On today's milestone 1,1ooth episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by sports journalist Tim Graham for a conversation ranging a handful of Buffalo sports topics recorded live from Mafia Con 2 this past weekend at Seneca One in downtown Buffalo.
The second edition of Mafia Con was far bigger than the first last year and Graham, who joined Patrick for the event last year to discuss the supersizing fun event that brings thousands of Bills fans together. From there they get into a discussion into what Tim was doing at the same time last year before this event, finishing up a feature story on Bills linebacker Terrell Bernard that had Tim travel to Texas to spend some time with him. Tim wrote about the leadership qualities of Bernard and sure enough a handful of weeks later before the regular season season started, Sean McDermott named Bernard one of just two captains on the team alongside Josh Allen.
Speaking of Sean, Tim has thoughts on the evolution of him as Bills head coach of certs, willing to make himself a little more open and vulnerable, something Patrick thinks was necessarily in his growth that could help save his message from getting stale in the locker room.
They also about Tim's recent story in The Athletic about the Bills process the last time they were getting ready to move into what would be a new Rich Stadium in 1973. That and a few other things as well. Big shout out to Del Reid and everyone who helped put this fun event together. Already looking forward to next year!
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Major props to Talking Buffalo sponsor, Sonny Red’s at 1841 Abbott Road in Lackawanna, just minutes from Highmark Stadium. We consider them THE most underrated spot for wings, pizza and other great food in Western New York plus it’s a great place to drink and have a great time. Also big thanks to Imperial Pizza and their two locations (1035 Abbott Road and 1655 Main Street), home of not only great pizza and tons of other delicious eats but also the best everyday lunch special in town.
Special thanks to local Buffalo band, Orange Zest for allowing us to use their awesome single, “Old Friends” as the new official intro music for Talking Buffalo.
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