The Bucs truly are an anomaly.
20 straight years of crappy football then in '96 Tony Dungy gets lucky drafts some Hall of Famers fields an incredible defense that wins a Super Bowl in '02.
18 more years of mostly losing seasons then Tom Brady decides to join…
They win another Super Bowl.
Its crazy because if you look at the Bucs lifetime winning percentage they would be around 27th out of 32 NFL teams.
Bizarre
I am grateful as well, i grew up without a team and when Bud decided to revamp everything and rename the team i hopped aboard.
When the Oilers first moved here i am sure plenty like me took a wait and see stance to see what would happen.
When they said they were renaming the team and starting out in the new stadium with all new look it felt like getting a brand new team in a way.
I just wanted a team to call me own and the Titans were like a new team in a lot of ways in 99 as they were starting in a new stadium with a new image in new uniforms with a new name.
That first season was so much fun and the Super Bowl run watching all the games especially Buffalo we all thought it was over and then the Music City Miracle happened.
So much fun especially the first ten years '99 through '08
To me its been a blast and i have been up from Memphis numerous times to see games and i even won season tickets in a contest called Hall of Fans a few years back.
When i first starting watching NFL football in the mid 1980’s the state of Tennessee didnt have a team but i still loved to watch.
I have always wanted my own team to root for so when the Oilers first came here to Memphis i didnt have any interest and things stayed that way until Bud Adams announced they were revamping things and were gonna start anew in the new stadium with a new name,logos,etc.
When they came out with the new name and image i jumped aboard and from the very first game in 1999 i have been ALL IN as a fan and i have stuck with this team through good and bad.
Bud definitely gained a lot of new fans in Tennessee by revamping things and renaming the team and giving the team a fresh start and a new beginning in a new place.
A lot of my friends were already Cowboy,Steeler,Raider fans while i had no team up until '99.
Once '99 hit i had a team as well.
Hard to believe its already been 25 years.
From '99 through '23 Titans are just outside the top ten in overall victories and they have had 13 winning seasons so things have been pretty good fanwise,
I was saying earlier i couldnt imagine what it would be like all those years to be a fan of a team like the Jaguars,Browns,etc.
The Bills i think had 17 straight years with no playoffs and one winning year from 2000 through 2016.
2008 was so much fun,that was our year.
We shouldve won it that year.
You are right that damn delay of game was BS and never called by officials.
We shouldve won that game easily but kept turning it over in the red zone, Crumpler on that fumble right near the goal line.
We should have a couple rings easily IF 2008 and 2021 went differently.
2000 shouldve been ours as well…
For what its worth they have come very close on several occasions.
2000 and 2008 both times the Titans turnovers killed them they shouldve won both times, In 2000 they dominated time of possession and in 2008 they were close to scoring twice especially the fumble by Crumpler.
2019 if the defense wouldve tackled Mahomes on that 35 yard run that killed us
2021 Cincy the defense sacked Burrow eight times but Tannehill INT ended any shot.
The stadium did have a nickname in the early days the tomb i believe, Years ago…