I’m sure Brian remembers this game well.

I was five days shy of my fourth birthday. :)

was one of my favorites from that season. The heavily touted Rams were 5 – 0 going into that Monday night game at the Ralph, while the “Bickering Bills” were 3 – 2 and without star QB Jim Kelly, who was hurt the week before at Indy. The defense harassed Jim Everett all night , Thurman pounded the ball, and some timely passes from Frank Reich kept the chains moving. Like last season, a rash of injuries derailed that 1989 season for Buffalo.

I believe the Bills learned their lesson last week against the Raiders, and will show a better effort in the first half this Sunday. Go Bills!

If Eugene Parker will be at the game?

we lost to friggin’ Tony Banks?! Man, I thought I had forgotten about that, but of course you just had to bring it back up.

…games, and here’s some interesting stuff (Note: you may not find it interesting, but it’s for my own nostalgia’s sake).

1. The Tony Banks game was my first live Bills game. Luckily, it didn’t sour the experience for me, and neither did the Broncos or Cowboys games last year…

2. Nate Clements is my favorite Bill of all-time. I was sitting in the corner of the endzone where he returned the punt, and I so vividly remember him flipping over the ball into the end-zone. I went nuts, and it was amazing.

In 1980, the Bills clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Rams. Many of you have no idea how important that day was to WNY.

In 1980, Buffalo was hurting, like many rust belt cities. Bethlehem Steel was closing. There was a huge oil crisis (where have we heard that since?). Unemployment was rising; many got their first taste of government cheese. Around this time, we had a "Miracle On Ice," hostages in Iran, and were in the middle of a Cold War.

The city devised a marketing campaign, entitled "Talkin’ Proud" (my avatar) to promote some sort of hope.

That 1980 Bills team, in my opinion, may have been the most "important" team to the City of Buffalo and its Bills’ fans than any other team in the franchise history.

At the end of the game, the Bills’ players celebrated on the field. It was a highlight for the ages; in a world where highlights were rare, this one made the airwaves. I know NFL films loves it. It was genuine exuberance between the players on the field, the people in the stands, and everyone with a radio in WNY.

It may very well be one of my favorite Bills’ games of all time, even though I wasn’t there, and didn’t watch it.

With that said, flipping Nick Mick-Mayer sh!t the bed, and Bill Simpson forgot how to play safety a few weeks later against SD in the playoffs. Giveth – taketh….