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News and Opinions2008 CalendarOther countdowns will be put up soon. Tailgate Time AgainIt is Buffalo Bills game tailgate time again.
Unfortunately there were no group tickets available for large groups so I do not have a ticket yet.
I will of course be at the opener this year; I have not missed one in ten years and no reason to do now.
Opener tailgate will be once held again at the World Famous (they have heard
of it in Australia and Germany) Hammer's
Lot
for the ninth consecutive year.
If you want to park in Hammer's Lot get there early for parking
fills up quickly with new 8 AM opening rule for stadium lots! Hammer
does not have such a 8 AM rule but he does have a vicious guard
dog named "Buddy" who patrols the lot watching out for your car! Hammer's Lot has been googled: Link The best part of a new season is meeting new and old friends.Future Game PlansI am working in Southern California weeks 2-5 of the season so you will not find me at Jimmy's.
Some sacrifices are necessary to support your familyScouting Report - Bills at Redsuck's Fed Ex Stadium
Jimmy (in autographed Robert Royal jersey), myself and Uncle Dave (decorator at Jimmy's for Bills games). For the stadium itself the stadium's bowels are better not surprising since it is much newer but the field itself is poorer with a tiny big screen TV. If you are not sitting in the lower bowl between the 20's the view is terrible with many of the lower bowl seats having partially or totally obstructed seats. My view from Section 214 / Row 20 / Seat 18 was partially obstructed but not too bad since section was less than half full allowing me to find a view of most of the game. During most of the 2nd half when I was sitting in section 105, row 2, the view was much better with the cheerleaders right near by when no blocked by someone with camera equipment (like I said the field is cramped). Technically row 2 is actually row 4 for they have a reserved 2 row section in front of first section. Game went as you would expect for a preseason game - the Deadskins had their preseason warm up at Hall of Fame game looked sharper than the Bills but the Bills special teams were able to dominate the skins special teams. This domination should have been expected since the special teams coach of the skins used to be a much criticized coach of the Bills Danny Smith. Mama Royal invited us to a player tailgate but it was late and we did not know exactly where it was so Jimmy told her we were leaving. Traffic was lighter than expected leaving but that was partially because it was a preseason game and partially because we stayed to very end of the game. 2008 Bills DraftThe Bills have 10 draft picks this year after trading two of them away to obtain three time All-Pro (2003-2005) DT Marcus Stroud. The Bills traded a 3rd round pick (obtained in Willis trade last year) and a 5th round pick (obtained in trade of Darwin Walker Bills obtained from Eagles for TKO and Holcomb) to obtain Stroud.
* Compensatory selection Our hopes are again on the front office finding gems in the draftNew Toolbar Available I built a toolbar seen above below the header which you can install into your Firefox browser (or even IE if you have to use it) which provides ø Google-Powered Search Box, ø Privacy Controls. ø Miscellaneous useful gadgets and ø Links to Bills, NFL and Fan sites and ø E-mail notifier. Twenty-five users (so far) can be wrong but I do not think so! Watch for messages and more improvementsYes something
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I
was able to land a preseason ticket on craigslist for $25 so I made a
call to Jimmy and he was glad to give me a ride to the game. He and
Uncle Dave picked me up at my house (image below) before the short trip
(distance wise) to the home of the Redsucks. Jimmy was able to land
some front row seats (row 2) and a parking pass; Uncle Dave was able to
get field passes from a coach of the Redsucks but did not know I was
coming so had only two. I was sitting in the corner under bleachers but
Jimmy told me he'd get me down to the lower section later in the game.