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Great analogy for tonight’s game of Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots, coming from a fellow Bills fan:

Dan from Toronto sums up Buffalo’s season: “Do you ever feel like you are in such a funk before your team has even played? I am so sick about how crappy I am going to feel at the end of the Sunday night game against the Pats that here is my analogy: My Buffalo Bills are going to get HAMMERED so badly this Sunday night that I am already preparing for the emptiness that I am going to feel after that game. It’s like waiting for a doctor to come meet you in the waiting room after you just showed him your balloon-sized tumor in your head. You know you have cancer, he knows you have cancer…but you still have to do the song and dance of waiting for the confirmation. Right now my Bills are the cancer! And the Bills season is over far too early.”

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People ask me why I hate baseball.

After watching UFC 55 recently, the mental toughness of the fighters became very apparent to me. Some of the fighters scheduled for UFC 56 were interviewed, but it was different than other fighting sports I’ve seen. Two pairs of fighters were interviewed. Each pair that was matched up with each other were sitting side by side and discussing strategy witn the interviewer. Now, in boxing, I’ve seen competitors be friendly towards each other, but they always shy away from strategy. This was different, they were asked how they planned on beating the opponent (who was right next to them) and they would go on to explain weaknesses they saw in the other’s game.

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of the UFC. It has less feaux hype than almost any sport I’ve seen. When fighters say what they plan on doing right in front of their opponent, then go into the ring and somehow manage to still win the fight, that’s pretty impressive to me. Another thing I’m impressed by is the genuine mutual respect most fighters have for each other. It seems as though the fighters truly just love to fight, that they are in it for the love of the game. After most fights, each fighter will show their genuine respect to the other fighter and make sure they’re alright.

I’m liking this stuff more and more each time I watch it.

I’m a regular viewer of SpikeTV’s Ultimate Fighter, now in its second season. Tonight’s show was the best yet. Jorge, who I picked to win the Welterweight class, finally fought. He fought the loose cannon of the show, Jason. Well, at first he was a loose cannon, since he showed up though, he’s really mellowed out.

Jason impressed me with his honesty before the fight. He admitted he was very nervous, excited, and had no idea how he was going to beat Jorge. The first round belonged to Jorge, but Jason wasn’t backing down. In the next two rounds, Jason did just what he needed to get the advantage. Jorge did all he could, but in the end, Jason put up the better fight. Very impressive.

Jason fights freestyle and has glimpses of last year’s Light Heavyweight champ, Forrest Griffin. Both fighters tonight have tons of heart, and I expect to see both of them in UFC fights when the show is over. Jorge will get surgery on his knee, then he can fight at full strength again.

Great show!

This is my first wakeboarding post on here. I am obsessed with wakeboarding. Over the past two summers, I have had a hard time getting on schedule with people who have boats. 2003 was the last great year I had of riding.

Anyway, tonight we had an activity with the youth of my ward in church up at the lake. We loaded my friend Danny’s 210 Air Nautique with around a dozen people and rode for a couple hours until it was too dark to see. I took two quick runs to show how it is done (none of the kids had even tried wakeboarding before). It felt good to get back on the water. The last time I rode was around 5 weeks ago and I tweaked my knee a bit. I tried a crow mobe tonight and didn’t come too close, kinda hurt the knee, but I think it did no more damage, which is a great sign.

So there you have it, the first of many wakeboard related posts on BillyStyle.com.

Oh how I love this time of year! Week two is almost done with in the new NFL season. This year I am finally in a fantasy NFL league. I’ve played two seasons of fantasy NBA, and this is quite a bit different. You get one shot per week to pick the right players – quite a bit more hit and miss than with basketball. I think I like the change of style.

I lucked out and got Donovan McNabb, who had an amazing game today with over 300 yards and five touchdowns in just three quarters of play.

NFL Primetime on ESPN is my favorite sports show on television. A close second is Inside the NBA, which is on TNT. With so much great talent in the NFL, Primetime is a rush of great plays by incredible athletes. With Chris Berman and Tom Jackson, I find myself getting even more excited about the highlights than just watching them on SportsCenter. The Schwam’s “WHOOP!” and many other signature calls are very entertaining.

- On a sidenote, I am a devout Buffalo Bills fan. Their defense is incredible again this year, and the offense will get going as soon as JP Losman gets comfortable playing with the big boys.

This should be a great year in the NFL!

\r\nSo in tonight’s Sunday night NFL game, Baltimore’s quarterback Kyle Boller just got a hyperextended big toe. Now, most people would say “Eh, that’s nothing,” but I know different.

Back in 2001, I hyperextended my right big toe while wakeboarding. The joint at the base of the toe moved up and down freely with a range of what seemed like a full inch. Over the next 2 weeks, that thing was super tender and swollen to its full capacity – you know, when your toes look like vienna sausages. Man, if I put any pressure on it, the toe would move up again and writhe with pain. I couldn’t even use the foot while driving, it was pretty bad.

So, if Mr. Boller’s toe is anything like that, I expect him out for a month or so. It will be interesting to see how sever it is. Oh, and the picture is one I found while searching Google for Boller, you may see that I like good random images if you follow this site at all.