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    One thing we can all agree on.

    The White Out the Ralph Campaign was a colossal failure.

    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.
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    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    It is an inexpensive marketing ploy, one that doesnt require them to spend much extra money but hopefully boost interest. It didnt work lol. I didnt even know it was supposed to be a whiteout other than us wearing the whites at home.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by trapezeus View Post
    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.
    Right the only way it works is if you provide the shirts. Pom Poms don't count.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Yeah no one was wearing white...

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by THATHURMANATOR View Post
    Yeah no one was wearing white...
    It's after Labor Day, duh.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by ServoBillieves View Post
    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.
    What are you even trying to say here?

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dude View Post
    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.
    Yep ... "hey lets do a White-Out in November" ... what a dumb-ass idea

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by Homegrown View Post
    Yep ... "hey lets do a White-Out in November" ... what a dumb-ass idea

    Is that picture from Saturday?

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    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.

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    I get so sick of the Bills to LA nattering.

    We often get mentioned in the same breath as the Jaguars as a prospective LA team but little known fact, the Jags have better attendance than the Bucs or Phins.

    There are a lot of other deserving teams on that list, I promise you.

    We don't belong in that category. Bills fans will keep this thing afloat even if all the losing says otherwise.

    I get that sky boxes are all the rage, but we're not without deep pocketed donors.
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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Can we all agree that Jeff Tuel sucks?

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    I thought you weren't supposed to wear white after Labor Day

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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    white out is a racist term anyway
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    Re: One thing we can all agree on.

    Quote Originally Posted by JoeMama View Post
    I get so sick of the Bills to LA nattering.

    We often get mentioned in the same breath as the Jaguars as a prospective LA team but little known fact, the Jags have better attendance than the Bucs or Phins.

    There are a lot of other deserving teams on that list, I promise you.

    We don't belong in that category. Bills fans will keep this thing afloat even if all the losing says otherwise.

    I get that sky boxes are all the rage, but we're not without deep pocketed donors.
    Also, I saw a report on TV (can't remember what channel) that said the NFL is leaning strongly toward a 2-team expansion, London and LA, which makes way more sense than any team moving, given the the owners would split over $2 BIL in franchise fees.

    This is exactly why LA has been off limits for so long.

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