Remembering Buffalo--A short association, but a trail of heartbreak

I mean, not multi-generational heartbreak like Miami has given us, but they might be on the right track, you know?

In fact, two Falcon coaching careers were wrecked on the beaches of Buffalo.

The first was Gary Blackney, who provided the Bulls with their first D-IA win (IIRC), or something like that.  He more or less stepped off the bus and announced his retirement.  In his case, the ship was taking on water fast, and the wrecking of the ship was bound to happen, but it is worth noting that the humiliation of losing to Buffalo closed the deal.

Then, of course, there was the debacle at the Doyt last year, the game that so incensed a donor or donors that he/they wrote a check to Gregg Brandon to get him to go away.  For masochists, you can look here for the sad tale of woe, here to see where Gregg Brandon blamed the crowd, and here where Gregg Brandon finds Falcon fans on the Internet to be demeaning.

I myself have my mind on other things.....

And, finally, on a non-football note, Buffalo was the scene of the Dan Dakich flee the court/Reggie Witherspoon buzzer-banging debacle that defined the end of HIS Falcon career as well.

So, we'll see if Buffalo remains a Chamber of Horrors, or whether BG can exorcise those demons.