Pre Season

Thursday evening i took my mom to the fourth pre-season game of the year. Yup, the fourth. the one where all the scrubs play, nobody really cares, but it's still football in buffalo and (thanks to the "Bills in Toronto Initiative") the first game of the year in the Ralph. Hobo couldn't make it to this one, so i sucked it up and used our two $60 tix to see a good solid set of downs by the third stringers. The highlights of the night:
3 - first game to sit in the new seats, great view (30 yd line).
2 - knowledge that the home opener in a week and a half would be a thousand times better
1 - hands down: Wings at Duffs before the game

seriously, when i had to spend $120 for two seats to a game of that caliber, it's pretty sad. i'm not sure extending the season by a game or two is a great idea given the physical stress on the players (though i could get over that), but four pre-season games is insane, and charging season ticket holders (your most loyal fans, by the way) full price to see Gibran Hamden throw the rock to Steve Johnson is a little bit of a slap in the face.

but exactly one week from today, we'll be driving back to central PA celebrating opening day, a win, and the kick off (for real) to our season ticket experience.