Network Fail: At the end of the first half, Thurman Thomas was audible with both of the two most famous four-letter words, getting angry at the refs. NFL Network, in nine years in between, has failed to edit it out.

“Uni” Moment: Dennis Miller’s shown in the booth wearing an SNL 25th anniversary sweatshirt on the ABC broadcast :D

Celebrity cameo: The not-yet-Governor of California (though Dennis and Al did mock him a bit that he was about to be) coming in to plug some movie. He got all of three minutes in the booth.

It’s amazing how DATED this looks already…Nike unis, no Reebok standardization, and only small, relatively unobtrusive network graphics on-screen during the game. I miss this.

Brian said:

timmy b said:

Ricko said:

Mike Engle said:

DerekR said:

Here’s the link…

http://www2.tbo.com/...

Fourth-to-last paragraph: apparently the orange tops were one-time wonders that inaugural season. Bad luck orange? No, everything was bad luck that year. The team apparently preferred to go against the grain and wear white at home, like the Cowboys. Learn something new every day.

Bucs wore white at home (obviously) that first year, and they also played their home games on Saturday nights because a vote of fans preferred that to Sunday. Betcha that would never happen in today’s NFL.

—Ricko

According to my records, the Bucs wore white for all 14 regular season games in 1976. If they wore orange, they must have worn it in the preseason.

Or if they in fact did wear orange in the ‘76 regular season, please let me know against who(m).

Everything I’ve ever heard says that they wore orange for the first home game, which was September 19th against San Diego, and every game the rest of the season was in the white, technically “away” jerseys.

Not so.

I have checked via newspaperarchive.com, on page B-1 of the 9/20/76 Naples (FL) Daily News and two game action photos definitely indicate that the Bucs indeed wore white and the Chargers were wearing blue.

For good measure, another paper, the Fort Pierce (FL) News Tribune from the same day has a third photo from that game and the Bucs are wearing white.

I’ll post this tommorow also.

Well, I was wrong. But to be fair, it was a good 14 years before my time. Wow, that really shows my age…

timmy b said:

Ricko said:

Mike Engle said:

DerekR said:

Here’s the link…

http://www2.tbo.com/...

Fourth-to-last paragraph: apparently the orange tops were one-time wonders that inaugural season. Bad luck orange? No, everything was bad luck that year. The team apparently preferred to go against the grain and wear white at home, like the Cowboys. Learn something new every day.

Bucs wore white at home (obviously) that first year, and they also played their home games on Saturday nights because a vote of fans preferred that to Sunday. Betcha that would never happen in today’s NFL.

—Ricko

According to my records, the Bucs wore white for all 14 regular season games in 1976. If they wore orange, they must have worn it in the preseason.

Or if they in fact did wear orange in the ‘76 regular season, please let me know against who(m).

Everything I’ve ever heard says that they wore orange for the first home game, which was September 19th against San Diego, and every game the rest of the season was in the white, technically “away” jerseys.

Not so.

I have checked via newspaperarchive.com, on page B-1 of the 9/20/76 Naples (FL) Daily News and two game action photos definitely indicate that the Bucs indeed wore white and the Chargers were wearing blue.

For good measure, another paper, the Fort Pierce (FL) News Tribune from the same day has a third photo from that game and the Bucs are wearing white.

I’ll post this tommorow also.

Of course, my judgment could be clouded because my son played for an Astros team this year. They had to wear black jerseys with red numbers, and white pinstriped pants. I’d take your version any day.

Last year, he played for a Dodgers team that wore red vests (don’t ask me, it’s some North Akron tradition for their Dodgers to be red). Needless to say we are accepting offers from other leagues next year after two seasons of uni madness…

JimV19 said:

How about a wheat-colored uni? That got me thinking of a beer-colored uni (with white hats, of course, for a foamy head).

Back to the rest of the teams…

You may have just made a case for a black alt. Check out this Guinness sweater I’ve got. My crap camera doesn’t do it justice, but you can see how the black of the shirt resembles the beer itself and the inside part poking through the v-neck kinda looks like the foam (too bad you can’t see that part when I’m wearing it).

Of course, with the Brewers and Miller being inextricably linked, I suppose a beer-colored uni for them would have to bee piss yellow.

You’re right, the Miller lineup doesn’t have much variety in color. The only thing resembling a Guinness (according to that Wiki guy) is:
“Frederick Miller Classic Chocolate Lager—A beer for the holiday season…It is brewed with six different malts, including chocolate and dark chocolate malts.”

I could go for one of those, or a Guinness, right now…

Of course, with the Brewers and Miller being inextricably linked, I suppose a beer-colored uni for them would have to bee piss yellow.

Uh, *be*.