Tuesday Morning Bills Trivia

by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Events Comment 39 comments

Good morning Rumblers. Last week on TMBT, I went with four Bills players that you should have known quite well, with the exception of No. 4 - but you can get over that. This week, I am going to leapfrog on Kurupt's outstanding 50 greatest Bills segments, by choosing four Bills players from old that you should know, but perhaps don't. None of these guys are in K's 50 greatest line-up, but all were solid contributors to the Bills through the years. Maybe this will spark some nostalgic reminiscing... or not.

Mystery Player 1
I spent thirteen years in the NFL split between the Bills and one other team.
I attended Grambling State University.
My lone Pro Bowl selection came as a member of the Bills.
I topped 1,000 yards only twice in my career, but both as a member of the Bills.

Mystery Player 2
I attended Missouri University.
I led the Bills in rushing in 1979.
I also fumbled an incredible 10 times that season.
I played one year for the Houston Oilers before retiring.

Mystery Player 3
I was born in Verdun, France.
I attended North Carolina Central University.
I amassed 28 interceptions during my 10-year Bills career.
I led the team in interceptions with 7 in 1985.

Mystery Player 4
I attended Notre Dame.
In 1988, I led the league with 16 touchdowns.
My lone Pro Bowl selection came after my rookie year with the Bills.
I won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1988.

***Extra Credit***
In 1979, Mystery Player 2 led the Bills in rushing. Who was second?
Hank Bullough coached the Bills at the start of the 1986 season. How many games did he coach before being fired and replaced by Marv Levy?

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Well I don't know any of those guys...

But I think Hank Bullough only coached 4 games before being replaced.

But what do I know? I was only three.

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by MattRichWarren on Jun 9, 2009 8:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nope. 4 is wrong.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2

Curtis Brown

It's Like Rooting For The Toilet To Flush....

by Toronto? on Jun 9, 2009 8:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

3

Charles Romes

It's Like Rooting For The Toilet To Flush....

by Toronto? on Jun 9, 2009 8:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4

Greg Bell

It's Like Rooting For The Toilet To Flush....

by Toronto? on Jun 9, 2009 8:19 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Feelin’ like you’re cheating… :)

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

getting that feeling also.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Welp, I don’t know any of these.

I can’t wait till this comes out. Your trivia will be toast, Eric.

If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...

by thatguy34 on Jun 9, 2009 8:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The first one just missed my top 50 list!

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Jun 9, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think that if you did a top 55 he would have made it.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Bullough coached 9 games … Levy I think went 2 and 5 (or 2 and 4) the rest of the way …

by sabre74kkn on Jun 9, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

9 Games is correct.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weak effort this week fellas. Not even the random bad guesses.

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 11:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Billy Joe Hobert.

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Russell Copeland.
Quinn Early.
Nate Turner.

If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...

by thatguy34 on Jun 9, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, Russell Copeland. Nice.

Rodney Wright
Jeff Wright
Dwayne Wright

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Antowain Smith
Bruce Smith
Leonard Smith
Jonathan Smith
Thomas Smith

and for some reason Thomas Smith made me think of Matt Stevens.

If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...

by thatguy34 on Jun 9, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is more like it, normally I get at least 1 out of left field guess.

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You forgot:

Allen Smith
Bobby Smith
Joey Smith
Carl Smith
both Don Smith’s
Lawrence Smith
Lucious Smith
Mary Smith
and of course I don’t know how you could have forgotten
Tody Smith

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My guesses without looking at any answers:

1. Frank Lewis
2. Curtis Brown
3. ?
4. ?
EC 1: Roland Hooks
EC 2: 4 games

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by thefourwinds on Jun 9, 2009 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Answers so far
1 – Frank Lewis
2 – Curtis Brown
3 – Charles Romes
4 – Greg Bell

EC 1: Still out there, sorry 4 winds Hooks is wrong
EC 2: 9 games

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 3:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

EC 1: Still out there, sorry 4 winds Hooks is wrong

Jeez, if it wasn’t Hooks, it must have been Terry Miller.

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well if you did cheat at least you waited.

If not, good job!

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did not cheat. I thought it was Hooks, too. When you said it wasn’t… well, there was really only one other guy it could have been…

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t think you cheated, but I will say that you do amaze with your knowledge of Bills history, especially given your youth.

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wrote a research paper on Bills running backs in high school – it’s a statistical wonderland, the running back position, and the Bills have had some REALLY good ones.

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by Brian Galliford on Jun 9, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Completely agreed. Since the time I’ve been a Bills fan, I can only remember a few years where they didn’t really have a good RB. That’s going back almost thirty years. I think the local and safe comparison is the Sabres’ and their goalies…

by krytime on Jun 9, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sireric

Nice ones, was on the road all day driving and never looked

btw, Charles Romes is my favorite Bill of all time

by freddyjj on Jun 9, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why is Romes your all-time favorite? How good would you say he was?

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Jun 9, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To late to change your list now K.

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was a good cover CB- not flahy but steady

Was teamed at CB with Mario Clark who was a 1st or 2nd rounder, Charlie was a 12th rounder who made it. Compares to Jabari Greer in playing style – though he was bigger. Played on a lot of horrible Bills teams 1977-1979, 1983-1986 aka the Dark Ages

He dropped a pick versus Chargers in 1981 playoffs though that would have stopped a late drive. All my college buddies hated him then! Chargers won and went on to lose to Bengals in AFC Championship in the coldest game ever to date. 49ers won their first SB that year.

by freddyjj on Jun 9, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know

the next guy I’m putting up, I kind of wish I didn’t rank him so high, and maybe at all.

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Jun 9, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nate Odomes?

by krytime on Jun 9, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ken Irvin?

If the glove don’t fit, it couldn’t be Whit...

by thatguy34 on Jun 9, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chris Kelsay?

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Come on Eric, you know he’s top 30

~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."

by Kurupt on Jun 9, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You redid the list? I thought he was top 15.

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by sireric on Jun 9, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was late to this...

I would’ve got number one – the Grambling reference was what triggered that.

I would not have guessed Curtis Brown for number two. I might have picked Hooks instead. I knew Miller flamed out after his rookie year. Why do I think “cocaine” when I remember Brown or Hooks? Did one of those guys get in trouble after they hung up the jersey?

I might have gotten number three correct. If I didn’t go with Romes, I would have went with Clark.

Number four made me bang my head on the computer. Can’t believe I didn’t get that.

Wish you would have included Hank Bullough quotes. That guy wasn’t really good with words.

Nice work here sireric…

by krytime on Jun 9, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs