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* One word: wind. The forecast was for temps in the 40s and winds steady 20-30 mph. What we got was much different. It was bitterly cold with wind gusts exceeding 50 mph. There were times that the wind would literally knock you off balance during the game if you stood up. A small portion of the Bills' field house roof was ripped off by wind; tree branches down, etc. EVERYTHING in this game was about who had the wind at their back and how it would affect passing/kicking. I'm sure this was pretty evident on television.
* Our seats were parallel to the north goal line, 24 rows up from the field. We had a perfect close-up view of Ghost's extra-point kick after the game's only touchdown. The kick went really high and seem to hang in the air forever before it came straight down barely clearing the crossbar. It was the freakiest thing I've ever seen, apart from the wind knocking the goal post crooked causing them to stop the game so it could be straightened out before Ghost's one missed field goal attempt. It was kind of funny, Bills defensive players were clowning around motioning to the grounds crewmen to tilt it more in the other direction.
* Bills radio was speculating after the game that BB told the defense to start a fight at the end of the first half so the Bills would get distracted and let the clock run out before they could kick a game-tying field goal. Amazingly, the Bills couldn't get their field goal unit on the field with 17 seconds left. Then, AFTER time ran out, all the Pats immediately ran into the tunnel and into the locker room while Jauron and a bunch of Bills players crowded around the refs and argued that the clock should've been stopped. Bills fans booed like crazy, and the jumbotron kept showing the Pats "molesting" Bills players which killed time after the last play. Jauron was crazy to waste several minutes like that arguing for a flag that wasn't thrown when the half was over and he should've had his players in the locker room making adjustments.
* Cassel's pooch punt was a stroke of genius. It was wild how the wind made the ball roll all the way down to the 2-yard line.
* The pass to Welker AGAINST the wind leading to the touchdown also was very clutch. That play drove the Bills fans around us nuts -- "How could they not cover that guy?!"
* The Bills played hard. They called some bonehead plays, though. I remember them throwing an incomplete pass against the wind on fourth and 1 or 2 at a critical point late in the game that reminded me of the disastrous call against the Jest with the game on the line a couple weeks prior.
* LOTS of Pats fans at the game; made a lot of noise in the end zones when Kelly Washington would come over to pump them up before kickoffs just like in Gillette. Of course, Bills fans also booed when he did that; it was pretty funny.
* Gotta give Bills fans a lot of credit for being pretty good-natured folks who love their team. Got some of the usual "Pats suck!" and "Cheaters!" needling, but nothing really nasty.
* Sorry to say that the Bills cheerleaders looked pretty amateurish in their routines. Maybe it was the wind.
* After the game, you could hear lots of Pats fans yelling the "J-E-T-S" chant. Too bad the Green Beans didn't come through for us. I really wanted to buy some AFC East Division Champs gear this year, which would've been quite an accomplishment.
* I can't believe the season is suddenly over. Still trying to get my head around being 11-5 with no playoff game to look forward to. I hope that next season, we come back with a vengeance. Sorry also to ponder that a few players like Cassel and Junior Seau have probably played their last in a Pats uniform. But, looking forward to having Adalius, Brady, Tank Williams, Wheatley, Maroney, etc., back and healthy again. Next season can't come soon enough!
* Our seats were parallel to the north goal line, 24 rows up from the field. We had a perfect close-up view of Ghost's extra-point kick after the game's only touchdown. The kick went really high and seem to hang in the air forever before it came straight down barely clearing the crossbar. It was the freakiest thing I've ever seen, apart from the wind knocking the goal post crooked causing them to stop the game so it could be straightened out before Ghost's one missed field goal attempt. It was kind of funny, Bills defensive players were clowning around motioning to the grounds crewmen to tilt it more in the other direction.
* Bills radio was speculating after the game that BB told the defense to start a fight at the end of the first half so the Bills would get distracted and let the clock run out before they could kick a game-tying field goal. Amazingly, the Bills couldn't get their field goal unit on the field with 17 seconds left. Then, AFTER time ran out, all the Pats immediately ran into the tunnel and into the locker room while Jauron and a bunch of Bills players crowded around the refs and argued that the clock should've been stopped. Bills fans booed like crazy, and the jumbotron kept showing the Pats "molesting" Bills players which killed time after the last play. Jauron was crazy to waste several minutes like that arguing for a flag that wasn't thrown when the half was over and he should've had his players in the locker room making adjustments.
* Cassel's pooch punt was a stroke of genius. It was wild how the wind made the ball roll all the way down to the 2-yard line.
* The pass to Welker AGAINST the wind leading to the touchdown also was very clutch. That play drove the Bills fans around us nuts -- "How could they not cover that guy?!"
* The Bills played hard. They called some bonehead plays, though. I remember them throwing an incomplete pass against the wind on fourth and 1 or 2 at a critical point late in the game that reminded me of the disastrous call against the Jest with the game on the line a couple weeks prior.
* LOTS of Pats fans at the game; made a lot of noise in the end zones when Kelly Washington would come over to pump them up before kickoffs just like in Gillette. Of course, Bills fans also booed when he did that; it was pretty funny.
* Gotta give Bills fans a lot of credit for being pretty good-natured folks who love their team. Got some of the usual "Pats suck!" and "Cheaters!" needling, but nothing really nasty.
* Sorry to say that the Bills cheerleaders looked pretty amateurish in their routines. Maybe it was the wind.
* After the game, you could hear lots of Pats fans yelling the "J-E-T-S" chant. Too bad the Green Beans didn't come through for us. I really wanted to buy some AFC East Division Champs gear this year, which would've been quite an accomplishment.
* I can't believe the season is suddenly over. Still trying to get my head around being 11-5 with no playoff game to look forward to. I hope that next season, we come back with a vengeance. Sorry also to ponder that a few players like Cassel and Junior Seau have probably played their last in a Pats uniform. But, looking forward to having Adalius, Brady, Tank Williams, Wheatley, Maroney, etc., back and healthy again. Next season can't come soon enough!
