NFL Wild-Card Weekend thread

[MileHigh]

Can you imagine this board if oop was a Rams fan? The rams got utterly boned on a missed PI on third down on their final drive in the fourth quarter. Oh well. They were the benefactor on a missed PI years ago in the NFC championship game. Some calls go your way, some don't. Complaining about refs calls is such a loser's lament, and most males outgrow it after middle school.

I talked with my Rams fan boss today for the first time since the game and he was lamenting for 5-10 minutes about the non-calls, lost chances, hating the 49ers, said it will take a long time for him to get over it. I didn't bring up the Saints game from a few years ago.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

No shaming intended. One of the few benefits of an upbringing and a residence at this latitude is a chance to speak with a modicum of authority on matters of hellish winter weather. Does anyone need the "How Lake Effect Snow Works!" tutorial?

The Keweenaw Peninsula (/UPthreadjack), easily the most celebrated lake effect band in Lake Superior, has reported 46" of new snow in the last five days.

I do appreciate the explanation of how complicated it is! I could picture the narrowness of the staircases but not the rows. I still think @DanOregon's idea about a bright engineering student has a lot of merit, though.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

The Buffalo Bills, Inc. are a billion dollar corporation. The NFL should have ordered the Buffalo Bills to spend whatever money it took to clear the stands of snow.

They should have offered any Bills employee $750 straight up to help shovel out the snow. If that didn't get enough people, offer outsiders $500 to do it.

 

[Octave]

Tell me you didn't watch the game, or at least didn't pay attention, without telling me you didn't watch the game.

I do confess I was playing in the snow myself! With someone else, of course.
I never thought in my lifetime a playoff game would be staged on a Monday afternoon.
There was a game at Mile High in the 80s when Broncos fans threw snowballs at a critical point in the game. And then the famous 1995 Chargers-Giants snowball fight at the Meadowlands.

 

[MileHigh]

1985. Broncos vs. 49ers.

4:20 mark.

 

[Batman]

1985. Broncos vs. 49ers.

4:20 mark.

Holy ****. I had never seen that clip, nor even heard of that incident.

 

[Batman]

They should have offered any Bills employee $750 straight up to help shovel out the snow. If that didn't get enough people, offer outsiders $500 to do it.

Heard someone point out the other day that the amount of money might not be the issue. The people they're trying to recruit probably just spent most of the day digging out their own houses and driveways and are tired, sore and frozen. The last thing they want to do is go spend another eight hours shoveling snow. And even if they do, they still have to hope the streets are plowed so they can get to the stadium.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Bull****.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Heard someone point out the other day that the amount of money might not be the issue. The people they're trying to recruit probably just spent most of the day digging out their own houses and driveways and are tired, sore and frozen. The last thing they want to do is go spend another eight hours shoveling snow. And even if they do, they still have to hope the streets are plowed so they can get to the stadium.

I am positive that almost every home in the Orchard Park area, and I mean like 99 percent of 'em, has a big honking snowblower in the garage.

 

[Huggy]

Buddy of mine has Bills season tickets in the upper deck. He was there Monday and said nobody had come anywhere near his section with a shovel or snow blower.Hhe said by the end of the game the stairs became extremely treacherous as they had got very icy during the game. Given the snow they are expecting this week who knows what it'll look like at Rich Stadium by kickoff Sunday night.

 

[TigerVols]

Buddy of mine has Bills season tickets in the upper deck. He was there Monday and said nobody had come anywhere near his section with a shovel or snow blower.Hhe said by the end of the game the stairs became extremely treacherous as they had got very icy during the game. Given the snow they are expecting this week who knows what it'll look like at Rich Stadium by kickoff Sunday night.

Maybe borrow the seating tarps that used to cover the Jag’s stadium?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Maybe borrow the seating tarps that used to cover the Jag’s stadium?

Ya know, this is actually a good idea if its feasible, since pulling snow off of a tarp should be easier than going through each individual row.

 

[playthrough]

Ya know, this is actually a good idea if its feasible, since pulling snow off of a tarp should be easier than going through each individual row.

But how? If it's got 2-3 feet of snow do you just let it avalanche down to the lower bowl and have even bigger piles there to deal with?

Why is this so oddly fascinating?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

But how? If it's got 2-3 feet of snow do you just let it avalanche down to the lower bowl and have even bigger piles there to deal with?

Why is this so oddly fascinating?

In my best Jake Taylor voice, "tarp the whole ****in' thing." All sections, top and bottom.

Shovel out the steps, then clear the upper sections down onto the lower ones, then clear those onto the sidelines.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

How many flaming shots would the Bills Mafia have to do before the residual heat melts the snow? Perhaps they should just move the tailgate into the stadium.

 

[da man]

Thwy don't need snowblowers. They need flamethrowers.

 

[Batman]

But how? If it's got 2-3 feet of snow do you just let it avalanche down to the lower bowl and have even bigger piles there to deal with?

Why is this so oddly fascinating?

One of the videos last week showed that they were shoveling the snow into a chute, which ran down the steps to the lower levels. Of course, being Buffalo, the video also showed one of the workers taking off his shirt, getting into the chute, and riding it down like a slide in order to push the snow along.

 

[poindexter]

Shovel out the steps

Just lay a section of carpet/astroturf on each column of steps before the snow.

Pick it up last, a couple hours before the stadium opens

 

[outofplace]

There is literally no room for disagreement. It simply is not there.

https://www.buffalobills.com/video/...td-run-by-qb-in-nfl-history-bills-vs-steelers




It was a joke based on the JFK conspiracy theory post which I was responding to. But you knew that.

I get the joke, but y'all were going there to dismiss the officials failing to do their jobs and address snowballs being thrown at players on the sidelines, and in at least one instance, while a Steeler was trying to catch the ball.

I watched the video multiple times. I'm sorry your biases will not allow you to see it.

 

[outofplace]

Dude, you're making things up about Allen sliding. That's what I'm referring to.

I'm not making anything up. He hesitated and leaned back as if he was about to slide, then powered forward. It wasn't as obvious was what Pickett did at Pitt, but it was there. As I said, I'm not even sure there is a rule against it in the NFL, but if you can't see it, I will just roll my eyes and move on.