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I've listed this article for peer review because User:Student7 and I disagree as to the worthiness of the inclusion of something known as the "Curse of Doug Flutie". This "curse" is analagous to the Curse_of_the_bambino. However, this "Curse of Doug Flutie" is said to affect the Buffalo Bills.

Personally, I do not believe in this curse - I am a scientist and engineer - but it has been discussed at various websites and has been eloquently described at ColdHardFootballFacts.com. Here in Buffalo where I am, it is commonly discussed. Considering that the Bills playoff drought may extend another year this year and that the Bills are tied with the Lions for the second longest playoff drought in the NFL, it should be understandable how, in a city famous for losing, such a "curse" could arise in the consciousness of Bills fans.

Below is the specific text that I wish to add to the Buffalo Bills section of the Doug Flutie article, but that Student7 subsequently deletes:

BEGIN ARTICLE ADDITION The Bills have never won a playoff game since Phillips replaced Flutie with Johnson and some say this began the "Flutie Curse". Coldhardfootballfacts.com has a more detailed description of the origin of the curse in their article Icy Issues: Curse of Flutie & Peyton Whats-it? END ARTICLE ADDITION

I cannot speak for Student7's reasons for deletion. However, I do not see how the Flutie Curse is any less worthy than the Curse of the Bambino other than the Bambino Curse is more well known having existed for decades, while the Flutie Curse is, so far, not quite 10 years old.

Thanks,

Vincent J Ree Jr (talk) 13:12, 17 December 2007 (UTC)