Tuesday Morning Bills Trivia

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 6:00 AM EDT in Events Comment 41 comments

Please Take Note: This is the second-to-last TMBT of the summer before we start to get into the pre-season, unless something comes up and we need some filler. Next week I have something a little different in store for you guys, being as it is the last TMBT of the year. I just need some of my fellow admins to get in gear. (You know who you are.) With that in mind, I decided to take a different route today as well. Instead of players, this week we are doing coaches - not necessarily head coaches, but if a guy EVER coached a position for the Bills, he is eligible. So you are looking for coaches, not players, this week.

Mystery Coach 1
I attended Philander Smith college.
I played for the Packers, Rams, and Saints during my playing days.
I am a member of the Packers Hall of Fame.
I was a coach for the Bills under Marv Levy.

Mystery Coach 2
I played linebacker while attending the University of Houston.
I have been a head coach of five different NFL teams.
I had a cameo in The Waterboy.
I spent four years as defensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Mystery Coach 3
I was the architect of Denver's "Orange Crush" defense.
I was drafted by the New York Giants in Round 22, but chose to go into coaching instead.
I was fired from the Broncos by Dan Reeves.
My son now coaches for the Chiefs.

Mystery Coach 4
My only head coaching position was for North Carolina State University.
I was succeeded by Tony Dungy as Vikings defensive coordinator.
I coached the Bills for two seasons.
I played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Extra Credit
* What was the official name of the helmet pad that Mark Kelso and Don Beebe sported at times?

* The Bills had stationery and various other team merchandise showing a running player wearing a specific number, and it was not supposed to represent any specific person, so that number wasn't to be released for players to use. What number was it?

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Eric, nice twist today

On first pass, off the top of my head

is Joe Collier

by freddyjj on Jul 14, 2009 6:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Should read #3 is...

by freddyjj on Jul 14, 2009 6:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

#1 is..

The late Elijah Pitts?

by freddyjj on Jul 14, 2009 6:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow - 2 and 4 should have been easier for me

household names

by freddyjj on Jul 14, 2009 6:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Joe Collier is number 2

E.C. number 2 is #31 – Dwayne Wright’s number.

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by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 7:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Joe Collier is number 3.

Is Wade Phillips number 2????

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by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 7:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

JD Williams wore #31 in the early 90’s too, right?

~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 Jul 14, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

correct. He was the first ever to do so.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Number one might be Jim Ringo. I know he was O Line coach for Levy and is in the Hall of Fame as a Packer.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 7:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chuck Knox?

by Dyl on Jul 14, 2009 8:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

for which number?

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, 2

by Dyl on Jul 14, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

a few answers

1 – Ron Pitts dad, the late Elijah.
2 – Is the lovable Wad Phillips.
3 – Former Bills head coach Joe Collier.
4 – ?

EC – 1 ??
EC – 2 – #31

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YESSSS!!!

I finally got some right! The players you keep referencing their college teams and I know squat about that. This stuff I know. :-)

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by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what was the clue that gave away Wade Phillips for you?

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Head coach for five NFL teams...

and looking back I know he went to Houston because of the History of the Bills write-up for this coming weekend.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kelso wore the ProCap Eliminator, or something like that, I think. I don’t remember Beebe wearing it too.

I know #4 but will hold off

~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 Jul 14, 2009 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It went by a different name.

Did you cheat for #4 or did you know it?

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I cheated to make sure I was right. I knew it based on the Dungy clue, but didn’t really know he coached in Buffalo.

~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 Jul 14, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fine, the ProCap. That’s what it’s called. Here it is

~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 Jul 14, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is the official name, I was looking for the nickname that Mark Kelso gave it. I didn’t realize that was a nickname and not the real name.

Mark Kelso, a free safety with the Buffalo Bills credits his wearing the ProCap, or, in his words, the "gazoo" helmet, for letting him play his last five years of professional football.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The question:

* What was the official name of the helmet pad that Mark Kelso and Don Beebe sported at times?

That’s what I was going with!

~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 Jul 14, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

As I said; I didn’t realize that Gazoo wasn’t the real name.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh I misread your comment then!

~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 Jul 14, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, as the next bit of trivia, who knows WHY Kelso called it that? Folks in their 30s or older ought to know, younger ones might, depending on what cartoons you watched as a child.

"I know I'm a true receiver..." Roscoe Parrish, Buffalo Bills - May 2009
"In my heart, I know I'm funny." Lt Steven Hauk, Good Morning Vietnam - 1987

by thefourwinds on Jul 14, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How could you not know, regardless of age?!?! I think everyone has seen that cartoon…at least I hope so.

~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 Jul 14, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have not.

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by Brian Galliford on Jul 14, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah I never saw it either which is probably why I got confused.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because of this guy.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think my childhood just flashed before my eyes…Thanks sireric!!

I love me some DB's...I might just be Dick Jauron's long lost twin!

by DBLuv on Jul 14, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never knew that was that guy's name.

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by MattRichWarren on Jul 14, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No attempts for #4? Unless that is who Dyl thought was Chuck Knox….

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No, I know that's not possible.

Ehh…you guys seem to be all really, really good at this. Do you let yourself look up answers, or do you just try it from memory?

by Dyl on Jul 14, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that Freddyjj has seen every Bills game ever and has committed them all to memory. It is my goal to stump him on at least 50% of the trivia. If I can do that I feel as though I have won.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 14, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs