Hello all!!!

GREAT NEWS!!! GREGG WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RELEASED AS HEAD COACH OF THE BUFFALO BILLS!!! It was announced yesterday in a press conference and Bills GM Tom Donahoe has said money is not an issue in hiring the best possible new head coach. We will keep you updated throughout the off-season. Please visit www.BillsDaily.com for complete coverage.

Buffalo
So I went to the Bills-Dolphins game last week which was ugly and I won’t talk about. However, the Bills invited me to attend the 2003 Bills Awards Ceremony the following day at the Sheraton Hotel. Players such as Travis Henry, Pat Williams, Coy Wire and Brian Moorman were in attendance, as well as Tom Donahoe and owner Ralph Wilson. At the start of the program they made me stand up and they talked about our club to the 2-300 people in attendance, which officially put us on the map with the organization and got a loud applause. I also got to meet Tom Donahoe and he congratulated us on starting such a great group here in NYC.

Afterwards, the Bills invited me back to the stadium (after I stopped by the new Duffs in Orchard Park and tried their wings which were really good!) and I got a tour of the facility, including the weight room, locker room, media room, and the practice facility. I even had them take a picture of me in front of Travis Henry and Willis McGahee’s lockers, which were ironically next to each other. It was funny walking around and seeing players walk by like it was a regular office. I never realized how big Drew Bledsoe is, he’s a monster!

Anyways, the Bills and I discussed building a better relationship between the team and our group, which is now the biggest in the world and still growing! One idea is organizing a trip for us to Buffalo and doing a weekend there, incuding a tour similar to what I got, which was really cool! We will keep you updated, and feel free to give us your suggestions.

Drew Bledsoe Special
Well, Matt Soreco said the Drew Bledsoe special aired on CBS, but didn’t include us. I’m speechless. What can I say?

Garbage Plate
My brother-in-law in Rochester took me out for my first garbage plate the other night. Those of you from Rochester should know exactly what this is. I can say that after several drinks, it tasted like heaven. How would you guys feel about having a garbage plate at McFadden’s?

OK….I am back in the office for 2 days then out again, so I am still in vacation mode with not much to do. Send me some emails…tell me about garbage plates, your Christmas experiences, how much you love McFadden’s on Sundays, what you’d like to see us do! ENTERTAIN ME!!!

— Matt “talkin proud and returned to NYC with plenty of Chivettas BBQ Marinade” Kabel

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick e-mail to wish everyone a very happy holidays! Also, we WILL be showing Saturday’s game at McFadden’s. The game starts at 1:30.

I hope to see you there!

— Matt Soreco

Hello 650 Bills fans;

Well we’re out of the playoffs. But there’s some good news! We can spoil playoff hopes for our most hated rival, the freakin stinkin no good Dolphins. Sunday, 12/21 is the Bills 2003 Super Bowl! I want to see numbers. Be there to see the Bills fillet the fish and continue the Dolphins yearly tradition – the December slide. DO NOT miss it!!! Watching a handful of highlights of a Dolphins butchery on ESPN does not compare to watching it with hundreds of fellow Bills fans.

Check out BillsDaily.com’s Game Preview
http://www.billsdaily.com/gameday/

Important note
Just a heads up… Next week’s game, the final game of the season, is SATURDAY 12/27.

I’ll see you all, yes ALL of you on Sunday!

— Matt Soreco

Hello Bills fans!

Sorry, couldn’t get rid of me just yet!

It looks like Pat Williams is going to receive the Tops Bills Game Ball of the Week for his performance in yesterday’s game.

I remembered last year that he and Coy Wire came in second place when we were picking players to interview (Josh Reed won), so I contacted the Bills and asked if our members could ask Pat some questions this week. They said yes!

So, please email me your questions for Pat with your name and where you are emailing from and I’ll forward them onto him and he’ll answer them by the end of the week!

— Matt “talkin proud and going to ask Big Pat some questions!” Kabel

Hello all 650 NYC Bills fans,

Well, what can I say? A season that had so much promise is now over, as the Bills were eliminated from the playoff race by 2 points. Len Pasquarelli of ESPN just reported that Gregg Williams will be fired after the New England game. Looks like some more big changes will be occurring within our organization in two weeks and the list of candidates for Gregg’s job is being built. Looks like Tom Coughlin and Jim Haslett are front runners.

Jevon Kearse, Terrell Owens, Ty Law, Champ Baily…these are some free agents who could be wearing red, white and blue next season. We should also expect to see Willis McGhee get some playing time the next two weeks. Its going to be another long, but hopefully exciting off-season!

All I want for Christmas is to knock the Dolphins out of the playoffs, and I’ll sleep better through the off-season.

Due Praise
I must offer due praise to the over 220 Bills fans who showed up to McFadden’s yesterday, it was great to see most of the regulars there and a lot of new faces. Thanks to all who showed up!

Matt Soreco, in charge
Well, I will be on a plane to Western New York this Saturday. I’ll be attending the Dolphins/Bills game and then remaining in WNY for the Pats game. This means good ol’ Matt Soreco will be leading the charge at McFadden’s for the rest of the season while I am re-visiting my roots in Orchard Park and spending time with my nephew and other family members in Rochester.

So long…

So, thank you Bills fans for making McFadden’s such a great place to hang out at to watch Bills games this season, what a roller coaster ride of emotions. And thanks to the 300 new members that signed up this fall. It wouldn’t be possible without all of you. I’ll see you guys at McFadden’s for the draft party!

— Matt “Talkin proud and will love the Bills and Buffalo til the day I die” Kabel

Hello all,

Just another reminder, the Bills play the Titans in a must-win game on Sunday at 1pm and it is NOT on local television.

I am rather excited for this as some members of the Galvin family will be there. They are the family I grew up next to in Orchard Park, and are 100% responsible for making me a Bills fan as I used to watch every game at their house and tailgate with them. I must offer them this due praise as Sundays at McFadden’s is basically a model of their family room!

Vincent Gallo
Well, I’ve traded some emails with Vincent Gallo about his Page 6 comments in the NY Post (sorry!) yesterday. It seems the root of his anger is from Buffalo trashing his hit movie “Buffalo 66” and the unfair treatment his sister has received from the Buffalo Court system, among other things although he won’t admit it out-right. I hold no bad feelings for Mr. Gallo as he is from Buffalo, so he has every right to criticize it. He’s somebody who is bitter towards the city, but if turned around could have a great positive impact on Buffalo.

Well, today is the HSS Holiday Party! As always, I have brought in egg nog and brandy and will be distributing it to my fellow Christmas drunks around the hospital!

— Matt “talkin proud and going to chug egg nog and brandy” Kabel

Hello all,

Well, the Daily News is nothing but BAD news for us Buffalonians. Member Paplo deRosas just sent me this article in today’s Daily News about Vincent Gallo, our native director (Buffalo ’66), trashing Buffalo.

DIRECTOR RAGES AT HOME TOWN
VINCENT Gallo has no kind words for his snow-swept hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. – which he immortalized in the 1998 movie “Buffalo 66.”

“It’s ridiculous, inbred, like ‘Deliverance’ with smokestacks,” said the indie icon. “I take a [bleep] on the city.” He has reason to be angry. Gallo’s sister Janine, a local convenience store owner, is serving six months in jail – merely for trying to help a minor who asked her for protection against an abusive father, she claims.

When the girl visited Janine at her store and complained of severe physical abuse, she found a sympathetic ear. Others in the neighborhood corroborated the allegations, claiming that the girl had been spotted numerous times barefoot and crying in Buffalo’s freezing weather.

Janine filed a report with social services – which backfired. The youth’s family took out a restraining order against Janine, barring her from talking to their daughter and launched a smear campaign insinuating she was interested sexually in the teen. The girl continued to phone Janine, who eventually took her calls, thus violating the restraining order. She was charged with contempt and with trespassing after she visited the girl’s high school on an unrelated errand. Janine pleaded guilty to three counts of misdemeanors and received the maximum jail sentence.

Said Vincent, “My sister is an incredibly likable and popular and generous person. What’s she supposed to do when the girl calls her hysterically crying?”

A group of locals picketed, vandalized and destroyed her store, while others in the community rallied around her in support. Though jail time is generally shortened for first-time nonviolent offenses, Judge Frank Caruso was not lenient with Janine; she remains behind bars.

Said her brother, who has done extensive volunteer work with prison inmates, “I’ve never heard anybody having this rough a time. They’re treating her especially badly because of these completely false allegations that she is a sexual predator. If you reach out to abused children in America, be careful.”

The embittered actor has hired a lawyer, but, “Nothing is reasonable in Buffalo. I’m used to doing business in New York and Los Angeles – it’s coming back to me why I put my thumb up on the Interstate when I was 15.”

— Matt “takin proud even if Vincent Gallo isn’t” Kabel

Hello all,

Well well well…the Bills are on a two game winning streak for the first time since the start of the season. 3 more wins and there is a chance we’ll see our boys in the post-season! The Bills head to Nashville this weekend to take on the Titans, Sunday at 1pm.

Now, as the other Matt said, turnout was very low last weekend, lower than last season’s finale against the Bengals. We’re Buffalonians, so snow is not an excuse. Also, there were several Jets fans in attendance for the game, who expressed interest in making McFadden’s a Jets bar because “we are on their turf.” I think you see where I am going with this. Don’t be fair-weathered fans (like Jets and Dolphin fans). This will also be my last weekend at McFadden’s for the regular season, I will be in WNY for the last two games, so swing by and say good-bye!

Coaching
There is a good article on BillsDaily about the probability that Gregg Williams will be back next year.
http://www.billsdaily.com/articles/chenelly/musing.shtml

Revenge
So Matt Soreco enjoys sending my High School picture out to 650 people. All I can say is payback’s a bitch. You’re going down Soreco!

— Matt “talkin proud and hoping my fellow fans aren’t fair weathered!” Kabel

Hello 650 Bills Fans;

It’s quite nice to see the Bills put up back to back wins against New York errrr New Jersey area teams. We got back a little respect. Got a little redemption for the trouncing the Jets handed us in the Meadowlands. Most importantly, prevented any trash talking from co-workers.

There were quite a few Jets fans at McFadden’s on Sunday. Something I’m not proud of… Anyway sometime in the 4th quarter, I asked one Jets fan how it felt to be losing. How it felt to be watching the beating in OUR house on OUR TVs. He didn’t answer. But he asked ME how it felt to watch the Bills lose so bad against the Jets earlier in the season. Welp… I lowered my voice, lowered my head, and pretended for just a sec that he got me. Just as the jerk thought I was backing down, I popped back up and said “I REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW IT FELT!!! IT FELT A LOT LIKE HOW YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

BillsDaily.com
Check out Bills Daily’s post-game review!
http://www.billsdaily.com/gameday/

We want you!
We want to see all you there Sunday as the Bills take on the Titans at 1pm. And you know… The Bills are NOT out of it! I was not happy about the low turnout on Sunday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was some snow. And the game was televised… Unless you went to The Ralph, I don’t want to hear it!

Official Tailgate Spot
Before a lot of Bills home games, a lot of you ask Matt K. or me “who else is going up?” or “where’s the best spot to tailgate?” That’s why Matt and I decided to make Kenny’s “Red Pinto” tailgate the official NYCBBB tailgate location for all Bills home games! Kenny runs a well known tailgate and has even been filmed a few times by NFL Films. So anyone going up, make sure you stop by Kenny’s tailgate and be sure to tell him you represent the NYCBBB.
https://nycbbb.com/kenny/

Ideas Suggestions
Continue to send us any ideas of suggestions. Anything at all…

— Matt “ain’t no one going to dig up my high school photo” Soreco

Hello all 650 Bills fans!

Repeat after me – THE BILLS ARE STILL IN THIS….THE BILLS….ARE STILL IN THIS. Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills. We’ll be taking on the New Jersey Jets, and we owe them a little payback for the blowout most of us saw in person a few weeks ago. We also owe them for Chad Morton’s kickoff return that lost us the game last year. Ha, we only had 20 members in NYCBBB when that happened! The game starts at 4:15 and the special starts at 2 and ends after the game.

Everybody ready for a snow storm today?? I can’t wait for it to start snowing!!

Lazy Man’s Christmas
Coy Wire’s father, Rick, was at NYCBBB’s tailgate last weekend. Ends up that Coy is throwing a fundraiser in Buffalo that sounds like its going to be a blast! The event is called “Lazy Man’s Christmas” and will be held on Monday, December 22nd at Callahans in Hamburg. Ruben Brown is going to do his WGR55 show live from the bar and Coy, Jim Kelly, Rob Ray, the Buffalo Jills, and other sports celebrities will be there. The event will run from 6-9pm with an auction taking place. There will be a cover charge (around $10?) with a cash bar. Sounds like a blast and yours truly will probably make the attempt to be there. I’ll get more details for you soon.

Joe Mesi
Well, Joe Mesi will be boxing at MSG tomorrow. I have placed many calls to his people, but they have done a poor job at returning my calls and have made little effort to get us fans to the match. I hear $54 tix remain, but I’m not sure if I’ll be going or not. Feel free to post on our message board (which has been increasing in traffic!) if you want to meet up with other Buffalonians.

Bills Daily
I’d like to announce that www.BillsDaily.com is now the OFFICIAL Buffalo Bills news source of NYCBBB. Steve Saslow, who runs the site, is a member who lives in the area and runs a great Bills news site. Please check it out! We hope to work out a way to give you breaking Bills news in the off-season. Details to come.

Christmas music on the radio, decorations up in the city, people are happier…GOD I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!!!

J…E…T…S
SUCK SUCK SUCK!!!!!!!!

— Matt “talkin proud and…oh my god….IT JUST STARTED SNOWING!!!!!!!!!! WHAT GREAT TIMING!!! THIS IS GREAT!!!!” Kabel