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The White Out the Ralph Campaign was a colossal failure.
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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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white outs work if that's part of your culture or some company provides white t-shirts.
buffalo simply doesn't do the "wear the same colors" thing that other teams do. isn't a big deal. don't knkow why we are supposed to follow other team's trends. -
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Right the only way it works is if you provide the shirts. Pom Poms don't count.Originally posted by trapezeus View PostI 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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It looked like there were way too many Chiefs fans there for a white out to have worked. It didn't help that at least half the Bills fans showed up in blue or something else. They tried this last year, or the year before against the Jets and it didn't really seem to work either.
If you're going to spend money on pom poms, why not just put an XL white tee shirt on every seat? I doubt there would be a huge cost difference.Comment
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Yeah no one was wearing white...Comment
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WHITE OUT! Let's give them towels... Wait...
Yeah, no one cares in WNY to dress in their away Roscoe Parrish/Coy Wire/Ryan Fitzpatrick/JP Losman/Marcus Stroud/Troy Vincent/Drew Bledsoe/Marvcus Patton for a home game.
This team is begging to get moved. Ralph will die within 2 years, and the new owner(s) will move the team. They want as much disinterest in the team as possible so we don't feel as bad when the team leaves. It astonishes me as an optimist that a team that fights this hard makes so many small mistakes to still seem relevant when the writing is on the wall.Bye Bye Brady...
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It's after Labor Day, duh.Originally posted by THATHURMANATOR View PostComment
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What are you even trying to say here?Originally posted by ServoBillieves View PostComment
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I think he is correctly pointing out that when there is a new owner the likelihood is that this team will eventually move.
The only way this team stays after that 8th year of the lease clause is if the taxpayers buy the new owner a new stadium.
I don't believe there is a conspiracy in place now however.Comment
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I would be highly surprised if the team moved.
I also don't see how a failed "White Out" means anything at all.
If it failed due to empty seats then maybe but people here don't care about lame **** like that.
Only way it would have worked would be if they handed out shirts at the gate.Comment
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White outs never work with outdoor sports when it's cold. Not enough people own white jackets and who the hell is going to go to a game in a sweatshirt when it's 30 degrees? Someday sports marketing departments will figure this out.
That is why it was a failure.Comment
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Yep ... "hey lets do a White-Out in November" ... what a dumb-ass ideaOriginally posted by Dude View Post
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Originally posted by Homegrown View PostYep ... "hey lets do a White-Out in November" ... what a dumb-ass idea
Is that picture from Saturday?Comment
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Well no ****, turns out that the last time the Chiefs beat us in Buffalo we were wearing white, yeah it was Kelly's first season here. Dear Ralph and whoever does our marketing. . . . DON'T WEAR ALL WHITE AT HOME EVER AGAIN!!!!
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Focus starting at the 2:15 mark.Comment
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