T.O. jersey a hot item

[A.E]

The Buffalo Bills Store at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY held special store hours on Sunday, March 15th, to accommodate fans interest in buying the first Terrell Owens #81 jersey. The jersey also was made available at the Bills Store in the Eastview Mall in Victor, NY.

The first T.O. jersey was sold to eleven year-old Tyler McPeek, of Hamburg, NY.

Tyler said he felt good to be the first person on line with his mom Stacey McPeek, at the Bills Store in Orchard Park. “I hope T.O. takes us to the Super Bowl this year!” said Tyler, who was excited to be one of the first to be able to wear the jersey to school this week.

“I work at Danny’s around the corner from the Stadium and everyone is really excited, talking about the Bills and how the stadium will be sold out,” said Stacey McPeek. “The atmosphere is just great around here.”

A long line of Bills fans started shortly after 10:00 a.m. at the Bills Store for the 11:00 a.m. opening and all were seemingly thrilled with the addition of Owens to the Bills roster.

David Martin, 23, Angola, NY and Bills season ticket holder said, “I pre-ordered the jersey online as soon as it was available, but I was too anxious to wait, so I called and they said I could come down and pick it up today. I’m a proud owner (of the jersey).”

“The atmosphere he brings…he’s just so in to the game,” Martin added. “I can’t wait for the season to start.”

Some folks came from long distances just to be one of the first to get their hands on a T.O. jersey. K.C. Dubois, 31, and his wife Chris drove nearly two hours from Bradford, PA, just for the special jersey sale.

Chris said it was an early birthday present for her husband and that it gave her a good reason to do some extra shopping in Buffalo.

K.C. had a message for T.O., “You put on the show and we’ll bring the popcorn!”

Daniel Gravel, 25, and Stacey Robinson of Curtis, Ontario were visiting in Niagara Falls when they decided to make a stop at the Bills Store for their T.O. jersey.

Gravel said, “I think signing T.O. was a great move.” His message to T.O. was simple, “Score a lot of touchdowns!”

Bills Store employees said that the Owens jersey has been a hot commodity since the announcement of his signing and that the Bills 50th Season items are also doing well.

 

[.s31t]

The night they signed him they had the jersey online... It said #1 Owens but was going to be shipped at a later date... It was a hot item...

 

[Macken]

<Censored> i would get one.. never had a reason to wear a bill jersey besides my throwback oj simpson.

 

[PiStoL31PeTe]

i'd get one just cuz owens is my favorite player talented wise.

 

[MapleLeaf]

<Censored> i would get one.. never had a reason to wear a bill jersey besides my throwback oj simpson.

LOL

 

[A.E]

I wonder what it took for James Hardy to switch to #84.

 

[MapleLeaf]

TO gave him some of his "popcorn"

 

[The Young One]

It looks better than i thought it would. I may have to cop.

 

[lonesomefx]

I've been a Bills fan for a quite a while, I'm getting an Autographed... Roscoe Parrish Football (FINALLY, My Grandmother took forever to buy the ball so he could sign it, he's been waiting quite a while to sign that ball and I've been waiting to get it, who would've expected an NFL Player to live nowhere near a Sporting Goods Store.) and I might get to meet him over the Summer seeing as my grandmother lives in Florida, the benefits of my Aunt working for (previously)

 

[A.E]

I may have to take a trip back to my hometown this Summer and catch T.O. at Bills training camp in Rochester.

 

[lonesomefx]

I may have to take a trip back to my hometown this Summer and catch T.O. at Bills training camp in Rochester.

I'm in the boroughs, I might have to head upstate myself... Evans, Owens, Parrish, Hardy and Edwards in the flesh?

 

[A.E]

I'm in the boroughs, I might have to head upstate myself... Evans, Owens, Parrish, Hardy and Edwards in the flesh?

After a little bit of a decline in attendance...I think St. John Fisher is going to be swamped once the Bills come into town this summer. Its a pain in the balls to go though. You have to park at designated sites and take the shuttle to the University.

 

[lonesomefx]

I don't drive LMFAO!

 

[A.E]

I don't drive LMFAO!

The autograph tents are for kids 12 & under...so you have to line the gates after practices if your over 12 to get 'em. Through the use of my nephew and my son I've managed to get the John Hancock's of: Doug Flutie, Eric Moulds, Peerless Price, Coy Wire, Jabari Greer, Rob Johnson , and Aaron Schobel, over the years.

Even better I still have a piece of paper with official Bills letterhead, that has the autographs of Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Cornelius Bennett. Got it when I went to the Jim Kelly Football camp as a kid.