Monday Afternoon Assesment

Unlucky Number 2
Well another weekend has gone by and another #2 team has fallen. According to my research, the #2 ranked team in the country has been upset in 5 or the 10 weeks this season and at least 1 top 5 team has lost each of the last six weeks. This weekend Boston College played into my prediction by falling to lowly Florida State in a monsoon in Chestnut Hill. If it wasn't for a sloppy fourth quarter, Alabama would have upset LSU causing mayhem at the top of the BCS once again. Not to mention the bragging rights I would have had if all four of my upset alerts from last week would have held true (2 of 4). Well that is with the exception of Kansas shutting me up and drop 76 points on Nebraska. Bill Callahan can't find the door soon enough.

Speaking of Corn
So, the atmosphere out here in Buffalo is pretty good. The Buffalo Bills are 4-4 and overacheiving tremendously on the defensive side of the football with our offense waking up against poor defenses and gaining cofidence. In a lesser spectrum, The University of Buffalo Bulls are one game away from clinching a tie for the MAC East title. Yes, those Bulls. The same team that over the last 10 years has maybe won 20 games total (an average of 2 a year). Second year head coach Turner Gill has begun to turn a program around that was absolutely dismal the last decade. However, this excitement should be shortly lived. I've heard Gill say he wants to stay in Buffalo and turn the program around but lets face it. Turner Gill is a Nebraska Cornhusker. He won a national title there, his former coach is the new AD and the current head coach is quickly on a plane back to a NFL assistant coaching job. All the pieces align for Turner to be on the first flight to Lincoln at the end of the college season. Again leaving Bulls fans again excited.

Madden in Buffalo?
I am proud to be one of the first sports sites to announce to my reader(s) that the next Buffalo Bills home game will be moved to the 8:15pm slot and broadcast Nationwide on NBC. Inside sources have confirmed this and it is expected to be announced within the hour (3pm est). This is shaping up to either be an incredible season for the Bills and thier fans, after what looked to be early on a 2-14 season. However, solid play and an overachieving defense has the Bills at .500 with a very favorable schedule. Not to mention their toughest games coming up are at home and could (looking ahead at the schedule) all be subject to flex scheduling. After winless Miami next week, New England is about to be officially a home game and after the MNF game and the intensity of the crowd that game could be closer than many think. Not to mention every year Buffalo plays New England close once and Brady has never experienced the Bills crowd at any time other than at 1pm on a Sunday when everyone is nursing a hang over. Also, weather will be a factor. I know NE has the same temps but the big 3 are not accustomed to snow. Stallworth spent his career in New Orleans and last season began to slow down once it got cold. Moss only played 2 games a year in the snow (green bay and Chicago). And Wes Welker always struggled in those December games up in Buffalo. I may be the first to proclaim that I feel the nation will be shocked. After that, the Bills schedule looks like this:
@ Jacksonville - Run heavy team against a good run defense with a injured QB expected to get his first start in 5 weeks
@ Washington - Struggled against a Jets team and after a solid start is starting to struggle against it's AFC foes
vs. Miami - need i say more
@ Cleveland - with the Browns 1 game back of the NFC north title and in the lead for the wild card and the bills possibly coming in at 7-6 or 8-5 this game could be worth a lot more and be moved to primetime.
vs. NYG - again could be subject to big things and perhaps the sunday night game 2 days before xmas.
@ Philly - by then the team could be handed over to the new QB and philly could be looking towards the future with the Andy Reid issues and Donovan McNabb on his way out of town.
Looking at this and my reasons, this could be a very interesting stretch. As a Buffalo fan my whole life, especially the last 3 years, I will not mention a certain word. However, if the Bills can continue to improve and beat teams they should beat as well as teams with better records but with weaker schedules we could not only be looking at 3 prime time home games in one season, but an event like no other. If only they played in the NFC or the AFC West and not in the same division as the Patriots.

Canada, eh?
Rogers will not buy the Buffalo Bills. He may buy a bunch of luxory boxes to help make revenue on one of the largest capacity stadiums in the NFL (65,000+ to an average of 55,000). But the Bills will not move to Toronto or anywhere else. Injunctions by the city along with big name former players and investors will step up and do something before Ralph dies. Which quite possibly could be very soon with the way he is pissing off fans. Not to mention sources on the internet claiming that the Losman, Edwards thing is 90% financial. Until Ralph is willing to spend big money on premier players we can kiss Losman, Evans and both Lynch and Edwards good bye as soon as their contracts are up. I hate to wish against the welfare of one individual, but we'll never be speaking the P word until Ralph starts to realize he has enough money and begins to invest in his team and keeping Marquee players.

Chew on This
So the other day Giselle proclaimed she will only sign contracts that pay out in any currency other than US. The question now is, how long until she convinces her robot Tom Brady to demand the same from the Krafts?

Watching the end of Superbowl 41.5, When did Peyton turn into Eli and vice-versa?
- I mean his players kept that game close.

Randy Moss is good. He doesn't like to get hit, but Moss, NOT Brady is the reason New England is 9-0.

New England is beatable and will not go 16-0!!!

Stay Rowdy
-DG1