The critics are unanimous: The first ever regular-season NFL game on Canadian soil was a resounding success!  Some are even going so far as to call it the greatest ever regular-season NFL game in Canadian history.

Based on eyewitness accounts, the game was just like a regular Bills game in Buffalo, but much, much better.  I mean, who wants to attend some ad hoc, crappy free tailgating party surrounded by thousands of regular fans, when instead you can pay to get into a ScotiaBank-sponsored tailgating party featuring Polar-Ice(tm) martinis and a sushi bar, surrounded by some of Bay Street’s finest?  (Note to the organizers: Would it kill them to have a couple of sauvignons on the reds list next time?)

 And the game! Kudos to the Dolphins and Bills for making the Canadian fans feel at home by stripping away any boring passing game.  Who wants to see touchdowns when you can see some Eastern European guy kick the ball through the uprights? 

It’s no wonder this game sold out without the need for Rogers to quickly distribute thousands upon thousands of giveaway tickets at the last moment: Fans love special teams.  And as for all the griping about the $575 ticket prices, I say ‘humbug’ - by charging that much, fans got a better experience, and didn’t have to cavort with the unseemly blue collar hardcore fans that ruin the Orchard Park experience.

As you can imagine, this game had plenty of star power.  A quick scan of the stands showed such Canuck luminaries as Farley Flex (Funkmaster’s nephew), Alannah Myles, that guy who played Joey Jeremiah on Degrassi, not to mention legitimate candidate for prime minister Justin Trudeau.

And the fans! You could barely hear the action over the screams of “Losman! Losman!”  The air was electric.  The final score of 16-3 doesn’t accurately portray the sense of excitement and tension right through to the end of this game.  We can hardly wait for the next game (even if Dick Jauron probably won’t be around to see it.)

It’s no wonder Toronto is tripping over itself about the possibility of bringing the Bills here permanently.  And now it looks like the Buffalo Sabres are up for grabs as well?  Can we get a two-for-one deal?  I can see it now: The North York Sabres, brought to you by Canadian Tire ™! Embrace the malaise!