Report to camp for re-Nedification!

The Buffalo Bills have reported for training camp, thus allowing Football Obsession Levels in Western New York to return to their usual "fever pitch" levels. The year breaks down like this:

Training camp: Yay! We've got some good youngsters! Maybe this is our year! Hope springs eternal!

Regular Season: Yay! We're playing again!...We're showing some promise! Isn't it cool the way we beat the crap out of that team that's going 3-13 this year?...Well, we're still showing growing pains. We'll beat New England someday...oh geez, what the f*** is going on here? That other 3-13 team just beat the crap out of us!...Well, five games out, and if we win out, we might make the playoffs...OK, we're 6-8 but we can still make the playoffs technically, if we win these next two...ach, who are we kidding? We'll never beat New England. Shit.

Playoffs: Yeah, f*** these other teams.

Offseason: We signed who? Boo-yeah! Now let's see who else we sign to fix some of the other holes on this roster!...Well OK, we didn't sign anybody else at all, but there's still the draft and guys get cut, so we'll see...OK draft, but do we really need five defensive backs every year?...Oooooh, that guy's still available, maybe we can sign him -- oh forget it, he just signed with Kansas City.

Training Camp: Yay! They're back on the field! This might be our year! These guys are a year older and more experienced, and those youngsters looked effing awesome in those non-contact practices back in March! Super Bowl, here we come!

And then it's back to the regular season. Lather, rinse, repeat. Anyway, welcome to Buffalo, T.O.

(By the way, I'm getting a little tired of how everything T.O. says gets reported. From what I can see, most of what he says is pretty non-controversial, but for some reason, everything that comes out of his mouth, whether it's one of the Bull Durham sports interview lines or not, gets trumpeted for some reason. Weird.)

I'll probably do a football predictions post once the regular season is near, but I won't be doing weekly synopses as to why the Bills stink. Those aren't fun to write, but I do still love me some football.