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Joe Buck admits he would redo the infamous Randy Moss ‘Disgusting Act’ call

Joe Buck admits that he would redo the infamous “Disgusting Act” call from Minnesota’s 2005 wild card game against the Packers

On the most recent episode of “This is Football,” host Kevin Clark asked former Fox Sports and current Monday Night Football announcer Joe Buck which call in his career would he like to have back.

Buck didn’t hesitate. “The Randy Moss call, for sure…”

The incident Buck is referring to is the mooning touchdown celebration from Moss on January 9, 2005, during a wild card game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers.

After a 284-yard and three-touchdown day from Daunte Culpepper was capped off with a 34-yard Moss touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the then-seventh-year receiver decided that this wound deserved a little more salt.

Moss centered himself next to the goalpost and decided, in front of all the fans at Lambeau Field, to mimic pulling his pants down and mooning the crowd as the Vikings coasted to a 31-17 victory.

Moss would be fined $10,000 for the fine, but the real blowback came in the moment, as Buck let it be known how distasteful of an act that was for the Green Bay faithful.

“That is a disgusting act by Randy Moss! And it’s unfortunate that we had that on our air live! That is disgusting by Randy Moss!”

Fast forward almost 20 years later and Buck admits that he couldn’t understand where that call even came from.

“The more time goes on, the more I think, man, I can’t believe that came out of my mouth…that was too far, and it was not calculated, you never know what you’re going to see when you go into a stadium…”

Now, as time has passed and the situation behind the incident has become clearer, Buck understands that Moss had no ill will towards the fans of Green Bay.

“The irony of it is we were at Fox together for a brief while, we’re at ESPN together, my wife, Michelle, does the pre-game show…of all the people on that pre-game show, the nicest human being to my wife was Randy…knowing more of the backstory after the fact, about the fans and whatever and what they did to the team bus…that was one that I would probably pull back a little bit on.”

Buck is referring to the Green Bay tradition of their fans mooning the team bus as they leave the stadium. His apology seemed to be sincere and everyone makes mistakes, especially during moments filled with as much emotion as a wild-card game between two hated rivals like the Packers and Vikings.

However, without Buck’s call, without the added vitriol that his statement added, we may not have the $10,000 fine that followed. With that, we would be without another legendary Randy-ism.

When Moss was asked about writing the check for the fine, Moss iterated that players like Moss don’t write checks for a measly $10K.

They pay it in “straight cash, homie.”

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Joe Buck and Troy Aikman ripped the Eagles’ poor performance in NFC wild-card loss

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman weren’t not complimentary of the Eagles on Monday night.

The Philadelphia Eagles are officially out of the playoffs, and ESPN Monday Night Football announcers Joe Buck and Troy Aikman didn’t hide their criticisms of the Birds in the NFC wild-card round.

As the Eagles fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the NFL playoffs, Buck couldn’t help but notice during the first half how many missed tackles were stacking up for the Eagles’ defense, once one of the NFL’s best.

After watching Philly’s defense dominate in 2022, the unit didn’t look quite the same after the departure of former defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon. A lot of the same pieces were still in place, in fact.

Aikman went even further to say he thought Philly’s body language made the team look like it didn’t really care about the football game. Ouch.

Aikman continued his harsh critiques into the second half, which didn’t get better for Philly.

The Eagles fading down the stretch was one of the more bewildering developments of the NFL season, and Buck and Aikman’s commentary helped identify why it’s been on the downward slope for Philly.

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Why Joe Buck and Troy Aikman aren’t calling Titans – Dolphins on Monday Night Football in Week 14

There’s a good reason for this.

Yep, you read that right, and if you’re here, you’re probably wondering: What’s the deal here? It’s Monday night! There’s a NFL game on — the Tennessee Titans vs. the Miami Dolphins — and the usual pairing of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman aren’t on the air.

What gives? There’s a simple answer.

Week 14 features two Monday Night Football games at the same time. So if you flip from ESPN over to ABC, you’ll see the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants play … and it’s there that you’ll find Buck and Aikman calling that game.

So Titans-Dolphins has a second team: Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick and Laura Rutledge.

There’s your answer!

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were just like you: ‘Thankfully’ awful Bears – Vikings game ended

They sounded more than happy that Bears – Vikings was finally over.

If you watched that awful Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings game on Monday night in which there were turnovers galore and barely any offense to speak of on either side of the ball, you weren’t alone.

Because imagine calling that game! Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were on the mic as they usually are for ESPN, and when the final whistle sounded after one of those multi-lateral final plays from the Vikings that failed, the announcers had an exchange that nailed it.

“… And with the Benny Hill music playing in the background, this game is over,” remarked Buck, with a heaviness you could feel through your TV.

“Thankfully,” Aikman replied.

Yup. Couldn’t agree more:

Jaylon Johnson dropping yet another pick-6 made Troy Aikman feel bad about even pointing it out

Hey, sometimes, you just call it as you see it.

Monday night’s Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings game got so messy that ESPN broadcasters Troy Aikman felt bad about even pointing out a player dropping yet another pick-six on the season.

After Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson dropped a potential Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs pick that could’ve gone back for a score, Aikman recalled how Johnson had a similar missed opportunity against the Detroit Lions the week before.

As he openly wondered if he was being too harsh to even point out Johnson’s mistakes, Buck quipped that he should just do it because everyone will eventually forget about it at the end of the day.

While this recent Johnson misery might not match that time he lost a bet and had to wear a Packers cheesehead, having Aikman and Buck openly discuss if they’re being too harsh about pointing out your repeat mistakes has to burn.

As for Aikman and Buck, this was just a very funny way of just shrugging and just calling it as you see it because, we’ll all just forget about it later.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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Joe Buck had an amusing response to Jahmyr Gibbs leaping into the stands to celebrate a Lions TD

“Come back! Jahmyr, come back!”

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs got up close and personal with the fans on Monday Night Football after reaching the end zone.

Indeed, the rookie rusher broke off for a long touchdown run on the Las Vegas Raiders defense in the game’s third quarter and leaped into the stands to celebrate with the Detroit fans in attendance.

Well, he didn’t just leap. He actually got pulled up into the crowd and stood among the Lions fans, who were elated to actually congratulate Gibbs in the moment after he scored the touchdown.

Gibbs’ fellow Lions actually had to go get him from the stands, and play-by-play announcer Joe Buck hilariously asked Gibbs to come back to the game on the broadcast.

Hey, we’re all for unique celebrations, and this just takes the Lambeau Leap the Green Bay Packers do to the next level.

It’s not always a good idea for players to go into the stands during games, but to celebrate a touchdown with your fans, why not?

Just make sure to listen to Buck and come back to the game once the fun is over.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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Joe Buck had an amusing response to Jahmyr Gibbs leaping into the stands to celebrate a Lions TD

“Come back! Jahmyr, come back!”

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs got up close and personal with the fans on Monday Night Football after reaching the end zone.

Indeed, the rookie rusher broke off for a long touchdown run on the Las Vegas Raiders defense in the game’s third quarter and leaped into the stands to celebrate with the Detroit fans in attendance.

Well, he didn’t just leap. He actually got pulled up into the crowd and stood among the Lions fans, who were elated to actually congratulate Gibbs in the moment after he scored the touchdown.

Gibbs’ fellow Lions actually had to go get him from the stands, and play-by-play announcer Joe Buck hilariously asked Gibbs to come back to the game on the broadcast.

Hey, we’re all for unique celebrations, and this just takes the Lambeau Leap the Green Bay Packers do to the next level.

It’s not always a good idea for players to go into the stands during games, but to celebrate a touchdown with your fans, why not?

Just make sure to listen to Buck and come back to the game once the fun is over.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

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Why Joe Buck isn’t calling the Rangers – Diamondbacks World Series on Fox

Don’t forget, there’s a pretty good reason for this.

It’s World Series time, and if you’re here, you’re probably wondering why broadcasting legend Joe Buck isn’t on the call for Fox for the Fall Classic matchup between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Well, the short answer is because Buck no longer works for Fox, so he’s obviously not part of the network’s World Series broadcasts anymore. Throughout his career, Buck called 24 World Series, but he’s now at ESPN — he has been since March 2022 — and calling Monday Night Football.

For the 2023 World Series, you’ll be hearing Joe Davis doing the play-by-play with John Smoltz analyzing, along with Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci reporting.

Last year, Buck noted that it was the first time since he was 18 years old that he wasn’t on the call for baseball. Via Awful Announcing:

“This is the first time since I was 18-years-old, and I’m 53, that I’m not doing a baseball game. And that’s really weird to me, but I walk away really proud of what I and we did. It’s time for somebody else, it’s time for somebody else to put their voice to it, and I’m glad to get out of the way for Joe and watch him do it because he’ll be great.”

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The good, bad and ugly after Vikings 22-17 win vs. 49ers

The Vikings notched a major upset on Monday over the 49ers 22-17. Chris Spooner looks at the good, bad, and ugly from the game.

The Minnesota Vikings got a big win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night with a 22-17 victory. It got interesting towards the end, but the Vikings ultimately survived and handed the 49ers their second straight loss. With the win, the Vikings move to 3-4 on the season and have their first winning streak of the season.

More importantly, they’re only one game out of .500, and just got a win over one of the best teams in the NFC — and the NFL as a whole. In a season where a lot has gone wrong for the team, a win like this can be a catalyst towards recovery.

Minnesota was able to do exactly what they need to in order to pull off the upset. They made enough big plays on defense, created enough pressure and confusion for young quarterback Brock Purdy, and were able to get guys to step up in a big way in some big spots. Overall, it was a great team win with a lot of good things to highlight.

But, as with any game in the NFL, it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. There were plenty of areas in which the Vikings weren’t at their best. With that in mind, let’s look at the good, bad and ugly from the Monday night win over San Francisco.