PromoTheRobot
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Goalies are wearing pads painted up to look like the old horsehair cement sacks they used to wear.
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"I remember when Sidney Crosby scored on Domenick Hasek in the first Winter Classic!" :blink: Someone is still drunk from last night! :lol:
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I once owned a 10" tablet and realized that 7" is the ideal size. Big enough to watch video one, small and light enough to hold comfortably. I bought a Samsung Tab 3 (wifi only) 7" at Staples a few months back when they had a $75 off coupon promo so I got it for $124. (They are "black friday" priced at $159 at several outlets.) I love it. Installed the Netflix app and watch stuff.
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I have vivid memories of the 2003 Frozen Four. Fans were walking out of what was then HSBC Center looking all around for something to see or do and seeing nothing but desolation. What an embarrassment. If/when we do get another marquee event in Buffalo at least there will be things to occupy the tourists.
I just saw Buffalo Iron Works opened on Illinois St. across from the parking garage. I've often wondered if Illinois would be developed into a restaurant/night club district like Mississippi.
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PTR, for what it's worth, I thought it was funny.
Thank you. You are a gentleman.
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When certain people's m.o. is obsessing over Deluca and PA I am genuinely curious how this news affects them.
Oh, that stings, turning my own words on me. Clever.
Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do without being able to complain about those people's posts. How will I ever replace the 5-6 posts I've written on that topic over the last 5 years?
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I feel sadness for you. All these compelling things to discuss and you'd rather take a swipe at two random folks on a message board.
How is that a swipe? Seriously? When certain people's whole m.o. is obsessing over Darcy I am genuinely curious about how this news affects them.
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I kind of feel a sadness today for people like DeLuca and PA Fan. What will they have to rail about now? Kind of like the dog who catches the car. What do you do now?
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Time for an avatar change.
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But can UB's football compete against... non MAC teams?
Don't look now but they are 6-2! Bowl eligible, baby!
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Matt Moulson, another player I watched with the Manchester Monarchs, now a Sabre.
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6 first round draft picks over the last three years, that's incredible
Bah! We should have 10, 11, 12! Anything Darcy does sucks! GAHHHH!!
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BFLO with 8 losses and 0 wins in the last 11 days. On a good note, BFLO will be lossless on Tuesday. :angel:
UB is on a 4 game win streak, if you care.
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Bob Mathews, long time sports caster on WHAM1180 in Rochester, has been very critical of Buddy Nix's leaping onto the EJ Manuel bandwagon since the day of the draft. I'd say that Bob's early and continuing criticisms remain spot-on. Even in victory on Sunday, Manuel's passer rating was a BRUTAL 48! I saw the game - he made JP Losman look poised and confident in comparison.
Yeah he's a rookie, but there are other rookie QBs this year who look better already. The team won in spite of being handicapped by EJ Manuel. The bad news - Spiller is out, and Freddie Jackson looked hurt as well - those guys aren't going to survive the season taking up the slack on the ground for Manuel and the lack of effective passing offense.
Bob Matthews is a pinhead. Probably the worst sports writer/talk host in the nation.
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I take whatever just happened and extrapolate. We lost last night so we're going 0-82. Girgs scores 82 goals. No one else scores.
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But the Bills don't have a good or even respectable line.
They are so bad they were rated the #8 line last season in run blocking and #10 in pass protection. <_< Deplorable.
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PTR, right?
Didn't buy it. I was given it personally by him on the field. Then he signed it and now it hangs in a framed case in my man cave along side my other signed jerseys.
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I arrive late to some parties, it seems.
Two years ago, my kids gave me the complete "The Sopranos" collection. I devoured it.
I am now half way through "Game of Thrones". A colleague loaned it to me. I'm hooked.
I have put off "Breaking Bad", in large part because my kids call me Heisenberg. When I ask if that's good or bad, they say "you'll see".
Soon, very soon ...
Don't you dare watch the final season before you catch up.
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For many schools, you're right. Especially those in B1G. And I want UB football to be better and their facilities to be better. But there's a LOT of D1 hockey schools that aren't like that and don't need FBS football to drive the bus. UB could be one of those schools, if they would commit to hockey.
But UB doesn't want to be Quinnipiac or UNH or Union. They want to be Ohio State or Penn State. That sounds a tad lofty but there's nothing wrong with setting high goals.
http://www.buffalone.../130809902/1004
Read past the part about Reggie Witherspoon and see the anonymous alumni with their panties in a knot over UB emphasizing "New York" in the name. There will always be dinosaurs that hem and haw over change, but WNY seems to be full of them.
AD Danny White is a guy who wants to go big or go home. No flagship state college program in New York State? BINGO, opportunity! Some scoff and laugh at the notion but that's all those people do because they are devoid of ideas. Sometimes you just have to go for it.
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It's summertime, let's derail the ###### out of this.
No they don't.
RIT has been initially successful not because they had great facilities, but because they were committed to their program. They hired good people, good coaches, and then later dumped money into capital investments like a new rink and support facilities (like gyms). UB can choose to play hockey, regardless of what the football score was that week- they just have to make that choice and commit to it. Needless to say, it would very much help to have a few major donors; Jeremy Jacobs (UB graduate and regular donor, currently on the UB Council) has been mentioned in the past.
Scholarships in D1 are standardized. Every team has 18 full scholarships, but they may break some of those up to be partial scholarships. As there are 26 kids on an NCAA roster, so not everyone gets a full scholarship, and sometimes some don't get anything. From a quick check, there are no D3 hockey programs at schools that are in D1 primary conferences- either it's not allowed or it doesn't make any sense- reader's choice.
UB initially would be a good fit for AHA, like RIT, but could eventually (within 15-20 years) push to move to Hockey East. RIT's just about ready (next 5 years) to make a bid for Hockey East. UB, scholastically, could be contend for a bid in a Big Ten (and there's other reason$ why this makes sense for B1G), opening up the door for some really good hockey, but UB football and basketball are light years behind.
Good points but football still drives the bus athletically. Before they can even think of launching a new D1 program in any sport they have to get their training facilities up to (at least) par. That means the proposed fieldhouse has to get finished.
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I want UB to get a real team :(
UB has to get its current teams out of the basement first. Though with new AD Danny White they are on their way. In fact I think the basketball team under Hurley could win the MAC.
I used to say just play D1 hockey in the Pepsi Center across from campus but with Canisius playing in the Pegula Palace UB could never compete in recruiting.
Could UB share the Harborcenter?
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It really is a dreadful piece of the skyline. It's so out of character.
A friend describes that building as a giant middle finger.
I don't know how feasible it is but I wonder if the HSBC Tower could be dismantled floor by floor and turned into a 6-10 story building? Then take the concrete panels and steel and reuse them elsewhere. Make lots of little buildings out of it.
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Wow. The Stranglers are still together? I didn't know.
No Hugh Cornwall but the rest of the band still there. They were quite good. Funny to see 50+ year olds moshing.
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I saw the Stranglers on their first US tour in over 20 years. They played Boston last month. Next Monday I'm going to see OMD and Sept 14 I have tickets for legendary Cleveland band Pere Ubu.
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Around the NHL - 2013-2014
in The Aud Club
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Hey even the gloves look like old Cooper GM12's!