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Welcome to Selection Wednesday as we officially reveal the field of Schopp and the Bulldog's Buffalo Brackets, a competition to decide the top Buffalo athlete. Before you check out the seeds or print out the brackets to follow along at home (we spared no expense) here are the rules of this prestigious event.

1) All decisions to advance someone to the next round should be based on two criteria:
A) Performance on the field
B) Importance to the Buffalo sports' community

2) As our in-house bracketologist, the Bulldog will make the selections as to who will advance from round 1 to round 2.

3) After the field is whittled down to 32, our listeners will vote using our web poll to determine the winners of each matchup.

Seems easy and fun? Good. Now...here are your seeds! If you want to print out our high-tech brackets, click this link!

The following list has each matchup listed by seed:


BILLS REGION
Bruce Smith (1) – All-time NFL sack leader.
Joe Ferguson (16) – Quarterback, 1973-1985.
Joe DeLamielleure (8) – HOF guard
Jack Kemp (9) – Quarterback, two AFL Champions
Andre Reed (5) – Bills’ leading receiver.
Cookie Gilchrist (12) – Two-time AFL All-Pro in three years as Bill
O.J. Simpson (4) – HOF running back
Kent Hull (13) – Centered great 90s Bills teams
Billy Shaw (6) – HOF guard, five straight AFL All-Pro teams.
Fred Smerlas (11) – Five-time Pro Bowler
Thurman Thomas (3) – Bills’ leading rusher.
Mike Stratton (14) – Linebacker, star of 1964 AFL title team
Darryl Talley (7) – 188 games as a Bill.
Steve Tasker (10) – Best special-teams player ever?
Jim Kelly (2) – Led Bills to four straight Super Bowls
Aaron Schobel (15) – 78 sacks from 2001-09.

SABRES REGION
Gilbert Perreault (1) – 512 goals, 1326 points.
Michael Peca (16) – Captain, 1999 Finals team
Ryan Miller (8) – Goalie for two Eastern Conference finals teams
Craig Ramsay (9) – Eight straight 20-goal seasons, Selke winner
Rick Martin (5) – 382 goals as Sabre
Phil Housley (12) – Eight seasons as Sabre, 60-plus points in all
Pat Lafontaine (4) – Three 40-goal seasons as Sabre
Jim Schoenfeld (13) – Defenseman, 1972-82
Danny Gare (3) – Five 30-goal seasons, former captain
Mike Foligno (14) – Eight straight 20-goal seasons
Mike Ramsey (6) – Defenseman, 1980-93
Rob Ray (11) – 3,189 penalty minutes as Sabre
Dave Andreychuk (7) – Eleven 20-goal seasons, HOF candidate
Rene Robert (10) – Seven 20-goal seasons as Sabre
Dominik Hasek (2) – Two-time Hart Trophy winner, league MVP
Tim Horton (15) – HOF defenseman, 124 games as Sabre

ROOTS REGION
Warren Spahn (1) – All-time winningest MLB lefty
Darris Kilgour (16) – Long-time Bandits player, now coach
Tom Baker (8) – Champion bowler
Jimmy Slattery (9) – Depression-era light heavyweight champ
Patrick Kane (5) – First overall pick, 2007 NHL Draft
Daryl Johnston (12) – Three-time Super Bowl winner, Dallas Cowboys
Jimmy Arias (4) – Top-5 tennis player in world, U.S. Open semifinalist
Dave Hollins (13) – Batted .260 in 12 MLB seasons
Christian Laettner (3) – 148 NCAA basketball games, still a record
Rudy Pikuzinski (14) – Prolific indoor soccer scorer
Cliff Robinson (6) – Eighteen-year NBA career, 19,591 points
Ron Jaworski (11) – Started 143 NFL games as quarterback
Jimmy Collins (7) – Baseball HOFer, manager of first WS-winning team
Rashad Evans (10) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight champ
Bob Lanier (2) – Basketball HOFer, former St. Bona star
Joe Mesi (15) – Former #1 contender to WBC heavyweight title

PLAYED HERE BUT WEREN’T FROM HERE AND WEREN’T ON THE BILLS OR THE SABRES EITHER, OR WERE HORSES REGION
John Tavares (1) – NLL career scoring leader
Tim Wakefield (16) – Salvaged pitching career with Bisons
Larry Wilson (8) – All-time scoring leader for the hockey Bisons
Tony Meola (9) – Blizzard goalkeeper, played for U.S. World Cup team in ‘94
Randy Smith (5) – Buff State star in three sports, NBA iron man
Ollie Carnegie (12) – Bisons star, all-time IL leader in home runs
Bob McAdoo (4) – Three-time NBA scoring champ with Braves
Niatross (13) – Harness horse that starred at Batavia Downs
Jim Thorpe (3) – Three PGA Tour and 13 Champions Tour wins
Jim May (14) – Former Stallions keeper, Blizzard GM
Johnny Bench (6) – Hit 23 home runs in 98 games for 1967 Bisons
Elmer Oliphant (11) – Buffalo All-Americans football star, 1920s
Luke Easter (7) – Bill James called ex-Bison second-best Negro Leagues 1B ever
Turner Battle (10) – Guard elevated UB to new heights, 2001-05
Calvin Murphy (2) – Niagara star, Basketball HOFer
Carolyn Schopp (15) – Five-time open singles champ, Buffalo Tennis & Squash Club

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