More photos from the Bill-Steelers game in Toronto

The recent Bills game in Toronto is one I was forced to miss because of the Thursday date (not enough vacation time) and one I had to get a few friends to take photos at for me. We already saw the ones from http://www.billsinsider.com/ at http://buffaloprocheer.blogspot.com/2008/08/bills-vs-steelers-in-toronto.html and now we have a set taken by Mike Thomas, the staff photographer at http://www.billszone.com/.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/buffalojills2005/2008/Toronto%20preseason%20courtesy%20Mike%20Thomas/

Buffalo Jill of The Week Anna

This year's inaugural Jill of The Week is none other than rookie Anna. She was actually the first Jills rookie to make her presence known after making the squad thanks to an article in the St. Catherines Standard published in mid-April this year. Anna's been wanting to be an NFL Cheerleader since the age of 15 but the team she grew up rooting for doesn't have cheerleaders. Besides that, driving from Ontario (she's one of two Canadians on the 2008-09 squad) to Pittsburgh to cheer on the Steelers would be a tough and expensive trip for this 18-year old. Luckily, she has a soft spot for the Bills as well and who knows? Maybe after some time with the Jills, the Bills will surpass the Steelers as her top team. Regardless, Annastasia will be a welcome addition to the Jills this fall with not only her beauty but her experience. Besides dancing since the age of 2 1/2, she spent some time with Niagara Allstars Cheerleading, including the competitive Niagara Ladykats. You can check out her official Jills bio at http://buffalojills.net/bios/anna.html and see this future attorney dance all season long on Nicole's line between Nicole and Jill D.

Bills-Lions preseason game pics

In the final game of the NFL preseason, coaches generally don't play their starters much at all and instead focus on playing the players who are "on the bubble" and fighting for a spot on the team. Bills coach Dick Jauron went to extremes in Thursday night's Kid's Day preseason game against the Detroit Lions when the only starter who played was FS Ko Simpson. At RB, the top 2 players, Marshawn Lynch and Fred Jackson sat out while starting QB Trent Edwards and backup J.P. Losman's only action came late in the game when Losman went in for a shaken up 3rd string Gibran Hamden. The result was a generally sloppy game which did little to please the Ralph Wilson Stadium faithful who, during the game, were on record for 56,011 season tickets sold, the 2nd highest total in team history.

While the product on the field was rather poorly played, the product on the sidelines was anything but as the 48-member Buffalo Jills squad put on a spectacular show from beginning to end. Members of the Ambassador Squad dealt with long lines of autograph seekers prior to the game in Lot C while the dancers worked with the Jr. Jills one last time before bringing them onto the field with them for the pregame performance. After the pregame performance, the beautiful Jills kept the crowd interested when the game couldn't with their dance moves. The rookie Jills meshed so well with their veteran counterparts that unless you actually knew who the rookies were, you couldn't tell them apart from the vets as far as their dance skills. Here are a few, as in quite a, pictures from the evening.

http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/buffalojills2005/2008/Lions%20Preseason/

Coming up for the Jills
Jills Night at the Races on August 30th at Holland Speedway
http://buffalojills.net/races.html
Then the Jills are back cheering on the Bills against the Seahawks on September 7th in the season opener at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Be sure to stop by the 97Rock and 103.3 The Edge Tailgate parties as well as the Fieldhouse to pick up your 2008-09 Buffalo Jills swimsuit calendar and get it autographed by members of the Buffalo Jills.
Also, don't forget to get your tickets to the Jills Fundraiser, due to take place at SoHo on September 27th from 6pm-9pm.

Fifth consecutive kids day game sold out

The Bills have announced that the Bills-Lions game this Thursday at Ralph Wilson Stadium is sold out and will be televised locally. The game will air live Thursday, August 28 at 6:30 pm on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, WHAM-TV in Rochester, City TV in Toronto, WTVH-TV in Syracuse and WSEE-TV in Erie.
This marks the fifth consecutive sellout for the Bills’ annual Kids Day game.
The first 10,000 kids 14-and-under will receive an official NFL Rush Snuggie Toy. Prior to the game, the Bills will host Kids Day activities in Lot C in front of Ralph Wilson Stadium from 4:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. The free event will feature an interactive games area, a Buffalo Zoo exhibit, souvenir photo opportunities, vendor giveaways, a Navy Band playing live music, a chalk artist display, Jills cheerleaders, plus ice cream and other food/drink samples. At halftime, a Niagara Youth Football League Pee Wee scrimmage will take place and the Buffalo Junior Jills cheerleading squad will perform.
http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?NEWS_ID=6450

Just a heads up for all who are going on Thursday where to expect the Jills for pregame (I would expect that Kelly, Danielle, and the rest of the Ambassador Squad will be leaving those festivities around 5:30 or so to make sure they are ready for the game itself which kicks off at 6:30) and to let everyone know to stay in their seats at halftime for the Jills and the Jr. Jills performance.

Jills site being updated

Obviously anyone who's seen the Jills website of late knows that they're starting to get stuff put in for the new squad. Today, they have the new squad photo on the bios page along with links to pics of all 48 of the Buffalo Jills. Still a few tweaks and bios to add but check it out and get a look at each member of the 2008-09 Buffalo Jills!
http://buffalojills.net/bios/index.html