Loveable Losers: How the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Made Me a Fan

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Published: May 15, 2009

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... '70s, felt indifferent in the '80s, and then rediscovered them in the '90s.

But I know it will never be the same as it was when I was a little kid in 1976.

It was never a love-hate relationship as much as it was a case of “I guess I have to root for somebody since the Colts were stolen from Baltimore.”

When I was a kid, the Colts were my passion, as they were for most of Baltimore.

The franchise tumbled to an ignominious ending when an evil man moved the team during a snowstorm in the middle of the night. I haven’t watched a Colts game since.

As a beat writer for the Jacksonville Jaguars I begged out of only one assignment—when the Jags hosted the former Baltimore Colts.

I can’t look at the horseshoes. Peyton Manning couldn't tie Johnny Unitas’ shoes.

But back to the Bucs.

My parents moved me to Tampa in 1976 when I was a very little kid. It was the Bucs' inaugural season. That...

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