seahawk9 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Here's the deal on the jerseys. These jerseys were the original orange jerseys from the 1976 season. They only worn them once, a pre-season game against Miami. They wore the white jerseys at home and on the road the rest of the year. As a kid, I wrote the team a letter and ask them why they never wore the orange as I really like the shade. They replied by saying fans sitting high up in the stands could not make out the numbers on the orange clearly. They "redesigned" the jersys so the numbers would show up better on the orange for the 1977 season along with switching to red numbers on the white jerseys. Yes, the jerseys yesterday were "a lighter shade of orange" than in the latter part of the 70s and 80s. They "darken" the light orange slightly after the 76 season. If you noticed the shade of orange jerseys the 1979 team players were wearing was a darker orange than the team wore on the field yesterday which was historicly correct. The numbers were screen printed and the orange striped socks were what they worn in 1976. The team will wear the throwbacks again for at least one game a year over the next 5 years as required by the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Here's the deal on the jerseys. These jerseys were the original orange jerseys from the 1976 season. They only worn them once, a pre-season game against Miami. They wore the white jerseys at home and on the road the rest of the year. As a kid, I wrote the team a letter and ask them why they never wore the orange as I really like the shade. They replied by saying fans sitting high up in the stands could not make out the numbers on the orange clearly. They "redesigned" the jersys so the numbers would show up better on the orange for the 1977 season along with switching to red numbers on the white jerseys. Yes, the jerseys yesterday were "a lighter shade of orange" than in the latter part of the 70s and 80s. They "darken" the light orange slightly after the 76 season. If you noticed the shade of orange jerseys the 1979 team players were wearing was a darker orange than the team wore on the field yesterday which was historicly correct. The numbers were screen printed and the orange striped socks were what they worn in 1976. The team will wear the throwbacks again for at least one game a year over the next 5 years as required by the league.Where is this documented? I can think of several throwback jerseys that were worn as one-game / one-season deals (the Eagles yellow/light blue comes to mind).I understand saying that if you come out with a new jersey, you can't come out with another new one for five seasons, but not a rule that states that you have to actually wear it. I'd love to see what the actual rule is regarding this. It's been brought up several times on the boards before, and so far, it's all just hearsay. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Heresay...and heresy, too! On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I had a dream the other night that the Bucs were in their creamsicles, playing against the Panthers in their electric blue alternates.Damn, that was some good gin. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Here's the deal on the jerseys. These jerseys were the original orange jerseys from the 1976 season. They only worn them once, a pre-season game against Miami. They wore the white jerseys at home and on the road the rest of the year. As a kid, I wrote the team a letter and ask them why they never wore the orange as I really like the shade. They replied by saying fans sitting high up in the stands could not make out the numbers on the orange clearly. They "redesigned" the jersys so the numbers would show up better on the orange for the 1977 season along with switching to red numbers on the white jerseys. Yes, the jerseys yesterday were "a lighter shade of orange" than in the latter part of the 70s and 80s. They "darken" the light orange slightly after the 76 season. If you noticed the shade of orange jerseys the 1979 team players were wearing was a darker orange than the team wore on the field yesterday which was historicly correct. The numbers were screen printed and the orange striped socks were what they worn in 1976. The team will wear the throwbacks again for at least one game a year over the next 5 years as required by the league.Where is this documented? I can think of several throwback jerseys that were worn as one-game / one-season deals (the Eagles yellow/light blue comes to mind).I understand saying that if you come out with a new jersey, you can't come out with another new one for five seasons, but not a rule that states that you have to actually wear it. I'd love to see what the actual rule is regarding this. It's been brought up several times on the boards before, and so far, it's all just hearsay.I think that might be a misstatement of NFL regulations. The Bucs themselves said:The home game vs. the Packers won't be the only time the Bucs sport their throwback uniforms. Now that it has officially gone through the process and had it approved by the league, Tampa Bay is required by the NFL to wear its throwback uniforms at least one time over the next five years. "Yes, the NFL says that if you elect to change your uniform or wear a throwback, you have to wear them for five years," said Glazer. "You can wear them up to two regular season games and one preseason game. This year we are going to wear them for one regular season game, and next we will probably wear them for two. We'll see, but they will be here for at least five years."But those two paras aren't necessarily saying the same thing. One does not mean another. Glazer is saying that once you create a throwback you're stuck with it for five years and can wear it up to three times (including one exhibition game). He doesn't say that the team is required to actually wear them on the field - the Bucs could simply not choose to wear any throwbacks or alternates at all for the next five years and be in compliance with Glazer's statement.So in the absence of any other evidence I'm tending to think that the writer of the article just got it wrong.That's from the same press release where they detail how they painstakingly matched the throwback color to the 1976 orange jerseys:The process (of creating a throwback uniform for the Bucs) took longer than the Glazers would have preferred, mostly because the Bucs ran into problems trying to match the exact color of the 1976 orange Bucs jerseys. When the NFL sent us a box with the old orange jersey from the 1990s I realized this process wasnt going to be as easy as we originally thought, said Glazer. Ownerships long search for an original 1976 orange Bucs jersey that was still in mint condition finally ended thanks to an advertisement the Glazers found on Craigslist, which was posted by the son of the original owner of Bay Sporting Goods, which supplied the Bucs with their jerseys and helmets in 1976. The 1976 Bucs only wore their orange jerseys one time, which was for a preseason game. The 76 Bucs are forever known as the only team to go winless before the 2008 Detroit Lions. However, Glazer said ownership wanted to recognize Tampa Bays history from where it all began. So they were never intending to throw back to 1979. They were going for the first season, and by all accounts got it right. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Did anyone see the player (didn't catch who) that was wearing just plain white socks? Looked bad. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Clifton Smith.I really hate that look. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 While I'm not the biggest fan of the Bucco Bruce throwbacks, I've gotta give the Bucs massive props on how they designed field with the throwback helmet at mid-field and endzones, as well orange walls along the sidelines. The Buccaneers went all out yesterday. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Did anyone see the player (didn't catch who) that was wearing just plain white socks? Looked bad.That was Clifton Smith, and it was only for the first half. He wasn't wearing white socks, but long white tights. My guess would be that someone gave him a talking to during halftime and he switched. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Thanks, that's the guy. Turrible. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yac12 Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 While I'm not the biggest fan of the Bucco Bruce throwbacks, I've gotta give the Bucs massive props on how they designed field with the throwback helmet at mid-field and endzones, as well orange walls along the sidelines. The Buccaneers went all out yesterday. Well done!This is how all teams should do it when they do a throwback game. The attention to detail was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DailyRich Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 They also had the cheerleaders in a pretty close replica of the 1979 Swashbucklers outfits, and they ditched Captain Fear for the day and had Bucco Bruce patrolling the sidelines.Here's a thread from the official message board that has some great pics of the game:http://bbs.buccaneers.com/showthread.php?t=181937 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 They also had the cheerleaders in a pretty close replica of the 1979 Swashbucklers outfits, and they ditched Captain Fear for the day and had Bucco Bruce patrolling the sidelines.Here's a thread from the official message board that has some great pics of the game:http://bbs.buccaneers.com/showthread.php?t=181937Coolest mascot in NFL history. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoGTS Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 They also had the cheerleaders in a pretty close replica of the 1979 Swashbucklers outfits, and they ditched Captain Fear for the day and had Bucco Bruce patrolling the sidelines.Here's a thread from the official message board that has some great pics of the game:http://bbs.buccaneers.com/showthread.php?t=181937Coolest mascot in NFL history.Coolest shirt and shorts on the guy behind him. Facebook: CustomSportsCovers Twitter: CSCovers Quote No because when the Irish came to Ireland and first came in contact with the leprechaun people, they didn't take their land away and force them to move west. Instead, the two groups learned to assimilate peacefully. However, certain tribes of the leprechaun refused to taint the pure blood and moved north into the forests of Ireland, only to be seen rarely, usually at the same time of a rainbows appearance and occasionally at the factories of Lucky Charms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 But those two paras aren't necessarily saying the same thing. One does not mean another. Glazer is saying that once you create a throwback you're stuck with it for five years and can wear it up to three times (including one exhibition game). He doesn't say that the team is required to actually wear them on the field - the Bucs could simply not choose to wear any throwbacks or alternates at all for the next five years and be in compliance with Glazer's statement.So in the absence of any other evidence I'm tending to think that the writer of the article just got it wrong.Yes, this is what I was thinking too. The key phrase being "up to". "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 But I'm just saying...They wore these uniforms...and got their first win...So we might be seeing a lot more of these (don't be surprised if it's full-time as soon as the NFL allows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheo25 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I give the Bucs major, major props for re-doing the field art and the wall art to go with the throwbacks. The "Tampa Bay" wordmark in the end zone look like the one used in the old stadium at one point.That said, if you're going to honor the 1979 team, then why wouldn't you throw back to the 1979 orange jerseys, not the 1976 jerseys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 I hadn't seen the field, stadium, flags, cheerleaders, et. al. - wow! As others said, fantastic job by the Bucs of honoring their history and heritage. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Those uniforms are great, though I don't know if I'd like seeing them full-time. They seem to have run their course. However, if the Bucs decide if they want to integrate more orange into their look (wether as a secondary or main color), then I'd be all for it. But, I wouldn't mind seeing these more often. http://i.imgur.com/Pyc5qRH.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/RDXvxFE.gif LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 But I'm just saying...They wore these uniforms...and got their first win...So we might be seeing a lot more of these (don't be surprised if it's full-time as soon as the NFL allows)1) Glazer's not a fan of this look. It won't see primary status. 2) In these the Bucs were, mostly, the joke of the NFL. The current set, however, is associated with a Super Bowl win. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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