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Seven facts about the Jacksonville Jaguars’ postseason history<\/p>\n
The Jaguars are about to embark on their ninth postseason in franchise history. Here are some facts about their previous eight postseasons.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville against Buffalo. Jaguars versus Bills. \u201cDuuuval\u201d<\/a> chants meet the sounds of Bills Mafia, which I believe involves a mix of \u201cShout,\u201d<\/a> \u201cMr. Brightside\u201d<\/a> and smashing tables<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve had this kind of buzz about a football game in Jacksonville. So I\u2019m a bit rusty in my role. But I think as local newspaper columnist, by football law I\u2019m supposed to fire shots at the city of Buffalo and fans of the Bills.<\/p>\n Those are the rules. Fans talk trash. Mayors make friendly wagers. Columnists make fun.<\/p>\n Sorry. I\u2019m not going to do that this week.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m above doing it. I\u2019ve even done it before with upstate New York. The year I moved to Jacksonville \u2014 it\u2019s hard to believe next month will be 25 years here for me \u2014 Syracuse University wasn\u2019t invited to the Gator Bowl and a columnist there wrote: “The Syracuse football team has been dissed. . . . But it’s all good. It’s all so, so good. Cowford, you must understand, is no place to spend the holidays. In fact, it’s no place at all.”<\/p>\n I took the bait and fired back:.\u201dIt would be one thing if University of Hawaii fans were poking fun at us as a travel destination. But Syracuse? I mean, this is the place with a dreary dome bearing the name of an air-conditioning company. Air-conditioning. In Syracuse. Now that’s funny.\u201d<\/p>\n But I\u2019m not going to do this again this week. And not just because in the last 25 years, that dome has been renovated and renamed. Or because Buffalo is a few hours west of there and, like Jacksonville, is a \u201csmall market\u201d that has endured quite a few losing seasons in the last 25 years and recently had to play the NFL stadium game to keep its team. Or even because I like \u201cShout\u201d and \u201cMr. Brightside.\u201d<\/p>\n I like Buffalo.<\/p>\n Overlooked and underrated mid-size cities<\/p>\n When I covered the Miami Dolphins before moving to Jacksonville, one of the first things I checked when the schedule came out was: When is the annual trip to Buffalo? If it was early in the season, I looked forward to it. In December, not so much.<\/p>\n I think maybe it\u2019s because Buffalo reminds me of where I grew up in Wisconsin. And to some degree \u2014 weather obviously aside \u2014 of where I call home now.<\/p>\n I like places that, if you go by population, are neither truly small towns nor big cities \u2014 and because they fall into that middle ground, often don\u2019t get much love.<\/p>\n Small towns get country songs written about them. Big cities get starring roles in movies. Mid-size cities get overlooked or worse.<\/p>\n When ESPN came to town recently for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the network with the slogan “Sports Forever” showed a shot of The Landing<\/a>, which was demolished in 2019, in front of the Modis building, which was renamed in 2011 and again in 2024. But, hey, at least they got the right city.<\/p>\n Last year ESPN was in Tucson \u2014 one of my favorite mid-size cities \u2014 for a University of Arizona basketball game and showed footage of \u201cbeautiful Tucson,\u201d which actually was of Tempe, 100 miles away and home of Arizona\u2019s rival.<\/p>\n I\u2019m optimistic that CBS, which is showing this game, will actually have some current B-roll. But the small-market theme will hang over this one, to some degree perpetuated and embraced by the fans, players and even coaches.<\/p>\n ‘Small market’ rallying cry<\/p>\n