The T.O. Circus sets up shop at Fisher

Just think, today is the third day of training camp.

In the last few days, we’ve seen Bills fans crowd the campus of St. John Fisher to take a look at T.O. in action.

Terrell Owens has been the center of attention since the team arrived at campus Friday and Saturday’s opening of camp was all about the new guy in town.

They cheered his routine catches. They cheered the way he stretched. They roared when he hauled in a 65-yard bomb from Trent Edwards in the afternoon. They hollered, “Getcha popcorn ready.” They wore his No. 81 jersey. They carried boxes of his cereal.

When Owens responded to one fan’s exhortations with a big smile and a peace sign, the fan gushed, “That just made my day!”

With the Bills being the first team to open camp thanks to the fact they will be one of the first two teams in preseason action come August 9th, all eyes of the football world have been on Pittsford, New York. And Terrell has not disappointed the media, being his usual story-creating self.

And, of course, The T.O. Show makes its return to the airwaves tonight at 10 PM on VH1.

Pretty boring start to camp, huh?

Bills training camp officially underway

Aaron Maybin and Eric Wood are still unsigned.

Trent Edwards has a hair cut.

Josh Reed has his television to watch The T.O. Show on Monday nights.

The players are ready. It’s training camp at St. John Fisher, Bills fans, are you ready?

Optimism is never in short supply in Bills country once July rolls around, and this year is no different. Sure they’ve finished 7-9 the last three seasons. Sure, the same coaching staff is back. Sure, the Bills haven’t made the playoffs this millenium, but damn it, we got Terrell freaking Owens!

Sabres sign Sekera and MacArthur to deals

What did you do over the weekend? Apparently, it seems Darcy was doing some work the last few days, while you were sitting around being a slob.

The Buffalo Sabres announced this morning that they have come to terms on deals with restricted free agents Andrej Sekera and Clarke MacArthur.

Sekera, who appeared in 69 games for the Sabres last season, gets a two-year contract. Terms are not available at this time, but a Slovak website reports that it is worth $2 million, assumingly over the course of the deal, not per year.

Kaleta accepts qualifying offer

According to Sabres.com, Buffalo Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta is locked up for another season.

Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier announced today that forward Patrick Kaleta has accepted his one-year qualifying offer.

Kaleta, (6/8/1986, 5-11,195 lbs) collected nine points (4+5) and 89 penalty minutes in 51 games last season. Kaleta missed 27 games due to a neck injury last season. Along with setting career-highs in all major statistical categories, the forward also averaged a career-high 8:55 on-ice time per game.

Sabres schedule released

It’s out people.

The Sabres host the Canadiens to kick off the 2009-2010 season.

More reaction will follow, but for those waiting, here it is.

From Sabres.com…

The 2009-10 campaign will begin when the Montreal Canadiens visit HSBC Arena on Saturday, October 3. The Sabres will travel to the Music City to begin the road portion of their schedule on Saturday, October 10 when the team heads to Nashville to battle the Predators.

The Sabres will face off against their border rivals from Toronto for the first time on Friday, October 30, when the Maple Leafs head to Buffalo. The Sabres will play host to Atlanta on New Year’s Day at HSBC Arena for a 7:30 p.m. faceoff against the Thrashers.

The team will pack their suitcases in January and head out for a seven-game,12-day road trip, their longest continual trip since the 2005-06 season. The Sabres will start their cross-country trip in Atlanta (Thursday, January 14) and complete their seven-game swing in Western Canada against Vancouver (Monday, January 25).

Please stand by…

Alright, folks.

This place has been dead for a long time. The offseason will do that to you, or the fact that I was kind of discouraged from posting for a while. But, screw that, I’ll be back. To what capacity, I don’t know. But it’s time to get this thing rolling again.

We have a twitter account now, located at http://www.twitter.com/3rdManIn . Derek is probably going to handle most of it, but it should be entertaining. The idea of live posting is going to revamp the site a bit.

For now, we’re working on a new look to try to reinvigorate this place. Bringing a blog back from the dead ain’t easy, but we’re gonna make it happen.

Bills training camp is only days away.