The CRAZIEST Announcer Controversy in Monday Night Football HISTORY | Bills @ Dolphins (1988)

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During week 11 of the 1988 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills played the Miami Dolphins, and even though the Bills won, much of the talk had nothing to do with the game itself. And to say that Buffalo was not to thrilled about this would be putting it lightly
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[@kyle1910]

One of those 3 losses that cost Buffalo the #1 seed was an embarrassing 10-5 defeat at Tampa Bay

[@matthewdaley746]

Losing's automatically embarrassing, unquestionably.

[@kyle1910]

@@matthewdaley746 except there's a difference between losing on the road to another contender and losing while putting up 5 whole points to a Bucs team in the midst of their 6th of 12 straight double digit loss seasons

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​@@kyle1910Whoops, I definitely should have been more specific, losing to, Tampa Bay, from, 1983-1995, was automatically embarrassing, they lost the most Games in the 1980s, and, the most incredible thing about them was, (to the best of my knowledge), they were never a serious candidate for relocation, bizarre, really is.

[@JS-ln4ns]

@@matthewdaley746the Bucs weren’t relocated because the owners and the NFL are more farsighted than fans. Miami wasn’t drawing support from Fort Myers residents up to Tallahassee, and they didn’t consolidate support in the middle of the state in place like Orlando. Keeping the Bucs in Tampa was an investment in the inevitable second generation of those Northern transplants who began moving to the area en masse in the 70s and 80s. They began to reap the benefits in the mid-90s Dungy era.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​@@JS-ln4nsSimply terrific insight, unquestionably.

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[@diamonddog13]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 Drake's favorite site

[@neal6473]

This would of made the R&B singer Rick James mad 🤣.

[@wewin03]

Dierdorf was one of my favorite analysts of all time. Underrated in my opinion.

[@matthewdaley746]

Frank Gifford's overrated, unquestionably.

[@wewin03]

@@matthewdaley746 Gifford was the play by play man on MNF in the 70s. He was always more suited to that role. ABC always insisted on the three man booth. It was not always smooth.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​@@wewin03A rough ending, unquestionably.

[@MrRockett88]

I grew up near Buffalo. Actually, you could see the stadium from my bedroom window (the lights anyway). I was in High School with Tom Telesco and Brian Daboll, but who cares right? Anyway, Buffalo weather in January can be rather nasty. No secret there. Especially the lake effect snow south of the city (like in Orchard Park). No fun at all,. Now for the last 25 years, I've lived near Minneapolis. Buffalo isn't cold. Not even close.

[@matthewdaley746]

It's basically, Edmonton, without the metric system, right down to the odd fact that they share an enormous mall, unlike, Edmonton, there was never a truly legendary, Dynasty, to break up the nightmarish winters, (which are nine months long), unquestionably, they're international sister cities.

[@commanderjoj6426]

Speaking of Charles Barkley, he backed off once he tried churros. Maybe someone should have brought Frank, Al, and Dan some wings. I’d could go for churros and wings right now.

[@punkydamonkey989]

Fr. Gods angels made Buffalo wings it feels like

[@GeeCoach35]

Google the Buffalo blizzard of 1977 then tell me the reputation of the weather in that city isn't warranted. To anyone outside of Buffalo, we think their weather is biblically bad

[@msarzo]

Feels weird to hear Washington, D.C. talked about as a cold weather city, ngl. Though D.C. having more snow than Buffalo did was an interesting note and an excellent pull.

[@matthewdaley746]

Absolutely, coldhearted, city, unquestionably.

[@BrianONEILL-qf2cs]

It's only weird because Washington rarely makes the playoffs.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@BrianONEILL-qf2cs What, total, irony, seriously.

[@Musicradio77Network]

And speaking of “Monday Night Football”, back on Monday, if all of our households who has DirecTV, all local ABC affiliates were blocked its channel along with the Disney owned cable channels from DirecTV due to carriage disputes that people in the US will not get “Monday Night Football” as well as other football games on ESPN. That was bad news.

[@ropeblaster420]

Buffalo is a city of crybabies if they were offended by these remarks.

[@tommyparkerparker]

I’m surprised that Bills fans didn’t throw snowballs at them in the booth when or if they had a game in Buffalo when it was cold and snowy.

[@marks875]

The Bills' next appearance on Monday Night Football was Week 2 the following season, a September home loss to the Broncos. I watched that game, and as far as I can recall, there wasn't any backlash toward the guys in the booth. Their only other appearance on Monday night that '89 season was a road loss in Seattle in December.

[@ryanstrnad8442]

My first viewing of (what I call) "Twitch" documentary of the season. Welcome back!

[@aaronholcomb237]

1987 was an unusual winter. I can remember it snowing in El Paso, TX during the Sun Bowl that future Bills HOF RB Thurman Thomas played in. Thomas also played in another cold weather game in college, the 1985 Bedlam Ice Bowl.

[@danielbowden6330]

I remember that. The Sun Bowl was played on Christmas that year I believe.

[@mgb4692]

@@danielbowden6330 Yep, right after Pistons/Knicks

[@jamesdulany2176]

WOW! JG9 gets a sponsored video! That's awesome.

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Uh, but Buffalo actually is a frozen hellscape for most of the winter and that isn't even the worst part about living up there.

[@matthewdaley746]

Yeah, weather-wise, it's basically, Canada, without the metric system, I can't imagine how dreary that area would absolutely be without the, built-in, tourist attraction that is, Niagara Falls, too bad it's absolutely infested with tacky tourist traps, and, odder still, the tackier ones are on the Canadian side, which also includes the country's only, Hard Rock Cafe, how, indescribably, bizarre.

[@michaelchristopher8541]

thanks to global warming, it's really not that bad here anymore. we get like a week of really bad snow now.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@michaelchristopher8541 Unfortunately, their, non-local-popularity's, sinking.

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[@CTubeMan]

Al Michaels called that game and last night’s game 36 years apart.

[@marcus813]

I know the Buffalo/Niagara Falls DMA can be brutal in the winter, but Cincinnati, where that season's AFCCG took place, wasn't exactly an oasis itself.

[@ShiloStigen]

I was just talking about this on another video! Al, Frank, and Dan were great but I never heard the '70s MNF team either.

[@briankirkwood4454]

Losing Howard Cosell was no loss at all. Losing Don Meridith was something else entirely.

[@michaelwilson2340]

Remember Dennis Miller? Absolutely terrible!

[@briankirkwood4454]

@@michaelwilson2340 The very definition of adding sugar to your soup.

[@GregLyons-x2i]

I remember watch Monday night football at 9pm et back in the day on abc it was like must see tv it was the only NFL game on that day

[@Wildcat_Media]

I gotta give props to the people from Buffalo. Almost 40 years ago, you all were crying because sports commentators made fun of your perennially horrendous winter weather. But now? Y’all jump through tables at games AND the Bills are getting a new stadium that is still going to be an open outdoor venue. ON PURPOSE. Glad you all found your balls since this incident. Seriously - it’s okay to crack jokes about the weather in a particular place. Doesn’t mean you’re belittling the people who live there or suggesting no one should ever visit. I think Arizona in summer is hotter than Satan’s butthole and I would avoid the place in July as much as possible. But I’d consider a trip there in December, sure. Also, our esteemed host, JG9, lives in AZ and he’s a cool guy. And I hope he doesn’t take offense at my characterizing his state thusly.

[@louyep101]

It would be great if I could give context to your giving context. I don't like doing this, because your videos are usually pretty good, but this one is not destined for the Hall of Fame. And I know you don't know me, and things don't come through good in text, but this is all in jest, and I really do like your work. Sure the people of Buffalo were outraged, but what if that AFC championship game was hosted in Buffalo. This is from the national weather service for the date January 8th 1989 in Buffalo New York. Before I copy and paste that we need some context so we understand what's going on. Buffalo is freaking cold, and apparently it's populated by people who are so insecure, they don't like it when you point out an obvious fact. Now, on with my feature presentation. The following is from the national weather service, again, dated January 8th 1989, the date of the AFC championship game that year. Now compare this to the horrendous comments given by The Three stooges commentating team. It sounds like one is just reading the others copy. "An intense low pressure system moved northeast from the central Great Lakes and brought strong winds to all of western New York. The wind averaged 31.5 mph for the day--the windiest January day in 40 years. A peak gust of 61 mph was recorded at 1:56pm at the Buffalo Airport. The winds downed trees and tree limbs and overhead wires and interrupted electrical and telephone service. The high winds broke windows on the Prospect Point observation tower overlooking Niagara Falls, closing the tower. The winds also blew over a billboard on Fuhrman Boulevard briefly closing a portion of the Skyway." But again, this is a one-off, because I really do enjoy your videos and I promise someday to put up a long comment on something I like. I'm just curious as to how many houses you live in, because I don't see how you can store all those football helmets. Keep up the great work, and I'm glad you got a sponsor!

[@matthewdaley746]

49ers loving it, unquestionably.

[@travismiller4320]

As I recall, that’s why Jim Kelly didn’t want to play there, because of weather. Buffalo Bills are lucky USFL went out of business.

[@matthewdaley746]

​@travismiller4320 Truly makes sense, unquestionably.

[@kashakamcpherson9719]

The game was aired on WPLG in Miami

[@marcus813]

I thought that game was blacked out in South Florida.

[@kashakamcpherson9719]

@@marcus813 back in the day if they sellout you watch the game on TV if they didn't sellout the game would be black out

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

@@kashakamcpherson9719 Yes. The rule changed in '73 but many times the Orange Bowl/Joe Robbie didn't sell out so a home game would be blacked out all the way to West Palm Beach.

[@marcus813]

@@andrewpadaetz5549 From what I could ascertain, that appears to have been the case for this game.

[@shackdaddy7106]

On a similar vein with one of the same people in a different sport, Al Micheals made disparaging comments about Minneapolis during the 1987 World Series. The only difference was is that it was between innings, but it was still recorded.

[@mgb4692]

Was it anything like Thom Brennaman and the F capital heard around the world (as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. and so that will make it a 4-0 ballgame)?

[@shackdaddy7106]

@@mgb4692 was the baseball game on national TV?

[@mgb4692]

@@shackdaddy7106 Considering that basically everything these days is (X/Twitter, it never would have been a thing otherwise), essentially.

[@mgb4692]

@@shackdaddy7106 Essentially, since thanks to X/Twitter just about everything is (it wouldn't have been a thing without it)

[@walterlv01]

The irony, of course, is that it was something like 37 degrees with bright sunshine in Buffalo when they hosted the Divisional round game against Houston in January.

[@AutismSingsHD]

In that list of other winter teams, JG9 said New England Patriots twice. Not sure if anyone caught that.

[@jerryjanik480]

The mayor of the City of Buffalo at the time Jimmy Griffin who once said grab a six-pack stay-at-home and watch the game there was a snowstorm

[@briannearey8902]

I would love to do a deep dive on why the Dolphins couldn't get either a running game, defense or both to surround Marino with enough talent to get to more than one SB. Some people say Shula deferred to Marino's desire to throw too much,others blame the front office. I'm not sure myself,but it's worth a look

[@matthewdaley746]

Additionally, why the Steelers would absolutely throw away, nearly, two decades, by choosing the corpse of Terry Bradshaw over Dan Marino, Chuck Noll, really had zero excuse for doing that, which explains, why, The, Rooney, Family, really don't deserve their reputation for being these truly great football, "geniuses," at all.

[@GregLyons-x2i]

I used to love watching qb Jim Kelly when he would play against qb Dan Marino and the rival dolphins

[@markphelt6395]

Oh, that AFC championship game what I call the shiver huddle game was the catalyst for Buffalo’s no huddle

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

For a sec I thought this was the In Defense Of game with the 3rd down pass Shula called that didn't make it by Marino but then realized that was the next year.

[@nickbrennan8979]

You said the Patriots twice during the second newspaper reading, when I think you meant the Giants the first time. Great vid regardless!

[@matthewdaley746]

Patriots loathe Giants, unquestionably.

[@fredlawrence8331]

The people in Buffalo were upset that people noticed it’s cold there in the winter?

[@afbocc]

Any though about doing a video on Cris Collinsworth goof regarding Lions approach in Overtime based on the Overtime rules this past Sunday Night?

[@briannearey8902]

And let's not forget the great Mark Malone😂

[@kennethnero2011]

I sure miss Gifford & Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf calling MNF they were the best team

[@matthewdaley746]

Two out of three ain't bad, I couldn't stand, Frank Gifford, or, his wife, but, I digress, like all great entertainers, he stayed a little too long at the fair, and, after an infamously notorious incident, (this is a family site, Google, it), he was removed from the booth for what was, ultimately, his final season, he did a, mini-documentary, and/or, interview session, before the Game, and, his contract, was, (mercifully), allowed to expire, it was a bittersweet ending, but, it really proved that true greatness is knowing when to leave, and, MNF, would eventually be all of the better for it.

[@kennethnero2011]

@@matthewdaley746interesting… I’m have to check that out for sure! Appreciated your feedback

[@matthewdaley746]

​@kennethnero2011 Thank You, though, admittedly, this is a rather distant memory, so, the information is, possibly, very sketchy, he was extremely fortunate that his exit wasn't far worse than it actually was, period.

[@danshobbies13]

I would see it as a badge of honor. Real men play in Buffalo

[@JayTemple]

Corollary: Real fans will come to a game outside in bad weather, but try telling that to the people who choose Super Bowl sites.

[@jeremydobbs5578]

I've lived in Buffalo, Minnesota, and Florida. Buffalo is the most temperate of the three except for the snow. The reason Minnesota doesn't get the snow Buffalo does is because it's too cold to snow in midwinter

[@matthewdaley746]

Antarctica's, technically, desert, seriously.

[@Patrick-o8k]

Despite winning the game Buffalo had a tear in their beer.

[@humbledcowboy]

The people complaining about this game were a bunch of butthurt Karens. I'm from Buffalo, watched this game live. The comments about cold weather were honorable.

[@MrSchimpf]

Boston/Foxborough and Milwaukee are at the same parallel as Buffalo, and Green Bay is slightly north. Even as a Packer fan I can never understand why they find our own January weather as 'endearing' and then the media just mocks Buffalo as this cold and frozen wasteland. Just never puts them in a good light if they like one version of cold weather and somehow don't like another version of it.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Thankfully, WABC-TV (channel 7) in New York City did carried Bills-Dolphins game on “Monday Night Football” back in 1988, and it has nothing to do with Buffalo, NY, because Buffalo is 6 hrs from New York City.

[@matthewdaley746]

Sadly, Thurman Thomas forgot about this difficult quirk of geography when he was initially drafted, fortunately, it's really comparatively close to, Toronto, The, New York City, Of Canada, really is.

[@briansarah2745]

This is probably why they lost 4 straight super bowls. I’m not sure how the city survived this horrible attacks.

[@matthewdaley746]

No, better, competition, unquestionably.

[@eaglesavage4929]

What did they say wrong. They went to 4 SBs because they had homefield.

[@Boomhower89]

They just kind of stated the facts

[@user-go3rc3fy4i]

Ready for Sundays game at Trevrbank stadium

[@arizonawrestlinginterviews1040]

I mean, where's the lie in anything that the MNF crew said? It's not like Buffalo was on the verge of losing any tourist business or anything. And Niagara Falls doesn't count because it's not even in the city of Buffalo.

[@Rhymethyme33]

I thought people in 2024 were sensitive. They were making over the top commentary about it being cold in Buffalo in January. The rest of the country was probably like "ha ha, yeah Buffalo is cold." Now let's fast forward a few years and playoff games are being played in Green Bay (my team) where the field is called the Frozen Tundra, and Packer fans hold that moniker as a badge of honor.

[@matthewdaley746]

Packers, won, though, seriously.

[@BrianONEILL-qf2cs]

It seems like all the 'cold weather cities that need successful football teams to define themselves' have had episodes of local media being hypersensitive to remarks by the national media. Cleveland, Detroit, and Green Bay, and, back in the 80s, Denver.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​@@BrianONEILL-qf2csInferiority Complexes reek, unquestionably.

[@mgb4692]

How exactly would ABC have *cancelled* MNF, would they simply not have reupped their deal in 1986? Considering the whole USFL suit against the NFL would have been given new life (since the first charge was that the NFL pressured ABC to dump it) I doubt it.

[@freezer8530]

Apparently, the city of Buffalo can't handle the truth.

[@raondMiles]

It was the NFL's just reward... The bills should have had a dome from day one damnit

[@nimbus3218]

So what you’re saying is even back in the 80’s there were thin skinned Karen’s yelling for the manager over comments about the weather in their city.

[@SummerCarsonfinsmarlins]

I don’t think the score will be 31-6 tonight. Unless it’s in our favor. FINS UP BABY

[@BullDarrell]

Eight years later, on an episode of “Coach,” the owner of Hayden Fox’s team was trying to - if the Orlando Breakers made the playoffs - have the Breakers host the Bills despite the Bills having the better record. It was a MNF record, and one of the three (my memory says Frank) said something like “I think she’s on to something; I don’t want to go to Buffalo.” Old habits die hard, or complete coincidence?

[@matthewdaley746]

Speaking of which, I feel truly heartbroken for the people that only remember that show for how it ended, and, only remember his assistant coach for voicing Patrick Star, Craig, T., Nelson is just lucky that people have, apparently, forgiven him for his disastrous role as the villain in, Action Jackson, he destroyed what not only by all rights should have been a really classic action film, but, a franchise, really miserable development, period.

[@CharlieAiredale]

Any mention of Irv "It's 11 O'Clock. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" Weinstein deserves a nod.

[@QuartzGolem]

To be fair, Buffalo deserved the slander.

[@matthewdaley746]

Simply, wrong, tense, unquestionably.

[@big8dog887]

I didn't hear anything bad said about the people or the city, just the climate. You'd think they'd own it and use it to their advantage, like Green Bay does, and Minnesota used to before they built the dome.

[@christophercole8114]

How about some additional context... Buffalo & Western New York had been a leading city in steel, automotive and aviation. But by the late 1980s many of those industries were greatly downsized or non-existent at all. So there was a sour mood in the region as a whole. On top of that one of the more recent national headlines from the previous decade (but still had an impact on the area) was the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls. Industry was leaving the region and industrial waste was making some areas unlivable. Combine all of that with a drastic loss in population from its peak and there was not much to be positive about. The Bills of the mid-1980s to mid-1990s lifted the mood of the entire region that those of you who have never lived in WNY could never begin to understand and helps explain, in part, as to why Bills Mafia is as fanatic as we are. But back to my comment. So with the Bills playing their best football since joining the NFL in 1970, for the broadcast crew to instead focus their attention on how terrible Buffalo & WNY weather is becomes a big deal, whether you agree with it or you don't. Today, WNYers would roll their eyes at those remarks. Why? Because right now Buffalo has more going for it than it did 36 years ago. The downtown has largely been revitalized, industry is beginning to make its way back into the area, the population is going back up even if New York state's population overall is in decline and there's a sense of optimism that just hasn't existed for a long time.

[@matthewdaley746]

In other words, Buffalo was basically, Pittsburgh, only their teams never actually won, really, Pittsburgh is basically, Oakland with pine trees, I absolutely shudder to think of what would happen without their Championships, (probably), the identical thing that's going to happen in about a month across the, Bay, from San Francisco, perilous.

[@Dr.J.Garlock]

Dude, I love your channel and go to it very frequently, but this particular video is way below your standard. Dare I go so far as to call this video garbage! The announcers weren’t trashing Buffalo but stating facts! No team from the South wants to play in the frigid temperatures of Buffalo in the late season. Nor do they want to play an important late season game in Green Bay, Chicago, Pittsburgh, etc. Similarly, no one wants to play in South Florida in the early season. I honestly heard nothing wrong with anything that was said in the booth - just telling it like it is.

[@MrSirMang]

The majority of his videos now are straight up awful. Years ago this channel was solid but as time has passed it has clearly gone downhill as he probably is running out of material to actually use that matters and just wants to pump out video after video for ad dollars and clicks.

[@TJGriggs25]

Thanks for the cry baby session. Sums this generation up.

[@bigkkm]

I'm from Detroit. Where we hosted two home games for the Bills. So Boo freaking hoo.

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Uh, I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to use the phrases "guaranteed to win" and "literally cannot lose" in regards to anything gambling related

[@PGar58]

Never liked Dan Dierdorf

[@matthewdaley746]

Frank Gifford's absolutely, insufferable.

[@coreyward5991]

I usally love love love theses videos, but this one was a stretch. Nothing outrageous here. It wasnt that bad. No big lies etc, just guys referencing the cold, with mild annoyance as a reaction. Meh.

[@ericveneto1593]

My sisters 4th birthday

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Nobody liked Dan Dierdorf...nobody. Just imagine a less nasally Chris Collinsworth, and you have Dierdorf. That said... the city of Buffalo came across as whiny here.

[@matthewdaley746]

To each their own, I couldn't stand Frank Gifford, or, his wife, eventually, his act grew stale, and, the ignominious end, that everybody saw coming when he stayed long past his, sell-by, date, occurred, (I expand greater on the infamy in a lower post).

[@jeremydobbs5578]

It's like a fat girl getting joked about for three hours straight. She hears it all the time, it gets tired after the first joke, and there's more to her than her weight. Excuse my city if we don't find the bullshit funny

[@matthewdaley746]

​@jeremydobbs5578 Buffalo's biggest problem is that, unlike, Edmonton, and/or, Minneapolis, the terrible weather isn't mitigated by, the huge malls of both, and, the legendary, Dynasty, of the former, its only tourist attraction is surrounded by a collection of tacky tourist traps on both sides of the border, unsurprisingly, it gets next to zero repeat business from visitors living more than two hours away by car.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

@@matthewdaley746 I liked Gifford. He was a no-nonsense presence in the booth. They would have done well with just him and Michaels.

[@matthewdaley746]

​​​@@MilsurpMikeChannelArt-From-Artist, absolutely, couldn't-discriminate, drat.

[@CTubeMan]

So…Buffalo is cold?

[@darrellludlow]

I know you put a lot of effort into these videos. But calling this the "craziest" of anything, I think is really stretching it.

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

put the Hammer in

[@marks875]

I watched this game, and despite having to endure that previously mentioned Broncos/Colts game earlier that season, anytime spent listening to this Monday Night announcing booth was a fun experience. As a 13 year old Broncos fan living in south Mississippi (where the Saints fandom is plain crazy, even then), I recall hearing these comments and having a nice chuckle. The Bills' win in this game was not a huge surprise as they had shown in three previous games that they had the Dolphin's number, including a humiliating shutout in Buffalo the season before. Dan Marino had a bunch of games this season with huge passing yards while also tying a career high for interceptions, so this outcome wasn't shocking. But when a short article about the Buffalo complaints showed up in the sports page the following Sunday, I remember honestly laughing out loud. These Bills did themselves no favors after beating the Jets in overtime the following week to clinch the East. The Bengals embarrassed them the week after that, then Buffalo put up a mere 5 points to lose an ugly game in Tampa Bay (led by Vinny Testaverde, no less, in the midst of a 35-interception season) and another ugly loss in Indianapolis in the season finale with the #1 seed still theirs for the taking. Buffalo would get their home playoff game, a close win over Houston that is no doubt the most famous Oilers/Bills playoff game in history....oh wait... The weather at kickoff for that game was 31 degrees with light wind and sunny, irony of ironies. And according to ex-Bill Paul Maguire during his pre-game rundown to start his commentary in the booth for NBC, the Bills were actually UPSET that the weather wasn't going to be terrible; because in their minds, the worse the conditions were, the better it would be for them. A week later, they would lose to the Bengals in the conference championship under colder and gloomier weather conditions. And the ever colorful coach Wyche got into a Gatorade bath war with a player (Pro Bowl safety David Fulcher, if I remember correctly) who tried to dunk him at the end. Another laugh out loud moment for me that I remember well, even in my disappointment with the Broncos 8-8 finish a few weeks earlier. Many fond memories of watching football in those years, which included laughing at the Buffalo fans who apparently couldn't handle some good-natured ribbing about their winter weather conditions by the guys in the Monday Night booth.

[@PGar58]

Arbitrage is a beautiful thing

[@Shifty2319]

I was 7 months old at that time

[@aubsta1]

“ Great city of Buffalo” is an exaggeration.

[@DerekGregg83191]

How dare they make jokes.

[@jeremydobbs5578]

At one group's expense for 3 hours straight? I can't think of anyone who can or should put up with that

[@annaburke6164]

This was not that big a deal. This type of banter happens all the time.