FooooOOooolks! Hope all is well with you during what is a downswing to be a Buffalo sports fan. Tom Brady, AB84 and Gronk are facing off against the team that knocked the Bills out last week in the Super Bowl.
The Sabres were doing ok?(fact check) but now the health of their roster and coach is up in the air. (Get well soon Ralph and the boiz) UB has been middling in the MAC but amidst the multiple postponements and not being able to see the band and Victor E. Bull live, it’s been tough.
But for every tough obstacle there is something amusing, sometimes enlightening, often absurd and 24/7 a TRAINWRECK. From time to time in 2021, we will take a look at the biggest Trainwrecks so far in 2021.
Gary Bettman and the NHL’s handling of COVID
I’m kind of like a 90’s Mike Tyson opponent on this point so I’ll get it out of the way. The league’s handling/Devils reporting of the situation was a complete joke. As more details come out as more positives come to surface amongst a league going up against this for the 2nd time, it’s hard not to simply be more frustrated. Obviously the health of all individuals involved is paramount and selfishly as a Sabres fan maybe it gives them a chance to regroup and recalibrate for the final 78.6% of the season. Yes I estimated that number, no I am not estimating that everything on the NHL side has been a Trainwreck… I’m sure removing the glass will get the job done.
Skyway Disaster
This one caught me off guard tbh. There I was minding my own business snacking on a Nature Valley bar as 58% of it got all over my desk when my eyes beheld the biggest disaster since that new CBS show with the Silicon Valley guy. This design of a “skyway park” concept or whatever the helllll on Mayor Byron Brown’s green earth you want to call it was legitimately one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. One of those where you sit back and you wonder how many people signed off on this with a nod of approval or a “Looks great” email reply. I haven’t seen such a monumental backfire since Jerry Seinfeld won that race. “You know what sounds great? Let’s drive downtown and then go up 4.5 flights of stairs to an elevated park.” Also, let this be a reminder to #BillsMafia that elevated surfaces never work in our favor. Think of that guy sliding the rail at the Bills game a couple years back. Think of that guy who tomahawked his tailbone last week off a limousine bud. (Please stop calling them) What happened to the Ralph Wilson 100 million dollar park for the cure that was supposed to revolutionize the park game? That’s something I can buy into, not this elevated Trainwreck.
NCAA Announcement Timing
I was as excited as all of you. Couldn’t wait to get my LL Cool Play on and lead our Bulls to a New Year’s Day Bowl against Wisconsin. So they have the Madden game engine, they have their old production tactics etc and the game isn’t even coming out this YEAR?!? WTF I couldn’t believe it honestly. This would be like if we announced Bers was making another run in Beat the Champ but it was sometime in 2023. Who gives a poop.
Honorable Mentions
-Josh Allen’s teams performance in the Streamer Bowl, finishing 2nd to last and just pathetic performances? That’s some 2018 Bills shit and it will not be tolerated by me or #BillsMafia in the digital realm. JA17 has shown that he can improve his game overall in the face of his critics, will he do so in Fortnite in 2021? (7.8 months til opening day people cheeeel)
-Sammy Watkins doing nothing this whole 2020 season and playoff run but having the opportunity to make a big play in the Super Bowl
– Tom Brady throwing 3 picks and less than 300 yards in the NFC Championship and beating Aaron Rodgers??