MattPie

Old-man history mode: The WWIV dial-up BBS software was popular around Buffalo in the late-80s and early-90s. For those who never used one, someone would run a (usually) DOS program on a PC with a modem and you could dial into it from your computer. DMs and Message boards, not unlike here. One person at a time, with time-limits. Later, these were networked (by dialing each other periodically and exchanging new messages) so you all didn't have to show up serially on one system. One of the largest networks of these was IceNet, which was founded by a guy named Jim Nunn in Buffalo. For awhile, I was a SysOp on Chain Reaction BBS, which I think was an IceNet node. Thanks for the prompt to unlock some old memories. I don't specifically remember talking Bills back then, but I can't believe there weren't some boards focused on sports. That too, just not as many people outside universities had access to it at the time. FreeNet run out of UB I think had usenet, but it's been a long time, lol. I love these old "Internet" articles: https://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archive/vol26/vol26n2/1a.txt (Thanks for indulging my ramblings, lol.

You could use the second verse as-is:

I got a team Tickets in the mail Fifteen years Of suffering fail.

I can't even imagine 19,000 people coming to a game, never mind singing along. After the tank, this was my suggestion. It's even more relevant now.

The angle from behind looked like he may have gotten a little bit of it; the ball may have changed direction a little on the way. I think I saw that he only needs like 6 rushing TDs this year to have the record (or some top-N) for TDs in the first 8 years. There are 4 guys like Marshall Faulk and whatnot on the list ahead of him. Sure, different eras but wild.

I remember that visceral feeling when I was little too. Boston, playoffs, checking: 1983, almost sure. I remember thinking there were a bunch on people on the ice, and there they are. But that's unlikely as low as now.

"The Bills only have 10 men on the field!" Post-snap: "Well, I've never seen that Bob, that ball just dropped to the ground like someone swatted it."

Well, if the Sabres trade Doan to the Leafs *of course* he's not going to win a cup there. Let's not be ridiculous. And I do get your point, probably half of every SC winner's roster played somewhere else before that. Buffalo isn't unique in that regard. That doesn't make my statement (joke) any less true, he's more likely to win a cup if the Sabres are dealing him to a team looking to make a run than with the Sabres... Because if the Sabres are dealing him they're probably out of the chase anyway.

I player that'll win the cup... on another team after the Sabres trade him and the deadline in 3 years.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/latest-news/nhl-summer-splash-rankings-no-32-buffalo-sabres

It's even more special when it happens in Toronto, and from the looks of it, in a rout. That said, a bunch of Sabres fans gleefully celebrating a team getting getting eliminated probably isn't an awesome look. Sure, it feels good, but Sabres Elimination Day is a winter holiday.

To be fair, the new Shaboozy song *is* a banger.

There's nothing the Sabres can say at this point that will make me care about next season. The Miss Buffalo has sailed.

General Manager

Hear me out: what if we trade out a bunch of guys of picks and upcoming prospects, be terrible next year and get a great pick, something, and then the cup will be paraded in front of City Hall? It just might work.

"If Canadians stay away"? They already are. We're booking vacation stuff out west and there are surprising amounts of discounts and stuff available. My parents mentioned that Florida has been quieter than normal this winter. They listen to Fox, so it's "because the Canadian dollar is down" and not "the seething hatred for the US government and border hassles".

So you're saying the team just needs more Dahlin-level players?

See, the Sabres have been playing 4d chess. The team is so awful, and players that get traded suddenly get better, that everyone is clamoring to trade for our mediocre prospects because it's just the team that's hindering them.

You've been going to the same place your parents went to (or your family switched when Steve moved on and is working at the other pizza joint down the street). That's like 9/10 of the pizzas you buy. You know the number by heart, 655-4646 (and I haven't lived anywhere near WNY in 25+years).

There's no "What's the point?" option. Strange.

Hoping no one gets hurt so the new GM has the full list of assets to bargain with.

Beware Sabres hope on the ides of March.

Is it time for the annual "Wow, the Sabres are showing life in March! Next year is the year!" event already? My, how time flies.

We've been saying that for a decade.