Larry Csonka to Tom Brady: Here’s to 30 Years of a Bills Fan’s Suffering

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Published: June 4, 2009

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... at an age ripe for brainwashing, aside a chubby smiling uncle giving the thumbs up as the Polaroids flash. But my first real memories begin in an appropriate spot, watching a makeable field goal sale wide as the clock expired in a rainy Rich Stadium.

It was September 3, 1979. I was seven years old. The Bills season opener was against the Miami Dolphins, a team that had beaten the Bills in every game played during the entire decade. The current stretch of futility against the Patriots is child's play compared to those golden years of defeat.

It was just me and Dad. He had been a fan from day one. I enjoy his tale of bagging groceries for old ladies at the Super Duper as he listened to Van Miller calling the "hit heard 'round the world," Mike Stratton's rib snapping blow to Keith Lincoln's ribcage during the 1964 AFL title game.

In what I would come to consider my day one, I watched a terribly ugly game played in a pouring downpour. Both offenses strugg...

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