteelers To The Super Bowl In `93Mon Jan 13 1992 12:046
     Heres to the Bill's and their winn over the Broncos Yesterday !
    Great defensive game.  Hope the Bill's can put it to the Skin's
    and do the AFC proud !!
    
    Big Game Hunta !!
    
81.57ROCK::GRONOWSKIthe dream is always the same...Tue Jan 14 1992 09:234
    
    
    I've been a Bills fan all of my life... they're right down the lake
    from where I grew up!  GO BILLS!
81.58Let's do it 'SkinsEARRTH::BROOKSCan you say 'triangulated crossfire'?Tue Jan 14 1992 16:571
    GroanWardle ?
81.59ROCK::GRONOWSKIthe dream is always the same...Thu Jan 16 1992 14:269
    
    
    I knew George would jump bandwagons again.  I'd love to hear the
    excuse for being a Skins fan...  "Oh, I was at this excellent 
    restaurant... one of the best I've ever been to.  I think it was
    called Houlihan's.  Anyways, I ordered some 'skins and I liked
    them, so to commemorate the event, I became a Redskins fan.
    
    Oh yeah... he also likes the Oilers, Lions, Raiders, who else?
81.60Pot calling kettle blackCNTROL::MACNEALruck `n' rollThu Jan 16 1992 14:451
    Paul, didn't you recently jump on the Bills bandwagon?
81.61JARETH::YANKOWSKASPaul YankowskasThu Jan 16 1992 14:501
    yeah, Paul G. was with the Doctor that night and had Buffalo wings. :-)
81.62.0VLAB::RIEURead his lips...Know new taxesThu Jan 16 1992 15:522
       Look who started this note.
                                   Denny
81.63EARRTH::BROOKSFree MrT !Thu Jan 16 1992 17:1212
    re .59
    
    Love that logic ... let's see, in another note it was "...Doc doesn't
    say anything about the Skins since Doug Williams isn't the QB ..."
    
    
    Now this. 
    
    So, tell us Vanilla Iceboy, have the Browns beaten the Oilers this
    DECADE ?
    
    Doc
81.64Roy's Alive!FSOA::JHENDRYJohn Hendry, DTN 297-2623Thu Jan 16 1992 18:1326
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	Hi folks,

	  Yes, I've been here in Pittsburgh since early August, so
	I've been here all season long. Didn't go to the
	Steelers/Bills game - tickets to the Steelers are a tough
	buy, even though they are lousy. They're sold out forever.

	  Anyway, I am spreading the faith - had a MNF party for the
	Cinci game (not the KC game, thankfully!), and everybody in
	my class knows who the best team is. (Especially the Denver
	fan, heh heh) 

	  Looking forward to the superbowl - should be a really
	exciting game. I should be back at DEC in time to watch the
	Bills repeat in SB XXVII.

	Roy
    
81.65Bills' GIFsFRETZ::HEISERpark ya like a car in yo mama&#039;s garageTue Jan 21 1992 11:535
    I have 2 new Bills' GIFs:  one of the helmet (computer art), one of 
    Kelly (B&W).  Send mail if you want them, they will be deleted in a
    week.
    
    Mike