My son and I would like to thank John B and Gang Green Nation for the tickets to the Jets/Bills game. I don't think I can introduce anything new to what has already been written about the game, other than to say that to be at the game and watch Clemens masquerading as an NFL quarterback was something ugly to behold. Backups of lesser experience are many times called upon to fill in for an injured starter, such as Dennis Dixon of the Steelers, who had attempted one pass prior to playing against the Ravens game last week, and he looked light-years ahead of Clemens. 

The on-field underperforming Jet of the night was Kerry Rhodes, who looked like he was afraid to get hit. Sit him down. Otherwise the team looked solid but as pointed out, left a lot of points out there in the first half. Not much chance of doing that in the second half without an NFL quarterback playing. Sanchez looked like Montana in comparison to KC.

John B was right about it being quiet. The place was full and apparently you couldn't get a scalped ticket after the game started but there were a lot of people that were there to just see what the big deal is about the NFL. 

That's not to say that a lot of Bills fans made the drive up north and there was a good representation of Jets fans. There were lots of Jets jerseys representing many different eras. I loved the Al Toon jersey but couldn't get over how tough you have to be to wear the Vernon Gholston jersey. At one point I noticed how quiet it was, and thought that it was certainly an advantage for the Jets to play inside in December, and not have to contend with crowd noise the way they will have to in Indianapolis in a few weeks.

There was one larger corporate tailgating party sponsored by good folks at Bud. It had Madden competitions, football drills, bands, food and cheerleaders. Most Jets fans that I saw were visiting the bars and restaurants in the area, of which there were plenty.

More than a few big fights broke out in the 4th quarter throughout the Rogers Center. In Buffalo they don't serve beer after half-time but in Toronto, you could get beer well into the second half, which might have fueled the fighting, or It might have been the $10 for the watered-down draft that caused the fighting.

All in all, a great day for my son to go to his first game and see the Jets get a win. We had some great fans around us who helped my son with his J-E-T-S chant. I did have to get him to tone it down late in the fourth when it stopped being cute for some Bills die-hards. I can't blame them - it has to be tough to be a Bills fan these days.

Thanks again. It was awesome and we'll be going to camp next year.

Dan and Gus