Thankfully, no whining about the schedule this year

[gebobs]

No more pointing to the schedule for excuses. The Bills only play twice against opponents with extra days off. Both times it's the Jets who come off a Thursday game to host the Bills in Week 8 and then a bye when traveling to OP in Week 12.

On the other side of the coin, the Bills come off their own bye, scheduled nicely in Week 9, to play the Chiefs. In Week 15, they play GB after the Packers play on MNF.

Six o' one, half dozen t'other.

[Blondie]

Ohhh the Jets..

fun fact... my friends son, Jeremiah George, was drafted in the 5th round to the Jets!

It's been fun watching her posts on FB... from Iowa State to the Jets...

ok ... back to the Bills schedule and not griping about it talk..

[Blondie]

Six o' one, half dozen t'other.

coastal always says this ... I never get the saying.

[gebobs]

coastal always says this ... I never get the saying.

It means "no difference either way".

[Fletch]

coastal always says this ... I never get the saying.

The saying is actually, "six in one, a half-dozen in the other."

So choose, you want 6, or a half-dozen? Same thing obviously.

What gebobs said.

[Skooby]

You say Tamato (Long Island accent) / I say Tamato (nj accent), either way it's a fruit (like 6 (half dozen) or 6).

[Night Train]

Awesome.

Now back to whining about EVERYTHING ELSE !

[imbondz]

it's 6 of 1, half dozen of the other. it's my favorite saying.

[Scumbag College]

I'm still going to whine about the schedule.

[gebobs]

The saying is actually, "six in one, a half-dozen in the other."

"Of", not "in".

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/six_of...n_of_the_other

Though I've never heard it that way and can't find any references to your version on the web, it could make sense...as in looking in a box. Still, I'm a traditionalist at heart.

[OpIv37]

No more pointing to the schedule for excuses. The Bills only play twice against opponents with extra days off. Both times it's the Jets who come off a Thursday game to host the Bills in Week 8 and then a bye when traveling to OP in Week 12.

On the other side of the coin, the Bills come off their own bye, scheduled nicely in Week 9, to play the Chiefs. In Week 15, they play GB after the Packers play on MNF.

Six o' one, half dozen t'other.

Here's the thing about the schedule. At one point, we had to play the Patriots coming off their bye for something like 4 years in a row. At one point, we had the most games in the league against teams coming off a bye or extra rest time several years in a row. Now, creating the league schedule is immensely difficult and I have no idea how they even approach the task, but there is no way those things happened by random chance.

I'm not paranoid and I don't have a persecution complex. I don't think the game is rigged because there is too much money at stake if they got caught (plus rigging games would need far too many people to stay quiet). I don't think the league is out to get Buffalo.

But I do think the league has preferred outcomes. Bills fans always show up. Patriots and Dolphins fans only show up when the team wins. A Pats vs Jets AFC Championship game is going to get much better ratings than a Bills vs Tenn or Jax AFC Championship game. Bills fans watch the team no matter what, and the team lacks the star power to draw viewers who aren't fans of the team. So, when the league has to make tough decisions- like who gets the short end of the stick on playing teams coming off byes or who gets screwed on a 50/50 call on the field- teams like the Pats, Redskins, Dolphins, Cowboys will always be favored over teams like the Bills.

Of course, I have no proof of this, but when we get schedules with difficulties that our opponents don't have year in and year out, it certainly lends credibility to the theory.

[JoeMama]

coastal always says this ... I never get the saying.

That's weird.

You mean to say that in real life, coastal talks about stuff other than how much Mario Williams sucks?

I can't picture it!

[BB4ever]

Somebody will when we head into the second half of the season 2-6 with an uphill battle against far superior teams.

[Blondie]

That's weird.

You mean to say that in real life, coastal talks about stuff other than how much Mario Williams sucks?

I can't picture it!

He does!! 43% of the time he talks about tap dancing and stuff like that

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The saying is actually, "six in one, a half-dozen in the other."

So choose, you want 6, or a half-dozen? Same thing obviously.

What gebobs said.

It still an odd saying ...

[coastal]

That's weird.

You mean to say that in real life, coastal talks about stuff other than how much Mario Williams sucks?

I can't picture it!

im still bent about that fake wrist surgery he had.

[Dr. Lecter]

im still bent about that fake wrist surgery he had.

He hurt it trying to save the fake Sandy Hook kids.

[coastal]

He hurt it trying to save the fake Sandy Hook kids.

At least those kids had a legitimate reason to not show up to school the next day.

[Parzival]

OpIvy said it well, but last year the Bills did have a legitimate gripe.

[stuckincincy]

No more pointing to the schedule for excuses. The Bills only play twice against opponents with extra days off. Both times it's the Jets who come off a Thursday game to host the Bills in Week 8 and then a bye when traveling to OP in Week 12.

On the other side of the coin, the Bills come off their own bye, scheduled nicely in Week 9, to play the Chiefs. In Week 15, they play GB after the Packers play on MNF.

Six o' one, half dozen t'other.

No whining about strength of schedule, either. Their opponents are 127 -127 -2, winning pct. of .500.

[better days]

No whining about strength of schedule, either. Their opponents are 127 -127 -2, winning pct. of .500.

Well, with a 6-10 record, that looks like a HIGH percentage to me.