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  • raphael120
    Jason Peters rigorous at home training regiment
    • Oct 2005
    • 5152

    Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

    Don't know how many people feel the way I do...but...is it just me or does this upcoming season just not feel right? It just doesn't feel the same. I'm excited, don't get me wrong...but the whole Toronto thing is in the back of my mind.

    And Schopp and Bulldog put it exactly right when they said that this relationship with the Bills is like a relationship with a man or a woman when you sense that the other person is looking to move on without you. How are you supposed to feel the same about the Bills when you know this team may not exist in the not so distant future.

    In past seasons the whole "Bills moving" thing was speculation at best and there was no real concrete indication of this being true, and although it's not proven, there are tons of neon signs pointing to that very direction now. As much as Bills fans could easily put the speculation in the back of their heads, it's now front and center with the Toronto thing...not very easy to brush off.

    If youre someone who can just not think about it, then more power to you, I wish I could just not think about it...I think the only thing that will make me kinda forget about it for the time being would be if they play some good football and end up winning alot of games and going to the playoffs...at that point I won't focus on the negative but on the positive for once because my team will be doing good and I'll have something to root for and get joy out of in the present than worry about another year of a crap product that will never be good again as long as their in Buffalo if they aren't winning.
  • PECKERWOOD
    Defies all logic
    • Oct 2006
    • 13170

    #2
    Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

    I'll tell you this much, if the Bills move outside of Buffalo they will be on my **** list above all other NFL teams. This is all just talk for now, I love my Bills and I hope they never, ever leave but the second they do I become a Dallas Cowboys fan. If you want to use women as an analogy, it's like getting dumped by your girlfriend and then sleeping with her nemesis to get back at her. ( With all that said, I probably wouldn't watch much football. I would watch the games that the "new" Bills were playing and I would root against them every game. )

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    • YardRat
      Well, lookie here...
      • Dec 2004
      • 86311

      #3
      Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

      I'm looking forward to this season, and I will the next four the same. If they end up leaving at that point, it's out of my hands anyway so I'm not going to worry about it.

      I'll quit watching NFL football altogether before I'd hop on the Cowboy's bandwagon.
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      • PECKERWOOD
        Defies all logic
        • Oct 2006
        • 13170

        #4
        Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

        Originally posted by YardRat
        I'm looking forward to this season, and I will the next four the same. If they end up leaving at that point, it's out of my hands anyway so I'm not going to worry about it.

        I'll quit watching NFL football altogether before I'd hop on the Cowboy's bandwagon.
        I would much rather root for "America's Team" than "Canada's Team." This thread is making me sick, my blood is starting to boil.

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        • gr8slayer
          Registered User
          • Feb 2005
          • 20796

          #5
          Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

          Originally posted by BuffaloFever
          I'll tell you this much, if the Bills move outside of Buffalo they will be on my **** list above all other NFL teams. This is all just talk for now, I love my Bills and I hope they never, ever leave but the second they do I become a Dallas Cowboys fan. If you want to use women as an analogy, it's like getting dumped by your girlfriend and then sleeping with her nemesis to get back at her. ( With all that said, I probably wouldn't watch much football. I would watch the games that the "new" Bills were playing and I would root against them every game. )
          Sweet, you can come down to Dallas and we can go to some games

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          • shelby
            The Vanilla *****
            • Jul 2002
            • 48489

            #6
            Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

            i have enough problems in my life without letting the future of the Bills drag me further into a deep depression.

            It is what it is....enjoy the season to come. We can't control what the future holds.

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            • PECKERWOOD
              Defies all logic
              • Oct 2006
              • 13170

              #7
              Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

              Originally posted by JediBuffalo
              Sweet, you can come down to Dallas and we can go to some games


              Hopefully it never comes down to that. I would much rather you come up here to catch some Bills games!

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              • gr8slayer
                Registered User
                • Feb 2005
                • 20796

                #8
                Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                Originally posted by shelby
                i have enough problems in my life without letting the future of the Bills drag me further into a deep depression.

                It is what it is....enjoy the season to come. We can't control what the future holds.

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                • PECKERWOOD
                  Defies all logic
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 13170

                  #9
                  Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                  Bills to Canada threads will become more rampant than Losman vs Edwards threads this season.

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                  • X-Era
                    What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 27670

                    #10
                    Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                    Originally posted by raphael120
                    Don't know how many people feel the way I do...but...is it just me or does this upcoming season just not feel right? It just doesn't feel the same. I'm excited, don't get me wrong...but the whole Toronto thing is in the back of my mind.

                    And Schopp and Bulldog put it exactly right when they said that this relationship with the Bills is like a relationship with a man or a woman when you sense that the other person is looking to move on without you. How are you supposed to feel the same about the Bills when you know this team may not exist in the not so distant future.

                    In past seasons the whole "Bills moving" thing was speculation at best and there was no real concrete indication of this being true, and although it's not proven, there are tons of neon signs pointing to that very direction now. As much as Bills fans could easily put the speculation in the back of their heads, it's now front and center with the Toronto thing...not very easy to brush off.

                    If youre someone who can just not think about it, then more power to you, I wish I could just not think about it...I think the only thing that will make me kinda forget about it for the time being would be if they play some good football and end up winning alot of games and going to the playoffs...at that point I won't focus on the negative but on the positive for once because my team will be doing good and I'll have something to root for and get joy out of in the present than worry about another year of a crap product that will never be good again as long as their in Buffalo if they aren't winning.
                    Im just talking about how I feel today, but, I dont see any issue.

                    Toronto is a fun town, its close, and you can make a night of it. Its like having a home game at a city thats just a bit away from home.

                    To me it seems cool.

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                    • FlyingDutchman
                      Registered User
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 5074

                      #11
                      Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                      Lets just start winning and maybe this will all go away

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                      • PECKERWOOD
                        Defies all logic
                        • Oct 2006
                        • 13170

                        #12
                        Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                        Originally posted by EdwardsEra
                        Im just talking about how I feel today, but, I dont see any issue.

                        Toronto is a fun town, its close, and you can make a night of it. Its like having a home game at a city thats just a bit away from home.

                        To me it seems cool.
                        For now.. We give them one home game this year.. Next year we give them two.. The following year we split home games and before you know it the Bills have both feet in Toronto.

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                        • X-Era
                          What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 27670

                          #13
                          Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                          Originally posted by BuffaloFever
                          For now.. We give them one home game this year.. Next year we give them two.. The following year we split home games and before you know it the Bills have both feet in Toronto.
                          And if that happens, we pull a Cleveland, and get ourselves a new Bills team.

                          We are talking about years down the road, why arent we looking at the upcomin season?

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                          • PECKERWOOD
                            Defies all logic
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 13170

                            #14
                            Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                            Originally posted by EdwardsEra
                            And if that happens, we pull a Cleveland, and get ourselves a new Bills team.

                            We are talking about years down the road, why arent we looking at the upcomin season?
                            I hope we don't have to pull a Cleveland to begin with.. Sorry, I get sucked into this sort of topic easily. The Bills moving to Toronto would be a big, big mistake. Hypothetically, speaking.. If the Bills were to move to Toronto and stay there and say we do pull a Cleveland and get our own franchise again.. Can you imagine how many Canadian fans we would have lost to Toronto's new franchise? The NFL needs to be an AMERICAN league only.

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                            • X-Era
                              What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 27670

                              #15
                              Re: Not As Excited As I Would Normally Be Able this Season...

                              Originally posted by BuffaloFever
                              I hope we don't have to pull a Cleveland to begin with.. Sorry, I get sucked into this sort of topic easily. The Bills moving to Toronto would be a big, big mistake. Hypothetically, speaking.. If the Bills were to move to Toronto and stay there and say we do pull a Cleveland and get our own franchise again.. Can you imagine how many Canadian fans we would have lost to Toronto's new franchise? The NFL needs to be an AMERICAN league only.
                              I dont disagree.

                              I only see that its out of our control.

                              There are a hundred little things that can happen between now and then that can head us in a new direction. So many, that its hard for me to firmly grasp this as an eventual occurence.

                              For example, lets list a few:

                              1) Ralph dies
                              2) The Bills make the playoffs
                              3) Revenue sharing gets a new deal
                              4) The Toronto/Bills (one game a year) method goes great for both parties
                              5) Canada proves that they are happy with the CFL and dont want the NFL through market data

                              And then, IF it STILL looks like Ralph (or other) is hell bent on moving the Bills,

                              1) There is a slew of high powered people that will fight it BIGTIME
                              2) There are a slew of people including state government officials, who will insist that the name "Bills" stays in Buffalo
                              3) There will immediately be many people with fortune or fame, or both that will work to bring a franchise back here ASAP

                              Its just a remote possibility IMO, and if it does happen, its even more remote that Buffalo is left without a team for the long haul.

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