Forget Oddsmakers: Bills Have Surprising Amount of Support

To Jim Murray, Mike Downey and the entire sports staff:

Hey, guys, whatever happened to rooting for the underdog? I mean, if you were Jim Kelly, could you even show your face, much less come back for more? Much less do what it takes to get back to The Show? How about Marv Levy? Isn’t it a miracle that after last year they haven’t come apart at the seams?

The crow pie is on me if they actually win. Shame on you. You take all the excitement out of it.

RICH McGINIS

Pasadena

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The epic spirit inspires some people to persist in personal goals long after the average seeker gives up. Yet when the Buffalo Bills, after losing three consecutive Super Bowls, earned the right to a fourth appearance in a row, I sighed, I can’t bear to watch. Their dream has become a nightmare.

Buffalo Coach Marv Levy, however, has a notable perspective: “I see this more as an American epic. This game, for us, is about what it takes to endure. What it takes to come back, keep fighting.”

Three failures followed by a fourth attempt is an epic convention, occurring frequently in “The Iliad” by Homer. The fourth attempt does not guarantee success. Whatever happens, whoever’s fate weighs heavier in the scales of Zeus, Buffalo’s struggle for a Super Bowl triumph is indeed epic.

KEITH FAHEY

Granada Hills

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I am shocked and dismayed at how the media are handling the Dallas-Buffalo matchup. I work in a large hospital in Long Beach, and most everyone agrees that the Bills are a great team and fully deserve to be right where they will be on Sunday.

How did the media determine that the average fan does not like the Bills, and didn’t want them back in the Super Bowl?

I say to the media, give credit where credit is due. Hands down, the Bills have been the best in the AFC. Last year they were the second-best team in football, certainly not the worst, as they are being portrayed. The Bills have a lot more support than you could ever imagine, and much more than you obviously dare report.

ELLEN A. OSTASZEWSKI

Huntington Beach

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Cancel the Super Bowl. Watching Dallas and Buffalo would be like watching your sisters argue. You don’t care who wins, you just want them to stop.

JOHN S. BELLINGER

Santa Barbara