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  • BLeonard
    BoB Sabermetrician
    • Jan 2003
    • 4625
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    Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

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    Orchard Park, NY (WGR 550) -- Unless you have tickets to the remaining three games at Ralph Wilson Stadium, odds are you won't be seeing a Buffalo Bills home game for the rest of 2012 if you're a western New York resident.

    In his weekly appearance on WGR Sports Radio 550, Bills CEO Russ Brandon told The Howard Simon Show that Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars will in fact be blacked out on local television. The Bills-Jaguars showdown still has nearly 15,000 tickets remaining.

    Brandon also told WGR that he is not optimistic for the other two remaining games slated to be played in Orchard Park either. The December 9 contest against St. Louis and December 30 versus the New York Jets are both likely to be blacked out from local television.
    Wonder if being blacked out for the entire month of December will get their attention... I doubt it.

    -Bill
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  • THE END OF ALL DAYS
    The Allen Era has begun.... no looking back now, come hell or high water!
    • Feb 2005
    • 4525
    #2
    Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

    F. You C. K. THem
    damn, did I say that out loud?
    In my day we did not have self-esteem... we had self-respect, and no more of it then we earned.

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    • BillsFever21
      Registered User
      • Aug 2004
      • 9067
      #3
      Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

      No huge surprise here. I stated it before the year started that we wouldn't be seeing any more Bills games on TV after the Colts game except for our one road game. Had we won a couple more games and been in the playoff hunt that would've changed things though.

      That's just the way it is in Buffalo. People are done spending money and buying tickets to the November/December games to spend hundreds of dollars to sit in the cold and watch a meaningless game and I don't blame them. I quit wasting my money on meaningless games a few years ago too. Especially with the matchups we had towards the end of the season. It's not like people are running to the ticket booth to watch the Jags and Rams play.

      As soon as I saw on the schedule that half of our home games were in the final 5 weeks of the season and against teams that weren't very appealing to watch that football season on TV was over after the Colts game. That schedule would be great if we were a decent team and contending for the playoffs. You wouldn't be able to ask for a better schedule to finish the season if we were 7-4 right now or hell even 6-5 with the way the conference is this season. When you're a crappy 4-7 team it sucks though if you wish to watch the games on television. It's a very short end to the season this year unfortunately.

      All we had to do is win the games against the bad and average teams and we still would've been 6-5 right now and that's assuming we still didn't beat a team with a winning record. We've had 4 games against top teams in the two Pats games, San Fran and Texans game but the rest of them outside of the Colts were against horrible teams that won't finish with a winning record. A wasted opportunity for the Bills this year. What else is new though. It's pretty bad when you say I guess we have to wait until next year you mean it literally since we will only have one more game on television in the local markets.
      Last edited by BillsFever21; 11-28-2012, 04:35 PM.
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      • TigerJ
        Registered User
        • Jul 2002
        • 22575
        #4
        Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

        I'd invite y'all to my house, but I don't think my wife would like that.
        I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.

        I'm the most reasonable poster here. If you don't agree, I'll be forced to have a hissy fit.
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        • coastal
          Legendary Zoner
          • Mar 2005
          • 15514
          #5
          Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

          Did the NFL stick Buffalo with 4 December home games (half of their home season) in an effort to screw the Bills out of ticket revenue?
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          • YardRat
            Well, lookie here...
            • Dec 2004
            • 86296
            #6
            Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

            Win more in Sept, Oct and Nov and you wouldn't have to worry about blackouts in Dec. Tough ****.
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            • The King
              Without me it's just Awe so
              • Jun 2004
              • 42380
              #7
              Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

              The games will still be on in my living room.
              I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
              "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
              You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
              It was all               true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
              He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can               mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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              • Night Train
                Retired - On Several Levels
                • Jul 2005
                • 33117
                #8
                Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                So will the Rams and Jets game. 3 of the last 5 blocked for the locals.

                I'll live, missing meaningless games. This team isn't making the playoffs and needs to make major changes at GM/Coach/QB and more. Yet denial is still their friend, despite Brandon sounding pissed that ticket sales suck for the 3 remaining Ralph games.

                Don't blame the fans. Blame the dull, losing product.
                Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit

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                • justasportsfan
                  Registered User
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 71601
                  #9
                  Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                  it's the teams fault that fans are tired . Seasons over anyways.
                  sacrifice1
                  https://theinterviewwithgod.com/video/

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                  • djjimkelly
                    Registered User
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 7045
                    #10
                    Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                    any true bills fam im burlington ontario area more then welcome watch game with me especially if you bring a hot 30 year chickie for me :) lol

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                    • trapezeus
                      Legendary Zoner
                      • Oct 2004
                      • 19525
                      #11
                      Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                      they should be talking how amazing it is that 55000 people are willing to buy a product on a 13 year decline.
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                      • stuckincincy
                        Buffalo Bills Fan
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 15084
                        #12
                        Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                        Originally posted by The King View Post
                        The games will still be on in my living room.
                        Your talking heads will be Spero Dedes and Steve Beuerline.

                        Bon Appetit.

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                        Last edited by stuckincincy; 11-29-2012, 01:15 PM.
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                        • IAG
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 709
                          #13
                          Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                          My poor Bills.

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                          • Mr. Pink
                            Peterman Sucks!
                            • Mar 2006
                            • 35303
                            #14
                            Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                            The Bills had a higher sellout percentage in the 2000s than the 1990s. So winning isn't the end all be all cure around here to sell out December games.

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                            • Extremebillsfan247
                              Registered User
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 3142
                              #15
                              Re: Bills' Brandon: Jacksonville game will be blacked out

                              Blackouts don't work anymore. Just about everyone has some type of internet access these days unless you live in a cave. Internet access means access to any game in any market whether it's legal or not. All it requires is Google, and a little intuition. JMO

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