That Aud Smell

Thought I remembered this one independently - but I am pretty sure I am thinking of a huge comeback against the Bruins in the mid-80s - the Bowman years. Also, this result is *so* encouraging.

Glad to hear they’re bringing back “Rick” Bates — I credit him for helping solidify the o-line in the latter part of the season.

Hochul’s announcement today included a statement that the Pegulas would bear the risk of cost overruns — a term that she characterized as significant, IIRC.

the future experience of live sports spectating is unknown, probably unknowable -- but it almost certainly is going to be weird by current standards.

And live-betting lounges. Tons of live-betting lounges.

The stadiums appear to be the "essentially the same" insofar as they are intended to serve the function of hosting NFL football games and perhaps some other major stadium tours. The details on design are limited so far, but it seems clear that the 2 facilities will not be the same in any meaningful ways. The new stadium will be substantially covered by roofing elements that will protect most fans from rain. The field will be grass. The footprint will be an additional 600K sf larger (?) than the existing stadium. There's a party deck for GA that brings capacity to closer to 70K. This is also a settled trend in modern stadiums -- fewer seats, higher margins on the seats (suites, etc.) that you sell.

Certainly not the same (or even a similar) stadium. It's interesting that the $1.4B cost is the upfront number, and the state/county share of that is $850M. It's been reported that the State has ongoing capital improvement and maintenance costs that take the public share north of $1B, over time.

What a cool back story and thoughtful post. That's an interesting distribution of respect you have there - it almost seems like they're listed in the order of a continuum of some kind? I'm going to @ them here so that they don't miss the recognition: @LGR4GM @Randall Flagg @dudacek @darksabre @Eleven I have several favourites whose content I seek out here. The most recent poster who's slid into that list is @Broken Ankles - they been bringing it. Shoutout to some of the best whom we've lost along the way. @X. Benedict for starters.

it is odious, at best.

They are 2 games above @deluca67 .500 for the month of March. I'd love to see them 3 clear of that to end that period of time.

Jesus, March has been a murderer's row. And still, the Sabres are 7-3 during that time! Let's go, Buffalo! Monkey Whistling!

That's ... that's a cartoon, y'all.

Cats, for sure. 4 of them, one of which is blind and on insulin. You didn't have to, but you did (but you did, but you did).

And not for nothing on Tuch, I just ran through every fundamental #advancedstat (in terms of the % values) and guy leads the team in just about every category. He may be a goofball out there, but he is tilting the ice our way.

Thanks for the details. I'll keep an eye out for those kinds of things. And I'm down with the portion above. I think a strong playoff team can have Tuch as its RW2. I do think he's the next captain. There's nothing wrong with having a strong middle-6 winger in that role. (I also think he's absolutely nothing like Drury.)

Man, THIS is the content I come here for. Cheers!

It is so obvious in retrospect.

^ Did I just unwittingly tune in to see Mike Harrington on a Zoom close-up? #NeverAgain

Man ... if he's not the guy going forward ... he sure sounds like that guy. And the team's playing like he could be. 😏

Do tell. He is beginning to regularly resemble the player we saw in those pre-draft clips — so many plays where it looks like his “controller” is set to a higher level than anyone else’s.

Yes, sir!!

food for thought. (the cap is real?)

Yeah - that was the sense of things when the agent-driven "6 years $120M ZOMG" headline gave way to the more sober reality of $51.5M guaranteed over course of first 3 years. He's not a sympathetic figure, I realize, but, more and more (and more), I begrudge pro athletes not a bit for this sort of approach.