00:01Patrick Hammer.
00:02Pat Hammer of Channel 2.
00:03I hope Pat likes this song.
00:06I'm sure he hears it a lot.
00:07You can make your own entrance music, Mr. Hammer, if you want it.
00:10You're not with Sal anymore on Fridays.
00:13Well, maybe you are still doing stuff.
00:14Actually, you know you are still doing stuff with Sal,
00:16but not the Extra Points Show.
00:17But for our Football Fridays, we're proud to make an announcement.
00:21We've made an acquisition.
00:22We've agreed to terms with Mr. Pat Hammer.
00:24And if you want your own entrance music, we will make it happen.
00:27Well, that song has been a part of my life and existence since, what, 92?
00:32When MC Hammer came up with that little jingle.
00:34Yeah.
00:35And I think it was my senior year in college.
00:37It entered my life, and it has never left.
00:41You know, I have a similar experience when Pearl Jam released the song Jeremy.
00:46Of course.
00:47Yes.
00:48Forever that was, you know, anyway.
00:52Well, and my son, you know, unfortunately, you know, he lives with it.
00:57And he's just like, Dad, really?
00:58Thanks.
00:59You know, I don't really know this song like you do, Dad.
01:02But still, I hear it by his teachers and everybody else.
01:06It was a time.
01:07MC Hammer was a big deal.
01:08I mean, I remember when that song came out.
01:10He was.
01:11You know, he doesn't get a little side note here.
01:14That guy did more for the community.
01:16He gave away most of his money, by the way, in the San Francisco Bay Area where he's from.
01:23He has a philanthropic side that not a lot of people know about.
01:27And a lot of the money he made from that song and others, he, like, gave away.
01:33So, little side note to MC Hammer.
01:35Love it.
01:37All right.
01:37So, let's talk about the game tomorrow.
01:40Are you as interested as I am about how the sun hits the stadium?
01:44We're going to see some sunshine, right?
01:46Yeah.
01:47Full sun tomorrow.
01:48Jeremy, I'm so geeking out about this that I've calculated the sun angle for tomorrow versus mid-September, mid-October
01:58through December.
01:59Okay?
01:59All right.
02:00And I would love to – I mean, we need some geometry in place here to figure out.
02:07So, the sun angle tomorrow at a kickoff is at about 60 degrees.
02:12Okay?
02:13So, it's three-quarters up the horizon.
02:16Okay?
02:1660 degrees above the horizon.
02:19So, the shadows are going to be clearly on the lake side of the stadium and then, you know, kind
02:28of the southern end zone.
02:30So, that's the Bills side.
02:31The Bills are on the lake side.
02:33That's their home side.
02:34So, that will be the Bills side, correct.
02:36Okay.
02:36I'll refer to it as home side.
02:38I keep thinking of the lake.
02:40So, when you get to October, that sun angle – excuse me, September, that drops to about 50.
02:47October, we're down to about 40.
02:51And then, in December, it's like 25% above the horizon.
02:56So, shadows, I think, are going to be the biggest deal for September through, like, late October games.
03:04Gotcha.
03:04For those 1 o'clock starts.
03:06So, for fans in the stands early in the season, you are in the shade at 1 o'clock on
03:14the home side of the stadium, the lake side of the stadium?
03:16I think you're – in the first couple – let's see, we have – after Houston, we have, like, three
03:23home games in a row.
03:24And I think two are at 1 o'clock.
03:26So, those games, I think you're going to be in the sun – I think most of the stadium will
03:33be in the sun, except maybe the 400 level on the Bills side.
03:38But, again, okay, this is – this is raw – I mean, I'm tough – I'm just kind of eyeballing
03:43this.
03:43This is how I think.
03:44I mean, I was just fascinated.
03:45I was there Saturday.
03:47When I saw that rain coming, I'm like, oh, this is going to be the ultimate test.
03:51I can't wait for this.
03:52I mean, this is perfect.
03:53We can see what's going to happen.
03:56So, I think we're going to kind of experience the shadow aspect together, and our first experience will be Saturday.
04:04But, right now, I think shadows might be a thing, you know, for those – especially the first half of
04:10the season.
04:10So, the forecast for tomorrow – today's kind of a picture-perfect day, Pat.
04:14We're looking at, like, 80.
04:15Is tomorrow a repeat?
04:17Maybe some more – some more clouds?
04:20Maybe a few high clouds.
04:22Tomorrow looks great.
04:22Tomorrow will look like today.
04:24Beautiful.
04:24Yeah, I am glad that this game is not a Sunday kickoff because Sunday looks far different.
04:30That would have been kind of a bummer.
04:32So, yeah, Saturday looks great.
04:33So, for tailgating, for the early risers, the dawn patrol, the weather looks great.
04:39It's going to be sunny pretty much all day.
04:41Not much wind.
04:42We haven't really had a chance to experience that yet.
04:45I know there was a little bit of a breeze on Saturday, but that was not the typical wind you're
04:50going to get at the stadium that, like, crosses the lake.
04:53That wind came from a little thundershower overhead, and that's a different wind.
04:58That wind actually came from up top, not from the side.
05:01So, it was hard to gauge what the wind's going to do just yet from that.
05:05But we will not have a wind issue whatsoever, at least this first game on Saturday.
05:11It looks perfect.
05:12Very good.
05:13We'll talk throughout the season.
05:14We'll make sure we get to break on time in regular season games.
05:17We have enough time to get through all of it, but eager to see how it looks tomorrow.
05:21And thanks for being part of Football Friday.
05:23We'll do it going forward.
05:24All right.
05:25Take your geometry book to the game Saturday so we can figure out this sun angle stuff.
05:29Excited for it.
05:30Thanks, Pat.
05:30Thanks, Pat.
05:31Bye, guys.
05:31Pat Hammer joining us.
05:32We'll have them part of Football Fridays to give, you know, a forecast for these home games and some road
05:36games as well.
05:37For those of you that travel and, you know, how it affects the actual team on the field.
05:42Bills and Panthers, 1 o'clock tomorrow for preseason game number one.
05:46Although the Bills' first four road games are all in domes.
05:49Nice.
05:50They'll play an outdoor road game until November 15th.
05:53Where's that?
05:54New York.
05:55Or New Jersey, if you want.
05:57Sure.
05:57Then New England, Green Bay, Denver, Miami.
06:00So they're all away outside after the Week 10 game.
06:06Yep.
06:07All right.
06:08Jeremy and Joe back on the other side talking about the Bills playing their starter.
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