Dec. 8: I'm a fan

Recently, I have become a nominal fan of the Buffalo Bills. Not big enough to buy Bills wear or fanatically watch their games, but I like 'em enough to want to see them win the Super Bowl. Should they make it to the big dance next month, I might even try to watch the game.

I cheer for the Bills because over the past few years, I have met a few people who are big fans of the Bills. Because I like them, I want the Bills to win.

Here is a brief description of two of these people:

- A local girl who is battling Chron's Disease. I have written a few news stories about her over the years and in one of the pictures we printed of her, she is wearing a Bills toque. She told me she's a big Bills fan so I want them to win because it will make her happy.

- Another local family are such big Bills fans that they have dedicated one room in their house as the Bills watching shrine. It is painted in Bills colours, there is a Bills mural on the wall, and the family wears their personalized Bills jerseys on Bills game days. They have been down to Buffalo a few times and, when the lady's father died, the Bills' organization sent flowers - in Bills colours - to the funeral.

So go Bills go!

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The Buffalo Bills appeared in the Super Bowl four years in a row, from 1991-1994. They lost every one and still do not have a Super Bowl victory under their belt. That is another reason I want them to win. Jim Kelly would likely be invited to the game and would surely be interview at halftime, especially if the Bills are winning.

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But don't worry, I will never be as big a Bills fan as I am of the Saskatchewan Roughriders or the Calgary Flames.



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At this point, I should note that my dad is doing his best to make my son a Calgary Stampeders fan instead of a Saskatchewan Roughriders fan. He does this by sending my boy Stamps garb at Christmas. This would offend me severely if my kid was born in Saskatchewan, as I was. People born in Saskatchewan MUST cheer for the Roughriders.

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