Star Choice no longer provides the Buffalo network affiliates. This is why I saw none of the game live. All of the CBS and CTV affiliates I could find on the guide were carrying the Colts and the Texans. So, we exercised, watched a little basketball, checked the out of town scores and left the cottage around 3.30pm with the score tied at 14.
The WGR crew was fixated on the last touchdown - as in, were they "running up the score" when they could have taken a knee and run the clock down leading by 10. It's been so long since this has been a consideration that I think the Bills coaching staff simply kept calling plays right until the end. This week's preparations did not include a plan for whether or not to run up the score. Wins are always good - even if they cost you 2 or 3 places in the draft.
I did see the end of the Titans game and Vince Young converted on 4th down 3 times, including on the last play of the game. They could finish 10-6 after starting 0-6. Peter King said emphatically that the Colts would lose at Houston yesterday but they did not. Monday night features a great match up with the Patriots at New Orleans. And, Saskatchewan is up on Montreal in the 3rd quarter of the Grey Cup.
I have traded my tickets for Thursday's game for a pair of good Raptors tickets. I'm sure I will watch it on TV - as long as it sells out by Monday at 8.20pm.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Jaguars 18, Bills 15
The Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals annual conference and expo is underway and I worked both days this weekend on our expo booth, giveaways, draws, prizes, computer/TV looping video and on happily meeting clients and others who attended the expo on Sunday afternoon. I chaired the conference planning committee for our company and I'm happy to say that everything is fine so far. Better than fine, actually. I had many compliments on the booth so I'm happy about that. On Monday, we give away the TV.
I have just moments ago seen the Youtube video of Eric Wood's leg fracture. About as gruesome as you see with these things - maybe not quite as bad as Theisman's but not far from it. A clean tib/fib break, as someone wrote, and it's now a question of whether he will play in the NFL again. The Bills number 2 pick this year has played very well on the interior offensive line and it would be a shame for him if his promising career ended today. Best wishes to him for a full recovery, starting with walking again.
Missed all of the game at the expo today. In chatting with those in attendance, I heard more than a few people grumbling about having to miss football today - which was certainly a feeling I had too. We had a TV in our booth playing a looping corporate promotional video which admittedly was of little interest to anyone. Someone said that if we were showing football instead, we would attract a large number of delegates with it. I sort of dismissed the idea at first but then it started to make sense: Driving people to your booth is a primary goal at these trade shows. And, we could carry it one step further: During the plentiful TV commercial breaks which are an unpleasant feature of NFL TV viewing, we could insert portions of our corporate video rather than the network TV commercials. Viewers would miss none of the game and we would get our messages out to a significant audience who would actually be watching at the time. Don't know what we would play for the Monday evening portion of the expo. Need to work on that.
Perry Fewell is 0-1 as a head coach. The Bills are now 3-7 on the season. Our offensive line is deteriorating with each game. Where do we go from here? I guess the answer is we go to Orchard Park to face the Dolphins and go with best team we can field and see what happens. The 2010 draft is a good quarterback draft, apparently, so it would be nice to get a high pick now that nothing else really matters.
I have just moments ago seen the Youtube video of Eric Wood's leg fracture. About as gruesome as you see with these things - maybe not quite as bad as Theisman's but not far from it. A clean tib/fib break, as someone wrote, and it's now a question of whether he will play in the NFL again. The Bills number 2 pick this year has played very well on the interior offensive line and it would be a shame for him if his promising career ended today. Best wishes to him for a full recovery, starting with walking again.
Missed all of the game at the expo today. In chatting with those in attendance, I heard more than a few people grumbling about having to miss football today - which was certainly a feeling I had too. We had a TV in our booth playing a looping corporate promotional video which admittedly was of little interest to anyone. Someone said that if we were showing football instead, we would attract a large number of delegates with it. I sort of dismissed the idea at first but then it started to make sense: Driving people to your booth is a primary goal at these trade shows. And, we could carry it one step further: During the plentiful TV commercial breaks which are an unpleasant feature of NFL TV viewing, we could insert portions of our corporate video rather than the network TV commercials. Viewers would miss none of the game and we would get our messages out to a significant audience who would actually be watching at the time. Don't know what we would play for the Monday evening portion of the expo. Need to work on that.
Perry Fewell is 0-1 as a head coach. The Bills are now 3-7 on the season. Our offensive line is deteriorating with each game. Where do we go from here? I guess the answer is we go to Orchard Park to face the Dolphins and go with best team we can field and see what happens. The 2010 draft is a good quarterback draft, apparently, so it would be nice to get a high pick now that nothing else really matters.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Titans 41, Bills 17
An unseasonably mild weekend in Muskoka but it was the first one since last April where there was pretty much nobody around on the lake. No lights, no leaf blowers, no ATV's. It takes longer every fall to get to this point but we have arrived. We exercised a lot and my legs are sore as I sit in the condo Sunday evening. We went riding when Tennessee went ahead 27-17 and missed the last 2 touchdowns. Then we jumped in the lake right after. It has to be quick and you have to be hot but it's worth it.
Tomorrow begins a busy week at the office and it will begin with some big and rather unexpected news. Then, the conference and trade show this coming weekend and I'm looking forward to it being over. I hope we have a good showing. I have worked hard to put it together and we need a successful event and the momentum it would bring heading into next year.
The international news this evening after the APEC Conference is that a new comprehensive agreement on GHG emmissions is unlikely, heading into the Copenhagen Summit next month. Our Prime Minister points out that "We're in the middle of a recession" and we must keep that in mind in tackling this problem. Too bad that atmospheric CO2 levels don't seem to go down during a recession.
Well, the Bills continue to stumble their way through this joke of a season. Up next: at Jacksonville. I wonder how many empty seats there will be for that one. It now seems very unlikely that that they will even get to 7-9 so Dick Jauron will at least have produced a different result this season. And that's what's important. 7-9 would have been so predictable.
Tomorrow begins a busy week at the office and it will begin with some big and rather unexpected news. Then, the conference and trade show this coming weekend and I'm looking forward to it being over. I hope we have a good showing. I have worked hard to put it together and we need a successful event and the momentum it would bring heading into next year.
The international news this evening after the APEC Conference is that a new comprehensive agreement on GHG emmissions is unlikely, heading into the Copenhagen Summit next month. Our Prime Minister points out that "We're in the middle of a recession" and we must keep that in mind in tackling this problem. Too bad that atmospheric CO2 levels don't seem to go down during a recession.
Well, the Bills continue to stumble their way through this joke of a season. Up next: at Jacksonville. I wonder how many empty seats there will be for that one. It now seems very unlikely that that they will even get to 7-9 so Dick Jauron will at least have produced a different result this season. And that's what's important. 7-9 would have been so predictable.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Texans 31, Bills 10
After Houston went ahead 24-10 in the 4th quarter, Siobhan and I went running and mountain biking around Clear Lake, respectively, hoping for a miracle come-back but knowing that it was highly unlikely. We were on the road by 4:30pm and home by 7pm.
We listened to the call in show on WGR 550 for a little while if only to get a break from the wall to wall swine flu coverage. "Why doesn't Jauron just quit?", asked one caller who thought that he should admit failure now and let someone else give it a try. "We need a new coach, a new quarterback and a new offensive line" revealed another - as if it were possible to rotate these in and out until we get the right formula. WGR's Mike Schope, who has to try intelligently respond without appearing to blow off every caller, tries to find someone - anyone with something constructive to say. "Owens is dogging it. Bench him and let Steve Johnson get some reps" said another and, with this, he agreed. It does seem like he gives up too quickly on some balls and generally looks like he would rather be somewhere else. Isn't Owens the kind of player you go after if you think you're one or two pieces away from being a Superbowl contender?
At least I sawed a lot of wood this weekend. We're in good shape for the winter. High winds brought down some trees on Saturday afternoon. More firewood for next year.
After 8 games, now comes the bye week. I'd rather just get on with it really. Like we need more ruminating about what changes are needed for next year. Ralph turned 91 recently. Maybe he should quit now as owner, admit that the team can not succeed with him calling the shots anymore and see what someone else can do. Or sit Owens.
We listened to the call in show on WGR 550 for a little while if only to get a break from the wall to wall swine flu coverage. "Why doesn't Jauron just quit?", asked one caller who thought that he should admit failure now and let someone else give it a try. "We need a new coach, a new quarterback and a new offensive line" revealed another - as if it were possible to rotate these in and out until we get the right formula. WGR's Mike Schope, who has to try intelligently respond without appearing to blow off every caller, tries to find someone - anyone with something constructive to say. "Owens is dogging it. Bench him and let Steve Johnson get some reps" said another and, with this, he agreed. It does seem like he gives up too quickly on some balls and generally looks like he would rather be somewhere else. Isn't Owens the kind of player you go after if you think you're one or two pieces away from being a Superbowl contender?
At least I sawed a lot of wood this weekend. We're in good shape for the winter. High winds brought down some trees on Saturday afternoon. More firewood for next year.
After 8 games, now comes the bye week. I'd rather just get on with it really. Like we need more ruminating about what changes are needed for next year. Ralph turned 91 recently. Maybe he should quit now as owner, admit that the team can not succeed with him calling the shots anymore and see what someone else can do. Or sit Owens.
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