01-10-2020, 05:03 PM
I remember watching live. I didn't think he was mooning the crowd. I thought that the way he dropped the ball, he was pretending to take a shit, then wipe his ass on the goal post.
They never showed a replay, so that's what I thought until later when it was explained about Packer fans mooning the opponents' bus. When I learned that I thought it was no big deal.
I remember Chris Berman whining about how Moss "shamed Lambeau Field". It was a fake mooning, Boomer. Damn.
I've always wondered if Buck thought he was taking a shit, too at first. That could explain the outrage, but he never mentions it. Collinsworth thought it was funny.
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/01/09/joe-buck-randy-moss-disgusting-act-anniversary
1. First things first. I've said this many times before and I'll say it again: Joe Buck is one of the best people in sports media. Today is the 15-year anniversary of Buck's famous "That is a disgusting act by Randy Moss and it's unfortunate that we have that on our air live" call from the 2004 wild-card game between the Vikings and Packers.
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I reached out to Buck to ask him for his thoughts on the call 15 years later. Buck has talked about the call many times and I'm sure the last thing he wanted to do today was chime in on something that happened so long ago. But since it's an anniversary that ends in a "5" for "0," Internet law says we must acknowledge it and Buck came through.
Of course, Buck showed off his excellent sense of humor with his first response to my text asking for his comments on the anniversary of the call, saying, "I'm sure the public is breathlessly awaiting my comments 15 years later."
First, let's re-live the moment.
Before we get to Buck and the call, what always gets me about that clip is that it was so long ago, Cris Collinsworth is in the booth with Joe and Troy Aikman. For any young people out there, no, Cris Collinsworth did not start his career with Al Michaels on NBC's Sunday Night Football even though it feels that way.
Now here is Buck's response when I asked him for his thoughts on how he handled Moss's fake moon to the Lambeau crowd.
"My thoughts are—I don’t ever think about it unless someone brings it up. The word 'disgusting' struck a chord with some people at the time. I have to live with what I say, or don’t say, tens of thousands of times a game.
"If I answer this question, I seem defensive or apologetic. I’m neither. I stand by what I said in the moment on live TV the same way I stand by what I said on the Kyle Rudolph touchdown last Sunday. I always do—I have to. It’s a high-wire act every week, every game. It’s not as easy as most people think. Some liked it. Some didn’t. Some liked the Rudolph call and I’m sure some didn’t. It doesn’t matter. Moss got fined for something. He didn’t care about what I said then and he doesn’t now. We are friends and he is a work colleague of my wife Michelle at ESPN. And we worked together tangentially at FOX.
"On a side note—I got a letter from a young father who was watching with his sons and was glad I said it because he didn’t really have to explain much to his sons about what that move was they just watched a Pro Bowl player do on television. And I had plenty of conversations with people in airports after.
"Go watch it and see how it hits you. I mean really watch it. A fake mooning and putting his ass on the goal post to paying fans in a stadium on national TV? I would for sure be regretful if I said nothing. That’s not how I was brought up. But, hey, Cris thought it was funny. So who’s right? Neither."
I remember thinking Buck's call was over the top at the time, but here's one thing to keep in mind. When this took place, the FCC was keeping a close eye on all television broadcasts because of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake kerfuffle. And there was actually a complaint made to the FCC about Moss's actions, so Buck wasn't totally out of line calling out the receiver.
They never showed a replay, so that's what I thought until later when it was explained about Packer fans mooning the opponents' bus. When I learned that I thought it was no big deal.
I remember Chris Berman whining about how Moss "shamed Lambeau Field". It was a fake mooning, Boomer. Damn.
I've always wondered if Buck thought he was taking a shit, too at first. That could explain the outrage, but he never mentions it. Collinsworth thought it was funny.
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/01/09/joe-buck-randy-moss-disgusting-act-anniversary
Joe Buck Weighs In on the 15-Year Anniversary of 'That Is a Disgusting Act by Randy Moss': TRAINA THOUGHTS
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Of course, Buck showed off his excellent sense of humor with his first response to my text asking for his comments on the anniversary of the call, saying, "I'm sure the public is breathlessly awaiting my comments 15 years later."
First, let's re-live the moment.
Before we get to Buck and the call, what always gets me about that clip is that it was so long ago, Cris Collinsworth is in the booth with Joe and Troy Aikman. For any young people out there, no, Cris Collinsworth did not start his career with Al Michaels on NBC's Sunday Night Football even though it feels that way.
Now here is Buck's response when I asked him for his thoughts on how he handled Moss's fake moon to the Lambeau crowd.
"If I answer this question, I seem defensive or apologetic. I’m neither. I stand by what I said in the moment on live TV the same way I stand by what I said on the Kyle Rudolph touchdown last Sunday. I always do—I have to. It’s a high-wire act every week, every game. It’s not as easy as most people think. Some liked it. Some didn’t. Some liked the Rudolph call and I’m sure some didn’t. It doesn’t matter. Moss got fined for something. He didn’t care about what I said then and he doesn’t now. We are friends and he is a work colleague of my wife Michelle at ESPN. And we worked together tangentially at FOX.
"On a side note—I got a letter from a young father who was watching with his sons and was glad I said it because he didn’t really have to explain much to his sons about what that move was they just watched a Pro Bowl player do on television. And I had plenty of conversations with people in airports after.
"Go watch it and see how it hits you. I mean really watch it. A fake mooning and putting his ass on the goal post to paying fans in a stadium on national TV? I would for sure be regretful if I said nothing. That’s not how I was brought up. But, hey, Cris thought it was funny. So who’s right? Neither."
I remember thinking Buck's call was over the top at the time, but here's one thing to keep in mind. When this took place, the FCC was keeping a close eye on all television broadcasts because of the Janet Jackson/Justin Timberlake kerfuffle. And there was actually a complaint made to the FCC about Moss's actions, so Buck wasn't totally out of line calling out the receiver.
