Bucs Fandom Building In Michigan
December 2nd, 2021
At first, Joe thought this to be an empty, lame human interest non-story (Joe’s not into the touchy/feely human interest stuff at all — Joe’s into footbawl son!).
But this story is getting a lot of run so maybe in this instance, Joe is too much of a jaded, knuckle-dragging football fan wanting Playoff Lenny to smash another Colts cornerback at the goal line for six points.
Somehow, Bucs cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting accidentally wound up in a group FaceTime chat with a high school basketball team in Michigan. One thing led to another and soon the kids were FaceTiming with Playoff Lenny, foot-rubbing, car-littering film guru Rob Gronkowski, Mike Evans, Richard Sherman and Tom Brady.
(Honest to heavens, Joe has had an iPhone for six or seven years and only FaceTimed once — that was around 11 p.m. on the Fourth of July a couple of years ago when Joe was pounding beers at a friend’s house in Largo and accidentally woke up Bill Currie Ford general manager Sean Sullivan. Naturally, Bucs talk began and Sullivan was in bed.)
In this report below from Jeanna Trotman of WXYZ-TV in Detroit the Bucs now have a new gaggle of fans in the mitten known as Michigan as a result of this accidental group FaceTime.
Why wouldn’t this basketball team become Bucs fans and follow the Super Bowl champs? For all of these guys’ entire lives, they’ve been assaulted by the Lions!
VIDEO: Best wrong number, ever?@NDPMA_Athletics bball team made a group chat & accidentally added a teammate’s # wrong by a digit.
The wrong # was @seanbunting_ & it all ended in a surprise group FaceTime chat w/ @TomBrady & the @Buccaneers.https://t.co/OsVLi4Bway pic.twitter.com/qUisgg1MKp
— Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) December 2, 2021
December 2nd, 2021 at 3:17 pm
I wondered how they called a MI number and got SMB. I mean I kick it with TB and GB on facetime all the time…but for him to jump on with just anyone is insane. geat story!
December 2nd, 2021 at 3:22 pm
Robert, SMB attended college at Central Michigan :). His cell number must still be from up there…
December 2nd, 2021 at 3:24 pm
Flippin’ AWESOME story. I know that most any publicity is good publicity but this is OFF THE CHARTS!!!!
December 2nd, 2021 at 3:32 pm
SB
MICHIGAN TODAY, MONTANA TOMORROW…..
Brady has a huge fan base and the Bucs are the beneficiaries……
December 2nd, 2021 at 3:57 pm
SMB won’t be able to pick up his phone after a game anymore unless he changes his number. 🙂
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:04 pm
That’s cool as hell man.
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:07 pm
AB and Mike Edwards suspended for three games
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:12 pm
Just AWESOME !!👏👏👏
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:13 pm
Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards are idiots.
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:19 pm
Heard Brady talk about this during his press conference.
Pretty damn cool for those kids and very cool of SMB and all the Bucs!
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:22 pm
Bucs are people to.
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:36 pm
I got drunk and went and went on snap-face once. I was ejected early.
I was cited for unsportsmanlike-conduct, and permanent suspension ensued.
I appealed, to no avail.
No bueno.
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:42 pm
Some people just can’t take a joke.
December 2nd, 2021 at 4:45 pm
This is great! Michigan loves the Bucs (well, I do, anyway)!
December 2nd, 2021 at 7:14 pm
Just imagine accidentally FaceTiming Sapp. He couldn’t have handled this era of social media but this is cool as hell glad smb understands his impact on fans
December 2nd, 2021 at 7:24 pm
Sapp is on social media a lot.
December 3rd, 2021 at 12:56 am
The key here now a days is about Sapp is on social media.
Because many a fan approached Sapp in the public back in his playing days and ended up wishing they did not approach him by his sometimes cantankerous ways with fans out in Public. He was great to Media, but for the Fans, maybe good idea or maybe bad. I am sure some had a good experience but many times not a good experience at all.
GO BUCS!!!!
December 3rd, 2021 at 12:58 am
No. He. Was. Not.
December 3rd, 2021 at 7:16 am
Sapp was great on Sundays that’s about it. That’s all i cared about.