Fans of professional wrestling were delighted to see the WWE Raw brand invade Buffalo on Monday night. To be honest, so was I. A lifelong wrestling fan, I was excited to see what tonight’s live televised show had in store. With the company’s pay-per-view (Bragging Rights) held the night before, I had high expectations for the show, with some possible new (and interesting) “angles” to commence.
Unfortunately, the show didn’t live up to my expectation. Furthermore, I can’t fathom how it lived up to anyone’s. The bore-fest was 125 minutes of my life I can never retrieve. From two Nascar guys hosting the show (sorry racing fans) to seeing the likes of Jamie Noble, Chavo Guerrero, Jillian Hall and some guy so white I was blinded compete in the same night, the show was horrendous.
If you want to use a wrestling analogy, Buffalo served as a jobber.
To make matters worse, I committed to running a live journal covering the festivities. After the jump, see a full recap of all the night’s inaction.
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No player is more popular in Buffalo right now than Buffalo Bills rookie free safety Jairus Byrd. A second-round pick out of Oregon in this past April’s NFL Draft, Byrd – a college cornerback making the switch to free safety in Perry Fewell’s Cover 2 defense – has been a revelation for a Bills defense that picked him simply because they had a desperate need for a playmaker defensively. Byrd has started in four of his first seven career games – all in the past four weeks – and he’s recorded a whopping five interceptions in a three-game period, including two each in Buffalo’s last two games (both wins).
Week 7 of the Harvard Cup’s regular season only witnessed one game that could be considered an upset, while the league’s top two teams stayed true to form. With two weeks left in the regular season, only Burgard and Riverside seem to have solidified a spot at the playoff table. South Park, McKinley, Grover, Lafayette, and even Hutch-Tech have a mathematical shot at qualifying for the top four spots.
The superstars of WWE roll into Buffalo at the HSBC Arena tonight for a live edition of Monday Night Raw.
While the Buffalo Bills offense is hardly a juggernaut , the defense is starting to earn themselves quite the reputation. Their “bend but don’t break” philosophy is working, in large part because they’re extremely opportunistic.
In his routine Monday morning press conference, Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron confirmed that starting quarterback Trent Edwards will miss his second straight start as he continues to recover from the head injury he sustained in a Week 6 victory over the New York Jets. With Edwards sidelined for another week, Ryan Fitzpatrick will make his second start at quarterback in a Bills uniform.
The Buffalo Bills shocked the football world way back on March 7, 2009 when they made by far their highest-profile free agent signing in franchise history by inking WR Terrell Owens to a one-year, $6.5 million deal. The move was heralded as the Bills’ boldest move towards fielding a winning team and an explosive offense, and with Owens lining up next to Lee Evans, visions of big plays danced in Bills fans’ heads.
Freshman Brooke Bandazian scored her second collegiate goal as the Golden Griffins finished their season with a 1-1 tie against Fairfield at the Demske Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. The Griffs complete the season with a 12-3-3, 4-3-2 MAAC record, while Fairfield finishes their season with a 9-8-3, 4-2-3 MAAC record.
