Being A Bills Fan: The Economical Choice

// September 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Sure, some have compared being a Bills fan to being the smartest kid on the short bus, but guess what?  Those are two honors I’ve proudly enjoyed.  Well it turns out there are now even more reasons to like the Bills, aside from the self loathing and propensity to be stuck in the early ’90s (were you a Bill-liever?).  According to TeamMarketing.com the Buffalo Bills are the cheapest team to take a family of 4 t0: $303.96 sense.  Not sure what that is in “loonies” for our Canadian contingent. The most expensive?  You guessed it, Dallas Cowboys at $758.58 (New England in a close second with $597.25).  Look, someone has to pay for the “Jerry-Tron” and that means you stupid Cowboys fan.

Other highlights:

The cheapest place for a 16oz beer?  Tampa Bay or Greenbay for $5.75.  Which is a steal.  I think.

Minnesota and Cincinnati have the cheapest hotdogs, for $3.00 a piece.  A small price to pay for all that delicious pork “product.”

Team Marketing Research [TMR]

Prices Do Not Include Your First Born [Deadspin]

9 Questions With A Patriots Cheerleader

// September 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I know, I know.  I have the absolute worst job in the world.  I did an interview with Patriots Cheerleader Alyssa Tosoni.  Not only was she a great interview, she’s also a great person.

1. You go to school at UConn, which is split between Giants fans and Patriots fans. With such a heated rivalry, how do you deal with representing the Pats on the field and on campus?

Tosoni: I actually transferred to the University of Rhode Island, but like UConn, URI has many Giants fans. Being a Patriots cheerleader and Patriots fan, I am so proud to have the ability to represent my favorite team on campus, so I can take a little banter from Giants fans every now and again. I think a heated rivalry is one of the best parts of being a sports fan.

2. What advice do you have for all the girlfriends of sports nuts out there?

Tosoni: Let them enjoy it! It’s important for everyone to be passionate about something, and for guys, it’s often sports. I would advise girls to put some effort in trying to enjoy the sports their guys like, and turn it into something they can do together. As long as the guys aren’t trading in their girlfriends for ESPN and nachos every night, I think it’s a healthy habit.

3. Besides the Patriots, what teams do you root for?

Tosoni: My dad is a huge sports fan, so I also grew up rooting for the Red Sox and the Celtics. In high school, I started to follow college basketball and football and attended many of the UConn games. It didn’t take long for me to become a fan of the Huskies as well.

My Life As A Buffalo Bills Fan

// September 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

What the hell happened last night?  In some complete and total karmic-cosmic retribution, the Bills managed to play themselves out of a win over the Pats last night.  Worst part? I was at the game.  I am an unabashed Buffalo fan, and as we jumped up on the Pats with 4 minutes left by two possessions, I literally turned to my former teammate Yianni and said, “Alright bro, no repeats of Bills-Cowboys Monday night from last year.”  I don’t know why I said it, but  I did.  And just like that, the meltdown began.

15 points in the 4th quarter?  A stiff, even more immobile Tom Brady engineering the win? Buffalo’s  Leodis McKelvin seemingly pondering taking a knee only in a cruel twist of fate deciding to take the ball out of the endzone and promptly turn it over to the Patriots?  Welcome to Bill’s football.  If we have learned anything from this, it’s that football is a cruel mistress, and being a Buffalo Bills fan is slowly  becoming the football equivalent of rooting for the Red Sox:  It’s not that they lose, it’s that they manage to do it in such a spectacular, heart breaking fashion.

side note:

I was fortunate enough to meet some of the Bills players after the game.  I saw former Louisville player, Eric Wood.  Eric and I matched up two seasons against each other.  Yes he remembered me.  And no, he couldn’t have been more gracious.   Excellent draft pick there.