The Jacksonville Jaguars

[thelakelander]

I can't believe what I'm watching right now. 27-3, I leave for 30 minutes, and now Buffalo is up five minutes after I walk back in.

[Adam White]

I can't believe what I'm watching right now. 27-3, I leave for 30 minutes, and now Buffalo is up five minutes after I walk back in.

I'm laughing so hard my sides are hurting. This is classic.

[Tacachale]

Wow. So this is the type of QB FSU puts in the league? Jags are on their way to their 2nd win!

Shh. You'll jinx it.

Dammit lake, what did I say?

[I-10east]

We win, the "Jaggy-O-wires' win!!!!

[RattlerGator]

Nice explanation of the philosophy being employed by the Jaguars leadership, and why the pieces *are* looking good:
"Have the Jacksonville Jaguars closed the talent gap?"
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000563863/article/have-the-jacksonville-jaguars-closed-the-talent-gap

Bortles' gutsy performance helps Jags gain momentum
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000565060/article/bortles-gutsy-performance-helps-jags-gain-momentum

Great write-up, and great picture, in The Guardian:
"Jacksonville Jaguars seal Wembley win over Buffalo Bills in thrilling finale"
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/25/buffalo-bills-jacksonville-jaguars-nfl-match-report

[RattlerGator]

Very good article on the game, and a bunch of great pictures:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-3288915/Buffalo-Bills-31-34-Jacksonville-Jaguars-Allen-Hurns-touchdown-seals-dramatic-win.html

Clearly, the Jaguars have a bunch of fans in Britain. Surely an increasing number will be visiting northeast Florida as tourists.

[RattlerGator]

Can you tell how freaking relieved I am that we won this damn game ! ? !

From the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/34633052

And just in case you think the Jaguars are just blowing smoke about their British strategy:

The crowd of 84,021 is the second highest in the 13 games since Wembley began staging International Series matches in 2007.
The occasion also sparked activity on social media, with #NFLUK trending in the UK and the subject of over 10,000 tweets from midday.

Very. Smart. Plan.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Wasn't looking good for a min there. BB5, gotta stop with the pick 6's, they are killers. Glad we won. Imagine had they lost that one.

[tufsu1]

They only have one, so it should't be too hard to remember.

The Philbin led Dolphins. That era has died. Man Campbell is in charge now. It's a new day now.

I don't believe they zero out the record until 2016

[ProjectMaximus]

Great write-up, and great picture, in The Guardian:
"Jacksonville Jaguars seal Wembley win over Buffalo Bills in thrilling finale"
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/25/buffalo-bills-jacksonville-jaguars-nfl-match-report

I like your excitement! But this particular article was awful....disregarding the style of writing, the author needs to do some fact-checking:

Allen Robinson, not Tony Washington, scored the first touchdown for the Jags. Second INT was by Poz not Chris Clemons. And the first touchdown pass by the Bills went to Robert Woods, not the center, Eric Wood.

I kinda liked this story about the Jags longterm outlook. I do agree that we may be in danger of losing the team to London in 10-15 years, but I have faith that if the local fan base is extremely strong then it would be hard for that to happen.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/34622055

[I-10east]

^^^Good catch. Leave it to those arrogant prim limey blimeys (just trying to talk British LOL) to screw things up.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I kinda liked this story about the Jags longterm outlook. I do agree that we may be in danger of losing the team to London in 10-15 years, but I have faith that if the local fan base is extremely strong then it would be hard for that to happen.

I'm going to somewhat agree with you here.  I've read from multiple sources that the GB / DC era has 2 more years, probably with the exception of something absolutely coaching related happening.  I agree that continuity is a good thing and that it's tougher to do the 'right' thing when your job is constantly on the line.  Assurance from ownership that nothing drastic will happen, but knowing you have a short leash is a great way to allow it to play out.

And with regards to the moving to London thing, I don't think it's that likely - even in 10-15 years if the team becomes competitive in the next 3-5.  We have a tremendously loyal fan base and are starting to see the beginning of Generation 2 coming into their own.  The ones that grew up with the Jags as the home team and remember going to games as a kid.  If there were a consistent winning product on the field, then I think we'll start to be one of those stadiums that are written about being hell for the opposing team. 

We're out of the conversation about moving to LA.  We're quickly moving away from the conversation about not being able to fill a stadium. 

I know it's a stupid, simple concept, but, "Just win, baby!"

[ben says]

Can you tell how freaking relieved I am that we won this damn game ! ? !

From the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/american-football/34633052

And just in case you think the Jaguars are just blowing smoke about their British strategy:

The crowd of 84,021 is the second highest in the 13 games since Wembley began staging International Series matches in 2007.
The occasion also sparked activity on social media, with #NFLUK trending in the UK and the subject of over 10,000 tweets from midday.

Very. Smart. Plan.

London is starting to look at the Jags as their home team. Couldn't be more thrilled at that prospect. As long as JAX remains our home, i don't care if we play 1, 2, 3 teams in London. It's a cool association we have going. We should embrace it.

[fsujax]

As a season ticket holder, I don't mind sharing the Jaguars with London. I actually think it is pretty cool and good for the team. Maybe one day I will actually get to London to see them play.

[ben says]

As a season ticket holder, I don't mind sharing the Jaguars with London. I actually think it is pretty cool and good for the team. Maybe one day I will actually get to London to see them play.

My outlook as well