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Me too.

This, on the other hand, has happened. Well, games have been moved, at least. But that's because it was impossible / impracticable to travel to the stadium, and not because playing conditions weren't ideal. I'm with you; play the games in the weather. LSU manages to play Saturday at noon, you know?

It was 89 degrees. Stop it.

I'm going to need to see those Talking Phone Books, then. I haven't followed the Bills since I was 5, like I have the Sabres, but I've followed them since I was about 16 or so, and I don't remember seasons where Buffalo had a noticeably heavier autumn home schedule. Could it have happened a couple of times? Sure. But I don't think it was a general practice. In 1975 (WELL before I was 16, and even before I was 5, thank you!), they had three home games in the second half of the (14 game) season. 42% of the home schedule. In 1985, they had four home games in the second half of the season. 50%. In 1995, they had four home games in the second half of the season. 50%. I did not find an instance where the NFL Bills did not host a home game after Thanksgiving. Bears: 1975, 42%; 1985, 37.5%; 1995, 50%. Jets: 1975, 42% (and two of the away games were in cold cities in November and December); 1985, 50%; 1995, 50%. Giants: 1975, 57%, with one away at Green Bay in late November; 50%; 1995, 50%. New England: 1975, 42%, with a trip to Buffalo as well; 1985, 50%; 1995 50% (with two trips to cold cities, including Buffalo, in the second half of the season). Green Bay: 1975, 42%, with a trip to OUTDOORS Minnesota as well; 1985, 50%; 1995, 50%. The data doesn't support your memories (this is a phenomenon that happens to me all the time, too). I don't know when the "Talking Phone Book" brand was first used, but I don't think that brand goes back as far as 1975 (although the company that published it does). Even in 1975, there is only a slight bias against cold cities hosting games, and that's almost 50 years ago now--we've made one or two advancements in climate control and health since then.

?? I'm over 30 and I definitely never watched Ted Williams play.

A letter on the chest won't stop the Sabres from trading him and may even bump his value, like Pominville (yes I realize he was named captain before his UFA year). And I do think the Sabres would retain salary for the right return.

Sounds like there were a few Sabres fans there. Nice.

It's a nice preseason win and a good audition for some of the kids. Nothing more to read into it.

The conditions were no more dangerous than a normal September game at many SEC / ACC schools. The league can't have a schedule where the Bills only host in September and October and the Dolphins only host in November and December. Someone is going to have to play in Miami in September, and someone is going to have to play in Buffalo in December, and it really doesn't matter who.

There is only one team that could have performed that well under these conditions, and the Bills are that team. They'd better pull it together fast, though, starters or not, because Baltimore is going to be a tough out next week.

That is as close to a true tryout lineup as the Sabres probably can get. Cozens, the crusty veteran.

Does anyone, though? For preseason? Nicely done, and I guess that explains the market in DC.

This is big. The cheap seats on Stubhub for Sunday's game are about $60 right now. (For preseason?!) And yeah, I was thinking of going.

He's the battle-scarred veteran. The two ideas aren't incompatible, from that angle.

Sorry. 8th out of 15.

Roy Kent is the fictional team captain in the first season of Ted Lasso. The character is heavily based upon Roy Keane, who was a real-life captain of Manchester United and Ireland.

Yeah, that's what Roy Kent is supposed to be in the show.

Roy Kent is basically Roy Keane.

The bullet joke wasn't that funny...

Honestly, I think it's too early. There's a fair argument that waiting until the end of the season leaves Adams holding all the cards or whatever, but that argument presupposes that he'd have other offers AND makes the mistaken assumption that there are only two choices, now and June. I have liked a lot of his moves, but there are some missed opportunities, too, and the goaltending situation is still a huge problem several years into his tenure. I would have preferred to see how Comrie works out; if so, extend Adams, if not, see what Adams does to fix it. The early months of 2023 would have been a fine time to evaluate and extend/not.

Just doing our division; I don't really know the other one as well as I should. Florida Tampa Senators Sabres Boston Habs Detroit There we are. All seven teams.

That probably is the role. It's lede.

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Yeah, there is that Maple Leaves training camp invite that makes the rounds now and then, I think from 1965, telling them that they're expected to be able to handle 10 pushups or whatever.