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That Aud Smell

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  1. Kenny Albert? Dude calls a very good game.
  2. There is a rolling, almost gargling quality in his voice when he makes a big call. It’s a form of dynamics. It’s a matter of taste, I guess, as to whether one likes it. I enjoy it. His overall call of a game is so clean as well.
  3. Well, Wischusen absolutely grew up a Rangers fan. For my money, he’s the best hockey pbp caller at ESPN. He clearly knows and loves the sport. Shades of Gary Thorne at times. And he gets around. Radio voice for the NY Jets. Lots of ESPN college football. The guy does it all - and with class and a voice that can match big game moments.
  4. It's a well-taken point. You hear this a lot (because it's true, I think): "Teams take on the personality of their head coach." As captain and a veteran leader, KO was an appropriate extension of Granato's personality. And the team did take on Granato's personality (as well as reflect his underdeveloped understanding of high-level strategy in the NHL (remember the comment about how playing against Granato's Sabres was often like playing a high school team?)). Let's see what happens when this team takes on Ruff's personality.
  5. Watching it from where we were in the 300s, I saw the play develop and was like "ah sh1t, touchd -- WHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
  6. Lol - fair point. I have examined my sports-soul. I find no animus there for the Tennessee Titans. Surprisingly, I find that I do still have some latent sports-hatred for the Houston Oilers. (Yes, yes - The Comeback. But there were other times, I seem to recall, where the Oilers (with Moon at QB) were giving the Bills fits. Didn't Haywood Jeffries once torch the Bills in a crucial game (not The Comeback game)?) Not sure if it was Game 6 or 7 - but there was that one instance that made it so obvious that he doesn't trust/have his shot. He had a window into an open half of the goal - but passed.
  7. This concept is utterly foreign to me. I have one favourite NHL team: The Buffalo Sabres. Now, the list of teams I despise? That’s a bit longer.
  8. Dude. Never forget. Never forgive. (Even while chuckling at the masterful troll job pictured above.) Like @Taro T says, I believe (??), I'm still waiting for them to drop the puck to continue Game 6.
  9. This is absolutely his Achilles heel. Perhaps a ray of hope: Remember when Andy Reid was an offensive mastermind who built strong team culture but couldn't manage games at crucial times? Eventually, Reid got that part figured out. (Of course, having two first ballot HOFers who may go down as the best at their respective skill positions (QB, TE) has something to do with that as well.)
  10. Shanahan hired Berube? "Yikes." (Sorry that I can't get it to embed.)
  11. ⬆️ I’m watching Vancouver rn. What about them? They stunk last year. (But was that an aberration?)
  12. That’s some nasty business.
  13. This is obnoxious. 🤪
  14. Carlin would have a field day with virtue signaling whoppers like turning “homeless” into “unhoused.” Louie CK takes a run at such things in his bit regarding the “R-word.” (And mind you, I consider that word essentially off limits — but CK makes great points in his bit about the word’s elimination from common speech.)
  15. He was just doing normal admin things when things got offensive. Also, I know you weren’t saying there was an intentional effort to mock the homeless and homelessness. I think I understand your point — this is sort of a cheap, casual cruelty. I just … it’s too much. Too sensitive. P.s. I thought I posted this hours ago. Found it sitting on this tab as a draft of sorts.
  16. Lol - the Broncos' former safety's name is Justin. Hence the brain cramp. This is becoming (has been?) a thing in the NFL: Take a no risk flyer on a physical freak.
  17. That Broncos safety (Simmons) is still out there. 2nd team all pro last season. 30 years old. Seems like he's getting a bit of the Justin [EDIT: JORDAN] Poyer treatment. Didn't Poyer test free agency last offseason - after being named an all pro? - before returning to the Bills for the 2023 season?
  18. NHL social media teams are generally pretty fun.
  19. Easiest "ignore" ever? Easiest "ignore" ever.
  20. I don’t think he’s claiming that the Bills social media team was intentionally making fun of the homeless or making light of homelessness. Unless maybe he is. Also, let’s get a woke footnote here: The more appropriate term is unhoused, not homeless.
  21. You're missing or ignoring several layers of context here - as well as the bit's fundamental absurdity.
  22. Am I? I'm definitely progressive (liberal) on most social issues. I even spent some time savin' the world as a younger man -- working with street and homeless populations, as it happens. And I now have kids of my own doing similar things in their 20s. So yeah. I also have a sense of humour. This is sh1tty. I sometimes debate what I can't abide more: A conservative (or whatever those folks actually are nowadays) who wants things to go back to being great, or a humourless liberal.
  23. I just watched the schedule release clip. Solid lulz. That Allen is a character. C'mon. You're gonna have people rolling their eyes out of their head.
  24. Anyone have a screenshot of that crying Canes fan? The little kid? Anyone know if some of his tears were caught and bottled? There'd be a market for those.
  25. I’m not being clear. I seem to recall that there was a long stretch of play for Tage in 22-23 where he was putting up Bergeron type numbers — plenty of points and excellent defensive metrics
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