So many fans are worried about Toronto getting an NFL team, except for the people that live in Toronto themselves. I mean we have pin drop silent hockey games, sarcastic basketball fans and barely present CFL fans. And these people clinging to Ralph Wilson's legacy think we are in the running?
Come on.
Bills fans that are from Canada don't want the bills moving here. They love going across the border. Drinking inferior beer. Since they were kids this has been apart of their experience. The last thing they want is the Bills getting all "Torontoed up"
On the other hand there are tonnes of NFL fans in here, but none of them want the team that ends up donning the first Canadian team's jersey to be the Bills. They want a team that will go up against the Bills. Preferable in a playoff game so that Buffalo can pull off one of their patented screw-ups that cost them the game.
Of course this the audition. Can we provide the same kind of moxie that Bills' fans have at home games? Can we wake up early on Sunday and drink plenty of booze in a piss filled parking lot? Can we find 75,000 people willing to do that eight times a year for an event that doesn't have ice, fighting, and powerplays?
Yes. And Buffalo fans should embrace it. Season ticket holders may be able to see nine game a year. The average Buffalonian can urinate on street that other people have heard of. They can see the inside of Canadian drunk tanks. They can rub in the faces of diehard hockey fans that Buffalo's team is way better than the Leafs.
*on a side note- to people on local Buffalo blogs that are making fun of the spelling of centre in "the Rogers Centre" please take a look at the name Sabres.
So people of Buffalo, go out! Act stupid. Do enough that will make for a great story later. After all, I've been to four Bills games, and I don't know who played, who won, or whether she was pretty, but it was a great story!
Jamie
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