Tuesday Morning Bills Trivia

by sireric on Jan 20, 2009 8:00 AM EST in Blog Series

Back by popular demand is everyone's favorite feature: Tuesday Morning Bills Trivia! With a shiny new name and everything! I'm fairly certain that most of you know how this works by now but for those of you that are new around here I will give a quick refresher. I put up four clues about four mystery players - cleverly called Mystery Players 1-4 - and you try to guess who they are. I post them in order of what I think is easiest to hardest, sometimes throwing in a curveball or two, and sometimes even extra credit.

There is no points system and there really is no "winner"; hopefully I make these difficult enough that some of you guys out there (freddy jj) don't get them all 7 minutes after I post this (Brian). Let the games begin!

Mystery Player 1
My first name is Allen, but I go by my middle name.

After retiring from football I coached my hometown high school football team, the Zeeland Chix in Michigan.

I started my college career at Michigan as a quarterback.

I played for the Bills from 1996 – 2002 then finished my career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Mystery Player 2
My father-in-law is Ed O'Neil, who was a first round pick in the 1974 NFL draft of the Detroit Lions. My brother-in-law, Keith O'Neil also played in the NFL.

I started my career at the famed program of Saint Ignatius High School, helping to lead my team to a national championship.

I played for the Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, and finished my career with the San Diego Chargers.

I am the all-time leading receiver in UB history.

Mystery Player 3
My middle name is Manual.

I rushed for 2,947 yards at Yale, setting a school record that stood from 1973 to 2000, and was thrice named to the All-Ivy League First Team, the only Yale football athlete to be so honored.

Before a knee injury ended my career, I finished with 25 interceptions and two touchdowns.

I was draft in the fourth round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions to play safety.

Mystery Player 4
I attended Northern Arizona University.

While playing for the Bills, I made my first regular season start against the Miami Dolphins in 2001.

During my career I played for 4 teams: the Bills, Seahawks, Broncos, and Colts.

I finished my career with 361 passing yards and 59.9 passer rating.

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Better ramp up the difficulty level next week, Eric. These are too easy. :)

- Allen Jay Riemersma
- Drew Haddad
- Richard Manual Jauron
- Travis “Don’t Call Me Billy Joe Hobert” Brown

Feel free to hide this comment if you want the games to continue. ;)

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 20, 2009 8:07 AM EST reply actions

Funny story about Jay. He started out at quarterback at Michigan, but moved to TE when beat out by…Todd Collins.

by pozzed51 on Jan 20, 2009 11:15 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

by freddyjj on Jan 20, 2009 8:09 AM EST reply actions

Wow what? :)

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 20, 2009 8:13 AM EST up reply actions

saw how fast you got them Brian

before they were hid

by freddyjj on Jan 20, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

LOL ah. Just wanted to beat you for once… you’re kind of a beast at this game. Hence your being mentioned in the post itself. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 20, 2009 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

Whew!

1)Jay Riemersma
2)Drew Haddad
3) Dick Jauron
4) Travis Brown

by dloroch on Jan 20, 2009 8:40 AM EST reply actions

Boy I was trying not to go crazy hard for the first time back, I guess I went too easy.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 20, 2009 9:01 AM EST reply actions

Hey! Why is my comment hidden? I mean, I can unhide it any time I want to prove that I got all of these first, but I feel like you’re trying to cheat me out of bragging rights. :)

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 20, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions

Not like you got any early peek when you edited it for me though. 7 minutes is a little misleading.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 20, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

I edited it at 7:53 this morning before work started. Beotch.

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by Brian Galliford on Jan 20, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

I changed the last line for you.

The time has come for someone to put his foot down. And that foot is me.

by sireric on Jan 20, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions

LOL

Travis Brown! Where are ye now?

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by TheAfghanTwilight on Jan 20, 2009 9:51 AM EST reply actions

2.5 out of 4 ain't bad.

I’m going with Dick Jauron for 3 and Travis Brown for 4.
I have a very leaky suspicion that 2 is a guy we never accepted named Drew Haddad, but that could be completely out in left field…
Number 1 I have no idea.

by Dyl on Jan 20, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions