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I'm here relaxing after a long, but very enjoyable day in Canton, Ohio. First we started our day tailgating in some guy's parking lot. It was a traditional small BillsZone tailgate...Dr.Lecter, hammerbillsfan, Phil and I. We had Buffalo Chicken Strips and Italian Sausage, plus some Canadian beer. Nice time. The only sad thing was that it kept raining off and on. We then walked over to Kenny's tailgate and hung with him and a bunch of TwoBillsDrive folks for a while before we headed to the Stadium for the ceremony.
This was when it went from a nice day to a great day. First of all, we had floor seats. I highly recommend those to anyone who goes to the Inductions. We entered into the field area, right next to the stage and bumped into Langston Walker, Ryan Denney, Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick and even Lee Evans. Then we walked over to our seats and got a complimentary program. We then chose to walk around and check out the whole floor area and then started rubbing elbows with Former Bills greats...Andre Reed, Pete Metzelaars, Cornelius Bennett, Frank Reich, Kent Hull, Will Wolford, Paul McGuire, Steve Christie, Bill Polian, Russ Brandon, and Tom Modrak. We got to shake their hands and a bunch of them were even signing autographs for the fans.
Then the ceremony itself. Wow! What a speech by Chris Berman! I loved the way he talked all about the Bills history. And then Ralph had a very good speech. I thought he did a nice job...a lot of thanking people, plus he mixed in some of the normal humor that he does. I also enjoyed Rod Woodson's speech. I loved it. Then to top a great day off...BRUUUUUCE! What a introduction by Ted Cottrell! He did a nice job talking about Bruce and even talking about all the other Bills greats from the 90's. Bruce's speech was short, but very nice. I was surprised with how grateful he was and how classy he was. Great job!
What a day!
This was when it went from a nice day to a great day. First of all, we had floor seats. I highly recommend those to anyone who goes to the Inductions. We entered into the field area, right next to the stage and bumped into Langston Walker, Ryan Denney, Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick and even Lee Evans. Then we walked over to our seats and got a complimentary program. We then chose to walk around and check out the whole floor area and then started rubbing elbows with Former Bills greats...Andre Reed, Pete Metzelaars, Cornelius Bennett, Frank Reich, Kent Hull, Will Wolford, Paul McGuire, Steve Christie, Bill Polian, Russ Brandon, and Tom Modrak. We got to shake their hands and a bunch of them were even signing autographs for the fans.
Then the ceremony itself. Wow! What a speech by Chris Berman! I loved the way he talked all about the Bills history. And then Ralph had a very good speech. I thought he did a nice job...a lot of thanking people, plus he mixed in some of the normal humor that he does. I also enjoyed Rod Woodson's speech. I loved it. Then to top a great day off...BRUUUUUCE! What a introduction by Ted Cottrell! He did a nice job talking about Bruce and even talking about all the other Bills greats from the 90's. Bruce's speech was short, but very nice. I was surprised with how grateful he was and how classy he was. Great job!
What a day!
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