Rivalry Renewed

[The_Philster]

It's rivalry week for the Buffalo Bills. They head to South Florida Sunday to play the Miami Dolphins. These teams have butted heads twice year since 1966 and some in the Buffalo locker room have been on both sides of this battle. more

[fushetti]

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This current bunch of Bills probably care less if theyre playing the Miami Dolphins or the Sisters of the Poor. Frankly, I'm in the same boat.

I'm 26 and I didn't live thru the "0 for the 70's". As far as I'm concerned, Miami week revolved around Kelly vs. Marino. Both are long gone and both teams are horrible. Although, I loved "Squishing the Fish" during the late 80's and the 90's, it just doesn't have the same feel like it used to. Honestly, in recent years, i'd rather defeat the Patriots. I have no hatred for Miami anymore.

Hell, the Bills that came from "The U" are prolly just looking to party on South Beach late in the week. Willis and Rosenhaus are probably hashing out his holdout strategy for next year as I type this

[Devin]

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“When you're drafted, brought in as a free agent to Miami, you don't like the red, white and blue. Obviously, when you come up to Western New York and you're a Buffalo Bill you don't like the aqua and orange."

Aqua and orange? Arent the Fins colors "Teal and Gay"?

[FinNasty23]

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Aqua and orange? Arent the Fins colors "Teal and Gay"?

can you believe the wit on this guy? He must be paying a guy to come up with that material...

[FinNasty23]

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This current bunch of Bills probably care less if theyre playing the Miami Dolphins or the Sisters of the Poor. Frankly, I'm in the same boat.

I'm 26 and I didn't live thru the "0 for the 70's". As far as I'm concerned, Miami week revolved around Kelly vs. Marino. Both are long gone and both teams are horrible. Although, I loved "Squishing the Fish" during the late 80's and the 90's, it just doesn't have the same feel like it used to. Honestly, in recent years, i'd rather defeat the Patriots. I have no hatred for Miami anymore.

Hell, the Bills that came from "The U" are prolly just looking to party on South Beach late in the week. Willis and Rosenhaus are probably hashing out his holdout strategy for next year as I type this

I have to agree... The Bills are at the bottom of my hatred totem poll as well. I HATE the freakin Jets... more than anything. And we all just hate the damn Pats...

[tampabay25690]

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Im going to the game SUN and it doesnt feel the same this year at all when both teams arent winning.......

[Samphin1]

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I disagree. I hate the Bills with a PASSION. Maybe it was due to all the Marino-Kelly matchups, but I love to watch Miami KILL THE BILLS. I just wish they would do it more frequently...

[Devin]

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can you believe the wit on this guy? He must be paying a guy to come up with that material...

was just a joke :)

I disagree. I hate the Bills with a PASSION. Maybe it was due to all the Marino-Kelly matchups, but I love to watch Miami KILL THE BILLS. I just wish they would do it more frequently...

I hear you, I despise the fins. Perhaps more than any team in the NFL. Fins week is always a big deal.

[The_Philster]

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I hear you, I despise the fins. Perhaps more than any team in the NFL. Fins week is always a big deal.

ditto...I was telling the guys after the game on Sunday to forget about it..it was Fish week

[Billz_fan]

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I disagree. I hate the Bills with a PASSION. Maybe it was due to all the Marino-Kelly matchups, but I love to watch Miami KILL THE BILLS. I just wish they would do it more frequently...

I was at the game in 1980 when the Bills broke the 20 game losing streak on Sept 7th 1980. Oddly enough I got my tickets for that game free from my boss at work. I was living in Lyons NY at the time. My boss got the tickets for free but could not go. He gave em to me.
We were in section E on about the 40-50 yard line. Im not sure it's even called section E anymore since it's been awhile since I was at the stadium.
At the end of the game fans mobbed the field. Even though I was like 19 at the time I didn't want to get involved in the mess taking place on the field. They tore down the goal posts and passed sections of the posts up through the crowd. I managed to get my hands on a big section of the goal post as it passed through our area.
Since then I have loved the rivalry more than any

[Mr. Cynical]

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Even though I'm older than Fushetti I agree with him. The fish are just as pathetic as we are and have been for a long time. Neither team is a contender. It's like two old jackals fighting over the putrid corpse leftover by the big dawgs in the league. My hatred is aimed squarely at the Pats. They have been on top for years and have kicked our ass every year except for that one lone opener in '03.

As for the fish....seriously, when is the last time Miami was a real threat to the Bills?

Well first, a threat only exists if your team is actually competitive. We haven't been competitive since 1999. Granted Miami who knocked us out of the playoffs in 1998, but we smacked them out of the playoffs '90, '92 (AFC Champ game...ouch) and '95, as well as kept them from the playoffs in other years.

So in closing, I have no love of the Fish or the J-E-T-S, but without question the Patsies are #1 on my hate list. It's hard to hate a crappy team, and the Fish suck.

[HAMMER]

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This is ridiculous, you whipper snappers have no respect for history. The Dolphins have always been and will always be the Bills biggest rivals. This rivalry is bigger than your "hatred" for the Pats recent success, or your disdain for the Jets. Though this season has been disappointing, a victory over the putrid Phish will soothe lots of souls.

[Dolphinatic]

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I agree that the rivalry isn't much at the moment with both teams so mediocre. To be honest, I'd rather see the Bills win the division this year than the Pats, if I had to choose (not that that's any more likely than Miami winning it, at this point).

[fushetti]

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This is ridiculous, you whipper snappers have no respect for history. The Dolphins have always been and will always be the Bills biggest rivals. This rivalry is bigger than your "hatred" for the Pats recent success, or your disdain for the Jets. Though this season has been disappointing, a victory over the putrid Phish will soothe lots of souls.

Hammer, a win over the Dolphins this week does nothing for me, I'm sorry. Theyre a crappy football team, and the Bills are the biggest disappointment of the last three years. Now, a win over Tedy Bruschi (Oh yeah and the Patriots) a few weeks back, that wouldve been exciting. But yeah, we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

I have tremendous respect for history. I'm not really a fan of the new Bills uniforms...I long for the days of the K-Gun... As a Sabres fan, I miss the blue and gold...etc. I appreciate the rivalry the Bills and Dolphins had/have, but to get all fired up for a game thats going to put the winner at 5-7 is not appetizing. Shula and Marino are gone.. Marv and Kelly are gone. Anyone pumped up for the JP/whoever their QB is matchup?

My hope is that they don't run all over us and beat us this week. The bus is warming in the parking lot and these players want this year to end.

[fushetti]

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I disagree. I hate the Bills with a PASSION. Maybe it was due to all the Marino-Kelly matchups, but I love to watch Miami KILL THE BILLS. I just wish they would do it more frequently...

Love that sig Samphin