Buffalo Bills: View From The Bottom—12 Steps For Bills Fans

October 12, 2010   ·   John Howell   ·   Jump to comments

Being from Buffalo is an addiction in itself. I’ve written on that before. (http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/01/on-being-buffalo-ish.html)
There’s a sense in which being from Buffalo is completely intertwined with and inexorably woven into the fate of Buffalo’s major league sports teams. Buffalonians are more likely to be Bills and Sabres fans than the per capita rate of devotees to the local teams of a typical major league market.
This is especially true of women; I have lived in several sports markets between growing up in and returning to Buffalo and have never seen as many fanatical female sports fans (with the exception of Oklahoma and Texas, for college football) than in Buffalo.
I have a hunch that it is as much about seeking vindication for living in America’s most misunderstood and unfairly maligned city as being a true football or soccer aficionado.
But whatever the etiology of this affliction, one thing is clear: It is an addictio...

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