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melm00se

(5,053 posts) Tue May 14, 2019, 01:46 PM May 2019

RIP Super Fan Pancho Billa

https://buffalonews.com/2019/05/14/pancho-billa-ezra-castro-bills-superfan-dies-after-cancer-battle/

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RIP Super Fan Pancho Billa (Original Post) melm00se May 2019 OP

That sucks!!! RIP ArizonaLib May 2019 #1

there were 2 movements in Buffalo melm00se May 2019 #2

So sad. I'm glad he got to "call in" the first pick in the draft. Bleacher Creature May 2019 #3

ArizonaLib

(1,265 posts)

1. That sucks!!! RIP

Reply to melm00se (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2019, 03:45 PM

May 2019

Seen him on tv several times. The NFL OWES that guy and his family.

I feel the similar to the way I felt when I realized there would be no more mud bowls because of advancements in field upkeep and turfs.

melm00se

(5,053 posts)

2. there were 2 movements in Buffalo

Reply to ArizonaLib (Reply #1)

Tue May 14, 2019, 04:12 PM

May 2019

one to draft him with the Bills' last pick in the draft (really who makes the team drafted in the late 7th?) and another to sign him to a one day contract...i guess its too late now

Bleacher Creature

(11,433 posts)

3. So sad. I'm glad he got to "call in" the first pick in the draft.

Reply to melm00se (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2019, 05:57 PM

May 2019

And it's super cool that the pick (Ed Oliver) spent time with him before he passed. 39 is just absurdly too young and unfair.

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